Stephenson Chosen To Direct State Recovery Act
Senator Neely announced Stephenson for the post to administer West Virginia under the national recovery act. The former Kanawha County sheriff will begin duties in Washington, with formal appointment expected before July 1. Governor Kump and congressional delegates plan a July meeting to ensure full cooperation for the federal Works program.
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Charleston
Pi.d
Biowne
Pieter
Kanawha County
Virginia
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
Stephenson
Clendenin
Washington
West Virginia
Kump
Neely
State House
Kanawha
Lynch Motion for New Trial Up Monday
Circuit court nears final adjournment after four reform school boys were tried for the murder of A G Arnett. C J Lynch convicted of embezzlement from Greyhound Bus Lines seeks a new trial. proceedings delayed as judge Her bert W Dent ch hears the motion Monday.
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Circuit Court
A. G. Arnett
C. J. Lynch
Greyhound
Herbert W. Dentch
H. Somle
Carrigan Named Receiver For Ben Franklin Firm
Elkins June 24 On petition of James Ralph and others Charles E Carrigan of Moundsville has been named receiver for the Ben Franklin Coal Company of Moundsville.
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Elkins
James Ralph
Charles E. Carrigan
Moundsville
Ben Franklin Coal Company
Late Cabbage Plants Ready at Blue Bird Store
Local store at 308 Walnut Street announces ready cabbage plants for spring planting. shoppers can purchase 11 by items as supplies last, with potential discounts for bulk orders.
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Walnut Street
Miners Strike Over Back Pay At Atlas Green Valley
Striking miners demand reinstatement of Grover Lawson and negotiate back wages with Atlas Fuel and Green Valley mines. Committee members Hawkins and Swisher offered jobs. pay disputes vague with conflicting reports. Pickets at Green Valley observed but no unrest. prior to strike, 200 workers employed and mines ran five to six days weekly.
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Bbileen
Atlas Fuel Company
Paity
Atlas
Green Valley
E. H. Reppert
Grover Lawson
Hawkins
Swisher
Urges consolidation of railroad unions merger urged
David B. Robertson, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, urged a merger with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at the engineers seventh triennial convention. He argued railway crafts share common interests and identity.
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Ceveland
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
the Engineers
Roertson
Holt Upholds Validity Of Fair Appropriation
Attorney General Homer A. Holt issued an opinion upholding the validity of a 35000 appropriation for West Virginia’s exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair. The ruling came at the request of State Auditor Edgar B. Sims as a formality before honoring warrants for expenses since the funds were included in the budget.
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Charleston
Homer A. Holt
West Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
Otsina
History program to teach West Virginia state history
Charleston dispatch reports Dr John Roscle Turner president of West Virginia University has begun compiling extant books on West Virginia history. The governor has directed at least one year of instruction in state history prior to the eighth grade and Turner will confer with faculty to ensure the study is real, age appropriate, and thoroughly adapted for the students.
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Charleston
John Roscle Turner
West Virginia
Well Prep
Turner
Rosemont Juniors To Install Officers
Rosemont Juniors to install officers during an installation cere mony on June 28. Officers listed include Councilor D B Fower Vice Councilor John Poole Recording Secretary A G Brown Financial Secretary H W Moneypenny Treasurer Boyd Len ville Warden William Layman Conductor Millard Bailey Junior Past Councilor William Nestor Trustees W D Fowler Thomas Davisson and H W Moneypenny.
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Council Jr. O. U. A. M
D. B. Fower
John Poole
A. G., Brown
H. W., Moneypenny
Boyd Lenville
William Layman
Millard Bailey
William Nestor
W. D. Fowler
Thomas Davisson
H. W. Moneypenny
Millard Batley Named Delegate to Grand Lodge Meeting
Millard Batley will represent the lodge as a delegate to the grand lodge gathering in Elkins in July, joining other members under the lodge banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Batley
Lodge
Grand Lodge
Elkins
Local Woman Lena Davis Dies in Keyser at 70
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Lena Merryman Davis, 70, at her Spring street home in Keyser. Widow of Charles Davis, a Baltimore & Ohio railroad employee, she resided in Mineral county for over fifty years. Survived by three sons Charles of Shalimar Maryland Ernest of Cumberland and Frank of Davis West Virginia. two daughters Mollie Jones of Keyser and Eva Miller of this city. a brother William Merryman of Charleston and a sister Mrs. Kate Givens of Altoona. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 p m at Grace Methodist Episcopal Church South with Rev. H S Coffey officiating. Burial in Queen's Point cemetery.
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Lena Merrymian ‘Davis
Spring Street
Keyser
Charles Davis
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Merryman
Virginia
Winchester
Mineral County
Shalimar
Ernest
Cumberland
Frank
Davis
W. Va
Mollie Jones
Eva Miller
William Merryman
Charleston
Kate Givens
Altoona
H. S. Coffey
Queen's Point Cemetery
Injury Fatal to Peter Nash in Rowlesburg
Peter Nash 26 of Rowlesburg died at City Hospital after being crushed by freight train wheels while attempting to board a westbound train near D C Nine’s office yesterday afternoon. Survived by a sister Mrs Amy Elyor Rowlesburg. both parents deceased. Funeral arrangements by Dawson Funeral Company of Rowlesburg.
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Peter Nash
Rowlesburg
D. C
Amy Elyor
Dawson Funeral Company
West Virginia appoints new mine inspectors and safety chiefs
Charleston on June 24 reports Ernest L. Bailey announces a reorganization under the new administration. A list of new inspectors and assistants becomes effective June 26. P. D. McMurrer will succeed Clarence Morris as safety director. John Patterson becomes negro assistant safety director. Robert Lilly leaves his district for a neighboring one. Hubert Daniel, A. P. Wise, and L. F. Parley will share duties as inspectors of various mines. C. B. Bishop’s district is reassigned. C. D. M. Kramer’s work is split between C. L. Mills and H. E. Taylor. Other shifts include E. McVey replacing E. A. Lafferty. William Moore taking Jarrett’s post. Elmer Warden replacing D. R. Sullivan. James Maynor succeeding Everett Stover. and L. S. McGee taking Griffiths’s post.
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Charleston
Ernest L. Bailey
P. D. McMurrer
Clarence ©. Morris
John Patterson
Beckley
Dave Ware
Fayetteville
Robert Lilly
C.D. M. Kramer
C.L. Mills
H.E. Taylor
St Bans
E. ¥. McVey
Wheeing Fibat Ber
House of Delegates
E. al Lafferty
Moundsville
William Moore
Morgantown
Thomas Jarrett
Thomas
Elmer Warden
D. R. Sullivan
James Maynor
Mullens
Everett Stover
L. S. McGee
Shinnston
E. L. Griffiths
Clarksburg
Plane crash survivor saved by boat aftermath
A lone survivor, Mrs Rennie, was rescued near Frankfort after being adrift for hours following a plane crash. She clung to a raft made from a plane cushion and a gasoline can, watched her husband and two others die, and was picked up by the Ann Arbor car ferry No 7 at 8 pm Friday.
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Prankfort
Michaime
Rennie, Jr
Eeeae
Sgn
Aid
Frankfort
Ann Arbor
Ray Williams Gives Bond in Kidnapping Case
Elmer Ray Williams charged with kidnapping his stepson Fred Boylen, age 5, was admitted to a 500 dollar bond yesterday afternoon by Magistrate Ona C Jefferys and released from jail where he had been held since capture at Newburg on June 6. A preliminary hearing June 12 set bond at 1500 dollars but his attorney reduced it to 500 dollars, which was posted yesterday.
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Elmer Ray Williams
Fred. Boylen
Ona C
Jefferys
Newburg
Williams
Funeral Services for Robert James Stewart
The body of Robert James Stewart, 60, Rosemont coal miner, died Friday morning at 10:30 at the county infirmary from complications. Taken to the home of his brother A Charles Stewart in Frostburg Maryland. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. Rev J Luther Neff officiating. He was a son of Mrs Isabelle and the late Archie Stewart, native of Frostburg. He lived in California for years before returning to ease ten years ago. Survived by son Charles Stewart of Philadelphia and brothers John Stewart of New York A Charles and David Stewart.
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Robert James Stewart
Rosemont
County Infirmary
Charles Stewart
Frostburg
J. Luther Neff
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Isabelle
Archie Stewart
California
Philadelphia
John Stewart
New York
A. Charles and
David Stew
Tragedy on the Raft Ends With Four Deaths at Sea
Aboard a light raft off Traverse City the Rev. Peter Kell er, James Gillett, and Charles Rennie Jr. slipped from the fragile craft while trying to save Mrs. Rennie. The raft could not bear all four. Kell er, Gillett, and Rennie perished as Mrs. Rennie reached a perch before the raft sank.
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Aeenonic
Peter Keller
James Gillett
Charles Rennie, Jr
Rennie Oil Company
Traverse City
Mrs. Rennie
Mother and Son Birthday Greetings From The Sentinel
The Sentinel extends cordial greetings to Mrs. Gene W. Ford and her son Layne H. Ford who celebrate their birthday Monday June 26 at their home on the Pruntytown Fike road. Dayne is a law student at Washington and Lee University and is visiting during vacation. he was formerly connected with Eastaf of the Sentinel.
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the Sentinel
Gene W. Ford
Layne H. Ford
Pruntytown Fike Road
Dayne
Washington'&Lees University
Lexington
Dl Eastaf
The
Sentinel
40000 Taken From States Relief Rolls
Clarksburg June 24 Forty thousand West Virginia families have been removed from relief rolls since April 1 due to more employment and thorough investigations, Major Francis W. Turner says. About 125 welfare officials and residents of welfare units are expected for a statewide meeting. Turner notes 118,000 families remain on relief rolls, a persistent problem. He adds most affected are those placed in destitute circumstances through no fault of their own.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
Francis W. Turner
Turner
Creston Becomes Scene of Prohibition Violence and Suspect Slaying
In Creston near midnight Claude Ridout suspected slayer of a federal agent fled toward Oskaloosa. He killed himself rather than face arrest. Officer A A Murphy was wounded. Ridout's wife, believed present, was jailed in Mahaska County. Police pursued a suspected bootlegger quartet and found Ridout in a field with officers near the field.
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Crestom
Claude Ridout
H. H. Elliott
Mahaska County
Elliott
A. A. Murphy
Oskaloosa
Mays
Ridout
Creston
Ty Hideawa
Hy. Yey i
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Lawson
Holt
J. R. Turner
Strand Theatre
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Richard Rodgers
Lorenz
Joseph M. Schenck
Lewis Milestone
Lena M. Davis
Bailey
Oormer
John E.hamilton
Lilly
Hubert Daniel
Princewick
A. P. Wise
Beckley Springs
L. F. Parley
Alderson
C. B. Bishop
Preston County
Lake Michigan
Nce
Ray Williams
Bond
Jai
Siehler Furniture Co
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Latrobe Street
Grafton, W. Va
Layne
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