Former King Wally reunited in Harlan mine murder case
Jasper Clouse testified before the La Follette civil liberties committee he saw his brother Lloyd Clouse shot to death by two mine guards of the Harlan Wallins Coal company near Verda in Harlan county. He described the attack on April 24 and said he was beaten and left in the street as shots rang out during a confrontation with Bill Lewis Melvin Moore and other company deputies. His 12 year old half brother Markham Clouse also testified witnessing an ambush of a carload of union organizers. The manager Pearl Bassham allegedly warned family members not to testify.
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Washington
Jasper Clouse
Kentucky
Senate
Harlan-Wallins Coal Company
la Follette Civil Liberties Committee
Verda
Harlan County
Lloyd Clouse
United Mine Workers
Bill Lewis
Melvin Moore
Clouse
Markham Clouse
Lewis
Moore
Luke
Lee Hubbard
Grand Jury
Harlan- ‘Walling
Pearl Bassham
Depu
United Fuel Gas asks board to base 1937 tax on 1936 income
Charleston, May 4 United Fuel Gas company a major Southern West Virginia producer asked the Board of Public Works to not base its 1937 tax assessment on 1936 income The utility lists 4678391 dollars as net income for last year and argues unusual circumstances produced that yield and that 1937 returns would be well below that figure The company also estimates labor costs will rise about 12 percent and supplies and materials 10 to 20 percent more than 1936 levels
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Charleston
United Fuel Gas Company
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
United Puel
Taylor County Safety Council Driving Message
Safety panel urges careful driving and vehicle maintenance noting brakes and speed control as key factors. Warns against neglecting car condition and abrupt stops, stressing shared responsibility to keep both car and driver safe.
Five escape from Jefferson County Jail in May 4 breakout
Charles Town reports five prisoners escaped from the Jefferson County jail overnight after a wooden key unlocked a door. The fugitives included Charles Priebe and brothers Albert and Harry Carpenter, Robert Lee, and John Henry Twyman. Most were awaiting transfer to penitentiary. two are described as Negro. Jailers note Priebe made the key. escape originated from a rear wall window.
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Charles Town
U Jefferson County
Charles Priebe
Albert
Harry Carpenter
Robert ; Lee
Bailey Accepts Agricultural Agent Post in Jackson County
Samuel B. Bailey, long connected with Taylor county schools and this year’s Miller ville teacher, resigns to become assistant county agricultural agent in Jackson county. Superintendent E G Kuhn announced today. Beatrice Little of Booths Creek district, a veteran teacher, will finish the Millerville year.
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Samuel B. Bailey
Taylor County
Millerville
Jackson County
E. G. Kuhn
Beatrice Little
Booths Creek
Miners to Hold Rally Saturday in Galloway
Members of the United Mine Workers in Taylor and Barbour counties will rally Saturday night at Galloway to learn about the social security act. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. A. A. Knapp, field representative of the board in Charleston, will speak. This Galloway meeting is part of a series of five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Taylor and Barbour County
Galloway
A. A. Knapp
Charleston
Farmer Named Fast Survives Driverless Tractor Chase
In Lamar Missouri on May 4 a 55 year old farmer, Lynn Fast, fainted and fell from his tractor. The machine rolled on driverless until the man jumped back and overtook it. He recovered from the incident with the runaway tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar, Mo
Lynn Fast
Gone With Wind Wins Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel
Margaret Mitchell expressed astonishment at winning the Pulitzer for The Gone With The Wind set in Civil War Georgia. The prize carries $1,000 cash, while the author terms the honor a high achievement amid immense book sales and an upcoming film adaptation.
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Pick
Margaret Mitchell
New York
Atlanta
Georgia
Miss Mitchell
Hansbarger Promoted To Assistant Post
CHARLESTON May 4 193 P E A Hansbarger assumed today the title and duties of assistant state tax commissioner a new office. Tax Commissioner Ernest K James announced the appointment of the former assistant prosecuting attorney of Mingo county who for four years has been head of the inheritance tax division. Hansburger will continue supervisor of beer licensing and of field investigation under the beer act as well as direction of deputy tax collections and other work formerly supervised by H Isaiah Smith. Smith former chief of the revenue department was named state budget director by Governor Holt. James said Ernest H Gilbert
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Charleston
E. A. Hansbarger
Ernest .K. James
Mingo County
Hansburger
H. Isaiah Smith
Smith
Revenue Department
State
Holt
James Said
Ernest H. Gilbert
Stolen or Borrowed 3000-Pound Street Scraper Missing
SAN DIEGO California May 4 A 3000 pound street scraper vanished from the former exposition midway site last seen April 10. City officials say the heavy machine has been misplaced borrowed or stolen per the street superintendent’s report to police.
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San Diego
Cal
Exposition Midway
Basques Seek To Evacuate as Bilbao Battles On
Basque defenders fought a last-ditch stand to save Bilbao and permit evacuation of women and children. Insurgent reports said Emilio Mola’s troops pushed into the mountainous north of Bilbao while shells commanded the Nervian and Bay of Biscay approaches. Government forces held west of Bermeo as Basque officials claimed heavy Italian losses. The Basque government fled with the president’s family as foreigners were moved aside.
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Jean DE Luz
France
Bilbao
Emilio Mola
Bay of Biscay
Bermeo
Juan Antonio Aguirre
Mayor Wilson to Speak at Grafton Kiwanis Meeting
Mayor Fred Wilson of Fairmont will be principal speaker at tonight's Grafton Kiwanis Club session at Debendorfer's Cozy Rest Inn on U S Route 50 near Pruntytown. Program Chairman R Virgil Rohrbough announced the talk titled City Administration. Wilson, Fairmont mayor and president of the West Virginia League of Municipalities, is expected to deliver an important civic message.
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Fred Wilson
Fairmont
Grafton Kiwanis Club
Debendorfer
Cozy Rest Inn
U. S. Route 50
Pruntytown
R. Virgil Rohrbough
Wilson
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Striking Dairymen In Ashland End Milk Layoff
Ashland Kentucky May 4 striking dairymen ended a three day layoff and resumed milk deliveries under a one year agreement. Officials said the deal includes union recognition a 45 day price hold and a $25 minimum wage. Five dairy companies were affected. Negotiators were W C Burrow commissioner of the Kentucky state department of industrial relations and Mayor Will C Simpson.
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Ashland
W. C. Burrow
Kentucky State Department of Industrial Relations
Will C. Simpson
Official inspection marks Berkeley Run cutoff work
A 12.2 mile leisure run over the Berkeley Run cutoff between Grafton and Philippi in New Martinsville marked the U S inspection of the relocation work on the Grafton and Belington branch. The party included Baltimore and Ohio officials and U S Army engineers with Lieut Col Covell leading the engineers in this morning run.
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Berkeley Run
Grafton
Philippi
Ohio
Grafton and
Belington
U. S
C. W . Galloway
C. W. van Horn
G. Hoskins
H. A. Lane
C. H. Moran
Baltimore_and
Baltimore
W. E. B. Covell
Pittsburgh
Army Engineers
W. W.gwathmey, Jr
Baltimore and Ohio
Graf
One Body Located After Dragging Elk River
Charleston dispatch reports firemen dragged the Elk River to recover the body of Elmer Cox a 30 year old beer truck driver missing since last night. Police found Benny Hope a 32 year old man reported missing wandering along a street after a WPA worker said he saw three men throw something heavy from the Elk River Bridge.
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Charleston
Elk River
Elmer Cox
Benny Hope
B. C. Walker
State Senator Johnson Faces Grand Jury Action
Mason county grand jury reconvened to hear a presentment from Prosecutor William H. Rairden charging State Senator Howard B. Johnson with obtaining money under false pretenses related to a 1750 real estate deal where Marjorie Biffe alleges he acted as her agent. A federal grand jury indicted Johnson for misappropriating about 3000 from Pt. Pleasant National Bank, and he posted 500 bail for a Wednesday hearing over allegedly failing to turn over books and data of the Progress Building and Loan association.
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PT. Pleasant
Mason County Grand J Jury
William H. Rairden
Howard
Johnson
Rairden
Marjorie Biffle
Pt. Pleasant National Bank
Progress Building and Loan Association
Expansion of State Efforts To Mediate Strikes Sought
Secretary Perkins proposes expanding state labor mediation to settle and prevent strikes during collective bargaining. She notes conferences have promoted bargaining under the Wagner Act and urges broader use of conciliators as many employers and workers lack bargaining experience.
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Washington
Perkins
National Labor Re
Supreme Court
County School Board Adopts 1937 38 Teacher List
One hundred forty teachers were engaged by the Taylor County Board of Education for 1937-38 with placements and vacancies deferred until the July meeting. Supt. E G Kuhn noted retained staff, reemployed high school principals and coaches, and listed engaged teachers by name, with continuation noted on page eight.
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Taylor County Board of Education
E.G. Kuhn
Torlock Rasmussen
Grafton High School
L. W.,talbott
Flemington High
Randall H. McKinney
Charles F
Mickey” McDade
Lawrence Hall
Flemington
Annegan
Erval
Armstrong Bryan
Anvil
Myrtle
Barnard Nancy
Batten
Ruth
Benda
Pauline
Blaney
Harriet
Boice
Clara
Bdyard
Thomas
Bosely
Gracie
June
Bunner
Vivian
Burbride
Audrey
Byers
Minnie K
Cather
Barbara
Chenoweth
Helen
Lulu
Roberta
Clayton
Robert
Cleavenger
Paul
Cochran
Lightning Sets Off Culver School Alarm in Storm
Evansville May 4 Lightning struck Culver school triggering the fire alarm. Teachers evacuated pupils into a drenching downpour then found no fire. A bolt of lightning caused the alarm system to ring and the students were sent home to dry out.
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Evansville
Ind
Culver School
Campus Election Sparks Bitter Feud at WVU
On May 4 at Morgantown West Virginia University student elections faced a renewed clash between non fraternity and fraternity factions. Editor Paul Chambers accused of fabricating theft of 2000 copies of Shampain magazine, intended for sale today, amid claims of bias toward the Student Union party. The Independent party denial and radio coverage marked a heated campaign eve.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Paul Chambers
Union Party
Chambers
Judge Littlepage of Charleston Dies at 51
Judge Stephen Collett Littlepage of Kanawha County Intermediate Court died of pneumonia at age 51 after a short illness. He presided last Wednesday and was ill the next day. Special Judge Howard B. Lee announced the court’s adjournment following her death.
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Charleston
Stephen Collett Littlepage
Kanawha County Intermediate Court
Littlepage
Jumuie Ly
Howard B. Lee
Court to Rule on Clarksburg Council Result
In Clarksburg the closest race saw Republican Paul W. McKinney contest Democrat E L Simpson in the seventh ward council contest from April 20. The case, before the West Virginia Supreme Court, seeks a writ of error and challenges the seating order issued by Harne County Circuit Court. Judge Homer Strosnider damus ordered Simpson seated while McKinney sought a 60 day suspension.
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Bluefield
Clarksburg
Supreme Court
Ter
Paul W. McKinney
E. L. Simpson
Harne County
Simpson
Simpson-McKinney
Homer Strosnider
McKinney
Strosnider
Mrs Evans to Continue Teaching English Class
Mrs John T Evans will continue to conduct Grafton High School English and Speech classes for the remainder of the term. The Taylor County Board of Education decided last night to retain her rather than hire a permanent instructor to fill the vacancy caused by the illness and death of Miss Grace Loar.
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Grace Loar
Grafton High
John T.evans
Taylor County Board of Education
E. G. Kuhn
Evans
Randolph Legislators Get School Positions
Randolph officials appoint local figures to state legislature seats in Kanawha county area. Judge Littlepage named as former representative and state senator Beadine along with delegate John W. are noted among prominent families.
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Randolph
Elkins
Kanawha County
Faulkins High School
Adam B. Liluepage
County Board of Education
Littlepage
J. Buh [Beadine
John’ W
Duke Reaches Monts to See Chosen Bride
Edward Duke of Windsor reunites with Wallis Warfield Simpson at Castle de Cantle Monts France after five months apart. He arrives by train and motor from St Wolfgang Austria with a motor escort and seventeen suitcases, as guards and gendarmes patrol the grounds.
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St. Wolfgang
Austria
France
Wallis Simpson
Tours Police
Hollywood Picket Lines Fuel Film Studio Tensions
Tensions flare at Hollywood film studios as Federated Motion Picture Crafts and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees clash at gates. Cameras will record passing members as union friction escalates, with AFL chief William Green appealed over alleged company union tactics. The Westmore beauty salon linked to industry figures gains notice amid the turmoil.
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Hollywood
Federated Motion Picture Crafts
International Association of Theatrical Stage
American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F
Charles Lessing
Los Angeles Central Council
Westmore Brothers
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Noth Ling
Taylor County Safety Council
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Owen J. Roberts
Barney
U. S. Supreme Court
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Bailey
Fast
Hansbarger
U.S
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Cole
Dorsey
Collins
Roy
Cook
Nellie
Cover
Lois
Current
Walter
Curry
Dolores B
Daugherty
Frances
Dawson
Ramona
Fordyce
James
Joseph
Fries
Laura E
Goodwin
Rena S
Gould
Rhea
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Monts
Mrs. Simpson
Castle Gates
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