Haile Selassie rejects Italian armistice offer
Haile Selassie’s government in Addis Ababa rejected Italy’s demand for direct negotiations with no League of Nations interference as Italian forces near the Ethiopian capital. Rome plans continued “scientific” advance, with tanks and trucks moving toward Dessye and Addis Ababa. Britain boosts Mediterranean fleet to record strength.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
League of Nations
Italy
Ethiopia
League
Rome
Dessye
Imperial Palace
Great Britain
Mediterranean
School Girl Struck By Auto Near Pineville
Margaret Hall a 15 year old pupil was seriously injured when struck by an automobile driven by Earl Keneda a teacher from Itmann as she walked along the Pineville to New Richmond highway. She suffered a fractured left thigh severe head lacerations and body bruises. Keneda took her to Mullens hospital and police found no charges. Doctors expect recovery.
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Margaret Hall
Pineville
New Richmond
Earl Keneda
Itmann
Mullens Hospital
Keneda
Steel Man Resigns as Carnegie Illinois EVP Director
I Lamont Hughes announced his resignation today as executive vice president and director of the Carnegie Illinois Steel corporation in Pittsburgh. No reason was given for the departure.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
I. Lamont Hughes
Carnegie,Illinois Steel Corporation
Attempted Bank Robber Is Held Pay The Associated Press
Clarksburg April 17 Roy Taylor 26 of Mannington and New York was sentenced to 20 years in Northeastern Federal prison for attempting to rob the Bank of Wadestown last December 4. Clinton C Shriver of Mannington pleaded guilty of plotting the robbery with Taylor and Howard Hayes who was killed during the attempted robbery drew two years. Taylor also pled guilty of conspiring to rob a bank but Judge Baker ordered this sentence to run concurrently with the 20 year term.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Roy Taylor
Mannington
New York
Northastern
Wadestown
Clinton C. “Chalkey” Shriver
Taylor
Howard Hayes
Federal Deposit Insurance
Charles Baker
Gasoline Truck Wreck On State Route 12 Near Allen Junction
Cecil H. Treadway of Glen Morgan escaped serious injury when a Beaver American Oil Chevrolet 2 ton truck overturned after a swerved maneuver to avoid a road hole. About 140 gallons of oil and 300 gallons of gasoline leaked, with estimated damage ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 dollars depending on tank salvage or replacement.
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Allen Junction
American Oil Company
Beaver Branch
Cecil H. Treadway
Glen Morgan
Treadway
Oil Company
More Officials To Be Dismissed In Washington
Washington April 17. A half dozen more officials of the WPA in Washington state were slated for dismissal by Harry Hopkins on charges of political skulduggery mingled with relief. Hopkins announced the removal of George H. Gannon Washington administrator who claimed unnamed staff collected 3000 to 4000 dollars in campaign contributions. Gannon said he did not know the full reason. George E. Starr Democratic state chairman said he knew nothing about the alleged solicitations. Republican chairman Jay Emerson believed Gannon had nothing to do with it.
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Associated Press
Washington
Washington State
Harry L. Hopkins
Hopkins
George H. Gannon
Gannon
Seattle
George E. Starr
Jay N. Emerson
Adkins Fined on Trespassing Charge in Beckley
Floyd Adkins of East Beckley was this morning fined and costs totaling $14.60 after arraignment on a trespassing charge before Squire H. F. Hancock. Adkins was arrested by railroad officer Russell Simms.
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Floyd Adkins
East Beckley
Squire H. F. Hancock
Adkins
Russell Simms
Power Company To Take Appeal To Supreme Court
April 17 report on Duke Power Company and Southern Public Utilities appealing a ruling upholding federal P W A funds for a Buzzard Roost hydro electric plant in South Carolina. The appeal, filed by Newton D. Baker led lawyers, challenges federal authority in New Deal case.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Duke Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Company
Circuit Court of Appeals
Charlotte
N C
Buzzard Roost
S. C
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Berah And Knox Factions Argue Over Illinois Delegates
Rival claims over 24 of Illinois Republican convention delegates emerged after Tuesday’s primary as Col. Frank Knox and Senator William Borah clashed. Knox backers say 46 of 49 delegates favor him with three downstate and one Chicago exception. Borah backers insist 27 delegates are Borah men and contend delegates from Borah districts should align with voters. They cite Illinois law that district results are advisory and that Borah supporters argue delegates from Borah districts should honor voter intent.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Col
Frank Knox
William E. Borah
Idaho
Col. Knox
Chicago Daily News
Borah
Carl G. Bachmann
Washington
Edgar J. Cook
Knox
Williamson Coal Operators Meet
Joseph J. Ardigo secretary of the coal operators association of the Williamson field called a meeting of mine owners today to consider the Appalachian coal selling agreement. Ardigo said operators not yet signed will be interviewed.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Joseph J. Ardigo
Coal Operators Association of
Williamson Field
Ardigo
Ritter Acquitted On First Impeachment Charge
The Senate acquitted Federal Judge Halsted L. Ritter of the first of seven impeachment counts. Six counts remain. The vote was 55 for conviction and 29 for acquittal on the first count. The charge involved an excessive fee to A. L. Rankin and a $4,500 acceptance.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
Halsted L. Ritter
Florida
A. L. Rankin
Rankin
House
Kiwanis Talk Highlights Education and Club Motto
Dr J L Lineweaver addressed the Beckley Kiwanis on Education in Kiwanis citing the club motto We Build and the value of Kiwanis magazine. He praised Secretary W A James letters for substance and urged careful reading. Dr John R Koch recited a story told by Roe Fulkerson that delighted the audience.
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Kiwanis
J. L. Lineweaver
Kiwanis Magazine As Another Part. In the Course of His Address Dr. Lineweaver
W. A. James
Beckley Club
Kiwanis Club
John R. Koch
Roe Fulkerson
Kiwanis Magazine
Gilmore Names His Deputy List
J R Jim Gilmore who seeks the Democratic sheriff nomination for Raleigh county announces deputies if elected. The named appointees include W Crockett Mullins C F Guthrie James Lilly Sanford Meadows Howard Underwood Bryant Wood Roy I Smith J C Maples C O Hanson Oakley Mills with Smith awaiting acceptance. An advertisement set forth the list in today's Register.
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J. R
Jim) Gilmore
Raleigh
W. Crockett Mullins
C. F. Guthrie
Trap Hill
James Lilly
Shady Spring
Sanford Meadows
Clear Fork
Howard Underwood
Marsh Fork
Bryant Wood
Slab Fork
Roy I. Smith
J. C. Maples
C. O. Hanson
Oakley Mills
Mr. Smith
Rallying Tendencies in Early Market Action
Wall Street opening was moderately active as leading issues showed rallying tendencies. Gainers included American Telephone American Can North American Montgomery Ward General Motors Dupont and Chrysler while Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel eased.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
American Telephone
American Can
North American
Montgomery Ward
General Motors
Dupont
Chrysler
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Newspaper Editors Meet Roosevelt on Press Freedom
Washington April 17 The American Society of Newspaper Editors met with President Roosevelt in an off the record session after voicing concern that a national administration policy may curb press freedom. Grove Patterson urged vigilance against Senate lobby tactics and a press circus around the Hauptmann trial.
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Patterson
Associated Press
Washington
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Roosevelt
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
White House
Road Building Measure Advances in Washington
A $440 million road building proposal moves mid course toward the senate. The bill, approved by the House with no opposition, extends the Hayden-Cartwright act for 1936 and 1937 and authorizes federal spending for two fiscal years ending June 30, 1939, including farm to market lanes and grade crossing elimination.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Dots Of Life Emerges From 249-Year Sleep At Mission Wall
In San Luis Obispo on April 17 Dr. Ira B. Bartle announced reviving soil bacteria from a Tumacacori mission wall sealed since 1687. Extracted from adobe, the samples yielded 94 colonies initially and 131 after 48 hours. no fungi detected yet. The dominant spore cycle runs about 96 hours.
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Associated Press
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Ira B. Bartle
Bartle
Tumacacori
Nogales
Ariz
Ausebio Francisco Kino
Junipero Serra
California Missions
Railroad Train Held Up in Nutley New Jersey
Seven gunmen robbed an Erie Railroad train at Walnut Street station Nutley carrying 58000 in silver and bank notes to the federal reserve bank in New York. The clerk surrendered the safe under threat while passengers remained unaware. The robbers fled in a stolen car. the engineer saw them boarding and the job lasted minutes.
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New Jersey
Associated Press
Nutley
N. J
Erie
Walnut Street
Paterson
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
American Railway Express Company
Newark
Engineer Law Group
William Sutherland
Sutherland
Rites Saturday For Blenkinsopp
Funeral services for Lawson B. Blenkinsopp, 72, will be at Sunset Memorial Park mausoleum with Masonic rites. He died in Lexington, Kentucky, Wednesday. Survived by Mrs. T. J. Harper and several stepchildren. formerly mine superintendent at Eccles Cranberry and Summerlee and later Kentucky state mine inspector. burial beside his wife's grave in the cemetery.
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Lawson B. Blenkinsopp
T. J. Harper
Harper
Sunset Memorial Park
J. L. Lineweaver
Caffee
Blenkinsopp
Lexington
Kentucky
Eccles
Cranberry
Summerlee
Welch
Britain Increases Minesweepers At Gibraltar War Zone
London reports Britain sent 15 new minesweepers to Gibraltar at the eastern entrance of the Mediterranean to join anti submarine flotillas. Naval observers estimate about 190 British war ships are in or near the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Duane Kuhn Takes Fred Allen Amateur Night Win
Duane Kuhn a Welch singer won the Granada theatre Granada night event in Bluefield beating Beckley’s Four Also Rans by close margin. Kuhn earns a trip to New York to appear on Fred Allen’s Town Hall next week. scores were 25 to 20 for Beckley and 18 for Stuart O'Dell of Bluefield in third.
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Duane Kuhn
Welch Singer
Fred Allen
Granada Theatre
Bluefield
Beckley
Kuhn
New York
Town Hall
Stuart O'Dell
Fire Fatal To Child In Bolt Home Blamed On Kerosene
A Bolt family fire killed four year old Wheeler Greer and burned the mother Edith Greer and two other children. The blaze started when Edith Greer used kerosene to start a kitchen fire and the can exploded, trapping her in a pantry and spreading flames.
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Bolt
Andy Greer
Wheeler Greer
Edith Greer
R. C
Beckley Hospital
Greer
Andy
Glen Rogers
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company
Mrs. Greer
Grace Smith
Man Fined For Starting Fire Near Mt Hope
William Deweese 54 of near Mt Hope was fined $20 and costs after conviction for starting a forest fire. Deputy Harris said the blaze resulted from carelessness, not malice, and warned that forest fire laws would be strictly enforced as Camp Raleigh CCC workers fought multiple fires, including one near Slab Fork over 16 acres.
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William Deweese
Mt. Hope
Sapir W
Camp Raleigh
Slab Fork
Glen Rogers
Deweese
Miners To Hear Blizzard Speak in Raleigh County
Delegates from U M W A locals in Raleigh county will meet tomorrow at Memorial auditorium at 11 AM to hear William Blizzard vice-president of District 17 speak. Local union HQ says agenda unknown. Sunday delegations from the district will travel to Charleston for a 10 AM meeting at the Charleston Armory led by Van A. Bittner president of the district. J H Carter urges large turnout.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Auditorium
William Blizzard
District 17
Miners Union
Charleston
van A. Bittner
J. H. Carter
Beckley Commerce Board Approves 15 New Members
The Beckley chamber of commerce board approved 15 applications for membership in last night’s regular meeting. Those named for final acceptance at the May 7 general meeting include A. K. Canterbury, Charles Corey, J. M. McCarus, Tim E. Konelas, Reginald Meyers, Fletcher W. Mann, Dr. G. M. Powers, J. C. Heaberlin, C. C. Lewis, W. M. Reeser, D. C. Meadows, John Tanner, O. F. Cook, and George L. Cole.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A. K. Canterbury
Charles Corey
J. M. McCarus
Tim E. Konelas
Reginald Meyers
Fletcher W. Mann
G. M. Powers
J.C. Heaberlin
C. C Lewis
W. M. Reeser
D. C. Meadows
John Tanner
O. F. Cook
George L. Cole
Gunmen Drive Off In Gloucester Bank Robbery
Four gunmen attempted a bank holdup in Gloucester New Jersey using an abducted officer as a front. The raid unfolded when the leader fired at manager John M. Carrigan as police and staff activated an alarm and released tear gas, forcing the robbers to flee. Halford Runge, bank real estate officer, was abducted in Collingswood and used as a show of force during the attempt.
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Associated Press
Loucester
N. J
John M. Carrigan
Gloucester
Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Halford Runge
Collingswood
Carrigan
Junior Minstrel Set On Tuesday
The annual Junior High School Minstrel will be held Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, April 21 and 22. About 120 students will perform, with James Moorefield as interlocutor and Ralph Berman, Leo Lares, Tad Burnett, and Jesse Parsons as end men. The revue finale is staged by the girls, and the Junior High faculty direct.
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James Moorefield
Ralph Berman
Leo Lares
Tad Burnett
Jesse Parsons
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William D. Moriarty
Los Angeles
State of Washington
Power Company
Berah
Ritter
Gilmore
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Senate Lobby Committee
Britain
Charles E. Hodges
Morgantown
West Virginia
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