Conservation Camp Sought in Raleigh County
Beckley chamber of commerce moves to push for a CCC camp in Raleigh County. Secretary W A James will meet state conservation commissioner H W Shawhan in Charleston. L P Dickey plans to visit Beckley May 17 and address local civic clubs. New members added include Dr J G Houser and eight others. The chamber seeks Saturday post office hours and court house clerk coverage. a $25 grant was approved for West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs and up to $100 for Mine Inspectors Institute entertainment.
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CCC
Raleigh
W. A. James
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Shawhan
Charleston
Shawhan
James
L. P. Dickey
Southeastern
United States Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Beckley
Dickey
J. G. Houser
James G. Bisato
Ira Whitlock
D. D. Porterfield
Otto Cook
G. P. Stinnette
Alexander Michael
Andrew Bsharah
Court House
West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
Mine Inspectors Institute of North America
Threatened Jail Break Plot Discovered at County Jail
About fourteen prisoners in the county jail were placed in a bull pen and barred from visitors after a plot to break out was uncovered on Wednesday night. Authorities say inmates loosened bricks to create an escape hole and improvised tools were found during a jail search.
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Clayton Mills
James And Lilly Confer With Bailey In Charleston
Beckley Chamber of Commerce secretary W A James and Mayor A Z Lilly met in Charleston with State Road Commissioner E L Bailey to discuss proposed street construction in Beckley and surrounding areas.
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W. A. James
Beckley
Home of Nurses At Pinecrest Ordered
The Associated Press reports four West Virginia Public Works Administration projects totaling 642000 were approved in Washington. Pinecrest Sanitarium at Beckley will receive 77000 for a combined nurses and physicians home as part of the board of control efforts. James A. Chambers, board of control president, said construction would begin soon.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Washington
Ickes
M. L. O’neale
Board of Control
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
James A. Chambers
Woman Swallows Mercury Tablets at Raleigh Boarding House
Mrs. Mildred Hancock, 28, was rushed to Raleigh General Hospital after reportedly swallowing two or three bichloride of mercury tablets at the L. T. Gates boarding house on North Heber Street. Her condition was described as not very serious, with uncertainty whether the act was intentional or accidental.
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Mildred Hancock
Raleigh General Hospital
L. T. Gates
North Heber Street
Rose Funeral Home
Cleveland Brewery Workers Strike Pickets Threaten Beer Supply
Union brewery workers in Cleveland walked a picket line to back a closed shop demand as Sheriff Ross Anderson armed deputies guarding the Columbus Packing plant with riot guns. About half of Columbus company's staff joined the strike disrupting local beer supply.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ross Anderson
Columbus Packing Company
Columbus Company
Court To Act On Silicosis Suits
Charleston April 19 The supreme court agreed to rule on whether suits for about 1 500 000 by workers who say they contracted silicosis from a tunnel project may proceed The test case is Lewis Scott for 25 000 damages The plaintiffs claim the Rhinehart and Dennis company failed to provide safeguards after silica sand was found during the Hawks Nest hydro electric tunnel boring in a mountain
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Rhinehart and Dennis Company
Charlottesville
Lewis Scott
Scott
Hawks Nest
Five year old girl dies after clothing catches fire
Selma Lois Stover of Clear Creek died at 3 50 am in a local hospital after her clothing burned while she played with matches at home yesterday afternoon. She is survived by two brothers Ronald and LeRoy and a sister Alice Ann. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at the family residence, with burial in the family cemetery. Keyser Funeral Home in charge.
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Clear Creek
Selma Lois Stover
Nile Stover
Ronald
LeRoy Stover
Alice Ann Stover
Keyser Funeral Home
Two Black Dillingers Hanged in Georgia
In Georgia two Black men calling themselves the black Dillingers were hanged at the state penitentiary for the June murder of John T. Geary Jr. during a barbecue stand holdup in Prince George county. James Gross, 25, and Gordon Dent were executed early today.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
James Gross
Gordon Dent
Prince George County
State Penitentiary
John T. Geary Jr
Hatfield Comments on Holt Ouster in Senate Vacuum
Former U S Senator Henry D Hatfield issues a statement on the petition to void Rush D Holt s election He says West Virginia lacks two voting senators during the current session and recalls the 1934 campaign He notes the governor should appoint if the Democratic candidate had majority and that ineligibility upheld by the Senate deprives WV of representation (Continued on page 2)
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Associated Press Huntington
U. S
Henry D. Hatfield
Senate
Rush D. Holt
Senate of the United States of America
Congress
Hatfield
West Virginia
Prevents Judge Holding Court in Mingo County
The West Virginia Supreme Court granted a temporary rule in prohibition to stop Charlee W. Ferguson of the Twenty-fourth circuit from acting as judge in Mingo County without showing cause at a hearing set for April 30. Judge B F Howard and the Mingo chancery divorce commission alleged the legislature’s transfer of Mingo to the Twenty-fourth district was unconstitutional, which would leave McDowell in the Eighth district and place Mingo with Wayne.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Judz Charlee W. Ferguson
Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court
Mingo County
B. F. Howard
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Commission In Chancery and Divorce
Mingo
McDowell County
Wayne
Toney Fined And Given Thirty Days In Jail
Orville Toney, 25, Beckley F E R A worker, was fined 25 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to drunk driving in Magistrate Zach A. Petty’s court. He was arrested last night by State Police Sergeant W C Huff near Harper, and had been driving a state road commission dump truck when taken into custody after a motorist reported a dump truck nearly forcing him off the road.
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Orville Toney
Beckley F. E. R. A
Zach A. Petty
Toney
W. C. Huff
Harper
Huff
State Road Commission
Dodgers Beat Braves In Morning Contest
In Boston on April 19 the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves four to two in the morning game of a doubleheader. Babe Ruth had two singles and his first National League walk.
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Associated Press
Boston
Babe Ruth
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Hitler Delays Reply on Rhineland Crisis
Berlin April 19 British and Italian envoys warned they would oppose any re fortification of the demilitarized Rhineland region and urged status quo. Hitler deliberates a response as diplomats await a possible statement. Envoi plans to stay near Berlin through Easter weekend as tensions rise.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Great Britain
Italy
Rhineland
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Reich Foreign Office
Cadle Succumbs To Stroke Today
Thomas Cadle aged 55 of East Gulf died at his home at 4 o clock this morning from paralysis after a second stroke. He was formerly a coal miner. Survived by wife Mary Cadle son Robert and eight siblings. Funeral at his residence Sunday 11 am, burial in Lewis Graham Cemetery with Rose Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers named as Dan ONeal D H Munsey Robert Mitchell Sam Mitchell J H Smith Joe Hopkins.
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Thomas Cadle
East Gulf
Mary Cadle
Robert
Dave
Rhodell
Joe
Sun
Siegel
Blue Jay
Gus
Resoco
Amy Dunn
Fayetteville
Viola Mitchem
Pearl Kirk
Laura Keffer
Jonben
Lewis Graham
Rose Funeral Home
Dan O’neal
D. H. Munsey
Sam Mitchell
J. H. Smith
Joe Hopkins
Rain Brings Hope Across Dust Belt Sections
Amarillo Texas April 19 rain fell across the southern dust belt bringing relief to wheat fields and grazing lands. Two inch precipitation near Childress Texas. cloudburst flooded cellars in Tillman county Oklahoma with soaking rains elsewhere in the state.
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Associated Press
Amarillo
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma Panhandle
Childress
Tillman County
Oklahoma
Markets Suspend For Day Of Good Friday
Virtually all financial and commodity markets suspended business today in observance of Good Friday. The New York Stock Exchange and other security markets will resume tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
New York Stock Exchange
Johnson urges coal codes at Senate hearing
Washington April 19 Hugh S Johnson former NRA administrator cited coal oil textile and lumber as examples of industries needing fair trade practices to support wages and hour provisions He said mining wages were too low before codes and noted lumber was emasculated by bickering He warned production controls could justify price caps to protect the public while textile wages had degraded to a shameful level and that officials did not waste time on decisive measures
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Roosevelt
Merciless Com
Akers Services At Long Branch
Mrs. Martha Ellen Akers 78 of Long Branch died yesterday at 1 50 PM after chronic myocarditis She lay in state at Tyree and Dew Oak Hill funeral home Burial set for Knights of Pythias cemetery Pax Born Floyd County VA October 20 1856 she lived with son W M Akers in Long Branch Survived by brother Jacob Helm Elliston VA and children W M Akers T C Akers Mrs Clara Keesee Mrs Lily Lilly Mrs J F Walker Mrs Louise Price Mrs H D Tucker Plus 54 grandchildren 56 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren A Methodist for 45 years she joined in Floyd County 1890.
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Martha Ellen Akers
Long Branch
Tyree and Dew Undertaking Establishment
Oak Hill
Clara Keesee
Eccles
Lily Lilly
Princeton
J. F. Walker
Radford
Louise Price
Whitby
H. D. Tucker
Mabscott
The
Methodist Church
Floyd County
Easter Cantata to be performed by Beckley Baptists
The First Baptist church in Beckley will present the Easter cantata Eternal Life this Sunday at 4 30 pm under director Caesar Ronconi. Pastor Rev J M Hayes said the cantata replaces the regular Sunday night service and invites the public to attend.
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Eternal Life
Holton
First Baptist Church
Beckley
Caesar Ronconi
J. M. Hayes
Hayes
Mrs Edna Rahal Dies After Illness at 30
Mrs Edna Rahal 30 wife of David Rahal proprietor of Neville street confectionery store died in a local hospital yesterday after a long illness admitted seven weeks ago. Funeral conducted at St Stephens Episcopal church Sunday at 2 30 burial in Sunset Memorial Park Keyser Funeral Home in charge of arrangements She is survived by her husband five children Samuel Thelma Nicholas Edward and Theodore Rahal all at home her mother Mrs Catherine Abdel nour brother Joe Abdel nour and sister Mrs Freda Nasser of Johnstown Pa
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Edna Rahal
David Rahal
Neville Street
Beckley
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser Funeral Home
Vatican Observes Good Friday with Silent Prayer
Rome observers rang bells and pews filled as priests in black robes prostrated before altars to mark the death of Christ on the cross in a devout Good Friday service reported by Associated Press.
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Associated Presse
Rome
Jail Inmates Go To Man's Burial
Middlebourne West Virginia April 19 A brief respite from jail life allowed Mrs Franchion Light to attend her husband’s funeral after he died of natural causes Poison test candy sent by Light’s wife allegedly sickened other inmates who ate it Analysts said the item contained poison Light later died of paralysis awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary
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Associated Press
Middlebourne
W. Va
Franchion Light
Tyler County
Light
State Penitentiary
Reforestation Men to Leave Early Monday
Raleigh county's contingent of reforestation men will depart the Memorial building Monday at 7 am for Ronceverte for physical examinations before camp. Trucks will carry 49 men. officials hope at least five of the 45 will arrange their own Beckley to Ronceverte transport.
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Raleigh County
Memorial
Ronceverte
Welfare Office
Beckley
Deboe Executed After Defiance On Gallows Stand
William DeBoe, the first white man in Kentucky in 25 years to be hanged for rape, died on the scaffold after shouting that the woman who accused him was a cold blooded murderer. He hurled charges at the prosecutor and husband as 1,500 spectators watched his final moments. The 23 year old and an accomplice were convicted of attacking the storekeeper's wife during a robbery. Ezra Davenport, jailed in Oklahoma, shares the same crime count and sentences.
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Associated Press
Smithland
William DeBoe
Kentucky
Marjorie Johnson
DeBoe
Alvin Lisanby
Commonwealth
Randolph Johnson
Ezra Davenport
Okemah
Okla
Two of Triplets Die in Tragic Los Angeles Incident
Estella Carranza’s two newborn daughters died after a premature birth weighing around two pounds each as her husband Joseph Carranza, jailed for disturbing the peace after a street fight, faced a hospital visit. He hoped to see the babies and his wife, who refused contact, as authorities separated them.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Estella Carranza
Joseph Carranza
Carranza
Joe
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