Farley Defends Airmail Act Amid Fraud Claims
Postmaster General James A. Farley defended canceling air mail contracts as justified by evidence of fraud and lack of competitive bidding. He cited minutes showing collusion between contractors and Post Office officials, warning millions of taxpayer dollars were misused and praising a forthcoming competitive bid for new contracts.
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Postmaster General
Associated Press
Newark
N. 7
James A. Farley
Federal Building
Farrey
Air Mail
Post ‘Office Department
Post Offee Department
Generalissimo
Roosevel
Communists Attack Fascist Building in Geneva
In Geneva on April 21 a large group of communists pelted the new fascist organization buildings injuring its secretary. Police clashed with protesters. fifteen attackers were arrested. Count Spechel, the Italian consul, reported the event to Premier Mussolini. A heavy guard surrounded the buildings.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Count Spechel
Consil
Mussolini
Birthday Party Honors Belly Joe Murray in East Beckley
Belly Jo Murray celebrated her birthday with a party hosted by her mother Mrs Murray and assisted by Miss Katheryn Murray and Miss Rosalie Merrick. Guests included Margaret Darlington, Geraldine Wiley, Louise Harvey and many others for hours of games and refreshments. Other items note servicemen, travel to Charleston and London Kentucky, hospital care for J B Corley, visits with relatives, and the birth of James Jr. to Mr. and Mrs. James W Burdiss.
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Belly Joe Murray
Murray
Katheryn Murray
Rosalie Merrick
Belly Jo Murray
Margaret Darlington
Geraldine Wiley
Louise Harvey
Mary Dillon
Nadine Harvey
Grace Hajash
Helen Warwath
Mary Elizabeth Peters
Anna Kuhn
Mary Jane Quesenberry
Helen Hajash
Julia Irene Gregory
Mary Sue Harvey
Virginia Gregory
Lou Ellen Harvey
Jimmie Adams
John Lee Peters
Tommy Merrick
Roy Rice
C. IC. CG
London
M. L. Rice
Raleigh Heights
P. M. Bailey
O. M. Mills
Charleston
Thomas Fox
Mills
Mrs. Bailey
Ray Bailey
Montgomery
Elizabeth Snyder
Deloris Jackson
Mhcleen Weubert
Shirley Gwinn
Robert Catron
Billy Snyder
George Murray
Walter Goff
Paul West
Rex Quessenberry
Arthur Voubert
James Gwinn
Fred Snyder
Overstreet
Methodist Church
James W. Burdiss
James Jr
Burdiss
Dorothy Clay
Beckey
Stocks Show Heavier Activity Across Markets on Saturday
New York stocks opened with mixed tone as grains and gold exchange rates muted the dollar. Volume reached 902 720 shares with profit taking creating irregularities while Columbia Carbon United Carbon and Homestake led gains and nickel plate preferred rallied over four points.
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Associated Press
New York
Europe
Columbia Carbon
United Carbon
Nickel Plate
American Telephone
Auburn Auto
Community Notes From Mount Tabor And Surrounding Areas
Mount Tabor West Virginia residents hosted visitors including Misess Mildred and Argylee Phipps of Crab Orchard and Eliza Jane Borrer with daughter. Local families in Mabscott Beckley Beckley area attended church and social visits while a Beckley hospital illness drew relatives to the Brierley home.
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Misess Mildred
Argylee Phipps
Crab Orchard
Ennis Phipps
Homer Carter
Mabscott
Frank Harper
Kyle Harper
Beckley
Eliza Jane Borrer
Edward Phipps
Phipps
Brierley
Flo
Rilia Stanley
Arthur Hylton
Stotesbury
John Riffe
John Davis
Oak Grove
Professor Collins
Dunbar
John Cline
Doris Sholver
Fitz-patrick
Jeff Stanley
Harper
Weekend social notes from Abraham West Virginia
Abrah am West Virginia recounts weekend visits and social calls. Mr and Mrs Oscar Jones Charlie Jones and Karl Smith hosted Beckley guests. Dinners hosted by O B Arthur in Beckley and Hinton visitors to Cranberry and Sun. Local residents from Pear and New towns visited Beckley Mt Hope and Sand Stone.
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Oscar Jones
Charley Jones
Karl Smith
Dake ‘Todd
Beckley
W. E. Surbaugh
George Surbaugh
Hinton
O. B. Arthur
Rubert Perry
Louises
Flora Mae
Cranberry
Sun
Pemberton
Ray Smith
Carl Patton
Pear
C. O. Smith
Oliver George
Edith
Eva Arthur
Violet Bragg
New
Marie Smith
Constable Smith
Sand Stone
W.E. Surbaugh
Hinston
C. C. Winston
Mack Kincaid
Raymond Bennett
Mt. Hope
Fearless Adkins
Envoy and Mrs Lodge Transferred to Roanoke Virginia
Envoy and Mrs Ht B Lodge formerly assigned to Salvation Army headquarters in Beckley have been moved to Roanoke Virginia for duty. They came from Charleston and made many friends in Beckley who regret their transfer. Boston begins building a harbor tunnel from Boston to East Boston with a $16 million cost.
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Ht. B. Lodge
Salvation Army
Roanoke
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Moo Fanes
Goodrich
Goodrich Sealomatic
Bailey’s Service Station
Sor
Fayette St
East Beckley, W. Va
Mount Tabor
W. Va
Morrison
Siz
Yool
Clayton Park
la Mode
PRG
Dan River
Washwell
Phillipine
Swagger
Mist Batling
Wwonl
Quisette Priscilla
Eace
Oxford
Oxfords
Ade
Sumner
O. J. Morrison
Neville Street
Beckley, W. VA
Abraham, W. Va
Envoy
Mrs. Lodge
Boston
Mass
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