Federal agents smash vice ring in New York City
Federal agents joined a drive to break up commercialized vice in New York City arresting three Black men and five white women described as members of a ruthless group with Chicago ties. Bail set at 7300 for the men and 2500 for the women. The group ran six apartments in NYC and a manual detailing coercive trafficking.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
Chicago
U.S
Seymour. Klein
Boston
Cleveland
U. S
Isaac Platt
J. Edgar Hoover
Theederal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Harlem
Thomas Dewey
Rial
Charles Luciano
Dewey
Kaweney
Leon Smith
Garland Patton
Robert Smith
Catherine Boosey
Betty Parker
Dorothy Moritz
Betty Tobin
New Witness in Belcher Trial
A new witness testified in the Craft Belcher murder trial at Princeton West Virginia. Lonnie Harts, a man about Belcher’s age, said he was a rival for Myrtle Taylor’s affections and that Belcher was jealous, supporting the prosecution's claim in the life case.
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Belcher
Associa Press
Princeton
W. Va
Craft Belcher
Myrtle Taylor
Lonnie Harts
Miss Taylor
Clarksburg School Is Suspended By Board
The board of appeals of the state Leepee prepared high school athletic union to suspend Clarksburg High School for one year over ineligible players. Testimony cited tension and disputes among staff and students, including allegations involving Kelly Miller and others. The suspension decision followed reports of scheduling issues and ineligible participation, with ongoing debates noted.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Appeals
Leepee
Bus Service To Layland Planned Between Beckley And Layland
Consolidated Bus Lines announces a new Beckley to Layland bus route via McCreery Prince and Laurel Creek road, starting in May with thrice daily trips each direction and modern, comfortable coaches. Return departures from Layland are 8 10 a m 12 10 p m and 6 10 p m.
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Beckley
Consolidated Bus Lines
Layland
Fayette County
McCreery, Prince
Laurel Creek Road
Ioads
Union Bus
Prince ‘and
Fayette Streets
Stanaford
Lanark
McCreery
Prince
Quintnimont
Laurel Creek
Brownwood
Howery Burial This Afternoon in Shady Spring
Funeral services for John D. Howery 59 of Shady Spring proceed at Shady Spring church at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev Paul Smith of Beckley officiating. Burial at Mt Tabor Cemetery. Survivors include wife Virgie and daughter Aden Gunnoe. Pallbearers listed.
Greenbrier Man Taken By Death
Perry W. Osborne, 68, of Crag Greenbrier county, died in Rainelle hospital after a three day illness. Heart disease and complications caused his death. He was a lifelong farmer born in Crag. Funeral services at Sewell Valley church this afternoon with burial in Osborne family cemetery. Wallace and Wallace, Rainelle, in charge. Survived by three brothers J M Osborne A A Osborne and Jesse Osborne of Meadow Bluff. sister Beulah Osborne of Rainelle. sister Mrs Margaret Seius of Springdale.
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Perry W. Osborne
Crag
Greenbrier County
Rain ‘Elle
Sewell Valley Church
Osborne
Wallace and
Wallace
Rainelle
J. M. Osborne
A. A
Jesse Osborne
Meadow Bluff
Beulah Osborne
Margaret Seius
Vof
Springdale
State Schools Fail to Tap PWA Funds for Buildings
Charleston April 25 The board of control withdrew requests to the PWA for 323000 to build a gymnasium at Fairmont State college and a library at Concord college Athens The board and Attorney General Holt ruled student fees for usage would be illegal O Neale urged cancellation of allotments The board hopes for about 800000 after July 1 for additions to Pinecrest Sanitarium Spring Run Weston state hospital Denmar TB sanitarium and Bluefield college dormitories President James A Chambers will return to Washington Monday to press the cases again
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Board of Control
PWA
Fairmont State College
Concord College
Athens
M. L. O'Neale
Homer A. Holt
Holt
O’neale
Pinecrest
Beckley
Spring Run
Weston State Hospital
Denmar Tuberculosis
Bluefield College
James A. Chambers
Washington
Lake Tana Taken Over By Italy
Rome reports Marshal Pietro Badoglio has announced the complete occupation of the Lake Tana region in Ethiopia. An authoritative Fascist source says Great Britain will soon have a military force ready for other parts of Africa. Mussolini pledges Italy will endure sanctions but stay methodical.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pietro Badoglio
Ethiopia
Lake Tana
Great Britain
Maly
Africa
Mussolini
Italy
School grounds eyed for summer playground project
Beckley Chamber of Commerce aims to convert Woodrow Wilson High athletic field into a city summer playground. Raleigh County Board of Education gave conditional approval pending a competent supervisor. Board also discussed permission for political meetings in school buildings and approved line relocations by Appalachian Power to clear Park Avenue area.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County Board of Education
Memorial Building
George W. Bright
W. R. Fagitt
Bernard B. Chambers
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Park
Park Avenue
L. W. Helmintoller
Bluefield
Leckie Smokeless Coal Company
Fireco
Brown
Payne
Wright
Stratton P. T. A
Dorothy
Bethel Green
Ernest Williams
Golden J. Meadows
George W. Johnson
Maple Fork
Mrs Church Dies After Illness At 61
Mrs. Mary T. Church 61 died yesterday morning at 7 15 at the home of her brother in law C M Mowery on Twelfth street off the Wew Raleigh road cancer was the cause after more than a year s illness She had lived with the Mowerys since her husband Ben Church died about eight years ago Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Marlinton at 1 o clock burial with Caffee undertakers in charge The body will be moved to the Mowery home today Born at White Sulphur Springs July 19 1874 she is survived by a daughter Mrs Mackie Hicks of Quinwood six grandchildren and brothers and sisters Joe McKinney Beckley George McKinney Prosperity J B McKinney Marlinton Mrs Frank Rhodes Lookout Mrs Alice Smith Kokomo Ind Mrs Betty Hawks Barrett W V and Mrs Ethel Stover Prosperity.
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Mary T. Church
C. M. ‘Mowery
Twelfth Street
Wew
Raleigh Road
Mowerys
Ben Church
Marlinton
Mowery
White Sulphur Springs
Mackie Hicks
Quinwood
Joe McKinney
Beckley
George McKinney
Prosperity
J.B. McKinney
Frank Rhodes
Lookout
Alice Smith
Kokomo
Ind
Betty Hawks
Barrett, W. V2
Ethel Stover
Tax measure divides Washington as reform clash unfolds
Washington April 25 The new tax bill unsettles both Roosevelt administration and Republicans and stands at the center of capital activity. Its aims include social readjustment and raising funds for large past appropriations, but party lines sharpen the dispute. The House committee shows Republicans solid against it with Democrats largely united. Senate prospects for nonpartisan review loom as a rewrite is studied while House passage nears.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
House
House Committee
Senate
Sen Tate
City promises resumption of street work in Beckley
A Beckley city hall meeting with W P A officials and city leaders promised to resume street work as soon as surveys are drawn. Four streets Beverly Clyde Virginia and part of Woodlawn Ave were named for hard surfacing or widening with W P A grading and city surfacing costs. Officials noted an $84 000 blanket project covers 44 streets but only a portion could start under current plans.
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Beckley
G. Smith
Charleston
Sixth
West Virginia Works Progress District
Robert Winston
W. PB. A
Beverly
Clyde
Virginia Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Works Progress Administration
Smith
Ithe Awork
Washington
Winston
H. ©. Haverstick
Moss French
Harry Watkins
J. O. Freeman
H. B. McMillan
Herbert Stansbury
A. K. Minter
Haverstick
Roosevelt Sees Higher Wages and Attacks Critics
President Roosevelt, at a Thomas Jefferson dinner in New York, outlined a political philosophy favoring higher wages for workers and greater farm income. He linked these goals to more goods, better food, less unemployment, and lower taxes, praising Governor Herbert Lehman and taking aim at Republican critics as the 1936 campaign nears.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
National Democratic Club
America
Herbert Lehman
New York
Hodges Speaks To Legionnaires In West Virginia Tour
Senate President Charles E. Hodges, returning from a 13 county tour, will preside at the American Legion state conference banquet and plans to resume his Democratic gubernatorial campaign Monday. He buckets support from Democrats and vows to keep the party free from factional strife as he heads to southern counties after today in Ohio County.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
Senate
American Legion
Ohio
State Officials Campaigning Across West Virginia
State officials went home after brief rests as they campaign for renomination. Secretary of State William S. O'Brien visited Buckhannon and planned stops in Clarksburg and central cities. Auditor Edgar B. Sims stayed in the northern panhandle. Governor Kump traveled to Elkins en route to Morgantown to address regional delegates at their mid year conference. Attorney General Homer A Holt returned from the northern region.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
William 5S
O’brien
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Edgar B. Sims
Panhandle
iKump
Elkins
Morgantown
Homer A. Holt
Lion
Youth Takes Fatal Leap At Charleston
Mansford Westfall, 23, handed his hat and knife to a companion then leaped from the Patrick Street bridge into the Kanawha River. Otho Wayne Board told police he found a letter to Mansford’s mother in the hat and heard him say goodbye. Firemen will resume the search for the body in the morning.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Mansford Westfall
Patrick Street
Kanawha River
Otho Wayne Board
W. A. Tully
Mansford
Negro Youth Regains Sight After Cataract Surgery
A seven year old Negro youth Bauster Johnson of Hotcoal, born with bilateral cataracts, had cataracts removed at Beckley Hospital by Dr B K Peter in Charleston West Virginia. He will need further operations to restore full vision while adjusting to objects and people he once touched. Peter Young, retired grocer, died after long illness at 93.
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Beckley Hospital
Bauster Johnson
B. K. Peter
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Peter Young
Eli Harris Hurt In Auto Wreck Near Covington
Eli Harris former manager and player for the Black Knight hall club narrowly escaped severe injury after another car forced his vehicle off the highway between Covington and Clifton Forge. Mrs Harris suffered a severe shaking up as their car was demolished and overturned down an embankment. It was unclear if the other driver was arrested.
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Eli Harris
Black Knight Hall Club
Two Injured In Truck Accident Stam ford youths hurt in wreck near Lanark
Two men Willard Hawks 22 and D C Harris 31 were injured when a light truck overturned after snapping a power line pole near Stam ford. Both Lanark residents were taken to Beckley hospital with back leg and right collarbone injuries pending X ray results. Continued on page 2.
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Stamford
Ino
Beckley Hospital
Willard Hawks
D. C. Harris
Lanark
Stana
President Plans Acceptance Talk At Philadelphia Convention
President Roosevelt will accept renomination at an outdoor rally on June 27 at Franklin Field of the University of Pennsylvania. Postmaster General James A. Farley announced Barkley as temporary chairman and keynoter with Senator Robinson as permanent chairman. The Democratic national committee reviewed plans and inspected the hall on the university campus.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Franklin Field
University of Pennsylvania
James A. Farley
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Barkley
Chicago
Robinson
San Francisco
James M. Cox
West Philadelphia
Farley
Cary T. Grayson
U.S. N
Red Cross
Lee Barnes
Alabama
Weather outlook for Sunday showers and cooler temps
Local forecast shows Sunday may bring showers in the Ohio valley and Appalachian region with a cooler day overall. Sunday night into Monday is expected to be fair with temperatures rising in the middle Atlantic and southern New England while cooler conditions persist in the Ohio valley and western lower lake region.
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Ohio Valley
Appalachian
Middle Atlantic
S&o
North Atlantic
New England
Lower Lake Region
Mid- Idle
Atlantic
North Atlantic States
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Ted
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A. H. Calloway
Kelly Miller
Robert Goethe
Ourland Nash
Lither C. Peacock
Cook County
Joliet
Consolidated Lines
Shady Church
John D. Howery
Shady Spring
Paul Smith
Mt. Tabor
Caffee
Raleigh County
Jehue and
Pauline (Harper) Howery
Virgie Howery
Aden Gunnoe
I. C. Howery
Daniels
Lee Snuffer
Harper
Oliver Godbey
Mabscott
Charles Kidd
Ed Hendricks
Eccles
George S. Clay
Claude Skaggs
Granville Crites
Arnold Massie
Carl Reed
Arthur Bryant
Ira Trail
L. J. Bibb
Greenbrier
Fairmont
Concord
Board of Education
Congress
Howard Cable
Indianapolis
First ‘Baptist Church
Union Mission
Oak Hill Baptist Church
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Hotcoal
Ilawks
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