Raleigh County Miners Not Disturbed By Mechanization
A. K. Minter heads Raleigh WPA in saying local miners are not being displaced by mechanization. WPA Director F. Witcher McCullough reports 24,000 West Virginia miners unemployed and says relief employment quotas can be increased in active counties, though local action isn’t anticipated here due to no immediate displacements.
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WPA
F. Witcher McCullough
West Virginia
A. K. Minter
Raleigh County
Minter
McCullough
Aubrey Williams
DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE IT IS A RIVER IN VIRGINIA TO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
A cryptic jumble of clues and partial phrases from a newspaper cross word puzzle page. Readable entries include river in Virginia flowing to the Chesapeake Bay and scattered numbered hints for various across clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Snuffer couple welcome a son in Lester West Virginia
In Lester West Virginia Mr and Mrs Dempsey Snuffer are parents to a newborn boy born Saturday July 25 at their home. Numerous local residents and families are noted visiting relatives in nearby Colemans Falls Virginia Welch Slab Fork Beckley Cirsvilles Oceana and other nearby towns over the weekend and into Monday. E H Cook has left for Pittsburgh for a new position. Family visits include Miss Ina Hodges and Mrs Jane Furlani and daughter Mary among many others as listed throughout the community.
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Dempsey Snuffer
Elliot Thompson
Lonzo Bland, Jr
Ina Hodges
Betty Wade
Appalachia
James Miser
Pierce Brown
Ted Hughes
Whitesville
Hubert Lucas
Beckley
John Birch
Jane Furlani
Mary
Ailas
Three Killed in Mexican Fight
The Laredo Times reports in Monterrey, an industrial city and tourist resort in Northern Mexico, three killed and eight wounded with about 500 taken prisoner after a gun battle between Communists and anti-Communists. Witnesses say leftists marched to a meeting, shouted insults, and fired pistols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Monterrey
Mexico
Laredo Times
Forum Programs Prove Valuable Educational Tools
Mrs Grace Nelly of Sprague addressed 15 county adult education teachers at the Junior High annex on what educational forums can do in their work. She praised chairs who review guest speaker addresses and lead discussions as useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Nelly
Sprague
Edi Farley
T. Allen Gatherum
Marauding foxes annoy Lewis man in rural attack
Weston August 1 Foxes prowling around farms have become a nuisance to Goff Bailey who reports 13 lambs killed and several chickens eaten by the animals in recent weeks near his farm.
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Lewis
Associated Press
Weston
Goff Bailey
Kump to Make Keynote Speech at State Convention
Charleston August 1 Governor Kump will deliver the keynote at the West Virginia state convention in Clarksburg on August 8. An internal revenue official, F Roy Yoke, was slated to speak but is barred due to employer political activity rules. Attorney General Homer A Hall will speak in the afternoon, Senator M M Neely at night, with plans for two Supreme Court nominees and eight presidential electors.
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Associated Press
Charleston
R. C. Andrews
Democratic
Kump
Clarksburg
F. Roy Yoke
Internal Revenue Collector's
Parkersburg
Andrews
Yoke
Homer A. Hall
M. M. Neely
Supreme Court Bench
Aviator Mecill and Richman plan New York to London flight
Dick MECILL and singer Harry Richman announced arrangements for a round trip from New York to London between August 15 and 20. They will depart Floyd Bennett Field on Long Island and land at Croydon airport near London, returning to New York after refueling if winds permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Dick Mec Iill
Harry Richman
London
Floyd Bennett Field
Long Island
Croydon
Jailor yields Logan contest in Democratic race
Logan August 1. Jailor C W Bias dropped his contest against Mayor B C Eddings for a seat on the Logan county Democratic executive committee. He said his attorney advised it was useless as he did not receive enough votes to win.
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Associated Press
Logan
C. W.bias
B. C. Eddings
Logan County
Democratic Executive Committee
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