Confesses Hacking Mother to Death in New Jersey
Gladys MacKnight aged 17 called the most cold blooded girl by Chief of Police O Neill confessed to hacking her mother to death with a hatchet after a quarrel over a bread knife and a heated kitchen scene. Her 18 year old sweetheart Donald Wightman, a radio religious hour singer, was held for murder after statements. The pair were arrested in Jersey City and later brought to Somerville for arraignment.
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Associated Press
Bayonne
N. J
Gladys MacKnight
Cornelius O'Neill
Criect
O'Neill
Mac Knight
O’neill Seid
Donald Wightman
Wightman
Jersey City
Somerville
Mae Knight
Edgar Mae Knight
Cable Company
Joseph
Robbins Reef Yacht Club
MacKnight
Four Beckley Firms to Change Location
Four Beckley business firms announced plans yesterday to change locations. Ragland's Electric Co began excavation on North Kanawha Street for a new building next to Mickens Fruit Store. Caperton Garage and Storage will move to Prince Street, with Home Motor Co. occupying Ragland and Caperton’s current site. Lewis Chevrolet listed plans for a Neville Street building next to its used car lot, with a November completion target.
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Beckley
Ragland
Elvetricy Company
North Kanawha Street
sAimoco
Mick‘en
Powers and Watkins Real Estate Company
Caperton Garage and Storage Company
McCreery Street
Prince Street
Home Motor Company
Raglands and
Capertons
Lewis
Waiter Drowns in Greenbrier River
Alfred Johnson, 22, a waiter at Arrowhead Inn on Alder son road and resident of Washington DC, drowned in Greenbrier River about 6 30 pm four miles east. He was with two girls in a canoe when the boat capsized and he did not surface until about 30 minutes later. Lifeguard Bill Ailstock found him and attempts to revive him failed. The body was taken to Meadows Funeral parlor.
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Hinton
Arrowhead Inn
Greenbrier River
Alfred Johnson
Washington, D. C
H. L. Scruggs
Alderson Road
Here
Johnson
Bill Ailstock
Viola Howard
Nancy Bird
Mount Hope
Meadows Funeral
Governor Sholtz to Address Elks Convention
Governor David Sholtz of Florida to speak at the Elks state convention in Charleston on September 13. Officers expect more than 1,000 attendees at the sessions.
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Associated Press
Charleston
David Sholtz
Florida
of the Elks
Spain Girding For Conflict In Civil War Feints
Amid rising tensions in Spain the rebel Franco forces and Madrid’s Loyalists clash across northern fronts near Zaragoza and Madrid as thousands mobilize. Air and sea bombardments target Barcelona, Gijon, Palma, and other objectives while refugees head to France. France offers limited aid while both sides push to seize key towns. reports note executions and mass mobilizations as the conflict intensifies.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Zaragoza
Almirante Cervera
Gijon
Barcelona
Oviedo
Huelva
Huesca
Calastuys
Cordoba
Palma
Mallorca
Franco
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Spanish
Burgos
Guadarrama
Tarragona
France
Road Projects Set for Bids Across West Virginia
West Virginia state road commission advertised for bids to be opened August 18 for road and bridge projects totaling 1,225,004 dollars. Chief Engineer Mortimer W. Smith cites 34,241 miles to be improved with a rebuilt Grace bridge on State Route 28 between Cumberland and Romney in Harmanshire. Southern counties include Fayette and Mercer with grade crossing eliminations and new bridges, plus several projects in Hampshire Preston Randolph Pleasants Grant Hancock Lewis Jackson.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Road Commission
Mortimer W. Smith
Grace
Potomac River
Harmorshire
Cumberland
Romney
Ny Va
Struc
Fayette County
Smithers
Smithers Creek
Mercer County
Bluefield
Poplar Street
Kanawha
St. Albans
Lewis Road
Hampshire
Preston
Randolph
Pleasants
Grant
Hancock
Lewis and Jackson
Thorpe Claims Astor Deceived Court In Custody Case
Dr. Franklyn Thorpe swore an affidavit alleging actress Mary Astor hid guardianship letters obtained 14 months earlier, making her custody petition possibly void. The hearing resumes Monday as Judge Knight attempts a truce during a tense Toluca Lake reunion with Marylyn present.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Franklyn Thorpe
Mary Astor
Marylyn
Miss Astor
A. P. Michael Narlan
Dr. Thorpe
William Anderson
Dudley S. Valentine
Grant
Goodwin J
California
West
Roland Rich Wooley
Dems Prepare for State Convention in Clarksburg
Raleigh county Democrats plan a two day trip to Clarksburg for the state judicial convention to choose two candidates for the state supreme court and set party platform and campaign. Delegates from Town district favor Judge A D Preston. others show sympathy. Governor Kump to deliver keynote. Raleigh visitors include Judge C M Ward and T E Bibb.
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Raleigh County
Clarksburg
State Supreme Court of Appeals
West Virginia
A. D. Preston
Beckley
High Court
Preston
Fred L. Fox
Sutton
Frank C. Haymond
Fairmont
Walter Virgil Ross
Bluefield
James B. Riley
Wheeling
D. H. Hill Arnold
Elisins
William ‘Harvey Sawyers
Hinton
George W. McCauley
Moorefield
Kump
C. M. Ward
T. E. Bibb
John W. Evans
William Taylor
Ben Ashworth
Ned Ragland
John Warn
K. M. Jarrell
Ashton File
Wow
Goldsmith
D. C. Canterbury
L.L. Scherer
George Ballard
Kyle D. Harper
van Hunter
Harry Anderson
H. EB. Stansbury
J. E. Summerfield
Clarence Meadows
Trap Hill
Mrs
Lanie Lacy
L.T. Gay
C. F. Guthrie
Eccles
Richmond
Clifford Plumiey
Slab Fork
Golden Meadows
S. A. Caperton
Sam Jarrett
Elmer Webb
A. P. Lecber
W. B. Crickster
Norval Cook
Shady Spring
Londa Lilly
C. C. Lewis
Sohn McGinnis
Lillian Vogt
Marsh Fork
Bert Miller
G. T. Baxter
Clear Fork
D.E. Thompson
J. C. Cash
Kiwanis Plans Play to Aid Boy Scouts
Whitesville August 1 Kiwanis club schedules a play titled Blue Ridge Mountaineers to raise funds for the local Boy Scout troop. The event aims to support scouting activities and community youth programs.
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Register Stall
Whitesville
Kiwanis Club
Boy Scout
Florida Crocodile Visit Inspires Raleigh Showdown Tale
Brothers Dean and Lantie Jarrell joined a vermin killing contest in the Raleigh area when a 14 inch crocodile surfaced in Coal River near Pettus. They captured the animal and displayed it at Caly’s store. locals debated if it was the Whitesville pond escape, with no claim filed yesterday.
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Dean
Lantie Jarrell
Coal River
Petts
Caly
Pettus
Whitesville
Louis Bleriot Dies in France at 64
Paris August 1 Louis Bleriot the renowned French aviator who first crossed the English Channel died today at age 64. Born Cambrai July 4 1872 he trained as an engineer and grew up amid mechanical pursuits. His 1909 Channel flight remains a landmark alongside Lindberghs 1927 solo crossing.
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Presa
Paris
Louis Bleriot
English Channel
Lindbergh
Bioriot
Cambrai
Bloriot
Logan Leads for Dem Nomination in Kentucky
Louisville dispatch reports M. M. Logan, the incumbent, widening his lead over J. C. W. Beckham in the Democratic U.S. senatorial primary as results trickled in from 663 of 4,296 precincts. Logan 35,373. Beckham 28,359. John Brown 18,454. Auto wreck near Hartwell kills Jesse Rice, 47, and burns Henry Johnson.
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Asenciated Press
Louisville
M. M. Logan
J.C. W. Beckham
U.S
Logan
Beckham
John ¥. Brown
G O P Women Organize Thursday in Raleigh County
Republican women of Raleigh county will organize Thursday at p.m. in the library room of the Ashton McGinnis and Mann Jaw office. Mrs Richardson, a Charleston official, will assist in forming the club. A preliminary meeting was held at Mrs E L Ellison’s home on Oakwood avenue.
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Raleigh County
Ashton, McGinnis, and Mann Jaw
Richardson
Charleston
E. L. Ellison
Oakwood Avenue
Elizabeth Meadows
Negro Republican head appointed in West Virginia
Charleston August 1 Chairman C F Boone of the Republican state committee appointed Janes F Wade of Buckhannon today as head of the Republican negro bureau He said Wade will have offices here.
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Associated Press
Charleston
C.F. Boone
Republican State Committee
Janes F. Wade
Buckhannon
Republican Negro Bureau
Wade
Lillys Reunion Nears With 30000 Plus Expected At Flat Top
An estimated 36000 visitors from multiple states are anticipated for the annual Lilly reunion set for August 15 and 16 at Flat Top. Secretary Mrs. W T Lilly cites letters from Lilly families in Pennsylvania Texas Kansas Delaware New York California and Virginia. Final plans are underway with speakers listed for both days and 4000 seats contracted. Road repairs and lighting delays are noted with gates opening at 7 am.
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Otht
Lilly
W. T. Lilly
Reunion Association
Lillys
Pennsylvania
Texas
Kansas
Delaware
New York
California
Virginia
State Road
Ira M. Lilly
A. Z. Lilly
E. J. Lilly
AL AL Lilly
Charleston
Kermit A. Locke
Raleigh County
A. D. Lilly
Hinton
W. Broughton Johnson
Vrinceton
H. B. Lee
Clarenee W.meadows
Phillip Hf. Hill
Appalachian power rate cut to save Beckley area consumers
The Public Service Commission in Charleston ordered a rate reduction saving Beckley Mabscott and Beckley district customers at least 35 cents monthly plus a 50 cent meter charge removal, totaling about 1 295 dollars per month for 3 700 consumers and 1 244 600 annually nationwide, with October 1 effective for commercial and large power rates.
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Beckley
Mabscott
Public Service Commission
Charleston
West Virginia
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
Nicholas
Greenbrier
George Eckley
Bckley
Keon Southern
Appalachian
Huntington
Welch
Williamson
Bluefield
Logan
Sia
John J. D. Preston
C. E. Nethken
Alex M. Mahood
J. Donald Murray
Earle H. Morris
Weather forecast shows showers Sunday to Monday
Mostly cloudy conditions rise to showers in southern portions of the Ohio Valley and into the Middle Atlantic states on Monday. Temperature changes are not expected to be significant as cloudiness increases across the lower lake region and Ohio Valley with unsettled conditions prevailing.
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S / Vali
Obia Valley
Lower
Lake Regions
Middle Atlantic States
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Commitee For Industrial Organization
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Sholtz
ELKS
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Thorpe
Franklyn Thrope
Norma Taylor
Miss Taylor
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