New Deal Test in One State Kentucky Primary Results
Mississippi voters balloted today in a state office primary while Rhode Island filled a congressional vacancy in a New Deal test. Kentucky counted last Saturday's vote showing a run off likely between A B Chandler and Thomas S Rhea with Rhea backed by Governor Ruby Laffoon leading Chandler.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Rhode Island
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Thomas S. Rhea
Rhea
Ruby Laffoon
Chandler
King Swope
Lexington
Sam Hurst
Beattyville
First
Antonio Prince
Charles F. Risk
Huey Long
Louisiana
Virginia
Schmidt Taken To Huntington
Schmidt the man built backwards who has caused jitters near the county jail was moved to a state mental hospital in Huntington this morning. Adjudged insane by the county lunacy boards, he had been confined in the jail due to crowded state hospitals. His mania is triggered by noises such as a man snoring, which set off screaming fits alarming inmates and passersby. He was once described by doctors as the man built backwards, with heart and other organs reversed. He had a term in the state penitentiary in late 1934 and early 1935, was released, then involuntarily committed again. He was taken from the local jail by Deputy Sheriff Tom Lewis.
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Bill Schmidt
Huntington
Schmidt
Lunacy Board
State Penitentiary
Tom Lewis
Market Prices Higher In Morning Trading
An early rise led by General Motors boosted stock market activity on Wall Street with gains for several issues. Profit takers trimmed some advances in the second hour, while support emerged for scattered stocks after noon. Dupont climbed about $1.50 to near $109, while U S Steel and American Telephone were roughly unchanged.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
General Motors
Motors
Dupont
U.S. Steel
American Telephone
Infantile Paralysis Reported Again in Raleigh County
The county health office reported a second case of infantile paralysis in Raleigh County. Ray Garten, 11, son of Mrs. Eloise Garten of Virginia Street, is the victim. The illness is described as moderately severe with a recent improvement followed by a recurrence. no actual paralysis has occurred.
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Raleigh County
Ray Garten
Eloise Garten
Virginia Street
Senate probes whispering lobby as New Deal row widens
Washington Aug 6 The senate lobby committee planned a deep cut probe of a whispering campaign against President Roosevelt. It may call public utility officials after a Cramer suggestion to broadcast rumors about the chief executive. Cramer testified his idea was not accepted but a whispering campaign has developed. Hurley to testify on a $25 000 payment by Associated Gas and Electric in its utilities bill fight. Conference on the holding company issue nears, Wheeler pressing to assemble full conferees Wednesday. House conferees stand firm against Ben Cohen presence.
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E. P. Cramer
Cramer
New Jersey
Senate
Patrick J. Hurley
Hoover
Associated Gas and Electric Company
House
Wheeler
D-Mont
Ben Cohen
Mr. Roosevelt
Utility Lobby
House Committee
B. B. Robinson
Associated
Washington
Hopson
Associated Company
Relief Fund Is Allotted to West Virginia for August
West Virginia will receive a government grant of 1,250,000 for relief. W W Allen said official notification has been received and funds are expected to be credited to the relief administration at the federal reserve bank in Richmond soon.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. W. Allen
C. L. Allen
West Virginia
Relief Administration
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Three Counties Vote On Sale Of Liquors
Three counties Grant Ritchie and Upshur voted today on whether liquor sales should be barred within their borders. Local option elections were held with results not known until tonight.
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Associated Pross
Charleston
Grant
Ritchie
Upshur
Leaders block bonus aim as adjournment hoped
Senate Democratic leaders decided to block attaching bonus payments or extraneous items to the Roosevelt tax bill. They gave bonus legislation preferred status for the next session to speed adjournment. Senator Robinson noted advocates feel a separate next year offer would muster stronger support. Robert H. Jackson urged revenue from the propertied class to balance the budget and fund the depression fight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Congress
Robinson
Robert H. Jackson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Plane Here To Advertise Tru Blu Beer
H B Long and O MacRobert flew from Northampton Pa to advertise Tru Blu beer. They landed at Tolley field at noon and planned sky writing with a 583 foot banner. The banner tangled in a nearby tree and tore apart during take-off.
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H. B. Long
O. MacRobert
Northampton
Pennsylvania City
Tolley Field
MacRobert
West Virginia
Tru-Blu
Bomb in Garage Kills Former Dirt Track Driver
Louis Hoyt aged 52, once a dirt track racing record holder, was killed in an explosion in his garage in Haverstraw New York. Authorities feared a bomb caused the blast. Hoyt's body was recovered from the garage ruins hours later. The blast knocked down residents three blocks away.
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Associated Press
Haverstraw
N. Y
Louis Hoyt
Hoyt
Prince Alexis Mdivani Buried At Paris Today
Prince Alexis Mdivani was buried in Paris after memorial services for Countess Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow’s former husband. The Greek Orthodox rites followed his fatal car crash in Spain, with only 35 attendees attending the service.
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Associated Press
Paris
James Woolworth Donahue
Barbara Hutton Mdivani Haugwitz-Reventlow
Prince Alexis Mdivani
Spain
Proposed Road to Connect Snuffertown to Mabscott
The Works Progress Administration allocates 23138 for an all weather road through Snuffertown and Oak Grove and Cleveland school house roads. The project covers drainage and slagging, runs about five miles, and links Mabscott Wickham to Cabell and Mt Tabor road near J P Clay's old home, then via Oak Grove Church to Cleveland.
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Snuffertown
Oak Grove
Cleveland
Works Progress
Washington
Mabscott
Wickham
Cabell
Mt. Tabor
William Davis
Eccles
J. P. Clay
Oak Grove Church
Torso Slaying Trial Underway in Chicago
The August 6 trial in Chicago centers on the torso murder of Ervin Lang. Prosecutor Charles S. Dougherty seeks the death penalty for Blanche Dunkel and Evelyn Smith, who waived a jury to let Judge Cornelius Harrington decide. Dougherty alleges Dunkel urged Smith to kill Lang for 500 dollars, 100 of which was paid, with Lang's body found in a swamp near Hammond last July 10.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ervin Lang
Charles S. Dougherty
Blanche Dunkel
Evelyn Smith
Cornelius J. Harrington
Criminal Court
Dougherty
Lang
Hammond
Girl's Prompt Action Saves Life Of Child
Winogene Blackburn five-year-old daughter of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Alex Blackburn of Goody saved a two year old child from death under the wheels of a Worfolk and Western wreck train. The child crawled under the train as it approached. Winogene ran out and pulled the boy clear just before the wheels passed. The train started a few seconds later.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Winogene
Alex Blackburn
Goody
Red Blackburn
Civil Service Posts Open To Public
Examinations for government posts in the Bureau of Mines and Indian Service announced by S. B. Andrews local secretary for the U S board of Civil Service Examiners. Posts include chief explosives chemist at Pittsburgh experimental station and area medical director in the Indian service. details from Mr Andrews Beckley post office.
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Bureau of Mines
The
Indian Service
S. B. Andrews
United States Board of Civil Service Examiners
Pittsburgh
Mines Department
Andrews
Beckley
Ferris Denies He Killed Man in Park Car
Detroit August 6 William Lee Ferris 26 year old hotel habitué on trial with three former burlesque dancers for the hold up slayings of Howard Carter Dickinson a New York attorney testified yesterday Dickinson shot himself in Ferris automobile in Rough Park last June 26 He also charged that three confessions read into the record were obtained during four days of almost continual questioning while he was beaten by detectives and given little food Ferris testified that he and Dickinson after a drinking party rode in his hotel room then stopped the car at the request of one of the women The girls got out I had one foot on the running board when I heard a shot in the back seat I looked back and saw Dick stretched out on the seat with a gun in his hand I grabbed for it and when my fingers closed on it it went off again Dick slid out of the car his feet resting on the fender
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Associated Press
Detroit
William Lee Ferris
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
Dickinson
Florence
Loretta Jackson
Jean Miller
Ferris
Father and Brother Held For Murder in Elopement Case
In Linden Texas on August 6 authorities held the father and brother of a 17 year old bride on probable murder charges for the deaths of Jack Parton 40 and his daughter Kaydell 15 who were killed by shotgun fire. The accused are R P Gillespie 50 and his son Wallace 22. The Partons were slain after the Gillespies sought information about Carrie Gillespie 17 who married Parton s hired hand Clyde Hammonds on Saturday.
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Associated Press
Linden
Texas
Jack Parton
Kaydell
R. P. Gillespie
Wallace
Partons
Gillespies
Carrie Gillespie
Parton
Clyde Hammonds
Thompson Named Deputy Sheriff in Slab Fork District
H. W. Thompson of Odd was appointed deputy sheriff in Slab Fork to replace Fred Cole of Lillybrook who resigned. Thompson previously served as deputy 1913 to 1916. Cole becomes conservator of the peace at Lillybrook. The court met to review resignations and tax levies as Beckley and schools set rates.
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H. W. Thompson
Odd
Slab Fork
Fred Cole
Lillybrook
Thompson
George W. Thompson
K. M. Jarrell
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Cole
Fred
C. C. Lewis
Lewis
Harry Anderson
Beckley
Board of Education
CCC To Receive Sizeable Amount
President Roosevelt allotted 200000000 of works relief funds to aid the Civilian Conservation Corps. The money will expand CCC to a full strength of 600000, with enrolled strength at 425000. Since April 1, 521734000 has been allocated to the CCC.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
C. C
Mussolini Expands Italian Troop Mobilization Across Africa
In Rome and Addis Ababa on August 6 1935 Mussolini ordered 75000 more troops to arms including two regular divisions and a black shirt unit expanding Italian forces in Eritrea and Somaliland to about 195000. Haile Selassie launched a Red Cross drive signaling Ethiopia readiness for possible war with Italy while Ethiopian warriors gathered to volunteer.
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Italy
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Adua
Barrymore Fends Off Nosey Crowd at Fifth Avenue Sale
John Barrymore called police amid public curiosity during Elaine Barrie shopping trip with her mother. The actor bought a directoire set as Barrie and her mother slipped out a side door. Barrymore fled a Fifth Avenue mob to a waiting taxi and refused to discuss his California divorce suit or any romance with Barrie.
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Associated Press
New York
John Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Barrymore
Miss Barrie
Fifth Avenue
Police enlist 13 new recruits for department
Charleston August 6 The state police department enlisted 13 recruits and prepared to assign them to posts in the newly organized Company C with headquarters in Elkins. Recruits include Obra Bell of Racine and Charles E. Mays of Bluestone.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Police Department
Company C
Elkins
Obra Bell
Racine
Charles E. Mays
Bluestone
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs George L Dial Funeral Today
Funeral services will be held at Daniels this afternoon for the infant son of Mr and Mrs George L Dial of Cranberry whose death occurred last evening shortly after birth. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Daniels with Caffee undertakers in charge. Mrs Dial before marriage was Miss Anna Mae Farley.
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Daniels
George L. Dial
Cranberry
Dial
Anna Mae Farley
Morton Youth Bond After Stabbing in Prince Street Dispute
James Pointer was stabbed in the abdomen following an argument over dance tickets on Prince Street. George Morton, 23, charged with maiming, posted 1500 bond. Phillip White, 22, charged with aiding and abetting a felony, posted 1000 bond. Both defendants are colored. Squire Zach A. Petty held the preliminary hearing yesterday afternoon. Pointer is seriously but not critically wounded.
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James Pointer
Prince Street
George Morton
Phillip White
Squire Zach A. Petty
Morton
White
Pointer
Hunt Services This Afternoon
Emory J. Hunt, 55, died of myocarditis Sunday at his home in Pembrook Fayette county. Burial at Crow this afternoon after services at 3 o clock. Survived by wife Gertie Hunt and sons George and Joe, daughters Sallie and Ruthie, Dorothy Lewis of Pembrook and Pearl Deal of Keeny s Creek. Brothers and sisters include Fred Hunt Beaver Roy Hunt Rainelle James Hunt Gallopolis Ohio Minnie Kincaid Hicks Charleston Daisy White Posey.
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Emory J. Hunt
Pembrook
Fayette County
Crow
Gertie Hunt
George Hunt
Joe Hunt
Sallie Hunt
Ruthie Hunt
Dorothy Lewis
Pearl Deal
Keeny’s Creek
Fred Hunt
Beaver
Roy Hunt
Rainelle
James Hunt
Gallopolis
Ohio
Minnie Kincaid
Grace Hicks
Charleston
Daisy White
Posey
Picnic Planned to Honor Former Baptist Pastor
Mrs. E. A. Crouch announced a public picnic dinner on Knob Hill for friends of Rev. W. B. Harvey R. C. Ransom and Mrs. J. A. Boone. Attendees are urged to bring a basket and greet the five honorees. The gathering is set for Wednesday at 5 30 with dinner at six. If rain, the event moves indoors to the First Baptist Church basement.
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E. A. Crouch
Knob Hill
W. B. Harvey
R. C. Ransom
J. A. Boone
Weather outlook fair. warmer in east
Generally fair weather continues tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer readings in the extreme east portion. Beckley reported a high of 84 degrees yesterday and a low of 55 last night. L. A. Mauck notes the warmth is easing in.
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Beckley
L. A
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