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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1937

Page

7

New Seaplanes Power With Gas For Five Years

Seattle aviation editor reports that the Boeing two deck flying boat will use four 1,500 hp radial engines burning 190 to 200 gallons per hour across the Atlantic. The twin row 14 cylinder motors, geared to 66 to 75 percent propeller speed, reduce cabin vibration and drag by 20 to 35 percent, enabling longer service life and bigger cross ocean flights.

Seattle Wash Aeronautical Armed Services

Man's Safe Leg Band Wields Hidden Fortune

Baldwin Gertz, 68, resisted removal of an elastic leg band at a Denver hospital after a car crash. Doctors insisted, and nurses found $880 in cash concealed beneath the elastic. The incident raises questions about custody of money found on patients.

Associated Press Denver Baldwin Gertz Gertz

Oak country club guests former visitors and travels noted

Personal mentions list Oak country club guest Mrs R F Kesler at Sprague. Visitors to Fayetteville include Mrs A L Richards Mrs E B Hawkins Jr and Mrs J R Nowlin. Several tied to Cincinnati for university sessions and family visits, plus trips to Charleston and New Orleans for relatives and vacations.

Kathleen Fort Thomas Black Knight Country Club L. W. Lobenstein

Endo-Corn promises quick relief for corns and calluses

Hundreds in Beckley report relief from corn and callus troubles using Endo-Corn. If other remedies failed, visit White Cross Pharmacy or Beckley Drug Co. tonight or tomorrow to learn why Endo-Corn removes any corn or callus quickly and safely. It costs fifty cents, though it’s worth $50 in perceived value.

Beckley White Cross Pharmacy Beckley Drug Co

WPA play project aids 8000 children in Fayette county

Beulah Shorter, WPA recreation leader in Fayette county, reports 8151 children participated in supervised play last month though 4192 are enrolled. Centers in Mount Hope Gauley Bridge Montgomery Fayetteville Victor Greenville host weekly sessions with WPA sponsorship and trained leaders. Mount Hope group will add three play days weekly.

Register OAK Hill Beulah Shorter WPA Fayette County Miss Shorter Mount Hope

Prison Population Rises in 1936 With Liquor Offenders Leading

U S federal prison roll climbed by over 1000 inmates in 1936, with liquor law violators making up more than half of all commitments. Other offenses accounted for the remainder, reflecting Prohibition era enforcement impact.

U. S

Two Held For Assault In Oak Hill Case

Marion and Jack Bibb were jailed by Magistrate W H Level on assault charges brought by the victim G B Miller’s wife. The men await grand jury after witnesses said they pursued Miller following a quarrel and attacked him with a knife. Constable C E Duncan arrested them and they were taken to Fayetteville county jail.

Register Oak Hill Marion Jack Bibb W. H. Level G. B. Miller Miller C. E. Duncan Fayetteville

Lovitz Building Extension Under Construction

A brick extension to the Lovitz building in Oak Hill is under construction to create a warehouse for the front street furniture store. The addition, built behind the liquor store, will expand the furniture business owned by Abe Lovitz.

Tay Register OAK Hill Lovitz Front Street Abe Lovitz

Clinic Patients Still Increase in Fayette County

More than a hundred patients attend the venereal clinic weekly under Dr C E Watkins Fayette department chief health officer. The caseload has grown for six months forcing a full day each week of service with a full staff. Space was increased and three basement rooms in the courthouse are now used with county court permission.

Register Fayetteville Fayette County C. E. Watkins Fayette Department Watkins Court House

Four men jailed for drunkenness in Fayette district

Four men were brought to the county jail from Montgomery on public drunkenness charges in Kanawha district Fayette. Local magistrates sentenced each to 10 days in jail.

Register Fayetteville Montgomery Kanawha Fayette

Labor Group Declares War on CIO in Massachusetts

Lowell Massachusetts Federation of Labor passed a declaration of war on the Committee for Industrial Organization demanding an investigation of alleged CIO bias by labor board officers. The 52nd convention rejected peace overtures to CIO by a wide vote as it questioned labor-dispute adjudication under Wagner Act.

Associated Press Lowell Mass Massachusetts Federation of Labor Committee For Industrial Organization Labor Board Wagner- Connery Federation New England Regional Labor Board CIO

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