Two men in fatal shooting feud in Beckley
Paul Morgan, 23, was critically wounded in a road shooting at Beckley hospital after a confrontation with Foster Lacy, 45. Lacy surrendered to Deputy Mills, claimed Morgan provoked the attack over Lacy's wife, and said he carried a pistol for protection. Morgan's condition is dire with likely paralysis from a neck wound. prosecutors withheld exam results.
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Paul Morgan
Foster Lacy
Beckley” Hospital
Lacy
G. O. Mills
Morgan
Bulaski
Winding
Gulf
Mills
Clarence Meadows
Raleigh County faces seven month school term plan and surplus levy
The School Board discusses bonds of about 131.00 and a plan to finance a seven month term using 410,000 from local levies and 200,000 from the state primary fund. Dependence on the secondary state fund to equalize term length across counties may delay funds. Regular meetings set for the 25th each month, with sales of several school properties listed including 27 one-room schools slated for disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Raleigh
Fragmented OCR List Of Schools In Consolidation Plan
The text lists numerous schools affected by a consolidation program and notes eliminations. It mentions Hoy school and a series of dispositions including Posey, Price Grove, Bee Branch, Me Sinks Royton, Price, Dry, Lynn Clays Town Fork, Petty, Fork Colored, Le Shiloh, White Rose Colored, Epling Town, and Lewis Wil Colored.
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Efi? Su
Posey
Prise Grove
Bee Branch
Royton
Price, Dry
Ty Lynn
Tevns Fork
Pettry
Hazy
Pettus
S Fork
le Shiloh
Epling
Ktown
Lewis
Rabies Quarantine Extended in Orchard and Beckley Areas
Health authorities extended quarantine in Orchard and Beckley vicinities after multiple cattle deaths attributed to rabies. Dr. Hume warned the disease is fatal to humans and animals, noting transmission through dog bites and outlining three immediate steps: secure the dog, seek medical wound care, and report the bite to the county health office for Pasteur treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard
Beckley
Hume
Ashworth
Hollywood
Pullic
Man
County Health Office
NEW TACTICS SHAPE OPEN SHOP DEBATE IN COAL CODE TALKS
The discussion shows New Tactics bringing agreement on some autonomy while administration officials hold back on minimum wage and hours. Non-union leaders meet with Donald Richberg to interpret the recovery act provisions, signaling cautious optimism for a code within days. Cliff Myers, an Oklahoma City license clerk, offers brides his self made cook book with recipes beauty tips and baby care notes.
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John D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh
R. E. Taggart
Philadelphia
James D. Francis
Huntington
W. Va
Charles O'Neill
New York
Donald Richberg
Cliff Myers
Oklahoma City
College to Be Discussed in Beckley Meeting
Local musicians will perform at a Memorial building program Tuesday night to promote a Junior College in Beckley. Mayor Hedrick will preside. Chamber of Commerce committee members will assist, and several local parents indicated they would consider sending their children if the college is established.
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Memorial Building
Beckley
Caesar Ronconi
First Baptist Church
Ladies Quartette
Inez Caffee
Duff Daniel
B. A. Boyd
E. M. Caperton
Beverely Watts
Frazier defense stalls as self defense claim cited in shooting
Leo Frazier testifies he chased a car bound for prison to kill Ralph Harper and says if he shot Shamblin it was in self defense. Jurors weigh motives as the trial ends. Harper convicted of first degree murder with mercy recommended, Cuno’s trial ends in a hung jury. Both men arrested after a Kanawha county line shooting near Kenna. deputies and a wounded officer.
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Lin
Frazier
State Penitentiary
Ralph Harper
Harper
Shamblin
Miller
Cuno
Kenna
Kanawha-Jackson County
Charleston
George L. Dudley
Huntington
East
Charles Harper
New Rochelle
N. Y
West Virginia
Cano
Louise Frazier
Leo
Elizabeth Mairs
Hem
Rutherford Board Probes State Institution Finances
The Rutherford board named W B Gurry traveling auditor to inspect finances and equipment at state institutions. After Dr L HW Clark assumed control on August 1, Curry reported missing equipment. An investigation including testimony was conducted at Welch to uncover payroll details and related issues.
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W. B. Gurry
Rutherford
L. HW. Clark
Kyle
Curry
White
Welch
Rutherford ousted as state hospital head amid fraud probe
Rutherford, a Republican who led the state hospital for 12 years, was ordered out by Governor Kump and replaced by Clark. He appeared in Charleston as election fraud allegations in McDowell County circulated, and state troopers detained him in the capitol before he began the journey back to Welch.
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Rutherford
Clark
Kump
C. F. Millender
Wayne
Millender
McDowell County
Senate
Polo Player Alleges Kidnapping by Sports Figure
Rose, a polo player, said she was detained in an automobile for two hours by Smith after she was told her services were no longer needed. She charged Smith with forcible advances. Dr. Gary M. Baker accompanied her to court. Smith was arrested at a fashionable North Shore Inn with Major Frederic McLaughlin nearby.
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Rube” Williams
Smith
Lake Forest
Evanston
Hubbard Woods
Gary M. Baker
Brightmere
North Shore Inn
Frederic McLaughlin
Repeal Vote Shows Sparse Dry Support Across Counties
Complete returns reveal only 21 of 115 counties favored dry measures, with rural areas typically dry. Several strong wet counties, including St Louis and Kansas City area, swung toward repeal. Jackson and St Louis counties report light turnout, reflecting overall apathy.
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St. Louis
Kansasity
Kansas City
Jackson County
St. Louis City
Sylvia Sidney Stars In Lyric Theatre Show
Sylvia Sidney headlines the Lyric Theatre screening of the film Jennie Gerhardt. Don ald Cook, Mary Astor, H.8. Warner and Edward Arnold lead supporting roles in Marion Gering’s adaptation produced by Paramount. The drama follows a beautiful woman drawn by powerful forces who sacrifices for love.
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Sylvia Sidney
Theodore Dreiser
Jennie Gerhardt
Lyric Theatre
Donald Cook
Mary Astor
H. 8. Warner
Edward Arnold
Marion Gering
B. P. Schulberg
Paramount
Tian
Skunk In Church Alarm Prompts Police Search
In Holdenville Oklahoma on August 19 three youths were sought by Hughes County officers after they allegedly disturbed religious worship by throwing a skunk into the Bethel schoolhouse. The animal was ejected by church members once it showed displeasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdenville
Oklo
Bethel
Hughes County
Stansbury Farm Sale Draws Big Crowd at Glen Daniel
The old Stansbury farm sale in Glen Daniel drew about 500 people with 115 of 160 tracts sold for roughly 313 000, near 100 dollars per acre. Auctioneers called it one of their best sales while the Beckley band played and church ladies served lunch. About 100 building lots and 60 acres of farm land were sold, most land along the Glen Daniel to Bolt road.
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Jarry A. Stansbury
Stansbury
Beckley Municipal Band
Glen Daniels
Glen Daniel
Bolt
Kissing Contest Rules Cited In Old City Page
The article lists rules for a kissing contest with odd stipulations and seating to ease contestants. Contestants include Charles Keane and Joan Hoan from Bulte, Montana, plus Long Island couples celebrating anniversaries. Rules ban onions, require both eyes closed during registration, forbid peeking, prohibit biting, and allow various holds while mandating moustache trimming for men before the kiss.
Body Found In Cleveland Man Murdered By Poison
The body of James E. Gray, 49, a globe trotting mechanical engineer educated at Oxford and Columbia, was found beside a road in suburban Euclid. wounds on his back and neck suggest stabbing, with poison indicated as cause. a thriller copy and two blooded fingerprints on a knife point to possible suspects. Gray, naturalized 1918, had been unemployed since 1932 and his wife Katherine Gray provided the Cleveland address.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
James E. Gray
Euclid
Wilson S. Chamberlain
Gray
Katherine Gray
Turkey
Oxford University
England
Columbia
New York
Former Long Branch Resident Succumbs
Joe Pryor aged 42, formerly of Long Branch, died in a Huntington hospital Friday after a two year illness from myocarditis. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Pax Baptist Church at 2 o'clock conducted by Reverend B. W. Williams of Long Branch, with burial in Pax cemetery. Three brothers survive: John Pryor of Huntington, Lt. Pryor of Charleston, and William Pryor of Pax.
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Joe Pryor
Long Branch
Huntington
Pax ‘Baptist Church
B. W. Williams
Pax
Tyree
Dew
John Pryor
Lt. Pryor
Charleston
William Pryor
Roosevelt heads home from White House after busy NRA week
President Roosevelt prepares to return to Hyde Park for two weeks after an intense White House stretch focused on the national recovery administration codes for oil steel and coal. He plans to enforce NRA measures on Labor Day and reviews industrial public works and a major railroad labor dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
White House
Hudson River
National Recovery Administration
NRA
Highland
N. Y
Welfare boards overhauled as Kump orders reforms
Governor Kump directs immediate survey of local welfare boards to remove politics and inefficiency and ensure relief work. Road Commissioner Bailey implements policy to hire highway workers from federal reemployment lists as plans for possible special legislative session between November and January circulate among capitol observers.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Road Commission
State House
Kump
Francis W. Turner
Bailey
Washington
Capitol
Roosevelt
Strike Truce Extended in Panther Creek Valley
On a plea by Howard Colvin federal conciliator the equalization committee of idle anthracite miners in the Panther Creek valley agreed to extend the strike truce arranged by Governor Pinchot. The extension was agreed upon late tonight and is indefinite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tamaqua
Howard Colvin
National Recoveery Administration
Equalization Committee
Panther Creek Valley
Pinheot
Havana Harbor Strike Breaks Into Violence
Havana August 19 dock workers strike turned violent as strikers attacked strikebreakers on United Fruit docks. Angel Zamporza killed and his brother wounded. Government vows to enforce labor law unless arbitration succeeds. Nearby, destruction of ex Lieutenant Lino Lomo’s home stirs fears of revenge tied to Machado era. ABC society protests mob actions in Cienfuegos.
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Associated Press
Havana
Carlos Manuel de Cesipedes
United Fruit Company
Angel Zamporza
Raphael Doniphan
Doniphan
Lino Lomo
Cienfuegos
Machado
ABC Society
Nethkin files dissent on Wheeling gas rate case
A dissenting opinion by C. E. Nethken of the public service commission challenges the majority finding a 52 cent per thousand cubic feet rate for the Natural Gas Company of West Virginia in Wheeling. Nethken pegs West Virginia property value at about 2.995 million dollars after depreciation, arguing an 8.558 million undepreciated total and proposing a 46 percent West Virginia allocation, opposed to the 50-50 split with Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Wheeling
C. E. Nethken
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
I. Wade Coffman
Alexander M. Mahood
Nethken
Coffman
John J. Preston
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Miner at Concho Resident Joe Lopez Dies at 55
Funeral services are set for Sunday at 1 30 PM in Thomas chapel Oak Hill for Joe Lopez 55 a Spanish miner of Concho who died at Oak Hill Hospital Friday morning after a three month illness Burial will follow at Sunset Cemetery under the direction of the Oak Hill Funeral Home.
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Thomas Chapel
Oak Hill
Joe Lopez
Concho
Oak Hill Hospital
Sunset
Hae Funeral Home
Oak, Ill
W M Taylor Named For Clerk Position In City
William M Taylor of this city has been appointed chief clerk in the office of E R Taylor division road engineer, according to advices from Charleston received last night He is expected to assume duties immediately Welch The home of Schuyler Colfax once vice president of the United States has been razed at South Bend Indiana
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William M. Taylor
E. R. Taylor
Charleston
Welch
Schutyler Colfax
United States
South Bend, Jnd
Plane Falls in Swamp Near Leipsic After Lightning Strike
A red cabin monoplane crashed into a marsh west of Leipsic Delaware after what state troopers say was a midair lightning hit. The fire and explosion trapped the pilot in eight feet of water as neighbors tried to reach the wreckage. Authorities later linked the missing craft to Harold McMahon of Oyster Bay who had flown from Atlantic City to Washington, D. C., failing to appear at any intermediate airport.
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Associated Press
Del
Leipsic
T Here
Harold McMahon
Oyster Bay
McMahon
Skylark Company
Long Island
Atlantic City
Washington, D. C
Washington
Neige
Allantic City
Fire damages old building on South Fayette Street
Early morning blaze refired an old structure on South Fayette Street, formerly a t shop. An elderly man, R. R. Smith, sleeping inside, awoke to falling plaster, broke a window with a revolver shot to escape when the door was locked from outside. Neighbors freed him as Beckley fire crew contained the flames before major damage.
Texas Move to Repeal Prohibition Faces State Vote
In Austin on August 19 Texas ratifies repeal of the eighteenth amendment and calls for a constitutional revision to permit beer manufacture and sale. The state will become the 23rd to vote on ending prohibition. Missouri voting today appeared to indicate defeat for pro repeal leaders.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
Missouri
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Paul Mornt
Windin
Elth
Leo Frazier
Paye One
Skunk
Norte
Nethkin
Public Service Group
W. M. Taylor
Avion
Fayette
R. R. Smith
New State
Pete
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