Fall native of Fayette dies after fall at home
Benjamin Bibb a 91 year old Beckley resident and Fayette native born January 13 1838 died yesterday after a fall at his home following a Tuesday incident. He was father of Mrs Annie J Richards and relative to local business figures. He had lived in Beckley since 1910 and died from bruises and age related causes. Continued on page four.
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Benjamin Bibb
I. Pibb
Annie J. Richards
Earwood
Beckley
Bibble
Lis
Bibb
Murder on Georgia Highway Mystery Revealed
A man identified as B. Skmilton of Charleston was found unconscious on a Georgia highway with a crushed head. He died later at a Louisville clinic. A Black suspect was questioned by the coroner's jury but released after verdict of death by unknown causes. Authorities suspect robbery of the victim.
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Associated Press
Louisville
B. Skmilton
Charleston
W. Va
Herend
R. Lewis
Lewis
Thuntion
Peace City Armed Camp Over Palestine Riots
In Jerusalen crowds of armed Arabs attacked Jews near the wailing wall igniting prolonged rioting. British and American efforts to restore order escalate as 21 Arabs and 17 Jews die and many are injured amid troop and ship deployments and a wartime airlift to Palestine.
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Associated Press
Jerusaten
City of Peace
Palestine
Jerusalem
Rhone
Tree
Solomon's Temple
Jerusalen
Motza
Midnight Swim Fatality Near Lick Branch
In Charleston on August 4 Miss Lola Smith, 22, drowned during a midnight swim in the Kanawha River near Lick Branch. Police believe cramps caused her immersion after she joined Herbert Smith and Mr and Mrs George Blackner at the Blackner home. Blackner swam after her and attempted rescue from a raft but failed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Lola Smith
Kanawha
Lick Branch
Miss Smith
Herbert Smith
George Blackner
Blackner Sheme
Plackner
Buckner
Stop Me If
Chris Kambouris of the Beckley Cafe discusses world politics and recalls a Greek paper. He mocks pilitarists as weak without popular support and cites Abner Peck in a lively if fragmented exchange about public challenges and social bravado.
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Chris Kambouris
Beckley Cafe
Greece
Chris
Abner Peck
Peck
Ex-Convict Father Seeks Release After Son Apprehended
Louisville report shows an ex convict father detained after his son, William Arthur Moore, was arrested. The father, James Moore, claimed the boy’s actions were part of a misguided effort to reform him, insisting he was merely teaching him a lesson. Authorities described the case as a family crime scenario with conflicting motives.
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Louisville
Shine
Hem
James Moore
Uebas
Jessi
William Arthur Moore
Gas May Reach Beckley by November Amid Expansion Plans
The Amere Gas Utilities company, led by J. D. Gwynne, expects Wyoming county gas to reach Beckley outskirts within a week and aims to complete four miles of pipe by September 1. Beckley will host the enterprise headquarters and a regional distribution network extending toward Fayetteville and Bluefield, with a local office to inform residents on gas usage.
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Heckley Citivens
Greenspan
Beckley
Amere Gas Ulililies Company
J. D. Gwynne
Wyoming County
Keckley
Tuest
Heckley
Fayetteville
Bluefield
Woman beaten as man sought after assault at home
Dominick Slaney, a resident of East Beckley Hungarian, is sought by City Police after allegedly striking his wife with a stove poker during a drunken quarrel yesterday at 10 am. The injured woman bled heavily, and Slaney fled toward Raleigh and had not been captured by last night. Slaney has prior liquor case history and previously resisted an officer in November.
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Dominick Slaney
Beckley
Walter Kakes
Slaney
Raleigh
Staney
Redden Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Lois Redden
Funeral services for Mrs Lois Redden wife of Lt Redden who died at her Crow home after eight months illness will be held at Crow church at 10 this morning with Rev Paul Smith officiating. Burial is in Via graveyard on White Oak Mountain. Rose Undertakers in charge. She was 43 and survived by four sons Willard Ray Billie and Worraw and her father Isaac Via of Crow. A B Redden a circuit clerk's office clerk is a brother in law of Mrs Redden.
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Willard
Ray
Billie
Worraw
Isaac Via
Crow
A.B. Redden
Circuit Clerk’s
Mes. Hedden
Roane County Official Hangs Self in Barn
The former Roane County assessor Stephen Taylor 56 was found hanging in a barn at his Walton area home. Relatives say he had been despondent over health and financial issues after resigning a state road commission clerical post. Taylor served as county assessor from 1920 to 1924. He leaves a widow and ten children.
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Roane County
Spencer
Aug
Stephen Taylor
Taylor
Walton
State Road
Graf Zeppelin Airship Position Report En Route Pacific
Intercepted radio message from The Graf Zeppelin places the airship at 49.50 degrees north latitude and 74.10 degrees east longitude. The craft is about 1800 miles from Tokyo, traveling rapidly toward the United States, with weather reports relayed via stations on both sides of the Pacific.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Worai Pacific
United States
Toud
Pacific
Water boy’s escape prompts prison camp thirst concerns
Eugene Cox, a water boy for a chaingang, fled yesterday afternoon to refill the water supply and did not return. This marks the second water-boy disappearance in two months. Cox, serving six months on a pistol charge, had 28 days remaining.
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Chaingang
Eugene Cox
Eugene
Tan Spring
Cox
Weather outlook with cooler spell amid scattered showers
Partly cloudy conditions give way to a cooler period in the early week with a chance of showers Monday or Tuesday and again Friday. Temperatures rise modestly later in the week before a drop toward week’s end.
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Ray
School Marm of Early 80s Here on First Visit Since
Beckley residents recall Miss Russie Steele who led Beckley’s first high school in 1882 83 and 1883 84. Now Mrs CL Key Smith of Lynchburg Virginia returns with her husband to revisit old school days and people, traveling from Bristol via Roanoke Waynesboro and Wade Quinnimont to reach Beckley.
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Beckley
Russie Steele
CL Key Smith
Madison Street
Lynchburg
Welock
Huntington
Roanoke
Waynesboro
Wade Quinnimont
Trince
New Viver
Viney
Tia Hack
Heasley
Waleigh County Bank
John Beckley
Hinton
Callaway Named Third Party Chief in Milton City Politics
C C Callaway was chosen as mayor candidate for the Citizen's party by the executive committee meeting at the National Exchange Bank in Milton. H P Wills named recorder treasurer candidate, D F Sanphell placed on the council slate replacing Chap Wiley who declined. The Citizen's party plans a petition drive to place candidates before voters with 23 to 1000 signatures as allowed. Major issues include city electric rates, deemed excessive, to be discussed at mass meetings.
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CG. C. Callaway
Citizen's Party
National Exchange Bank
Milton Curtis
Spirit
Sali
H. PP. Wills
Dad
Sanphell
Chap Wiley
Meg Curtis
Squire Callaway
Beckley
Amon Jose
E. H L. Crouch
W. T. Ford
Dep
A .A. Campbell
Curtis
Cataway
Flo
Stewession
Six Months Sentence For Razor Toting Trespass Suspect
Hazy Blankenship and Grover Hierron were jailed for trespass on G&O railway property. Blankenship hid a razor, found during a search, and received six months in prison. Hierron was remanded on a $10 bond plus costs while awaiting payment of the bond.
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G.7& O
Hazy Blankenship
Grover Hierron
Anl
AL Mc Godsbey
Rlankenship
Hey
Squire C. V. Cottle
Herron
England Sees Australian Shippers Sell More Wine in Quarter
Sydney-Australian wine shippers moved 23 000 gallons more of their product in Great Britain in the quarter ending March 1 than in the same period of 1928. They claim Spanish and French wines declined while Portozal increased, marketing twice as much wine as Australia.
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Sydney
Great Britain
Australia
Burton Given Jail Sentence For Petit Larceny
A. J. Anton, former manager of East Gulf Meat Goods Co, was jailed for five days by Justice of the Peace O’Dedd after pleading guilty to petit larceny. He took from a safe while two witnesses testified, with the court noting insufficient proof of his continued employment to clear the charge.
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Petit Davceney
A. J. Anbton
Poul Joan A? Ue Clt
East Gulf
Coed SA
Justice of the Peace
O'Dedd
Burton
Ia Sh
Pool
Roan Sts
Burial Association
Hurlon
Ynesterday
CTL Meads
Barton
Lorton
Tariff Bill Fight Centered In Senate
senators from Democrats and Republican independents signal willingness to decide the tariff issue before the current session ends in December. Western Republicans deny distortions of the vote while warning action is needed by January 1 or politics will push the measure to next year.
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Assoenates
Washington
Senate
Agtain
Berat, Wtaho
Death notices weave through loose ends in Hamilton case
Conflicting dispatches tie J B Hamilton to Fayette county kin and Foole's dairy on Main road amid futile efforts to confirm local ties. A West Virginia wife and nurse relative provide clues as a Charlotte envelope lists Mrs G T Atkinson. burial planned in Beckley after mysterious demise along the Mususia highway.
Minter Announces Democratic Candidacy for Beckley Mayor
Minter a longtime Dem leader and Beckley Chamber of Commerce president declares qualification for the Democratic mayoral nomination. He pledges to push economy, new streets, and prudent city governance if elected by party convention voters.
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IC. Minter
Nome
Ue Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Heckley
Beckley
Jarges
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Campbell
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Mead Coal Company
J.B. Hamilton
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