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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1934
Page
7
The Associated Press reports federal agents in major cities conducted raids yielding 400 plus arrests and thousands of dollars in narcotics seized. Harry J. Anslinger praised the day’s work while forecasting more actions as the campaign continues across the nation.
Simon Bell a Glen White resident pled guilty to second degree murder for the killing of a Black man in Glen White in fall 1992 and received an 18 year term from Judge H M Kilgore. Aubrey Noel was sentenced to a year and a day for grand larceny with sentence suspended and three years probation due to age. other cases were continued to December 11.
Governor H. G. Kump says Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins is investigating the West Virginia relief administration. The statement follows reports Beehler may be replaced, with Kump denying outside control and planning a formal reply next week after talks with Hopkins and other West Virginia officials.
Dr Stephen P Burke of West Virginia University told the American Association of University Women in Fairmont that tax shifts from direct property levies to indirect taxation reflect social and economic evolution. He cited 80 percent direct taxpre amendment to 45 percent now, noting property tax rose from 50 million in 1932 to 27 million direct and 20 million indirect. He also said taxpayers rose to 500000 from 350000 after the amendment.
A cold wave blanketed West Virginia with ice and snow causing one death and multiple injuries. Near Bluefield a 52 year old Wenonah woman, Mrs B E Gridley, died when her car skidded and plunged down a 200 foot hillside. Four others including Princeton resident Mrs J H Kraft were hurt. Snow reached six inches near Richwood and two people were injured in separate wrecks. Charleston saw traffic jams as a stalled car blocked a narrow bridge amid slick conditions.
Beckley National Exchange Bank paid out twenty thousand dollars to Christmas Savings Club depositors in the last week. Payouts ranged from 12.50 to 500 dollars. Cashier French Lucas said the bank is pleased with the year's club and will continue the service next year with deposits from 25 cents to ten dollars weekly.
Bluefield West Virginia December 8 The Rev O E Hall after twenty years in ministry has shifted to repairing watches He says he will fix timepieces of his fellow pastors to keep their companionship and memory alive
John Wilburn of Morgantown paid $37 after a hitchhiking trip toward Mason Town. He boarded an automobile with three men who later stopped the car and forced him from the vehicle at gunpoint, taking his wallet.
A Glen Hedrick and Beckley hunting party returned from a Burner mountain bear hunt between Durbin and Ginde with a 200 pound bear shared among four men J W Fritz A J Lilly Claude Sarrah and C F Noel. Uncle Dick Smith guided the hunt Harrah fired the fatal shots weighing 200 pounds. The group also bagged two coons on Wednesday and Friday with humorous anecdotes from Fritz about misses and near captures.
Helen Gillis widow of George Baby Face Nelson was sent to a federal detention farm in Milan Michigan for one year and one day for parole violation. She was moved from Madison Wisconsin to avoid Alderson West Virginia as a possible transfer. Evelyn Frechette, Dillinger associate, will be one of her fellow inmates. Gillis was captured after Nelson, actually Gillis, was fatally wounded in a gun battle with federal officers.
Dr George Kramer has led evangelistic services at the First Baptist Church and will finish with a 7 pm sermon titled Your Verdict For or Against Christ. He will address the Sunday school this morning and hold a baptismal service at 2 30 this afternoon. This morning at 11 o clock he speaks on The City Beautiful.
Eleven men die and another is dying in Portland's North-end rooming houses after drinks laced with virulent poison denatured alcohol. Police study sales at local drug stores while investigations focus on denatured alcohol used for beverage purposes. Bottles carried by victims bore skull and cross bones and warnings.
West Virginia American Legion mid year conference in Bluefield May 4 and 5 will be addressed by National Commander Frank N. Belgrano of San Francisco. Several hundred Legionnaires are expected and a Legion drum and bugle corps exhibition will be part of the program. Jimmy Rantis of Bluefield posts says committees will be named soon to plan the event.
Robert Barrett a 19 year old Rock Creek youth was held for grand jury action on a manslaughter charge arising from a Thanksgiving Day traffic death. Lawrence Drew a Negro and principal of a colored high school near Sandley Fayette county was struck along Route Three about two miles west of Eccles leaving his car on the highway. Barrett was released on a $1000 bond after the collision.
Fire swept a Bronx tenement at 124 Willis Ave within 24 hours of the Municipal Housing Authority launching its first slum clearance project. Four residents died on the third floor and four more were injured as owners and tenants fled into the cold. Firefighters fought two hours as Arthur Palumbo, owner and resident, aided others and was injured. Investigators found no confirmation of arson.
Beckley gained a distinctly Christmasy look as vari colored lights and evergreens were installed on main streets. Workmen from the Appalachian Electric Power Company did the setup with cooperation from local merchants. Current for the lights is supplied gratis by A E P Co.
A bulletin by Summers County City Manager Hume K Nawles shows Beckley residents pay 3 87 yearly for city services while Hinton residents pay 6 05. The report lists eight towns including Williamson Welch Logan Bluefield Montgomery Princeton and others with higher per capita costs and Beckley’s lower figure cited as evidence of efficient administration.
Earl Rogers a 10 year old Besoco Negro was brought to Beckley hospital with a crushed right arm suffered when he was caught in a coal conveyor at Besoco around 1 30 o clock. The injuries were not serious enough for amputation.
Bill Cox aged 43 of Sume Marlee was treated at Oak Hill hospital for facial lacerations from a near Glen Jean crash at about 9 o clock. He was released after dressing.
Four great powers Britain France Italy and Russia moved to prevent a new Balkan war as Hungary and Yugoslavia dispute the aftermath of King Alexander's assassination. France allied with Yugoslavia and Italy with Hungary urging a peaceful revision of postwar treaties to preserve European peace.
Field solicitation for Red Cross members in Rayleigh County ended last night. J. T. Lynch, county chapter chairman, said the Beckley headquarters in room 300 of the Bair building would stay open a few days to receive enrollments and reports from teams not yet tabulated. Of 50 firms in the Beckley business district Mabscott included 15 reported full enrollments. Lynch stated the drive yielded more memberships than last year with 35 city groups and additional county units still to report.
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible light snow Sunday and little temperature change. Snow possible in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee area early in the week with occasional light snow elsewhere, and overall fair conditions. Temperatures start below normal then rise rapidly, while the North and Middle Atlantic see cold first half with warmer later.
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