Monday Music Club Holds Meeting At Mrs Thornhill's Home
Social and Personal notes report the Monday Music Club meeting at Mrs W Thornhills Woodlawn Ave with hostesses Miss Marguerite Johnson and Miss Caffee The program featured Schubert pieces including Farewell Who Sylvia and To Be Sung on the Water Maria Hark Hark the Ark and Serenade performances by members The club will host a bridge gathering on Thursday Feb 12 at their Heber Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Moss
Mrs. Ross
Cal
Hark Hark
Inez Caffee
Rs. H. U. Sloan
Iano
L. . Ross
H. U. Sloan
Heber Street
Wickham Hosts Bridge Party For Mrs Craighill
Mrs. Thomas H. Wickham entertained yesterday at her North Anawha street home with a bridge party in honor of Mrs. R. E. Craighill of Lynchburg Virginia. A morning bridge was followed by a luncheon and prizes won by Mrs. Ashton high and Mrs. T. C. Weeks low. Mrs. Craighill received a gift from the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Wickham
Northanawha Street
R. E. Craigill
Lynchburg
T. R. Ragland
Craighill
Dances Begin at Jack Knight Country Club This Saturday
Starting Saturday evening a series of dances will be held at the Jack Knight Country Club. Every two weeks afterward dances run from eight to midnight with a local orchestra. Admission is free, and members eagerly anticipate the opening event.
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Jack Knight Country Club
Ocal
Dr and Mrs Campbell To Entertain Later
Dr and Mrs James A Campbell plan a social gathering at their home in the near future inviting friends and colleagues. The event highlights community ties and the prominence of the Campbell family in local affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Campbell
James A. Campbell
Sargon Pills Boosts Health Says Mrs Mary Lou Jackson
Mrs Mary Lou Jackson of Beckley says Sargon Pills cured indigestion biliousness and constipation and improved her nerves sleep and energy despite prior restless health. Watkins Drug Store Beckley and Sophia Drug Co Sophia sold the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lou Jackson
26Th St. W. Street
Watkins Drug Store
Beckley
Sophia Drug Co
Sophia
Beckley Area Personal Notices Mixed With Visitors
Local society notes list residents and visitors including R. B. Thomas of Clifton Forge and George Connell of Charleston. Many stay or hospitalizations are noted, with residents visiting relatives in Gap Mills Roanoke Huntington and Beckley hospitals.
Brockus Claims State Police Plot In Logan County
Brockus recounted denouncements of the state police as hostile to Logan county. He said Sergeant William G. Brown, later Logan chief deputy, was placed with his company and prompted favoritism, leading to calls for Brown to be made captain. Brockus cited affidavits alleging locals coerced a liquor defendant, Hilbert, with promises of help in another case, and noted Hilbert later swore he lied. He said Hilbert was sentenced at Atlanta on the liquor charge.
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Logan
Logan County
Brooks
Brockus
William G. Brown
Williamson
Brown
John Hilbert
Gilbert
Mingo County
Hilbert
James Damron
United States District Attorney
Atlanta
New Zealand City Napier Hit by Quake and Fire
Dispatches from the Napier area describe widespread destruction after a quake strike. The warship Veronica reports a high loss of life and near total ruin of stone buildings with fires breaking out. Napier's population is about 14 346.
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Napier
North Island
New Zealand
Wellington
Veronica
Coal differential rates sought for Lake Erie coal to ports
Western Pennsylvania coal traffic bureau filed briefs at Washington urging fixed rate differentials for northern and southern Lake Erie coal shipments. They proposed 35 cents more than the current 20 cent gap in Fairmont district, at least 80 cents over Pittsburgh for southern districts, and a fractional rate gap for Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee fields. The Ohio lake cargo rate committee submitted a brief but asked for no specific differentials.
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Lake Erie
Washington
Western Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Pennsylvania Coal Traffic Bureau
Fairmont
Pittsburgh
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Tennessee
Coal Traffic Bureau
Ohio Lake Cargo Coal Rate Committee
State probes advance with Gore and Layman as witnesses
House committees pressed investigations into the state police and state road commission last night. Former Governor Howard M. Gore testified at the road commission inquiry, while Lloyd Layman, former Captain of State Police Company D, based in Parkersburg, served as the principal witness for the police investigation.
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House
State Police
State Road Commission
Howard M. Gore
Road Commission
Lloyd Layman
State Police Company “D
Parkersburg
Back Street and Africa View in New Books
Fannie Hurst’s Back Street presents Ray Schmidt a stylish Cincinnati girl who becomes Walter Saxel’s mistress in New York while he climbs to international finance and philanthropy. Julian Huxley writes on Africa as a scientist and critic of white supremacy, favoring education, with mentions of evolution and biology. Ogden Nash’s Hard Lines collects punny verse noted for its atrocious humor.
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New York
Fannie Hurst
Ray Schmidt
Back Street
Ray
Walter
Miss Hurst
Julian Huxley
Aldous
Julian
T. H. Huxley
I. G. Wells
G. P. Wells
Africa
Europe
Ogden Nash
Philo Vance
Five Sponsors Named For Wilkins Sub Trip
Scientific groups sponsoring Sir Hubert Wilkins and Lincoln Ellsworth on the projected trans Arctic submarine expedition were announced. The five co sponsors are the American Geographical Society the Carnegie Institute the Norwegian Geophysical Institute the Woods Hole Oceanographical Institution and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
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Associated Press
Creveland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Lincoln Ellsworth
American Geographical Society
Carnegie Institute
Norwegian Geophysical Institute
The
Woods Hold Oceanographical Institution
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Wounded East Gulf Man Leaves Hospital
Stanley Hill, 25, an East Gulf resident and C. H. Mead Coal employee, was treated for a bullet wound in Beckley hospital. He left yesterday and was not seriously injured. He said the pistol discharged accidentally during a scuffle with another colored man.
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Stanley Hill
East Gulf
C. H. Mead Coal Company
Beckley Hospital
Hill
Guild Meeting Planned by St. Stephen's Ladies Guild
The Ladies Guild of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church will meet Wednesday afternoon February 4 at 2:30 at Mrs. H. G. Stuffman's home on Woodlawn Avenue.
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Ladies Guild of
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
H. G. Stuffman
Woodlawn Avenue
Detect Soda In Glass In Washington Glass Method
Washington February 2 A new method for determining the amount of soda in ordinary commercial glass is being used at the bureau of standards.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Large Sums for Charity Show Centralization Need
Charleston West Virginia February 3 nearly 20 percent of all county funds are spent on charity Townsend Tax Commissioner notes an average of 18 2 cents per dollar goes to charitable work Wayne County records 6 6 cents Marion 35 53 cents Townsend argues for centralization while not diminishing care for the needy He cites a table listing county charitable activities and costs with counties varying in efficiency.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
T, GC. Townsend
Townsend
Wayne County
Marion County
County Charitable Activi
Four Classes Tied to County Welfare Proposals
The document groups relief needs into four classes mothers pensions outside poor and allowances infirmaries and homes and county health and welfare outlining proposed funding and administration for each area.
Record of 131 Circuit Court Cases Set to Hearings
The February term, led by Judge C. M. Ward, opens February 16 with 131 total cases. Ninety are law cases led by the Raleigh court versus Isaiah Kidd over a $59,000 sheriff's office shortage. The docket includes 25 appeals and 21 motions, with 80 new law cases listed. Jury trials begin February 23.
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Circuit Court
C. M. Ward
Raleigh Court Court
Isaiah Kidd
Kidd
Talks To 9 Percent Parents The Childs Toy Care
The article argues children should have a dedicated place for toys to avoid damaging grown up items. A toy chest is helpful for small items while fragile toys deserve shelves and a special box for broken pieces. rainy days let kids repair toys with hammer glue and paint to teach thrift and practical skills.
Foot Injury for Glen Rogers Man at Mine Yard
Fred E. Shuff, 23, of Glen Rogers, injured when his left foot was caught between mine car bumpers yesterday at 1045 am. He was taken to Berkley hospital for treatment. Fred Paine, CBS xylophonist, can play The Flight of the Bumble Bee in 65 seconds, hitting 964 notes.
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Fred E. Shuff
Glen Rogers
Berkley Hospital
Fred Paine
CBS
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T Country Club
B. H. James
R. B. Thomas
Clifton Forge, Va
Surveyor
George Connell
Lindsey Blackwell
J. O. Blackwell
Helen
J. M. O'Neal
Helen Tippleman
Ernest Quesenberry
Beckley-Hinton
Sarah Whitenack
James Whitenack
Lester
Pete Malagrida
T. N. Reed, Jr
Summers County
Fr. P. Kidd
Amigo
Lucille Campbell
Walker Jordan
Jenkins, Ky
W. H. Bardin
Point Pleasant
Neville Street
Richard Tolbert
Feyburn McKinney
Joe L. Smith
Washington, D. C
Congressman Smith
Shirley Banks
F. L. Banks
Staunton
Stuart Hall
Armistead Dobie
University, Virginia
Beckley Friends
Ruth Sparkes
Elizabeth Houchins
Marshall College
L. C. Houchins
D. A. Blankenship
H. D. Curry
G. C. Hedrick
Wheeling
Frank Frazier
J. P. Nowlin
Micco
Florida
S. C
J. C. Codell
Winchester Ky
C. L. Calloway
Calloway
State Police Committee
State Police Investigating Committee
By Richard Massack
Wilkins Sub Trip
Alice Judson Peale
Beckley Office Equipment Company
Sunshine Meellows
Tuntin
Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
N. B.C. Networks
American Tobacco Co
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