Beckley College Receives Monthly Endowment Income
Beckley college gains an income of 1000 dollars per month starting May 8 under contracts with manufacturing concerns in Washington and Boston. A quarter of net profits from a new fuse plug will go to the college, with funds held in a sinking fund for expansion.
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Beckley College
Washington
D.C
Boston
Mass
G. C. Hedrick
Hawger
Hedrick
Arthur Hunter
D. K. Shroyer
Train wreck near Hinton delays two passenger trains
A freight train derailed after an earth slide of 600 tons at Longbottom west of Hinton, overturning a tender and several cars. The Cincinnati to Washington C and O passenger train was delayed until 11:50 a.m., then routed onto the opposite track. the Washington to Cincinnati train followed shortly after. Railroad workers cited freezing weather after a thaw as a cause.
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Associated Press
Hinton
Longbottom
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Cincinnati
James A. Crews Dies at 90 After Long Beckley Residency
James A. Crews 90, longtime Beckley resident and among the county’s oldest citizens, died yesterday at his daughter Abs Robertson’s home on Russett Street after a kidney illness. Born September 21, 1845 in Franklin County Virginia, he served in the Civil War at age 16 in Company C 36th Virginia Regiment. He leaves two surviving brothers William Crews and Robert Crewe.
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James A. Crews
Beckley
Abs. W. P. Robertson
Russetl Street
Franklin County
Virginia
Bon
Acre
Martha
Crews
William Crews
Camp Creek
Robert Crewe
Stotesbury
36Th
Virginia Regiment
Goner
Washington revision week signals shift in New Deal policy
February 8 reports a Washington week of revision and reconsideration. Observers note a trend toward curtailment and liquidation, with Roosevelt foes calling it a retreat from the New Deal and supporters framing it as ending emergency measures after staged gains.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
One Pound Baby May Yet Survive
Nancy Lee Vogt, a six day old premature infant in Oakland California, receives enhanced care including 675 drops of mother’s milk per hour and lactose feedings via a stomach tube. Doctors warn the critical period may last three to four days as she fights jaundice and risks from prematurity.
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Dre
Nancy Lee
Michael Ebinger
Anne Vogt
Budapest
Hungary
Farley Defends FDR Against Critics At Dinner
Postmaster General James A. Farley blasted critics who called Roosevelt's policies socialistic. He labeled such voices as favored by groups seeking government privileges, while stating the president remains firm on fair government for all citizens. Farley spoke mainly on post office history at a New York dinner.
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Associated Pross
New York
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
New York State
National Democratic Committees
New York Post Office
State Police Mascot Killed By Automobile
Mac, a small white dog owned by William R. Diehl near Harper road, unofficial mascot to the state police, was killed by a hit and run driver yesterday. Troopers found the mangled body on the highway while leaving the headquarters near Diehl residence.
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Mac
William R. Diehl
Harper Road
Diehl
Conference Visit by Camp Raleigh Leaders Planned
Lieutenant Bert Wy Anderson and Superintendent F H Halstead with Educational Advisor S W Gunnoe from Camp Raleigh travel to Camp Lewis in Lewisburg tomorrow for a special conference on educational programs.
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Bert Wy.anderson
F. H. Halstead
S. W. Gunnoe
Camp Raleigh
Camp Lewis
Lewisburg
Arc. cc Camps
Leaders To Push Subsidy Measure Through Congress
Administration leaders focused on moving the soil conservation subsidy bill through Congress next week as the drive toward adjournment by May 1 accelerates. Senator King questions whether the AAA replacement is a farm bill or a plan to carry out Tugwell and Wallace ideas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
King
Utah
AAA
Tugwell
Wallace
Supervisory Relief Staff Cut In West Virginia
The relief administration dismisses 25 state and county supervisory staff as relief rolls shrink to 30,000 to 31,000. Officials expect a further cut of 1,500 to 1,800 because aid recipients mustobtain recommendations for three persons.
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Charleston
W. Va
Relief Administration
Charles Curtis Former Vice President Dies of Heart Attack
Former vice president Charles Curtis dies at 76 in Washington after a brief illness. He had long been a Republican figure and planned a comeback with Governor Alf Landon as president. Funeral set for Topeka on Tuesday. Capitol figures express regret.
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Charles C. Curtis
Hoover
Washington
Senate
Kansas
Associated Press
Charles Curtis
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Capper
Curtis
Dolly Gann
Topeka
Gas Rate Conference Seeks Lower Initial Charges
A meeting between Amere Gas Utilities officials and Beckley chamber rate committee failed to decide rates. The group will study income by brackets and reconvene. The discussion focused on reducing the first two thousand cubic feet used, noting current charges are higher than nearby Fayette county towns. Amere serves 1,709 customers in Beesley area including Mabscott and Sophia.
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Amere Gas Utilities Company
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
George W. Brigit
Staunton
Princeton
Smatle
Fayette County
Bright
Amere Company
Beesley
Mabscott and
Sophia
Three Fined For Not Observing School Law
Harrison Massey Ira Richard of Dorothy and Arthur Hillard of Colcord were fined $3 and costs each by Laurie F. H. Stewart for non compliance with school attendance laws. All three paid their assessments, per district truant officer H. N. Allen.
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Harrison Massey
Ira Richard
Dorothy
Arthur Hillard
Colcord
Laurie F. H. Stewart
H. N. Allen
Suit Filed Against E C Minter Coal Company
Addie Miller filed a civil suit today seeking 16000 dollars from E. C. Minter Coal Company. Plaintiffs attorneys Clay S. Crouse and Ins. Butts appeared but did not file a declaration, only a formal noli fication.
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Addie Miller
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Clay S. Crouse
Ins. Butts
Survey Of College Led For Mareh 6-7
A February report from the Department of Education announces a survey of Hockley College to be conducted March 5 and 6. The study, directed by the state board, will assess whether the college credits are acceptable for board recognition.
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Charleston
WeWay
Wee Department of Education
Lexkiys
Hockley College
Tis State Board
Lr PC
McCracken
Ohio
Antivarsius de RE
Hyde
L. We Cavins
Relief Workers Strike Delays Beckly Snow Removal
About 63 of the 100 relief workers refuse to shovel as W P A rules on weather halt and pay prompt debate. Officials say agitators influenced the action while most laborers aim to makeup time on other projects. Affected crews, paid 240 a day, cleared Main Heber and Neville streets while larger piles remained on gutters and side streets.
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Beckly
W. PA
J. Q. Stover
WPAL
H. F. Willfong
Ww. P. A
Wiltfong
Main
Heber
Neville
Prince Street
Court term adjourns after diverse sentences in Raleigh county
Judge Kilgore delivered 33 years in total sentences across five defendants in Raleigh county January term. Boyd Lilly got ten years for armed robbery of J W Conner. Walter Meadows received ten years for receiving 20 stolen sheep. Chess Shrewsbury earned eight years for killing Stewart Reed. Sidney Trump was sentenced to five years for breaking into a Surveyor station. Fred Crawford got 12 months for involuntary manslaughter. Hubert Plumley received a similar term for petty larceny. Stays of execution were granted for Crawford Lilly Meadows to appeal. First term at new county headquarters opened with bond forfeitures.
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Wlbm
Kilgore
Raleigh County
Boyd Lilly
Cherry Creek Glade
J. W. Conner
Coal City
Walter Meadows
Chess Shrewsbury
Egevia
Crawford
Lilly and Meadows
Fudge Kilgore
Charley
Shifflet
Verne Scott
Memorial Building
Railroads Seek to Maintain Higher Intrastate Rates
The major railroads ask the Public Service Commission to allow continued increased intrastate freight rates, set to expire June 30, contingent on ICC approval of interstate surcharge continuances. The move affects numerous goods with coal shipments rising 3 to 15 cents per ton. Railroads named include Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, and Virginian and Western Maryland.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
ICC
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Virginian
Maryland
Blaze Damages Roof At Raleigh Coat and Coke Foundry
Fire started likely from a heated casting cupola at the West Raleigh foundry yesterday afternoon. The blaze burned through the roof before discovery at about 6. Beckley fire department aided the effort. extensive roofing damage halted from spreading by quick action of workers and nearby residents.
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Raleigh Coat and Coke Company
West Raleigh
Beckley Fire Department
Meningitis Fatal At Home Visit In Salem
Dana Luther Hutson aged 25 Marshall College student died of spring meningitis while visiting his parents Mr and Mrs E F Hutson in Salem West Virginia. The death was reported by The Associated Press.
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Associated Dress
Salem
W. Va
Dana Luther M Hutson
Marshall College
E. F. Hutson
Oak Hill Man in Unusual Mishap
J. E. Smith of Oak Hill is recovering from back injuries after leaping from a second floor window to escape smoke he believed was fire. He had returned from work at Smoke House Oak Hall, slept in an easy chair, and awoke to a smoky room with the chair sustaining fire damage.
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J. E. Smith
Oak Hill
Mr. Smith
Smoke Huse
Oak Hall
Mr.smith
Mrs Shannon Wins Degree At General Assembly Training School
Mrs. FLL Shannon of Beckley earned a degree at the General Assembly Training School in Richmond Virginia. She was escorted home by her husband Reverend EFJ Shannon and her brother Warren Hancock.
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Fll. Shannon
Beckley
Richmond
Virginia
General Assembly Training School
EF. J. Shannon
Warren Hancock
Dewey Refuses To Reveal Plans In Vice Drive
New York February 8 Special Prosecutor Thomas E Dewey refuses to disclose plans in a wide scale vice crackdown. He leads a campaign against a $12 000 000 a year sex trafficking network. Police and political figures may be drawn into the inquiry as raids sweep dozens of suspects into custody.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Vice
Police Department
Lenman
Four Convicts Recaptured Near Beattysville Kentucky
Four of ten fugitives from the Frankfort state reformatory were caught by Lee County officers at a farmhouse in Beattysville. Sheriff Charles Blount led the raid at Dave Coomer’s home, father of a fleeing inmate Henry Comer. The suspects James C Morris Clarence Crawford and Dexter Anderson were jailed in Beattyville. Six others remained at large as search efforts continued near Monterey, Kentucky.
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Nestcotter Press
Ville
Beatty
Frankfort State Reformatory
Ove
Lee County
Charles Blount
Dave Coomer
Fazi
Henry Comer
James C. Morris
Clarence Crawford
Dexter Anderson
Beattsville
Erick
Love
Monterey
Whitesville Legion To Assist Veterans Meeting Announcement
Gene Colcord, past commander of the Whitesville Legion post, announced plans to help Ox Service Men file bonus applications. Veterans in the area are invited to a February 12 meeting at 8 oclock in the evening at the K of P Hall in Whitesville where forms will be available and assistance offered. A special committee will provide light snacks and refreshments.
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Gene Colcord
Whitesville
Hiss
Blizzard storms sweep west to east paralyzing towns and transport
A ferocious blizzard from the west shuts down highways and rail lines from Texas to the Midwest as towns report heavy snow and subzero temperatures. Denver endures its coldest day since 1878 at minus 25 with three highway deaths.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake States
Plains
Mercury
Texas
Hill City
S. D
Radium
Kas
Denver
Indiana
Ohio
Central
Atlantic
New York
Lowa
Nebraska
Truck Driver Held On Manslaughter Charge
Ernest Bentley a 29 year old truck driver is charged by state warrant with manslaughter in the death of Mrs Annie Bane a 59 year old nurse struck by a car Bentley allegedly drove Mrs Bane died Thursday night and Bentley was arraigned waived preliminary hearing and released on 500 bond to await grand jury Her death marks fifth pedestrian auto fatality in Huntington this year Funeral services for Mrs Bane are set for Tuesday Enrolment at Marshall College for the second semester reached 1617 students as announced by the treasurer
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Associated Press
Huntington
Ernest Bentley
Annie Bane
Bentley
Q. M. Phipps
Weather Outlook for Sunday Snow and Cold Spread
Cloudy conditions with light rain changing to snow in the east and north. Colder with snow in the Appalachian region and New York Pennsylvania areas. Snow possible Sunday across the mid-Atlantic and New England. Temperatures rise Sunday in the mid-Atlantic and north. colder Sunday night into Monday in the Great Lakes and New England regions.
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North
Appalachian
Lower Lake Region
New York
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic
New England
North Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Middle Atlantic States
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Chamber of Commerce
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Mareh
Stover
Criminal Court
Meadows
Foundry of
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Mrs. Shannon
Joe L. Smith
Smith
Kentucky
Whitesville Legion
Nation
Mid-West
Astern Seaboard
Marshall
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