Senators vote farm bill amid slight protest
The Senate passed the $500 million soil conservation subsidy bill by 56 to 20 after eleven days of debate. Supporters call it constitutional under Congress power, while opponents call it unworkable. The measure heads to the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Farmer-Laborite
Benson
Lafollette
McNary
Supreme Court
Congress
AAA
Smith
Bankhead
D-Ala
Police Hunt Three Missing After Car Plunges Into Elk River
In Clendenin West Virginia on February 15 officers searched for three men believed missing after a sedan reportedly plunged from a 40 foot embankment into the Elk River. Radiator cap and hub cap recovered identify the vehicle as owned by Mack Carper of Amma Roane County with nephew Ray Carper and Ezra Taylor accompanying him. A driver D Adkins and witness D Kennedy described the crash as the car went over the embankment. State police questioned Adkins and searched Amma for the men while Charleston firefighters prepared to drag the river awaiting a trace of the vehicle.
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Associated Press
Clendenin
W. Va
Elk River
Bruce Young
Mack Carper
Amma
Roane County
Ray Carper
Ezra Taylor
Jay Rowe
H. L. Stillman
D. Adkins
Adkins
Clarence Kennedy
D. Thomas
Charleston
Woolworth Baby Live in England Headlines
The Sunday edition reports Countess Barbara Hutton Hauswitt Reventlow will keep her baby in England. The crest London piece says the baby expected by the countess will never come to America and notes concerns about kidnapping.
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Woolworth
America
Associated Crest
London
Woolworth Baby
England
Setorial
Barbara Hutton Hauswitt Reventlow
Ferritica
Pictorial
Countes
Great Briain
IVA Decision Is Expected Monday
Washington February 15 The Supreme Court faces another session Monday as the TVA case may produce a ruling on whether the Tennessee Valley Authority can compete with private utilities in selling electric power. Rumors grow that the justices struggle to reach agreement. If not Monday a two week wait follows.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
New Deal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Dameron Man Dies Sudden Heart Attack at Home
Robert Tracy of Dameron died suddenly yesterday morning at his home about three quarters of a mile below Dameron. He was believed to have died of a heart attack. He is survived by his widow. He was raised by John L. Jarrell and had no known siblings. The body was taken to Caffee undertaking for burial preparations.
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Robert Tracy
Dameron
John L. Jarrell
Caffee
Fires Cause Heavy Damage In Chicago
In Chicago on February 15 two fires inflicted about 250000 dollars in damages and drew all available apparatus due to zero weather. An explosion, likely chemical, injured twenty people including a dozen women as the Arrow Match Company plant on the west side was wrecked but none gravely hurt. Earlier a five story box plant near the Loop was partly destroyed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Arrow Match Company
Loop
Gentry Resigns State Mine Inspector Post
Charleston W V Feb 15 J K Gentry of Gauley Bridge resigned today as a state mining inspector. N P Rhinehart head of the department of mines said Gentry inspected workings in Webster Braxton Nicholas and Fayette counties. Rhinehart accepted an invitation to Yow River and abend Tre s Tstitute at Mount Hope Thursday.
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Charleston
W. Va
J. K. Gentry
Gauley Bridge
N. P. Rhinehart
Department of Mines
Gentry
Webster
Braxton
Nicholas
Fayette
Rhinehart
Mount Hope
Congressman Marcantonio Held in Madison Square Clash
New York February 15 Congress man Vito Marcantonio was among 13 arrested as police dispersed a 10 000 person unemployed WPA and ERB rally in Madison Square. He spent over three hours in a Manhattan precinct before release, with officials citing crowd control and potential immunity questions.
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Associated Press
New York
Vito Marcantonio
Valentine
la Guardian
Phillips Plans New Drug Store In Beckley
Edy Phillips announces Edys Drug Store will open this week at 29 Prince Street Beckley across from the courthouse. The locally built shelving and fixtures were made by E F Cooper, with a 50 by 17 foot main room and a rear drug room. Phillips, long a Beckley pharmacist, is backed by Dr Edwin L Peters of Union.
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Edys Drug Store
Beckley
Prince Street
Edy Phillips
Court House Square
C. W. Tabor
E. F. Cooper
Seith
Beckley Drug Company
Jpites
Edwin L
Peters
Union
Bittner Urges Roosevelt Reelection and Neely Support
Huntington W Va February 15 Van A Bittner chief representative of the United Mine Workers in West Virginia urged reelection of President Roosevelt and Senator Neely praising labor gains under the New Deal. He credited McCullough for WPA cooperation and hailed organized labor for aiding the relief effort.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Roosevelt
M. M. Neely
Bittner
United States
Senator Neely
Two Mercer Residents Slain in Family Gathering Shootout
In Matoaka West Virginia an elderly couple John Wyatt 77 and Virginia Wyatt 76 were killed during a Saturday night family gathering at John Wyatt’s home. Their son in law George Hager 38 was seriously wounded and rushed to Princeton Hospital with slim chances of recovery. Police Chief Roy L Cook said Hager fired on Wyatt after an agreement and that a struggle over a shotgun led to the three holes found in the room walls.
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Associated Press
Matoaka
W. Va
John Wyatt
Virginia Wyatt
George Hager
Princeton
Roy L. Cook
Hager
Wyatt
Cook
Shepherd Dies Staying With Flock In Greene County Hills
Albert D Lyons a 63 year old shepherd in Greene County died after staying with his sheep through bitter nights. He refused to desert his flocks and developed pneumonia following frozen hands and feet. Lyons a Dennison College graduate left a widow at Beryson home.
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The
Associated Press
Waynesburg
Greene County
Albert d. Lyons
Dennison College
Lyons
Beryson
Death Ends Chicago Gangland Career of Machine Gun Jack
Chicago mourns as gunmen fatally gun down “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn, once Capone’s top enforcer. Police study decades of killings, extortion, and rivalries while widow Louise Rolfe and eight others are questioned. Three shooters fled after a bowling alley attack on a February night.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Valentine’s
Jack McGurn
George
Bugs) Moran
Capone “Syndicate
Mai Coghlan
Gengste
McGurn
al” Capone
Louise Rolfe
Gangland
Fayette County Man Parole Revoked
Charleston West Virginia February 15 Governor Kump revoked a parole issued to Raybourne Legg who was sentenced in Fayette County to six years for breaking and entering He received the parole December 21 1934 The governor's office said he again is accused of breaking and entering.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Raybourne Legg
Fayette County
McDowell Candidate Wounded. Sheriff Hopeful Shot
Welch West Virginia February 15 Mrs J R Hancock told police she found her husband constable and Democratic sheriff candidate shot in the chest with a revolver nearby. Doctors described his condition as serious.
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Associated Press
Welch
W. Va
J. R. Hancock
Hancock
Kinkead Proposes Bond Fund to Finish Raleigh Airport
Raleigh and Fayette counties could raise a local fund for the Beckley Mount Hope airport by pledging veteran bonus bonds. E L Kinkead of American Legion Post 32 suggests veterans donate bonds while merchants and business men match contributions. He cites $920000 slated for Raleigh and nearly a million for Fayette, with $27000 needed locally to cover remaining material costs.
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Beckley-Mount Hope
E. L. Kinkead
Raleigh
American Legion
Kinkead
Fayette Counties
Fayette County
Suffering Multiply as Snow Strands Midwest and Plains
Airplanes drop food and fuel to starving prisoners of the snow in the northwest as the east sinks deeper under zero cold. Relief efforts rush ski ships to Red Owl Twilight Stoneville and Fairpoint while towns like Marcuss Opal Marine Mud Butte and Sulphur strain for supplies. Dinamite blasts clear drifts. snow plows and trains deliver aid to isolated homes and ranches. Butter eggs and milk run short and a plane crash endangers yeast deliveries.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Red Owl
Twilight
Stoneville
Fairpoint
Marcus
Opal
Marine
Mud Butte
Arpan
Hereford
Dakota
Minnesota
Slayton
Kalamazoo
Mich
Saukville
Wis
Lake View
Nebraska
Dakotas
Sioux Falls
S. D
Disorders Hit Parts Of Spain Before Election
Madrid Feb 15 Disorder erupted in parts of Spain on the eve of the general election. Premier Manuel Portela Valladares said 34 000 civil guards and 17 003 assault guards would be ready to keep order during voting. A bystander was wounded when a youth fired into a crowd at Puerto Del Sol. In EL Padul unidentified shooters fired at Fernando Los Rios but caused no injuries. Portela urged calm in a nationwide radio address and pledged protection of the right to vote as 13 million voters prepare to choose a new parliament.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Manuel Portella Valladares
Puerto del Sol
EL Padul
Fernando Los Rios
Portela
Young Republic
State Planning Board Calls Off Monday Meeting
Feb. 15 The state planning board today canceled a proposed meeting Monday because of illness among several members. The session will be held February 24. Chairman W. P. Wilson of Wheeling is ill with influenza. The board will discuss drainage of swamp lands in Greenbrier County.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Planning Board
W. P. Wilson
Wheeling
Greenbrier County
Roosevelt proposes Western Peace Pact conference in Americas
President Roosevelt outlined a plan for a twenty nation inter American conference to seek permanent peace in the western hemisphere. He suggested Buenos Aires as the meeting site and said such talks would reinforce world peace efforts and the League of Nations. Officials expect a favorable reply and Hull likely to attend.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Buenos Aires
Argentina
New World
League of Nations
Forgery Charged To Otho Wolfe
Otho Wolfe of War was jailed by State Trooper W R Callaghan after arrest in Mullens on forgery charges. He allegedly passed forged checks for 35 dollars at Beckley Ice and Feed and 30 dollars at Q J Morrison’s Beckley store. A third forged check did not surface.
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Otho Wolfe
W. R. Callaghan
Mullens
Callaghan
Beckley Ice and Feed Company
Q. J. Morrison
Beckley
C. R. Taylor
Beckley National Exchange Bank
C. V. Gibson
Taylor
Wolfe
Miami
Florida
New Jap Soviet Clash Reported
A border clash between Russian advised Mongolians and Japanese directed Manchoukoans was reported in Tokyo on Saturday but Soviet dispatches called it pure invention. Diplomats from Russia and Japan said there is no cause for alarm and will be straightened out through diplomatic channels.
Nurses Association To Meet On Thursday
The regular meeting of District No. 10 of the West Virginia State Nurses Association will be held Thursday February 20 at 3 p.m. in the Methodist church at Tint. An appropriate program has been promised.
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West Virginia State 4 Nurses Association
Methodist Church
Tint
Cormany Elected President of New River Valley Round Table
W. J. B. Cormany Mark Twain High School principal and county education figure was chosen president of the New River Valley Round Table at a Montgomery meeting. The 1937 session will be in Beckley with date to be announced. Vice presidents named are W. Mann Lookout and D. Per due of Raleigh and B. Chambers Summers counties. Otway Gunnoe Fayette County will represent the group at the national meeting in Portland Oregon in July. Attendance this year was low as Raleigh and Summers counties kept schools in session.
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W. J. B. Cormany
Mark Twain High School
New River Valley Round Table
Montgomery
Beckley
Co.w. Mann
Hinton
Dan H. Perdue
Lookout
B. B. Chambers
Raleigh
Otway Gunnoe
Fayette County
iNational Educational Association
Portland
Oregon
The
Round Table
Gunnoe
Summers County
Weather outlook for the Middle Atlantic region
Partly cloudy Sunday with increasing clouds Monday and possible snow. Temperatures change little. Rain or snow is expected in the Ohio Valley Tennessee and the southern North Atlantic states with snow Monday in the eastern lower lake region and northern North Atlantic states. It will be slightly colder Sunday in northern Middle Atlantic states New York Pennsylvania Connecticut and northern New Jersey.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
North Atlantic States
Lower Lake Region
York
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New Jersey
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Witcher McCullough
WPA
Works Progress Administration
Organized Labor
Work Progress Administration
Mercer
Jack M'Gurn
St. Valentine’s Day
McDowell
Step
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Chaco
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Paraguay
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Paul W. Avery
San Francisco
Mexico
Avery
Nurses Association
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