Retirement Bill May Sull Strife in Senate
The Senate moved to pass the Sumners bill allowing supreme court justices to retire at 70 on full pay. President Roosevelt planned a national radio address March 9 likely addressing court issues, while Senate leaders expected quick approval and a White House signature. Senator Borah proposed a constitutional amendment on state social and economic legislation, drawing admin opposition.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
White House
Sumners
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
E.s. T
Senate
House
Robinson
High Bench
Borah
Beckley to get police wireless radio network
Beckley will have a police radio station if a legislative bill passes. State police superintendent Col. P. D. Shingleton said stations may also be in Elkins Fairmont and Charleston. Receiving sets would be in detachment offices and permits required for short wave car sets. The bill provides one or more broadcasting stations and directs sheriffs to obtain receiving sets. A $250,000 appropriation is allocated in the budget.
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Beckley
Col
P. D. Shingleton
Elkins
Fairmont
Charleston
Madrid Militia Force Wiped Out in Western Border Battle
An insurgent victory claimed by surgent officers after wiping out a Madrid government offensive on the western border. The Oviedo siege ended with the insurgents breaching fortifications and taking cover in a sewer during a week of hard fighting. General de Llano announced a gunboat attack on the Dutch steamer Ramboy prior to capture.
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Madrid
Oviedo
General de Llano
Seville
Spain
Prisoners Transported In Bus To Moundsville Pen
Fifteen county prisoners started today to the penitentiary at Moundsville for terms from one to six years. The bus picked up 14 more convicts in Charleston after leaving Raleigh jail where 19 inmates were processed. Youngest, Carlos Aller, begins a five year term for murder. Dewey Shrewsbury faces six years for breaking and entering. Other Raleigh prisoners include Carver, Hoffman, Micheaux, Moore, Gunter, Donaldson, Warner, Kochensky, Humpreys, Henry, Martin, Hauck, and Hargrove with various sentences.
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Moundsville
Beckley
Charlie
Charleston
Hinton
Summers County
Lester Cales
Arnold Banks
Hiram Clay
Basil Miller
Raleigh
Prince Street
Kanawha County
Carlos Aller
Criminal Court
Dewey Shrewsbury
Charles Carver
Donald Hoffman
Claud Micheaux
Danna Moore
Walter Gunter
James Donaldson
Modie Warner
Charley Kochensky
R. L. Humpreys
Charles Henry
Gary Martin
Charles Hauck
Lloyd Hargrove
Lester Boy Injury Verdict in Damage Suit
A 19 year old from Lester was awarded 5070 by a circuit court jury in a damage case. Edison McGinnis sued Ed Weekley CCC truck driver claiming Weekley swerved a curve causing McGinnis to fall from the back of the truck and suffer a fractured skull en route to Lester.
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Lester
Edison McGinnis
Ed Weekley
CCC
McGinnis
Weekley
James Sizemore Dies Sudden at Home in Maben
James F. Sizemore 70, native of Wyoming county, died suddenly at his home in Maben after waking about 5:30 am and apparently being healthy. He worked as a carpenter and is survived by his widow Matilda and three sons Bud Dewey and Alva, plus two brothers Jackson of Matoaka and Lewis of Mabel.
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Register
Maben
James F. Sizemore
Wyoming County
Matilda Sizemore
Bud
Coopers
Dewey
Stone, Ky
Alva
Jackson Sizemore
Matoaka
Lewis
Mabel
Save-a-Life League Aids More Men Than Women
Three times as many men as women seek guidance from the Save-a-Life League, a New York group formed to discourage death by one’s own action.
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Save-A-Life League
New York
Man Arrested on Perjury Charge in Monaghan Case
Somerset, Pa State Police man Anthony Saiute to face trial Monday as one of seven Uniontown officers charged in the killing of prisoner Frank C Monaghan during a third degree. Attorney General Margiotti says he will seek the death penalty for Saiute and other murder defendants. Gunderman convicted of second degree murder. other defendants await sentences.
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Associated Press
Somerset
Anthony Saiute
Uniontown
Charles J. Margiotti
Commonwealth
Saiute
Stacy Gunderman
Frank C. Monaghan
Margiotti
Monaghan
John Duggan Jr
Gunderman
Alex W. Frerisch
Fayette County
Bertillon
John Wall
Wall
Reilly
E J Fourney Reported Better After Accident
F J Fourney of Blue Jay Lumber was injured in an early week auto crash near Beaver, with chest injuries and facial lacerations. He was taken to Beckley hospital and described as not seriously hurt, showing improvement after a difficult day yesterday.
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F. J. Fourney
Blue Jay Lumber Company
Beckley Hospital
Fourney
Beaver
Beckley groups back library drive with theater tickets
Students will sell theater tickets next week to raise funds for Raleigh County free library. Beidle theater donates profits from Friday show of Accused with Delores Del Rio to the library fund. Business firms donate books and money as junior department of Beckley Woman's club coordinates calls to residents and collects contributions.
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Beckley Theater
Raleigh County Free Library Fund
B. B. Chambers
Chamber of Commerce Library Committee
Beckley
Library Fund
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Delores del Rio
Beckley Woman's Club
Robert Twohig
Raleigh County
Chamber of Commerce
T. Allen Gatherum
WPA Education and Recreation
Central School
Grover C. Hedrick
Buster Toney Grows Third Set Of Teeth At Age 31
In Prosperty Buster Toney, a state road commission roller, sought relief from crowded artificial teeth. After 8 years of plates he had two upper second molars removed as part of a plan to extract a third set. Dr Moorefield noted rare cases like Toney’s, with X rays suggesting a full third growth may not form.
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B. O
Buster
Toney
T. C. Moorefield
State Road Commission
Raleigh County
Register Story Locates Parents
The parents of Luther and Ed Hobbes, youths jailed yesterday, have been found by jail authorities. Truant officer Fred Barr located the boys in the Murphy 5 and 10 cent store after several reports. A welfare worker, prompted by The Register, confirmed the parents live at Sun, and the boys will be returned home soon.
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Luther
Ed Hobbes
Fred Barr
Murphy 5
Sun
Feed Quail Urged As Snow Strands Raleigh County
Game Warden O B Harris called the quail situation serious during the snow storm in Raleigh County. He urged farmers and sportsmen to scatter cracked corn where coveys are known to reside, warning extinction if not done. Those with grain or needing grain should contact Harris or Superintendent Frank Halstead at Camp Raleigh.
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Raleigh
O. B. Harris
Harris
Frank Halstead
Camp
Weather Forces Postponement Of Scout Hike
The Rev. Ross Culpepper scout master of Boy Scout Troop 66 announced the hike planned for tomorrow is postponed indefinitely due to bad weather and the decision was made today.
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Ross Culpepper
Boy Scout Troop 66
Aged man tells unique story of accident during trial
Isaac H. Harvey a 76 year old resident of Wickham near Mabscott testified in circuit court jurors heard how he felt since being knocked down on North Oakwood avenue November 22 by a car driven by C G Windsor. Harvey described months of pain sleepless nights and lasting injuries claiming permanent damage and suffering while Curtis the defendant contends the impact was minor and that Harvey delayed hospital treatment and may have had preexisting conditions.
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Isaac H. Harvey
Harvey
Wickham
Mabscott
W. A. Curtis
Curtis
North Oakwood Avenue
C. G. Windsor
Raleigh
Fletcher Mann
Mann
Fall on steps injures woman near Tommy Creek
Mrs. Jord McKinney, who lives on a Beckley-area farm three miles from town, suffered three broken ribs after slipping on ice coated steps at her home Tuesday. She is a sister of M. J. Meadows of Beckley.
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Register
Tommy Creek
Jord McKinney
Tureday
Wage Parley Reaches Sixth Day Over Coal Strike
In New York a joint committee of 23 operators and union leaders negotiates a wage and working conditions settlement for the Appalachian coal fields amid an impending March 31 expiration. Key demands include 200 work days yearly and 6.00 daily pay in the north and 5.60 in the south, with a 30 hour week. owners offer 40 hours and a 15 percent pay cut. President Roosevelt calls for action on the soft coal industry as Congress debates stabilization.
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Associated Press
New York
Appalachian
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
North
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Waukegan police shell Fansteel plants to end sit-down strike
Fifty deputies fired tear gas into two Fansteel Metallurgical plants in Waukegan Illinois driving 61 sit-down strikers from the buildings after a ten day siege. Deputies planned later arrests as 40 to 50 sympathizers threw stones and some officers suffered minor injuries. The attack followed a court writ of attachment after strikers refused to evacuate despite a judge order.
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Associated Press
Waukegan
Ill
Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation
Lawrence A. Doolittle
John Froelich
Ralph J. Cady
Condemned Land Owner Gets $675
A circuit court jury awarded $675 today to the heirs of M. E. B. Harper for 1.6 acres taken by the state road commission for a right of way. The trial lasted three days and was described as friendly, with the executor T. J. Harper offering lands for $350 in an option.
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M. EB. Harper
State Road Commission
C. M. Ward
Infant Hears
T. J. Harper
Harpers
Ward
A. B. Redden
Kelly Farmer
G. F. Guthrie
Cooper
Small gains reported on stock market opening
New York trading opened with rallying tendencies and fractional gains led by U S Steel General Motors Douglas Aircraft Southern Pacific Goodyear Standard Oil of New Jersey Montgomery Ward General Electric and Anaconda.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Southern Pacific
Goodyear
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Montgomery Ward
General Electrict
Anaconda
Weather outlook for tonight and Saturday
Fair tonight with not quite as cold readings in the extreme east portion. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and mild conditions across the area.
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E. J. Fourney
Beckley National Exchange Bank
French Lucas
R. M. French
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Clarence Bibb
Appalachian Electric Power Company
George M. Eckley
Dallas
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Buster Toney
Hurt
Emory Hurt
J. P. Meadows
Meadows
Hart
Dr. K. M. Jarrell
Waukegan Factory
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America
CIO
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