Farley predicts Roosevelt victory with larger 1936 margin
James A. Farley says Roosevelt will win more electoral votes in 1936 than in 1932 and carry eastern states including New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan. He will enter all primaries as required and noted Massachusetts in particular while dismissing poll doubts as irrelevant.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
White House
Farley
Ohio
Republican
Borah
Idaho
State Central Committee
Robert A. Taft
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Accident Suit Nearing End In West Virginia Court
Mrs Zelma Lambert of Glen Rogers sues Southern Oil and Tar for 15000 damages over a September 30 crash on routes 19 21 near Spanishburg. She alleges a flag man allowed westbound traffic before eastbound traffic cleared. Defendant says the open road was wide enough for two cars. W A Thornhill Jr was driving the other vehicle. Trial expected to end with verdict today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zelma Lambert
Glen Rogers
Southern Oil and Tar Company
Lambert
Spanishburg
W. A. Thornhill Jr
First Leap Year Baby Prize At Beckley Store
The Beckley G C Murphy Co store offers a layette or clothing valued at 5 dollars to the first baby born on Saturday February 29 1936. Mothers must present a doctor's certificate to Miss Stella Williams head of infant wear. certificates due by March 15.
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Beckley
G. C. Murphy Co
J. S. Fisher
Stella Williams
Tax program proposed by Roosevelt to raise treasury funds
President Roosevelt outlined a combined tax plan to raise 500 million dollars annually on a permanent basis and 500 million more temporarily. He said form and rates would be set by Congress, with income taxes likely used for the temporary levies. A 1.129 billion gap in the treasury is attributed to the bonus law and the AAA decision. Congress will decide the specifics, with Ways and Means to draft details.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Kilgore Seeks Legal Label for Reckless Auto Deaths
Criminal Court Judge Harley M. Kilgore told Camp Raleigh Co C company 3531 enrollees that an automobile driven recklessly should be legally termed a dangerous weapon. He warned about alcohol linked crime in Raleigh county and urged care in choosing companions, praising CCC as a strong law enforcement agency.
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Criminal Court
Harley M. Kilgore
Co. C. C. Company 3531
Camp Raleigh
Kilgore
Raleigh County
Thoroughbred Dog Show Set For Huntington
Huntington Kennel Club invites owners of thoroughbred dogs to enter the first annual pedigreed dog show at Vanity Fair in Huntington next Monday and Tuesday. Dr W N Rowley says pure bred dogs may prove champions and judges will render official opinions after evaluating entrants. Famous dogs from across the country will be exhibited with news reel pictures of winners taken Tuesday evening during a grand parade of champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington Kennel Club
Vanity Fair
Huntington
W. N. Rowley
The
Kennel Club
Interstate Commerce Commission Orders Fare Reduction
In a five to four decision the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a reduction of basic rail passenger fares from 3.6 to two cents per mile and Pullman rates to three cents per mile. The new fares take effect June 2 and will shift the national fare structure, impacting eastern carriers most as western and southern lines already tested lower rates. The eastern carriers opposed the cut, arguing revenue loss, but the majority found the revenue outlook improved with lower fares.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Commission
El Paso Power Strike Continues After Outage
Labor strike cripples El Paso Electric Company plants leaving 150000 residents without power in El Paso and 26 nearby communities. A court inquiry into alleged sabotage was postponed with company counsel planning to present to the grand jury next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
el Paso
Texas
el Paso Electric Company
Justice of the Peace
M. V. Ward
Electric Company
Rio Grande Valley
Volney Brown
Grand Jury
Kentucky Adopts Quick Count Election Law
Frankfort Kentucky Gov A B Chandler signed the quick count law completing enactment of the honest election act of 1932. It requires counting to begin at 5 p.m. on election day after polls close with no Sunday or holiday counting. Ballots must be brought to the county courthouse and boxes kept triple locked until opened by election commissioners. Opponents warned the prior 10 a m start allowed tempers to flare and cited 1930 vote-related killings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Frankfort
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
County Court House
Camp Raleigh Earns Praises At Monthly CCC Inspection
Major Alfred A. Roberg commander of the Lewisburg CCC sector praised Camp Raleigh for good overall condition and highlighted improvements in the camp kitchen mess hall recreation hall and grounds. He announced a sector welfare conference there on March 11 with leaders from five camps and a planned sectional educational conference. Captain F I Winter, the sector chaplain, visited the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Roberg
Lewisburg
Civilian Conservation Corps
Camp
Raleigh
Camp Raleigh
Roberg
Carl G. Campbell
F. I. Winter
Kiwanis Club Luncheon Features Mrs Culpepper Accordion
Mrs Ross Culpepper headlined the Kiwanis luncheon program this noon, performing a variety of accordion selections that drew enthusiastic applause. William MacTaggart also appeared, delivering several readings including an original composition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Culpepper
Kiwanis Club
William MacTaggart
Carpenter II Wins Ten Round Battle in Fairmont
U S Carpenter, 136, of Clarksburg defeated Midget Mike O Dowd, 138, of Columbus in a ten round boxing bout. Carl Turner, 154, of Columbus KOed K O Cherry, 162, of Fairmont in the fourth round of the eight round semi final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fairmont
U. S
Williams Electrocuted In Stonecliff Mines
Funeral services will be held in Thurmond this afternoon for Earl Williams 28 years old who was electrocuted while at work in the Stonecliff mines of the C A Brockman Coal company Tuesday night His widow mother and step father survive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmond
Earl Williams
Stonecliff
C. A. Brockman Coal Company
Two More Files Declare Constable Candidacies
James P. Walker of Edwight and Everett A. Shutt of Rhodell filed with the circuit clerk their intentions to seek the Republican and Democrat nominations respectively for constable in Marsh Fork and Slab Fork districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Walker
Edwight
Everett A. Shutt
Rhodell
Marsh Fork
Slab Fork
Grass Fire Squelched on North Oakwood Lot
The city fire department was called shortly before noon today to extinguish a grass fire on a vacant lot on North Oakwood Avenue.
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North Oakwood Avenue
Tokyo Rebels Surrounded as Government Seeks Calm
Lt Gen Kohei Kashii announced martial law forces have surrounded the rebels in Nagatacho Tokyo while the rest of the city remains calm. The insurgents seized key government buildings after assassinations of leading statesmen. Emperor Hirohito seeks a new government as General Araki is named as possible premier amid reports of a dictatorship.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Kohei Kashii
Nagatacho
Hirohito
Keisuke Okada
Sadao Araki
Shanghai
Araki
Mining Record Set In West Virginia 1935 Coal Output
West Virginia mines produced 99,742,982 tons of coal in 1935, the best since 1931’s 102,698,420 tons. State Director N. P. Rhinehart cited company reports for the tally, noting steady gains since 1932 after a drop in 1931 to 86,114,506 tons and rises to 94,130,508 in 1933 and 98,441,233 in 1934.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Mines
U. S. Bureau of Mines
N. P. Rhinehart
Rhinehart
Thomas A Cook Dies In Wyoming
Thomas A Cook aged 65 died at his Pineville home after prolonged illness. A longtime educator and former superintendent of Concord Normal Training school in Athens, he influenced West Virginia public school teaching. Survived by widow Edith and four children, with funeral services by Reverend A B Moore at the family residence Sunday at 2:30.
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Thomas A. Cook
U. G. Cook
Pineville
Wyoming County
Cook
Concord Normal Training School
Athens
West Virginia
Teachers’ College
The
Baptist Church
Edith Cook
Rudyard Cook
Eloise Cook
Kyle Cook
J. T. Dickenson Jr
Beckley
Beckley College To Be Inspected For Accreditation
Dr. T. C. McCracken dean of Ohio University in Athens will inspect Beckley College on March 5. He will be accompanied by Dr. L. V. Cavins of the state department of education. The visit follows the school's request for full junior college accreditation.
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T. C. McCracken
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
Beckley College
State Department of Education
McCracken
L. V. Cavins
Department
Property Owners Win Right Of Way Action
Thirty property owners won a judgment of $6,497 against the state road commission in a suit before Circuit Judge Howell M. Tanner in Pineville West Virginia. The plaintiffs charged road crews took more land along the right of way for State Route 10 than purchased. The county court bought the rights of way in 1921 for about $100,000.
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Associated Press
Pineville
W. Va
State Road
Howell M. Tanner
Road Commission
Grimm to Play for Cubs at Avalon in 1936 Return
Charlie Grimm, manager of the Chicago Cubs and National League champions, plans a comeback as a player at first base when the 1936 season opens on Feb 28 at Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. He will supplant his 19 year old pupil Phil Cavarretta after a year’s layoff.
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Associated Press
Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Charlie Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Grimm
Phil Cavarretta
State Police Beckley HQ Reports Flood Threats From Ice Jam
Ice gorge in the Ohio river watershed broke and jammed in the Allegheny river, imperiling hundreds of lowland residents as flood levels rose. At Pittsburgh the Allegheny river peaked near nine year high, with 27 feet and forecast to 30 then subside. Ohio river at Wheeling halted near 32.5 feet, possible rise to 35. Parkersburg merchants moved merchandise as river levels neared flood stage. In 24 hours the stream rose eight and a half feet.
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Associated Press
Ohio River
Allegheny River
Musgrove
Pittsburgh
Murphy's Island
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Soft Coal Act Is Challenged
Washington February 28 The constitutionality of the Guffey act regulating the soft coal industry was challenged in a brief filed with the Supreme Court today by James Walter Carter a West Virginia and Virginia coal producer The brief was presented preliminary to arguments March 11 It has also been attacked in a suit by Kentucky producers The cases will be argued jointly The Carter brief argues the act aims to stabilize the industry by federal regulation to boost national income through wage regulation and eliminating free competition The brief adds neither the act s purpose nor its means reasonably relate to interstate commerce
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
James Walter Carter
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Carter
District Court
Former Movie Star Is Released From Jail
Hollywood, Feb. 28 Alice Lake former film star convicted of intoxication was released from jail today A friend paid her ten dollar fine after she could not raise the money She had faced two days in a cell and once earned about twelve hundred dollars a week She said acting before the cameras is all I know as the doors opened
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Alice Lake
Buyers Dominate In Early Market Sales
Buyers again dominated today's early stock market proceedings, but gains were fractional. Early advances were recorded by Packard, Goodyear, New York Central, General Electric, Consolidated Gas, American Can, and Pennsylvania.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
Packard
Goodyear
New York Central
General Electric
Consolidated Gas
American Can
Pennsylvania
State police reorganize southern division to Beckley
Superintendent P D Shingleton creates a new fourth state police company with headquarters at Beckley and transfers captains among Companies C B A and updates leadership. The move aims to boost efficiency and road patrols, with 50 troopers on motorcycles and 40 on autos by April 1 across Raleigh Fayette Nicholas Greenbrier Summers Monroe Mercer Wyoming McDowell Logan and Mingo counties. Lieutenant F C Crawford and Sergeant Joe Horne take key safety roles under Captain Skeen in Beckley.
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Associated Press
Charleston
P. D Shingleton
Beckley
George H. Skeen
Elkins
Mack R. Streagle
Fairmont
Arnold Moore
Skeen
Harry C. Myers
Shingleton
Capitol
Streagle
Company B
Raleigh
Fayette
Nicholas
Greenbrier
Summers
Monroe
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell
Logan
Mingo
F. C.crawford
Joe Horne
Weston Detachment
Quarantine Declared for All Dogs in Beckley Area
County officials announced a general dog quarantine in Beckley and Town district, lasting three months or longer, with exceptions for rabies vaccinated and properly tagged dogs. The order, issued by State Commissioner J. B. McLaughlin, allows confinement for exposed animals and directs vaccination drives by a licensed veterinarian visiting sites including Beckley City Hall on South Kanawha Street.
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State Commissioner of Agriculture
J. B. McLaughlin
Beckley
Clyde E. Warden
Agriculture Department
Warden
Beckley and
Beckley City Hall
Kanawha Street
East Park
Sprague
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Massachusetts
CCC Company
Masons
Beckley Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Main Street
ICC
Indiana
Major Roberg
CCC
Shady Springs
Carpenter II
Williams
West Va
State Police Company
U. S. Supreme Court
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