Relief Bill Fails In House As Court Action Sought
Charleston report notes farm and home relief bills were defeated in the House while the Senate adopted a resolution urging the Supreme Court to speed reconsideration of its decision in the tax muddle. Lawmakers delayed new revenue plans, deferring action in hopes of a court reversal, and a brief lobbying dispute led to Edgar Dixon being barred from the floor.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Loase
Fox
Miner Williams fatally shot in Mer Alpine incident
Charles Williams, 59, a colored miner, was shot in the abdomen during a fight at Eddie Woody's Mer Alpine home. Woody, 23, also colored, claimed self defense as he wielded a .45 pistol after Williams allegedly forced entry. Williams died at a local hospital shortly after the incident.
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Charles Williams
Eddie Woody
Woody
MerAlpin
Garnel
Williams
C. M. Goodwin
Fox Results Use The Want Ads
Daily we receive complaints from business people and individuals about results from a classified want ad. Houses are rented and sold cars sold lost purse returned. Let them sell the articles you no longer need and tell people about your service. Phone 680 to get help.
Harless Stolen Car Found Wrecked Near Beckwith
State Trooper T. W. Harmon and Game Warden C. B. Harris reported the wrecked remains of C. H. Harless Cadillac found near Beckwith after being driven into a bank. The car was stolen days earlier from a Beckley street parking spot with no arrests yet. it was unclear if the vehicle was insured.
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T. W. Harmon
C. B. Harris
C. Ht. Harless
Cadillac
Beckwith
Beckley Street
Underhill Returns to Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Outlaw Wilbur Underhill is moved from Shawnee hospital to Oklahoma State Penitentiary amid fears of gang retaliation. He faces life for the Okmulgee clerk killing and had been in federal custody after the Nash prison raid in Kansas City. A pursuing plane was sighted near the prison as guards watched the transfer.
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Associated Press
McAlester
Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Shawnee
Sam Brown
Washington
United States Bureau of Investigation
Brown
Underhill
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Frank Nash
Nash
Kansas City Union Station
License date extended for 1933 automobile plates
Charleston West Virginia January 6 The road commission extended the license period for 1933 automobile plates to January 15 midnight for use without the half year windshield stickers. The first extension expired Monday and the second followed due to delays in processing applications and missing 1933 license numbers.
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Associated Dress
Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Tthey
Ralco Miner Injured In Slate Fall
Charles Davis a 33 year old Ralco color ed miner was admitted to Beckley hospital Friday morning with injuries to his right leg and back after being struck by falling slate during work.
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Charles Davis
Ralco
Beckley Hospital
Republicans Open Attack on Roosevelt Budget
Republicans began their planned assault on President Roosevelt's budget as Congress recessed for next week's liquor tax debates. Senator Patterson condemned the deficit forecast as financial ruin and urged public opinion to halt spending. Democratic leaders defended emergency spending as necessary and said pay-as-you-go would apply by 1936.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republic Ars
Roosevelt
Senate
St. Lawrence
Patterson
R. Mo
Congress
Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Escaped inmate returned to Raleigh jail from Virginia
Eli Haga one of seven逃 prisoners who escaped Raleigh county jail on February 21 was brought back by Deputy Sheriffs Howard George and J A Green to Beckley after a tip and found him at a Konnarock Virginia church service. He faces an indictment for breaking and entering the Pemberton Coal and Coke Co store at Baileywood in February 1933. Pennington and Blevins were indicted. Pennington pled guilty and serves 18 months, Blevins serves 18 years at Moundsville.
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Eli Haga
Raleigh
Howard George
J. A. Green
Konnarock
Virginia
C. C. Lewis
Ieller
George
Green
Konnarack
Maga
Beckley
Pemberton Coal and Coke Company
Baileywood
Dave Pennington
Lester Blevins
Pennington
Blevins
Moundsville
Legion Plans To Honor Grigg Memory
Commander Goldstein of Post 32 announces a special executive committee meeting at the Memorial building Beckley at 11 this morning. The post will conduct a Legion ceremony and offer services at Dr A T Grigg’s funeral honoring his distinguished World War service.
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Goldstein
The
American Legion
Memorial
Beckley
Post
Legion
Gold Jstein
Civil Works Safety Plan in West Virginia Launched
Charleston January 6 A state wide safety program for 80 000 civil works hands in West Virginia was launched by C A Bundick state safety director He divided the state into five districts and named four supervisory engineers plus a candidate to be named later to appoint inspectors for CWA projects About 200 inspectors will be named The aim is to train workers in safety practices and remove hazards on any project The four engineers and counties they cover include A B E Haan Kanawha Putnam Cabell Wayne Lincoln Boone Logan Mingo George A Duncan Welch Fayette Keenbrier Nicholas Raleigh Summers Monroe Mercer Wyoming McDowell Eli J Mason Charleston Wood Pleasants Tyler Deaddridge Ritchie Wirt Jackson Roane Mason Calhoun Gilmer Lewis Upshur Webster Braxton Clay Joseph Reed Fairmont Brooke Hancock Ohio Marshall Welch Monongalia Preston Mallan Taylor Harrison and Barbour.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
C. A. Bundick
Bundick
sHiter
CWA
A. BE. Haan
Kanawha
Putnam
Cabell
Wayne
Lincoln
Boone
Logan
Mingo
George A. Duncan
Welch— Fayelte
Keenbrier
Nicholas
Raleigh
Summers
Monroe
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell
Eli J. Mason
Wood
Pleasants
Tyler
Deaddridge
Ritchie
Wirt
Jackson
Roane
Mason
Calhoun
Gilmer
Lewis
Upsur
Webster
Braxton
Clay
Joseph Reed
Fairmont
Brooke
Hancock
Ohio
Marshall
Welzel
Monongalia
Preston
Mallan
Taylor
Harrison and
Barbour
Jonesboro Pastor Cleared in Jonesboro Murder Case
Piggott Ark Jan 6 The Rev Dale Crowley was acquitted today of murder in the slaying of J W McMurdo janitor of the Jonesboro Baptist tabernacle. The jury deliberated eight minutes after the pastor ordered the janitor to leave church property amid a factional dispute.
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Associated Press
Piggott
Ark
Dale Crowley
J. W. McMurdo
Jonesboro
Gran Chaco War Resumed Despite Armistice Calls
Paraguay announced that warfare in the Gran Chaco would resume at midnight and the 18 day armistice with Bolivia would not be extended. Paraguayan troops on a 250 mile front stood ready to drive into enemy territory as heavy rains complicate operations.
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Presa
Buenos Aires
Paraguay
Asuncion
Gran Chaco
Bolivia
Lean
League of Nations
Fort Munoz
Two Men Charged With Stabbing In Pemberton Area
Griffith Fry and Rudolph Hall both 18 were arrested near Pemberton by Trooper Fox and Game Protector Harris and charged with stabbing Alex Smith 27 colored. Smith was taken to Beckley hospital with a three inch knife wound in his back. seriousness not believed to be life threatening. The cause of the altercation was not learned.
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Griffith Fry
Rudolph Hall
Pemberton
I. M. Fox
O. BR. Harris
Alex Smith
Smith
Beckley Hospital
Applicants For CWA Jobs Limited To Three Days
George Watkins, manager of the National Re employment office, announces that CWA job applications will be received only on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. He cites no county vacancies and says Raleigh county quota is filled, with new projects drawn from existing workers. He warns that many registered applicants will have little chance of immediate work unless quotas rise.
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CWA
George Watkins
Watkins
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Oice
Bailie Quits His Position In Treasury
Earle Bailie resigns as a special assistant in charge of fiscal affairs in the Morgenthau Treasury after opposition from Senator Couzens over his ties to J. and W. Seligman and Co. Bailie notes his role was temporary and steps down effective before month end. Morgenthau accepts the resignation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan. F
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Earle Bailie
Department
Senate Finance Committee
Morgenthau
Bailie
Couzens
Mich
Senate
New York
J. and W. Seligman and Company
Morgenthal
Baille
Two Hamlets Men Held for Store Theft in Hamlet Robbery
Jim Atkins and Homer Plumsley, both 18 from Hamlet area, jailed after arrest near Quinnimont by Deputy Sheriff George and U S Marshal Stover for breaking into Babcock Coal and Lumber Co store in Hamlet Richmond district. They allegedly used a file to force entry and stole about 31 in script plus 2 from the post office, with 85 in scrip found on them. Hearing slated for next week.
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Te Babcock Coal and Lumber Company
Hamlet
Richmond District
Jim Atkins
Homer Plumsley
Quinvimont
Honard George
U.S. Marshall
J. Q. Stover
Quinnimont
Fayette
Ira
W. H. McGinnis
H. M. Fox
H. E. Brammer
Babcock Company
I, M. Fox
Hl. KE. Brammer
Trains Rerouted Around Landslide Blocking C and O Lines
Trains on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad were rerouted tonight via the Virginian lines after a landslide near McKendree West Virginia. Officials report the slide blocked C and O lines with no damage but expect travel to run two to three hours late.
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Associated Press
Thurmond
W. Va
Jan
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
McKendree
Piney River
Eccles
Deepwater
Leadership of Roosevelt Is Trusted
Washington reports two dominant facts about the new session: Roosevelt's strong grip on Congress and his clear plan for the future. Analysts note broad trust in his leadership despite debate over policy soundness, with even some Republicans offering cautious support as they return from campaigns.
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Congress
Anna Dall
Sistle
Buzzie
Roosevelt
John
Associated Presa
Associated Bross
Washington
Tromines
Glen Rogers Woman Dies at 38 in Raleigh County
Mrs. Ira Davis of Glen Rogers died at her home from a heart ailment after four months of illness. A lifelong Raleigh County resident, she is survived by her husband Ira Davis two children Violet and Dale Zimmeron and several Treadway relatives. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at Maple Fork Church with Rev. Levi Clendenin and burial in Davis Cemetery at Maple Fork.
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Ira Davis
Glen Rogers
Maynor
Henry Treadway
Kilsyth
Clete Treadway
Della Davis
Willis Branch
Nannie Treadway
Beckley
Maple Fork
Levi Clendenin
Davis Cemetery
Tyree and
Dew
Oak Wil Undertakers
Gasoline Blaze Injures Beckley Youth
Frank Traveto ten, son of Joe Traveto of Beckley Jounection, suffered burns from gasoline that ignited. He received treatment at Beckley Hospital and was discharged after healing.
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Frank Traveto
Joe Traveto
Beckley
Well Known Doctor Dies In Hospital
Dr. Adrian Hansford Grigg aged 45 head of Beckley internal medicine unit died at 8:35 p m after a week of lobar pneumonia illness. He had lived in Beckley since 1913 with family and friends at his bedside. He was born August 18 1888 in Crown Hill Kanawha County and educated in local public schools.
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Adrian Hansford Grigg
Beckley Hospital
Grigg
Beckley
J. H. Hansford
Pratt
Fh. D. Roller
Charleston
Robert Coleridge
Louella Hansford Grigg
Crown Hill
Kanawha County
Montgomery
Mysterious Deaths In Detroit Seen As Linked Incidents
Two deaths in Detroit are under investigation. A 16 year old boy Charles Bertle was found bound and strangled at home. A 33 year old woman Mrs Virginia Gibson was thrown from a car and run over, police seek a Joliet prison releasee for questioning.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Charles Bertle
Virginia Gibson
Bertie
KE. J. Knobloch
Iit
Illinois
Joliet
Weather outlook for Ohio Valley week begins with snow
Rain on Sunday turns to snow and colder at night. Monday brings local snows and much colder air. Snow flurries are expected in the upper Ohio Valley Monday with generally fair skies elsewhere, aside from rain Wednesday night or Thursday. Much colder Monday, warmer midweek, then colder Friday and Saturday.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
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