Gauley Bridge Plant to Begin Operation Soon
The Hawk s Nest hydro electric plant near Gauley Bridge West Virginia is nearly ready to start in June with a 8 million dollar cost and over 100000 horsepower. Water will be diverted from the New River to turbines and sent ten miles to Electra Metallurgical at Alloy for ferro silica production. The project has faced lawsuits since 1930 with 538 suits filed by workers alleging silicosis from inhaling silica dust. Congress now investigates the cases as part of the broader fight over plant licensing and federal intervention.
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Associated Press
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Hawk’s Nest
Electra- Metallurgical Company
Alloy
Rinehart and Ennis
Charlottesville
Doctor Declines Washington Trip Over Silicosis Probe
Dr L R Harless cites wife’s illness and may send a written statement instead of testifying to the congressional committee. He has examined about 500 workers near Hawk s Nest tunnel and found half with lung trouble while the silicosis commission seeks answers on 476 deaths and 1500 other cases tied to silica exposure. Frank Palmer and Edward Royce had not arrived. they left Washington to gather more information for investigators.
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Associated Press
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
L. R. Harless
Hawk’s Nest
Harless
Vito Marcantonio
Rinehart and
Dennnis
Frank Palmer
People’s Press
Chicago
Edward Royce
Cauley Bridge
Washington
Sister of Judge Bardin Succumbs in Huntington
Mrs. Maggie Coleman, sister of Judge W. H. Bardin of this city, died in Huntington Tuesday from pneumonia after two years illness. Survived by husband Samuel Coleman and five children. Funeral services were held in Huntington Thursday with burial to follow. Judge Bardin went to Huntington Sunday to be with his sister.
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Maggie Coleman
W. H. Rardin
Huntington
Samuel Coleman
Bardin
England Monarchy Faces Worsening King George V Illness
King George V, 70, shows further heart attack symptoms at Sandringham House. Bronchial illness has spread to lungs and heart causing cardiac weakness. A high source warns a crisis may occur within 48 hours as doctors treat him with oxygen and his son the Prince of Wales stands by.
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Associated Press
Sandringham
Eng
George V
Sandringham House
Norfolk
England
Maurice A. Cassidy
London
Prince of Wales
Milk Bottle Law Enforcement Campaign In Roanoke
F W Stewart of the Milk Bottle Exchange Roanoke announces a local campaign to enforce a state law against unauthorized use of registered milk bottles. Three firms Lewisburg Ice Cream Cooks Dairy and Shimate’s Dairy currently use registered bottles. The law imposes a fine from twenty to one hundred dollars for infractions. A registered bottle bears the owner firm’s name. It is illegal for anyone other than the owner to use the bottles for any purpose. The campaign protects dairymen from financial loss due to bottle theft or misuse.
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F.W. Stewart
Milk Balle Exchange
Roanoke
Lewisburg Tce Cream Company
Cooks Dairy
Shimate’s Dairy
Stewart
Ilegal
Rothers
Page Girl Takes Poison Tablets Unsuccessful Attempt
Fanny Page of Eccles attempted suicide by swallowing bichloride of mercury tablets in a room at the Aracama Hotel. She was treated by Dr. D. J. Hoke after a half hour inside the hotel and was reported recovering. Burk White, the hotel manager, said marital troubles were blamed for the act by city police.
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Fanny Page
Eccles
Aracama Hotel
Burk White
D. 3. Hoke
Stephenson Urges Fair Chance for State Liquor Monopoly
Charleston January 18 The liquor commission chairmen asks dry leaders to allow the state monopoly plan to work. Nicholas County joins ten counties and ten cities in prohibiting liquor store openings under local option. Stephenson appeals for calm and rejects claims of disorder, noting no arrests or disturbances under the plan thus far.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Liquor Commission
Nicholas County
D. Homer Stephenson
Passa
Stephenson
Second Degree Verdict Found Against Fields
A Raleigh county jury found William Fields guilty of second degree murder in the death of Stella Wright, shot in her home near Palisades Park last November 4. Defense seeks acquittal claiming accidental discharge after a two hour delay. prosecutors had asked for the death penalty. Trial began Friday. a motion to set aside the verdict is under argument as another case, Jesse Scalf, is set for Monday.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
William Fields
Stella Wright
Palisades Park
Fields
J. E. Jackson
Thelma Wright
E. L. Shannon
George Williams
Carpenter
Johnson
Beckley
Jackson
Jesse Scalf
French A. Harper
Bibb enters race for 1936 House of Delegates
T E Bibb of Beckley announces candidacy to succeed himself in the House of Delegates. A veteran lawmaker and prominent local merchant, Bibb cites experience and broad support as his rationale for seeking the Democratic primary nomination. Raleigh County currently has three representatives in the delegation.
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The
Register
T. E. Bibb
Beckley
House of Delegates
Charleston
Raleigh County
Leighton C Farley Seeks Justice of the Peace Post
Leighton C Farley of Winding Gulf announced his candidacy for justice of the peace in Slab Fork district seeking the Democratic nomination in the upcoming May primary. Farley, a district native and Collins High School graduate, works as a tippleman at the Winding Gulf mines and is a member of the L MLW of A. He owns a home on Farley Mill.
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Leighton C. Farley
Winding Gulf
Justice of the Peace
Slab Fork
Farley
Collins High School
Morris-Harvey College
Winding Gulf Mines
L. Mlw
A. Rand
Farley Mill
John Gordon Polley Ill Following Influenza
J G Polley five prominent in the city business and social life was critically ill at his North Kanawha Street home. He fell ill Monday evening at a Beckley theatre as pneumonia developed after influenza and by 1 am the next day his condition remained grave and uncertain.
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J. G. Polley
North
Kanawha Street
Senate Defers Bonus Measure Over Weekend
Washington terjadi defers to Monday on a coalition bill to discharge a 2.0 billion debt in cashable bonds for veterans bonus. Democratic leaders delayed final vote as plan shifted to render cash surrender value only. Several amendments failed in a tight party line showing near certainty of House action by Monday night.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
King
Utah
Borah
Ida
Robinson
Arkansas
Thomas
Dokla
Pateman
Lua Follette
Schwellenbach
Byrnes
D-Sc
House
California Democrats Confront Delegation Fight at State Meet
The End Poverty League and allied forces pressed to name California delegates to the Philadelphia Democratic convention. Senator McAdoo allies dominated the state central committee and blocked a firm platform, deferring delegation choice to President Roosevelt.
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Los Angeles
Upton Sinclair
California
Philadelphia
End Poverty League, Inc
W. G. McAdoo
Democratic State Central Committee
Democratc Committee
McAdoo Leutenants
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Praises Federal Works as Crowds Cheer
President Roosevelt addresses a Newark meeting of the national emergency council praising federal works projects while urging support for infantile paralysis funds. He plans to attend a Theodore Roosevelt memorial dedication in New York, as crowds greet him in Newark and New York despite rain.
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Associated Press
New York
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
Newark
Theodore Roosevelt
American Museum of Natural History
Federal
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
East Sixty- Fifth Street
Hoffman
Charles Edison
Thomas Edison
National, Emergency Council
Department of Justice
Ferris Funeral This Afternoon At Mt Tabor Church
Funeral services for Tor Ray L. Ferris 23 of Eccles are set for 2 p.m. at Mt Tabor Church with Rev C C Sturgill officiating. Burial will be in Mt Tabor cemetery. Ferris died yesterday morning in a local hospital after two months of illness. Pallbearers and flower girls are listed. He is survived by his widow Daphine Ferris, his parents S L Ferris and W O Wheeler relatives and several siblings. The body will lie in state at the Wheeler home before the service.
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Mt. Tabor
C. C. Sturgill Tor Ray L. Ferris
Eccles
Caffee Undertakers
Fayette County
Daphine. Ferris
Daphine Wheeler
W. O. Wheeler
Harper Road
S. L. Ferris
Oak Hill
Barney Ferris
Troy Ferris
Basil Ferris
Albert Lewis
Cs Pearl
Ruby Ferris
iLedgelly
Ross
Hubert Harper
Charlie and
Boyd Stanley
Webster Burdette
Denzil Christian
Virginia Land Merl Harper
Rilla
Grace
Cleo Stanley
Irene Toney
Wheeler Home
Pneumonia Fatal To Nurse In Hospital
Miss Edna Earle Neale aged 32, five years superintendent of nurses at Mullens Hospital, died there this morning of pneumonia. The body was taken to Robertson and Foglesong undertaking establishment for burial preparation. She is survived by her father and two sisters, Mrs J W Troutman and Mr Frye, both of Saltville. The obituary note had not been completed at press time.
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Edna Earle Neale
Mullens Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong
J. W. Troutmin
Frye
Saltville
Yoral Arranger Menis
Hoffman Critics Doubt His New Evidence Claim
New Jersey critics of Governor Hoffman questioned his claim of new evidence in the Lindbergh case. Attorney General Wilentz said no new evidence exists and Hoffman lacked the right to grant Hauptmann a 30 day reprieve. Schwarzkopf and Wilentz met to study Hoffman's statements as lawmakers awaited the next session.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergs
David T-Wiente
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Col
Norman Schwarzkopf
Wilentz
Hauptmann
Hoffman
Lindbergh
Kipling Grave Among Britain’s Greatest Sons
Rudyard Kipling died at 70 after emergency surgery and will be cremated. His body was taken from the hospital to a chapel for final rites. Tributes poured in with Bernard Shaw and John Masefield praising his stories of India and imperialist literature.
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Associated Press
London
Rudyard Kipling
Great Britain
Empire
West
Minster
Kipling
British Museum
Kim
Prince of Wales
Burwash
Sussex
India
Bernard Shaw
John Masefield
England
Woman shoots herself in abdomen at Beckley Hospital
Estella Coles, 21, a Black resident of Price, was in serious condition at Beckley Hospital after a self-inflicted pistol wound to the abdomen. She told hospital staff she fired the shot but gave no reason. The bullet entered the right side and exited the left. An emergent X-ray/chevron scan followed.
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Estella Coles
Price
Beckley Hospital
Missing Child Roy Rogers Found Dead in Arizona Mountains
Four year old Roy Rogers wandering from his uncle Lawrence McDonald’s ranch was found frozen under a rocky ledge in the Guadalupe Mountains near Bisbee after a four day search by 300 ground crews and six airplanes. A booted leg seen by Hershel Tong triggered the recovery two miles from the ranch. Fears of Apache involvement had driven investigators to search rugged terrain.
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Associated Press
Bisbee
Ariz
Roy Rogers
Lawrence McDonald
Roy
Guadelupe Mountains
Hershel Tong
State Highway Department
Weather outlook West Virginia snow and colder weekend
The storm moves northeast bringing rain and snow to the Atlantic states while snow spreads across most other regions. Cold air settles in with a dip in temperatures Sunday into Monday, followed by generally fair but cold conditions Monday. Storm warnings persist along the Maine coast.
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West Virginia
Atlantic States
Iowa
Tennessee
Texas
Alabama
Nile Atlantic
Maine
Portland
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End Poverty League
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