Surprise party for Mrs. Eli Harris at North Kanawha
Mrs. Eli Harris, newly moved to North Kanawha street, was surprised by friends Miss Edith Bruster Mrs. Chester Lynch and Mrs. Tommy Roberts who hosted a crystal gift shower and fan ice course. Attendees included numerous local residents and visitors from Huntington and Bramwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Harris
North
Kanawha Street
Edith Bruster
Chester Lynch
Tommy Roberts
Harris Home
Harris
Mike Diffley
Robert Rawlings
Frances Bailey
H. M. Hall
Nina D. Bruster
H. E. Ames
W. T. Blakely
Samuel Thomson
Earl Snead
Annice Bailey
O. J. Smith
Wilda Bailey
Faye Cooper
Alma Davenport
Rhelda Burleson
Reba Epperly
Catherine Avis
Margaret Alice Carter
Mary Alice Bruster
Social Roundup of Visitors and Travelers
A long list of residents and guests are noted visiting or traveling. among them Mr. and Mrs. Z A Petty at Peace Springs. Sid Danbury and Mrs. David E Kahn in New York on business. J T Evans and H C Davis guests in Lisbon and returning home. Mrs W G Bright visiting Woodlawn Ave. the Bumgarners and Eunice at Greenbrier hotel. Waterman Jr returning from Virginia. Mrs W B Wade returning to Fullerton California. Miss Elizabeth Summerfield visiting in Roanoke. Payne and Goodwillie planning Fourth at White Sulphur Springs. R C Deffords touring Beckley. A Hough visiting Beckley. W R Robertson visiting Richmond. W L Foster and Ned Foster in Bluefield. David Lilly Jr in Charleston. Mrs A C Brown of Tampa visiting Washington. A F Taylor of Cincinnati guests of Hume family. J Q Hutchinson in Bluefield handling legal matters. several ladies named Banks Caperton Payne Edmundson noted as visitors or hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. A. Petty
Peace
Springs
Sid Danbury
The
Star Clothing Store
David E. Kahn
Charleston
New York City
J. T. Evans
Lisbon
Ohio
H. C. Davis
Los Angeles
California
J.T. Evans
Woodlawn Avenue
W. G. Bright
Vago
Greenbrier County
George W. Bright
Elizabeth Summerfield
Roanoke
John Gatherum
Carmel Romhaut
E. M. Payne
W. A. James
W. L. Foster
Ned Foster
Bluefield
David Lilly, Jr
A. C. Brown
Tampa
Florida
W. E. Beane
H. M. Brown
Washington, D. C
A. F. Taylor
Cincinnati
W. W. Hume
Hume
Mr. Taylor
J. Q. Hutchinson
F. L. Banks
W. G. Caperton
J. S. Edmundson
Conley Funeral Arrangements Named For Newhall Residents
Grace Dillon and Gravis Conley of Newhall W Va are listed among survivors in this obituary notice. Pallbearers include Arthur Cox William Linkous Lawson Thompson Glenn Buckland Aldin Hood and Bernise Woods. Keyser Funeral Home handles the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Grace Dillon
Gravis Conley
Newhall, W. Va
Arthur Cox
William Linkous
Lawson Thompson
Glenn Buckland
Aldin Hood
Bernise Woods
Keyser Funeral Home
Mounties Clash at Ottawa Protest Ends in Arrests
Mounties clashed with strikers as baton blows and missiles flew. Two score arrests followed as mounted police cleared the crowd and patrolled nearby streets. Strikers, led by James Winters, sought funds while government offered relief and transport home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. P. Burgess
Federal Relief
Ottawa
J. T. Toothill
James Winters
Winters
Lawmakers Face House Senate Battle On Death Clause
The Senate adopted the provision by one vote and the House opposed the president by 216 to 146. The day’s ballot considered substituting the House bill for the Senate version, amid ongoing Administration efforts to salvage program gains and project the issue into next year’s campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Mrs McNutt Chooses Home Life Over Politics
Diplomatically but firmly Mrs. Paul V. McNutt has kept home making before politics during her husband’s tenure as Indiana governor. Travel marked much of their married life while she balanced appearances at political events with care for their daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. McNutt
Indiana
Kathleen Timolat
McNutt
San Antonio
Tex
Indiana University
American Legion
Congress Divided as Roosevelt Tax Plan Faces Setback
With Democrats holding 317 of 435 seats, the Roosevelt proposal failed 216 to 146 in the House. Senate votes split along party lines, with 35 Democrats and 8 Republicans plus one Progressive and one Farmer-Labor backing a clause to defeat the opposition. The administration pressed ahead on its tax program amid intra party splits over federal versus state powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
World Court
St. Lawrence
Supreme Court
NRA
Raleigh Scoutmaster Chosen for National Jamboree
Raleigh resident Robert Thompson Jr. of troop 68 will serve as assistant scoutmaster for a Charleston area troop bound for the National Scout Jamboree in Washington August 21 to 31. He’ll attend training at Camp Walhonda before joining the contingent, now expanded from 66 to 99 by a national council ruling approving second class scouts. Applications are due by July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Thompson Jr
Boy Scouts of America
Raleigh
Charleston
Washington
Robert R. V. Twohig
Beckley
Thompson
Camp Walhonda
National Council of Boy Scouts
State National Banks Will Print Statements
Comptroller of Currency called for condition reports of national banks at close of business Saturday June 30. list of banks and their condition to be printed by the State National Banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comptroller of Currency
Camp Glen Daniel Opens Sunday for Local Boys
Forty area boys will begin a month long camp at Camp Glen Daniel starting this Sunday run by Ross Irle. They will learn swimming hike the river dam recreated lake and swing over to the athletic field rifle range tennis courts and camp tents with wooden platforms. Counsellors include Herbert Stansbury Jr Robert French James Campbell John Callaway Harris Weeks and Ross Irle with Rev W S Quersheet joining part of the month. Some vacancies remain and parents may reserve slots through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Daniel
Ross Irle
Herbert Stansbury Jr
Robert French
James Campbell
John Callaway
Harris Weeks
W. S. Quersheet
Training School Now Under Way
Thirty six scouts attended the second Sophia Training school session. Groundhog patrol led by Victor D. Hanson opened the program with J. B. Deck presenting planning. Five patrols each scheduled programs during patrol meetings and a patrol leaders council was observed by all trainees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Victor D. Hanson
J. B. Deck
W. J. McElrath
Robert R. V. Twohig
John Grey
Buford Hartson
Paul Bowles
John P. Tosh
T. S. McElrath
G. H. Hammed
Bob White
Robert Thompson Jr
W. R. Greever
R. H. Sturgill
Claude Higgins
Sam Williams
Herbert Jarrett
Gene Paolidi
Commissioner Ray
Mt. Hope
Cope A. Setliff
W. C. Shrewsberry
Earl Bibb Jr
John Cody
John Larew
Billy Larew
R. L. Robertson
Roy Keesee
Thomas P. Higgins
Willis Gunnee
Levi Thurbon
Randolph Urges House To Be Its Own Boss
Representative Randolph of West Virginia urged Congress to reject the death clause in the Rayburn Wheeler bill. He said the House should regain self respect and not be driven, stressing he is not voting against the administration by opposing the clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
House
Associated Press
Washington
D-W. Va
State bank commissioner orders June 29 bank closings
Charleston July 2 state banking commissioner directs condition closings of state banks and trust companies at end of business Saturday June 29 with all offices to halt operations and settle affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Newly Elected Mayor Is Denied His Office
Dunbar West Virginia July 2 Melton Maloney the Democratic mayor elect was blocked from taking office by the town council over insufficient bond. John L Keller remained in office arguing Maloney ineligible. Maloney had been recommended last week by F Witcher McCullough for appointment as state director of personnel for the PWA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dunbar
W. Va
Melton Maloney
John L. Keller
Maloney
F. Witcher McCullough
The
PWA
Paid For Dinner For His Slayers' Detroit
July 2 reports reveal Howard Carter Dickinson a New York attorney dined with his killers and paid their diner bill just before the murder during a robbery. William Lee Ferris and three companions are detained as prosecutors disclose confessions from Loretta Florence Jackson and Jean Miller Burlesque dancers that Ferris killed Dickinson and the group rifled his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Howard Carter Dickinson
New York
William Lee Ferris
Dimean C. McCrea
Dickinson
Ferris
Loretta
Florence Jackson
Jean Miller
McCrea
Miller
Beating Charge Shocks Beckley Area Miner
Paul Chingo a miner is charged after an alleged attack on his wife Annie near Harper road two miles from Beckley. Deputies say he struck her with a blunt instrument injuring her head face and right shoulder. A warrant was sworn out and $250 was found sewn in a handkerchief at his jail search. A hearing before Squire H F Hancock is expected tonight or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Chingo
Harper Road
Beckley
Tracy Williams
Chingo
Annie
Squire H. F. Hancock
Curtis Seeks New Republican National Chair
Vice President Charles Curtis urged a change in the Republican national chairmanship saying the party’s work is not progressing quickly enough. He did not name Henry Fletcher but favored a new leader while noting Herbert Hoover’s influence. A separate federal survey counted 53,000 subsistence gardens in Kansas for 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Charles Curtis
Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Fletcher
Herbert Toover
Kansas
Tobacco Growers Opposed to AAA Proposals Meet
The U S Tobacco Association held an unscheduled session in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia dispatching telegrams to 30 senators opposing AAA amendments described as unsound and detrimental to the tobacco industry. They urged returning the measure to the senate agriculture committee for public hearings. W T Clark president did not name specific amendments but they relate to processing taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
U. S. Tobacco Association
Torming
Senate Agriculture Committee
W. T. Clark
Welch Woman Dies Of Wounds
Mrs Lucinda Wagner a 30 year old Welch resident died from pistol wounds suffered Sunday night after her sister Mrs Mary Denton 25 was shot to death by the sisters husband Dan a miner sought by authorities on charges related to the shootings Mrs Wagner had fled to her sister s home Wagner followed and the death count includes Mrs Denton Dan Wagner remains at large as a suspect Mrs Denton s husband a miner is held as a material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Welch
Lucinda Wagner
Mary Denton
Produce and Poultry Market Report Pittsburgh July 1
Markets show steady demand for produce with apples at about steady levels in New York and Maine Green Mountains prices between 75 and 1.00. potatoes noted at 60 cars with 100 lb sacks steady. includes U S Department of Agriculture data and Pa. department figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
New York
Unois
Maine Green Mountains
Fairmont Mayor Deadlock Halts City Posts
Fairmont West Virginia faces a mayor and four major offices in limbo as four elected board members, A C West, J Clyde Morris both Democrats, and Fred T Wilson, Paul E M Amos Republicans, delay decisions. A third board session is set as deadlock prevents appointment of mayor and water chief. Albert J. Kerns serves as acting city attorney and acting mayor, with lot drawing possible after 10 days if unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
A. C. West
J. Clyde Morris
Fred T. Wilson
Paul E. M. Amos
West
Morris
Water Department
Water Post
Amos
Wilson
Albert J. Kerns
Agricultural Market Figures From Nearby And State Areas
North Carolina Cobblers 1.25-35 and 2.25-35 bar metrics, Virginia Cobbler 235-40 noted. Butler steady near 92 score with various standards 24 percent and scores 89 2344 and 88 22 percent. Eggs steady with receipts 23-23 percent and firsts 25 higher, extra 28. Cheese New York full cream 22 sharp 27. Poultry fresh killed full dressed hens 31, hog dressed 26, heavy hens 16-19. Leghorns 1a, Barred Rock broilers 21 24, Leghorn broilers 13-16, old roosters 11-13, heavy ducks 17-10, geese 10, young turkeys 16-18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Virginia
Butler
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. G. Stegall
Fayetteville
Wood Bouldin
A. B.rawn
H. S. Brown
Huntington
Bramwell
Brown
L. G. Houser
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Dwight File
W. H. File, Jr
Paul Stover
Lego
Raleigh County Bank
C. A. Garten
Harwood James
Murphys
Malin Street
Conley
Congress
Roosevelt
Garner
Jesse Jones
RFC
Rankin
Dmiss
Vera-Rose
Woolworth's
Paul ¥. McNutt
Curtis
Miner
Dickson
Fancy No
Pekoe
van Camps
Can
Dickson’s Cash Stores
Glen Rogers
Ravenclifn
Pemberton-Sophia Roads
W. V
Allen Junction
Stanaford
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