West Virginia Power and Light Lands Bluestone Site Fight
Newton D. Baker joined West Virginia Power and Light Company counsel in opposing the federal government suit to condemn land near Hinton for the Bluestone reservoir. The company had earlier objected to condemnation to fund a $13,000,000 dam as part of the Ohio Valley flood control program. Survey results and appeals indicate possible adverse rulings and ongoing legal action.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Newton D
Prestt Wilson
West Virginia Power and Light Company
Hinton
Bluestone Reservoir
West Virginia Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Huntington District
U. S
J. F. Conklin
Scottish Woman Reunites With Brother After 34 Years
Mrs. Catherine Mackey Glasgow 69 of Stirling Scotland visits Beckley and recognizes her brother William Mackey’s wife on first meeting. After arriving from Scotland on her first trip to America she planned to settle in Canada but all eight of her children live in North America.
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Scotland
Beckley
Catherine Mackey ‘Glassgow
Stirling
William Mackey
Fairlawn Avenue
Glassgow
America
Canada
Miner Rescued From Coal Hole in Okin
In Okin Pa a miner Enoch Kuklinskie Jr was rescued after about 22 hours trapped in a 30 foot coal hole. He suffered no serious injuries and gasped for air while wrapped in blankets and hoisted to the surface. His 60 year old father was trapped nearby when a gangway roof caved in yesterday.
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Associated Press
Okin
Enoch Kuklinskie Jr
Kie
Alfred Taylor goes to Moose convention meeting
Fayetteville July 2 J Alfred Taylor local publisher and politician is a delegate to the national convention of the Loyal Order of Moose this week. He is expected home Friday or Saturday.
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Fayetteville
J. Alfred Taylor
National Convention of the Loyal Order of Moose
Road crews repair shoulders from Oak Hill to Fayetteville
Rkaymoor July 2 State road crews arrived this morning to iron out the shoulders that have tormented motorists. They have completed grading on the Oak Hill Salem Gatewood Coal Run road and will continue toward Fayetteville.
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Rkaymoor
Oak Hill-Salem-Gatewood
Coal Run
Fayetteville
Pope Orders Bad Film Ban From Bishops Worldwide
Pope Pius ordered global censorship of films under bishops supervision and directed annual promises of abstaining from watching bad films. He issued an encyclical to American bishops noting the strong impact of cinema for good or evil and established review offices to guide lay viewing.
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Vatican City
Pius
Negro Murder Case Finished In Glen White
The state finished its case against Charlie Thomas and Glen White charged with the murder of Andrew Wilson in Glen White on January 12. The defense announces it will present evidence this afternoon claiming Wilson threatened Thomas with a pistol shortly before the shooting. Court attaches expect the trial to conclude late today.
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Charlie Thomas
Glen White
Andrew Wilson
Thomas
Wilson
Hugh A. Dunn
Dance to Help Striking Miners At Wycoma Rhodeell Event
A benefit dance for striking miners will be held at Frances Hall in Rhodell by Mead Local Union UMWA at 8 p m Saturday. Price Hill Skillet Lickers provide the music and scrip is accepted for admission.
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Wycoma
Mead
UMWA
Frances Hall
Rhodell
Price Hill Skillet
Netherlands urges U N to join League of Nations assembly
The Netherlands foreign minister urged US and other Geneva absentees to join the League and proposed removing sanctions, favoring a consultative covenant. Australia’s Stanley Bruce warned the League’s false security risks destruction and called for effective sanctions possibly including military action against Italy.
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Associated Press
Enera
Netherlands
A. C. D. de Graeff
League of Nations Assembly
United States
Geneva
League
Stanley M. Bruce
Australia
Assembly
Bruce
Italy
Mystery Fires Do Great Harm
Fire loss in May reached 222 335 dollars in West Virginia, up 166 916 from May 1935. Of 60 fires reported, 32 caused total losses, with wood and brick structures among damaged types. Investigations labeled 29 fires as suspicious across multiple counties, the most damaging fires undetermined in origin.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Fred B. Watkins
Watkins
Barbour
Boone
Cabell
Harrison
Kanawha
Marion
Mingo
Ohio
Raleigh
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Wayne
Wetzel
Wyoming
McDowell
Upshur
Logan
Wood
Webster
Cottle Named On Committee for Convention Business
C. V. Cottle, president of Raleigh county Townsend Old Age Pension Club and national convention delegate, was notified he had been appointed to the convention's business matters committee. The letter from E. B. Thornton, Townsend area manager for West Virginia, did not specify duties.
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C. V. Cottle
Raleigh County
Townsend Old Age Pension Club
E. B. Thornton
Townsend
West Virginia
Cottle
Beer Law Tightened in Charleston by Tax Commissioner
West Virginia tax commissioner Fred L. Fox tightened beer sale rules amid protests and a Charleston melee at a beer parlor that left WVU athlete Leo Fizer slain. Licenses will not be issued for six months in revoked- license locations. violators will be summoned to show cause for revocation. The department already requires annual licenses for each beer vendor and will act quickly to enforce the new policy.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Fred L. Fox
Leo Fizer
West Virginia University
Fox
Tax Commissioner
State Begins Highway Study In West Virginia
The West Virginia state road commission starts a three phase highway study to measure traffic, inventory road conditions, and assess financing sources. George W. McAlpin leads personnel, Mortimer W. Smith outlines aims, with loadometer and pit scale teams weighing trucks at multiple locations.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
George W. McAlpin
Commission
Mortimer W. Smith
Green Heron Slain Near Fitzpatrick Mill Pond
James Spangler shot a bird near the Fitzpatrick mill pond, later identified unofficially as a green heron. It contained seven young fish, and the carcass was turned to game warden O B Harris for identification before being given to taxidermist Matt Radford for mounting.
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James Spangler
Fitzpatrick Millpond
Spangler
O. B. Harris
Matt Radford
Batoff Mountain Taxidermist
Helen Woman Gets Smashing Welcome
Mrs. W. M. Pennington returning from Beckley to Helen lost control near Sophia as an infant shifted in the car seat. The vehicle left the highway and hit a signboard reading welcome to Sophia, causing about 100 dollars in damage but no injuries.
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Sophia
W. M. Pennington
Beckley
Helen
Water Storage Pushed to Halt Drought Damage
Secretary Wallace tours stricken regions amid drought fears and warns rainfall in coming weeks will decide if the current drought matches 1934. WPA plans conservation dams in Minnesota Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas and hires over 25 000 distressed farmers for relief work. Wallace reports 500 million acres destroyed by erosion and 150 million badly damaged by carelessness across the midwestern prairies.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Minnesota
Montana
Wyoming
Dakotas
Works Progress Organization
Harry L. Hopkins
Agriculture Wallace
Mid-West
Wallace
St. Paul
Duluth
Minn
Killer to Be Shot to Death By The Associated Pr
Salt Lake City July 2 Delbert Green slight pale faced killer of three will be trussed up to a chair and shot July 10 at Utah state prison A six year fight for the life of the 28 year old convict ended today The state pardons board denied Green s plea for commutation to life At Farmington Sheriff Joseph Holbrook who will supervise the firing squad execution the state used its legal right to designate that form when Green made no choice said We ll be ready Green maddened the prosecution said by jealousy thinking his wife interested in others shot her and her mother He left the baby unharmed Then he murdered his uncle for whose death he was specifically tried.
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Associated
Pro
Salt Lake City
Delbert Green
Utah State Prison
State Pardons Board
Green
Farmington
Joseph Holbrook
Revival Meeting Draws Kaymoor Miners to Pentecostal Church
A revival service opened this week at the Pentecostal Church of God in Kaymoor drawing throngs of miners and their families. Services are held in the old school building.
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Kaymoor
Pentecostal Church of God
Lodge to Meet Evening Session at Moose Hall
Members of the Degree of Honor Lodge are urged to participate in their regular meeting to be held this evening at eight o'clock in the Moose Hall on Neville street.
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Degree of Honor Lodge
Moose Hall
Neville Street
Troopers Fail to Find Auto With 1935 Tags
State Trooper T W Harrison toured Raleigh county looking for new 1935 license tags. He reported seeing new yellow tags on every vehicle in motion except one old B license on a truck in a hollow near MacAlpin. No arrests for old licenses were reported at noon.
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Raleigh County
T. W. Harrison
Road Patrol
Harrison
MacAlpin
Miner Ben Parker Shot By Landlady After Row
Ben Parker, a miner from Lester, was shot twice by his landlady, Mrs. Linda Goins, during a 3:30 p.m. dispute over driving while drunk. The bullets hit his liver and back. emergency surgery removed them, but recovery is unlikely due to blood loss. Goins, a widow, was jailed with a broken right hand after the incident. Local mayor assisted at the jail.
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Beckley Hospital
Ben Parker
Lester
Linda Goins
68 Examined At Clinic Here
A total of 68 children were examined at the all day pre-school health clinic held yesterday at the Central school building. Exposed children to whooping cough and scarlet fever were turned away to be rechecked later. County health nurse Miss Beulah Ann Graybeal noted several major defects and said follow up checks would be made. Doctors assisting included D L Hill T F Garrett E H Hedrick D B Jarrell W H Cunningham Clark Kessel W W Koiner and Olga Bonke Booher.
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County Health Department
Woman’s Club
Junior Woman's Club
Beulah Ann Graybeal
D. L. Hill
T. F. Garrett
E. H. Hedrick
D. B. Jarrell
W. H. Cunningham
Clark Kessel
W. W. Koiner
Olga Bonke- Booher
Beckley Tops In State Rum Sales Ranking
Beckley ranked third in West Virginia for May liquor sales, totaling $30,996. Statewide receipts across 83 stores and 40 agencies reached $797,520.48. Major city figures included Charleston $52,630.90, Huntington $35,996, Parkersburg $27,957, Clarksburg $27,408, Martinsburg $13,178, Oak Hill $13,099, Weirton $16,913, Bluefield $16,903, Fairmont $11,089, Hinton $9,958, and others with smaller totals.
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Charleston
Huntington
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Oak Hill
Weirton
Bluefield
Fairmont
Grafton
Hinton
Moundsville
Newinsville
Wellsburg
Spencer
Sistersville
Point Pleasant
Charles Town
Brother of Mrs Catron Killed in Bus Crash
Mr and Mrs J R Catron of East Beckley travel to Washington for funeral services for John Kesee a Washington businessman killed in a bus wreck at Natural Bridge Virginia Five people died when the bus struck a bank and overturned after skidding on the highway atop a stone arch while returning from Bluefield where he had visited another sister
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J. R. Catron
East Beckley
Washington
John Kesee
Natural Bridge
Kesee
Bluefield
Great Stone Arch
Auto Crash Near Oak Hill En Route to Hospital
Mrs. William Adams’ car wrecked while driving to a hospital in Oak Hill. Her 17 year old son Clarence, hospitalized after an operation, was unharmed. The collision involved a neighbor’s car driven by Gus Gibson and another car owned and driven by C. P. Cobb. No injuries were reported.
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Oak Hill
William Adams
Clarence
Miners Listen as Lewis Plans National Radio Address
Miners in New River and Pocahontas districts were informed that John L. Lewis will speak Monday night at 9 30 on industrial unionism in steel. J H Carter said the address will cover objections from steel leaders and that the mine workers support industrial organization fully. Washington union leaders met to discuss steel issues as part of Lewis drive with the industrial unions committee chaired by Philip Murray.
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New River
Pocahontas
Beckley Umwa
John L. Lewis
J. H. Carter
Lewis
Washington
Paign
John Brophy
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
American Iron and Steel Institute
Brophy
Philip Murray
United Mine Workers
Steel Organization Committee
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Two Killed in Wreck of Train
Devastating floods from southwest Texas storms killed a man and a boy when a Missouri Pacific freight train derailed at a washed out trestle near Kyle. The disaster swept Plum Creek and surrounding farms, with extensive crop and cattle losses and widespread inundation across Gonzales Milam and nearby counties.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Austin
Missouri Pacific
Kyle
Willis W. Ellison
Gonzales
Ennis
Corsicana
Dallas
Cameron
Milam County
Four Democrats Named in Boone County Delegates Named in Beckley
Four Democratic delegates to the Tenth Judicial circuit convention in Beckley were chosen at a Boone county mass meeting. Selected are J. T. Huddy E. C. Berkeley W. F. Dingess and L. Peters for the district convention. Three delegates Everett Brown Grace White and Denny Ferrell were named for the state convention at Clarksburg. District meetings will be held at Ramage Nellis Boone today and at Madison tomorrow.
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Associated Press
W. Va
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Beckley
Cook District
Boone County
J. T. Huddy
E. C. Berkeley
W. F. Dingess
L. Peters
Clarksburg
Everett Brown
Grace White
Denny Ferrell
Ramage
Nellis
Boone
Madison
Stocks Reach Record Highs Amid Mixed Trading
In New York July 2 stocks including steels rails motors and specialties drew most attention. While favored issues rose a fraction to two or more points and some hit six year highs profit taking occurred in other groups. Support appeared for U S Steel Bethlehem National Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube despite steel labor tensions.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
National Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Weather outlook for city with cool trend
Rain expected tonight and Friday with slightly cooler temperatures. Yesterday's high reached 74 degrees and the low last night was 65, per L. A. Mauck.
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