Rev Ball to Be Tried For Murder Tomorrow
A 38 year old Methodist preacher faces a 9 am murder trial for the shotgun death of his wife in the parsonage bedroom on Rock Creek. Prosecutor Thornhill may seek the death penalty. Ball initially claimed accidental shooting, others doubt the account.
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Monta H. Ball
Gay Cooper Ball
Rock Creek
W. A. Thornhill Jr
Monta_H. Ball
Defese
Hugh A. Dunn
Beckley
H. G. Shaffer
Madison
Gay Cooper Hall
Bail
F. C. Crawford
M. M. Bardon
Thornhill
French
Paris Stewart
Ira Stewart
Whitesville
R. D. Cook
Harley M. Kilgore
Register Suspends To Observe Fourth
The Raleigh Register will not publish tomorrow July 5 due to Independence Day. The news and editorial staff will take the day off and the paper resumes as usual Tuesday.
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Raleigh Register
Register News
Hospital Nurses Get a New Boss
Miss Margaret M. Reilly appointed superintendent of nurses at Pinecrest sanitarium. Dr. K M Jarrell announced the change as already in effect. Reilly succeeds Miss Hazel Maxwell who left for Mountain State hospital in Charleston. She holds a bachelor of science degree and has led nursing in Ohio State University hospital and Salt Lake General hospital, with tuberculosis nursing experience in Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City.
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Margaret M. Reilly
Pinecrest Sanitarium
K. M. Jarrell
Miss Reilly
Hazel Maxwell
Charleston
Mountain State Hospital
Ohio State University Hospital
Salt Lake
Utah) General Hospital
Pistol Lost But Cop Tackles Man
Patrolman W L Cook chased and tackled George Sutton of Toledo Ohio after Sutton fled the Kanawha hotel area. Sutton was identified by Charles Higley as the wallet thief. a wallet with 325 dollars and a hypodermic needle plus narcotics were found on Sutton.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
W. L. Cook
Kanawha
W. A. Tully
George Sutton
Toledo
O. Charles Higley
Davis Creek
Tully
Higley
Sutton
Tulley
Rhodell Prepares First Municipal Election Candidates
The Rhodell election season opens with Citizens and Progressive parties naming mayor recorder and council candidates for the July 27 vote. Citizens nominate Sam Lilly for mayor Clifton Lilly for recorder and six councilmen. Progressive pick J T Meador for mayor M O Cole for recorder and seven council nominees. Three election commissioners E H W Barker Arthur Lewis Robert Mitchem named to supervise the first city election. A preliminary census shows population 917 and 496 voters.
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Register
Rhodell
Citizens
Progressive Parties
Citizens’ Party
Sam Lilly
Clifton Lilly
T. G. McConnell
C. C. Conner
George Thomas
C. E. McGee
Walter Gentry
Progressive
M. O. Cole
Riley Graham
Frank Hollingsteead
Walter Cadle
S. C. Warren
W. M. Ruth
C. M. Ward
Raleigh County Circuit Court
E. H W. Barker
Arthur Lewis
Robert Mitchem
Chapter to Send FFA Contingent to State Meet
Elmer Hawley of the Surveyor chapter will compete in the state public speaking contest at Jackson's Mill. The entire Surveyor FFA chapter will attend to hear him. The state contest runs August 17 to 19. Officers for 1937-38 were installed Friday night and an enterprise tour was announced for August 14.
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Elmer Hawley
Jackson's Mill
Future Farmers of America
Surveyor
FFA
Hawley
John Wilson
James Davis
Emil Cimala
Howard Marlin
Frank Gialdela
Fred L. Delp
Delp
Raleigh Firm Sells Two Lots in Beckley Area
Avis N. Calfee bought two lots on Route 3 near Beckley from Raleigh Realty and Construction Company as a county clerk recorded deed. E. J. and Clara Whitt sold Hettie Hanes three lots at Rhodell. M. W. and H. B. Powers sold Edward Trent a lot in the Lincoln addition to Beckley. J. R. and M. M. Halstead sold W. E. Rose a tract in Beckley. Frank and Alleva Brage transferred a tract on the Quinnimont road to Velma W. Douglas.
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Avis N. Calfee
Beckley
Raleigh Realty and Construction Company
E. J
Clara Whitt
Hettie Hanes
Rhodell
M. W
H. B. Powers
Edward Trent
Lincoln
J. R
M. M. Halstead
W. E. Rose
Frank and
Alleva Brage
Velma W. Douglas
Quinnimont Road
Britain Vows Strong Stand If Needed Over Spain and Mediterranean
Prime Minister Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Eden warned Britain will rearm to defend its rights and interests. They stressed Spain’s territorial integrity and keeping the Mediterranean open, signaling resolve against any power seeking to disrupt trade routes to India and the East.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Britain
Spain
Mediterranean
Neville Chamberlain
Anthony Eden
Garden
Italy
Grmany
Chamberlain
Birmingham
Eden
Coughton
Warwickshire
India
East
Priests Given Terms in Jail in Koenigsberg
Four priests in Koenigsberg were sentenced to one to three years in prison after being convicted of incitement to public disorder and violence against police. Six Catholic youth members received six to nine months. One defendant was acquitted.
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Associated Press
Koenigsberg
Germany
Catholic Youth Organization
Earhart Flight Plan Page Shows Amelia Earhart and Crew
The article depicts Amelia Earhart or Mrs. Putnam and navigator Fred Noonan aboard the “flying laboratory” as they begin a world circumnavigation. The duo are shown aboard, with their fate described as missing after vanishing in the Pacific Ocean last night.
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Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
Mrs. Putnam
Fred Noonan
Pacific Ocean
New Airplane Arrives for Beckley Charleston Service
Charleston West Virginia reports a new six passenger TravelsAir airplane arriving for Beckley to Charleston service. The state road commission warns motorists to avoid Route 52 at Maybeury due to a train wreck debris detour.
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U.S. 52
Maybeury
Charleston
W. Va
State Road Commission
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Canpri
National Coal Association Launches Nationwide Advertising Drive
J. D. Battles announces a nation wide campaign to promote heating with coal over oil or gas. The effort includes magazine ads and pamphlets targeting coal dealers architects and builders. The first press release was to roll out from Washington yesterday marking a historic bid for bituminous coal.
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National Coal Association
J. D. Battles
Battles
Black Knight Country Club
Association
Washington
TVA
United States
Senate
Covey Funeral Services Today for John Jesse Covey
Funeral services are set for 2 30 PM today at Crab Orchard for John Jesse Covey 72 of Mid City who died Friday at a son s home in Mid City. Rev Grant Stephens will officiate burial follows at Canady cemetery near Glen White He is survived by a son Lonnie Covey a daughter Martha Snuffer a brother Mitchell Covey two sisters Tabby Kears and Martha Linkous The body was taken to Fred Covey s Crab Orchard home yesterday.
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Crab Orchard
John Jesse Covey
Mid- City
Mid-City
Beckley
Grant Stephens
Canady
Glen White
Lonnie Covey
Martha Snuffer
Logan
Mitchell Covey
Goodwill
Tabby Kears
Martha Linkous
Fred Covey
Mercer County Labor Council to be Chartered July 8
Mercer county central labor council to be chartered by the Committee for Industrial Organization and will establish permanent organization at a July 8 meeting. The council was formed at a Mataoka meeting with Jess Aquino of Welch, UMW representative for the Pocahontas and Tug River district, speaking.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Mercer County Central Labor Council
Committee For Industrial Organization
Mataaka
Jess Aquino
Welch
United Mine Workers
Pacahontas
Tug River
Guard Tightens Around Bethlehem Steel Cambria Works
State police widened guard lines around Bethlehem Steel’s Cambria works after a 21-year-old ex worker, Ernest Layton of Johnstown, was arrested for allegedly hurling dynamite at a freight train from the plant. Layton claimed he acted after being approached by two men and directed to locate the dynamite.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Bethlehem Steel
Cambria Works
Staite
William A. Clark
Ernest Layton
Clark
Layton
C. W. Jones
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
C.L
Cambria
Youngstown
Warren
Canton
James Mark
S.W.O.C
Pennsylvania
Philip Murray
Earhart search widens as storm bars rescue attempts
In Honolulu the rescue effort for Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan faced setbacks as storms redirected key naval assets away from the Pacific search. A potential radio SOS from Earhart was unconfirmed, while coast guard and Pan American operators reported no reliable signals.
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Associated Press
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Stormis
Coast Guard
Itasca
South Pacific
Honolulu
T. H
Two
Oceans
mid-Pacific
Los Angeles
Miss Earhart
Pan American Airways
Howland Island
Earhart
Lae
New Guinea
Pearl Harbor
Colorado
Navy Department
Pelican
Hawaiian Islands
Carl Pierson
Waler McMenamy
Amelia
Pierson
Paul Mantz
Miss Farhart
Burbank
Calif
Coral
George Palmer Putnam
San Francisco
Mantz
Putnam
Pitnam
Weather outlook for Sunday and Monday storms
Weather brief indicates thundershowers likely across Ohio Valley Tennessee Lower Lake region and possibly Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic states Sunday and Monday. Temperatures rise slightly Sunday in the Middle Atlantic New York and western Pennsylvania with little change Monday.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
New York
Wester Pennsylvania
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