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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1935

Page

3

Wedding Bells Ring for Gina Bigolin and Louis Castellani

In Chicago Illinois Thursday a wedding united Gina Bigolin and Louis Castellani at St John Bosco Church before about one hundred guests. The bride wore satin with lace and a long train. maid of honor Lorraine La Gione dressed in peach crepe. bridesmaid Antoinette Bigolin wore ice blue satin. Best man was John Marchii. A wedding breakfast followed at the bride’s parents home on Melvina avenue and a reception at the bride’s home before the couple’s motor trip through northern Wisconsin. Castellani is a Liberty National Bank teller in Chicago and the couple will reside there.

St. John’s Bosco Church North Merrimac Avenue Chicago Lorraine la Gione Antoinette Bigolin John Marchii Antonio Brigolin Melvina Avenue

Numerous North Carolina and Virginia relatives visit

Mrs J H McGinnis returns from Long Island visits relatives in Roanoke and Rich Creek. Mr and Mrs Charles Brulla spend the Fourth with kin in Roanoke. D M Leary leaves for Akron Ohio to visit sister Mrs W R Oliver. Mrs Ross Irle and Miss Madge Farmer return from west tour via San Diego. R H Morris of Ansted visits Beckley. Enos R Crouse and daughter Patricia of Fayetteville visit the Riffes. Ollie Burnett to Huntington for Mis sionary society meeting. Nola Phillips heads to Pittsburgh for days with kin. Rev M M Warren of Philadelphia visits mother Rose Harlow Warren en route home from Saranac Lake. Dr Oscar W Cranz guests of aunt Mrs Charles S Lewis on way to Charleston. will reside in Kinston after stay in Wilmington. John H McCulloch and family head to Briar Hill amp Brownsburg Va with mother and Polly Jo, who stay in Lexington overnight.

J. H. McGinnis Long Island Charles Brulla Roanoke D. M. Leary Akron Ohio W. R. Oliver Ross Irle Madge Farmer West San Diego California R. H. Morris Ansted Beckley B. F. Conner Rich Creek Virginia Enos R. Crouse Patricia Fayetteville Harold M. Riffe Ollie Burnett Huntington Missionary Societies of the Baptist Church Nola Phillips Charles S. Lewis Charleston Cranz Wilmington N. C Kinston Howard McCulloch Briar Hillamp Brownsburg J. H. McCulloch Polly Jo Lexington

Quoddy tidal power project starts with nationwide blast

Eastport Me July 5 a 600 pound dynamite blast signaled the start of work on the 36 million Quoddy tidal power project Vice President Garner set off the charge in Washington while President Roosevelt and project backers were praised Representative Brewster lauded the blast as opening the greatest era in mankind tapping power of the universe He warned of efforts to block the project and cited a finance official in his criticism of the utilities bill passage

Associated Press Eastport John Garner Washington Roosevelt Dexter P. Cooper Ralph O. Brewster R-Me R. C. Emery Garner Cooper Brewster Thomas Corcoran Reconstruction Finance Corporation Wheeler-Rayburn House

Duel on country road ends in Marconi death

In Johnstown Pennsylvania two middle aged men were found unconscious after a duel believed to be fought over a woman. Louis Marconi died while Thomas Scatara, a neighbor, is not expected to live. State police noted quarrel stemmed from attentions Scatara gave to Mrs. Marconi, mother of four. Sam Parks Jr the new national open champion keeps notes each night during tournaments describing ball variations from different lies and weather.

Associated Press Johnstown Culver Louis Marconi Thomas Scatara Scatara Marconi Sam Parks, Jr

Prison Sentence Awaits Boodlers

Baton Rouge Louisiana July 5 Hu ey Long amused himself yester day by polting messages at President Roosevelt and other political enemies as his legislature assembled for its seventh session within a year. Long outlined measures to strengthen his state dictatorship and embarrass New Orleans administration Mayor T Semmes Walmsley. Martial law remained but few soldiers were present at the capitol. Three special sessions last year and two this year preceded this five day session. Long said he would return to Washington Monday after dispatching a satirical missive to the president about jail terms for political use of federal money. The assembly listed 16 items including a $200 fine and 90 day jail for using federal relief funds politically. He claims Roosevelt seeks to pour money into Louisiana to defeat him in 1936. He noted he was on friendly terms with the powers that be and would push relief politics out of spending.

Associated Press Baton Rouge Huey Long Roosevelt Long New Orleans T. Semmes Walmsley Capitol State House House Senate Washington Louisiana

States Battling Over Truck Tags War Continues

Maryland expanded its lead to six by seizing two more West Virginia trucks at Oakland while four others remain held. Commissioner Walter R. Rudy reported no settlement prospects. The seized drivers were Robert Thomas of Bert M. Lanham and Walter C. Sappington, who claimed ignorance of the dispute after returning from New Jersey.

Maryland Thomas Currie Martinsburg W. Va West Virginia Associated Press Baltimore Walter R. Rudy Mt. Airy Oakland Robert Thomas Bert M. Lanham Clarksburg Walter C. Sappington Sappington New Jersey

Amusement Hall Remodeled in Besoco Valley Project

Besoco Amusement company reshapes its building into a modern recreation plant in Stonecoat valley with soda fountains for white and colored patrons a pool room a two chair barber shop a doctor's office and three storage rooms A new front filling station with electric pumps and stock inventories is planned J R Turner says completion by July 10 W W Lively G E Walden Edward Shafer Keith Peters Miss Hope Via and Joe Tolliver named for key roles in barber shop pool room and soda fountains

Stonecoat Valley Besoco Amusement Company J. R. Turner Edward Shafer Ghent Keith Peters Resoco Miss Hope Via Besoco Joe Tolliver

Romeo wins dual eating prizes and more at Bluefield event

In Bluefield on July 5 Steve Romeo captured both hot dog and watermelon eating contests among 50 Independence Day contestants. He briefly fainted after choking on a hot dog but was revived and finished first in the melon event. Romeo and a companion also won a three legged race. The Cleveland Indians plan hits toward a short right field wall, with right-handed batters guiding most hits there.

Associated Press Bluefield Steve Romeo Water Mellon Romeo Cleveland Indians

New Books Review Satirist Forsythe’s Redder Than the Rose

John Selby reviews Robert Forsythe's Redder Than the Rose a collection of 38 satirical essays skewering communism and sweeping through Anglophone topics from the United States to Great Britain. The piece mocks public figures and institutions with humor acknowledging some factual looseness but praising its abundance of guffaws.

John Selby Robert Forsythe Mr. Forsythe Stark Young Ernest Hemingway Alexander Woollcott White House

Secretive Mississippi Scoundrel and Mose Portraits Move Readers

A fragmentary review notes a vivid portrayal of Mose and broader implications about freedom efforts. It mentions The Secret of Keeping Fit by Artie McGovern describing his health program and an odd note about reshaping the human form. It also references Back to Work by Harold L. Ickes outlining plans to put reforms in motion.

Artie McGovern Simon and Schuster Harold L. Ickes Macmillan Ickes

Strangers in the House Review Touts Summer Read

The piece notes June Abbott's Strangers in the House published by Lippincott. It highlights Ickes like grand plans and a “frightening” scale while presenting the novel as pleasant summer reading for vacationers seeking light fiction without stress.

June Abbott Lippincott

Rail baron’s bid to unify vast Midwest railroad network

President of (Continued From Page 1) chief adviser to the Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland in their efforts to merge a number of railroads into one vast system of about 15 000 miles. With some forty years of rail- experience the executive outlines plans and obstacles facing the consolidation drive.

van Sweringen Brothers Cleveland

Bennet Known for Reviving Sick Railroads

The industry recalls Dr. Bennet as a specialist in taking ailing railroad systems and restoring them to health and vigor. This achievement led the Van Sweringen brothers to enlist him for their bold project to create fewer, more efficient rail networks.

Bennet van Sweringens

Fayetteville Hinton To Get Police Posts

Charleston July 5 Twenty six communities selected by Col. P. D. Shingleton head of the state police as sites of new detachment posts to be opened within a week.

Associated Press Charleston Col P. D. Shingleton State Police

Also Mentioned on This Page

Gina Bigolin Louis J. Castel Lani William Houchins Luther C. M Houchins Staunton Dunsmore J. W. Banks Camp Walhonde Coal River Brownie Phillips L. B. Phillips M. C. Banks Mary Caperton Richfield Evergreen, Va W. H. Childress Maine Raleigh County Bank Bldg Rockhaven C. A. Garten Ager Hungry Mellon Cram Benjamin Appel Knopf Golden Buddha Robert Rylee Farrar and Rinehart Mississippi Mose Ann Harding Harry Bannister Los Angeles Daisy Colby Libby Palmolive Sunnyfield A. & P. Meat Markets Bologna Lean—Smoked Brookfield A&p Food Stexe Eme Greateateantican and Pacuictaa Vc Company Hinton Harwood James Murphys H. T. Roberts S. & R. Tavern Venture Inn George and Marie Roberts Harper Road Neville Street Puritan Angel Food Opposite Baptist Church E.M. Payne CO
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