Dorothea Kassady Faces Hearing After Grand Jury Declines Indictment
Nassau county grand jury declines to indict 20 year old Dorothea Kassady in the death of John L. Burness. District Attorney Littleton says she confessed multiple times but Dr. Matthews deems her a borderline case and suggests she lied. Kassady is held as a wayward minor pending arraignment. father pleads for her return as a crowd funds his bus fare home. An inquest is likely to be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Nassau County Grand Jury
Dorothea Kassady
Myson
John L. Burness
Martin W. Littleton
Burness
Long Island
Adelbert Matthews
Dorothea
John
Ellsworth
Littleton
Irene Brozovic
Negro Activities and Community Notes From Beckley Area
The thirteenth annual session of the Negro Activities Women's Convention meets Ebenezer Baptist Church Beckley today and Thursday with songs, greetings, sermons, and visits. A rally at Stamford Bottom follows. Also reported are postponed baseball, local marriages, anniversaries at Magnolia Baptist Helen, missionary unions, Price Hill and Skelton activities, Whipple Sewing circle events, and assorted personal notes from Beckley and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River District
Women’s Missionary Convention
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Beckley
Ebenezer Choir
A. L. Peck
Philip F. King
Pidgie B. Wright
Edna Payne
J. C. Brown
K. C. Washington
Stamford Bottom
First Baptist Church
Stanaford Bottom
Price Hill
Helps
J. W. Lee
W. E. Davis
Miller
Richard Lipscomb
Miss Winsom
Turkey Knob
Lee
Nice
Elizabeth Harris
North Beckley
J. D. Carrington
Long Beach Doctor Downs Pension Plan With Home Care Wife
A soft voiced, white haired wife quietly assists Dr. F. E. Townsend on his nationwide campaign for old folk pensions. She describes herself as a home-body and credits her supportive husband who never speaks ill of her in their long marriage. She was a trained nurse when they met in South Dakota and now uses her nursing skills to care for him and manage their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Townsend
Long Beach
Black Hills
South Dakota
Urges Catholic Women To Engage In Politics
Associated Press report from Pittsburgh notes Father Frank Foley of Mt. Mercy College urged Theta Phi Alpha delegates to participate in public affairs. The talk appealed to 4,000 Catholic women nationwide to stimulate appropriations to sectarian institutions and take active roles beyond reticence. Evelyn Brink Lothes of Cincinnati chaired sessions, with delegates attending a bridge party last night.
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Associated
Pittsburgh
Frank Foley
Mt. Mercy College
Theta Phi Alpha
British Critic Scores Failure Of New Deal
London July 10 The house of commons upheld the government's depression policies by a large vote after Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin criticized aspects of Roosevelt's New Deal. A labor motion to censure relief plans was rejected 450 to 76. Baldwin, in his first major commons speech since becoming prime minister again, said Washington's program had failed to bring a natural recovery of trade.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Commons
Washington
Minnesota Stars Poll Heavy Vote For 1934 All Star Team
A Chicago Tribune poll of 34 states names Minnesota stars Phil Bengtson and Stan Kostka as top vote getters on day one for the 1934 all star team to face the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on August 29. The survey tracks leaders by position with Nobly Don Hutson leading ends and Irvine Warburton at quarterback, among others, as two weeks of voting continue.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minnesota Stars
Phil Bengtson
Stan Kostka
Chicago Bears
Soldier Field
Bengston
Kostka
Chicago Tribune
Associated Newspapers
Don Hutson
Alabama
Frank Larson
Minnesota
Harry Leeper
Northwestern
Dominic Vairo
Notre Dame
George Maddox
Kansas State
Bill Lee
James Steen
Syracuse
Bill Bevan
Rocco Schiralli
Regis Monahan
Ohio State
Francis
Pug) Lund
Duane Purvis
Purdue
Millard
Dixie) Howell
Bill Shepherd
Maryland
Izzy Weinstock
Pittsburgh
Paul Sulkosky
Washington
Inky Watkyns
Southern
California
Local families share visits and a summer wedding
Maynor W Va with Crab Orchard and Mead visitors gather at several homes including the Lafertys and Nicelys. Miss Gladys Gilliam and William Ayres wed July Fourth at Pax with attendants Craddock and Henson. Faye Maynor visits Beckley. local families host meals, dinners, and weekend guests around Athens Pax Coal River and Beaver areas.
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Edward Carmen
Crab Orchard
N. A
George Crawford
Juanita
Jack
Mead
J. L. Rogers
Dorcas
Mt. Hope
Frank Lafferty
Zetta Powers
Milburn
Dick Davis
Harry Maynor
Harry, Jr
Helen Woolwine
R. B. Nicely
W. E. Maynor
Ernest and
Lewis
Alfred Tyree
Tooley
Okey Stover
Cecil Maynor
Oswald
Ed de Witte
June Loving Christian
Hila B. Christian
Athens
Harry Estep
Beckley
O. O. Christian
L. H. Richmond
Billa Maynor
Ira Maynor
John Mitchell
Pax
Russell Tyree
Burl Stover
Coal River
Beaver
Edward Pittman
Edward Lee
Mabel Pittman
Leonard Pittman
Beulah and
Jene
Ray Cooper
Earl and Carless
Mae Bowling
Julia Pittman
Reverett Pittman
James Lucas
Sidney Gilliam
Gladys Gilliam
William Ayres
Harris
Gladys Craddock
Paul Henson
Ayres
James Ayres
Faye Maynor
Grace Crad
Bailey and Bowyer Families Host Guests Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bailey visited Mabscott relatives on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Harlow Bailey hosted the Williams and Bowyer families Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Bowyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Hedrick
H. E. Bailey
Harlow Bailey
Mabscott
Harlow Williams
Emmet Bowyers
Va. Group Travels to Greenbrier River Picnic
A party of 35 motored to the Greenbrier river above Hinton on Thursday July 4 for swimming fishing boating and a picnic dinner. Births and visits noted include a Don Ray Smith birth and relatives visiting in West Virginia and Ohio. Local families such as the Smiths Overstreets Canturbys Tur ner Ferguson Paynes Crysal Braggs Rowes Scaggs and Rakes are mentioned with travel to Bluefield Mountain Lake Washington and Concord college.
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Greenbrier River
Hinton
Ora Overstreet
Akron
Ohio
Lewis Canterbury
Killarney
Henry Smith
J. R. Turner
Billy
Jack Scaggs
Charleston
J. W. Bragg
Mollie Rakes
Leon Kirk
Washington
Nette Gunter
Concord College
M. D
Weekend Visits and Local Mobility Near Beckley
Gunter and Noah Gunter attended events in Beckley over the weekend while families from Beckley and nearby towns visited relatives in Beckley Spanishburg and Shawnee Lake. Miss Leslie Walker returned from Concord college to visit her parents G L Walker. other residents traveled for church services and shopping.
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Willie, Jones
Margie Brown Johnson
Sam Johnson
White Sulphur Springs
Grace Helms
Brown
Frank Turner
Dan White
Nathaniel Hale
Virginia Hale
Harry Fountain
Tams
White
C. H. Edwards
J. C. Clemons
S. W. Williams
W. M. Freeman
Missionary Union
Missionary Union of
Concord College
G. L. Walker
Noah Gunter
Clyde Roberts
Beckley
Kharr Wykle
M. D. Gunter
Shawnee
Princewick
Nude Man Found Dead Near Welch in West Virginia
The coroner's jury could not determine the cause of death after a nude black man was found in the mountains two miles from the nearest house by Manuel Mitchem, a bee hunter. The body, about a week old, was buried nearby near Page.
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Associated Press
Welch
W. Va
Manuel Mitchem
Page
Eddie Phillips Catches for Cleveland Amid Pytlak Absence
Eddie Phillips, a Boston College graduate, joined Cleveland from Albany to bolster the catcher position during Frank Pytlak's absence. Noted as gray-haired at 26, Phillips arrives with veteran polish for the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Phillips
Cleveland
Albany
Frank Pytlak
Boston College
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Bishop
Sprague
Amigo Activities
Joseph Hemmings, Jr
Rush Run
Mary Lucy Patterson
Buckingham
Virginia
Robert Page
Virginia Seay
Clarence Seay
Skelton
Percy Hemmings
Roy Mosley
Joseph Hemmines
Harriett Branch
Greenville
Lawrence Kemp
W. M. Allen
Glen Roy Perkins
Mary Pierce
Mary Susie Pierce
Hubert Mosley
Whipple
Pattern Sewing Circle
Ed Speed
John Huff
Harriston
Queen Collier
East Beckley
West Virginia State College
New River Association
Superior Pounds
Cranberry
Pounds
Woods
L. Green
Roya Webb
Scarbro
Ed Washington
C. E. Bradshaw
Hunter
E. J. Lee
East Park
Roanoke
Dorotha—Wilken
Picksoin
Maude Rainey
Geneva Rainey
Miss Mackey
Annie Walton
Elsie Trite
Hilltop
Irene Bradshaw
Charles Webb
Ruth Hodge
Arthur Lethbridge
Big Stick
James Lowe
PRICI
Capital
ST. Louis
Onis Yi
New Deal
Maynor, W. Va
Alotabi
Puffy
Dingle
Besoco, W. ‘Va
Mrs. Sherman Smith
Don Ray
Kentucky
Automobile Life and Fire Insurance
A. J. Britton Lilly Bidg. Beckley
Phone 960
Martinique
American Hotels Corporation
George H. Wartman
Pennsylvania Station
Empire State Building
Hotel Martiniquey
Broadway
32Nd Street
West Virginia
Erma
Henry Ford
Portland Cement Association
West Grand Avenue
Illinois
Beckley Icl & Feed CQ
West
Virgin
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