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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1929
Page
1
Oscar Vipperman, 23, was sentenced by Judge Hugh A. Dunn to five years in the penitentiary for attempting rape on Aretta King of West Wickham. The trial, held June 28 after a two day hearing, followed a verdict of guilty on June 2. A 60 day stay to appeal was granted.
Instruction in gas testing for coal mines is given at Beckley Mining School under Adam Crawford. A butane gas cylinder simulates mine gas for student tests. Each student must demonstrate testing ability to earn a completion certificate. Enrollment fell from 49 to 43 as classes wind down before July 17.
In Martinsburg West Virginia thieves used gas to raid Obed Noll's Tuscarora flock of 75 hens. The culprits removed many birds overnight while sixteeen died after the coop was opened the next morning. The county farm agent confirms they were gassed.
Agricultural statistician F. W. Gist says the boll weevil has cost Alabama farmers about 19 million dollars annually for 17 years, illustrating the pest’s ongoing toll on staple crops and farm economies.
Chicago Women’s club, in a newly financed $1.15 million clubhouse, faces a civic clash over smoking. Moderns install ash trays while longtime member Mrs. Kretschmar urges a no smoking policy, arguing it lowers the club’s tone. Others note smoking’s economic impact and the need for outside rentals to cover debt.
Davenport and Henderson were released after questioning by Deputy Sheriff Rob Stewart found they had no part in the murder of Arthur Boyce. Lou Ellen Robinson remains detained. authorities suspect she may know more about the crime given her prior associations with Boyce and others linked to him.
Hugh and Robert Waycaster were remanded to jail by Squire Cottle after being charged with felonious assault on Hobson Tucker. The men were arrested by Deputy Dillon following Tucker’s complaint. Tucker and the Waycasters clashed over tools with Tucker then striking Waycaster, prompting a fight. Tucker’s injuries are not believed serious.
Mayor Is. A. Hughart decrees that city employees who fail to settle bills promptly cannot remain on the Merton payroll. The new measure aims to improve municipal finances and accountability across departments.
Oliver City California July 11 endurance flight by L. W. Mendell and BR. B. Reinhart reached its tenth day and 216th hour at 7 29 30 a m with four hours sleep and four hours flight routine as a worn second-hand 200 horsepower engine showed signs of failure. The plane had previously logged 450 hours before this record flight. The fliers’ craft was a second-hand ship supplied by William G McAdoo former secretary of the treasury.
Rome Italy July 11 Italian hospitality welcomed American aviators Roger Q Williams and Capt Lew A Yancey who landed at 9 30 p m from Santander Spain completing a trans Atlantic flight from Old Orchard Me They were met by General Italo Balbo and Mussolini as minister for aeronautics and escorted to the premier's villa despite headwinds over France and the Mediterranean delaying their progress.
Cleveland officials say the hospital will demolish the Cleveland Clinic structure rather than remodel it. Investigators found brown paste like residue from gases produced by burning X ray films permeating the masonry and fear heat could re release fumes. Bricks and mortar were saturated by the blasts that killed 128 people.
Orphan musicians from the Odd Fellows home at Elkins will perform a minstrel show and musical program at Beckley Junior High School tomorrow at 8 oclock. Admission is charged, with proceeds aid for orphans in Raleigh county. The group, aged 15 to 18, travels in their own bus funded by performances. Public invitation stands.
Williamson July 11 Two brothers who married sisters were killed last night in an explosion in the No 3 mine of the Fordson Coal company near here. The victims Joe Kimberlain 24 and Carl Kimberlain 35 were pushing a supply truck when a quantity of powder was accidentally discharged. The bodies were badly mangled.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with increasing cloud cover on Friday. Temperatures remain steady with little change expected.
Five persons burned to death and a sixth may die after the east bound Cleveland New York Express collided with a freight near Corning New York. The locomotive crashed into a tank car causing flames to race through the train causing derailment of the baggage car two mail cars and a passenger coach. Names include engineer Fred E Blake of Hornell and fireman W J Latonik of Susquehanna Pa plus several others.
Charleston July 11 the public service commission decided hearings on Gauley Power companys bid to build a hydroelectric plant and dam at Woods Ferry Gauley river will proceed under the 1929 water power act The governor is named as a commission member but need not attend hearings unless he desires Optional authority allows the governor to obtain information from testimony or other sources.
Statistics show that the average German uses about 30 cigars and 700 cigarettes per year. The figure highlights wide variance and suggests cultural factors influence tobacco consumption.
In Ulysses Kansas on July 11 the "flying farmers" Fred Fowler and James Woods showcased airplanes to prove wheat profits in a sparsely served rail region. Fowler built a plane on his father’s farm, converted wheat earnings to aviation, and after seven lessons flew a new craft from Wichita. Woods soon followed, landing on the prairie once labeled a Cimarron desert, while Fowler quipped his craft aimed to reach trout streams of the Rockies rather than the rails.
Kermit A. Locke, 24, was sworn in as counsel by Circuit Clerk Van Himnter after the morning criminal court session. A West Virginia University College of Law graduate, Locke hails from Milton, West Virginia, and joins Raleigh county's bar with optimism for a bright practice ahead. He plans to office with M. L. Painter on Main Street and is described as a diligent, personable newcomer with a promising career.
Charleston July 11 H R Anderson division engineer of the state road commission says his resignation was requested yesterday by P Fortney chairman while E McCoy and others were away at a highway conference. Secretary White notes resignation effective Monday. Anderson alleges the demand came from elective state officials after a brief meeting. He joined the commission in 1922 after roles as Raleigh county road engineer and Payette county assistant road engineer.
White Sulphur Springs WV July 11 Semi finals are played in all seven flights of the 16th West Virginia Amateur golf tournament J S Lewis Jr beat M M Moorefed seven and six in flight two Dr T W Pavlov Huntington beat Jite Neithken Charleston one up after a birdie two on the 18th Neithken parred the hole In flight four P W Mumper Wheeling beat W C Griffith Charleston five and four J A Bloch Wheeling beat B W Venable In flight two Gary Hogg Harvey beat J L Bumgardner Beckley three and two In flight three another match was 3 2 one more result not listed
A final report from the Board of Equalization and Review on dispositions in Shady Springs Town district properties is expected within days. Assessor KR E Turner says no new developments and final valuation amounts will be announced later. The board had debated lumber transfers between districts for assessment purposes prior to adjournment.
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