Johnson Defends NRA Operation In Middle West
General Hugh Johnson arrives from Waterloo Iowa and stands by his claim that the National Recovery Administration added 3 billion dollars in power and 3 million city workers were returned to jobs. He refuses to retract remarks and says he spoke as an individual not for the U S state department. He cites German events as shocking and likens them to Villa era killings in Mexico.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Hugh Johnson
Waterloo
Germany
Johnson
Washington
State Department
National Recovery Administration
Porch Collapse Injures Women at Bethesda Hotel
Ten women were injured when a 50 foot porch at the Epworth Park Hotel collapsed during a school of missions meeting. About twelve feet of the structure gave way, sending attendees into the basement. Most injured were taken to Wheeling hospitals, one to Cambridge, with emergency aid and ambulance calls extending over miles.
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Associated Press
Bethesda
Epworth Park
School of Missions
Ohio
West Virginia
Wheeling
Cambridge
Dr Vass Withdraws From Senate Contest
Dr T E Vass of Bluefield withdraws as a Democratic candidate for the state senate Seventh district. The tele cam from the secretary of state at Charleston was received to prevent his name from appearing on ballots before the primary.
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T. E. Vass
Bluefield
State Senate
Secretary of State
Charleston
Dr. Vass
Plan to Raise Cash for Athletic Field
At a Woodrow Wilson auditorium meeting the board of education agreed to use high school grounds for a summer playground and a community drive to raise 4000 dollars. The project, approved by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, would grade the football field add a quarter mile track and construct baseball diamonds tennis courts and spectator seating with an eight thousand six hundred dollar extension.
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Woodrow Wilson Auditorium
Board of Education
FERA
C. G. Peregoy
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Paralysis Fatal to Monroe Canady
Monroe Canady aged 78 long time Raleigh County resident and former Tolleytown farmer died at 8 PM after a three month illness. Born in Patrick County Virginia he moved to West Virginia with his parents and spent his life in the region. Survived by wife three children two sisters sixteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral at Lester Baptist Church tomorrow at 2:30 conducted by Elders J L Walker and Eugene Nichols with burial at Canady Cemetery under Calfee funeral directors.
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Patrick County
Virginia
Canady
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Primitive Baptist Church
Sally Canady
French Canady
Silas Stover
Glen White
Jessie McGinnis
Saxon
Rebecca Thompson
Crab Orchard
New Postoffice At Mount Hope Will Be Built
Congressman Joe L. Smith announced consolidating Mount Hope and Macdonald post offices into one Mount Hope office after a new building is authorized. The one story structure at Sugar Creek crossing will house both offices fronting the main street near the street railroad. The new office should be second class, costing 10000 to 12000 dollars. Earl S. Miller remains postmaster. P. M. Snyder, Jr. originated the consolidation proposal.
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Joe L. Smith
Mount Hope
Macdonald
Treasury Department
Sugar Creek
New River Company
Smith
Earl S. Miller
Christian Church
P. M. Snyder, Jr
Pickshin Gets Water System
The Mead Smokeless Coal Company launches a sweeping renovation at Pickshin including a new water system, repaired houses, and remodeled store and office. A ten thousand gallon tank on the mountain backs the village and water mains with hydrants between homes ensure drought supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Smokeless Coal Company
Pickshin
Four Injured In Filling Station Blaze And Blast
Four men from Glen Rogers sustained burns when a car driven by Mrs. Willie Tucker knocked a gasoline pump, causing a blaze that destroyed a combined filling station and lunch room. Charlie Gwayla remained hospitalized in Beckley with burns. Others were treated and released. The structure belonged to W. S. Dickson's nearby property.
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Beckley Hospital
Glen Rogers
Willie Tucker
Charlie Gwayla
Harvey Stewart
J. H. Lilly
Frank Farrow
Tucker
W. S. Dickson
Funeral Services For Miss Gunnee
Funeral services for Miss Susie Gunnoe 20 will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at the Gunnoe home on Ridge avenue with Rev. Wellman and Rev. Jones officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Keyser Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers include Clarence Gunnoe, Burton Gunnoe, Foglesong Allen, and others. numerous honorary pallbearers listed.
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W. H. Gunnoe
Ridge Avenue
Susie Gunnoe
Richmond
Samuel Wellman
Arnette
B. L. Jones
Beckley
K. E. Moss
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser Funeral
Clarence Gunnoe
Burton Gunnoe
Foglesong Allen
Howard Christian
Earnest Elkins
Eugene Elkins
W. W. Watts
Jimmie Mahood
Ray Smith
B. B. Richmond
H. C. Barnett
O. F. Cook
E. D. Armstrong
Floyd M. Sayre
C. R. Harless
Douglas Bow
Bing Crosby and Dixie Lee Welcome Twin Boys
Hollywood reports Bing Crosby and wife Dixie Lee have become parents of twin boys. Dr. Joseph Harris said the twins and Mrs Crosby are doing splendidly. The Crosbys already have a 13 month old son.
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Bing Crosby
Wife
Associated Press
Hollywood
Dixie Lee
Joseph Harris
Crosby
Crosbys
Beckley Man Succumbs In Spencer Hospital
Pasquale Bernabei 40 of Beckley died after a long illness in a state hospital at Spencer. Funeral services will be at the Catholic church tomorrow at 10 AM, with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Foster undertakers in charge. He was injured in a Wesley mine accident about three years ago and is survived by one brother Joseph of Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquale Bernabei
Spencer
Foster Undertakers
Bernabei
Wesley
Joseph
Cincinnati
Anderson Store Robbed on North Kanawha Street
Thieves broke windows at D. W. Anderson store on North Kanawha Street and stole groceries shoes clothing and other merchandise valued at over 100 early today. The crime was interrupted when a nearby resident aroused the proprietor, prompting an alarm before the burglars fled. Mrs. Lucy Adkins awakened Mr. Anderson as the break occurred around 4 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Anderson
Kanawha Street
Lucy Adkins
Mr. Anderson
Aged Grandview Resident Dies
Andrew L. Johnson, 81, retired Grandview store keeper, died this morning at his son in law J M Ennis home. Survived by two daughters J M Ennis of Grandview and Mrs J M Gilkerson of Table Rock and a brother Melvill Johnson of Newcastle Indiana. Funeral service at Grandview church Sunday at 2 30 pm conducted by Dr Ritchie Ware and Rev Paul Smith. Burial at family cemetery near Table Rock under Caffee undertakers.
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Andrew L. Johnson
Grandview
J. M. Ennis
Johnson
J. M. Gilkerson
Table Rock
Melvill Johnson
Newcastle
Indiana
Grandview Church
Ritchie Ware
Paul Smith
Beckley
Caffee
Hitler To Give Defense Tonight
Berlin reports Chancellor Hitler prepared a defense of the purge by death of Nazi ranks to address the world tonight. banners proclaimed We fight and pray for Hitler as the Reichstag meeting drew near. The content of his remarks beyond the June 30 move remained unknown. Some expected a bid for international cooperation to break isolation tied to Nazi policy.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Reichstag
Lethal Gas Used In Arizona's Execution
Florence Arizona July 13 George J Shaughnessy 19 year old killer from Alabama NY was executed today in the lethal gas chamber of the state prison Shaughnessy convicted of killing Lon Blanken ship in a holdup met death calmly He walked without aid to the death chair.
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Associated Press
Florence
Arizona
George J. Shaughnessy
Alabama
N. Y
Shaughnessy
Lon Blankenship
Railway Pension Act Questioned As To Legality
The Association of Railway Executives questioned the validity of the pension legislation enacted last session and may pursue court action. They cite a cost of $60,000,000 annually plus $5,000,000 administration, noting 90 percent of Class 1 mileage roads already have pension plans and calling the bill an unnecessary experiment with no improvement over existing systems.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
Association of Railway Executives Today
Association
Peddler Sought For Kidnaping in Hartsdale NY
A search for an eccentric peddler was ordered after 18 month old Bobbie Conner vanished from his home in Hartsdale New York. Police believe he was abducted in revenge by a degenerate and ransom demands were not made. A massive search by police firemen and neighbors found no trace as dawn broke.
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Associated Press
Hartsdale
N. Y
Bobbie Conner
Charles H. Conner
New York
Bobbie
Charles P. Conner
Arlington
Mass
Efforts to Locate George D Combs Candidate for Congress
Attempts to locate George D Combs of Beckley who filed as a candidate for Congress in the Sixth district last Saturday have yielded no results. He is not found in Beckley city or telephone directories and no records exist with local utilities or the Retail Credit Bureau. His filing with the secretary of state in Charleston is documented, but no further information about his identity or residence has emerged.
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George D. Combs
Beckley
Congress
Register
Beckley Water Company
West Virginia Utilities Company
Retail Credit Bureau
Charleston
Early Wall Street Trading Dims on Rails Selloff
Re sumption of selling in rails gave the stock list an easier appearance in quiet early trading today. Declines in the industrial and utility divisions were generally limited to small fractions. Small losses appeared in U S Steel, Columbia Gas, American Telephone and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
N. Y
U. S. Steel
Columbia Gas
American Telephone
Pickshin Woman Champion Mother Of Raleigh County
Martha Watson Williams 41 of Pickshin is claimed as Champion Mother of Raleigh County. She has 17 children and seven grandchildren. Married at 15 to John L. Williams of Clayborn Tennessee, she gave birth to her first child at 16. Eleven children survive, including two sets of twins. Her oldest daughter Lilly sparked her early grandmother status at age 31.
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Martha Watson Williams
Pickshin
Raleigh
Lilly
Texas Man Kills Wife And Self
Dallas, Texas July 13. H B Harris 37 killed his wife Emma Harris and Patricia Kidd 24 then shot himself likely fatally Investigators say Harris and his wife argued over visitation with their four children He opened fire at the home where his wife had lived since their separation Three of the children witnessed the slayings.
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Associated
Piaes
Dallas
Texas
H. B. Harris
Emma Harris
Patricia Kidd
Harris
Cox Offered Job As Fascist Head
Rome dispatch reports Father James R. Cox rector of Old St. Patrick's Pittsburgh and mayor of a jobless shanty town says he has been offered the post as fascist leader of the United States. He names Philadelphia fascist leaders offering the post and demands 25 years of final authority before accepting.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
James R. Cox
Old St. Patrick's Church
Pittsburgh
United States
Father Cox
Philadelphia
General strike looms in San Francisco bay area
Nearly 100,000 workers in San Francisco and nearby cities pledged to walk out in sympathy with striking maritime workers. Labor unions joined the movement as shortages of food gasoline and fuel raised threats amid meetings called by the strategy committee to demand a general strike with Portland and Los Angeles showing sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay Area
Portland
Oregon
Los Angeles
Caudill Held In Malco Store Robbery
Caudill charged with breaking into the Malcolm Smokeless Coal company store at Malco in late June and stealing goods valued at 38 dollars 50 cents. He was jailed on a warrant from Squire Herman Vest and likely to have a hearing at Rhodell today. J W Malcolm supplied the warrant.
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Malco
Jess Caudill
Squire Herman Vest
Caudill
Malcolm Smokeless Coal Company
Squire Vest
Rhodell
J. W. Malcolm
Hollandsworth Issues City Store License Warning
City Treasurer J. T. Hollandsworth warned merchants within the city to visit city hall and secure a store license. Violations carry fines under the ordinance, with licenses priced at $2.50 each. Although long on the books, enforcement begins this year due to tight finances. all restaurants, lunch stands, groceries, confectionaries, and mercantile shops must obtain licenses.
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J. T. Hollandsworth
Hollandsworth
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Lupe
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Beverly Hills
Calif
Monroe Canady
Tolleytown
Meade Coal Company
Charlie Gnayla
Gwayla
Miss Gunnee
Spencer Hospital
Anderson
Sprague
Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Cox
U.S. Post
Man
Malco Company
Beckley City
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