Extradition of Poderjay Sought in New York Case
In a Vienna incident on July 13 a request was filed to extradite Ivan Poderjay the Yugoslavian adventurer who vanished two weeks after marrying Selma Tufverson sister of the missing woman. She accuses him of perjury over false marriage license claims and cites a prior English marriage to Mile. Suzanne Ferrand on March 22 1933. Assistant District Attorney Harold Hastings said Vienna authorities will be asked to detain Poderjay while he probes the charge and if warranted seeks indictment. Perjury is extraditable and may aid return to the United States.
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Inre York
Vienna
Ivan Poderjay
Selma Tufverson
Miss Tulverson
Poderigy
Lcense
New York
Miss Tufverson
England
Mile
Suzanne Ferrand
Poderjay
Agnes Tufverson
Harold W. Hastings
Poderjag
Grand Jury
Beckley plans summer field upgrades for public use
A plan to open facilities to the public during summer months proposes a public subscription to pay a supervisor and install modern steel bleacher seats for about 1000 spectators at Woodrow Wilson field at a cost near 4000 dollars. A campaign committee including Crewe Maples, J A Cunningham and Charles Hodel, aims to have seats ready for the fall football opener.
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Beckley
Woodrow Wilson Field
Peregoy
Charles Hodel
J. A. Cunningham
Crewe Maples
Board of Education
Institute
Central School
Board to Launch Campaign Drive This Saturday
The upcoming board meeting is scheduled for Saturday night. Alumni, business leaders, civic clubs, and professional associations will be enlisted to support the campaign when the drive begins.
Britain Not In Select Alliance Statement to Commons
London July 13 Reuters Sir John Simon foreign secretary said Britain reinforced the Locarno pact but did not join any select alliance with any country. He noted Anglo French talks boosted peace and Europe security pending an eastern regional agreement. He said Mussolini supports it and Britain seeks Germany and Russia inclusion in the League for European peace.
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London
Great Britain
Locarno
John Simon
House of Commons
Sir John
Europe
Premier Mussolii
Italy
Britain
Germany
League of Nations
Russia
Johnson Defends Rights Amid NRA Debate
Dr Rudolf Leitner of the German embassy sought an official explanation from the State Department after General Hugh Johnson denounced Germany for allegedly executing German citizens without trial at a speech in Waterloo Iowa. Leitner, declining to tell reporters if he protested to Secretary Hull, asked for the exact status of Johnsons position in the administration as the outspoken NRA head prepared to fly to Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Rudolf Leitner
State Department
Hugh Johnson
Waterloo
Iowa
Leitner
Hull
Johnson
Cleveland Riot Fatalities Reported In Downtown Clash
A riot at the Cuyahoga County relief administration offices in downtown Cleveland left two dead and three seriously wounded. Gunfire erupted after a crowd of relief applicants grabbed a riot gun from a policeman. A Negro woman died minutes later, and a man believed to be named White was shot dead. One officer and a bystander were also wounded as additional riot squads restored order within twenty minutes.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Relief Administration
San Francisco hosts protest demanding quick waterfront settlement
San Francisco joins a broad protest urging immediate settlement of the waterfront strike. About 5 000 more butchers laundrymen and retail delivery workers plan to join Saturday night. Garden trucks halting outside the city threaten fresh fruit and vegetable shortages by Saturday night. Meat supplies are sufficient for five days. Grocers report shelves with three days to a month of stock but rising demand prompts limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pickshin Store Prepares Major Overhaul and Modernization
Local authorities oversee a comprehensive renovation of Mead Smokeless Coal Company Store No. 2 at Pickshin. Roofs, ceilings, and floors are upgraded. porches repaired or rebuilt. an old wareroom becomes a larger sales area with new shelving and counters. The butcher shop, script office, and management offices are re modeled to improve space efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mead Smokeless Coal Company
Pickshin
Bailey Approved For New Postmaster Post
Bailey 32 of East Beckley is approved for the East Beckley postmaster position. Congressman Joe L. Smith said the appointment will be formally announced soon. He will replace Mrs. James Burdiss, who has served as postmaster about a year. Bailey was formerly a C and O railroad brakeman.
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Price M. Bailey
East Beckley
Joe L. Smith
Bailey
James Burdiss
C. and O. Railroad
Burdiss
German Ambassador Absence Cites Leitner at Embassy
Quotation notes Leitner takes charge at the embassy during Hans Luther's absence in Germany. The report highlights interim leadership and the diplomatic setup while Luther is away.
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Leitner
Germany
Hans Luther
Pickshin Woman Continues With Large Family
Mrs. Williams bears birth to a boy and now has seven grandchildren. A slender woman under five feet tall, she cares for her two months old baby and her large family by herself, doing all housework. Her husband John L. Williams works as a coal loader at Mead mine. She cared for her ailing father the last ten years of his life. he died four years ago. Living children: Lilly 25, James 23, Alonzo 21, Nita 19, Hassie 17, Charles 12, John L. Junior 10, Georgia 8, Gladys 6, Clara 4, Earl Clifford two months. Deceased children would have been Beulah 16, Roy 15, Cleo 14, Clarence 4, Betty Jean and Isabelle 2. Her sister has 12 children. Sam Stacy slowly improves after appendicitis operation. Emma Goodson hosted Sunday visitors and others traveled to Besaco for camp meeting.
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Williams
John L. Williams
Mead
Mead Smokeless Coal Company
John
Lilly
James
Alonzo
Nita
Hassie
Charles
John L. Junior
Georgia
Gladys
Clara
Earl Clifford
Beulah
Roy
Cleo
Clarence
Betty Jean
Isabelle
Alderson Store Burglary Claimed by Window Plot
Alderson Store burglary suspected after merchandise likely passed through windows into a car. Earlier in the week a window was broken but nothing stolen. A store dog may have deterred prior robberies. Chief Dick Lewis and city patrolmen investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Lewis
Financing Plan Reported for Chesapeake Corporation
A Chesapeake corporation financing operation, tied to Van Sweringen interests, is under consideration. A collateral note issue would retire about 20 million dollars of bank loans and redeem convertible five percent bonds due May 15, 1947. A ten year five percent bond issue convertible into Chesapeake and Ohio Railway stock at around 50 dollars a share was mentioned.
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Associated Praise York
Chesapeake Corporation
van Sweringen Holding Company
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Funeral services for Carol Skeins at Elgood Church
Funeral services for Little Carol June Skeins age 2 will be held today at 2 PM in the Elgood church. She will be buried in the local cemetery. Survived by father, mother, two brothers Billie and Elmer, and many relatives.
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Carol June Skeins
Elgood
Billie
Elmer
Community Notes From Pear West Virginia
A musical entertainment was held at the home of Mr and Mrs O B Arthur Wednesday evening. Refreshments were served to the entire group. A Meadows attending teachers college in Beckley spent the weekend with his family here. Edith Goodson returned home Thursday after working at Pluto. Dixie and Eugene Bragg of Pluto are visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs W C Goodson. Emmet Meadows Marie Bragg and Ethel Plumley attended Pluto youths picnic at Billy Redden Mill Pond Wednesday. Hazard Bragg returned from Glen Hedrick visiting his daughter Mrs Mary Redden who is ill. Mr and Mrs Noel Meadows and two sons Berman and Merlin of Crab Orchard spent the weekend with the Meadows grandparents. Mrs Myrtle Stacy and Mrs Emma Brady were business visitors in Beckley Wednesday. Okey Goodson, formerly employed at Affinity, has returned.
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O. B. Arthur
A. Meadows
Teachers College
Beckley
Edith Goodson
Pluto
Dixie
Eugene Bragg
W. C. Goodson
Emmet Meadows
Marie Bragg
Ethel Plumley
Billy Redden Mill Pond
Hazard Bragg
Glen Hedrick
Mary Redden
Noel Meadows
Berman
Merlin
Crab Orchard
J. A. Meadows
Myrtle Stacy
Emma Brady
Okey Goodson
Affinity
Archbishop Kerbawy To Conduct Multilingual Service
Archbishop Basil M. Kerbawy of St. Nicholas cathedral New York City will celebrate the divine liturgy Sunday at 10 o'clock in the Memorial building. The archbishop, uncle of Albert Kerbawy Beckley, will conduct the service in Arabic English and Greek. Public attendance is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil M. Kerbawy
St. Nicholas Cathedral
New York City
Memorial Building
Albert Kerbawy
Beckley
Dollfuss Launches Drive Against Nazis in Vienna
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss ordered a sweeping purge of his household and a cleanup of the state police as he moves to crush the Nazi terror campaign. Police officials faced questioning amid reports of arrests. a five day grace for surrender expired with threats of death for posses sion of explosives.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Jay
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Tennis Fans Pack Coal City for Local Matches
About 500 Stonecoal residents attended a Coal City Park tennis event featuring Sam Cohn Aubrey Smith Malcolm Lilly and Herbert Stansbury. Smith beat Cohn 6 4 6 4 in singles while Cohn and Stansbury defeated Lilly and Smith 6 2 6 2 in doubles. Music from two string bands accompanied the play sponsored by W M Booth to boost tennis interest.
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Stonecoal
Coal City
Sam Cohn
Aubrey Smith
Malcolm Lilly
Herbert Stansbury
Beckley
Smith
Cohn
Stansbury
Lilly
W. M. Booth
Coal City Park
Stonecoat
Milwaukee Man Named By Knights Templar
Andrew D. Agnew of Milwaukee was elected grand master of the Knights Templar at its conclave in San Francisco. Miami was chosen as the 1937 convention city. New officers include Mark Norris of Grand Rapids deputy grand master, Harry G. Pollard grand generalissimo, John Campbell grand captain general, Charles M. Orr grand senior warden, John Tempee Rice grand junior warden, Louis Emmerson reelected grand treasurer, Adrian Hammersly reelected grand recorder.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Andrew D. Agnew
Milwaukee
Knights Templar
Miami
Agnew
Mark Norris
Grand Rap
Ids
Mich
Harry G. Pollard
Lowell
Mass
John Campbell
Seattle
Geneal
Charles M. Orr
St. Paul
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Clark Howell
Atlanta
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Edward P. Warner
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Pickshin Woman
Sam Stacy
Raleigh General Hospital
Emma Goodson
L. W. Bragg
James Redden
Emmet
S. A. Bragg
Marie
Besaco
Alderson Store
Killarney, W. Va
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Crumpler
Bill Ellis
Mullens
F. E. Perry
C. A. Setliff
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Clarksburg
Lois Elaine Davis
Jaeger
Wendell Thurman
Clay Barber
Arthur Dunford
Hensley
Kilpoca
Carol Jane Skeins
Harry Schaggs
Lillybrook
Hughes
Pear, W. Va
Archbishop Kerbawy
Angel Food
EE Lady Baltimore
Boston Brown Bread
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Pastry Shop
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Shiry
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Whem
Merchanto
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