City restrained from building electric lines
Knoxville chancellor upholds Tennessee Public Service Company right to a temporary injunction blocking Knoxville from municipal power distribution using TVA power. City appeals after securing 2.6 million loan and grant. injunction issued March 27. New Orleans fifth circuit upholds TVA constitutionality and federal power to sell power in competition with private utilities. Decision affects many stockholders and consumers. judge Grubb’s contract issue with Alabama Power reserved.
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Associated Press
Knoxville, Tenn
A. E. Mitchell
Tennessee Public Service Company
Knoxville
Tennessee Valley Authority
State Supreme Court
New Orleans
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
TVA Power
W. S. Grubb
Northern District of
Alabama
TVA
Alabama Power Company
North
Congress
Funeral for Mrs Isola Sheffler Friday
Mrs. Isola Sheffler 46 wife of H R Sheffler superintendent of Crab Orchard Improvement company at Eccles died yesterday after eight months illness. She leaves six children Martha Mary Louise Lou Dorothy Edgar and Robert. Funeral by Dr Ritchie Ware at First Christian church Friday 2:30 pm. Burial Sunset Memorial Park under Keyser Funeral Home.
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Isola Sheffler
H. R. Sheffler
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
Eccles
North Kanawha Street
Bicknell
Ind
Ritchie Ware
First Christian Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser Funeral Home
American Dancer Fined 50 Francs in Paris
Joan Warner, an American dancer, was convicted of outraging Paris morals and fined 50 francs for dancing nude. Judge Rebrasier ruled her act artistic yet too naked, while club manager Faudrin received 200 francs for his commercial role.
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Associated Press
Paris
Joan Warner
Miss Warner
Rebrasier
Mlle Warner
Fires Being Set Through Belfast
Rioting spread across Belfast with widespread incendiaries and rifle fire. Major General E S Ginwood ordered troops to search for a machine gun near Donegal street as 6,000 marchers returned from a funeral and faced snipers from Carrick hill. Police and troops dispersed crowds with machine gun fire in the streets.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
E. S. Ginwood
Ulster
Donegal
Carrick Hill
Donegal Street
Driver Denies Drunkenness in Collision Claim
James Wade of the city was arrested by State Troopers Hawkins and McLaughlin on a charge of being drunk after a collision near Knob Hill. Wade says he had only a few beers earlier, denies intoxication, and states the car was not driven off the highway. He explains the beer smell prompted the arrest and the Raleigh Register confirms the collision details for fair reporting.
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James Wade
Hawkins
McLaughlin
Knob Hill
S Register
Raleigh Register
Wade
Drowning Death of Violet York at Camp Wyoming
Violet York a 17 year old Glen Rogers girl drowned in the Guyan river near Camp Wyoming while two companions watched. C C C workers recovered her body about forty five minutes later but attempts to revive her failed after two hours of continued efforts. Her sister Myrtle 16 and two boys were present as they learned to swim. The death follows another drowning in Loop creek the previous night. Funeral services set for 8 pm at the York home with burial in Omar.
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Violet York
Glen Rogers
Guyan
Camp Wyoming
Violet
Myrtle
Wyoming
Winerich
Miss York
Grady Bailey
Omar
Robertson and Foglesong
Besoco Woman Is Freed On Bond
Eva Kirk of Besoco was held for grand jury on a manslaughter charge after her car struck Carmelo Stureale a five year old boy in Helen. He died from chest injuries. She was ordered held after a hearing before Squire Zach A. Petty and released on bond. Conservators Gautier and Taylor said the accident was unavoidable.
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Eva Kirk
Besoco
Carmelo Stureale
Helen
Negro to be executed Friday in murder case
Robert Branch, 29, a Negro, will be executed at 9 p m Friday for the murder of Brady Hill of Leon West Virginia, in a quarrel at a Wheeling transient camp. Governor Kump denied clemency saying no reasons for intervention had been developed and he would not interfere with the court’s judgment.
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Moundsville
Robert Branch
Brady Hill
Leon
W. Va
Wheeling
Kump
Branch
Deputies Return Suspect Charged With Murder
Two Mingo County West Virginia deputies returned George Savage to Williamson Ohio for alleged murder of Grace Parsley on June 28. Savage, 40, faces murder charges.
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Associated Press
Chillicothe
Ohio
Mingo County
W. Va
George Savage
Williamson
Grace Parsley
Syrians to Hold Convention Here in Beckley
About 300 Syrians from across the United States will attend the Kefirian Brotherhood annual meeting in Beckley September 1 and 2. Archbishop Basil Kerbawy will preside. sessions begin September 1 at 10:30 a.m. with services. A monster picnic is planned for September 2 followed by the final armory session.
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United States
Beckley
Kefirian Brotherhood
Armory Building
Park Avenue
N. Rahall
Kfeir
Syria
Toledo
Ohio
Rahall
Basil Kerbawy
St. Nicholas Orthodox Greek Church
New York City
Armory
Huntington
Sadik Rameth
Tenement Crowd Hails Prospective Millionaire Heir
East side residents celebrate as Abraham Starr, a poor iron forger, is named potential heir to 1 million dollars. A crowded block follows the Starr family and visitors, while Starr plans to share with neighbors and take a possible trip to Palestine. Family states they will remain in the United States.
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Associated Press
New York
East Side
Abraham Starr
Starrs
Starr
Iuilding
Palestine
United States
Reuben
Papa
Sprague Slate Dump System In Operation
Final tests were conducted on Cranberry Fuel's Sprague mine slate disposal system ahead of resuming mining after a two week shutdown. An overhead conveyor will move slate and refuse from the mine over a hill beyond Beckley, replacing the old dump at Beckley. About 300 to 350 workers are employed, with J. M. Bowman as superintendent.
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Sprague
Cranberry Fuel Company
New River Company
Beckley
J. M. Bowman
Beckley to get new modern airport with hangar
Beckley area to gain a modern airport designated on airways maps within six weeks. A 5500 foot runways will be blacktop treated starting in ten days and completed in 40 to 50 workdays by 25 to 30 workers under the Federal Emergency Relief administration. Hangar 80 by 100 feet with lean-to will follow field completion near US highways 19 and 21.
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Beckley
W. J. Campbell
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Campbell
Charleston Relief Administration
Mt. Hope
Gun Fire Riddles Chicago Gangster Alterie
Louie Two Gun Alterie, a veteran Chicago gangster tied to bootlegging wars, was shot dead as he left a hotel. His wife Irma, 35, was wounded but survived. Captain Daniel Gilbert blamed the killing on labor trouble and noted Alterie’s recent ties to a janitors union after leaving O Bannon days.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louie
Alterie
Irma
Daniel Gilbert
Dion O’banion
Gilbert
Earthquake Terrifies Inhabitants Of Formosa Districts
An earthquake shook Ryoritsu and Chikanan in Formosa today terrorizing residents of the disaster zone. No casualties or serious damage were reported.
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Formsa
Associated Press
Taihoku
Formosa
Ryoritsu
Chikanan
CCC Camp Will Be Opened In County
Bluefield Virginia July 18 Governor George C Peery visited Buchanan county during a vacation at his Tazewell home and was forced to share the sight with his colored chauffeur A crowd gathered in Grundy as the driver drew attention and the governor asked if any colored people lived in the county The citizen pointed to the chauffeur and answered one
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Associated Press
Bluefield
George C. Peery
Buchanan County
Tazewell
Grundy
Peery
Man Shot at Ross Night Club Leads to Jailings
Five out of town suspects were jailed after a dawn shooting at the Ross Night club in Sprague. Edward E. Gates of Jersey City was wounded in the right thigh and treated at Raleigh General Hospital. Augustine Ross, owner and manager of the road house, claimed self defense after being mobbed. four other defendants named Bruno Epperley Richards Madden were jailed pending investigation by Assistant Prosecutor McGinnis.
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Ross Night Club
Sprague
Tracy Williams
S. J. Bell
Augustine Ross
Edward E. Gates
Jersey City
Raleigh General Hospital
Frank Bruno
Thelma Epperley
E. Richards
Jack Madden
W. H. McGinnis
Ross
Gates
Air Mail Deadlock Halts Legislation Efforts
Washington July 18 Congressional leaders say they are deadlocked over air mail legislation. President Roosevelt urged passage before March 1, 1935, when key air mail contracts lapse. Senate postal chair McKellar and House postal chair Mead report no agreement on rate increases and warn either chamber must recede.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate Postal Committee
Mead
New York
House Postal Committee
Senate
House
Coal Production For Week Shows Increase
The National Coal Association estimates bituminous coal production for the week ending July 13 at about 4,625,000 net tons. The prior week reported by the Bureau of Mines was 2,550,000 tons. For the same week last year output was 5,813,000 tons.
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Associated Press
New York
National Coal Association
Bureau of Mines
Camp Raleigh to Open August at Camp Raleigh site
Raleigh county officials announce Camp Raleigh or P-66 to be a permanent Civilian Conservation camp on the Hinton road near Shady Spring. A 200-person staff will occupy a tent camp by August 31 with eventual barracks. construction led by the state Forestry service includes fire towers roads and ranger stations to aid forestry and fire prevention. A military and forestry reconnaissance is planned.
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Raleigh County
Hinton Road
Shady Spring
D. B. Griffin
Wyoming
Raleigh
Griffin
West Virginia C. C
State Forestry Service
Army
McCulloch Seeks Jobs for 18749 Relief Clients
Witcher McCullough, acting Works Progress administrator, proposes removing 18 749 relief recipients and placing them in work programs. He estimates a $12 452 140 annual boost to trade and says 261 projects await approval. Projects aim to employ people in every county in the state. The official, summoned from Charleston, West Virginia, to Washington, outlines the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
F. Witcher McCullough
Works Progress Administrator
Washington
Fireco Coal Loader Suffers Back Injury
A. R. Mills, 25, a loader at the Fireco mine, was admitted to Beckley hospital at 1:12 last night for a severe back injury. The outcome of the injury was not predicted today.
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A. R. Mills
Fireco
Beckley Hospital
Weather Outlook Warm With Friday Ease
Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Friday. Yesterday’s high reached 87 degrees while the low last night fell to 60, recorded by L A Mauck, official weather observer.
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L. A. Mauck
Weathe
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Mannheim
Germany
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CCC
Jean
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McCulloch
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