Minter's Attempted Compromise In Big Coal Lawsuit
J Q Hutchinson claims E C Minter sought a settlement after suits were filed seeking 360000 in damages from Summit Coal related entities. The action names G C Hedrick B E Carter E C Minter Raleigh County Bank and Sewell Smokeless Coal Co with disputes over asset transfers, control of the company and alleged fraud ending in discussions of a sale and a receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Q. Hutchinson
E. C. Minter
Circuit Clerk’s Office
Mahan
Raleigh County Bank
Sewell Smokeless Coal Company
Coal Company
Hutchinson
Anderson
Minter
Summit Coal Company
Metalton
Carter
Trap Hill
Summit Company
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Peiping scene of fighting as ultimatum expires
Japanese and Chinese forces clashed in a Peiping suburb after the withdrawal deadline. Japanese artillery reportedly hit western Peiping towers as fires broke out in Chinese arsenals and canteens. Attempts at a peace formula failed. Chinese 29th Army warned of independent action if firing continued. Families of Japanese diplomats were said to be leaving Nanking for Shanghai.
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Peiping
Marco Polo Bridge
Donca
Shanghai
Nanking
China
Peiping- Tiensin
Two Negroes Die By Lynch Route
Tallahassee residents woke to a lynching after two young black men accused of stabbing Patrolman V F Kelly were seized from the county jail near the state capital and shot by masked men. A roadside mob left five placards warning of punishments for harming white people while the incident, near the Tallahassee Jacksonville highway, drew reports of gunshots heard around 4 a m. Authorities said Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder, about 18, were alleged to have attacked the officer.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Jacksonville
Robert Maige
Harry Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Maige
Richard Hawkins
Ernest Ponder
V. F. Kelly
Train Severes Leg Of Coal Miner Troy McGee
Troy McGee a 34 year old surveyor and coal miner had his right leg severed by a train while allegedly sleeping on the railroad track at Surveyor last night. Attaches report he was gaining health at Beckley hospital today and not hearing the engine until impact.
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Troy McGee
Surveyor
Beckley Hospital
McGee
Wyoming County Workers Return to Virginian Line
Thirty two striking laborers resumed work on the Virginian railway branch between Simon and Glen Morrison under guard of eight state troopers and three deputies. About 50 of 120 strikers picketed four weeks after demanding an eight hour day and 50 cents an hour rise. no violence occurred as contractor W W Boxley noted the workers rejected a compromise offer.
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Associated Press
Simon
W. Va
Virginian Railway
W. W. Boxley
Virginian
Glen Morrison
Right to Arrest in Speeding Case Questioned
In a magistrate hearing, Game Warden O B Harris faced scrutiny over his authority to arrest road violators. James D Shrewsbury of Charleston was arrested near the Raleigh railroad overpass for speeding and later charged with reckless driving. He was found guilty on both counts. fines totaled $35 plus costs. Prosecutor W A Thornhill Jr. appealed both charges. bond posted. Judge Frank Lemon affirmed Harris's arrest authority.
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O. B. Harris
W. H. File
Frank Lemon
James D. Shrewsbury
Charleston
Harris
Raleigh
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
Shady Spring High School
Shrewsbury
Lemon
File
Reckles
Woman Shot And Hurled From Car At Harlem River Speedway
Police believe a young woman was shot and killed and then tossed from a moving automobile along the Harlem river speedway. The victim’s rumpled clothing and facial abrasion suggest she was thrown from the car.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem _ river speedway
Franco Brings Fresh Troops to Meet Loyalist Assault
Madrid battle rages as both sides deploy about 100000 men in the sixth day of the battle for Madrid. Franco's reinforcements push from quieter fronts while the government uses air power to weaken insurgent lines and disrupt supply. Twenty trucks heading to a key west Madrid concentration point were bombed by government airmen yesterday.
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Franco
Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Hall wins habeas hearing for Alcatraz inmate
Harlem Carl Hall, once confined in a West Virginia insane asylum, won a Ninth Circuit habeas corpus hearing. He claimed removal from Spencer State Hospital in 1934 to Missouri, then coerced guilty pleas to gun smuggling at a federal hospital in Springfield. Prosecutor Dickson noted prior releases and a long record including patricide, mail robbery, and an attempted slugging.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
West Virginia
Harlem Carl Hall
Federal
Springfield
Hall
Alcatraz
R. R. Dickson
Monroe County
Missouri
R. B. Ballard
Peterstown
West Va
Von Cramm Leads American Player In Wimbledon Final
Baron Gottfried von Cramm led Don Budge of Oakland in the inter zone cup final, taking the fifth match 2-0 in sets. Earlier Henrich Henkle defeated Byron Bitsy Grant of Atlanta 7-5 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the other singles.
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Associated Press
Wimbledon
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Don Budge
Oakland
Calif
United States
Germany
Henrich Henkle
Byron Bitsy Grant
Atlanta
Wireless pioneer Marconi dies in Rome at 63
Marquis Guglielmo Marconi, 63, inventor of wireless telegraphy, died suddenly in his Rome residence. Widow Countess Cristina Bezzi-Scala at bedside. Mussolini and Pope Pius XI offered condolences as Marconi recently canceled an appointment. He was pursuing television, microwaves, and airplane transmitters.
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Associated Press
Rome
Guglielmo Marconi
Cristina Bezzi-Scala
Mussolini
Marconi
I Duce
Pius XI
Vatican
Four Men Fined for Drunk Driving in Local Courts
Four men were fined for driving while drunk in magistrate courts yesterday. C Stover on Neville Street faces a reckless driving charge awaiting action tomorrow by Police Judge Millard French. G W Rosmond was fined $25 plus costs, license revoked and car impounded, with appeal to criminal court. Blair Pinson, C A Dixon, and Sam Oakes each paid $25 in fines with various accompanying costs. Dixon cited the steering-wheel grab incident and Oakes caused a crash on Route 19 21 with property damage but no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Stover
William Trail
Dee Hedrick
Neville Street
Millard French
G. W. Rosmond
Frank Lemon
Rosmond
South Kanawha Street
Lemon
Blair Pinson
J. P. Meadows
C. A. Dixon
Dixon
Sam Oakes
Cranberry Road
Oakes
Stocks Move Up on Mart Today
New York stocks moved higher in today’s brisk market session led by gains in key sectors. Investors eyed positive economic signals as trading activity remained steady and broad indices advanced.
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Associated Press
New York
Court Seeks Removal Of Taylor As Clerk In Fayette County
The Fayette county court asked the circuit court for the immediate removal of J. Alfred Taylor Jr. as county clerk charging official misconduct neglect of duty and malfeasance. He was absent at the hearing as accusations cite drunkenness and $500 shortage in July 1937. The petition notes intoxication in public and a drunken driving arrest in Bluefield, plus mismanagement at the Win grove will case and a hotel drunken spell from June to July. J. W. Buchanan will supervise the office pending a successor and a state audit is requested.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Circuit Court Today
J. Alfred Taylor Jr
Taylor
Bluefield
Wingrove
Oak Hill
J. W. Buchanan
Taylor Leaves For Thom as Buchanan Placed In Charge
The county court sat with Prosecutor Carl Vickers to present the petition for removal of Taylor. Only two newspaper reporters attended. The court members drafted the petition in the prosecuting attorney's office, seeking the county clerk's removal, signed by Okey L. Patteson, Guy Douglas, and J. W. Buchanan.
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Carl Vickers
Taylor
Okey L. Patteson
Guy Douglas
J. W. Buchanan
Jurors Drawn For Court Term In August
Sixty jurors for the next term of circuit court set to convene August 23 were announced by the circuit clerk. Jury commissioners P. H. Wilson and S. B. Hale reported the panel and the group must report August 26. The list includes W. EF. Stout German Walker King Webb Walter Williams Pete Wilson Daniel Winston Brooks Adair J. E. Bowyer Charles Brown M L Canaday Taft Gilmore Frank Gray etc.
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Circuit Court
Circuit Clerk's
P. H. Wilson
S. B. Hale
W. EF. Stout
Stotesbury
German Walker
Egeria
King Webb
Pine Knob
Walter Williams
Naoma
Pete Wilson
Harper Road
Daniel Winston
Clear Creek
Doc Adkins
Richmond District
Brooks Adair
W. A.argenbright
Beckley
J. E. Bowyer
Epperly
Charles Brown
McAlpin
J. P. Buckhanan
Killarney
Andrew Burnside
Dry Creek
M. L. Canaday
Pemberton
Quert Cantley
Prince Clyburn
Eccles
Joe Cochran
Glen White
Earl Cole
Amigo
Blane Daniel
Packsville
B. M. Dobbins
Glen Hedrick
Willard Fink
L. L. Fitzwater
Jake Garretson
Resoco
Taft Gilmore
Helen
Frank Gray
Lacy Gray
Slab Fork
Bill Griffith
Coolridge
Matt Griffith
James Godby
Odd
Floyd Hollandsworth
Wright's Dairy To Get Grade A
J. R. Erwin, county sanitary inspector, said today that Joe Wright's dairy at Prosperity will be classed as Grade A after improvements. Wright is spending about $500 to build concrete floors, a new ceiling and walls, open a new water supply, and expand the milk house. The dairy was previously Grade C.
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J. R. Erwin
Joe Wright
Wright
Erwin
Snyder waives to grand jury in destruction charge
Dewey Snyder of Lester waived to the grand jury after arraignment before Magistrate J P Meadows on a destruction of personal property charge. Bond set at 500. John Birch charged Snyder with breaking gas and light fixtures valued at 30 35. Snyder had formerly lived at the complainant’s residence.
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Dewey Snyder
Lester
J. P. Meadows
John Birch
Snyder
Meadows
Delay Sought on Court Bill Before Senate
Washington administration officials urged delaying action on the Roosevelt court bill as Senate leadership fights and a court dispute continued. Vice President Garner met with President Roosevelt while party factions, led by Harrison and Barkley, remained divided after Senator Robinson's funeral.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington — Administration
Senate Democrats
Robinson
Little Rock
Ark
Harrison
Miss
Barkley
Kentucky
Black
Alabama
Garner
Texas
Cabot Lays Line On Beaver Creek
Godfrey L Cabot Inc a Massachusetts firm gains the right to lay a gas pipeline along 54 rods of the late James R Skaggs property on Little Beaver Creek by two deeds filed at the county clerk s office The line costs 75 cents per rod Other deeds recorded include transfers between local families and firms in Slab Fork Stratton Beckley Canterberry Street Lester Trap Hill and Shady Spring districts with several parcels traded among Skaggs heirs and area residents
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Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc
Massachusetts
James R. Skaggs
Little Beaver Creek
Hattie N. Skaggs
M. L
J. R. Griffith
Lina
T. C. Bryant
J. W
Reba Skaggs
Charles E
Elizabeth FE. Skaggs
A. Z
Conrad B. Litz
George William Litz
Genevia Maynard
Stone Coal Creek
Slab Fork
Fel
Mary J. Morton
John
Callie Chambers
Stratton
Beckley
Price Hill Colliery Company
Canterberry Street
Walter P
Etta M. Broyles
Raleigh County Bank
Jack and
Mary Clark
Lester
James R
Garnett Jarrell
Dugus
Trap Hill
Lucy
Cecil Morris
G. J
R. E. Graveley
L. R. Skaggs
Shady Spring
Clifford E
Leona Lilly
Wilmer
Cleo Ferguson
Crab
Weather outlook fair tonight and Wednesday
A fair pattern continues tonight with pleasant conditions and a slight warmup expected on Wednesday. Temperatures rise modestly, and skies remain mainly clear with light winds across the region.
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