Keystone to big development claims Bluestone dam worth
W H Sawyers of Hinton filed a brief with West Virginia state planning board urging early completion of the Bluestone dam on the New River. He argues the canyon could generate more hydroelectric power than Europe and cites the New River as the world’s oldest river with vast mineral resources and potential power for industrial growth. He notes the river’s course from Blowing Rock to Point Pleasant and emphasizes its natural wealth and electrical significance.
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Bluestone Dam
New River
State Planning Board of
West Virginia
W. H. Sawyers
Hinton
Sawyers
New River Canyon
Europe
Russia
England
Scotland
Ireland
Boulder Dam
Sawyers’ Brief
Blowing Rock
North Carolina
Virginia
Ohio
Point Pleasant
North American
St. Lawrence
Sherman Denies Murder Of Wife
Worcester July 22 Newall P Sherman 26 year old choir singer and scout master pleads not guilty to drowning his wife Alice 23 mother of two by overturning a canoe on Lake Singletary After waiving examination he is held without bail for the grand jury Det McCardy says he previously confessed drowning to impress a 17 year old girl with whom he worked
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
Newall P. Sherman
Alice
Lake Singletary
Sherman
Lewis Sherman
Sutton
Edward McCardy
Sister Visits After Twenty Five Years Reunion
Mrs. P. D. Hensley of Whipple hosted her sister Mrs. L. N. Gentry of Abbott Mississippi and her husband who visited last week for the first time in twenty five years. Nellie Hutchison of Portsmouth Ohio, another sister, was also her guest during the week.
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P. D. Hensley
Whipple
L. N. Gentry
Abbott
Mississippi
Sheriff Office Reports High 1934 Tax Collections
The sheriff's office announced that about 90 percent of county taxes for 1934 have been collected so far. Collections will continue until December 9, with expectations of an even higher percentage. Sheriffs clerks said last collection was among the highest in fifteen years.
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Sheriffs Office
School men go to Charleston for conference
Raleigh county school officials traveled to Charleston for a Works Progress administration planning conference seeking about a half million dollars for school building projects. If funded, Woodrow Wilson High would get a junior high, Stratton and Shady Springs would gain new or expanded facilities, Eccles would add a junior high, Clear Creek would receive a consolidated grades building, Mt. View would get an addition, and Rhodell would see its building completed. The delegation expected to return tonight.
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Raleigh
Charleston
Works Progress Administration
J. L. Lineweaver
J. L. Huffman
W. R. Fugitt
George M. Parker
Woodrow Wilson High School
Stratton High School
Shady Springs High School
Eccles
Clear Creek
Mt. View High School
Rhodell
Raleigh County
Royal Resident Wounded in Shooting Near Royal
George Fleming of Royal was shot twice by Clarence Carter also of Royal who fled to Fayette county after the incident. Deputy L E Warden says a double barreled shotgun fired at Fleming on railroad tracks near Royal about 7 30 p m. The weapon was recovered and brought to Beckley by deputies and local officials.
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George Fleming
Royal
Clarence Carter
Fayette County
L. E. Warden
Carter
Fleming
Beckley
Howard George
G. O. Mills
Richard Lewis
Maniac Strikes Four Children in Alabama
Police hunted a maniac who struck four children on a street in Anniston Alabama. Victims James Hubbard 13 Gladys Grey 14 Willie Roberts 13 Roy Hammond 7 suffered fractured skulls and remained in serious condition. A former state asylum inmate was detained for questioning but provided an alibi per Sheriff P W Cotton.
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Associated Press
Anniston
Ala
State Insane Asylum
P. W. Cotton
James Hubbard
Gladys Grey
Willie Roberts
Roy Hammond
Senate OKs LaFollette substitute on farm import quotas
Washington reports the Senate approved 60 to 17 an amendment by Senator LaFollette to the A A A bill. The measure would let the president impose quota limits on agricultural imports to maintain price gains from the domestic farm program, replacing House plans for broader quotas and tariff boosts. Senator Vandenberg urged it would halt a flood of basic commodities crossing tariff walls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Today
LaFollette
Progressive
Wisconsin
House
Vandenberg
Michigan
Nazi bans expand against Catholic youth groups in Palatinate
Nazi authorities issued fresh bans on Catholic youth organizations in the Palatinate with signs that similar restrictions may spread across Germany. Propaganda organs portray political Catholicism as public enemy number one and intensify attacks on Jews alongside Catholic groups as reactionaries.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Palatinate
Germany
Hitler
Many Interested In Holiness Tent Meet
Attendance grows at the Pilgrim Holiness tent meeting on Oakwood and Prince street marking the denomination's first town gathering. Rev Cecil Phillips preached an old gospel of salvation and repentance saying the truth makes you free. District Superintendent Rev J F Woods from Huntington visited Sabbaths services, which run each evening at 8 with special singing by Miss Ruth Kirk and Mrs Bonnie Hall.
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Pilgrim Holiness
Oakwood
Prince Street
Cecil Phillips
J. F. Woods
Huntington
Ruth Kirk
Bonnie Hall
Strawser Executed for Murder of Farmer
Bellefonte Pa July 22 Sherman Strawser was electrocuted today for the slaying of Charles Gable a mountaineer farmer Strawser was convicted of killing Gable to obtain funds for a trousseau for his intended bride Zella Gill The girl is now in a house of correction as an incorrigible.
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Pres Bellefonte
Sherman Strawser
Charles Gable
Strawser
Gable
Trousseau
Zella Gill
House of Correction
School Boy Fatally Shot In Kentucky Road
Cecil Davis, 13, was shot to death in Jackson Kentucky while traveling to summer school with other children blocked by mountain roads in winter. One report suggests a fellow pupil may have fired the fatal shot, but no motive or clear explanation was given.
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Kentucky
Associated Press
Jackson
Cecil Davis
Mine explosion probe targets state mine chief in Paintsville
In Paintsville Kentucky a miners committee seeks to blame John F Daniel chief of the state department of mines and minerals for last week Van Lear mine disaster killing nine. A warrant charging Daniel with failure to enforce safety rules awaited his arrival for an official probe. Daniel denies fault and says regulations were followed. He calls the company a leading safety promoter and pledges a full investigation.
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Associated Press
Paintsville
van Lear
John F. Daniel
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Daniel
Lias Case Goes Before Jurist Elkins
William Lias faces a tax evasion trial in Wheeling as defense seeks dismissal arguing no willful tax violation. Judge William E. Baker heard the motion after the government rested, with arguments adjourned for the noon recess. Lias is charged with failing to pay more than $21,000 in 1931 and with filing no income tax return.
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Associated Press Elkins
William “Bill” Lias
Lias
William E. Baker
G. Allan Gardner
Wheeling
Lafferty Burial Held This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Ade line Lafferty aged 76 of Willis Branch were held at 2 PM at Willis Branch. Burial followed in Weirwood cemetery under Tyree and Dew Funeral Home. She died Saturday from injuries after a broken hip sustained at her son Brice Lafferty's home near Willis Branch.
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Adeline Lafferty
Willis Branch
Weirwood
Tyree and Dew
Dr Harwood James Attends Ohio Clinic and Convention
Dr Harwood James travels to Cleveland Ohio for clinics and the annual convention of the American Osteopathic Society He plans to return to Beckley around August 1.
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Harwood James
Cleveland
Ohio
American Osteopathic Society
Beckley
Governor Declines To Save Convicted Man
Columbus Ohio July 22 Governor Davey refused to interfere with the execution of Russell Swiger 21 convicted of killing Harold Fleming 19 in a service station holdup Swiger must die in the electric chair tonight He pleaded guilty at two trials but in an interview Saturday insisted he was innocent.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Davey
Russell Swiger
Harold Fleming
Swiger
ForgerY charge leads to arrest in Beckley bank check case
W R Harper was arrested on a warrant issued by Squire Zach Petty for forging a $16 check drawn on Beckley National Exchange Bank with the purported signature of Phil A McDaniel Beckley Distributing manager. The complaint was signed by McDaniel and Harper was jailed after arrest by Constable Clyde McDowell.
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Zach Petty
W. R. Harper
Clyde McDowell
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Phil A. McDaniel
Beckley Distributing Company
McDaniel
Harper
Veterans to Leave for Camp Tuesday
Twelve Raleigh County veterans ordered to report at Sharples West Virginia for examination before transfer to Co C camps will depart Tuesday. They should meet at the Memorial building before 1 PM and a large truck will transport them to Sharples for processing.
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Raleigh County
Sharples
West Virginia
Co. C. C
Memorial Building
Missionaries Blame Japs Firing On Them
American missionaries at Huping college Yochow in Hunan say a Japanese gunboat fired on July 18 while they were at Tungting Lake area. They reported the attack upon returning from their post.
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Associated Press
Hankow
China
American Missionary School of
Huping College
Yochow
Hunan Province
Tungting Lake
Pinkney Transferred To Washington City
James F. Pinkney once of this city now litigation counsel for the ninth region of the N R A covering eight Pacific coast and far western states has been moved to Washington D C from San Francisco He resides at the Racquet club in Washington
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James F. Pinkney
Pacific Coast
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Washington
Racquet Club
Insurance Agent Attends Milwaukee Conference
O. D. Hall district agent for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance went to Milwaukee to attend a week long sales conference for all US representatives. He expects to return to Beckley next week.
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O. D. Hall
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Beckley
Store Planning Formal Opening at G. C. Murphy
The G C Murphy store will close all day Friday to shift stock before a formal opening the next day. Patrons could access the new rear addition on Main street doubling the store floor space. The enlargement brings 35 to 40 girls to full time and adds 15 to 20 part time workers. A 48 plus foot fountain lunchette spans the back of the addition. The basement hosts the relocated kitchen. fountain space at the front will become new display counters.
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G. C. Murphy
Main Street
Relief suspended in South Dakota harvest labor demand
Pierre July 22 The South Dakota relief administration ordered all state and federal relief suspended until harvest labor demand is supplied. The move removes 19,000 family heads from relief rolls tonight as complaints of client refusal to take harvest employment persist.
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Associated Press
Pierre
S. D
South Dakota Relief Administration
Airplane Crash Claims Two Men at Chambersburg Air Field
July 22 Chambersburg Pa An air circus at Chambersburg Air Field ends in tragedy as two men die Glenn B Calhoun 22 of Bedford piloting the craft and Foreman lose their lives after the plane spirals into a vacant lot. Calhoun is Bedford County sheriff’s son and Foreman dies later in hospital with critical injuries Light remains in critical condition with chest trauma and multiple fractures.
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Associated Press
Chambersburg
Glenn B. Calhoun
Bedford
Calhoun
Bedford County
Foreman
Light
Woran's Body Found After Suspected Suicide
Sistersville police report Mrs. Lester Williams aged 32 hanged herself in a wooded ravine beside a country road. She climbed a tree placed a rope around her neck and jumped the body found by her ten year old nephew James Ferrell.
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Associated Press
Sistersville
Lester Williams
James Ferrell
Charleston Couple In Automobile Accident
Mr and Mrs Elvin Bailes of Charleston were treated at Raleigh General hospital yesterday for minor lacerations after an automobile collision near Shady Spring. Bailes said another car struck theirs and fled. After treatment the Bailees continued on to Virginia.
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Elvin Bailes
Charleston
Raleigh General Hospital
Shady Spring
Bailes
Baileies
Virginia
Weekend railroad crashes claim eighty lives nationwide
Across nineteen states weekend traffic disasters at railroad grade crossings left eighty dead and many more injured. Illinois led with twelve fatalities as Chicago's annual toll rose to four hundred four. other hard-hit states included New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California with multiple deaths across diverse incidents.
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Illinois
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New York State
New York City
Rochester
Ohio
Ridgeland
S. C
Missouri
Georgia
New Jersey
Arkansas
California
Paducah
Indiana
North Carolina
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Northwestern Railroad
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Idaho
Texas
Florida
Brothers Battle Ends in Death in Philippi
Virgil Daugherty 45, a farmer, died after being struck by a stone hurled by his brother William 40, who is jailed in Barbour county awaiting a coroner’s inquest. Witness Harry Pittman said the brothers, estranged for two years, fought over a dog and William struck Virgil after he fell.
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Associated Press
Philippi
Virgil Daugherty
Barbour County
Daugherty
William Daugherty
Harry Pittman
William
Virgil
Capital Stock Taxes Extension Considered by WV Official
Walter R. Thurmond of Parkersburg, West Virginia collector of internal revenue, announced extensions on capital stock tax filing times. Corporations whose return is due after July 31 or those with a prior 1934 income tax extension may apply. Extensions require sworn statements detailing reasons, filing dates, and requested extension length.
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Walter R. Thurmond
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Thomond
Inflationary groups loom over Patman and Frazier bills
Washington July 22 Democratic leaders dismissed Senator Borah's warning that inflationary factions backing the Patman bonus and Frazier Lemke mortgage refinancing measures plan to tie the $5 billion proposals to the administration tax bill and keep Congress in session beyond November 1. Senator Robinson and Senator Barkley urged adjournment on August 15 and Robinson said these measures should not be attached as amendments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Democratic Waders
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Robinson
Barkley
Kentucky
Diplomats to Leave War Zone in Italo-Ethiopian Crisis
Foreign diplomats in Addis Ababa report plans to move legations as Italy and Britain raise doubts about halting the Italo-Ethiopian war. The United States England France and Japan have secured legation buildings at Djibouti and begun transferring records.
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Associated Press
Rome
Addis Ababa
England
France
United States
Japan
Djibouti
Sali
Sistersville Girl Slain in Hollywood Mystery
Juliana Graham a 21-year-old former choir singer was buried in a nearby cemetery after being found dead with a bullet wound at a Hollywood photographer's home last week. The case remains open with local authorities investigating the shooting.
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Associated Press
Sistersville
Juliana Graham
Hollywood
Miss Graham
Robertson Hearing Set After July Fourth Shooting
Willie Robertson, 23, a Negro miner, will face a Wednesday hearing for the alleged murder of his brother in law Alonzo Venable, 19, at Big Stick on July 4. Robertson surrendered at the county jail after saying Venable broke into his house that night while he had been in McDowell county seeking bond.
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Willie Robertson
Alonzo Venable
Big Stick
Robertson
McDowell County
Venable
Birth of Park Warner to Virgil and wife in North Beckley
Mr and Mrs Virgil Lewis of North Beckley announce the birth of a nine pound son named Park Warner born Friday July 19.
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Virgil Lewis
North Beckley
Park Warner
Weather Outlook for Tonight and Tuesday
Mostly cloudy conditions with local showers and thunder showers likely tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures expected to remain steady with little change.
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