Pooling of Ideas Cited as Means of Improving System
State and local education leaders meet in Charleston to review the county superintendents annual report and plan budgets for the coming year. B B Chambers urges public access to school workings and uses of the report to share ideas across counties. Speakers include Kump Hudelson Givens and Trent with demonstrations on teaching methods and news media use.
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B. B. Chambers
Balbeigh County
Charleston
Chambers
Board of Education
Raleigh County
WPA
Counties Seek Two New Roads
Members of the Allied Road association of Mason Jackson and Roane counties asked Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson for completion of routes five and 64 across their districts. Orton L. Crow led the delegation with Lem Ruttencutter H Cotton Turner and M C McAllister all of Mason City and Dr F R Bryant of New Haven.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Allied Road Association
Mason, Jackson
Roane Counties
Burr H. Simpson
Orton L. Crow
Ripley
Lem Ruttencutter
H. Cotton Turner
M. C. McAllister
Mason City
F. R. Bryant
New Haven
Guard's Slayer Dies for Crime in Virginia Chair
Richmond Virginia July 24 Thomas Cole Hart who killed a guard and escaped a chain gang in Scott County in 1932 died for the crime in Virginia's electric chair today after his mother's last effort to obtain clemency failed
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Associated Press
Richmond
Thomas Cole Hart
Scott County
Virginia
Warden Fetches Felony Prisoner From Rocky Mount
Deputy Sheriff L. FE reports the warden traveled to Rocky Mount Virginia to retrieve Nick Clemons who is wanted on a felony charge. Sheriff C. C. Lewis confirmed Clemons is being held there awaiting transfer.
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L. FE. Warden
Rocky Mount
Nick Clemons
C. C. Lewis
Clemons
Sheriff Promises Arrest in Asheville Hotel Slaying
Sheriff Lawrence E. Brown says a second man, not in custody, will be arrested for the Helen Clevenger slaying in an Asheville hotel by 7 p.m. tonight. He denied the three detainees and stood by a 7 p.m. deadline, despite earlier promises of a Wednesday night arrest.
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Mark Wollner
Helen Clevenger
Asheville
N. C
Lawrence E. Brown
Brown
Dunbar Beer Act Termed Invalid
Charleston July 23 An ordinance in Dunbar requiring beer rooms to close 11 p m to 6 a m and all day Sunday was ruled unconstitutional Circuit Judge Arthur P Hudson granting an injunction asked by Nick Grammar restaurant owner said he did not rule on whether municipalities may regulate hours but on the closing ordinance which applied to all establishments including restaurants drug stores or groceries He said the ordinance was discriminatory toward restaurant owners who do not sell beer.
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Charleston
Dunbar
Arthur P. Hudson
Nick Grammar
Fire destroys dwelling in Prosperity early morning
Oliver Phipps and his wife lost their one story home in a fire discovered about 3 o'clock today in Prosperity. All furnishings were destroyed. Neighbors suspect the blaze started near the meter box but exact origin and the loss total were not learned.
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Oliver Phipps
Prosperity
Beckley Bank Deposits Jump May Signal Stronger State Wealth
Beckley banks joined a statewide rise in deposits, cited by Banking Commissioner George Ward as a new high for post low mood years. June 30 figures show Beckley institutions increasing deposits by 1.22 million overall, with state chartered banks up 18.18 million. Bank of Raleigh up 279,812. Raleigh County Bank 293,370. Beckley National Exchange Bank 644,359. Ward credited better general conditions and more money in circulation.
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Beckley
George Ward
Bank of Raleigh
Raleigh County
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Federal Chartered Bank
Helen Ashbury 15 Dies At McAlpin In Florida
Miss Helen Virginia Ashbury aged 15 died at her McAlpin home at 10 a m today Funeral services will be held by Rev G C Hite at Rose Funeral Home Interment in Sunset Memorial Park She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs G W Ashbury of McAlpin and three brothers and three sisters Raymond George Jr Sylvian Ellen Ann Wanda Lee and Alice Joyce
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Helen Virginia Ashbury
McAlpin
G. C. Hite
Rose Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
G. W. Ashbury
Raymond
George Jr
Sylvian
Ellen Ann
Wanda Lee
Alice Joyce
Swimming Ace Loses Appeal To Committee
Berlin July 24 Lovely Elean or Holm Jarrett 22 year old swimmer lost her appeal for reinstatement to the American Olympic team. A sub committee headed by Dr Joseph E Raycroft heard her plea as special trains carried the squad from Hampburg to Berlin. It ruled the decision dropping her from the team for repeated training rule violations must stand. Jarrett admitted drinking but said she did not realize how serious the offense would be. She promised to train and not touch another drop. Other team members circulated a petition asking for another chance.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Eleanor Holm Jarrett
Joseph E. Raycroft
Princeton
Hampurg
Jarrett
Vital Statistics Checkup Ordered In Raleigh County
An attache from the state health department will visit Raleigh County on Monday to check failures to report births and deaths. Dr. Franklin H. Reeder notes the Social Security act requires birth certificates for old age pensions. The law imposes penalties on physicians midwives or others for not filing birth certificates within ten days and on undertakers for funerals without a death certificate and burial permit.
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State Health Department
Raleigh
Franklin H. Reeder
State Division of Vital Statistics
John C. Condry
L. A. Casto
Beckley
Reeder
Salesman Held for Drunken Driving
C. G. Baker a 42 year old salesman of Bluefield was jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was arrested by Constable Emmett Williams of Eunice. Squire F H Stewart of Marsh Fork district fined him 25 dollars.
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C. G. Baker
Bluefield
Baker
Emmett Williams
Eunice
Squire F. H. Stewart
Marsh Fork
Firemen to Attend West Virginia University Training
Fire Chief J. E. Aliff and Fireman Walter Widensall will depart Sunday for Morgantown to study fire-fighting methods at West Virginia University. Classes run Monday through Friday. The council approved funding to cover their expenses at a recent meeting.
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J. E. Aliff
Walter Widensall
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Beckley Invests in U S Bonds
Beckley investors put 25218 75 into U S Savings Bonds between March 1 and June 30 1936. Postmaster John T Hollandsworth disclosed today. If held to maturity in 1946 the profit would reach 8406 25 plus the original investment.
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Beckley
U. S
John T. Hollandsworth
Hollandsworth
U S Aide Killed 100 Saved by Ship amid Madrid Battle
In Spain near Madrid fighting between loyalists and rebels rages 26 miles northwest of the capital as Franco's fascist forces press to gain control of the Guadarama pass. About 6,000 defenders and reinforcements clash. reports say rebels lead while diplomatic dispatches hint at gains. In Irun, communists threaten aristocrats and air raids cause rationing. Ambassador Bowers and staff shelter in a hotel cellar as Madrid remains quiet.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Here
Francisco Franco
Guaddarma
Paris
Spain
Manuel Azanas
San Sebastian
Claude G. Bowers
Irun
Bowers
United States
Washington
Barcelona
State Department
Lynn W. Franklin
Kiwanians Aid Union Mission Debt Drive in Charleston
Kiwanis members responded to Pat Withrow Jr s appeal for the Union Mission campaign in Charleston raising 27 at a noon meeting to help discharge a 50000 debt. The mission silver jubilee year prompts a one dollar per service year contribution, with certificates issued to contributors. Withrow reported he had been in Beckley several days.
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Pat Withrow
Union Mission
Charleston
Kiwanis Club
Withrow
Beckley
Hunger marchers try to seize senate chamber as Pa. legislature adjourns
In Harrisburg on July 24 hunger marchers moved through the capital while the Pennsylvania legislature adjourned over unemployment relief. Police ejected protesters attempting a "mock session of the legislature of the unemployed" after lawmakers departed for weekend recess.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Senate Chamber
Oak Hill Investment Company Receives Charter
Charleston reports the secretary of state granted a charter to Oak Hill Investment Company at Oak Hill with $10,000 capital. Incorporators are J. H. White, E. M. Spangler, and K. L. Wendell, from Fayetteville.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Secretary of State
Oak Hill Investment Company
Oak Hill
J. H. White
E. M. Spangler
K. L. Wendell
Fayetteville
General Electric Grants Vacations to Lynn Plant Workers
Nelson M. Darling, general manager of the Lynn plant, said almost all of its 6,000 employees would begin a two week vacation today after being paid. The company will pay about $200,000 in vacation wages, the first time in years that nearly all workers receive vacations with pay.
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Associated Press
Lynn
Mass
Nelson M. Darling
General Electric Company
Darling
Raleigh County Receives Hog Program Payments
Raleigh county has received $823.34 in rental and benefit payments over three years since the agricultural adjustment administration program began. State Director F. W. McCullough announced West Virginia totals of $840,463 for rental and benefits, with $434,945 from corn hog, $228,791 from wheat, and $176,725 from tobacco programs nationwide totaling $1,223,104,187.
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Raleigh
Agricultural Adjustment—Administration
F. W. McCullough
National Emergency Council
West Virginia
Typhoid Kills Carnival Man in Oak Hill County
The death from typhoid fever of a carnival employee prompted alarm from Dr. J H Crouch director of the public health training center. The carnival had been in Oak Hill last week and moved to the county’s northeast area where the worker grew ill and was rushed to Fayette county hospital. He died Sunday and Dr. Crouch will investigate other potential infections with the carnival.
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J. H. Crouch
Public Health Training Center
Crouch
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Battleship Oklahoma to Evacuate Americans from Spain
Amid a deadly spree in Spain, 100 Americans and 100 foreigners awaited rescue aboard a ship off Barcelona as embassies report dire conditions. Consul Bow ers and others were cut off in San Sebastian while the Oklahoma and Exeter moves were coordinated to evacuate Ford executive George Jenkins and staff.
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Ative
Barcelona
Santiago Itsurralde
State Department
Exeter
William E. Chapman
Bilboa
Oklahoma
George Jenkins
Ford Motor Company
Jenkins
Duling Hearing Set for July 28
Governor H G Kump set July 28 for arguments on Virginia's request to return Hubbard and Paul Duling to Roanoke County to stand trial for the deputy sheriff's killing. The brothers were arrested in Nicholas County and held in Raleigh County jail. another brother and two relatives were released. Commonwealth's Attorney E H Richardson accuses them of assassinating Deputy Clarence E Simmons with his car along a Roanoke area road.
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H. G. Kump
Virginia
Hubbard
Paul Duling
Roanoke County
Nicholas County
Raleigh County
Commonwealth
E. H. Richardson
Clarence E. Simmons
Roanoke
Rites Tomorrow for Mrs Roach in Talcott Pisgah Church
Funeral services for Mrs. E. B. Roach of Talcott are set for tomorrow at 2 p m at Pisgah church. The 54 year old widow died yesterday morning after a decade long illness from high blood pressure. She was a member of the Talcott Methodist Episcopal church and will be buried in Pisgah cemetery. Surviving children are Harry Roach Moundsville Raymond Alvin and Elvira Roach and Mrs J L Huston of Talcott. She leaves four sisters Mrs E M Jones of Charleston Mrs Charles Skull of Crewe Mrs W L Stickly of Lockbridge and Mrs Ida Boone of Talcott.
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E. B. Roach
Talcott
Pisgah Church
Roach
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Pisgah
Harry Roach
Moundsville
Raymond
Alvin
Elvira Roach
Hundred Treated at Clinic Here in Raleigh County
A total of 115 persons were treated and examined for venereal diseases at the Raleigh county health department yesterday. The clinic runs each Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. under Dr. W. W. Hume, county health officer, and his staff.
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Raleigh County Health Department
W. W. Hume
Landon to Map Strategy for Campaign Drive in Kansas
Governor Alf M Landon summoned aides including John D M Hamilton to craft a detailed plan for opposing the New Deal and restoring government to an efficient constitutional basis. He told a Topeka crowd the race aims to restore independence and work for all, while reactions in Washington mixed between praise and criticism.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Alf M. Landon
John D. M. Hamilton
Landon
Kansas
Washington
New Deal
Col
Frank Knox
George L. Berry
Labor
Nonpartisan League
Roose
Judge Kilgore Fines Whiskey Seller in June Court
Judge H M Kilgore today sentenced Roy Bailey for illegally selling whiskey and closed the June term of criminal court. Bailey received a $50 fine plus costs and 60 days in jail, with a $500 bond for appeal. Hutchinson sought to set aside verdict and a 60 day stay was granted. Bailey was convicted for selling a pint to two liquor inspectors. he is the eighth offender fined this term. all defendants receive $50 fines and two years probation.
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H. M. Kilgore
Roy Bailey
Kilgore
J. Q. Hutchinson
Bailey
Hutchinson
Liquor Commission
Prices Skidding In Market Today
New York July 24 stock market prices skidded over an irregular route today as profit taking appeared in several leaders. A few aviation oil and rail issues gained support but steels were only slightly higher by noon compared with yesterday's strength.
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Associated Press
New York
Weather Notes Coolers Tonight With 85 Yesterday
The forecast shows cooler conditions tonight and Saturday. Highs near 85 yesterday, low last night around 65, with rainfall measured at 0.19 inch. L A Mauck reported today.
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L. A Mauck
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Oliver Phippses
Beckley Bank
Ward
Helen Ashbury
Eleanor Jarrett
Fireman School
Post Office Department
Pass
Needy Chafe
Solons
OAK Hill Concern
General Electric
Claude Bowers
Duling
Kump
Mrs. Roach
Demos
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