Bar Association Plans Bonded Courthouse Renovation
Raleigh county bar association weighs remodeling a courthouse. Clerk Harry Anderson estimates a 75 000 bond to cover about 210 000 project cost with a five year levy of 412 cents annually per resident. Government grants would cover part. remaining funded by county. Committee to study plans and public sentiment approved.
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Raleigh County
Harry Anderson
The
County Bar Association
Clarence Meadows
Bar Association
Relief Costs Cut In West Virginia Relief Plan
William N Beehler West Virginia relief administrator announced drastic curtailment of relief in the state after federal officials refused additional funds from F E R A for this month The plan aims at curtailment in every possible direction and details were not provided as to how it will be carried out in Charleston following orders from Washington
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Associated Press
Washington
William N. Beehler
West Virginia
Beehler
Charleston
Nine Arrested in Region by Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Investigators led by W. H. Chrisley conducted a hurried round-up arresting nine individuals for liquor law violations in the region. Fred Hooker Howard Folks and Robert Skinner faced federal court on selling liquor charges near Bluefield. Jess B. Price Ella McIntyre and Walter David Howard cited for illegal liquor possession. Weldon Shay Nora Margaret Miller arrested near White Sulphur Springs for possession and taken before U. S. Commissioner J. E. Bass. Lawrence Williams of Hinton held for illicit distillery and liquor possession. Assistants W. M. Ryman W. C. Hall and local officers aided the operation.
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Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
W. H. Chrisley
United States
Fred Hooker
Howard
Folks
Robert Skinner
Bluefield
U. S
T. H. Scott
Jess B. Price
Ella McIntyre
Walter David Howard
McClintic
Weldon Shay
Nora Margaret Miller
White Sulphur Springs
J. E. Bass
Lewisburg
Chrisley
Lawrence Williams
Hinton
E. C. Eagle
W. M. Ryman
W. C. Hall
Gerholds Move To Huntington
Mr and Mrs Gilbert W Gerhold move their household goods by truck to Huntington Cabell county town where he will open New England Mutual Life Insurance offices He is named district agent for the company with oversight of southern West Virginia excluding Kanawha county He will visit Beckley often and stay engaged with local interests His offices will be at 517 and 518 First Huntington National Bank building and he will live at 1308 Thirteenth street Huntington.
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Gilbert W. Gerhold
Huntington
Cabell County
Gerhold
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
West Virginia
Kanawha County
Beckley
First Huntington National Bank
Thirteenth Street
Tolbert Child Dies At Home Of Crab Orchard Parents
Edwin Dale Tolbert age 17 months died at home after a four day illness from cholera infantum. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Oak Grove church conducted by Reverend Paul Smith. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery under Caffee undertakers. Survived by parents and sister Betty Jo.
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Edwin Dale Tolbert
Dale Tolbert
Crab Orchard
Tolbert
Oak Grove
Paul Smith
Betty Jo
Hutchinson Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services for Bobby Hutchinson fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs William Hutchinson of Stotesbury will be held tomorrow morning at 10 oclock in the chapel of Rose Funeral Home on Neville street by Reverend Father John Halpin pastor of St Francis De Sales Catholic church Burial will be made in the Catholic cemetery by the Rose Undertakers The boy an only child died in a local hospital yesterday afternoon
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Bobby Hutchinson
William Hutchinson
Stotesbury
Supreme Court grants Dawson and Matthews appeals in Charleston
Charleston records show the Supreme Court granted appeals for two jail inmates, C. L. Dawson operator of The Wheel and A. T. Matthews in separate gambling and lottery cases. Dawson challenged a faulty indictment after two prior denials. Matthews contested a blanket search warrant. The court also acted on about twenty other petitions, including cases involving a Huntington creditor dispute, a Mer cer county tax dispute, and Raleigh county criminal appeals.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
C.L
Dawson
F. P. Slack
Board of Education
Mercer County
Charles T. George
Clayton Webb
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Isaac Hendricks
Guardsmen Return From Camp Conley Training
Beckley national guard units will return Saturday July 27 from Camp Conley Point Pleasant after two weeks of intensive annual training. Captain A W Jenkins commands Service Company and serves as provost officer. Captain Boyd B Hill now of Lewisburg is assistant plans and training officer and chemical warfare instructor. He oversaw a successful chemical demonstration. Return to Beckley will be by trucks instead of trains this year.
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Beckley
National Guard
Camp Conley
Point Pleasant
A. W. Jenkins
Service Company
Boyd B. (Bunker) Hill
Lewisburg
Wage Scale Talks Break With No Progress This Morning
Washington July 25 After a half hour session the joint wage scale committee of Appalachian soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers recessed until 2 p m tomorrow No progress was reported by Philip Murray vice president of the union upon leaving the conference room Before tomorrow the operators will meet to consider wage differentials within and between districts negotiations resumed today after a three week recess to allow time for Congress to act on the Guffey coal stabilization bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Congress
Premium Exhibit Space For Smokeless Coal Exposition
Exhibit space in the Armory is filled and a tent will be rented between the armory and Raleigh General Hospital to accommodate twenty additional exhibitors. Dr. K M Jarrell says hospital officials will cooperate. Ballard, general chairman, expects to place all spaces and launch wide advertising for the three day show with a souvenir program for attendees.
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Armory
C. C. Ballard
Armory Building
Raleigh General Hosptal
K. M. Jarrell
Hospital Corporation
Schultz Proved To Be Gangster In Tax Fraud Trial
In Malone New York July 25 government witnesses including police officers and a former speakeasy operator testified that Dutch Schultz ran a violent prohibition era empire. Officers linked Schultz to 1928 questioning over partner Joey Noe’s Bronx beer business murder as Hartman described Schultz taking over Noe’s interests before a falling out ended in Hartman leaving. Rogue’s gallery photos were shown and identified by city police as patrons of Schultz bars.
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Associated Press
Malone
N. Y
Dutch Schultz
Schultz
Bronx
Joey Noe
Louis Hartman
Hartman
Noe
Rogue
New York City
Hunted Man Prince Shot by Police Near Greeley
Jack Prince, sought for killing Police Sergeant Lee Whitman, was shot and critically wounded by a posse on a highway near Greeley Colorado. He opened fire on searchers and was hit in the head after refusing to surrender. Whitman was killed at the police station.
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Associated Press
Greeley
Jack Prince
Lee Whitman
Whitman
Family Mixup Leads to Arrest in Non-Support
Paul Skaff of Charleston is held in Tyler County jail on a $500 bond after a reconciliation with his wife. Judge James F. Shipman ordered him detained until the bond is posted to insure support. Mrs. Skaff had sued for non-support. a prior jury found Skaff guilty and ordered $10 monthly plus costs.
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Associated Press
Middlebourne
Paul Skaff
Charleston
Tyler County
James F. Shipman
House Keeps Up Utilities Probe
Testimony before House investigators showed the American Federation of Utilities Investors spent about $60 000 in six months in investors’ interest. Senate hearings heard Texas Power and Light president John W Carpenter report payments totaling 2452 over five years to Peter Molyneaux editor of Texas Weekly for advertising advice and assistance. He said 192 was paid recently for radio activities opposing the administration holding company bill. Other items listed included 760 for subscriptions and 200 for advertising.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Utilities Investors
House
Hugh S. Magill
Senate Lobby Committee
John W. Carpenter
Texas Power and Light Company
Peter Molyneaux
Texas Weekly
Huntington Man Will Face Murder Charge
Huntington July 25 W E Bellville 26 held on a charge of slaying Virgil Smith 53 a former city fireman will be arraigned next Monday at 2 p m The state asked a continuance yesterday for time to summon two witnesses Two boys found Smith s body floating in the Ohio river Monday Bellville claims Smith attended a party on a small boat and jumped into the river Dr H E Beard acting coroner said death was not caused by drowning.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. E. Bellville
Virgil Smith
Smith
Ohio River
Bellville
H. E. Beard
Stock market prices keep upward trend continues
Wall Street reports prices moving higher in early dealings. Active opening with several thousand shares changing hands. Gains shown by New York Central United States Steel General Motors Chrysler and National Cash Register.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
New York Central
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Chysler
National Cash Register
Beehler Dismissed by Kump And Allen Put in His Post
Mrs Margaret Waley en route to Milan Michigan to serve a 20 year term for her part in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnaping denounces her husband Harmon saying he did not get a third of what he deserved His husband Harmon was given a 49 year sentence for the 200000 kidnaping of the Tacoma lumberman's nine year old son Mrs Waley had recently said she would go to prison with him but today she said she is through with him forever
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Associated Press
Chicago
Margaret Waley
Milan
Mich
George Weyerhaeuser Jr
Harmon
Tacoma
Washington
Bonus Issue Is Again Indicated
Washington July 25 The bonus issue forms a double hurdle for administration must legislation in Congress. Senate debate centers on inflationary and anti inflationary measures for immediate payment of adjusted compensation certificates. Senator McCarran says inflationists push the 2 000 000 000 Patman new currency bill as a rider to the tax bill. Senator Steiner proposes a non inflationary bonus plan with American Legion backing to be added to the tax bill or other measures this session. He hopes to pay the bonus without inflation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
McCarran
D-New
Roosevelt
Steiner
Rore
Oregon
American Legion
Britain Not To Export Arms Yet
London July 25 Sir Samuel Hoare foreign secretary announced in the house of commons the British government will not grant licenses for arms exports from Great Britain to Italy or Ethiopia for the present. He said transit across British territory to Ethiopia would be permitted and the government is seeking a peaceful outcome and would not wish to prejudice the situation.
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Associated Press
London
Samuel Hoare
House of Commons
Great Britain
Italy
Ethiopia
Samuel
Smith Funeral To Be Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Andrew H. Smith who died in a Scranton hospital will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM at Christchurch Scranton. Details were not available. Mrs Smith and her husband the Slab Fork Coal Company superintendent and their two children had begun a vacation trip when the operation became necessary.
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Andrew H. Smith
Scranton
Christchurch
Smith
Slab Fork Coal Company
Lias Trial Nearing End in Tax Evasion Case
In Elkins on July 25 the defense in the Bill Lias tax evasion trial completed its case as Lias denied paying protection money to police. The Wheeling numbers king faced charges of evading income taxes over 21 thousand dollars in 1931. Prosecutors cited a soup list showing over five thousand dollars paid to officers to avert interference. Lias testified he never gave money to officials, only to men who said they needed it to pay for pickups.
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Associated Press
Elkins
Bill Lias
King
Robert J. Riley
Lias
Kidnapping Story Admitted Untrue
Columbus Ohio July 25 Robert C Byers 42 Columbus sales counsellor confessed to Thomas A Schully chief of detectives that his story of being kidnapped and held prisoner near Cleveland was untrue He said he told the story to Cleveland police last Friday to win a bet to get his name on front pages within 72 hours at a cost under 100 He will decide later if any charges are filed
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Robert C. Byers
Thomas A. Schully
Cleveland
Byers
Scully
Reverend Morefield Plans Tent Meeting in Beckley
Rev W T Morefield announced plans for an old time tent meeting on Russell Street near Wildwood cemetery in Beckley. He is described as a cyclone evangelist and will discuss topics such as Signs of the Times Crash of the Nations Anti Christ and His Kingdom.
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W. T. Morefield
Beckley
Russell Street
Wildwood Cemetery
Athey in Jail over Non Support and Liquor Charge
Gilmer Athey of Sand Lick jailed by Deputy Sheriff Howard George on a non support warrant from Squire Hancock. Yesterday Willard Athey, his brother, jailed on federal liquor law violation charges.
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Gilmer Athey
Sand Lick
Howard George
Squire H. F. Hancock
Willard Athey
Athey
Suits Filed Against Multiple Ryans and Associates
J Q Hutchinson filed suit against E M Ryan B G Ryan B W Ryan J S Ryan C C Ryan Ellen Hundley and Mollie Campbell. The action seeks judgment by motion as entered by Carl C Sanders who also brought a similar suit for Grover C Trail.
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J. Q. Hutchinson Today
E. M. Ryan
B. G. Ryan
B. W. Ryan
J. S. Ryan
C. C Ryan
Ellen Hundley
Mollie Campbell
Carl C. Sanders
Grover C. Trail
University board to finalize faculty salary schedule
Arthur B. Koontz, member of the University board of governors, said the body will complete work Monday on a faculty salary schedule in which most changes will be very small. The remarks were made in Charleston on July 25.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Arthur B. Koontz
University Board of Governors
Governor Kump Replaces WV relief chief at once
West Virginia Governor Homer A. Kump discharged William N. Beehler as state relief administrator and named C. L. Allen works director to take over immediately. Kump notified federal administrator Harry Hopkins by letter and telegram stating Beehler’s resignation would be requested and duties transferred pending approval.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kump
William N. Beehler
C. L. Allen
Hopkins
West Virginia Emergency Relief Administration
West Virginia Emergency Relief
West Virginia Relief Administration
West Virginia Emergency Relief Administrator
Manless Wedding Sparks Legal Clash in Kansas
In Columbus Kansas a 20 year old woman Alice Delores Hayes wore male attire at a ceremony with 14 year old Margaret Lavernia Fowler. Police chief Al Manes ordered Hayes to abandon trousers or face jail, while county officials noted Kansas law does not recognize some same sex unions and the two were not legally married.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Kansas
Alice Delores Hayes
Margaret Lavernia Fowler
al Manes
Pichem
Okla
Manes
C. D. Shouse
Editor Dies in Cincinnati Heat at 72
Arthur M. Hopkins, age 72, longtime newspaper editor for Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Kansas City papers, died at his home. Officials attributed the death to illness brought on by the hot weather.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Arthur M. Hopkins
Cleveland
Kansas City
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