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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1936

Page

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Landon networking with bankers in Kansas trip ends with praise

Governor Alf Landon met Mahoning Valley readers and top bankers in Topeka and shared remarks defending his record against bigotry. He spoke with Col Leonard Ayres and Dr Benjamin Anderson about business conditions especially in durable goods and noted roots in western Pennsylvania.

Associated Press Topeka Kas Alf M. Landon Arthur Capper Kansas Gifford Pinchot Pennsylvania Mahoning Valley Leonard P. Ayres Cleveland Trust Company Benjamin M. Anderson New York Chase National Bank Landon Lewis L. Strauss Kuhn, Loeb & Company Jewish Agricultural” Society Max Epstein General American Transportation Corporation J. A. Harzfeld Kansas City London Ayres Anderson West Middlesex Pittsburgh Youngstown Cleveland Buffalo N.Y Ander

Bewhiskered President Sees His Mother Today

President Roosevelt and his mother are observed in Campobello as he ends a sailing trip aboard the Seawanna, with whiskered appearance drawing comparisons to his late father James Roosevelt and plans reportedly possible to delay debarkation at his mother's summer home. Landon mentions drought talks and rail emergency rules as he tours Kansas counties ahead of election day.

Sonn Ayres Landon Jrust Prairie States I Cleveland Economist Topeka Kansas Associated Press Delzing Island N. B Roozevell Campabello James Roosevelt Passamaquoddy Bay Campobello Seal Cove Grand Manan Island Grand Manan Liberty Ciends Welchpool Harbor Roosevelt Sara Delano Roosevelt

Identify Drowned WPA Worker in Lake Lynn

Morgantown July 28 Authorities questioned Pennsylvania relatives of Roman Secure 36 year old WPA worker of Star City to identify a body found floating in Lake Lynn. The body had been in the water about three weeks and fingerprints were to be taken today as part of the identification effort.

Associated Press Morgantown Pennsylvania Roman Secure WPA Star City Lake Lynn Secure Department of Justice R. C. Farrier

Sincere Confidence in Scalf's Indian River Tonic

A Kentucky woman writes from Stearns praising Scalf's Indian River Tonic. She details years of side pain nervous breakdown and kidney issues, then reports full recovery after a six bottle course, weight gain color and absence of nervousness. She endorses the product and notes price one dollar per bottle.

Stearns, Ky Indian River Medicine Co LaFollette Tenn Scatt Indian River Tonic Sealf Jin Scalf J. H. McCullohh

Postal theft to Be Dropped by Federal Authorities

An investigator said federal authorities will not press charges in the $1 theft at the Sullivan post office. Dr W W Hume county health officer noted Thomas Floyd Cox's mindset was impaired after Cox stole a dollar, then returned the money before arrest.

Sullivan Post Office W. W. Hume Thomas Floyd Cox Cox

Hypnofism Used in Columbus Delivery Case

Dr. A. H. Kanter disclosed the delivery of a girl to Mrs. Leonard Loomis of Columbus through hypnofism. Shirley Marie was born last Monday and both mother and child are reported as doing very well. Dr. Upham called the birth exceptional and noted similar cases, stressing no bearing on future childbearing and that no anesthetic or drug was used.

Associated Press Columbus A. H. Kanter Leonard Loomis Kanter Shirley Marie American Medical Association United States Upham Ohio State University Medical College

President's mother awaits glimpse of facial adornment

The president's mother, unable to board the Sewanna, must wait ashore for a view of the facial adornment her son wears after enduring the salt spray and rough weather of the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic as the ship returned.

Bay of Fundy Atlantic

Teamster's Son Named for Doctors

The son of a Pinecrest Sanitarium teamster was named George Kyle Webb after Dr. George Emerson Gwinn and Dr. Kyle McCue Jarre. The eight-pound baby was born at Raleigh General Hospital to Jo ny Solda Webb, who announced the naming.

Pinecrest Sanitarium Jony Solda Webb Raleigh General Hospital George Kyle Webb George Emerson Gwinn Kyle McCue Jarre

Scaffold Builder Otis Tench Dies at 81

Otis Tench 81 longtime Raleigh County carpenter and deputy to Sheriff William Shumate who built the scaffold for a 1890 public hanging died at his Skelton home. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the First Baptist Church with Reverend J. M. Hayes officiating. Burial by Caffee undertakers. Survived by widow Mrs. Sarah Shumate Tench six children Walton C Tench Asheville NC A I Tench Blue Jay Ambrose C Tench Chicago and Ashbury R Tench Ashland Ky Mrs B V Yeager Huntington a brother J P Tench Cranberry. Pallbearers listed Active Walter Mathews Samuel Hite Frank Lemon Charles Matheny John T Hollandsworth Jr Lewis Warden Honorary John R Griffie John Smith Paris Stover S Nichols Dr B B Richmond T E Bazzarre Join Hollandsworth Jr Ote Warden Dr W H Cunningham J E Summerfield Charles Hollandsworth Mat Sawyers Paris Bailey John Bailey George Warden W C Thompson Everett Curtis W C Underwood Frank Greer Claude Hollandsworth

Otis Teneh Raleigh Skelton Wiliam T. Shumate Teneh Beckley Lumber and Supply Company William I. Martin Tench J. M. Hayes First Baptist Church Sarah Shumate Tench Walton C. Tench Asheville N.C A. Tench Blue Jay Ambrose C. Tench Chicago Ashbury R. Tench Ashland B. V. Yeager Huntington J. P. Tench Cranberry Walter Mathews Samuel Hite Frank Lemon Charles Matheny John T. Hollandsworth Jr Lewis Warden John R. Griffie John [. Smith Paris Stover SS. Nichols B. B. Richmond T. E. Bazzarre Join Hollandsworth Jr Ote Warden W. H. Cunningham J. E. Summerfield Charles Hollandsworth Mat Sawyers Paris Bailey John Bailey George Warden W. C. Thompson Everett Curtis W. C. Underwood Frank Greer Claude Hollandsworth

State Conducts Central Mailing Office in Capitol

Charleston West Virginia notes a central mailing office in the state capitol basement that handles all incoming and outgoing mail. Chief mail clerk Charles Goff explains stamping, weighing and metering without stamps and charges per department. The trio of staff, Oren Bush and Hollie Parsons, averages 20 400 pieces daily and touts the system as the busiest department in the building.

Associated Press Charleston W. Va Capitol West Virginia Charles Goff Road Commission Golf Oren R. Bush Hollie Parsons

Campaign From Sick Bed: West Virginia Senate Hopeful

Major Rollo J. Conley, a two war veteran and West Virginia senate candidate, conducts his campaign from a hospital bed after physicians ordered 30 days of rest. He will have a telephone at his bedside and his secretary will call daily from the hospital room.

Associated Press Fairmont Rollo J. Conley West Virginia Senate Major Conley

Covington Man Held for Family Dispute

R. B. Body, 48, held on a non support charge filed by his wife Mrs. Mattie Body of Covington Virginia. A painter for E. E. Luther, Body said he left home about three months ago. Constable Buster Foster made the arrest and Squire Frank Lemon was to conduct the hearing.

R. B. Body Mattie Body Covington E. E. Luther Buster Foster Squire Frank Lemon

Six Taken in Beer Spot Raid at Villa Roma

State police dispersed a noisy crowd at the Villa Roma beer garden between here and Mullens early Sunday morning and arrested six men on charges of drunkeness. State Troopers Roy Platt and George W. Walker jailed John Stewart Roscoe Stewart Cal

Register Pineville Villa Roma Here Mullens Roy Platt George W. Walker John Stewart Roscoe Stewart Cal

Four men fined and released. others jailed for drunkenness

Smith Wiley Sizemore Leland Walker Leonard Smith John Stewart Leonard Smith and Walker paid fines of ten dollars and costs and were released. Conservators Slatt and Ippe toe arrested Red Harris William Grapes Fulton Duncan and Jim Trump at Glen Morrison and jailed them here on charges of drunkenness.

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