Rail officials praise pair who flagged rock on track
Whitesville July 31 Oscar Davis and his son Charles earned railroad thanks after spotting a rock on the track at Big Coal Junction. They flagged the engine of C and O local No. 113, allowing the crew to remove the obstruction. Superintendent H E Webb lauded their close observation and prompt action.
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Register
Whitesville
Oscar Davis
Big Coal Junction
Davis
Charles
H. E. Webb
Big Coal River
Miss Jes sie Babbino Visits Newcastle Friends
July 31 report notes Miss Jes sie Babbino of Newcastle Pa visiting Miss Daisy Zontini. Mr and Mrs Horace Morgan and sons Paul and Wiley of Whitesville are visiting Mrs parents in Johnson City N Y.
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Register
Whitesville
Jessie Babbino
Newcastle, Pa
Daisy Zontini
Horace Morgan and Sons
Paul and
Wiley
Johnson City
King's Daughters Club Elects Officers in Lexington
The King's Daughters circle continues year round with programs of scripture lessons music and addresses. Mrs Hayes president since October 1935 plans meetings with D W Duke and Inez Caffee arranging features and musical numbers. The circle has 125 members from nearly every church in town meets the fourth Tuesday each month in members homes or churches.
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Hayes
D. W. Duke
Inez Caffee
First Baptist Church
Woman's Club
Woman’s Club
Lexington
N. C
H. M. Blankenship
G. H. Foresman
H. T. Caffee
E. C. Wilkinson
William Taylor
West Virginia
John Baker
Huntington
Kley
Children Recover From Operations in Whitesville
Three Whitesville children are reported recovering from operations performed at Charleston and Montgomery hospitals. Hazel Hundley, 13 months, is convalescing in Coal Valley hospital Montgomery after pleurisy surgery. Danny Branham, 5, and Sonny Eskew, 4, are home recovering from tonsillectomies at Charleston General Hospital.
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Register
Whitesville
Charleston
Montgomery
Hazel Hundley
Bill Hundley
Coal Valley Hospital
Danny Branham
Sonny Eskew
Charleston General Hospital
Whitesville Truck Accident Seeks $2000 Damages
Constable Emery Pittsenberger reported Oakie Midkiff filed a $2000 damage suit against Carolina Motor Express after a collision at Tony's Branch. An express truck hit a Chevrolet, pushing it into Midkiff's store and forcing the building back about four feet. The driver was arrested and jailed.
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Register
Whitesville
Emery Pittsenberger
Sherman District
Oakie Midkiff
Tony’s
Carolina Motor Express Lines
Tony's
Express Company
Midkiff’s
Pittsenberger
Madison
Midkiff
Beckley Social Routine Includes Visits and Illness
Mrs Caperton remains seriously ill at home. Mrs Lewis Thomas and Thelma of Greenville visited Beckley yesterday. Mrs J W Maxwell and daughter H R Ridenour plan to stay in Charleston. Henry Frazer of Bluefield Va was a Beckley visitor. Guests at Mrs Caperton’s include Hoge Mason Janet Mason Betsy Mason and others from Athens New York Bluefield. Julie Parker leaves for Huntsville Ala and R Joy of Marietta Ohio is a local visitor. Mrs William Taylor and son Preston Lightner visit Charleston with Mrs John Baker en route to Huntington. Frances Wade plans a Dayton Ohio trip with her mother and P B Barwood returning Sunday. Mr and Mrs J Frank Vaughan host Frances Virginia Rowen and Agnes Miller of Gap Mills and Union.
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Caperton
Lewis Thomas
Thelma
Greenville
Beckley
J. W. Maxwell
H. R. Ridenour
Charleston
Henry Frazer
Bluefield
Austin Caperton
Hoge Mason
Athens
Ohio
Janet Mason
New York
Boone Enoch
George Strader
Betsy Mason
Hal Parker
Julie
A. L. Brogan
Huntsville
Ala
R. Joy
Marietta
William Taylor
Preston Lightner
John Baker
Huntington
Taylor
Frances Wade
Randolph Page
Dayton
D. C. Wade
P. B. Barwood
J. Frank Vaughan
Frances and
Virginia Rowan
Gap Mills
Agnes Miller
Union
Furloughs and Visitors Highlight Camp Raleigh News
Lieutenant S N Palevsky medical officer for Camps Raleigh and Bluestone will take a 14 day furlough to Cleveland. Visitors at Camp Raleigh include Edward Garrity and Russell Thom from Charleston. Beckley area guests at Craig Haling Springs Va include E L Burleson Marguerite Ward H W Barrett R J Burmeister Hal M Scott Dr J H McCulloch J W Givens L L Scherer J W Bolen Dr E L Ellison H R Sheffler John W Smith. Additional visits: Mrs A W Childress at Springs and J W Ailstock of Lillybrook. Billy Pioch returns from Nanticoke Pa. Mrs J L Sullivan and family visit Mordue. Mrs C C Dulone visits Princeton. CUmins children Ellen Mae Irma Ruth Dorothy Norma Jean return from Natural Bridge. John Zontini of Charleston Mid Atlantic baseball visits his parents. Mrs Herbert Darnell visits Pinemont as Darnell handles business. Mrs Wilbur Achlin leaves for Waynesburg Pa after extended visit. Paul Markowitz and Dr F F Yates of Mullens registered at Atlantic City hotel Chalfounte Haddon.
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Raleigh
Bluestone
Cleveland
Edward F. Garrity
Russell Thom
Charleston
O. C. Drake
W. Frank Drake
Drake
Akron
Ohio
A. E. Amick
D. Howe Johnston
Beckley
Craig Haling Springs
E. L. Burleson
Marguerite Ward
H. W. Barrett
R. J. Burmeister
Hal M. Scott
J. H. McCulloch
J. W. Givens
L. L. Scherer
J. W. Bolen
E. L. Ellison
H. R. Sheffler
John W. Smith
A. W. Childress
J. W. Ailstock
Lillybrook
Register
Whitesville
Billy Pioch
Nanticoke
J. L. Sullivan
Leonard Sullivan
Freda
Robert Sullivan
Pioch
Hughes
Mordue
C. C. Dulone
E. M. Cook
Princeton
FE. D. Cummins
Ellen Mae
Irma
Ruth
Dorothy
Norma Jean
Natural Bridge
Pimeville
Herbert Darnell
Leland Helmuth
Darnell
Wilbur Achlin
Waynesburg
A. B. Shannon
Paul Markowitz
F. F. Yates
Mullens
Chalfounte-Haddon Hotel
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Labor Leader Cites Landon Kin as Enemy
Phillip Murray head of the steel workers union organizing committee asks Governor Alf Landon to investigate coercive actions by Jones and Laughlin against union organizers in Aliquippa Pa. Murray cites 14 firings for union activity and real estate lease blocks against the union, naming William T. Mossman as the company PR counsel and noting Landon’s labor program.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers Union Organizing Committee
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Jones and Laughlin Corporation
William T. Mossman
Steel
Murray
Landon
Wired
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin
Four Marriage Licenses Issued At County Clerk Office
Yesterday and Wednesday the county clerk issued four marriage licenses. Burdett McKinney with Katherine Marie Price, both of Amigo and Sullivan. Thomas Blankenship with Lotus McGrady, of Lester and Affinity. Forrest Anglen Johnson of Packsville with Harriet Lorraine Keenan of Pettus. Everett Leonard Rickman of Stotesbury with Lula Mae Harmon of Ghent. Alonzo Dickens with Lettie Acord of Arnett.
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County Clerk’s Office
Burdett McKinney
Unbraked Car Slides Into Water at Pineville
Melvin Bailey of Jesse reports his car rolled from the Pineville Baileysville road on July 31 while he refilled the radiator at the Guyan River bank. The vehicle plunged into the stream and half submerged before helpers rigged a steel cable to a tree to hold it pending salvage.
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Register
Pineville
Melvin Bailey
Jesse
Bailey
Baileysville
Guyan River
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