Inspectors of Mines Set Three Day Beckley Convention
In Beckley the Mine Inspectors Institute of America will convene a three day meeting at the Memorial building after delegates register at 8 am tomorrow. National officers arrive tonight and speakers include John G. Millhouse and C. A. McDowell. A banquet Tuesday at the Black Knight Club features Governor H G Kump as principal speaker. Side tours to Grandview Hawke Nest and local coal operations are planned for attendees. Edward Graff of New River Co will discuss coal mine hazards.
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Beckley
Mine ‘Inspectors Institute’ , of
America
Memorial Building
John G. Millhouse
Litchfield
C. A. McDowell
Pittsburgh
Black Knight Country Club
H.G. Kump
J. S. Mason
Kump
Grandview
Hawke Nest
Hawks Nest
Reading
Edward Graff
New ‘River Company
Mt. Hope
Hunter Wounded By His Brother
W. M. McClanahan, 33, was admitted to Raleigh Geneva hospital for gunshot wounds to both legs after an accidental shooting while hunting near Meadow Creek Friday. He said his brother K. S. McClanahan fired at a ground squirrel and accidentally struck him with several pellets. doctors described the injuries as painful but not serious.
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W. M. McClanahan
Raleigh Geneva Hospital
Meadow Creek
McClanahan
K. S. McClanahan
Horse Injured When Car Sideswipes Harper Team
A horse belonging to S. T. Harper sustained a sore hip after a Dodge sedan driven by General Woods of Glen Morrison sideswiped the Harper team on the Harper road yesterday evening. Trooper B F McLaughlin investigated. no arrests.
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S. T. Harper
Harper Road
General Woods
Glen Morrison
Italo-American Italo-American Independent League Meets to Elect Officers
A special meeting of the Italo-American Independent political league will be held at Frank Albanese's store at 6 p.m. Sunday June 2 for electing new officers. John Verduce resigns after two years as chairman. successor to be chosen. all members urged to attend.
Roosevelt Drops 411 NRA Related Cases Across Agencies
President Roosevelt dismissed 411 court actions involving violations of blue eagle rules, signaling the end of NRA era restraints. The White House issued the pledge as observers weighed next steps, with Labor cases and government actions from agencies like alcohol control, petroleum administration, and the steel labor board among those affected. Roosevelt toured the Chesapeake aboard Sequoia as the nation awaited a clear plan.
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Associated Press
Washington
NRA
Roosevelt
Blue Eagle
Chesapeake Bay
Sequoia
White House
Cummings
House
Firestone and Goodrich
Weirton Steel and Gelf Clothing Company
Alcohol Control and Petroleum Administrations
National Steel Labor Relations Board
ASA and
Tex
Griffiths Dies After Lengthy Cancer Illness
William Evan Griffiths aged 62 died at 12 15 AM in Raleigh General Hospital after a long stomach cancer illness. A prominent Raleigh County political figure, he was born in McKeesport Pennsylvania on August 16 1873 and served on the Town district school board. He married Gertrude Grace Gillette in Ohio and moved to Raleigh County about twenty years ago as a Republican. (Continued on Page Two)
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William Evan Griffiths
Raleigh General ‘Hospital
Griffiths
Raleigh County
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
Gertrude Grace Gillette
Ohio
Governor Urges NRA Observance In West Virginia Coal Trade
Governor H G Kump called on coal operators and miners of West Virginia to refrain from price cuts wage cuts and labor agitation. He warned such actions would depress all industry and burden the people. He cited the U S Supreme Court ruling against industrial codes as a potential source of serious disturbance to the coal industry and to social and industrial affairs.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
H. G. Kump
Supreme Court of the United States
Teachers To Get Final Pay Soon
Raleigh county public school teachers await their last month salary as checks could be ready by Wednesday if the county superintendent’s office projections hold. About 75 000 dollars will be advanced by the sheriff with federal reimbursement in three weeks, backed by a state guarantee if federal funds fail to arrive. Six hundred teachers had feared July 1 payment delays.
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Raleigh
State Department of Education
State Department
Quetta Quake Death Toll Rises Amid Devastation
Reports from Quetta after a powerful earthquake describe widespread destruction and missing persons. Unofficial estimates reach around 30,000 dead with thousands injured as relief crews rush supplies and fear an epidemic. Planes and trains bring doctors, water, and food while some areas remain flooded and unverified casualty figures linger.
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Quetta
India
Karachi
Lahore
Ainelat
Mira Palace
Khanot
Kalat
Stabbing Fatal to Carlisle Man in Carlisle
Fayette county officers hunted last night for Bill Tillman, a one armed Negro miner, sought in the slaying of Eugene Price, a Negro man fatally stabbed in Carlisle yesterday afternoon. Price died from a shoulder and lung stab wound. Tillman reportedly fled Carlisle after the event as deputies and local constables pursued him through Oak Hill area.
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Fayette County
Bill Tillman
Eugene Price
Carlisle
Tillman
Price
Virgil Lyons
Held For Blackjack In Beckley Incident
Councilman Loca aemason announced plans to clean up East Beckley at a drug store gathering. Fire Chief Budcliff and Patrolman Bell investigated the disturbance. A blackjack was found in Steve Craft's hip pocket and he was held on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon awaiting examination by a local justice of the peace.
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Steve Craft
Aemason's
East Beckley
Budcliff
J. Bell
Craft
Four Year Old Boy at Crab Orchard Succumbs
Funeral services for H Page Meadows four year old son of Mr and Mrs J P Meadows of Crab Orchard will be held at Crab Orchard Baptist church this afternoon at 3 o clock with Reverend O officiating. Burial under Foster undertakers direction will be in Crab Orchard cemetery. He died yesterday afternoon in a local hospital after a seven week illness. Survived by parents and brothers and sisters Lacy Maxine Emerson Arnold Josephine and Franklin D Meadows all of Crab Orchard.
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H. Page Meadows
J.P. Meadows
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Foster
Orchard Cemetery
Lacy
Maxine
Emerson
Arnold
Josephine
Franklin D. Meadows
Crab. Orchard
Tornado Leaves Death Toll Mounting in Nebraska Town
Flood waters and a sweeping tornado devastate parts of the Republican River valley in southwestern Nebraska. Dr. Jo M. Willis estimates dead could reach 250, with 114 known dead and about 25 missing near McCook. Reports from Oxford, Benkelman, Alma, Trenton and Parks indicate multiple casualties and extensive damage as communications fail and relief work races to reach scattered communities.
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Associated Press
McCook
Neb
Republican River
Nebraska
Jo M. Willis
Oxford
Benkelman
Alma
Trenton
Vilagee Sonts
Republican River Valley
Stotesbury Man Dies Of Injury
William I Udy a 28 year old Stotesbury tippleman died in a local hospital from septicemia following injuries received May 15 while working on the Stotesbury tipple. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 in the Crab Orchard residence of G M Brammer officiated by Reverend Eugene Nichols and Reverend Eli Lilly. Burial under Foster undertakers will be in Sunset Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife Hilda Brammer Udy and a son Euel Udy both of Stotesbury, and by parents and siblings in Matoaka and Stotesbury. Pallbearers named include Jack Cary Joe Sloboda James Massey Fred Crews Woodrow Helvey Lee Dick.
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William’ I
Udy
Stotesbury
Hilda Brammer
Euel Udy
Ifs
John, Udy
Matogka
Byron Udy
Gerald Udy
Reginald Udy
Raymond Udy
Matoaka
Benjamin Udy
Ohio
George “McKinney
Violet Udy
Doris Udy
Jack Cary
Joe
Sloboda
James Massey
Fred Crews
Woodrow
Helvey
Lee Dick
Miners Ordered Out On Strike After June 16
The United Mine Workers ordered 450000 soft coal miners to quit work at 17 June unless notified. Secretary Perkins seeks interstate compacts to restore industrial standards, with a plan to create a coal stabilization bill as a NRA for the industry. Conference urged states including Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania to discuss uniform codes. John Lewis urged law obedience while maintenance staff remain.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Perkins
Supreme Court
NRA
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Maine
Vermont
Connecticut
New Yorks
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Johns, Lewis
Mrs Cumbow II Vicim Of Death
Josephine Cumbo 72 died at her Harvey home Thursday night after a four year illness. Death attributed to high blood pressure. Daughter of John and ? Blake. Funeral at Red Star Baptist Church at 2 30 this afternoon. Burial Hilltop cemetery Tyree and Dew in charge. Eight children survive: William Harry Charles Cumbow Mrs C R Brown Mrs W E Gatewood Erskine Cumbow Mrs R B Nelson and Herbert Cumbow. Six grandsons to serve as pallbearers.
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Josephine Cumbo
Harvey
John Blake
Red Star Baptist Church
C. S. Donnelly
Hilltop
Tyree and
Dew
William Cumbow
Harry
Charles Cumbow
C. R
One Killed Six Hurt In Automobile Crash
In Webster Springs West Virginia on June 1 a fatal crash near town left one man dead and six injured. Danny O'Brien 37 of Burgoo died. Homer Hamrick 39 Henry Hamrick 60 Kennedy Hamrick 41 Homer Hamrick Jr 8 were hurt and admitted to Elkins Hospital. Loui Cromer 37 of Webster Springs suffered severe cuts. Earl Meeks 35 had fractures of both jaws and possible pelvic injuries. Officers report Henry Hamrick's car collided with Cromer's vehicle, injuring Meeks.
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Associated Prose
Webster Springs
W. Va
Danny O’brien
Burgoo
Homer Hamrick
Henry Hamrick
Kennedy Hamrick
Homer Hamrick Jr
Elkins
Loui Cromer
Earl Meeks
Cromer
Meeks
Kidnapped Heir George Weyerhaeuser Ransomed
The nine year old heir to a lumber barony was ransomed for 200000 dollars. Federal, state, and local agents hunted the Karpis gang as George was released unharmed near Issaquah after eight days in captivity. Police pursued clues and cars linked to abductors, while the boy began walking toward a farm before his father arrived.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
Alvin Karpis
Hia
Issaquah
J. P. Weyer
Hacuser
Holt Case Set For Senate Committee Review
Washington June 1 The Senate will decide this month whether to deny a seat to 29 year old Senator-Elect Bush Holt of West Virginia on the grounds of age. Committee chairman George said a report would be ready around Holt's thirtieth birthday as he argues he becomes qualified at oath time. Holt pressed his claim, citing constitutional age requirements.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Bush
D. Holt
West Virginia
George
Jhhairman
Holt
Gibson To Become Charleston Police Chief
The Charleston police chief post will go to Frank H. Gibson, longtime state police officer and former Raleigh County captain, announced yesterday by Mayor-Elect D. Boone Dawson. Gibson, formerly a lieutenant in public safety, will replace John Britton, who has served as chief since August 21, 1921, and has held posts in Charleston and other locations across the state.
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Frank H.gibson
Winding Gulf
Charleston
D. Boone Dawson
Associated Press
Gibson
Raleigh ‘County
Thomas W. Norton
John Britton
Dawson
Department of Public Safety
Spider Used By Man To death by own action
A 26 year old wanderer Stephen Liarsky at City Hospital in Worcester is dying from a black widow spider imported from California. Doctors have no known antidote as the venom floods his veins.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
City Hospital
Stephen Liarsky
Wanderer
California
Weather outlook for Sunday through Monday showers
Partly cloudy skies give way to local showers and thunderstorms late Sunday afternoon and night with possible activity Monday. Warmth in the east Sunday, cooler Monday. Showers expected across the Middle Atlantic, north Atlantic, eastern lower lakes, northern Appalachians, western lower lakes, and parts of the Ohio, Tennessee, and southern Atlantic states with temperature shifts from Sunday to Monday.
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Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Lower-Lake Region
Northern
Appalachian
Lower Lake Region
Ohio, Valley, Tennessee
South Atlantc
Ohio Valley
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W. W. M’clanahan
George Pelay
Hhe
Berger Manufacturing Company
Canton
Fugitt
William I. Udy
John L. Lewis
Congress
Weyerhaeuser
Lad
Karpis Gang
Seattle
Little George
Iwatch
Holt Case
Winding Gulf Conservator
Spider
Man
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