West Virginia Mine Accident Reporting System Explained
N P Rhinehart outlines how the West Virginia department of mines classifies accidents by cause occupation and experience. Daily weekly and monthly reports speed recognition of unsafe practices and enable immediate corrections. Prompt distribution of accident data supplements annual reports and keeps operators informed.
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West Virginia
N. P. Rhinehart
Mine Inspectors Institute of America
Mines Department
Sleep Tablets Fatal For Man in Worcester
Stephen Lisowski aged 26 died after an overdose of sleeping tablets in a shabby lodging room. He kept a deadly spider in the room and left notes implying suicide. A young woman friend had removed a box of tablets, shifting officials toward death by overdose rather than spider bite.
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Associated Press
Worcester
Mass
Stephen Lisowski
Lisowski
California
Man Who Crucified Himself Held Insane
R J Riggs who subjected himself to a crucifixion in an effort to win back his wife was ordered committed to Morgantown State Hospital for the Insane. The commitment followed a health officer's statement that he needed mental treatment.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. C
R. J. Riggs
State Hospital For the Insane
Morgantown
Justice of the Peace
C. C. Muse
W. J. McAnnally
High Point City
Riggs
Flood Ravages Mexican Valley Killing Hundreds at Church
Mexico City June 4 More than 350 people are officially reported dead after floods swept the fertile valley of Mexico trapping worshipers inside the church at San Pedro during a festival. Only seven escaped as water bursts walls and the church collapses burying victims. Local Bible school activity in Beckley grows with about 425 children enrolled across two churches.
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Beckley
Methodist Temple
Baptist Church
J. A. Brackman
Methodist Temple School
J. M. Hayes
Baptist School
John Massing
Thelma Bert
Virginia Cooper
Lucile Williams
Russell Rader
George W. Bright
Laura Pierson
Associated Press
Mexico
D. F
Valley
San Pedro
Helen Miner Dies in Slate Fall at Helen Mines
Jerry O Neal, 25, died last night when a slate fall crushed his chest in the Helen mines. He is survived by his mother and sister, both of Rhodell. Funeral arrangements had not been made as the body was prepared at Foster undertaking establishment.
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Jerry O'Neal
Helen Miner
Helen Mines
O'Neal
Rhodell
Foster Undertaking Establishment
War Justice Of Peace Case Agreement Today
Richmond Virginia June 4 the appeal of Justice of the Peace Robert L Simpkins of War McDowell County West Virginia was argued in the US circuit court of appeals Simpkins was convicted in federal court at Huntington West Virginia on charges of concealing untaxed liquor and sentenced to three years in the Petersburg Virginia prison camp and fined five thousand dollars Appeals are usually submitted to the circuit court for decision after argument and rulings are handed down several weeks later.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Justice of the Peace
Robert L. Simpkins
War
McDowell County
W. Va
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Simpkins
Huntington
Petersburg
Circuit Court
Two Workmen Killed In McDowell Mines
Two miners died in McDowell County mines near Welch. D. E. E. Hurley, 43, of Carswell employed by Koppers Coal, died from high voltage electrocution. his widow and three children survive. Mike Parker also perished in the Kingston Pocahontas Coal mine.
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Associated Press
Welch
D. E. E. Hurley
Koppers Coal Company
Carswell
Mike Parker
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
Floods Raze Wide Kansas Nebraska Missouri Areas
The swollen rivers of Kansas Nebraska and Missouri flood lowlands with the Republican at risk in Nebraska and Kaw driving families from homes in northern Kansas. Missouri River covers thousands of acres as levees are maintained between Kansas City and St. Louis. Death toll unclear with 94 unofficially listed in Nebraska and estimates up to 140. eight deaths in Kansas and three in Missouri.
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Junction City
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Associated Press
W. C. Bullard
Kump Urges Morris Harvey Graduates Stand On Own Feet
Barboursville June 4 Governor H G Kump addressed Morris Harvey College s 19 graduates urging no emergency born paternalism or cynicism toward honest effort to preserve heritage. He called self reliance responsible leadership and moral courage essential, noting moral courage is rare in public life and requires facing facts and pursuing rightful purpose.
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Associated Press
Barboursville
Morris Harvey College
H. G. Kump
Raleigh Miner Suffers Severe Arm Fracture
Sam Taylor a 19 year old Black coal loader from Raleigh was admitted to Beckley hospital for a severe fracture of his right arm after a state fall in a Raleigh mine early today.
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Sam Taylor
Raleigh
Beckley Hospital
Mystery mob hunted in $200,000 Tacoma kidnap case
Tacoma, Washington June 4 reports grow of a crafty Northwest gang linked to the $200,000 abduction of George Weyerhaeuser. Federal sources question Volney Davis involvement in the Bremer case while agents scour the region for clues and suspects.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Northwest
George Weyerhaeuser
Chicago
Volney Davis
Alvin Karpis
Edward G. Bremer
Davis
St. Paul
Bremer
Justice Department
Washington
Karpis
Foster Dies At Parents' Home
Lee Roy Foster, 32, died last night at 10 30 at his parents home on the Harper road after a two year illness. He last worked for the state road commission. Survived by his widow Maude, a daughter Courtney, two brothers Henry Foster of Spencer and James W Buster Foster of Ridge avenue. He was a Christian church member. Funeral at Prosperity church tomorrow at 2 30 conducted by Reverend Paul Smith with burial in Hurt cemetery. Rose Funeral Home in charge. Active pallbearers listed.
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Lee Roy Foster
J. H. Foster
Harper Road
State Road Commission
Maude Foster
Courtney
Henry Foster
Spencer
James W
Buster) Foster
Ridge Avenue
Christian Church
Prosperity Church
Paul Smith
Hurt
Rose Funeral Home
W. C. Romine
Joseph Gunnoe
Cecil Stewart
Ernest Quesenberg
Lee Davis
Oscar Marshall
Beverly Hume Takes Post With Oil Firm
Beverly Hume becomes distributor and manager for South Penn Oil in Raleigh and Summers counties and part of Fayette county. The firm runs three filling stations and a bulk plant in the section, including the former Sinclair station on North Kanawha Street, Clark's station on Fayette Street, and the Glen Hedrick Service station and bulk plant. Further expansion is planned.
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South Penn Oil Company
Beverly Hume
Raleigh
Summers Counties
Fayette County
Sinclair
North Kanawha Street
Clark's
Fayette Street
Glen Hedrick
Snake Handling Pastor Accepts Challenges in America
St. Charles Virginia June 4 Rev. George Hensley a snake handling Holiness preacher answered challengers and critics by offering to handle any poison reptile that could be caught in America or anywhere else He said he had no fear of any poison reptile and was not handling snakes for amusement but as a proof of faith.
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Associated Press
St. Charles
George Hensley
America
Earth
Mingo County Stay Granted In Circuit Transfer Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled a legislative act moving Mingo county from the Eighth to the Twenty-Fourth circuit cannot take effect before January 1, 1937. The immediate transfer was held unconstitutional and an order barred Judge Fergus from acting in Mingo. The decision cites protecting judicial independence and that residents would lose their elected judge.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Mingo County
Eighth
Twenty- Fourth
Reno F. Howard
Haymond Maxwell
Charles W. Ferguson
Wayne County
Mingo
Twenty- Fourth Circuit
Williamson Woman Is Appointed To Position
Mrs Mae Stratton of Williamson was named chief of the division of crippled children in the West Virginia state department of public welfare by director Francis W Turner. She succeeds Mrs Tom B Davis who was appointed state historian and archivist by Governor Kump. Stratton, born in Milton and educated at Marshall College and West Virginia University, has served as field agent for the welfare department since February 1934 and as vice president of the Mingo County Crippled Children's Society for years.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Mae Stratton
Williamson
Crippled Children
State Department of Public Welfare
Francis W. Turner
Tom B. Davis
Kump
Stratton
Milton
Marshall College
West Virginia University
Mingo County
Crippled Children's Society
State Welfare Department
Supreme Court Enters Orders in Various County Appeals
Charleston June 4 Writs acted on by the supreme court yesterday included Cabell county Frank Harsbarger allowed appeal from a justice ruling denying a jury trial on a liquor charge in a case testing magistrates authority over jury trials in liquor law violations Wyoming county appeal denied Elbert Howerton from a $30000 damages suit against the Virginian Railway Harrison county Apostasis Hastalis appeal allowed in a suit against Firemen’s Insurance Company of Newark N J involving a policy cancelled after a fire Ohio county B J Neuhardt allowed an appeal in a suit by Se
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Cabell County
Frank Harsbarger
Justice of the Peace
O. M. Phipps
Wyoming County
Elbert Howerton
Bud
Virginian Railway
Howerton
Harrison County
Firemen’s Insurance Company of
Newark
N. J
Ohio County
B. J. Neuhardt
Roosevelt moves to revive the NRA amid congress talks
President Roosevelt signals a plan to restore fundamental NRA principles limited to interstate commerce as emergency action. He adds Wagner labor disputes bill and Guffey Snyder coal bill to his program while convening cabinet and congressional leaders for a late afternoon briefing. The White House offered no details on the move.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Supreme Court
Guffey Snyder
White House
Birthday Party For Quadruplets
Hollis Oklahoma June 4 The only quadruplets known to survive to maturity celebrate their twentieth birthday Mona Roberta Mary and Leota Keys now sophomores at Baylor University Waco Texas The timing mirrors two similar birthdays in the past two weeks the Morlok quintuplets in Lansing May 19 and the Dionne quintuplets May 28
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Presa
Hollis
Okla
Keys
Mona
Roberta
Mary
Leota
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Carl A. Morlok
Lansing
Mich
Dionne Quintuplet Sisters
Mal
Greenbrier College Grads Hear Sen Neely
Lewisburg W Va June 4 United States Senator M M Neely addressed the Greenbrier College for Women commencement urging graduates to take responsibility for solving unemployment and for achieving peace in the future. He spoke to 32 graduates as the principal speaker at the 123rd commencement.
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Associated Press
Lewisburg
W. Va
Kee Announces Two For Army And Navy Academies
Representative Kee of West Virginia designates James S. McCorkle of Hinton for West Point admission and Joseph West of Anjean Greenbrier county for Annapolis. Randolph S. Helton of Northfork named alternate for Annapolis.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kee
West Virginia
James S. McCorkle
Hinton
Military Academy
West Point
Joseph West
Anjean
Greenbrier County
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Randolph S. Helton
Northfork
No Compromise On Bonus Bill During Session
Washington reports that bonus advocates in Congress abandoned cash payment for this session and will instead push the Patman inflationary bill with the public, aiming for passage at the next session before the presidential elections. Senate leader Senator Thomas said they would refer the issue to the people and campaign for adoption next session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Thomas
Oklahoma
Patman
Murder suicide linked in Los Angeles deaths
Detectives linking two deaths as murder and suicide search for a butcher knife killer. They found 25 year old George Booth hanging near his home with a farewell note claiming he killed Dolores Dufae, 26, after she revealed her real name. He confessed striking her with a knife and stabbing five more times.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Dolores Dufae
George Booth
Booth
Dolores
Arthur
Stocks Edge Higher In Morning Trading
Wall Street on June 4 saw the stock market continuing to edge higher in morning trading. The opening was fairly active with issues like American Telephone Dupont Consolidated Gas and General Motors up fractionally to around a point.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
American Telephone
Dupont
Consolidated Gas
General Motors
Arrest Report Disputed by East Beckley Store Owner
The Register retracted a story about the arrest of Steve Craft, a Black man, claiming he was picked up near Councilman Luca Thompson’s East Beckley drug store. Thompson said Craft was arrested on the street nearby and denied any incident at his store.
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Steve Craft
East Beckley
Luca Thompson
Bank teller Shumate named in twelve indictments by Raleigh grand jury
Ben J. Shumate former teller at the Bank of Raleigh was charged by the Raleigh county grand jury with twelve indictments including four embezzlements four forgery indictments and four falsifying of accounts related to savings transactions totaling 1242. He fled the bank on March 13 was arrested March 14 near Hinton and released on 10000 bond awaiting criminal court action.
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Ben J. Shumate
Bank of Raleigh
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Shumate
Hinton
Summers County
Guffey Measure Inched Into Roosevelt's Must List
Washington report says President Roosevelt added the Guffey coal stabilization bill to his must act list. Senator Guffey declines comment while negotiating bill changes with lawyers after NRA ruling. Supporters doubt a broader strike can be averted without passage. Legislative leaders note the endorsement boosts odds of passage.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court N. R. A
Farm Credit Measure Signed By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt signed the farm credit act of 1935 and officials hailed it as opening a path for many tenants to buy their own farms. After approval the act extended and modified Farm Credit Administration loan provisions and Governor William Myers announced reductions in loan interest rates.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
William Myers
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U. S
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Negro Hart
Weyerhaeuser
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Allen
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Harry Campbell
William Weaver
Foster
Harper Road Road
Wyoming
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