Gallaher heads Mine Institute as Thompson quits
C A Gallaher of Stamford was elected president of the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute, succeeding William Thompson of Affinity who resigned due to time constraints amid Smokeless Coal Exposition plans. Thompson remains on the institute’s executive committee. Ballard named to chair Smokeless Coal Exposition arrangements with a committee of Harmon Snead M. Riffe Collins and Crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Gallaher
Stamford
Koppers Coal and Transportation Company
New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Appalachian Electric Power Company
William Thompson
Affinity
Institute
Beckley
Thompson
C. C. Ballard
New River Company
T. C. Harmon
Glen White
Co. C. E
Virgil Snead
Beckley Machine and Electric Company
Harold M. Riffe
Raleigh Register
John H. Collins
C. M. Crews
Stotesbury
Free Speech In Schools Urged By Harold Ickes Speech
Secretary Harold Ickes told Shepherd State Teachers College graduates that free speech is vital in schools and urged teachers to teach that the American system allows changes through constitutional means. He contrasted it with fascism and communism, praising critical comparison and the American way of life. Ninety-one standard diplomas, 21 AB secondary education, and 12 AB elementary education were awarded by President W H S White to the 206 graduates.
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Associated Press
Shepherdstown
Harold Ickes
Shepherd State Teachers College
Ickes
W. H. S. White
Lodge to Meet at Moose Hall Tonight
The degree of Honor Lodge will meet this evening at eight o'clock at the Moose Hall. A full attendance of members is urged.
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Degree of Honor Lodge
Moose Hall
Exhibition And Program Friday At Memorial Building
Visitors to the adult education exhibition in the Memorial building tomorrow evening may wander displays of diverse classes or attend an elaborate auditorium program. Teachers organized to maximize attendance showcase the government funded programs as county leaders call for public judgment on their value. Exhibit material should be delivered to the Memorial building by 10 o clock tomorrow morning for arrangement.
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Memorial Building
Legion Room
T. Allan Gatherum
Ida Vecellio
Frances Calloway
Hallie Brown
East Park
Whitby
Glen White
East Beckley
Institute
Stratton
Sylvia
Fireco
Egeria
Sprague
Skelton
Rose Captured In New Mexico
Fugitive Ralph Rose, missing since January 21 after a jail escape in Raleigh County, is jailed in Silver City New Mexico. Fingerprints traced from a New Mexico city tied him to a drunken disorderly sentence. Escape companions included Mitchell Sortorski Ronald Bryant Paul Nicewonder and Schuck Meadows. Meadows captured. others at large.
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Ralph Rose
Raleigh
Silver City
New Mexico
Rose
Washington
New Mexico City
Beckley
Beeing
Sophia
G. M. Jessup
Mitchell Sortorski
Ronald Bryant
Paul Nicewonder
Schuck Meadows
Sortorski
Meadows
Chief Of Patent Group Indicted In DC Case
Washington June 6 Colonel Joseph L McMullen chief of the patents section of the army judge advocate general office was indicted today by a District of Columbia grand jury on charges of accepting fees from a firm lobbying against a tax bill He was accused of taking a 1500 retainer on July 6 1932 from the Cuban American Manganese Corporation for opposing a proposed excise tax on manganese imports He faced a second count alleging a 250 payment on January 3 1933 from the same firm as monthly compensation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Joseph L. McMullen
Army Judge Advocate General's Office
District of Columbia Grand
Secretary of War
Cuban American
Manganese Corporation
Five Prisoners Make Get-a-Way
Five men escaped from the Springfield city jail last night by sawing cell bars and lowering from the roof on clothing ropes. The escape was found within 30 minutes but not released publicly for over two hours as police sought the missing men. Among those missing were Emil Barker and Roy Eschel bach of St. Louis awaiting transfer to Seattle on bank robbery charges after acquittal on jewelry store robbery. Nolan Duck of Decatur on federal narcotics charges. Louis Renfro cited for Dyer act violations. and Herbert Beaton on weapons charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Emil Barker
Roy Eschelbach
St. Louis
Seattle
Wash
Nolan Duck
Decatur, Ill
Louis Renfro
Herbert Beaton
Woman Injured At Charleston In Jump From Fire
A young woman leaped from a burning apartment building in Kanawha City Charleston injuring herself severely. Helen Bracken 19 sustained broken ankle wrist hip and possible internal injuries. Her roommate Fanella Bayes 20 tried to jump but was stopped and rescued by police after a ladder assist. Damage to the building was not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Helen Bracken
Fanella Bayes
Kanawha City
Criminal Court Trial Dates Set for Next Cases
County officials set trial dates for prisoners in custody and several on bond as they map the schedule for the coming criminal court term. Misdemeanor and appeal cases are to be heard Monday under Judge H. M. Kilgore, with adjournment to June 17 for circuit court trials to finish. The session, held in the county courtroom, proceeds as a circuit court trial occurs elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Kilgore
Koertge Resigns Beckley Junior High Post
E W Koertge longtime Beckley Junior High manual training instructor resigns after seven years and plans to join Palestine Illinois High School as manual training and biology instructor next year. He travels to Terre Haute summer school. wife and son Glenn relocate to Olney Illinois. He cites desire to be closer to home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Koertge
Beckley Junior High School
Terre Haute
Ind
Koertge
Palestine, Ilinois
Viscount Byng of Vimy Dies in London at 72
Viscount Byng of Vimy veteran of Vimy Ridge and former Governor General of Canada died at his London home after an operation. The wartime hero and peace-time reformer of metropolitan police left Lord Allenby as the last surviving outstanding British World War leader. He was 72.
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Associated Press
Thorpelsoken
Essex
England
Viscount Byng of
Vimy
London
Metropolitan Police
Vimy Ridge
Canada
Lord Allenby
Coal Shippers Oppose Logan Rate Increases
West Virginia coal shippers met in Huntington to oppose a 25 cent per ton rate increase on Logan field coal shipped to Huntington for river trans shipment. The rise, effective June 24, would reduce river tonnage by about 2,000,000 tons annually, from a 50 cent base plus a 3 cent surcharge, as ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia
Logan Field
J. D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
A. C. Ingersoll
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Chesapeake and Oahio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prices Irregular In Early Market Sales
Prices were moderately irregular in early stock market trades in Wall Street. Most movements were in small fractions. Coca Cola reached another new high with a gain of two and a half points as Consolidated Gas Dupont General Electric General Motors American Smelting and U S Steel showed improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
Coca-Cola
Consolidated Gas
Dupont
General Electric
General Motors
American Smelting
U. S. Steel
New AAA Bill Sent to Congress on Processing Tax
Secretary Wallace sent a new administration bill to Congress to preserve processing taxes on farm products and to align marketing provisions with the Schechter decision. It includes protections against suits to recover taxes and a temporary freeze of taxes through December 31, 1936, while maintaining farm program authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Wallace
AAA
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
Peregoy Named New Lions Head in West Virginia
Peregoy, principal of Woodrow Wilson High School and Beck ley Lions club charter member, elected district governor of the West Virginia Association of Lions clubs at the thirteenth annual convention closing session yesterday. He succeeds William H. Mader of Wheeling. Charleston chosen as 1936 meeting site. Peregoy won over L. D. MacFarland Morgantown Paul Summers Parkersburg and Shirley Morton Summersville. The Bluefield convention concluded yesterday after noon with International President Vincent C. Hascall of Omaha present and C. Guy Musser Clarksburg Mayor W. noted on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cc. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Lions Club
West Virginia Association of Lions Clubs
William H. Mader
Wheeling
Charleston
Peregoy
Beckley Club
L. D. MacFarland
Morgantown
Paul Summers
Parkersburg
Shirley Morton
Summersville
Bluefield
Vincent C. Hascall
Omaha
Nebraska
C. Guy Musser
Clarksburg
Second ransom note recovered in Washington
Discovery of a second ransom bill in Spokane post office renews pursuit of George Weyerhaeuser kidnapers. A man detained at a Seattle hotel is unnamed, with federal investigators probing the new clue as Spokane money order clerk Vernor Beavers confirmed receipt of the note yesterday.
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Bill
George Weyerhaeuser
Spokane
Associated Press
Tacoma
Seattle
Washington
Vernor Beavers
Princeton State Store Is Opened
On June 6 the state liquor store at Princeton opened at 10 a m becoming one of 15 operations under liquor control. Other stores in Martinsburg Charles Town Oak Hill Clarksburg and Weston followed soon with more openings planned.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Princeton
Martinsburg
Charles Town
Oak Hill
Clarksburg
Weston
Liquor Control Commission
Helen Wills Moody Wins St George’s Hill Match
In Weybridge England on June 6 Helen Wills Moody defeated Miss R M Hardwick of England 4 6 7 5 6 3 to reach the semi final round of the St George's Hill tournament. Hardwick is noted as a top young English star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Weybridge
England
Helen Wills Moody
R. M. Hardwick
St. George’s Hill
Miss Hardwick
Steel Industry Continues NRA Agreement In New York
More than 200 iron and steel industry members representing 91 percent of ingot capacity and 90 percent finishing capacity voluntarily agreed to maintain current pay, maximum hours, and fair competition standards under the N R A code. They pledged to protect employees' rights to collective bargaining, with prices not discussed as third quarter quotations were already filed, said Eugene G Grace, president of the institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Iron and Steel Industry
Eugene G. Grace
Institute
General Alexander von Linsingen Dies in Germany
General Alexander von Linsingen, 85, a World War I commander of Germany’s southern army and Berlin garrisons, died in Hanover, Germany. He once urged a Berlin air raid in 1918 but was countermanded, resigned in 1919, and lived in retirement until his death. Born February 10, 1850, in Hildesheim, Hanover.
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Associated Press
Hanover
Germany
Alexander von Linsingen
Berlin
Ministry of War
von Linsingen
Hitler
Hildesheim
Funeral services for Mrs Lily Thomas Friday morning
Funeral services for Mrs Lily Thomas 65 will be held Friday at 11 in Crab Orchard Baptist Church, with Rev O C Sturgill officiating. Burial at Mount Tabor cemetery, Caffee in charge. She died yesterday afternoon at her daughter’s home in Hollywood after three months illness. Survived by daughters Mrs Prince of Hollywood and Mrs Omer Meadows of Princewick, two brothers Monroe Agee and Reed Agee of Floyd Court House VA. Pallbearers listed active and honorary.
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Lily Thomas
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
O. C Sturgill
Mount Tabor
Caffee Undertakers
Thomas
F. O. Prince
Hollywood
Prince
Omer Meadows
Princewick
Monroe Agee
Reed Agee
Floyd Courthouse
Virginia
Buck Reddin
Clyde M. Goodwin
L. E. Burleson
H. L. Dugger
O. B. Harris
E. W. Williams
J. K. Hedges
W. P. Myers
Delbert Aliff
Claude
Leaders Confer With President On New NRA Law
Washington report notes Senate House and administration reps agreed in secret conference on the principles of a stop gap NRA bill. The plan aims to extend voluntary codes until April 1 1936 while considering future changes and potential tax measures under the New Deal. President Roosevelt asked for a study on preserving labor standards via interstate compacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Administration
White House
Roosevelt
Henry Parkman Jr
Massachusetts
New Cabinet To Save The Franc
Paris June 6 Francs face a fresh effort to stabilize the currency as Franc restorer Francois Pietri takes the premiership after Laval. Pietri seeks emergency powers to rally a center and moderate left majority while left wing disorder and capital flight press for drastic budget cuts. Pietri, born Bastia Corsica 53, is a former finance minister and budget chief with a track record in Laval and Daladier cabinets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Francois Pietri
Pierre Laval
France
Laval
Pietri
Pierre-Etienne Flanding
Edouard Herriot
Elysee Palace
Weather outlook showers late tonight into Friday
Beckley yesterday topped 70 degrees with a 40 degree low last night. Tonight should be warmer, followed by slightly cooler conditions Friday as reported by L. A. Mauck.
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Beckley
L. A Mauck
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Mine Institute
Koppers Company
Ballard
Lodge
Rapid City
S. D
Orvil A. Anderson
Albert W. Stevens
Far West
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Illinois
Palestine
Viscount Byna
Lions
Beckley High
Quinwood
Hinton
East Rainelle
Montgomery
Welch
Logan
Steel Industry
NRA
Linsingen
Gen. Linsingen
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