Beckley Man Targeted in Night Rider Plot Bomb Failed
A bomb exploded at Ecorse Michigan home of Voisine former Beckley auto salesman and Detroit native tied to Black Legion threats. Nine men linked to the group confessed plans to kill Voisine, president of Ecorse, on religious grounds. Voisine, his wife and son escaped unharmed.
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Beckley Man
Night Rider
Beckley
Black Legion
Detroit
W. W. Voisine
Ecorse
Denrait
Frederick A. Gulley
Legion
Voisine
Bobby
W. C. Agee
Agee
West Virginia
Charleston
H. N. Meade
Washington
Lawton-Layne Company
Mt. Hope
Scalding Fatal to Fayette Tot
Oak Hill Jame 6 William Lacy Lewis, 2, died in a hospital this afternoon from burns after falling into a tub of scalding water while his mother scrubbed the floor. He was burned over his body except the face. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 p.m. High Lawn cemetery burial. Tyree and Dew in charge. Survived by one sister Mary Josephine.
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Associated Press
Oak Hill
William Lacy Lewis
William Lewis
Lochgelly
Highlawn
Tyree
Dew
Mary Josephine
Negroes Endorse Judge Ward For Re nomination
William Woodys president of the Colored Young Democratic Association of Raleigh county said the organization is unanimous in support of Judge C. M. Ward for re nomination as circuit court judge. A resolution pledging 100 percent backing was passed at Thursday night’s meeting.
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William Woodys
Colored Young Democratic Association
Raleigh County
C. M. Ward
Locomotive Engineers Reject Merger With Firemen
Delegates at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention voted unanimously to refuse amalgamation with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men. Negotiations between the groups had continued from July 1933 to July 1935 before D. R. Robertson, international president of the Firemen and Enginemen, withdrew his committee.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Convention of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
D. R. Robertson
Kanawha Sheriff Chosen State Democratic Chairman
R Carl Andrews named Democratic state chairman at Parkersburg after caucuses and private sessions. He succeeds Robert G Kelly with Holt and Gov Kump praising harmony. New committee picks include Dr Gary Hogg national committeeman, Mrs Douglas Burchinal and Mrs Evelyn Yorke as officers and several at large members.
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Associated Proas
Parkersburgs
W. Va
R. Carl Andrews
Kanawha County
Andrews
D. Homer Stephenson
State Liquor Commission
Robert G. Kelly
Charleston
Homer A. Holt
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Herbert Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Douglas Brown
Rose Buychinal
Fairmont
Russell Newman
Logan
Charles Lively
Weston
Skite
Louis Henderson
West Union
Evelyn Yorke
Morgantown
Kelly
Burchinal
James Z. Terrell
Clarksburg
State Supreme Court
Nell Walker Nominated for House of Delegates in Place of Proctor
Fayetteville June 6 The Fayette County Democratic Executive Committee nominated Nell Walker of Winona for the house of delegates to fill the vacancy caused by Charles Nelson Proctor's death Tuesday. The committee also submitted three names to Governor Kump to designate one to serve Proctor's unexpired term, including Proctor's widow. The others are Mrs. C N Proctor Clifftop and L E Herndon Clifftop and Dr J E B Hughart Landisburg. Early governor action is anticipated as a special session looms.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Democratic Executive Committee
Nell Walker
Winona
House of Delegates
Charles Nelson Proctor
Kump
Proctor
C. N. Proctor
Clifftop
L.E
Lindbergh Suggested for GOP Vice Presidential Nomination
Goodyear president P W Litchfield of Akron Ohio urged Col Charles A Lindbergh as the Republican vice presidential nominee in a Plain Dealer letter. He said Lindbergh's nomination would be as popular and as satisfactory as any possible choice.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
P. W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
the Plain Dealer
Litchfield
Lindbergh
Lone Star State Exposition Opens in Dallas
The Associated Press reports Dallas hosts a $25,000,000 centennial exposition as tens of thousands fill streets and hotels. Boots in ten-gallon hats celebrate the opening and visitors flood the exposition grounds and nearby areas.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Disabled Vets End State Meet in West Virginia
Edward C. Wereley of Pringle Tree chapter No. 51 was chosen commander of the West Virginia department of Disabled American Veterans of the World War at the close of the meeting. New officers include H. C. Perrine Wheeling senior vice commander A. C. Loiseau Parkersburg junior vice commander Edward C. Kratz Wheeling chief of staff R. H. Carter Buckhannon judge advocate Wilbur H. Bruges Buckhannon chaplain Fay F. Baker Clarksburg sergeant at arms and Dr. Charles E. Marshall Parkersburg rehabilitation officer.
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Tres Buckhannon
Edward C. Wereley
Pringle Tree
West Virginia Department of
H. C. Perrine
Wheeling
A. C. Loiseau
Parkersburg
Edward C. Kratz
R. H. Carter
Buckhannon
Wilbur H. Bruge
Car Accident Suffsocaates 16 Year Old Harvey Brigal
Coroner J. M. Faedley ruled the death of 16 year old Harvey E. Brigal asphyxiation after a car toppled and gasoline fumes trapped him beneath the vehicle in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
J. M. Faedley
Harvey E. Brigal
France Rocks in Turmoil From Nation Wide Strike
France faces mass protests as nationwide strike sparks clashes between newspaper pickets, police, and students. Leon Blum's leftist government seeks a swift reform program while enduring a tense vote of confidence in the chamber amid warnings against devaluation and factory seizures.
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France
Associated Press
Paris
Leon ‘Blum
Chamber of Deputies
Blum l
Blum
Peoples’ Front
Moscow
Ide
Marseille
Boy Bitten by Dog Near Tolley Airport
Jean Monico Jr a seven year old tap dancer was bitten above the ankle by a stray dog in the yard of his parents home near Tolley airport yesterday. Raleigh General Hospital doctors reported no rabies indication and no anti rabies serum was given. The boy's father said he shot the animal.
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Jean Monico Jr
Tolley Airport
Raleigh General Hospital
Raging Nature Kills 9 in West
Severe weather including twists floods lightning hail and torrential rain claimed nine lives in Oklahoma and Kansas. Tornadoes struck isolated towns, five people died, one man drowned, and three perished from lightning as property damage mounted across the region.
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Associated Bross
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iti‘ed
Mountain feud ends in three deaths in Kentucky hills
Turner Mounts 23, wounded, tells police of a family gun battle near Barren Shea Pike county Kentucky. The dead are James Mounts 70 and two women relatives Mrs Charley Mounts 60 and Mrs Oscar Mounts 25. Deputy Sheriff Branham arrested Charley Oscar and Monroe Mounts on slaughter charges. A kin dispute preceded the violence as Mounts describes a roadblock shooting as dusk fell.
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W. Va
Turner
Butch” Mounts
Mounts
Barren Shea
Pike County
Ken
Tucky
James D. Mounts
Oscar Mounts
Charley Mounts
G. W. Branham
Monroe Mounts
J. E. Stanley
Pikeville
Turner Mounts
Stanley
James Mounts
Majestic
Charley-Oscar Mounts
Oscar
Mountaineer
Charley
Welch Manhunt Beating Case Leaves Woman In Hospital
Mrs Lucille Van Meter 28 remained incoherent in a Welch hospital after being beaten strangled and left on a residential lawn. Police said no clues were found and state officers traced her history including a marriage in March to S T Goodwine and a Salvation Army affiliation. Her father is in Roanoke Virginia and relatives could not be located.
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Welch
Lucille van Meter
the Register
Welch City
N. T. Siles
Roanoke
Filbert
McDowell
T. Goodwine
Salvation Army
South Fork
Silex
War Meter
Northfork
Seeveral
Unarmed Thief Sentenced After Jury Conviction
Marlinton report states W E Bempsey, 25, Lincoln County CCC camp, receives a six year prison term after a jury convicts him of unarmed robbery. Officials say he grabbed money from a ward deputy.
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Marlinton
W. E. Bempssey
Lincoln County
Enroalice
Morey
Fight spectator struck by bottle in Layland brawl
Henry Ford of Layland suffered a compound fracture of the left collarbone after a beer bottle was thrown during a Layland restaurant fight. Ford, who was watching two men fight, told Beckley hospital attendants he was hit.
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Henry Ford
Layland
Beckley Hospital
Ford
West Virginia Considers State Social Security Plan
A legislative committee recommends abolishing county relief boards and creating a Department of Public Assistance. The plan would place aged blind and dependent children aid under state and federal control, with counties handling general relief and a state fund supplementing local funds. Governor Kump praised the report and eyed a special session around June 15.
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Jene
Charleston
Jimes
Kump
West Virginia
Senate
Charles E. Hadees
John J. Pelter
House
Relief Administration
Pew
Department of Public Assistrance
Department of ‘Public Welfare Woul
Committteemen
Hodges
State Senate
Pelfer
Mathers
Weather outlook for scattered showers and cooler Northwest
Scattered showers Sunday likely ending Monday with considerable cloudiness in the Ohio Valley and Lower Lake region. Rain showers Sunday night or early Monday over much of the forecast district as highs rise Sunday then cooler air follows Sunday night through Monday across the Ohio Valley and northern Atlantic states.
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Lower Lake
Atlantic
Mike
North Atelantic
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