Johnson Death Under Investigation After Autopsy
Lonnie H. Johnson, 34, relief worker, found near Mabscott with two head wounds. Doctors W W Hume and D L Hill performed an autopsy at Foster Undertaking. wounds on frontal bone above left eye and left temple noted but no skull fracture. Death not confirmed. investigators to scrutinize movements on day last seen. poker game rumored. further details on page 3.
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Lonnie H. Johnson
W. W. Hume
D. L. Hill
Foster Undertaking Establishment
Mabscott
Johnson
Piney Road
Hume
Hill
Hollywood
B. F. McLaughlin
Two Mail Sacks Stolen In State
Two mail sacks vanished today from a truck between Moundsville and Mc Keefrey. One sack held the McKeefrey Coal payroll of 1200 dollars for miners, while the other contained first class mail. Driver James E Fox reported the loss upon reaching McKeefrey. police opened an investigation and suspect theft from the truck's rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moundsville
McKeefrey
McKeefrey Coal Company
James E. Fox
Bullets Stop Baseball Game at Whitby
A fusillade of pistol shots fired into a crowd at a Whitby baseball game yesterday afternoon led to the arrest of Willie Dalton of Fireco. Sheriff deputies Brammer and Harris detained him early today. no injuries were reported and initial reports of a shooting incident were not substantiated by local doctors or officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitby
Willie Dalton
Fireco
H. E. Brammer
O. B. Harris
Brammer
Whitby Company
Bertie West In Toils For Beating Up Woman
Bertie West was arrested again yesterday for maiming after allegedly beating his housekeeper Minnie Holsteine at their Sprague home. Neighbors brought him to jail following Minnie's cries for help.
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Bertie West
Bertie
Minnie Holsteine
Sprague
Minnie
Brain Wash New Treatment For Mental Trouble
Atlantic City June 10 A brain wash demonstrated at a medical exposition claims to straighten severe deformities caused by brain infections. The plain salt water wash is injected into a vein while spinal fluid is drawn, purportedly washing inflamed brain areas. Six Syracuse cases of infantile paralysis show full recovery when treated early, with one death after paralysis began.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
Ford Hospital
St. Vitus
George M. Retan
M. D
Syracuse University College of Medicine
Syracuse
Rumania Crisis After Radio Attack on Government
In Bucharest on June 10 a political crisis gripped Rumania after a radio address by Gabriel Marimescu, king’s police chief, accusing the regency and previous governments of chaos. He claimed Romania faced communist outrages and Bolshevik incursions before Carol’s return, heightening tensions over the king’s restoration anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bucharest
Rumania
Carol
Gabriel Marimescu
Romania
Marinnescu
Leaders push NRA extension amid coal crisis risk
Washington reports Democratic leaders seek rapid action on a stopgap NRA extension to avoid automatic repeal of the recovery law next Sunday. The looming soft coal strike adds urgency as 450,000 miners face job disruption unless a wage and hours agreement replaces the expiring terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Disorder Marks Gang Funerals in Boston Rain
Milen-Faber gang members were buried after executions on Friday as hundreds watched through heavy rain. Police contained scuffles at cemeteries while mourners at both Faber and Millen burials faced onlookers. Faber, a college graduate, led to four killings. 25 mourners attended his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Boston
Millens-Faber
Millen
Abraham Faber
Faber
Harry
Two Men Arrested for Fishing Without License
Game Protector O. B. Harris arrested Jodie Pegram and Moses Joseph at Jonben this morning for fishing Sullivan branch without a license. Harris encountered the pair while they were fishing the waters of the branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jodie Pegram
Moses Joseph
Jonben
O. B. Harris
Harris
Sullivan Branch
Pitts Refused Baseball Post
Albany N Y June 10 Edwin C Pitts the Alabama lad who made Sing Sing famous on athletic fields was ruled ineligible to play baseball in the minor leagues because he is an ex convict The decision was made by the executive committee of the National Association of Minor Leagues The committee upheld the opinion of C C Bramham president of the association who ruled recently that Pitts appearance on the field with the Albany club would be detrimental to professional baseball Pitts joined the Albany club at Syracuse last week on his release from Sing Sing where he served five years for robbery but he has not played a game yet The ruling was followed by an nouncement that Governor Herbert H Lehman would be asked to grant the former convict a pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Edwin C. Pitts
National Association of Minor Leagues
C. C. Bramham
Association
Pitts
Syracuse
Sing Sing
Herbert H. Lehman
Typhoid Immunizations Reported For Raleigh County
Five hundred sixty three school children in Raleigh county were immunized against typhoid fever, 21 against smallpox, and 238 against diphtheria during May. The summary was forwarded by Miss Frances Coleman, secretary to the department of health at Charleston. A meeting of licensed midwives was held with remarks from Dr. W. W. Hume, director, and nurse Beulah Ann Graybeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Frances Coleman
Department of Health
Charleston
W. W. Hume
Beulah Ann Graybeal
Pan-American Clipper Plans Hawaii Flight from Alameda
Alameda June 10 The Pan American Clipper ship will depart about 3 p.m. on its second flight to Hawaii with Midway Island 4000 miles out into the Pacific its final destination. The plane will be manned by the same crew as on its commercial hop six weeks ago. Neither mail nor other cargo will be carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alameda
Cal
Hawaii
Midway Island
Pacific Ocean
Market Prices See Few Changes On Wall Street
In New York on June 10 traders gave only limited attention to stocks. Advances of fractions to about a point appeared for American Can, Santa Fe, Phillip Morris, and Columbian Carbon. Numerous issues were unchanged while Dupont, General Motors, and U S Steel edged down slightly.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
American Can
Santa Fe
Phillip Morris
Columbian Carbon
Dupont
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Fayette Raleigh Young People Union Meeting at Temple
About 150 members from Methodist churches in Raleigh and Fayette counties will attend the Fayette Raleigh Young People union meeting at the Methodist Temple tomorrow evening. Miss Phyllis Christian of Beckley, union president, will preside. A discussion of the Barboursville summer assembly will follow the business session, and each represented group may send delegates to Barboursville. J A Brackman leads a devotional hour after the meeting.
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Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Fayette-Raleigh
Young People’s Union
Methodist Temple
Phyllis Christian
Beckley
Barboursville
J. A. Brackman
Thacker Still Sought By Cops
Jess Thacker, 40, a farmer, is accused of killing Bob Winston, 22, near the Egeria schoolhouse Saturday night. He remains at large as deputies and state police scour the wooded country around Egeria. Winston was shot to death early Saturday night.
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Jess Thacker
Bob Winston
Egeria
Winston
Thackerac
Page
Mechanical Institute Men Entertained In Columbus
About 35 members of the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute returned from Ohio after visiting National Electric Coil, Jeffrey Manufacturing in Columbus, and philo plant of Ohio Power on the Muskingum river. They attended a banquet at Fort Hays hotel and explored Port Columbus airport where a 14 passenger Douglas transport plane was inspected. West Virginia visitors flew aboard for the first time. C. O. Gallaher of Beckley called the trip worthwhile.
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New River
Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Ohio
National Electric Coil Company
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Fort Hays Hotel
Philo
Ohio Power Company
Muskingum River
National Coil
Jeffrey
Port Columbus
West Virginia
Injuries Fatal To Tams Miner
Andrew Saltesz a 55 year old miner from Tams died in a local hospital from a pneumonic condition believed linked to a workplace injury sustained May 16. He is survived by two sons and two daughters, and will be buried at Wildwood Cemetery Beckley after services at the Tams Catholic Church.
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Andrew Saltesz
Tams
Rose Funeral Home
Europe
Saltesz
Chester Blevins
E. L. Hudnall
East Beckley
Joe
Steve Saltesz
Helen
George Saltesz
Michigan
Andrew Nagy
Julia Roday
Cleveland
Tams Catholic Church
Wildwood
Beckley
Farm To Store Plan In Effect
West Virginia farmers in Berkeley County push a farm to store sales plan as a new road to economic independence. Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin notes a young farmers organization operating on a large scale in Martinsburg area with produce including tomatoes corn beans and other crops reaching Home Service Stores.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Berkeley County
J. B. McLaughlin
Panhandle
West Virginia
Young Farmers
Martinsburg
Three Convicted On Minor Counts In Criminal Court
Three men were found guilty on misdemeanor charges today two on pleas and one by a jury. Julian Williams of MacAlpin was found guilty of a parental charge regarding an allegedly illegitimate child. Peters pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer and Bailey admitted to driving drunk. Judge Kilgore deferred sentence to June 29.
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Julian Williams
MacAlpin
John Peters
Ellis Bailey
Kilgore
C. R. Harless
Wil
Death Penalty Will Be Asked For Kidnap Gang
Announcement that the death penalty would be demanded for the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapers came as a major manhunt expanded across the West. Harmon Waley and his wife were to be arraigned in Salt Lake City and flown to the Northwest, with federal agents linking them to the ransom scheme and to William Mahan, a principal suspect, as authorities pressed a nationwide pursuit.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Weyerhaeuser
West
William Mahan
Tacoma
Department of Justice
Harmon M. Waley
Northwest
Waley
Mahan
Idaho
Montana
Butte
Two Government Horses Stolen from Welfare Barns
Two black mares weighing 1200 to 1400 pounds each were stolen from the welfare department barns on the Harvey Cook property on Harper road. A dual wheel truck was used to remove them, and the theft was discovered when an assistant found empty stalls while feeding nineteen other relief bureau horses. A truck was backed up to the barn, and the animals were to be distributed to relief recipients for farm work.
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Welfare Department
Harvey Cook
Harper Road
D. O. Totten
Relief Bureau
Virginian Tracks Blocked by Massive Slide Near Princeton
A large earth slide has blocked the Virginian railroad a short distance beyond Princeton. Freight traffic is rerouted via Norfolk and Western toward Roanoke, and passengers are being moved past the obstruction. Crews report ongoing debris flow and little progress in clearing the track this afternoon.
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Princeton
Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Escaped Prisoner In Indiana Shot To Death
A five hour posse chase ends when Melvin McDowell who escaped from Hillsboro jail Illinois May 30 is shot dead in Indiana. His companion Carl Leetham is captured shortly after midnight in Portland.
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Indiana
Associated Press
Portland
Ind
Melvin McDowell
Hillsboro
Ill
Carl Leetham
Sam Ragle Dies After Mine Accident at Price Hill
Sam Ragle, 56, died at 1:30 this morning in a local hospital after a minor head injury at the Price Hill mines ten days earlier that led to a cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by wife Mrs Sam Ragle and a large extended family, funeral services by Rev Lowell Lilly are planned at Price Hill tomorrow with Coffee Undertakers in charge. burial details pending.
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Sam Ragle
Price Hill
Knoxville
Tenn
Sherman Ragle
Nariva
Fred Ragle
Glen White
Elmer Ragle
Lester
Paul Ragle
Clifford Ragle
Charlie Ragle
A. G. Nichols
Sophia
Mike Lonker
Beckley
Donald Wilbur
Pauline
Mary Ragle
Lowell Lilly
Coffee Undertakers
Wilson Arrested For Sharp-Object Incident
J D Wilson, an East Beckley resident, was arrested by city police this morning and charged with maiming after a week old incident involving a sharp object. One victim, described as Black, was only slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Wilson
East Beckley
Weather Outlook: Showers Tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Tuesday with a slight warm trend overnight. Patchy rain possible in the region as temperatures edge up modestly.
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Home
Negro
Carroll
Washington
Charles O'Neill
Bituminous Coal Producers Legislative Committee
United Mine Workers
Guffey
New York
John Kaul
John
Anna Kaul
Alabama Lad
Clipper Ship
New Hawaiian Flight
Thacker
Mechanical Institute
C. O. Gallaher
Berkeley
Beckley Junior High
D. L. McElroy
W. H. Steen
Logan
G. R. Spindler
Weyerhaeuser
Wilson
L. A. Mauck
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