Birthday Party for Carl Walker at Raleigh Road Home
Mrs. W. H. Walker hosted a birthday party for her son Carl at their Raleigh Road home. Guests included Beulah Pendleton Dorothy Holmes Pauline Pendleton Phyllis Maddox June Maddox Mabel Lilly Leonard Lilly Fay Hatcher Hazeline Harvey Carlos Plumley Nena Plumley James Hunter Eugene Hunter Edward Hatcher and Carl Walker. Several local residents later visited relatives in Charleston and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Walker
New
Raleigh Road
Carl
Beulah Pendleton
Dorothy Holmes
Pauline Pendleton
Phyllis Maddox
June Maddox
Mabel Lilly
Leonard Lilly
Fay Hatcher
Hazeline Harvey
Carlos Plumley
Nena Plumley
James Hunter
Eugene Hunter
Edward Hatcher
Carl Walker
Girl Scouts Plan Swimming Party
The Girl Scout troop sponsored by Miss Lucille Williams will hold a swimming party and outing Tuesday afternoon at Scoutdale pool followed by a basket supper. Members should call Miss Williams and meet promptly at two oclock Tuesday at the Memorial building to travel to Scoutdale together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Williams
Scoutdale Pool
Miss Williams
Memorial Building
Scoutdale
Personal Notices of Travel and Visit Highlights
Local notices show E M Payne traveling to Blacksburg for VPI finals with C K Payne while Doris Caffee and Mrs Roy D Millican head to Lexington for summer term at the University of Kentucky. Other residents attend school events and host gatherings, with several Bermuda and Porto Rico visitors noted among Beckley relatives and local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Payne
Blacksburg
C. K. Payne
Charleston
Doris Caffee
Roy D. Millican
Lexington
University of Kentucky
H. L. Clay
H. C. Porter
Barboursville
Morris Harvey College
A. Ray Fink
Clinton Daley
Phil Nichols
A. L. Borker
George W. Bright
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Beverly Watts
Frances Crawford
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Luther Fink
H. B. Porterfield
Wanda Bush
Mullens
Carl Tishler
Ward
Cleveland
Ohio
Beckley
Wirt French
Billy
E. M. Payne Jr
Bermuda
Enrollment of Coal Firms in Area Shows Fifteen Companies
A list details enrollments from Lambert Arnold Everett Gay lor M G Vargo A B Hawks L D McNulty and Thomas Garges to major operators including Koppers Coal and Transportation Crab Orchard Findley Coal Clarence Culliss McKell Coal Fred Ohlinger C O Carman Killarney Smokeless Ash Tolliver Chester Setliff H S Lilly Gaston Coal Alda Adams R B Cook Price Hill Col feries James Dove Joe Burren Leckie Fire Creek Leckie Star Coal New River Pocahontas and Solidated Coal A H Miller Louis Gonzales and others. Fifteen operating companies are represented in the enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Coal Company
Alda Adams
R. B. Cook
Price Hill Collieries Company
James Dove
Joe Burren
Leckie Fire Creek Coal Company
W. M. Richardson
C. R. Blevins
Lillybrook Coal Company
W. O. Epling
B. I. Grose
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Charles Gillespie
H. S. Basham
Star Coal and Coke Company
M. L
Trials Lie Ahead in City Court Proceedings
Three convicted Liams objected to the jury verdict. A motion to overrule will be argued on June 15. This afternoon Ruby Richardson, colored, faced trial on carrying a butcher knife. Misdemeanor trials likely conclude tomorrow and the criminal court will adjourn until next Monday. Circuit court trials continue through the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liams
Ruby Richardson
Shrine Meeting Opens During Nation's 61st Shrine Convention
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine filled Washington for the 61st annual convention with bands and glittering costumes. A rain-soaked Saturday moved outdoor services indoors to Washington Heights Church where Rev. John C. Palmer delivered the sermon. The Bangor Maine Anah Temple led the first delegation with 100 musicians and patrolmen arriving at 6:50 a.m. and joining the procession on the Capitol plaza. New units arrived all day, marching up Pennsylvania Avenue to trumpet bursts and colorful crowds on the capital streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
D. C
Mystic Shrine
Temple Heights
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
John C. Palmer
Almas Temple
Anah Temple
Bangor
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mechanical Institute Tours West Virginia Mines Machinery
A visiting delegation from the Pocahontas and Tug River Electrical and Mechanical Institute along with Kanawha Mining Institute and New River and Winding Gulf Institute executives toured Jeffrey plant and Philo plant of Ohio Power Company. They viewed mining machinery, foundry divisions, and engineering layouts while a banquet closed the Columbus visit with speeches from industry officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Samuel Cooper
Pocahontas and
Tug River Electrical and Mechanical Institute
W. C. Porter
Powhatan
Kanawha Mining Institute
Cc. O. Gallaher
New River and Winding Gulf Institute
Jeffrey
West Virginia
National Electric Coil Company
Will Present 'The Continental' Recital by Beckley Studio Dancers
Beckley dance lovers await the fourth annual recital by the Elizabeth Studios of Dance Arts pupils. About 75 top dancers will perform in themed numbers. The program opens with a ballet Springtime, then younger students present The Bookshelf with characters from Peter Pan Grimm's Fairy Tales Alice in Wonderland and Mother Goose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Elizabeth Studios of Dance Arts
West Virginia visitors served dinner before bus trip home
J. H. Collins of Beckley on the local institute executive committee and E. H. McFarland of Philo with Spurrier arranged a dinner at the Power company clubhouse for visitors. The meal was served before the West Virginia group began their bus and automobile trip home through Marietta and Parkersburg, about 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tric Power Company
J. H. Collins
Beckley
E. H. McFarland
Philo
Spurrier
West Virginia
Marietta
Parkersburg
Constitution Is Republican Cry at Grass Roots Conference
Springfield, June 10. Frank O. Lowden, former Illinois governor, urged mid western Republicans at the Grass Roots conference to fight to preserve the constitution. He warned that essentials of government are challenged by proposed amendments and called the present crisis the greatest since the Civil War, stressing preservation of the constitution as the supreme issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Grass Roots
Illinois State Fair
Lowden
Republican Party
Death Penalty Demanded in Washington Kidnapping Case
Pierce County Prosecutor Harry H. Johnston announced the death penalty will be requested under state law regardless of defendants' sex. The trial is slated for September in Tacoma with no plea deal. J. Edgar Hoover’s G men lead the case, listing Mahan among top public enemies alongside Karpis and Robison Jr. in the Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll kidnapping affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Johnston
Pierce County
Tacoma
Washington
Johnston
G” Men
J. Edgar Hoover
Mahan
Alvin Karpis
Bremer
Thomas H. Robison Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Louis
Kidnap Plot Suspects Sought Across West After Confession
Salt Lake City police said a confession by Waley and his wife, obtained with help from the department of justice, implicated them and Mahan in the entire kidnapping plot. Despite initial police statements, search for other mob members continued across the western states.
Cab Drivers in Capital Strike Sparks Convention Tension
Washington dispatch notes a taxi strike by Diamond Cab and Consolidated Cab drivers amid a Shriners convention influx. Premier cabs joined the shutdown, with police reporting drivers and sympathizers pressuring others to stop work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
National Convention of Shriners
Diamond Cab Company
Gyp
Maynarich Funeral For 59 Year Old Eccles Man
John Maynarich 59 of Eccles will be buried tomorrow at 2 PM at Mt. Tabor cemetery after dying suddenly in a lunch stand near Eccles yesterday at about 11 AM. He is survived by his wife Mary a son and three daughters all residents of Yugoslavia. Keyser Funeral Home handles arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maynarich
Eccles
Mt. Tabor
Mary
Yugoslavia
Keyser Funeral Home
Coughlin ends broadcasts urging liberalized commerce rules
Detroit June 10 The Rev Charles E Coughlin closed a run of weekly radio talks with a call for liberalization of laws allowing government regulation of interstate commerce and for passage of the Wheeler Rayburn public utilities bill. English men found work more easily than English women last year 126500 men and 8300 women secured jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Wheeler-Rayburn
Commencement at West Virginia University Led by Bishop Strider
The 68th annual commencement at West Virginia University opened with the baccalaureate sermon by Bishop R. E. L. Strider of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of West Virginia. He urged moral growth alongside intellect and warned education may be too easy today. Alumni officers were elected at the morning meeting, and Dr. William Hutchins of Berea College will address graduates Thursday. A luncheon and baseball game followed, with a ball planned for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia University
R. E. L. Strider
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
West Virginia
Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
W. Va
William Hutchins
Berea College
Berea
Thacker in fatal shooting near Egeria school house
Witnesses say Thacker shot Winston without warning after a dispute over chickens. Deputies found Thacker’s car abandoned a mile from the school house. funeral services for Winston were held at the Egeria school house with burial under Keyser Funeral Home. Winston is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs William Winston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard George
L. A. Green
Thacker
Winston
Egeria
C. C. Lewis
Keyser Funeral Home
William Winston
Young Farmers Can Preserve Plant at Inwood
The Farm to Store organization contracted with young farmers to take most produced goods and run a canning plant at Inwood. It has produced 4,800 cans of vegetables using 28 employees last year. This year sauerkraut and pumpkin will join the line. G O Mullan of Martinsburg High School aided the venture with adult farmers to create a market for surplus vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganization
Inwood
G. O. Mullan
Martinsburg High School
YFLA
Peace hopeful as Chaco war nears end
Buenos Aires reports a peace plan from neutral mediators submitted to Paraguay and Bolivia. Paraguay immediately accepted the plan with Bolivia expected to follow. Despite talks, fighting persisted along the Wilderness front with Paraguay claiming a major victory in the Ingavi sector and Bolivia reporting heavy losses for Paraguayans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Chaco
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gunman fires into crowd at Glen Rogers game
Witnesses say Dalton fought a white man at the game leaving with facial cuts. About fifteen minutes later the assailant returned with a pistol strapped to his arm and fired into about 200 spectators before fleeing in a car. Police followed leads from frightened witnesses to Fireco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brammer
Harris
Fireco
Crash Fatal To Huntington Man
Gallipolis Ohio June 10 W Evans 36 of Huntington West Virginia died today in a hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile crash last night Mrs Evans fractured back and the two Evans children were slightly hurt Evans formerly lived in Williamson West Virginia and was involved in an alleged kidnapping case last fall he told officers he was kidnapped beaten and robbed by two men taken to Prestonburg Kentucky and released two days later arrests were made but none charged
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gallipolis
Ohio
W. A. Evans
Huntington
W. Va
Johnson Found Dead. Coroner Cites Unknown Cause
Johnson was seen alive on May 31 and his body was found Friday afternoon by Jess Hodge of Glen White. The corpse lay about forty feet from the road in brush, and a coroner's jury empaneled by Squire Zach A. Petty ruled death from an unknown cause. Funeral services are planned at Warden Cemetery in Stanford this afternoon. Burial will follow under Foster undertakers' direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Jess Hodge
Glen White
Zach A. Petty
Warden
Stanford
Foster Undertakers
Snake Bite Leaves Man In Serious Condition
G. W. Meadows, 51, of East Beckley and a C. W. A. worker, was bitten last night on a mine incline railway near Whitesville. He sought medical care for his swollen arm and hand. Darkness prevented identification of the snake. Doctors say the condition is not serious but the arm is bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Meadows
East Beckley
C. W
Whitesville
W. W. Hume
Health Office
Meadows
Swedish therapist Selen gravely ill with pneumonia
C B Selen, 26, a hydro and physio therapist at Beckley hospital for two years, is critically ill with pneumonia. He came to the United States from Sweden and has many Beckley friends who regret his serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Selen
Beckley Hospital
United States
Sweden
Beckley
Undefined shooting incident leads to jail charge
Morning paper reports Dalton was arrested at his home and charged with shooting with intent to kill at the jail, detailing the preliminary steps in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton
Brain Wash Yields Paralysis Cure in Monkey Study
A startling experiment injected a paralysis virus into monkeys brains. The most virulent dose usually caused paralysis and death, yet six monkeys treated with a brain wash recovered fully and showed no paralysis. The method, though, required extensive washing to succeed.
Mr and Mrs Kyle Willis Weekend Visit in Pulaski Va
Mr and Mrs Kyle Willis spent the weekend in Pulaski Virginia enjoying a quiet escape from daily routines and sightseeing around local landmarks and restaurants during their seaside road trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Kyle Willis
Pulaski, Va
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Cunard
J. A. Cunningham
Martha
Livia Corte
Antoinette
August
Freddie
Felia Corte
Edinsburg
Modesta Vecellio
Vecellio
Jimmy Burdette
Ronceverte
Mary Elizabeth Maxwell
Cheat River
Carrie Scarbrough
Cincinnati
Charles Burgendahl
Mount Hope
F. F. Light
Lovell Higgins
Boyd Riggs
Jacksons’ Mill
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Charles Higgins
Curtis Johnson
Ray Smith
Roanoke
C. R. Simms
Raleigh General Hospital
Carl Price
Virginia Merrell
White Sulphur Springs
Grady Stone
Bluefield
Lloyd Stone
Woodlawn Avenue
Clara Meadows
Tommy
Louise
Princeton
Leslie Carter
Athens
Concord College
S. H. Summers
Kathleen
Sylvia Bolen
John Bolen
Odd
C. M. Higgins
Charles
J. W. Watkins
Clarence Higgins
V. P. I. Blacksburg
Girl Scouts
Paul Kelly
Gene Lockhart
Ralph Morgan
Leslie Fenton
Farrell MacDonald
Beauty Services
Vera - Rose Beauty Shop
Woolworth
Mechanical Institute
Jeffrey Company
J. A. Jeffrey
Ohio Power Company
Muskingum River
Zanesville
C. L. Spurrier
Cabin Creek
Appalachian Electric Power Company
American Gas and Electric Company
Muskingum
Beckley Territory
Appalachian
Canton
Timken Roller Bearing
Republic Steel Corporation
Indiana
Appalachian Elec
Hallie Louise Stine
Douglas Dotson
Elizabeth Embleton
Elizabeth Studio
Maynarich
Coughlin
Strider
Selen
BARI
Barium Reduction Corp., So
Raleigh Hardware Co., Inc
Siatuimeny
Commercial Printing Department
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Leee
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