Mine School Enrollment On Saturday Beckley Summer Class Opens
Enrollment for the Beckley mining school opens Saturday with A H Smith and D L McElroy stating enrollment permitted tomorrow. Four instructors have arrived: J L McElroy Morgantown W B Talfiot Bramwell Hobart Watson Mt Hope and A H Smith Beckley. The program begins Monday June 15 at Beckley Junior High School to certify and improve miners as slack mine conditions drive attendance.
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Beckley
A. H. Smith
D. L. McElroy
J. L. McElroy
Morgantown
W B. Talfiot
Bramwell
Hobart
Attendance Improves In West Virginia Schools
L. T. Tustin state supervisor of rural schools reports that elementary pupils in West Virginia are attending better, noting improved attendance across schools during the current period. The report from Charleston dated June 12 reflects rising participation.
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The
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
L. T. Tustin
Attendance audit highlights rural West Virginia gaps
Brooke county leads with 98.2 percent attendance among 7 to 13 year olds while Boone trails at 83.4 percent. The report tallies 268 346 children aged 7 13 62 300 aged 14 15 35 976 aged 16 17 and 20 461 aged 18 20. Tustin pins absences on weather parental health and work at home urging better roads and transportation. He calls for compulsory attendance against persistent parental refusal and notes needs for medical and nutritional interventions.
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Tustin
Brooke County
Boone County
Lewis Asks Hoover To Convene Coal Conference
Washington June 12. John L. Lewis president of the United Mine Workers of America asks President Hoover to convene a coal conference. He calls the crisis in the bituminous coal fields vital and says the conference should be sponsored and aided by the president’s office rather than treated as a department matter.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Hoover
Three Churches Unite For Revival Services
Three Methodist churches Pax Willis Branch and Cirtsville have joined for a union tent revival at Willis Branch led by Rev. W A Gregg of Huntington and song leader Howard Jarrett of Charleston. The meeting began last Wednesday night and runs through the 29th with pastors Rev Fred Oxendale Oak Hill Rev Frank Wiseman Maynor and Rev E L Lowery Eccles.
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Pax Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Willis Branch Methodist Episcopal Church
Cittsville Methodist Episcopal Church
Willis Branch
W. A. Gregg
Huntington
Howard Jarrett
Charleston
Fred Oxendale
Oak Hill
Pax Church
Frank Wiseman
Maynor
E. L. Lowery
Eccles
Cirtsville
Meeting Sought Between Operators and Miners
A joint meeting of operators and coal miners was referred to the labor department for recommendation. Lewis urged the president to convene a session to discuss industry needs and reach a basic understanding. He said miners are degraded to serfdom and that women and children suffer, while operators lack leadership. No comment was available due to Secretary Doak's absence in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
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Labor Department
Lewis
Doak
Harrodsburg
Chinese minister resigns his post in United States
Washington June 12 Chao-chu Wu resigns as China's envoy to the United States over policy differences with the Nanking government He objected to obtaining an export permit for ammunition he feared could be used against Cantonese people in their conflict with Chiang Kai-Shek The move reflects rising Cantonese bitterness toward Nanking leadership.
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Associated Press
Washington
Canton
Nanking
Chao-chu Wu
China
United States
Chiang Kai-Shek
Amelia Earhart Crashes Autogiro Reported
Charleston dispatch says Leo G Smith of the state game fish and forestry commission stated the morning meeting discussed only routine business with no major actions or announcements regarding Amelia Earhart’s autogiro incident.
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Associated Presse
Charleston
Leo G Smith
State Game, Fish, and Forestry Commission
Commission
Evangelistic Committee Members Listed by Group
The evangelistic committee includes A. B. Canterbury Bryant Kidd and George Kelly of Pax Alf Williams and John Kidd of Willis Branch Rev Frank Wiseman Sydney Gillian and G. W. Godby of Dirtsville.
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A. B. Canterbury
Bryant Kidd
George Kelly
Pax
Alf Williams
John Kidd
Willis Branch
Frank Wiseman
Sydney Gillian
G. W. Godby
Dirtsville
Routine Business Faces Commission
Abilene Texas June 12 Mrs Amelia Earheart Putnam escaped injury today when her auto giro crashed from an altitude
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Associated Press
Abilene, Texas
Amelia Earheart Putnam
State Holds Last Hanging in Georgia History
Augusta June 12 Georgia executed its last death by hanging when Arthur Meyers an Augusta negro died on the scaffold for slaying R E Gunn a Georgia railroad detective Meyers indictment preceded a state vote to switch to the electric chair Just before the trap fell a shed roof collapsed sending about a hundred onlookers to the ground with no serious injuries Gunn was killed while attempting to arrest Meyers for riding a locomotive team and source notes the era of gallows justice ended in the state
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Associated Press
Augusta
Georgia
Arthur Meyers
R. E. Gunn
Meyers
Gunn
Plane damaged as she resumes eastward journey from California
About 30 feet from the runway she was taking off from the airport here when the aircraft was damaged considerably as she began her eastward trip from California.
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California
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