Raleigh County Camp to Protect Timber Land
A CCC camp for Raleigh county is promised after J N Wittenberg explains plans to the chamber of commerce. The site near the Ra leight Lumber company at the Shady and Hinton roads junction hinges on water supply via test well and landowner cooperation across Richmond Shady Spring and Slab Fork districts. The camp would host about 200 men for at least a year to build fire trails and direct access roads, with temporary barracks and related structures to support timber protection efforts.
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CCC
Raleigh County
Beckley
J. N. Wittenberg
State Conservation Commission
Camp Wyoming
Pineville
Shady
Hinton Roads
Raleight Lumber Company
Richmond
Shady Spring
Slab Fork
Wittenberg
Chamber of Commerce
Toledo Edison Workers Strike Briefly Paralyzed
Toledo Edison workers walked out in a second 10 day strike amid pay rise demands. Electrical service remained in Toledo and area for about 400000 people. Picket lines formed at the plant while at Defiance a concurrent walkout occurred. Office workers delayed action pending wage committee talks in New York.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo-Edison Company
Defiance
New York
Stocks Move Higher In Trading Of Today
Investment demand and renewed speculative enthusiasm pushed stocks higher on June 14 in New York trading. After initial profit taking the list advanced, with Sante Fe, Atlantic Refining, Fox Film, Chesapeake and Ohio, Shell Union Oil, Corn Products, Columbia Gas, Dupont, Montgomery Ward, Standard of New Jersey, U S Steel, and Southern Pacific showing notable strength.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
Sante Fe
Atlantic Refining
Fox Film
Chesapeake and Ohio
Shell Union Oil
Corn Products
Columbia Gas
Dupont
Montgomery Ward
Standard of New Jersey
U. S. Steel
Southern Pacific
Braddock to Defend Crown in Madison Square Garden
Jimmie Braddock, the new heavyweight champion, agrees to defend his title at Madison Square Garden against Max Schmeling in summer 1936. James Johnston, head of boxing at the Garden, says Max Baer would get a September bout with Schmeling, setting up a potential return with Braddock if Baer wins.
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Associated Press
New York
Jimmie Braddock
Madison Square Garden
Max Schmeling
James Johnston
Boxing At the Garden
Max Baer
Schmeling
Braddock
Measure Sent To President Roosevelt For Signature
Washington June 14 The house quickly approved senate amendments to extend the N R A to next April 1 and sent the measure to President Roosevelt for his signature. Debate lasted about 40 minutes as Republicans conceded likely defeat and criticized the gag rule and the half dead form of the bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Michener
Michigan
Jenkins
Ohio
New Demand Is Made Upon China
In Tientsin on June 14 Japanese army officers presented a fresh set of demands to Chinese authorities in Chahar province as replacement garrisons begin arriving from the border for Tientsin and Peiping. A Japanese spokesman said peaceful settlement of a Changpei incident hinged on these conditions. The Chahar government was told to halt anti Japanese activities, punish the official who detained Japanese travelers, and issue an apology with a promise of no recurrence.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
China
Chahar Province
Peiping
Changpei
Chahar
Blame Placed on Forecasts for T. W. A. Crash Near Macon
The commerce department blamed bad weather and forecast errors by government and company experts plus faulty ground work for the May 6 T. W. A. crash near Macon Missouri. Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico and four others were killed. The report cited five air service regulation violations and said they will be filed against the company.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Commerce
Macon
U. S
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Aso
Insull Acquitted In Bankruptcy Trial
Federal Judge John C. Knox directed the jury to acquit Samuel Insull, his son Samuel Insull Jr., and Harold L. Stuart in a bankruptcy law violation trial in Chicago. Insull Jr. smiled and said he is happy and through after the verdict.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John C. Knox
Samuel Insull
Samuel Insull Jr
Harold L. Stuart
Insull Jr
Mrs Thomas dies after operation in Richmond hospital
Mrs Marguerite Thomas aged 36 died last night in a Richmond Virginia hospital after going there May 1 from Pinecrest Sanitarium for tuberculosis relief. The Latrobe Pennsylvania native is the daughter in law of Mr and Mrs R R Thomas of Oak Hill. Admitted to Pinecrest March 12 1930 she died following an operation. Burial will be in Latrobe with arrangements not yet perfected. She leaves two children Frank and Mary Elizabeth.
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Marguerite Thomas
Richmond
Pinecrest
Labrobe
R. R. Thomas
Oak Hill
Latrobe
Frank
Mary Elizabeth
Mandy and Vergie Rakes Returned To Jail
Mandy and Vergie Rakes who escaped the county jail on May 15 were captured and sent back to jail by Conservator A. E. Taylor at Allen Junction. They had served 42 days of a 12 month sentence for operating a house of ill fame in Pemberton.
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Mandy
Vergie Rakes
A. E. Taylor
Allen Junction
Pemberton
Suit Over Will Is Nearing End
Judge Ward adjourned court for lunch as Catherine Meadows heirat law sues G. C. Hedrick executor and others. Trial entered fourth day with plaintiff's evidence done and defense rebuttal under way. Undue persuasion to alter the will, leaving $22 000 to Mary Ann Penrod Augustus Shrewsbury and a niece, is debated.
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Ward
Catherine Meadows
G. C. Hedrick
Mary Ann Penrod
Ohio
Augustus Shrewsbury
Meadows
Hedrick
Shrewsbury
Penrod
Daily Vacation Bible School Ends With Field Day Picnic
Beckley Junior High hosted the Methodist Temple Daily Vacation Bible School field day and picnic as the session closed. Enrollments reached 200, 90 more than last year’s 110, with exhibits of scrapbooks and crafts Sunday morning. A gift to Miss Laura Pierson highlighted today’s session, and special exercises by the junior choir and a Miss Nannie Ellen Gadd led playlets.
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Methodist Temple Daily Vacation Bible School
Beckley
Japan
Laura Pierson
Daily Vacation Bible School
Nannie Ellen Gadd
Elsie Beasley
Jean Givens
Thelma Burt
Margaret Williams
Helen Foote
Edith Truman
Virginia Cooper
Cada James
June Winston
Martha Givens
Rosemary Williams
Stafford Clay
Walter Ellison
Julius Boggs
H. M. Swope
Margaret Asher
Tommy's Creek man killed by father-in-law in rural shooting
Will Blevins 54 of Tommy's Creek is jailed for murder after fatally shooting his son-in-law Charley Overstreet 30 on a road near Blevins home. Overstreet died an hour after the attack. Blevins claims self defense saying Overstreet planned to kill him. Constable Dillon reported a long rifle found near Overstreet.
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Will Blevins
Charley Overstreet
Tommy’s Creek
Blevins
Overstreet
S. L. Dillon
Dillon
Hurl Bricks In Oklahoma Town
The Associated Press report details a tense scene on the L and Q tram lines where bricks were thrown at trams last night. One tram employee, A. M. Steel from Council Bluffs Iowa, was badly cut on the face and hospitalized as police maintained patrols amid a largely spectator crowd with no further clashes reported.
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Associated P
Omaha
A. M. Steel
Council Bluffs
France Defaults In Paying War Debts To US
France again defaults on its debt payment to the United States and hopes negotiations for settlement will be justified soon. Premier Pierre Laval’s note of default was approved by the council of ministers and cabled to Washington for delivery to the state department. The note thanks the United States for suggesting France submit a payment proposal.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
United States
Pierre Laval
Council of Ministers
Washington
State Department
Cox Surrenders After Short Escape From Jail
Bill Cox of Pemberton turned himself in at the county jail today after a brief vacation that began when he walked away from the jail where he was employed as a kitchen trusty. He was serving a term for carrying a pistol, it was reported.
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Bill Cox
Pemberton
Cox
Police Expand Hunt After New Tip In Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping
Tacoma dispatch reports a fresh lead shifting the pursuit toward Livingston Montana as agents pursue William Mahan in the $200000 ge host kidnapping case. Authorities note connections to Alvin Karpic and Thomas Robinson Jr and recoveries include the Waleys in Olympia jail.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Lancaster Physician Sentenced for Illegal Surgeries at Haunted Farm
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on June 14, 67 year old Harry C Zimmerly of Mechanics Grove received seven and a half to fifteen years in prison for performing illegal operations at his haunted farm. He was convicted of an operation said to cause the death of Mrs Gladys Lawson of Calvert Maryland and pleaded guilty to a similar operation on Miss Elsie Miller of Rising Sun Maryland.
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Associated Press
Lancaster
Harry C. Zimmerly
Mechanics Grove
Gladys Lawson
Calvert
Elsie Miller
Rising Sun
Reinsdorf Blast Toll Grows as Munitions Plant Hit
In Reinsdorf Germany on June 14 Nazis dug through ruins of a shattered munitions works to recover bodies, with official death 52 and injuries 75 serious 300 minor, though unofficial tallies reached as high as 1000. Evacuation orders sent survivors away as fire rekindled destruction and strict censorship kept details under wraps. Rescue and rehabilitation efforts were led by Nazi authorities and various forces.
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Associated Press
Reinsdorf
Germany
G Men To Enter Killing Probe
Washington Pa June 14 The governments crack G Men were asked to join the hunt for the slayer of Dorothy Horne 19 Beaten and shot through the head her body found over a rural fence near a road Officials say Ray Kunselman 35 oil worker missing since dawn suspected of involvement with the young woman Kunselman and Horne reportedly visited beer taverns Wednesday night Federal officers will cooperate but take no active part yet under a federal law they may assist cases of persons fleeing a state from prosecution or testimony
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Associated Press
Washington
Dorothy Horne
Warren A. Burchinal
Ray Kunselman
Eva Horne
Horne
Kunselman
Walter Jacobs
Jacobs
Pickuses Sue Fink For Alleged Over-Payment
A suit for $1,500 against L. J. Fink was filed this morning by attorney K. D. Bowers for Louis Pickus and Sarah Pickus. The claim alleges an overpayment of $1,500 by Pickus to Fink.
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Pickuses
Fink
L. J. Fink
K. D. Bowers
Louis Pickus
Sarah Pickus
Pickus
Roosevelt asks coal strike pause to July one
President Roosevelt urged delaying the threatened bituminous coal strike until July 1. John L. Lewis and leaders of the United Mine Workers and operators agreed to recommend the pause to labor conferences, tying the move to the Guffey coal stabilization bill and a “little N R A” for soft coal.
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United Mine Workers
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
White House
Lewis
D. C
Shriners Meet Ends with Grand Parade in Washington
Washington wakes to a late night Shrine parade as some twenty thousand Nobles conclude their 1935 convention. Leonard P. Stewart is named imperial potentate for 1936 while plans are set for a Seattle carnival next July. A four hour show along Pennsylvania Avenue was reviewed by President Roosevelt, featuring ten acts and 25 temples marching through the damp evening.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Capital
Leonard P. Stewart
Order
Seattle
Mystic Shrine
Pennsylvania Avenue
Roosevelt
Weather outlook: showers tonight and Saturday
The forecast warns of showers tonight and Saturday with slightly warmer conditions in the extreme east portion. Beckley recorded a high of 80 degrees yesterday and a low of 50 last night, as noted by L. A. Mauck.
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Beckley
L. A
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Thomas M. Robinson, Jr
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