Security Bill Change Made in West Virginia Debate
In Charleston on June 17 the West Virginia legislature debated a social security bill aimed at creating a department of public assistance and coordinating welfare. One amendment allowed jury trials for indigent relative support, while most amendments were rejected. A separate motion urged broadening the special session to aid municipalities sharing liquor proceeds. A beer study committee was proposed and sent to tomorrow for action.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Senate
Department of Public Assistance
West Virginia
House
Sandridge
Barbour County
State Planning Board
Jones
McDowell
Kump
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Howard
Wood County
Hiner
Pendleton County
Young
Tyler County
Brakeman Fatally Injured in Mine Belt Incident
Carter Thompson aged 21 a brakeman at the Minden mine failed to pull in his neck while riding a trip last night and struck his head on the mine top He was taken to Oak Hill hospital with several scalp lacerations for treatment.
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Carter Thompson
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Murder Tonight Mystery Continues on Page Four
The Raleigh Register teases Laurence W Meynell’s thrilling mystery on Page Four after two days of suspenseful buildup. Readers are urged to start the tale today, promising the most thrilling instalment yet.
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Laurence W. Meynell
Raleigh Register
Smith's Trial Date Not Fixed
The state supreme court has set no date for Jackson Smith's new embezzlement trial. Prosecuting Attorney Clarence Meadows said bond becomes returnable on the first day of the next criminal court term after the supreme court's final ruling, which is October 19. Smith's Raleigh County conviction and two year sentence were set aside yesterday by the high court.
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Jackson Smith
State Supreme Court
Clarence Meadows
Smith
Supreme Court
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Prison Minz Wins in Safety Contest
Washington reports the first time a state prison earned a winning place in the national safety contest for mines and quarries. The Folsom state prison quarry in Sacramento County California won the group for quarries and open cap mines, while the Ingram Branch mine in Fayette County West Virginia, operated by the Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Co, won the bituminous coal group after 235 211 man hours without a disabling accident.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Mines
Folsom State
Sacramento County
California
Ingram Branch
Fayette County
W. Va
Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company
Miners Injured in Coal Fall at Lochgelly and Whipple Mines
J W Scott aged 54 was admitted to Oak Hill hospital after a knee injury from a coal fall at Lochgelly mine. Attaches said the injury is not serious. Eugene Hupp age 22 remains in Oak Hill hospital with bruises and lacerations to back and chest from a fall at the Whipple mine.
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Lochgelly
J. W. Scott
Oak Hill Hospital
Eugene Hupp
Whipple
Child's Leg Broken When Uncle's Tombstone Falls
In Powellton on June 17 a tombstone placed 51 years ago for James Huffman fell onto his grand niece Helen June Vance fracturing her leg. The 400 pound stone struck her as kin gathered at Craig cemetery, with no wind or touch by anyone claimed. Helen June was treated locally then moved to Coal Valley hospital for casting.
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Powellton
James Huffman
Helen June Vance
Oscar Vance
Handley
W. Va
Craig Cemetery
James Barrett
John
Melvin Evans
Eldorado
Ill
Alice Barrett
Eva Crist
Bertha Barrett
Beaver Avenue
Beckley
Helen June
Huffman
Eldridge Barrett
Coal Valley Hospital
Montgomery
Pastor And Girl Flogging Probed in Arkansas
Memphis and Little Rock reports say a U S department of justice inquiry is examining alleged flogging of a Presbyterian minister and a 29 year old social worker in the eastern Arkansas sharecroppers strike zone. The Rev Claude Williams and Miss Willie Sue Blagden say six men beat them with a leather strap near Earle on Monday night as they investigated rumors of a labor killing. They will not file formal complaints until a Friday conference of attorneys.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
United States Department of Justice
Arkansas
Claude Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Willie Sue Blagden
Earle
Blagden
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Senate Debates New Guffey Bill
Washington June 17 Senate debated a coal control bill to reenact provisions of the invalidated act retaining price fixing but dropping labor sections. The House passed measure was urged by John L. Lewis to prevent wage cuts and possible mine shutdowns as supporters called it necessary to save a sick industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
fey-Vinson
Supreme Court
Senate
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
World Wide Guild Girls To Hear of Burma Mission
Mrs J M Hayes announces Mrs Ola Hanson will speak at the World Wide Guild conven tion in the First Baptist church Sunday at 11 am. Hanson, wife of Dr Ola Hanson, served 40 years as Baptist missionary in Burma and the Kachin country, aiding translation of the Bible and earning the Kingse I Hind medal in 1920 for significant public interest work in India.
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World Wide Guild
Burma Mission
Irawaddy
Bermuda
First Baptist Church
J. M. Hayes
Guild
Ola Hanson
Kipling
Mandalay
Shan Hills
Mrs. Hanson
Hanson
Kinser-I-Hind
Northern Baptist Convention
India
Henry Walthall Passes Away at 55 in California
Hollywood, June 17 Henry B. Walthall famous as the Little Colonel in Birth of a Nation died today at a sanitarium. He was 55 years old.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Henry B. Walthall
Fire destroys Beasleys Home on South Kanawha Street
Fire damaged two neighboring houses in the afternoon, destroying the Beasley home at 206 South Kanawha Street. Mrs Emma Beasley, a widow, and her three children escaped as flames damaged Luca Thompson and Lee Cox residences. Firemen were called at 1 15, no damage estimate available at 2 PM.
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Emma Beasley
Kanawha Street
Plane crash kills two Navy crewmen at Norfolk
Norfolk, June 17. Lieutenant Charles E. Mallory, 27, of Bethesda, Maryland, and Radioman W C Gray of Wharton, Texas, were burned to death when their plane crashed about 100 feet after takeoff from the naval air station. The men and the plane were attached to the heavy cruiser Indianapolis.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Charles E. Mallory
Bethesda
W C. Gray
Wharton
Texas
Naval Air Station
Indianapolis
Gun permit issued to woman in vermin contest
Game Protector O B Harris issued a gun permit to Mrs. W F Marshall of Surveyor. She received the uncased gun certificate as she entered Raleigh County Red and Gun Club's vermin killing contest.
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O. B. Harris
W. F. Marshall
Surveyor
Charleston Plant Closed by Strike Today
A general walkout by employees shut the Kelly Axe and Tool plant in Charleston, subsidiary of American Fork and Hoe. No disorder reported and the closure occurred today June 17.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kelly Axe and Tool Company
American Fork and Hoe Company
Wrong Liquor Acquits Man Over Tom Walker Mistake
N G Meadows proprietor of the Hilltop Lunch near Sophia was acquitted on a misdemeanor charge after a clerical error misidentified whiskey as Tom Jarrett instead of Tom Walker. Judge Kilgore granted the indictment dismissal on defense attorney C R Harless’s motion when the mislabelled bottle was offered as evidence.
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Tom Walker
Tom Jarrett
N. G. Meadows
Sophia
Kilgore
C. R. Harless
Harless
Meadows
Eleven Vets Lose Relief On Collecting the Bonus
Raleigh county veterans on relief will automatically drop from the rolls when they receive bonus payments. only 11 are affected. Relief administrator E W Worrell says aid is for the destitute and that WPA workers are not on relief. WPA workers keep jobs, and relief payments average about ten dollars monthly. Bonds total 50 to 78 750 dollars cash, with 297 envelopes mailed and 251 delivered in Beckley. 171 bonds have been cashed, while many veterans have used the Beckley office to convert bonds to cash.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia Relief Administration
Relief Administration
W. Worrell
Raleigh
County Relief Administration
Worrell
WPA
Beckley
J. T. Hollandsworth, Jr
Hollandsworth
Mini
Ley Office
Pocahontas District
Wills
Mever
Pocahontas
Logan
Mingo
McDowell
Wyoming
The
Conservation Commission
Man Accused of Stealing From Raleigh Driver
A truck driver, J. H. Meador of Matoaka, testified that John Adams and a prior convicted woman stole $295 in cash and checks from a money box in his truck near Raleigh after he gave them a ride from Princeton. Meador identified Adams as the man who rode to Raleigh with him and later found the money missing. The woman, Garnett Smith of Raleigh, had pleaded guilty to a larceny charge and received an 18 month prison term.
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John Adams
J. H. Meador
Adams
Miss Garnett
Popeye” Smith
Raleigh
John
Meador
Princeton
George L. Ballard
Miss Smith
Beckley Men Fly to Pennsylvania and Ohio
Talmadge Calfee and Sam Antonio left this morning by airplane for business visits in Pennsylvania and Ohio. They expect to return tomorrow night. Calfee will ride as passenger and part time pilot, planning to reach Troy Ohio this afternoon, spend tonight in Pittsburgh and visit Cincinnati tomorrow. They will equip their four place Waco plane with lighting for night flying in Troy.
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Talmadge Calfee
Sam Antonio
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Calfee
Troy
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Waco
Falls Mills Dam Guarded Amid Malaria Fears
The Norfolk and Western Railroad kept a special guard around Falls Mills dam near Bluefield as malaria fears circulated. Officials discounted reports of imminent dynamiting after a visit by public health officials reduced hysteria. Dr. L. L. Williams Jr. of the U S Public Health Service consulted Mercer County officials on eradicating malaria bearing mosquitoes and the studies alleviated local fears.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Falls Mills
L. L. Williams Jr
United States Public Health Service
Mercer County
Railroad
Williams
Mrs. Ollie Clay Dies After Childbirth at Crab Orchard
Mrs. Ollie Clay, 39, died today at her Crab Orchard home after giving birth to a child. She was widow of John Godbey, slain near Dry Hill schoolhouse in 1934. Survived by five children from first marriage and husband J. W. Clay. Funeral at Mount Tabor Church. burial in church cemetery. Burial by Keyser undertakers.
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Ollie Clay
John Godbey
Dry Hill
J. W. Clay
Mount Tabor Church
Keyser Undertakers
Two Arrested for Gas Theft in Crow
City police charged Clarence Wilson and Don Richmond of Crow with stealing gas. They were arrested on Heber Street after gas was found draining from a parked car into a can, with freshly spilled fuel near the cap of their vehicle.
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Clarence Wilson
Don Richmond
Crow
Heber Street
Roy Harvey
Harvey
Senator Fletcher Dies in Capital
Senator Duncan A. Fletcher of Florida died suddenly at his home at 77. He had served in the Senate since 1917 and chaired the banking and currency committee. A veteran of inland waterways projects he advocated Gulf to Main and a Mississippi river canal and supported government operation of merchant ships after World War I.
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Associated Press
Washington
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Senate
Park Trammell
Fletcher
Senator Fletcher
International Mercantile Marine
Seven Seas
Gulf-to-Main
Mississippi River
Atlantic Ocean
Florida Ship Canal
United States
Wilson
Sophia Citizens Hear Conservation Show Tonight
Sophia residents will view the state conservation commission's film on wildlife scenery and conservation work including fire fighting. The 8 pm show drew 250 at Ghent and 600 at Winding Gulf last night. Next stop is Richmond district high school tomorrow, then Slab Fork Friday.
Man Hunted Him in Barber Shop
An unidentified man assaulted liquor commission investigator J. J. Doerr outside a Fayette street barber shop. Doerr, bruised but defiant, said the attack stemmed from his probe of unlawful liquor sales among beer garden operators and employees. He resisted, seized the attacker, who fled down an alley. Doerr reported no further comment and the case moves forward with four investigators.
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Liquor Commission
J. J. Doerr
Fayette Street
Doerr
South Fayete
Heber Street
Odaeee
R. M. Dial
Lee Fitzwater
R. C. Alderson
Charleston
Clarence Meadows
Meadows
Italy Flirts With Germany on June 17
Rome reports from sources close to Premier Mussolini say Italy shows a strong note of friendship for Germany as Ulrich Von Hassell arrives to brief Il Duce. Virginio Gayda, editor of Il Giornale reports Germany remained sincere in its political friendship during the Ethiopian war. Observers suspect the move may press France to abandon sanctions aligned with Britain.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Germany
Reich
Ulrich von Hassell
Il Duce
Adolf Hitler
Virginio Gayda
Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
France
Britain
Profit Taking Slows Stock Market Action
Profit taking slowed parts of the New York stock market on June 17. Favored issues included Santa Fe New York Central Johns Manville Coca Cola Westinghouse American Telephone and Western Union.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Santa Fe
New York Central
Johns Manville
Coca-Cola
Westinghouse
American Telephone
Western Union
Weather outlook with warm note and cooler near Thursday
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with showers and a cooler Thursday. Yesterday’s high reached 83 degrees and the low was 55. L. A. Mauck reported today.
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L. A
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Frank A. Young
Sistersville
Prison Minz
Mrs. Ola Hanson
Henry Walthall
Beasleys
South Kanawha
Mrs. Clay
Crab Orchard
Inland Waterways
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