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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1931
Page
1
The United States treasury closed the 1931 fiscal year with a deficit of 868 million dollars as receipts fell and expenditures rose. For the year ending June 26, receipts were 3.299 billion and outlays 4.167 billion. Deficit driven by declines in customs and income taxes and higher postal and farm board costs.
In Martinsville Virginia on June 30 Murray Carter aged 54 of Bassett killed Oscar Manning 25 also of Bassett after an altercation over a tree where wild honey was stored. Witnesses said the men argued while planning to rob the tree. Manning struck Carter with a rock and Carter then fired after Manning turned.
In New York on June 30 the United States Customs Court considered whether Amtorg Trading Corp, the Soviet trade organization, may sue in U S courts. Assistant Attorney General Charles D. Lawrence moved to dismiss a suit seeking over $1 million in dumping duties on safety matches, arguing Amtorg is an integral part of the Soviet government and lacks standing. Judge Charles P. McClelland took the motion under advisement.
William J. Flood former Bridgeville police chief Frank Cereno and John Delango of Bridgeville and Boyd Irving of Fairmont faced federal charges for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws. arraigned with eight others. trial set for July 6. Bond increases. some defendants held in jail. others on bond. Indictments allege liquor transport from Bridgeville PA to Fairmont district. Angels Attina convicted two counts sale. Mike Deak appeals claiming warrantless entry.
B Keaton, 23, a colored man, was injured with bullets in the chest and left leg and hospitalized in Beckley. State police issued a warrant for his wife Mary Keaton, accused of shooting during a dance at Neely's dance hall in East Beckley after midnight. Keaton’s condition is uncertain. one bullet reportedly passed through his right lung.
Local state police announced a lighting check for automobiles. Troopers will summon drivers with improper tail lights or a single headlight to headquarters for inspection. Twenty-five motorists were ordered to report yesterday. failure to appear will lead to prosecution.
J P Lewis 38 president of Beckley Lewis Motor Co died when his car plunged 100 feet down a mountain on Beckley Prince Road. Mrs Blanche Osborne 34 was seriously hurt with arm lacerations and body bruises. Both were ejected. body recovered far down embankment. Burial planned in Cumberland. family arrangements by H W Lewis Charleston.
New York June 30 George Robert Gabor an immigrant who used names Baron Von Krupp Thaft Thew Jr and deceived ambassadors and governors was sentenced to two years in prison by Federal Judge John C Knox He had previously courted a Wilmington Del society girl issued a worthless check and was deported to Hungary He returned on a fraudulent passport but was suspended on promising to leave the country and stay out.
A New York Supreme Court jury after more than two weeks of testimony retired to decide if Harry Stein and Samuel Greenburg murdered Vivian Gordon, a once shady Broadway figure.
The C. C. B. Smokeless Coal company plans a new tipple and coal cleaning plant at Glen White costing over 100000 dollars with a 3000 tons daily capacity. It should be ready by October 1, and initial operation will be limited to about 30 percent. Contracts go to Fairmont Mining Machine and Koppers Coal, with tracks built by the C. C. B. themselves. The plant promises top end coal preparation unseen locally and follows a recent tipple completion at Helen.
At the national education association convention in Los Angeles 20000 educators opened events. Six students from across the country presented speeches on national education. Herschel G Langdon urged less admin focus and more teaching at college presidents. Virginia Potter urged broader junior and senior focus and preparation for social life. Lawrence Horton argued that school is life and criticized commencement as a misleading milestone.
Thousands of miners and families from Allegheny and Monongahela valleys traveled on foot and by truck to Pittsburgh for a hunger march protesting wages and conditions. Police prepared for the National Miners' union event, expecting about 50,000 participants while pledging to follow the approved route.
Graf Zeppelin departed Friedrichshafen Germany on a routine practice cruise to Iceland in preparation for its Arctic scientific expedition next month officials said.
A 60 to 65 mph wind yesterday ended a heat wave in Louisville Kentucky causing extensive damage to about 200 buildings and injuring many people, some seriously. Damage runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars with roofs torn off, a house wrecked, downed trees, fires from lightning and river boats torn from moorings. A 0.63 inch rain soaked damaged interiors while communications and transit were disrupted briefly. Temperature plunged from 96 to 68 in half an hour, and the storm was confined to the local area.
In Charlotte North Carolina on June 30 about 50,000 to 75,000 textile workers began a summer vacation as many cotton mills in the southeast suspended operations. W N McLaurine secretary of the American Cotton Manufacturers association announced the suspension, promoted by the Cotton Textile Institute of New York City.
Charleston June 30 A B Scott vice president of the West Virginia Mine Workers union said the executive board authorized the three presiding officers to call a strike of miners in the Kanawha field for July 6 unless a conference with the Kanawha Coal Operators association could be arranged. Ballots from the union's 67 locals supported the action. The strike aims to force a conference and enable locals to negotiate with individual operators. The officers are Keeney Scott and George Scherer.
New York June 30 stocks opened heavy as yesterday's selling carried over. Losses ranged one to one and a half points in U S Steel Standard Oil of New Jersey Du Pont Allied Chemical Eastman Kodak International Business Machines Bethlehem Steel and Nash Motors.
Paris and Washington reporters noted two points required for progress on the Hoover war debt moratorium. France demanded fixes while officials in Berlin watched for U S acceptance of a one year holiday from war debts and reparations.
The June heat spell extended to an eighth day with central states hit hardest while some eastern southern and western regions fared better. Death toll topped 500 with over 230 in the last day and farm animals in Illinois Iowa and Indiana were reported dying in the fields.
New York June 30 Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon announced they would attempt a world flight tomorrow if weather cooperates. They aim to shave two days from the record set by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty.
A heat wave driven grasshopper plague descends on northern Nebraska and parts of South Dakota. Pests invade wheat, corn and potato fields, prompting farmers to seek state aid. Nebraska allocates 1600 to help two counties buy poison. South Dakota counties also assist. Poisoning costs about 1200 per car load, with 30 cents of poison used per acre.
Irene Stokes, 27, was shot at a Glen White home after a quarrel with her husband Charley Stokes. Police pursuit extended to Mullens as Stokes remained at large. the victim died and burial set for East Beckley. State police describe Stokes as 35 to 40, six feet tall, very black, bow-legged, pigeon toed, last seen in overalls and a cap carrying a coat.
An entertainment of thirty minutes will be given at the Lions Club regular meeting this afternoon at the Beckley Hotel by Rinny Boy, a trained star dog owned by Fred O. Sheatz. Rinny Boy can understand over two thousand commands and offers a long single animal act. The performance includes ten minutes of gestures and cues plus twenty minutes of spoken commands, and the dog has appeared in movies.
Jailer A M Godbey in charge of the Raleigh county jail announced this morning that visitors will not be permitted to call on prisoners next Saturday July 4. Tuesdays and Saturdays are the regular days each week when relatives and friends of prisoners are admitted. In view of the holiday Saturday Godbey decided to curtail visits on that day.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from Fairbanks at 3:24 a.m. to Edmonton 1450 miles away but could not lift Winnie Mae on the first attempt due to fuel load. After taxiing back, Post gunned the motor and the craft rolled down the field then rose just enough to clear a woodpile.
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, American around the world fliers, neared the finish of their 15000 mile dash in the Winnie Mae. They crossed the date line, added a day, and arrived near Nome then 500 miles to Fairbanks before day’s end.
Four bandits robbed the Ewing Market branch of Canal Bank and Trust in New Orleans yesterday. Two suspects were captured and $3,297 recovered. Police pursued as the men fled in an automobile. the duo identified themselves as James Norman and William Kelley.
Fayetteville reports three men Raymond Rodgers once of Lookout near here C L Payne of near Roanoke Virginia and Roye Hoke of near Hokesville Va were to be arraigned before Magistrate R E Kelly on charges of robbing the Winona National Bank last Thursday They were arrested near Roanoke over the weekend by West Virginia and Virginia officers and returned here after arrest.
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