Rutherford Hospital to Open Soon
Dr George Grissinger told Kiwanis Club that Rutherford sanitarium plans are to welcome salients in March with the first unit now in use at a cost of about 242000 and annual operating costs around 110000. He noted local hiring preference and that most operating funds would stay in Beckley while stressing local purchasing.
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Rutherford
Wic
Geo
Grissinger
Kiwanis Ub
Board of Control
Hich
Beckley
Srissinger
Eckley
J. W. Thomas
John A Wade Named State Purchasing Agent
Morgantown resident John A Wade was appointed purchasing agent for the state board of control. The move centralizes purchasing for all state institutions under the board's direction as part of a broader administration reorganization aligned with Governor Conley’s policies.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
John A. Wade
Morgantown
State Board of Control
Sh. N. Bradley
Wade
State Road Commission
Board of Central
Bradley
Conley
Janes Ss. Lakin
Officers Held On Liquor Charge Bond Set For March 12
A $1,500 bond was posted for S. Higgins at Trap Hill justice court before U. S. Commissioner Bardin. Higgins faces federal charges linked to the alleged sale of liquor. Deputy Sheriff Howard P. Stone and Constable J. T. Worley reported the bond and forthcoming court appearance. Separately, Charleston report notes sealed bids for West Virginia capitol third unit opening next Wednesday, with the $5,000,000 project drawing bids from out-of-state firms and some West Virginia firms given equipment specifications.
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S. ©. Higgins
Trap Hill
U.S
W. H W. Bardin
Howard P. Stone
J. T. (Ra) Worley
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Conley
Capitol Building Commission
West Virginia
Stone Denies Guilt in Frame-Up Allegations
Deputy Sheriff Stone flatly denies the charges against him calling them a deliberate frame-up. He claims evidence will prove a man borrowed money to frame him and says there was no justification for swearing out the warrant. He has served 14 years as an officer and vows to prove his innocence.
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Stone
Prohibition Agency Aims Warrant Charges In Local Case
Pan Stone posted bonds of 3000 dollars with Commissioner Bardin for a March 12 hearing. Deputies and Stone appeared yesterday after warrants were sworn by State Prohibition Agent W H Chrisley, tied to the February 14 liquor seizure when owner Clarence Combs escaped, and the later arrest of Fred Wiseman with 15 gallons seized.
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Stone
Commissioner
State Prohibition
W. H. Chrisley
Clarence Combs
Fred Wiseman
I Prohibition
Chrisley
Biggs
Karnes
Wiseman
Igl en Hedrick Boy Leaves Hospital
John Daniel Fritz ten year old son of J A Fritz of Glen Hedrick was injured when hit by an automobile February 21. He recovered enough to leave Raleigh General Hospital where he had been treated. The driver, Cecil Tolliver a Concord student, stopped and helped at the scene.
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John Daniel Fritz
J. A. Fritz
Glen Hedrick
Raleigh General Hospital
Cecil Tolliver
Concord
Clarksburg Pilot Sets Indoor Model Flight Record
Dale Lively of Clarksburg kept his plane aloft for 190 3 seconds at the Clarksburg indoor meet of the veterans of foreign wars model airplane club. Club adviser Carl Hopkins noted the previous Rise Off Ground record was 160 seconds set by a Detroit youth last summer.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Ve
Marcel J
Dale Lively
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Carl A. Hopkins
Detroit
Trial of Mingo County Rioters Continued
Five men charged with violating the Red Man riot act foray had their trial continued to the next term of Mingo County circuit court by Judge R F Howard. The state says Huff Waldron Frank Meade Lee Sartin Harmon Newsome and Lawrence Meade masked themselves and injured several Mingo County residents. All were released on $500 bonds.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County
R. F. Howard
Huff Waldron
Frank Meade
Lee Sarjtin
Harmon Newsome
Lawrence Meade
AM J
Parkersburg Shows Today
Parkersburg West Virginia March 1 managers of four motion picture theatres announced Sunday performances will start tomorrow with two shows in the afternoon and one at night. The night show begins at 9 pm to avoid church conflicts. Public opinion favored Sunday shows by 3600 to 860 while officials noted an ordinance against Sunday performances and state blue law questions remained unsettled.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Motion Picture
Sun
Earthquakes Hit Brally California Cause Damage
Two severe earthquakes struck Braley California at 3 10 and 3 45 PM causing damage to the Brawley news building and stopping presses. Several people were reported injured as aftershocks continued past 4 PM breaking windows stopping clocks and sending debris onto sidewalks.
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Associated Press
Braley
Calif
Brawley
Brawley News
Harless Leaves State Prohibition Post
D. J. Harless former Raleigh county deputy sheriff and recent state prohibition commissioner resigned last week in Charleston. He reportedly objected to an assignment different from what was promised when he joined the service.
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D. J. Harless
Raleigh County
Charleston
Harless
Mrs Cawley Wins Award in Fatal Shooting Case
A circuit court jury awarded Mrs. Williamia Cawley $3,500 in damages against the New York Indemnity Co in the death of Finnner Cawley shot by Virgil Thompson, a city policeman, after a failed arrest attempt on September 9, 1928. Attorney Ashworth argued careless firearm use. Judge Ward also directed a verdict for the defendant in the Stamford Transfer vs Isaiah Kidd auto damage suit.
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Willia Cawley
Fimner Cawley
Virgil
Thompson
Cawley
Charles
New York Indenmaily Company
D. D. Ashworth
Clay Crouse
George W. Williams
C. QO. Dunn
Ashworth
iCawley
Beckley
Stamford Transfer Company
Isaiah Kidd
Raleigh County
Seek New Road From Fairmont To Kingwood
Petitions circulated in Marion and Preston counties seek signatures to back a planned state road. The route runs from Fairmont through Winfield Prickett's Creek HatlacK and Reedsville to Kingwood.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Kingwood
Marion
Preston
State Road Commission
Winfield
Prickett's Creek
Hatlack
Reedsville
Women clubs sponsor joint Fairmont recital
The Fairmont and Mannington women's clubs will sponsor a joint glee club and orchestra recital on March 7 to boost community singing and music interest. Music supervisors and teachers in both districts were invited to contribute talent to the program. The Union gunboat Chickasaw, once in Mobile Bay action, now serves as an auto ferry.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Mannington
Mobile Bay
Snook Dies in Electric Chair for Murder
Columbus reports Dr James T Snook a former Ohio State University professor in relational surgery was executed for killing his young student mistress Theora Jux He walked to the chair calmly as six thousand volts passed through him in three charges The veteran surgeon died at 7 09 pm and his funeral followed at the family home and grave services later today
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Associated Press
Columbus
James Th. Snook
Theora Jux
Ohio
Ohio State University
Snook
Tardieu Forms Second Cabinet in France with Radical Opposition
Paris March 1 Andre Tardieu began shaping his second cabinet after four days of talks but radicals threaten a fierce fight over posts. Briand may head foreign affairs along with Laval for interior and Demonzie for finance while Painlevé may take war.
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Associated Press
Paris
Andre 'Tardieu
Pariment
Tardieu
Council
Aristide Briand
Fernand David
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Finance
M. Demonzie
Paul Painleve
Pierre Laval
Ministry of the Interior
Tardion
Chamber
Southern West Virginia gas rate hearing stretched into next week
The public service commission continued the southern West Virginia gas rate hearing, with several days of final testimony anticipated. Morgantown’s rate case was postponed again to March 18 to allow resolution of the southern case, while United Fuel Gas official W S Kelly testified amid cross examination by Huntington counsels on pipeline construction cost estimates.
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Associated Pres
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Wiel Bes
Morgantown
Monongahela
Paul W. Scott
Huntington
Bennett Boy Takes Acid To Death By Own Action
Minor Bennett, 22, son of Charles Beonell, Richmond district farmer, committed death by his own action at Roy Phimley's home in Prince yesterday by drinking carbolic acid. Motive cited as a heart affair. An inquest by Squire W. F. Whittens and a jury found he had been troubled with his sweetheart. He collapsed after leaving the doorway with a cup, begged for aid, declined a doctor, walked a short distance, then died in the Plumley yard. Undertaker Collins prepared the body for burial. funeral set for Monday at New Salem church cemetery on Plumley mountain.
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Minor Bennett
Charles Beonell
Richmond
Roy Phimley
Prince
Lin
Plumley Lane
Squire W. F. Whittens
Thomas
Bennett
Bank Bandits Meet Match in Hooded Standoff at Illinois Bank
John W. Poorman, president of the First National Bank, foiled a robbery during a pistol duel with two would be bandits. Police from Malloon exchanged heavy fire as the bandits fled in a Missouri licensed car. three Malloon officers were wounded but none seriously.
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Associated Press
Humbolt
John W. Poorman
First National Bank
Mallon
Poorman
Malloon
Warner Brothers Seek Radio Units In Big Acquisition
New York reports Warner Bros pictures plans to acquire Brunswick Blake and Tobis Klangfilm radio and phonograph units. Tobis Klangfilm is a major German maker of cinema sound apparatus and a leading Western Electric competitor in Europe.
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New York
Mine Safety Tournament Dates Fixed for State Observance
Beckley will host the sectional safety meets with nine preliminaries and five company contests as part of the annual state safety day observance. The fifth annual state safety day will be held in Wheeling on September 12 and 13 during the state fair. Sectional meets include Williamson June 21 Beckley July 4 Morgantown July 19 Wheeling August 25 Montgomery August 9 Welch August 16 Jackson's Mill August 23 Logan August 30 and Madison September 1. Company meets are scheduled for Scarbro June 4 Grant Town June 15 Montgomery June 28 Decota July 4 and Nellis August 2. Some company meets could not be fixed.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Marek
State Department of Mines
Chilef
Robert Mi Lambie
Department of Imines
Wheeling
Williamson
Beckley
Morgantown
Montgomery
Welch
Jackson's Mill
Logan
Madison
New River Company
Scarbro
New England Fuel and ‘Transportation Company
Grant ‘Town
Kappers . Company
Carbon Fuel Company
Decota
American “Holling? Mills Company
Nellis
Consolidation Coal Company
Monongalia and
Preston
Nethlehem Mines Corporation
Fage Ten
Britons Pray for Naval Parley Passes Amid Services
London crowds flocked to two major services for naval disarmament as the London conference nears resumption. The Bishop of Winchester preached at Guildhall Temple before 1,500 worshippers moved to Westminster Abbey for a similar intercession.
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Associated Press
London
England
Anne Tardieu
Paris
Gily Temple
Church of England
Tihe
Winchester
Westminster Abbey
Bar Leaders Review West Virginia Revised Code Chapters
Reports from two attorneys and laymen on the revised code of West Virginia were read at a 9 PM meeting in the courthouse. Senior Ben Ashworth praised the municipal corporations chapter and its taxation provisions, noting the abolition of town assessors and a shift in tax collection.
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Bar, Association
West Virginia
Court House
Fever Fail in February
February business failures totaled 2,262, about 18 percent below January’s 2,749. The February total marks the highest monthly insolvencies since 1922, when 2,331 defaults were recorded. A year earlier, 1,065 failures were reported, while February 1928 had 2,176.
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Associated Priest
New York
B.G. Din & Co
Market Stocks Rally as Bears Cover in Bright Session
New York stocks closed higher as bears covered shorts amid a lively session. American Tobacco reached a new high while Allied Chemical North American Power and Light and Pacific Lighting gained one to three points. U.S. Steel also rose, with broader speculative interest lifting radio shares to new heights. A Tandicraft festival is set for Calgary in March as unrelated notes appear.
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Associated Press
New York
American Tobacco
Allied Chemical
North American
American Power and Light and
Pacific
U.S. Steel
Flier Reaches Persia En Route to Karachi India
Van Lear Back arrives in Persia en route to Karachi India by air. An oyster at Pollsville Pennsylvania yielded twenty three pearls.
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Persia
van Lear
Orient
Karachi
India
Pollsville
Weather Outlook For West Virginia And Regions
Partly cloudy and much colder with possible snow in the north Sunday. Monday remains cold with continued fair conditions. The week shows generally fair weather in the north and middle Atlantic states with showers Friday, followed by a rise in temperatures to near normal by Thursday or Friday. Colder at week end with above normal by late week in some areas.
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West Virginia
North Portion
North
Middle Plantic
Obin Valley
Tennessee
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Worley
Pan Thomas Stone
Bardin
IGLEN
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Hospital
Clarksburger
Mingo-Co
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Ans Inducend
Dhuig
Vyazemsky District
Mrs. Cawley
Andre Stile
Bennett Boy
Richmond District
Roy Plumley
New Salem Church
Plumley Mountain
Bank Bandits
Warner Brothers
Stahl Advocates
Bar
Seniior Ben Ashworth
Calgary
Canada
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