Arguments Continue Today In Guffey and Securities Cases
Washington March 12 three hours of courtroom attack on the Guffey coal act and the 1933 securities acts were heard in the supreme court. Frederick H Wood and Charles I Dawson charged unconstitutional state rights and due process violations while James M Beck argued the securities act coerces citizens to waive rights. Arguments resume today with Dawson closing and government spokesman John Dickinson to follow. The packed court room held 1 174 spectators though official capacity is 320.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Frederick H. Wood
New York
Charles I. Dawson
Kentucky
James M. Beck
Beck
J. Edward Jones
Dawson
John Dickinson
Wood
NRA
Hughes
New Theatre To Open April 15
Co. D Crawford and G C Porter plan to open the new Beck ley Theater on Neville street about April 15. The fireproof building nears completion, will seat 1,000, and features luxurious interior, advanced stage, projection and sound equipment with a large neon sign.
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D. Crawford
G. C. Porter
New Beckley Theater
Neville Street
Income Tax Collector Will Work Overtime
Co. Lance Marshall deputy collector of internal revenue said his office in the post office building on Neville street would be open until 9 p m each evening this week and until midnight next Monday to help taxpayers prepare income tax returns. Marshall can receive returns to assist late filers missing the government deadline.
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Lance Marshall
Internal Revenue
Neville Street
Marshall
Vest Is Jailed After Peace Warrant Against Husband
Herman Vest of Rhodell was jailed this morning by State Troopers A Scalise B F Mc Laughlin and T W Harrison after his wife secured a peace warrant last night against him.
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Herman Vest
Rhodell
A. Scalise
B. F. McLaughlin
T. W. Harrison
Negotiator Named as Arbitrator Ends Conference in Strike
In New York a 14 hour labor talks session ended with Ferdinand Lillcox named as arbitrator over the 13 day building service employees strike. The key issue remains reemployment of workers affecting 2,500 buildings while Newark and Philadelphia reports push toward settlement and standstills persist in meat truckers and Goodyear rubber disputes.
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New York
Building Service
Ferdinand Lillcox
United States Forestry
Newark
N. J
James M. Moffitt
U. S. Labor Department
Philadelphia
Akron
United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear Rubber Company
Boston
Ladies Garment
Tuberculosis Skin Tests Cite Active Cases in Raleigh County
Miss Mary Virginia Gill of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association reports 1320 tests in Raleigh County this year with 171 reactors. Tests were conducted at Woodrow Wilson Shady Spring Lincoln Sylvia Institute Central and Mabscott schools. Parents of reactors are urged to X-ray their children at Pinecrest sanitarium or local hospitals. Three active tuberculosis cases were found among reactors.
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Raleigh County
Mary Virginia Gill
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Woodrow Wilson
Shady Spring
Lincoln
Sylvia
Institute
Central
Mabscott
Pinecrest
Miss Gill
New Coal Company To Open In Wyoming Soon
Charleston March 12 The Brule Smokeless coal company received a charter to mine coal at Otsego Wyoming county. The firm with capital stock of 100000 is organized by R H Weir P F Reynolds and A J Fink of Cleveland Ohio.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Otsego
Wyoming County
R. H. Weir
P. F. Reynolds
A. J. Fink
Cleveland
Ohio
Confession in Auto Theft Opens March Term Docket
Abe Blankenship pleaded guilty to auto theft after driving Dr. F J Moore s car from a Glen White parking spot. Judge H M Kilgore deferred sentence to Monday as the March term docket was set, including seven murder trials and the stalled case of Edgar C Lawson and associates over fraudulent stock sales from 1933.
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H. M. Kilgore
Abe Blankenship
F. J. Moore
Glen White
Kilgore
Blankenship
Clarence Meadows
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Trap Hill Alumni Endorse Farmer For Sheriff
The Trap Hill High School Alumni Association met at the Odd Fellows hall in Eccles with about 100 attendees and endorsed H. G. Farmer for sheriff of Raleigh county. Richard Keesee led the meeting praising Farmer's longtime support and leadership as former Trap Hill principal. Malcolm Murray headed the entertainment committee for the banquet, noting the association has around 300 members.
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Trap Hill High School
Odd Fellows Hall
Eccles
H. G. Farmer
Raleigh County
Richard Keesee
Farmer
Malcolm Murray
Bibb Urges Road From Layland Be Improved
Charleston March 12 Delegate T. E. Bibb of Beckley urged Road Commissioner Simpson to order improvements of state route 41 from Prince to Layland. Simpson said the gravel road will be considered in maintenance plans.
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Associated Press
Charleston
T. E. Bibb
Beckley
Simpson
Prince
Layland
Wall Street Stock Dips As Prices Slip At Open
Wall Street trading opened with lower prices led by weakness in U S Steel American Telephone Chrysler Santa Fe General Motors and Westinghouse. Selling was active with most gains wiped for the day.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Chrysler
Sante Fe
General Motors
Westinghouse
Delinquents Pay Past Due Taxes in Charleston
Hundreds of property owners regained title to land and the state collected 389533.61 in delinquent taxes. Assistant State Auditor Bailey said redemptions were before January 1 but tabulation delayed by clerical shortages. Of the total, 11365 to general school fund, 14308 to state debt, 33693 to municipalities, 330167 to sheriffs. Additional 350000 ready for distribution by April 1. Checks totaled amounts to Fayette 4182.48 Raleigh 12807.80 Summers 1324.66 Logan 8237.85 Mason 833.47 McDowell 3762.43 Putnam 4133.81 Wyoming 4508.24.
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Associated Press
Charleston
L. Bailey
Bailey
Fayette
Raleigh
Summers
Logan
Mason
McDowell
Putnam
Wyoming
Most Sheriffs' Accounts Paid
Charleston March 12 The state marked 1 543 000 due from sheriffs in 1932 as collected today with 22 000 remaining unpaid Assistant Auditor C L Bailey declared a suit against U S Fidelity and Guaranty company surety for Dave Brown former sheriff of Lewis county was dropped after the concern agreed to pay 3148 50 Bailey said was due for licenses and fines He added There now is only one former sheriff's account outstanding and that is the 22 000 owed by Andrew Eye former Pendleton county sheriff He added that former county officials owed 2 574 000 to the sinking fund.
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Associated Press
Charleston
C. L. Bailey
U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Dave Brown
Lewis County
Bailey
Andrew Eye
Pendleton County
Bluestone Dam Funding Blocked by Senate Subcommittee
Washington March 12 Senate appropriations subcommittee rejected a 29 million dollar proposal to continue work on the Florida ship canal Passamaquoddy tide harnessing project Maine and three other projects The 6 to 5 vote opposed an amendment to the 545 million dollar war department appropriation bill Fletcher Florida Senator intends to press the case before the full committee The House also refused to include the 29 million in passing the bill The breakdown would have allocated 12 million to the Florida canal 9 million to Passamaquoddy 3.5 million to Conchas dam New Mexico 3.5 million to Sardis reservoir Mississippi and 2 million to another project
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate Appropriations
Florida Ship Canal
Passamaquoddy
Maine
War Department
Fletcher
D-Fla
House
Florida Canal
Conchas
New Mexico
Sardis
Mississippi
Local Firemen To Attend Meet In Bluefield
Beckley firefighters and volunteers plan to attend the Regional Fire Service Extension school in Bluefield April 1 and 2. The program opens at 8:00 AM with four sessions featuring firefighting addresses and live demonstrations including hose and ladder evolutions. D. L. McElroy of West Virginia University will direct, with cooperation from Bluefield Fire Department, state fire marshal, Ohio and West Virginia Inspection bureaus, Western Actuarial bureau, and West Virginia Department of Mines. Chief J. W. Just of the Western Actuarial bureau and R. B. Criswell of the Ohio and West Virginia Inspection bureau will attend both days.
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Beckley
Fire Service
Bluefield
D. L. McElroy
Industrial Extension Department
West Virginia University
Fire Department
City of
Ohio
West Virginia
Western Actuarial Bureau
West Virginia Department of Mines
J. W. Just
Chicago
R. B. Criswell
Ohio and
Sheppard Arrested On School Law Violation and Non-Support
W. C. Sheppard was jailed today by Constable O. C. Smith on a school-law violation charge and a separate charge of non-support. Smith said he would be given a hearing before Squire Zach A. Petty Friday night.
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W. C. Sheppard
O. C. Smith
Smith
Squire Zach A. Petty
German government warns on renouncing sovereignty
The German government declared that any demand for Germany to renounce sovereign rights would cause Hitler’s peace offers to be withdrawn. It stated Europe must be pacified by voluntary decisions of equal European states and peoples or Germany will seek honorable isolation.
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Germany
Hitler
Europe
France
London
Britain
Rhineland
Locarno
Paris
Lions Plan Amater Night Amateur Night at Lyric Theatre
The Beckley Lions Club launches Amateur Night with eight contestants from a field of 30 at Lyric Theatre at 8 p m tonight Other shows run March 19 26 and April 2 The four winners face off April 9 with a final to select a regional entrant to Bluefield April 16 and then New York under Fred Allen supervision Amateurs from Raleigh and surrounding counties enter for a regional joyfully anticipated program.
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Lions Club of
Beckley
Lyric Theatre
Bluefield
New York
Fred Allen
Raleigh County
Hopkins Defends W P A Amid Holt Accusations
Washington March 12 Administr ator Harry L Hopkins upheld state administrator F Witcher McCullough and exonerated Senator Neely in Holt charges. Holt vowed senate investigation and produced letters to prove alleged W P A political influence in West Virginia. Matthew Holt Jr denied Hopkins’ claim of Parkersburg funds for a St Marys radio broadcast.
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Neely
McCullough
Holt
Associated Press
Washington
West Virgina
Matthew S. Holt Jr
Parkersburg
Matthew Holt
Hopkins
St. Mary's
W. Va
Mr. Hopkins
Week for Youth to Be Observed in Beckley
The Rotary club announces national youth week in Beckley from April 26 to May 2 with both girls and boys participating. A girls committee from the Junior Womans club led by Mrs. Beverley Hume will plan activities, while a large slate of special day committees led by W. T. Blakely covers recognition, vocational, health, evenings at home, athletic, citizenship and school programs, youth outdoors, and a program committee.
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Beckley
W. T. Blakely
Rotary Club
Beverley Hume
Mary Alice Bruster
Lanier File
Junior Womans Club
Hume
Blakely
Ritchie Ware
Floyd M. Sayre
H. A. Sloan
E. M. Payne Jr
George Parker
A. A. Tieche
M. M. Ralston
Ted McDowell
G. P. Stinnette
G. A. Thompson
Ross Irle
Clarence Bibb
C. D. Crawford
George Cole
Karl Klaus
Robert Davis
A. K. Canterbury
M. W. Powers
William McCathern
FE. E. Bibb
Robert R. V. Twohig
Robert Campbell
George FE. Kellman
Gilbert Construction Wins West Virginia Highway Contract
Gilbert Construction Company of Beckley was awarded a contract to grade and drain 3.6 miles of highway between Ronceverte and Alderson, with a bid of 72079.55 dollars. The firm will begin work next week on a Randolph County highway project bid last fall.
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Gilbert Construction Company
Beckley
Ronceverte
Alderson
Randolph County
Governor Won’t Grant Hauptmann Reprieve
Trenton March 12 Governor Harold G Hoffman said he will not grant another reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The March 30 execution date remains, and the governor reaffirmed his January 17 stance. Hauptmann’s counsel hopes questioning Dr John F Condon may yield new information. Condon, the Lindbergh ransom mediator, is en route back from Panama. Hauptmann was convicted in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.
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Associated Press
Trenton
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
William S. Conklin
Hauptmann
John F. Condon
Condon
Pan-ama
Jassie
Kump To Study Security Laws
Governor Kump announced plans to query the national social security board about steps West Virginia must take to join the federal security program. He prepares for a Washington trip for a third board meeting and says extraordinary legislative session is premature without a workable plan. He notes potential need for higher taxes to fund relief employees and stresses financing the act will be challenging.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Kump
National Social Security Board
Washington
Miss Terry Wins School Declamation Contests
Miss Rosalie Terry daughter of Mrs Hazel Terry of this city was declared winner of a declamation contest among eighth grade pupils at Beckley Junior High School. She competed for a cash prize against 11 other eighth year pupils. A similar ninth year contest was set for 2 30 this afternoon and a seventh year contest for 4 p m tomorrow as eliminations continued across the grades.
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Rosalie Terry
Hazel Terry
Beckley
Weather forecast and today’s temperatures
Snow flurries are expected tonight with an end by Friday morning. Cold air moves in tonight and Friday with a high yesterday at 58 degrees and a low last night around 30. L A Mauck provided today’s report.
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