Richmond Woman Arrested While Visiting Fugitive
Richmond police report Lorrine Richmond was jailed in Fayetteville on a pistol charge after trying to visit Theodore Quesenberry, the fugitive captured near Lover's Leap. Quesenberry, wanted for shooting Hollandsworth in Stamaford, was seized with a struggle as deputies blocked his car and one officer used a gun butt.
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Lorrine Richmond
Theodore Quesenberry
Stanaford
Ed Hollandsworth
Fayetteville
Quesenberry
Raleigh
Kollandsworth
Stamaford Beer Garden
O. R. Kincaid
Speck Davis
Midland Trail
Lover's Leap
Davis
Miss Richmond
Triminal
State Potice Company
W. A. Ballard
Itmann
Beckley Hospital
Lemon Extract Blamed By Jury
An Oak Hill coroner's jury found miner John Lehata 64 died from heart failure aggravated by lemon extract and preexisting heart and kidney disease. Funeral services were set for 3 PM at St. Peter and St. Paul in Scarbro with burial by Tyree and Dewey Undertakers in the church cemetery.
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Oak Hill
John Lehata
Summers
Squire W. H. Level
Lehata
Father Francis
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Scarbro
Redden Child Dies At Beaver Home
Two month old Larry Dean Redden died at 9 oclock last night at his father Curtis Reddens Beaver home. The childs mother died January 23 this year. Funeral services will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at Dewey Farleys Beaver home with burial at Jumping Branch cemetery about 4 oclock. Clark Funeral Home in charge.
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Larry Dean Redden
Curtis Redden
Beaver
Dewey Farley
Jumping Branch
Clark Funeral Home
Nurses to Meet District No 10 Assembly
The District No 10 State Nurses' Association holds its regular meeting Thursday March 19 at 3 p m at the Methodist church in Hinton.
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State Nurses’ Association
Methodist Church of
Hinton
Williamson Man Held For Attack On Girl
Ben Totten, 35, charged with attempting to attack a seven year old girl, waived to the grand jury at a hearing before Magistrate Emmett Keadle in Williamson West Virginia. Prosecutor Walter Copley said a 10 year old girl witnessed the attempt.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Ben Totten
Emmett Keadle
Walter Copley
Payne's Store Robbed. Clothing Looted On Main Street
Robbers battered a second story back window at E. M. Payne department store on Main Street to gain entry Friday night. Men suits shoes hats and women's clothing valued at 225 were stolen along with a traveling bag and cash. an earlier theft about ten years ago led to an arrest and conviction. Police were alerted and investigated, with no arrests reported by last night.
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E. M. Payne
Main Street
R. V. Martin
Gladstone
E. M. Payne Jr
Restaurant Man Wounds Jarrell
Fred Salem of Whitesville was free on $100 bond after appearing to answer charges for shooting Curtis Jarrell in Salem's Restaurant. Jarrell was wounded in the neck and hand when a pistol bullet struck him following a quarrel with a waitress and a bottle being hurled. Dr. H. D. Chambers treated Jarrell and Salem posted bond before Magistrate J. F. Clendewin.
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Fred Salem
Whitesville
Liberty
Curtis Jarrell
Salem
Jarrell
H. D. Chambers
J. F. Clendewin
Cooking School Opens Wednesday at Lyric Theatre
Mrs. Whitney Garrett of the Kelvin Kitchen sets the Raleigh Radio and Refrigerator free cooking school in Beckley. The three day event begins Wednesday morning at 9, runs through Friday, with sessions 9 to 1. This morning program marks the first midmorning cooking school by a business firm in the area.
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Whitney Garrett
Kelvin Kitchen
Homeeconomics Foundation
Kelvinator Corporation
Beckley
Raleigh Radio and Refrigerator Company
Lyric Theatre
H. V. Huddle
Eastern Floods Dampen Hopes For Scott Field Airport
Floods across New England and eastern Canada cause 29 deaths and over 50 million dollars in damage. In Maine the Kennebec floods Augusta and other towns as guards move residents from danger zones. An inspection of Scott Field in Beckley discussed runway needs but yielded little encouragement for its completion.
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New England
United States
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Maine
Kennebec
Richmond-Dresden
Augusta
Hallowell
Gardiner
National Guardsmen
Merrimac
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Wyoming Valley
Guy Boop
Kingston
New York
New Jersey
Scott Field
Charles
Cox Jr
Indianapolis
Beckley
Mount Hope
Cox
WPA
Cash Sent Out To Pay Teachers
Superintendent W W Trent says he has written requisitions for 1 311 000 to cover primary aid for all counties for the seventh month. Checks will be mailed next week by James F Allen Jr for payment of teachers salaries at month end. Secondary aid totaling about 200 000 will go to 25 to 35 counties before month end.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
W. W. Trent
Trent
James F. Allen Jr
Humphrey Child Dies After Brief Illness
Lydia May Humphrey two months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Dan Humphrey of Long Branch died while being taken to a Montgomery hospital for pneumonia treatment. She was in the car of Bob Linders. Surviving are the parents a sister Fase and a brother Dan Humphrey Jr. Funeral services Monday at 10 at the grandmother Mrs Ida Humphrey in Long Branch with Rev Levi Thornburg and burial at Humphrey cemetery near Weirwood.
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Lydia May Humphrey
Dan Humphrey
Long Branch
Montgomery
Bob Linders
Aj Win
Fase
Dan Humphrey Jr
Ida Humphrey
Levi Thornburg
Tyree and Dew
Humphrey
Weirwood
Princeton defeats Glen Rogers to win regional basketball title
Princeton scored 20 points in the second half to beat Glen Rogers 43 to 35 and capture the regional tournament. Glen Rogers led 16 to 14 at halftime after delaying the start. controversy over player eligibility and court rulings surrounded the game with police on hand and an appeal planned to the state supreme court.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Princeton
Glen Rogers
Dennis Cook
Williamson
Welch
Ben Hamilton
Board of Appeals
Howell M. Tanner
Mercer
Lambert
Herring
Supreme Court
Buckham
Italian Troops Push Toward Jakes Tana and Ashangi
Italian forces advance in Ethiopia in a two pronged drive after raids on Amba Alaji and Dessye. Dispatches from Rome claim a column within 100 miles of Lake Tana as Haile Selassie’s headquarters regionals come under pressure. The Italian government reports numbers of troops animals vehicles and vast material shipped to Africa over the past year.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Jakes ‘Tana
Ashangi
Lake Tana
Blue Nile
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Lake Ashangi
Quorum
Amba Alaji
Dessye
Haile Selassie
Africa
Man Struck By Auto Severely Injured In Beckley
Kenneth Pettry 22 of Harper was brought to Beckley hospital with a fractured right thigh after being struck by an automobile about 1130 last night. He said the car driver, unnamed, drove him to Eccles for treatment. Rose Funeral Home ambulance transported him from a physician’s office in Eccles. police had not been notified and the Eccles doctor was unavailable.
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Kenneth Pettry
Harper
Beckley Hospital
Pettry
Beckley
Eccles
Rose Funeral Home
Japs Launch Fresh Russian Frontier Clash
Reports from March 5 describe motorized Japanese Manchoukuan troops firing on Soviet workers dredging the Amur river. Workmen fled after 30 shots from the Manchoukuan side, with no casualties listed. The incident follows Stalin’s vow to back Mongolia against Japanese moves on the frontier.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Amur
Manchoukuan
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Mongolia
Russia
Negro Injured When Struck By Automobile
Nathaniel Whitehurst, a Black man, was admitted to Mullens hospital at 1 o clock after being struck by a car driven by an Ac GC C worker. The driver took Whitehurst to the hospital and the full extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
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Nathaniel Whitehurst
Mullens Hospital
Ac. GC. C. Worker
White
Hurst
Kump Returns From Capital Visit
Governor Kump returned to the capital from Washington and said a special session would likely be necessary soon to address social security legislation. He cited old-age pensions aid for the blind crippled dependent children mother’s aid and unemployment insurance as needed state measures. A legislative committee led by Senate President Charles Hodges and House Speaker John Pelter is studying changes before the session.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Washington
Senate
Charles F. .Hodges
Morgantown
John Pelter
Logan
Huntington
American Legion
Meningitis claims life of six year old James Alfred Maynor
Spinal meningitis caused the death yesterday of James Alfred Maynor six at his home in Maynor. He had been ill for several days. Surviving are his mother Mrs Rufus Maynor a brother Joe Maynor both of Maynor and two half brothers Cecil Maynor of Pemberton and Elmer Maynor of Cittsville. Private funeral services will be at 10 a m today at the residence conducted by Reverend Levi Ball with burial in the family cemetery by Foster undertakers.
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Maynor
James Alfred Maynor
Rufus Maynor
Joe Maynor
Cecil Maynor
Pemberton
Elmer Maynor
Cittsville
Levi Ball
Foster Undertakers
Autopsy Clears Gunnoe in Death by Own Action
Physicians exhumed the body of J Fullon Gunnoe, former Raleigh county deputy sheriff, and found no cervical or skull fractures nor amputations. Coroner Kessell maintains death by self action, while state police head Lt. Fillinger remains wary of that conclusion.
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J. Fullon Gunnoc
Raleigh County
Jackson County
Naoma Gunnee
Sundial
H. D. Chambers
Whitesville
Drews Creek
Valley Undertaking Company
W. W. Wilkinson
Hico
W. L. Barbour
Chambers
C. R. Kessell
Gunnoe
James H. Fillinger
Quarantine at Pax Continues Amid Meningitis Outbreak
Dr. T H Blake of the state health department said the spinal meningitis outbreak near Pax and Long Branch in Fayette county remains controlled but a quarantine continues to prevent recurrence. The measure bans church and union meetings and other gatherings though nearby schools may stay open. Eight deaths have been reported in the area while about 1,008 residents are affected.
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T. H. Blake
State Health Department
Pax
Long Branch
Fayette County
H. H. Puckett
Negro Lynched After Two Attacks Near Cusseta Georgia
A 35 year old Black man accused of attacking two white women was seized from Macon County officers near Cusseta by a mob of about 40. He was hanged and shot. Philip Baker’s bullet wounds were found on a swampland lake bank after the mob abducted him from Sheriff J T Van Horn and deputies. The body was discovered by a fishing party.
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Associated Press
Cusseta
Chattanoochie
Philip Baker
J. T. van Horn
Baker
van Horn
Ian
Macono Columbus
Hitler Claims Responsibility For Germany Actions
Adolf Hitler told the world he assumes sole responsibility for Germany's actions and urged a national vote of confidence on March 29 as 200000 cheering Germans backed his stance. London invited Germany to London to discuss steps to ease the international crisis.
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Preva
Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Hitler
League of Nations
London
Parker Service Set For Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Shril dria Parker aged 89 will be held Monday afternoon at 2 30 in the Glen Daniel Coeeel with burial at Shumate cemetery under Caffee undertakers. She died yesterday morning at the home of her son Thomas Parker in Glen Daniel where she had lived seven months. She formerly lived in Louisville Kentucky. Surviving are sons H B Parker Jacksonsville Michigan Tra 1 Parker Detroit Oran Parker Teansing Michigan Thomas Parker Glen Daniel and Mrs Charles Graves Louisville Kentucky plus seven grandchildren.
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Shrildria Parker
Glen Daniel Coeeel
Caffee
Shumate
Stover
H. B. Parker
Jacksonville
Michigan
Tra
Building and Lean Man Dies in Morgantown Notice
M. T. Lister, past president of the West Virginia Building and Lean Association, died at age 68 in Morgantown. He was prominent in Morgantown banking circles for more than 40 years and served several terms as state treasurer of Kiwanis clubs.
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Phe
Meese
Morgantown
W. Va
M. T. Lister
West Virginia Building and Lean Association
Morganetown
Kiwanis Clubs
Rewards Offered In Two Killings In Mount Hope
Mount Hope voters approved rewards of 100 dollars for information leading to arrest and conviction in the murders of Grace Carter 22 and Vannah Harris 19. Carter was beaten to death February 16 near Macdonald Mount Hope. Harris was struck on Route 19 21 October 25 1935 and died from a broken neck.
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Grace Carter
Mount Hope
Vannah Harris
Oak Hill
Mt. Hope
Miss Carter
Mount Hone
Fayette County
Macdonald
Harris
Mose Hope
Weather forecast predicts rain and cooler temperatures
The forecast indicates rain across most sections within 24 to 36 hours. Temperatures will remain steady with a notable drop spreading from the Ohio Valley through Tennessee and the western lower regions Sunday night into Monday.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lik
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Hollandsworth
Redden
Bond
Mrs. Garrett
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Ind
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League of Nations Council
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Adolf Hiller
Anthony Eden
Belgium
St. James’ Palace
Italy
Berlin
Foreign Office
Parker
Glen Daniel
Mt. Hope City
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