Holt Declines Support for Neely in West Virginia Split
West Virginia senators drift toward a break as Senator Rush D. Holt refuses to back Senator Neely. Holt plans to state his reasons later, aims to push for a Senate inquiry into WPA conduct and Hopkins inquiry. Neely unavailable for comment.
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Holt
Senator Neely
Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Neely
Senate
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
Income Clerks Are Kept Busy in Charleston
State income tax clerks processed last minute returns at about 1000 per hour as 40,000 were expected in district offices and by mail. Officials noted shifts in exemptions under a new graduated net income rate while business deductions cover wages rents and losses. Penalties will be leveled for nonfilers, with salary reports required. year end totals show significant funds already collected and more due.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Fred H. Heavener
Tax Department
Statehouse
Heavener
H. Isaiah Smith
Revenue Division
Heavener Sail
Criminal Court Session Brief
Criminal court opened and recessed as witnesses were not present. Forbe Jackson, 24, convicted of non support, a second such conviction that day. Judge Kyle D. Harper to hear a motion to set aside the verdict later. John Oliver sentenced to 60 days for stolen goods but placed on probation and suspended for one year by Judge Kilgore.
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Forbe Jackson
Kyle D. Harper
Jackson
John Oliver
Kilgore
Pneumonia Fatal To Child At Stotesbury
Orin Gillis Davis Jr. aged six months, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Davis of Stotesbury, died at home early this morning of bronchial pneumonia. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Crab Orchard Baptist Church, burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Caffee undertakers in charge. The Rev. O. C. Sturgill to officiate. Body to be taken to grandfather C. D. Stroud's home in Crab Orchard this afternoon.
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Orin Gillis Davis Jr
O. G. Davis
Stotesbury
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee
O. C. Sturgill
C. D. Stroud
Crab Orchard
Oil firm support cited in Kansas political dispute
Wichita publisher Louis Levand accuses Senator Borah of broad attacks on Governor Landon in a statement linking the Standard Oil company to Oklahoma Republican politics. Borah replies that Levand owes Landon an apology and says he did not reference Landon. Borah hints Standard Oil may back uninstructed Oklahoma delegates to the Republican national convention. Representative Fish argues Skelly Oil, tied to Standard Oil, helped deliver Oklahoma delegates to Landon.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kansas
Senator Borah
Landon
Standard Oil Company
Idaho
Louis Levand
Wichita Beacon
Borah
Levand
Oklahoma
Representative Fish
R-N. Y
Fish
W. G. Skelly
Skelly Oil Company
Standard Oil Group
Republican National Committeemn
Cleveland
Arrest Made In Biggest Robbery In New York
Police raided an upper West Side apartment and seized a miniature arsenal, arresting seven men and three women. One suspect, William O'Brien, 25, linked to a Brooklyn pay truck holdup worth 427,080. The arrests may help solve other robberies, including bank heists, Fifth Avenue jewel crimes, and hijackings. Weapons recovered include rifles, shotguns, handguns, thousands of rounds of ammo, gun cotton, new Georgia plates, and a short wave radio transmitter.
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Associated Press
New York
Upper West Side
William O’brien
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
New Georgia
Harless Struck by Truck Near Lyric Theatre
Beckley attorney C R Harless sustained lacerations and bruises to his hands arm and leg after being struck by a truck at the Lyric theatre corner Heber street around noon The driver Clifton Lilly swerved to avoid another car and Harless walked home afterward The truck was reported to be Sheriff C C Lewis property.
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C. R. Harless
Beckley
Lyric Theatre
Heber Street
Harless
Clifton Lilly
Lilly
C. C. i Lewis
Mrs Mitchell Dies After Brief Illness in Beckley
Ella Cawood Mitchell 34, wife of Dr. R. C. Mitchell, died in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Born 1902 at Big Stone Gap Va, she was proprietor of Stallard's Studio in Beckley for eight years and a renowned photographer and artist. Survived by her husband, son Walford Stallard, parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cawood, and several siblings. Funeral at Big Stone Gap with Rose Funeral Home in charge. Attended Stonewall Jackson College and a McMinnville photography program. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
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Ella Cawood Mitchell
R. C. Mitchell
Sophia
Mitchell
Beckley
Stallard
Raleigh County
J. C. Cawood
Big Stone Gap
John Fox Jr
Stonewall Jackson College
Abingdon
McMinville
Tennessee
Eccles
Walford Stallard
Clarence A. Cawood
Cincinnati
Ohio
Clayton P. Cawood
Myrta Cawood
Washington, D. C
Lilly Dengler
Harrisburg
Sue Wheeler
Kingsport
Tenn
Anne Lipps
Wise
Ruble Lawson
G. C. Carrington
Mildred Cawood
Condon Ready To Talk To Hoffman
Dr John F Condon returned to New York from a Panama vacation and was quoted as very willing to discuss the Lindbergh case with Governor Harold G Hoffman in Condon's Bronx home, on the Santa Inez liner.
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Associated Press
New York
John F. Condon
Panama
Santa Inez
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Oil Employes Meet On Safety At Beckley Hotel
About 20 representatives of Standard Oil attended a meeting yesterday evening at the Beckley Hotel with safety in company operations as the chief topic. Present were A. Newland wholesale manager for West Virginia E. J. Lively of the New York office J. E. Carver state credit manager D. E. Robinson general salesman and R. E. McDaniel district sales manager recently recovered from illness. The Blizzard Men of 1888, survivors of New York's worst snow storm, met in New York as part of their annual custom with tall tales at the gathering.
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Standard Oil Company
Beckley Hotel
Dc. A. Newland
West Virginia
E. J. Lively
Standard Oil New
New York
West Virginia Flood Strains Towns and Streams
News framing reports flooding in West Virginia with streams swollen and towns hit hard. Associated Press details include debate over Germany's Rhineland crisis and League of Nations talks, noting Hitler's invitation acceptance and Ribbentrop as German representative.
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Kingston
Wilkes-Barre
Associated Press
West Virginia
City Manager To Retain His Post
City Manager Frank J. McAndrew will keep his job after a five to four council vote. His pay was cut from 3600 to one dollar a year. Three Democrats and two Republicans joined to push resignation. Republican Patrickton broke with McAndrew over dismissing Clerk Treasurer Lowther. Six votes needed to oust. McAndrew and six council members are Republicans.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
W. Va
Frank J. McAndrew
McAndrew
Charles L. Patton
Fifth Ward
Paul M. Lowther
Lowther
Harmony
St Patrick's Day social planned by Mount Tabor PTA
A social event is set for this evening at 7:30 by Mount Tabor PTA. Girl tumblers from Woodrow Wilson High School of Beckley will perform as the program feature, an official announcement states.
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Mount Tabor
Woodrow Wilson High School of
Beckley
Police Investigating Rainbow Lunch Thefts
City police probe theft at Rainbow Lunch on Neville Street. About 11 dollars in cash stolen after intruders shattered the front glass, reached inside to unlock the door. Loot also included contents from a pay phone.
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Neville Street
Coughlin Shrine Is Burned Down
Royal Oak Michigan residents report fire destroying Father Charles E. Coughlin's original Shrine of the Little Flower a modest frame building. The newer half million dollar shrine nearby was unharmed. Cause traced to faulty wiring. Fire companies contained flames after seven feet of blaze. Loss estimated at about 30000 dollars covered by insurance.
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Associated Press
Royal Oak
Mich
Charles E. Coughlin
Coughlin
Father Coughlin
Lifsinger Will Appear Tonight
George Litsinger lighting engineer of Appalachian Electric Power company Charleston will give a demonstration at Beck ley Junior High auditorium at 7 30 this evening under the auspices of the Central Grades Parent Teacher association The lecture demonstration uses a sizable array of apparatus to show the relationship between illumination and seeing and is of special interest to parents It has been given before civic clubs and organizations Those in charge expect a larger audience and greater local interest
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George Litsinger
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Charleston
Beckley
Central
Litsinger
West Virginia floods threaten towns and schools
Rains and melting snow push Mountain State rivers to flood stages. Elkins Bristol Marlinton Pocahontas County schools closed as highways flood. West Fork at Weston rises, Parkersburg forecasters predict Ohio River to reach 50 feet by Saturday. Wheeling flood levels forecast to 40 to 42 feet as Monongahela danger looms. Rowlesburg reports torrential rain on Cheat River.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Elkins
Bristol
Marlinton
Pocahontas County
Weston
West Fork
Parkersburg
R. P. Powell
U. S. Weather Bureau
Powell
Point Pleasant
Wheeling
Monongahela River
Monongahela
Rowlesburg
Cheat River
Cheat
Slab Fork Man Dies In Night
William F E McGuire, 40, Slab Fork mine employee, died in a local hospital at 10:30 last night after a two week illness from lobar pneumonia. Funeral at Slab Fork church tomorrow at 2 PM, burial in Table Rock cemetery. Survived by widow Minnie and children Ada, Harry, Lee, Clyde, Leonard. brothers and sisters in Beckley, Slab Fork, Table Rock, Glen Hedrick. father William McGuire perished in a house fire about ten years ago.
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William FE. McGuire
Slab Fork
Table Rock
Caffee
Minnie McGuire
Ada
Harry
Lee
Clyde
Leonard McGuire
T. A. McGuire
Beckley
J. B. McGuire
C. B. McGuire
R. K. McGuire
Frank Blackburn
Jess Anderson
Glen Hedrick
William McGuire
Lenten Service Postponed For St Patrick’s Day
Lenten services at St Francis de Sales church scheduled for Tuesday evening were postponed due to St Patrick’s Day. Father John Halpin announced the service will be held tomorrow evening instead.
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St. Francis de Sales
St. Patrick's Day
John Halpin
Sayre Finds Cash In Memorial Building
Floyd M. Sayre of Beckley located a sum of money in the Memorial Building this morning and will return it to the owner if the finder can describe it accurately. Sayre’s office is in the Raleigh County Bank Building.
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Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley
Memorial Building
Mr. Sayre
Raleigh County Bank
Attendance Declines in Raleigh County Public Schools
Raleigh County February attendance averaged 18,282 pupils, down from 18,707 in January, with February enrollment at 20,772 versus 20,993 in January. The February attendance rate was 88 percent. Library additions totaled 1,085 volumes and P T A memberships reached 5,045 across 145 organizations, county superintendent Bernard B. Chambers reported.
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Raleigh County
Bernard B. Chambers
Bluestone Dam Bill May Pass
Washington lawmakers advanced a large army bill while debating a $20,000,000 amendment to fund continued work on the Florida canal and three other WPA projects. The $603,000,000 measure faced a Senate test vote, with support and opposition centering on canal economics and related river and harbor items.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
War Department
Florida Ship Canal
Appropriations Committee
Clark
DMO
Florida
Vandenberg
Rmich
Conchas
New Mexico
Sardis
Mississippi
Bluestone
West Virginia
Passamaquoddy Bay
Maine
House
Congress
Sprague P. T. A. Sets Safety First Meeting
The Sprague P. T. A. plans a safety first meeting in the Sprague Community building at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. C. C. Ballard announced the event with a public safety department speaker, Red Cross literature, and a Mines Department representative from Washington, D. C., expected to attend.
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Sprague P. T. A
C. C. Ballard
Sprague
Public Safety Department
American Red Cross
Ballard
Department of Mines of
Washington, D. C
Birth announcement for J French Davis daughter
Mr and Mrs J French Davis announce the birth of a nine pound daughter on March 16 at their home on Church Street.
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J. French Davis
Church Street
Princeton Case Heads To Supreme Court Ineligible Players Debate
The West Virginia case asks if Princeton High can field two ineligible players Harold Herring and F E Lambert in the state basketball tournament at Buckhannon. The state board of athletic appeals seeks a ruling over a Mercer circuit court order restraining enforcement of its eligibility decision. The high court promised a ruling by Thursday as Princeton faced the upcoming state championship tourney and the board warned its very existence could be threatened if courts review appeals rulings.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Board of Athletic Appeals
Supreme Court
Princeton High School
Buckhannon
West Virginia High School Athletic Association
Joseph Sanders
Jerome Zatz
Bluefield
Mercer
Harold Herring
FE. J. Lambert
Princeton
Howell
M. Tanner
Sanders
High Bench
Board of Appeals
Board of Athletic Appeals
Insurance Firm Loses In Court In Charleston
The Supreme Court rejected an insurer claim that endorsing a check could release further claims. It upheld a Logan circuit verdict for Clyde White for 100 dollars plus 10 percent damages, after more owed pay for being incapacitated. The section also notes a Raleigh county reversal regarding Consolidated Bus Lines and T. J. Harper seeking 20,000 dollars for permits.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court Today
Logan
Clyde White
White
Inter-Ocean Casualty Company
Raleigh
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
T. J. Harper
Harper
State Road Commission
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Rhineland
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Great Britain
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