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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1936

Page

6

Unique Program Next Thursday at Woodrow Wilson High

A rare educational and entertaining event is planned for next Thursday evening at 7 30 featuring The Story of Boulder Dam. The seven reel U S government film runs about an hour and a half and is shown free at Woodrow Wilson High School under the auspices of the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute and Banks Miller Supply Company of Huntington.

Boulder Dam Woodrow Wilson High School New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute Banks-Miller Supply Company Huntington United States

Lester P T A Meeting Set With Local Program

The Lester P T A will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday March 25 at 730 in the Junior High school auditorium. Mrs Madeline McClure and Miss Bessie Barnes will lead the program including a short Negro play and a Major Bowes amateurs broadcast. Students in the school will participate.

Lester P. T. A Madeline McClure Bessie Barnes Bowes

Revival Begins At Church Of God In Local Area

Community notices report innocents confined by illness and multiple visits to Beckley, Hinton, and Spanishburg. Rev Arlie Whitlow leads the revival at the Church of God as residents share visits, shopping trips, and weekend gatherings across Beckley and Crab Orchard.

Buster Bowling Beckley Hospital Crab Orchard Lester B. Y. P. U John Bowling Glen White Fd Covey Eccles D. O. Covey Grady Miller Dallas Covey Charleston Logan Summers Clifton Maxine O'Neal Pete Clay Surveyor Margaret Burton Nellie Collinsworth Alvin Williams Beckley Pete Long J. C. Webb Betty Leonard Richard Marina C. O. Bolin Ira O'Neal Lloyd Owens J. A. Cline Harper Road Emmett Deck Frank Deck Frank Marks Cranberry J. S. Griffith John Zimmerman Virginia Thomas Hawley Fdna Tucker Ted Halloway Trap Hill G. F. Gillespie Edmond O. O. Bolin Beckley Mon Frances Canaday Ottie Williams Long Branch Walter Webbs G. M. Morris Oak Hill Church of God Arlie Whitlow Sim McGrady Lotus Avery McGrady Dale Fletcher Millard Horton Margie Brown Thelma Cook Hinton Orlin Riffe Bill George Trail Pete Brown Bastine Canaday Ray Vance Bruno Litz Joe Irene Tanni Clementine Nellie Albanese Spanishburg Josephine Colocha Marco Cipolat Beckely Pierce Brown Ruth Crotty Hope Winebrimmer Lois Horton Mabel Jarvis G. E. Thompson Howard Horton Slab Fork Vada Clay Maben Jim Whiteneck John Overbey Henry Overbey Raymond Owen Quinwood

Tin Plate Firms To Face Charge

The Federal Trade Commission charged 15 tin plate companies with conspiring against small tin can manufacturers to benefit American Can and Continental Can. The firms must show cause by April 17 why a cease and desist order should not issue. Included are American Sheet and Tin Plate Co Pittsburgh Fol

Associated Press Washington Federal Trade Commission American Can Company Continental Can Company The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company Pittburgh Follawsbee Brothers Company Pittsburgh Jones and Laughlin Steel

Local Social Notes From Sunday Visits

Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Owen hosted Sunday guests. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wayne and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Canaday traveled to Glen Rogers Sunday. Mrs. Routt visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Overbey.

L. P. Owen Jake Wayne Wesley Canaday Glen Rogers Routt Henry Overbey

Corporations Charged With Tin Plate Price Fixing

The Commission charged N. G. Taylor Co Cumberland Weirton Steel Wheeling Steel and others with agreeing in October 1934 not to sell stock plate tin can makers and robbers. The price of production plate rose, threatening small manufacturers and driving workers from the business. the action favored large firms like American Can.

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