Wills Convicted Of Manslaughter In Edgewater Shootings
James Wills, 22, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for killing Encarnacion Negrete, a Mexican miner, in an Edwight poolroom on March 7. He was released on bond pending motions to set aside the verdict after a two hour jury deliberation.
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James Wills
Hary Tippleman
Encarnacion Negrete
Edwight
Liberty
Negrete
Wills
Dever Erskine
Elliott Cook
Price HM
Ernest Zeller
Charleston
Two Girls Hurt After Wet Road Collision
Deputy Green investigated a late Friday night crash at about 11 45 involving a car driven toward Mount Hope and a truck toward Beckley. Augustine reportedly said he lost control and struck the truck.
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Miss Henzker
L. A. Green
Augustine
Mount Hope
Beckley
Green
Senate backs silver inflation and relief funding debate
The Senate moved to silence a possible filibuster on a broad silver inflation rider and relief funding. Senator Thomas pushed a revised silver certificate plan while Wheeler’s $4 trillion greenback proposal was rejected and two Democratic amendments were adopted limiting relief administrators and allowing discretionary use of funds for one year.
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Glass
Virginia
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Robinson
Thomas
Treasury
Wheeler
D-Mont
McCarran
Dnew
George
D-Ga
Asricultu
George’s Tax Suggestion Vetoed by Wallace
A line from early day reports notes George proposing dropping processing taxes due to the high cost of living. Secretary Wallace quickly vetoed the suggestion, blocking the proposed tax relief measure.
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George
Wallace
Three Trainmen Escape Crash on WV-PA Boundary Spur
Three Baltimore and Ohio Train crew members survived a wreck on a spur near Cheat Haven Dam at the West Virginia Pennsylvania line about 20 miles from Uniontown. Fireman Harold Huhn yelled a warning to Engineer John Younkin and both leaped from the engine as it toppled. Conductor W J Dayton jumped from a caboose window, while Brakeman A G Greathouse and Flagman Lee Stickel stayed in the cab as it rolled. The five men, residents of Smithville Pa, walked five miles to a station to report the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cheat Haven Dam
Lake, Uynn
West Virginia-Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Harold Huhn
John W. Younkin
W. J. Dayton
Hoover Seen as Feeble Attack on Roosevelt in White House Row
Hoover’s public missive draws harsh replies from Connally Robinson Snell Hastings and Burns supporters with Republicans labeling it vague and opportunistic. Critics say it offers no concrete policy, aiming for another nomination while urging the party to remain the only real hope for the nation.
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Ator Connally
D-Tex
Hoover
Ite House
Robinson
Snell
New York
Hastings
Capitol
Burns
White House
Delegation debate on regulation of holding companies continues
Delegates discuss a bill to regulate securities of holding companies while opposing measures that would seize property. Opponents warn of receivership for West Virginia firms, with Kee open to amendments and Edmiston opposing current form. Local hearings addressed arguments for stronger regulation and fraud prevention.
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John Kee
Bluefield
Tam
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
West Virginia
Edmiston
Burned to Death in Fire at Walton Ferguson Estate
Stamford report states George W. Ray, superintendent of the Walton Ferguson estate, was burned to death today when trapped between a gross and brush fire he had started. The incident occurred under unclear circumstances, with officials noting fatal injuries and investigators assessing the blaze. Further details expected.
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Stamford
Conn
George W. Ray
Walton Ferguson
Byrd Antarctic Expedition Members Arrive in Los Angeles
Eight members of Admiral Richard E. Byrd s South Pole expedition arrived in Los Angeles bringing motion pictures sketches and scientific specimens from Little America They are the first of 74 expedition members to reach the American mainland Friends and relatives greeted them as they walked the Meriposa gang plank They prepared 150000 feet of film for processing and John L Herrmann and Carl Peterson of Paramount prepared to cut and assemble it Charles J V Murphy said Byrd was crossing to New York for a rest Mrs Byrd accompanied him They will join the Ruppert at Panama Quin Blackburn brought geological specimens for scientific institutions Charles Anderson reported handling 100000 pieces of mail for stamp collectors in six months
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
Little America
Admiral Byrd
New York
John L. Herrmann
Carl Peterson
Paramount Studios
Charles J. V. Murphy
Pacific
Rangitiki
Byrd
Jacob Ruppert
Panama
Murphy
Quin Blackburn
University of Washington
Charles Anderson
Charles Anderson, Washingon
D.C
Farley
Italy Prepares for War Threats and Allied Realignments
International dispatches describe Berlin’s push for equal status in Anglo-Saxon talks while pursuing bi lateral pacts to deter war. London doubts rapid disarmament, Britain considers isolation, and Czechoslovakia fortifies frontiers amid Nazi fears. Titulescu delays a European tour to gauge Germany’s rearmament moves.
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Berlin
Hitler
Germany
London
Stanley Baldwin
Council
Simon
Britain
Geneva
Europe
League
Czechoslovakia
Spoliceman
Switzerland
Madrid
Alejandro Lerroux
Bucharest
Nicholas Titulescu
Opinon
Mrs Perfecto Davol Hosts Women Missionary Society Meeting
In Fast Gulf West Virginia the Women’s Missionary Society gathered at Mrs. Davol’s home for a Thursday session with Mrs. W F B Clark Mrs. W L Hylton Mrs J R Brooks and others present along with a visitor Miss Mary Bish and host Mrs Davol A Pollyanna party followed at Mrs W Clark’s home with a Reds versus Blues contest to raise dimes for their tape and to recruit members refreshments were served to attendees including Mrs O G Widsen Mrs Sh Re Brooks and Mrs Thomas Mekywan
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W. M.S
Perfecto Davol
Woman's Missionary Society
W. F B. Clark
W. L. Hylton
J. R. Brooks
Thomas AleEwan
W. E. Reynolds
Russell Meador
KR. E. Nunn
B. L. Bish
Kitty Clark
Mary Bish
Dacol
G. Widsen
Sh Re Brooks
Thomas Mekywan
Russel Meador
R. E. Nunn
M. Bougess
Jackson
W. F. Clark
Oakley Bowden
Luella Norris
Willis Gilmore
Jack Clark
Hudson
Clark
Hylton
Bish
Killarney
F. B. Perry
Missionary Society and Community Notices
A sequence of social events and announcements from Mullens including a birthday gifts gathering for Mrs. Perry, a regular meeting set for April 1, and an Old Time Fiddlers contest at East Gulf schoolhouse with cash prizes. Birth announced Sankey Jill on March 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dillon. Multiple personals note shopping trips, theatre attendance, revival meetings at Killarney, and visits among local families and clubs.
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Woman's Missionary Society
W. Mbongess
PT. A
East Gulf School House
Cecil Dillon
Sankey Jill
Sea Plane Sets New World Seaplane Distance Record
The Sikorsky four motor flying boat flew from Honolulu at 4 06 p m yesterday over the Atlantic guided by stars and radio and landed at 9 22 a m today after a long night flight. It carried six crew and 498 gallons of gasoline enough for 450 more miles. The flight surpassed the previous world seaplane distance record by 105 miles, with Captain Edwin L Musick as chief pilot.
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Honolulu
Asia
Atlantic
Sikorsky
Comndor Knefler McGinnis
California
Hawaii
Edwin L. Musick
Iope Abandoned For Secretary's Recovery
The Associated Press reports that physicians have abandoned hope for Col. Louis McHenry Howe's recovery. At the White House, President Roosevelt and his wife monitor the ailing secretary, with Howe's death described as only a matter of time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Col
Louis McHenry Howe
White House
Smith's Beauty Shop Moves to 26 South Heber Street
Smith's Beauty Shop relocates from the Woman's Shop to 26 South Heber Street over the Men's Store. It opens Tuesday with three rooms including two for permanent waving and other beauty culture, plus a drying entrance room. The new quarters are redecorated and equipped with modern beauty machines.
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Smith's Beauty Shop
Collins Dramatic Club Presents Farce Friday
Collins Dramatic Club of Collins high school stages a lively three act farce-comedy Oh Professor by Katharine Kavanaugh at the Winding Gulf Theater on Friday March 29 at 8 p m. The play follows a young playboy tangled with a girls summer school and features Argrices White Margaretta Blake Leona Justice Fairy Cline Mary Patrick Trene Nunn Frances Hedrick Loren Fleshman Tester Peters Wiliam David William Liddle Hillous Craddock in the cast.
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Dramatic Club
Collins] High School
Katharine Kavanaugh
Winding Gulf Theater
Argrices White
Margaretta Blake
Leona Justice
Fairy Cline
Mary Patrick
Tre
Prosperity PTA Meeting Highlights Community Reading Circle
Prosperity West Virginia PTA met Friday night at the schoolhouse with Ervin Maddy of Beckley as principal speaker. The meeting included a business session and a reading circle party for second graders, with pupils named for completing requirements and families hosting by Mrs B F Moye and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ervin Maddy
Beckley
Life Saving Army to Host Youth Council Meeting
The Life Saving Army announces a Young People's Council gathering at F pom with 8 ppm. Teehore General TC Glashen and others will speak on the subject World Peace. The event aims to discuss peace efforts and youth involvement.
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Life Saving Army
Life Savings Army
Young People’s Council
Teehore
TC. Glashen
Spring Socials and Illnesses Shape Local Week
Glen Hedrick and others attended the annual spring function at Mark Twain High School on Thursday. Marry Lemon, ill with pneumonia, is improving at home. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lilly hosted Sunday guests including Mrs. Showel Lilly and daughters Elohn and Emma of Beckley. Genevieve Bowling of Ghent visited Virginia Wilburn. Henry Mann is ill. The Reeds and Reed family visited friends in McClure. Mrs. Tom Crock tours Hinton. Mrs. Elbert Cooper of Ghent visited Mrs. Samuel Harford along with Evelyn Starr and Margaret Radford at Resaco. Jol Rakes of Meadow Bridge spent the weekend with the O. R. Rakes family. A. Davenport and son Scottie of Beckley visited the Lillys. Elizabeth Lloyd spent the weekend in Beckley. Gazell Bowers of Glen White visited her parents the Bowers. Marie Scarbrough and Dora Stump of Fitzpatrick stayed with Claribel Lilly. More Pitzer and Ira May and Janice Muriel Pitzer of East Gulf are visiting the Lillys.
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Randolph Norton
Eva Teter
Claribel Lilly
Mary Willams
Warren Me
Ginnis
Mark Twain
Lemon
Lawrence Lilly
Showel Lilly
Elohn
Emma
Beckley
Genevieve Bowling
Ghent
Virginia Wilburn
Henry Mann
Gleason Reed
O. R. Rakes
Davenport
Fitzpatrick
More Pitzer
Ira May
Janice Muriel Pitzer
East Gulf
B. Lilly
Polly Anna club to stage The Sewing Circle Meets at Mrs Martin's
Eccles West Virginia will host an evening performance by the Polly Anna club on Wednesday March 27 at 7 30 The comedy The Sewing Circle Meets at Mrs Martin's features Eliza Mrs Martins maid in a lively set of comic blunders and chatter Ruby Lewis celebrated her seventh birthday with guests and refreshments hosted by Mrs Margaret Minor at the home of Beatrice Pennington and others Mrs Ivan Lowery visited relatives in Dunbar while Mr and Mrs Kay hosted family in Charleston a birthday party for Mrs Joe Peters concluded the day with gifts and refreshments
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Eccles Theatre
Polly Anna Club
Mrs
Margaret Minor
Beatrice Pennington
Louis Ruth
Jean Kay
Peggy
June Arthur
Jean Minor
Dessalee Spencer
Alfreda Graham
Margaret Brooks
Anna Lee
Mary Ruth Flemings
Dorothy Burleson
Betty Lou Flemings
Geneva Ruth
Ivan Lowery
Lowery
Dunbar
John Kay
Charleston
Wm. Kay
Women Mission Study Group Meets in Helen West Virginia
The Women's Mission study class met at Mrs S M Blackwell home on Wednesday night. Next week the meeting will be at Mrs W L Green home. Mr and Mrs S P Wilson hosted Jas Sunday guests father W T Meredith of Davy. A seven pound baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Black Combs on Tuesday March 19. Mrs Waldron Branch and children of Coalwood visit her parents Mr and Mrs C S Wills. Mrs E W Elliott and son Billy returned from Huntington where they visited her parents Mr and Mrs Anderson. Mrs Alice Craven hosted Sunday guests Mr and Mrs Tom Riley and baby of Hemphill and Mr and Mrs Walter Hand and children of Sophia. Misses Cate and Ruth Dunn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Blackwell
W. L. Green
S. P. Wilson
Jas
W. T. Meredith
Davy
Goitre Warns of Dangers and Home Treatment Offer
Head physician of a Battle Creek Goitre Institution warns that goitre harms nerves and the body and urges sufferers to seek home treatment. Thousands of victims report improvement, and readers are invited to write to Physicians Treatment and Advisory Co. in Battle Creek for a free illustrated book on ending goitre at home.
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Battle Creel
Gollie
Ady
Dinner Guests and Weekend Travel Notes
Anna Muncy and Edith Oaks of Tams were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs W N Green on Thursday evening. Dean Hofman Marley Pennington and Mr Bishop left Thursday to spend the weekend in their homes in Troutdale Virginia.
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Anna Muncy
Edith Oaks
Tams
W. N. Green
Dean Hofman
Marley Pennington
Mr. Bishop
Troutdale
Virginia
Nomination Contest In Parkersburg Vote
Parkersburg West Virginia March 23 The nomination of J S Dunn as one of two non partisan candidates for mayor is contested by Mayor Allen C Murdoch on grounds Dunn was not assessed for city taxes in 1934 Dunn denied the charge and a
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
J. S. Dunn
Allen C. Murdoch
Dunn
Murdoch Faces Duress in Five Way Primary for City Nomination
Mon day hearing ordered by the municipal election board as Murdoch, third in a five way primary for two nominations, would oppose E. R. DeRussey if Dunn’s nomination is void. Murdoch has been mayor since 1929 while Dunn led Parkersburg from 1920 to 1926.
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Municipal Election Board
Murdoch
Dunn
Parkersburg
Mrs Tierney Dies in Philadelphia Widow of WV coal operator
Mrs Ida Tierney age 70 widow of Edward M Tierney a West Virginia coal operator died today in Philadelphia. The report notes her death as a public obituary item from the Associated Press filed from Philadelphia dated March 23.
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Associated Ures
Philadelphia
Ida Tierney
Edward M. Tierney
West Virginia
Cou
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H. W. Yates
W. G. Mead
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Douglas McNutt
Mullens
Elmer Dula
Glenn Sparks
George Farmer
S. L. Dillon
W. H. Kerns
W. M. Baugess
F. E. Perry
J. W. Peters
Winding Gulf
Wills Gilmore
R. N. Smith
Black Eagle
H. M. Armbrister
Jimmie Richmond
Harless
Stoco
Martha Burdiss
Iope
Smith
Collins Dramatic Club
Prosperity
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G. F. Stover
Rosa Short
QO. A. Phipps
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Hal Harrah
L. L. Meadows
W. G. Bragg
George Underwood
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Pauline Meadows
June Thurman
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Carrie Burnice Bailey
Cleve Wood
Denval Lee Stover
Henry Kline
Leonard Bergines
B. F. Moye
B. Y. P. A. of the Baptist Church
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Cranberry
Gladys Buckland
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Layland
C. A. Phipps
Eileen Thurman
Irene Staver
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R. B. Kestner
Robert
Clarence Kestner
John Crowder
Mt. Hope
C. A. McNeal
C. T. Sanford
Huntington
George Edmonds
Princeton
Cart Toney
Ee Kidd
Joe Wright
Lloyd Neal
Alderson
Clarkson Phipps
Rosa Davis
Pauline
Lee Roy Phipps
Opal Phipps
Abbie Naff
D. J. Stover
William James
Evelyn Licks
Rogs Stover
J.B. Grubbs
Herman Taithcoat
Smithers
Glen Hedrick
Eccles, W. Va
Joe Peters
Allentown
D. E. Clay
Wm. Patton
R. D. Holt
L. G. Ballard
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T. J. Posey
Peters
Helen, W. Va
Frank
International Tailoring Co
Chicago
Robert Tailoring Co
Cincinnati
Fayette ST
Beckley, W. VA
ROYAL
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Ruby Keeler
Pat O'Brien
Ec 99
Anna Sten
Nana Phillip Holmes
Sue
Sean Oki
Kansas City
Glenda Ferrall
Joan Blondell
Robert Armstrong
Hugh Herbert
MT. Hope High School
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Tracey Rider
Tom Tyler
Gene Autry
Frankie Darro
Benny King Ross
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