Tony Stafford Deportation Hearing Ends Abruptly
Tony Stafford defense hearing before Inspector M F O'Brien on deportation to Italy from the United States closed abruptly amid a packed Raleigh County courtroom. Witnesses including Stafford and others tied to the Glen White mine shooting in 1917 testified as defense counsel pressed for extensive statements and affidavits from additional witnesses while the government remained terse on its stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Stafford
United State
Italy
M. F. O’brien
Stafford
Glen White
O’brien
J. M. McGrath
Princeton
William G. Barnhart
Charleston
C. M. Ward
Herman N. Pugh
Huntington
Tom McGinnis
Dorr Snuffer
Carl Kram
George Lucas
Tom Lethco
Maggie Lethco
Mr. O’brien
Lethco
Criminal Court of
Raleigh Courty
Winding Gulf News Encourages Safety Education
The national safety council urges teachers nationwide to teach safety to children. It notes industrial leaders stress the value of lives and limbs for national interests and questions post election conduct of elected officials. Eight pupils took common school diploma exams. county records await results. A colored teacher at Winding Gulf married last Saturday. Caroline Miller wed Robert Fulp at Beckley. Mrs. Fulp praised as a good teacher. Mrs. Cleo Ashburry returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Gulf
Winding Gulf
Caroline Miller
Robert Fulp
Beckley
Fulp
Cleo Ashburry
Stotesbury News Briefs Include Visitors and Local Developments
W V C R Stahl visited White Sulphur this past week and returned Sunday night. Cade Lilly and family returned from Beckley after two children’s adenoids operations, both successful. Foundation work begins on an addition to the hotel and a large boarding house for foreigners. Local carpenters busy. Stotesbury dancing club hosted a Friday night event with Big Stick Jazz Orchestra. Rev Homer Cummings preached on Christian fidelity at home, assisted by Rev Mawhinney. Cummings will start English classes for the foreign element, funded by E E White Coal Co, with free enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Stahl
Stotesbury Dancing Club
Big Stick Jazz Orchestra
Homer Cummings
Glen White
Mawhinney
Tams
Slab Fork Residents Visit Family and Attendees
Slab Fork West Virginia residents Margaret Boyd and her granddaughter Margaret Nelson left for Bay City Michigan after a ten day visit with daughter Elizabeth Boyd. N Norvelle Lee stopped in to visit Mrs J H Reid on route to Alpoca while in Charleston for a minor operation. W G Caperton attended a Winding Gulf Operators meeting at White Sulphur Springs and was in Beckley on business. C S Monroe of Charleston was in town on business last week. Betsey Warden, N Norvelle Lee’s niece, visited with Mr and Mrs J H Reid. Mrs W G Caperton returned from Charleston due to her father Dr S M Austin’s illness. Hoffman Fisher visited here on Thursday. Caperton was in Beckley on Tuesday for business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Boyd
Margaret Nelson
Bay City
Mich
Elizabeth Boyd
N. Norvelle Lee
J. H. Reid
Alpoca
Lee
Charleston
W. G. Caperton
White Sulphur
C. S
Fire in Bakery Stirs Beckley Business District
Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the floor beneath the large electric oven at the Spalding Baking Company plant in Beckley. The city chemical extinguisher arrived empty and bucket brigades finished the job, quelling the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Spalding Baking Company
Mann for Judgship in Tenth Circuit enters race
T G Mann of Hinton joins three way Republican race for judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit. He announces before the Beckley convention on August 10 and hopes Summers County delegates support him, signaling a likely contested battle with two other counties in the district. Mann is a practicing Summers County lawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenth Judicial Circuit
T. G. Mann
Hinton
Beckley
Register
Inefficiency in Road Building and Bridges study
A letter criticizes waterway and highway projects citing higher costs and flawed alignments. It argues engineers overbuilt bridges and a dirt road along Winding Gulf at about ten miles and ten thousand dollars per mile, totaling around one hundred thousand dollars. It claims future overhead bridges would be needed, estimating at least thirty thousand more, and questions the use of public funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Trap Hill
C. & O. Railroad Company
Virginian Railroad Company
Crab Orchard
Jacob Bowers
White Stick Bridge
Ewart Farm
Gyne
Beckley
Knob Hill
Corps of Engineers
Scott
Beckley Hotel
White Stick
Skelton
Citizens demand investigation of road work at Shady Spring
In a public demand letter D F Workman and Amos Stover criticize repeated surveys and mismanagement by the Advisory Committee secretary Bumgardner and Engineer C B Scott. They urge full inquiry into road projects across four districts and insist taxpayers deserve transparency on expenditures and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles, Fayette and Kanawha
Piney River
Bumgardner
C. B. Scott
Engineer Scott Corps
Shady Spring
Slab Fork
Town
Trap Hill
D. F. Workman
Amos Stover
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inspector O’brien
Letheo
Raleigh County
Ben D. Keller
C. L. Lilly
Lester
Clint Haynes
Mike Tassitino
Bramwell
Raleigh
James Harper
Harper
Luther Cole
Beaver
Winding Gulf, W. Va
Beckley Drug CO
Rexall
West Va
Stotesbury, W. Va
Slab Fork, W. Va
W.G. Caperton
S. M. Austin
Hoffman Fisher
Judge Miller
Mr. Mann
Summers County
Honey
del Aa Economica
Jemima
Fayette Station
C. & O. Main Line
Mt. Hope
Mr. Hope
Quisenberry & Holliday Bell
Beckley, W. VA
Hoover
Western Electric
the Electric Shop
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