Round Table To Meet Tomorrow in New River Valley
Educators, civic committees, and church groups prepare for the thirty-third New River Valley Round Table, opening tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at Woodrow Wilson High School and the First Baptist church. The program centers on the future status of the Round Table as Raleigh county teachers consider withdrawal. Committee plans include assigning meals via tickets, traffic guidance by Boy Scouts, and student ushers for the high school program. The all-county orchestra will perform, with W. W. Trent and Dr. LaBrant among speakers, and about 1,200 teachers expected.
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New River Valley Round Table
Woodrow Wilson High School
First Baptist Church
W. J. B. Cormany
Cormany
Raleigh
Round Table
W. T. Blakely
Chamber of Commerce
The
Beckley
Blakely
Baptist Church
Beckley Hotel
C. G. Peregoy
Kenneth Wood
West Virginia University
W. W. Trent
Wilbur Beauchamp
University High School
Chicago
Ill
Lou L. LaBrant
Ohio State University
Clyde B. Cochran
West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association
Woodrow Wilson
LaBrant
FDR Court Bill Hit By Farmer
Fred Frenck, a National Grange representative in Washington, denounced the Roosevelt court bill as an attempt to intimidate and coerce the Supreme Court. He argued the core issue is redistribution of power between the federal government and the states, amid widespread opposition to court packing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fred_ Frenckman
National Grange
Supreme Court
Mason agent to head Ohio work in Mason county
Wheel ing Gallen S Myers assistant extension agent in Mason county will succeed J Earle Romine April 1 as Ohio county farm agent Romine resigned to direct the Tygarts Valley Homestead federal resettlement project near Elkins Myers a native of Monongahela county steps into the post with the agency noting Romine's recent departure for the Elkins assignment
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Gallen S. Myers
Mason County
J. Earle Romine
Ohio County
Myers
Mononga- Hela County
Romine
Tygarts Valley Homestead
Elkins
Jury Acquits Chas Baldwin of Matricide in Huntington
Charles Buffington Baldwin was acquitted of murdering his mother Juliette Buffington Enslow in October. The defense argued an unidentified prowler killed the elderly widow, while the state contended Baldwin sought narcotics that led to the crime. The verdict followed ten days of testimony and Judge Worth instructed jurors on reasonable doubt and possible verdicts.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Charles Buffington Baldwin
Juliette Buffington Enstow
Juliette Buffington Enslow
Baldwin
Third Avenue
Worth
George S. Wallace
Charles Baldwin
Wallace
Charles
Joan H. Meek
Defense
Frank Bliss Enslow
Police Judge to Hear Lottery Case as Ex Officio Justice
Three men charged with operating a lottery face preliminary hearings tomorrow night before Police Judge Millard French who will act as ex officio justice of the peace. A criminal court ruling held the city lacked authority to try lottery cases in police court. William Clayborn Landon Price and a third man tied to Price will get hearings after recent arrests and seized numbers books.
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Millard French
Justice of the Peace
French
W. H. McGinnis Jr
J. Q. Stover
Clayborn
Warran
Stover
Price
Prince Street
Henry Holmes
Stonemason Dies Of Heart Attack At Sprague Home
Quince Teel aged 57 prominent stonemason contractor and Teel Plant Farm operator died suddenly of a heart attack at his Sprague home Yesterday Funeral services set for Prosperity Christian Church tomorrow at 2 30 p m He was born April 1 1880 the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Teel Survived by seven children and his widow Mrs Laura Teel Also listed are brothers and sisters Luther Teel Beckley Eldridge Teel Logan Elbert Teel Leewood W Va Mrs P P Trail Hampton Va Mrs Ollie Aker Beckley Mrs D J Vanderpool Bradley Ky Mrs E E Dillon and Mrs L E Walker Beckley
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Quince Teel
Sprague
Teel
Prosperity Christian Church
Jesse
Elizabeth Teel
Laura Teel
Maldon
Lowell
Dale Teel
Helen
Martha, Gurthel
Sue Teel
Luther Teel
Beckley
Eldridge Teel
Logan
Elbert Teel
Leewood
W. Va
P. P. Trail
Hampton
Ollie Aker
D. J. Vanderpool
Bradley
E. E. Dillon
L. E. Walker
Negotiations Near Pact in Soft Coal Wage Talks
In New York soft coal wage talks with a week left before the current contract expires, miners seek a 30 hour week and 15 percent raise plus paid vacation and 200 days work, while operators push for a 40 hour week with no pay change. Both sides hint at concessions as a strike looms. The Appalachian joint wage conference will review the committee’s findings. Key miners leaders include Philip Murray and Patrick J. Fagan. operators’ spokesmen include Duncan Kennedy and L. T. Putman.
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Associated Press
New York
United Mine Workers
Philip Murray
Miners’ Union
Patrick J. Fagan
Pittsburgh
van A. Bittner
West Virginia
Charles O'Neill
Pennsylvania
L. T. Putman
Duncan Kennedy
Charleston
W. Va
Board Maintains Teacher Hiring Standards Amid Proposals
Raleigh county education board keeps current hiring rule requiring standard normal certificates for new teachers. No definite step taken on rejecting A B degree candidates. President Huffman hints possible near future efforts to raise standards. Church and Knights groups gain permission to use Woodrow Wilson high school. Board approves land swap near Crab Orchard school for adjacent property.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
J. L. Huffman
Huffman
Church of God
The
Knights of Pythias
Woodrow Wilson High School
Stocks Make a Little Progress in Today's Market
New York stocks showed forward leanings with fractional gains to two points. General Motors Chrysler Hudson Motors Santa Fe Western Union Standard Oil of New Jersey and others posted modest increases.
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Associated Press
New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Hudson Motors
Santa Fe
Western Union
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Strikers Leave Chrysler Plants Quake Hits California
Southern California was shaken by a strong earthquake centered near the Imperial valley or off the Gulf of California. At 8:49 a.m. a 10,000 square mile area quivered with a long, rising motion felt in Los Angeles Long Beach and San Diego. El Centro reported a heavy jolt but no immediate damage.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
el Centro
San Diego
Fuss Over Ten Dollars Ends In Assault
East Beckley resident Fuss Jones jailed on felonious assault charge after a dispute over ten dollars led to a knife wound. A 15 year old companion also faces assault charges as the two claim they were defending themselves and attempting to part the other. The husband of Anna Mae Tiffany alleges she was wounded at the Tiffany home when Jones allegedly cut her near the shoulder. Tiffany said his wife cannot swear out the warrant due to injuries.
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June Jones
East Beckley
Miss Jones
Anna Mae Tiffany
Frank Lemon
Waraint
Tiffany
Lemon
Negro Sought At Glen White Today
Constable Everett Shutt searched Glen White for Joe Wesley a negro wanted in the murder of Barnie Watson. Watson was shot through a door after quarrels with Wesley over the housekeeper. Wesley fled and remained at large.
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Everett Shutt
Glen White
Joe Wesley
Barnie Watson
Watson
Wesley
Mrs. J. W. Johnson Dies at 77 in Union
Mrs. J. W. Johnson, 77, died Monday at 3:30 p.m. at her Union home after months of illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the residence, with burial in Union cemetery. She is survived by her husband, a daughter Margaret Johnson of Union, and two sons Richard Johnson of Union and Lewin Miller of Mullens.
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Alderson
J. W. Johnson
Union
Monroe County
Johnson
Margaret Johnson
Richard Johnson
Lewin Miller
Mullens
Kiwanians Hear Vocal Numbers at Beckley Luncheon
The Beckley Kiwanis club held a noon meeting with Miss Wilda Ganneau performing three vocal numbers. Mrs H V Sloan accompanied. Attendance was unusually good as guests joined in the fellowship on an off day ahead of Good Friday.
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Kiwanis Club
Beckley
Wilda Ganneau
H. V. Sloan
Burned man sues for $10,000 damages
Attorneys Carl C. Sanders and Ned H. Ragland filed a $10,000 damage suit for Charlie Luckerson naming Lillybrook Coal Corp as defendant. Luckerson says a sagging wire connecting a power line with the mines burned his neck and hands while he climbed his roof to adjust a radio antenna. The firm Sayre and Bowers filed a suit for Minnie Harris Meadows against Dewey R. Meadows.
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Carl C. Sanders
Ned H. Ragland
Charlie Luckerson
Lillybrook Coal Corporation
Luckerson
Sayre and Bowers
Minnie Harris Meadows
Dewey R. Meadows
World traveler alibi eyed in Beckley assault trial
A 22 year old Negro, Robert Burton, faces trial for allegedly beating Wilma Goins with a stick on February 19. Budding boast of travels to 48 states and foreign countries impressed beer garden patrons who provided his alibi. Witnesses placed Burton at Palisade beer garden around 10 30 pm. Attaches expected the case to go to the jury that afternoon.
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Robert Burton
Wilma Goins
John White
Palisade Beer Garden
Burton
Young
Thornhill
Three Hour Good Friday Service At St Stephens
A three hour service from noon to 3 p m will be held at St Stephen s Protestant Episcopal church tomorrow with seven local Protestant clergymen delivering short sermons on the seven last words of Christ on the cross The ministers include Rev H H Miller Rev H L Clay Rev Ross Culpepper Rev J M Hayes Rev F L Shannon Dr J L Lineweaver and Dr Ritchie Ware.
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St. Stephen’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ
H. H. Miller
H. L. Clay
Methodist Temple
Paradise
Ross Culpepper
Heber Street Methodist Church
J. M. Hayes
First Baptist Church
F. L. Shannon
J. L. Lineweaver
Ritchie Ware
Eight-Cent Meal Served in Tokyo
Tokyo reports a cooperative kitchen feeding over 6,000 laborers students workers and nursing mothers in a cream stucco building with a glass façade. Three meals daily are provided to each member for the equivalent of eight cents, reflecting dietetic planning and community relief in the capital’s slums.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Chrysler Strike Evacuations Follow Michigan Agreement
More than 6 000 striking autoworkers march through snow from eight Detroit Chrysler plants. Evacuation of striker held plants began under a Lansing truce reached last night while Walter P. Chrysler and John L. Lewis awaited word. The agreement covers removal of noddies and ensures access for nonproduction staff during negotiations.
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Associated Press
Chrysler Corporation
Detroit
Lansing
Walter P. Chrysler
John L. Lewis
Frank Murphy
Roosevelt
White House
Murphy
Chrysler
Perkins
Proper Garbage Disposal Asked
Beckley citizens are urged by county health officer Dr. W. W. Hume to stop dumping garbage in the city. He notes garbage dumped around Raleigh No. 7 near Piney Creek and asks users of the dumping ground to cooperate or face authorities. He warns that continued dumping harms public health and can spread disease.
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Beckley
W. W. Hume
Pupils Begin Easter Holiday in Raleigh County
School children across Raleigh County start a four day Easter break today and classrooms reopen Tuesday morning. Teachers attend the New River Valley Round Table in Raleigh tomorrow. Monday will be the regular Easter holiday.
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Raleigh County
New River Valley Round Table
Weather outlook with rain changing to snow tonight
Light rain will shift to snow tonight as a cold wave takes hold Friday. Expect generally fair, colder conditions with a high yesterday of 61 and a low last night of 46. Weather Observer L A Mauck noted today’s briefing.
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L. A. Mauck
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