Advisory council eyed to manage large relief fund
Washington reports President Roosevelt and Hopkins discuss a $4.88 billion work relief fund with an advisory council of agency heads to oversee direct relief and allocations. Names mentioned include Hopkins Ickes Fechner and Wood. council would guide grants loans and construction spending. Hopkins to lead direct relief while a business group would judge allocations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Sevelt
Capitol
Hopkins
Ickes
Christian J. Peoples
Obert Fechner
Ivilian Conservation Corps
Dr Martin Hit By Automobile Near Raleigh
Dr. L. A. Martin 69 of 83 South Nawha Street was injured when struck from behind while walking between a dental office and a post office. He was taken to Raleigh General Hospital with severe bruises. The involved driver O Waybright of Charleston stopped, claimed the impact was unavoidable, and was detained by state police.
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L. A. Martin
South
Nawha Street
Raigh General Hospital
Dental Office
Sophia
Yestery
Charleston
Waybright
Martin
Ufe
L. D. Stoner
Raleigh
Aybright
Funeral Services For Stump Girl Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Stump in Lillybrook tomorrow at 2 30 for their months old daughter Letrel ie who died at the residence or day after an illness from birth Burial will be in the Fitzpatrick cemetery Calfee undertakers in charge.
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Stump
Lillybrook Tomor
Letrelie
Fitzpatrick Cemetery
Calfee Undertakers
Operation Reduces Raleigh General Patient's Condition
H Light, 39, of Ballengee underwent emergency major surgery at Raleigh General Hospital at 11 30 last night. His condition was described as satisfactory. He is employed by the Chesapeake and Ohio pad company at Quanimont.
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H. Light
Ballengee
Raleigh General
Chesapeake and Ohio
Quanimont
Erskine Cumbo Found Not Guilty of Murder
A Raleigh County jury acquitted Erskine Cumbo of murder in the October 28 fatal shooting of Edward Stoner, a 32 year old miner, at Skelton. Defense witnesses contended Stoner had threatened Cumbo and quarreled with him earlier, while prosecutors argued the shooting followed an altercation in a lunch room. Cumbo was released immediately.
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Criminal Court
Erskine Cumbo
Edward Stoner
Miner
Cumbo
Skelton
Stoner
Joe Ondo, Jr
Railroad Brakeman Dies on Caboose Train
C. R. Rick, 54, a brakeman, dropped dead from a heart attack at 10:15 yesterday in the caboose of a freight train at Quin Nimont while eating with the crew. His body was sent to Hin ton, his home, on a special train. Survived by son John and daughter Mrs. Mina Wallace. wife died January 15.
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C. R. Rick
Quinnimont
Hinton
John
Mina Wallace
British German Talks Continue Amid Armament Dispute
The British foreign secretary Sir John Simon and Anthony Eden concluded talks with Adolf Hitler in Berlin. Hitler asserted Germany’s rearma ment is established and cannot be reversed, leaving others to act toward disarmament. No joint communique was expected, discussions centered on disarmament, rearmament, return to the League, and a defensive air pact.
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Berlin
Hitler
Great Britain
Sir John
Captain Eden
Reich
League of Nations
Storms and Floods Sweep Across the Nation
A chaotic weather pattern brings snow in the Sierra and plains dust storms. Tornadoes kill and injure in North Carolina Illinois and Kentucky while winds topple trees and wreck buildings in Metropolis Illinois. Mt Baker snowstranding families finds road opened.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Illinois
Kentucky
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Plains States
High Sierra
Mt. Baker
Bellingham
Metropolis
Ill
Seventy Arrested In Troubles In Ireland
Seventy Republican party members were arrested in Dublin during police raids linked to the weekend shootings that wounded two policemen.
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Ireland
Associated Press
Dublin
Republican Party
Sixteen Prisoners Released From Local Jail
An echo of mass arrests over the weekend of March 16 17 is seen as sixteen prisoners are released from the county jail. All those freed had completed ten day sentences.
Plan to embargo arms sales in event of European war
Washington reports a White House plan to keep Americans at home during any European war. A senatorial source says proposed measures include passport controls and possibly munitions embargoes, allowing travel only for compelling reasons while curbing risk of involvement abroad.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
United States
Lusitania
Germany
Borah
R-Ida
Hitler
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
State Plans To Buy Hawks Nest Rock For Park
Charleston March 26 Plans to purchase Hawks Nest a large rock formation overhanging the New River canyon on the Midland Trail near Ansted were announced by the state conservation commission. G H Overholt said only deed papers are needed to complete the plan to establish a park around the rock once acquired. The site is reputed to have been an Indian lookout post in pioneer days.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Hawks Nest
Ansted
State Conservation Commission
G. H. Overholt
Alan Cole Arrested for Possession of Moonshine Whisky
Alan Cole of Daniels was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal J R Miller on a charge of possession of moonshine whisky. He was held for the Bluefield term of federal court after a hearing before U S Commissioner W H Bardin. Cole’s wife Anna Cole and Bynum Walls, arrested previously on similar charges, were released. Bond for Cole was set at 500 dollars.
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Alan Cole
Daniels
U. S
J. R. Miller
Bluefield
W. H. Bardin
Cole
Anna Cole
Bynum Walls
Fish Confesses New Crimes En Route to Sing Sing
Osfining N Y March 26 Albert H Fish sentenced to die in the electric chair for Grace Budd slaying confessed last night to mutilation and probable murder of three other children and a young man He said he killed two victims aged 65 and a youth 24 at Wilmington Del in 1910 and told Warden Casey of his broader attacks during his lifetime He completed his confession after arriving at Sing Sing prison
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Associated Press
N. Y
Albert H. Fish
Grace Budd
George A. Casey
Westchester County
Fish
White Plains
Sing Sing
Thomas Bedden
Wilmington
Del
Virginia
Potomac
Georgetown University
District of Columbia
Gilmer Seeks Beckley Site For State Liquor Store
M G Gilmer from Matoaka, representative of the state liquor commission, surveyed Beckley for potential liquor store sites. He noted Raleigh county gets one store and three agencies and expects to report recommendations to the commission, likely Saturday, after surveying six counties including Raleigh, McDowell, Summers, Mercer, Monroe, and Wyoming. He planned to visit Mullens the next day.
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M. G. Gilmer
Matoaka
State Liquor Commission
Beckley
Raleigh
Gilmer
McDowell
Summers
Mercer
Monroe
Wyoming
Mullens
Roadster Recovered After Abandonment on Harper Road
A green Ford roadster found abandoned on Harper road Saturday night was claimed today by Atwell Catron Motor Company. Officers say the car had been stolen from the companys used car lot.
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Harper Road
Atwell Catron Motor Company
Cooking School Opens in City With Kelvinator Support
A three day post graduate home economics course begins tomorrow at 2 PM in Memorial building. Mrs. Whitney Garrett will lead lessons on modern meal planning budgeting and kitchen management as part of the Raleigh Radio and Refrigerator Co Kelvinator program. A 1935 Kelvinator will be awarded as a feature amid local merchant support.
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Raleigh Radio and Refrigerator Company
Kelvinator Corporation
Memorial Building
Whitney Garrett
Kelvin Kitchen
Kelvinator
FE. H. Erickson
Relief Workers Battle Mud in Flooded Areas
Relief workers fought thick mud and debris as rivers receded in Mingo and McDowell counties. Two killed, five injured, bridges and railroad trestles washed out, hundreds displaced, coal mines closed, roads damaged, and a two year old child drowned in Glen White.
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Associated Press
Mingo County
S. C. Waller
Road Commission
Mingo
McDowell
Williamson
Glen White
Beckley
George Arthur McMillan
Pneumonia Causes Death of Claremont Man Thomas Mosby
Thomas Mosby of Claremont died yesterday from pneumonia while employed at the Kaymoor mine of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 30 PM with burial in Claremont.
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Thomas Mosby
Claremont
Kaymoor
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Roosevelt Takes Fishing Trip Amid Progressive Agenda
President Roosevelt sails toward Florida for a vacation while laying out a seven point work program to Congress. Harry Hopkins accompanies him to discuss the vast work relief plan as leaders pledge cooperation, and Louis Howe shows marked improvement in health. The agenda includes NRA extension social security old age pensions unemployment insurance utility holding company regulation HOLC capitalization powers of the Fed and food drug rule tightening.
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Associated Press
Florida
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Washington
Louis M. Howe
White House
Capitol
Congress
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
Miners and Operators Seek Accord in Work Talks
In Raleigh County Glen White two year old George Arthur McMillan drowned in a high creek while playing with his four year old brother. The body was found after a search covering about 3000 feet from the home. Funeral services are set for Glen White Community Church. Surviving are two brothers George Dewey and William Douglas and a sister Helen.
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Raleigh
George Arthur McMillan
George D. McMillan
Glen White
Robert Dewey
McMillan
George
Ray White
Glen White Community Church
Robert Smith
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee
George Dewey
William Douglas
Helen
G. W. Rosamond
Milton Rosamond
Charles Campbell
Sunny Thompson
Garner Fink
Roy Hutchinson
Jackie Thompson
Eugene Thompson
Mayo Gooch
Harold Simmons
Peter Ferguson
Ernest Henderson
Billy Henderson
Jackie Henderson
Harold Gene Crouse
Lions Plan For Big Style Show
The Lions Club annual spring style show set for this evening at 7:30 in the Memorial building features a 12 piece dance band as curtain raiser. The parade of fashion will include vocal and instrumental numbers with two male quartets and a Mills Brothers style act. Norris Guthrie, noted local pianist, will present a brief solo, and Florence Marie Farris, a five year old, will sing On The Good Ship Lollipop for the children alongside other acts.
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Lions Club
Memorial Building
Mills Brothers Broadcasting
Norris Guthrie
WLW
Florence Marie Farris
Market Holds Steady in Morning Stock Trading
Market opened unchanged and edged higher in morning dealings. Initial sales showed fractional gains for American Can Bethlehem Chrysler while American Telephone eased about a point. U S Steel remained flat and Santa Fe slipped slightly.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
American Can
Bethlehem
Chrysler
American Telephone
U.S
Sante Fe
Buster Reed Arrested For Automobile Theft
Buster Reed, arrested last night for stealing a Dodge coupe from the Atwell Catron Motor company, was held for grand jury action after a hearing before Magistrate Zach A. Petty. Constable Frank Lemon arrested Reed under a warrant issued for the theft.
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Buster Reed
Atwell Catron Motor Company
Zach A. Petty
Reed
Frank Lemon
Deadline Looms In Coal Wage Talks
Washington March 26 with one week left Appalachian soft coal operators and United Mine Workers push to reach wage and hour contracts as existing deals expire March 31. A five member per side joint committee shows signs of drift toward a no from employers over a 30 hour week and 50 cent daily wage rise though not fully deadlocked. John L Lewis warns of no work on April 1 if no new agreement emerges.
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Associated Press
Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Miners’ Union
Hoover May Not Seek Presidency
Former President Hoover reportedly told a friend he has no aspirations to be the Republican candidate for president in 1936. The remarks came as he noted no interest in running while reflecting on past departure from the White House and a potential future message to California Republicans criticizing regimentation and bureaucracy under the Roosevelt administration.
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Associated Presse
Washington
Hoover
White House
California
Kinney Undergoes Tonsil Operation in Thurmond
Edward Kinney of Thurmond and general manager at Collins Cash Mercantile underwent a tonsil operation yesterday at McKendree Emergency hospital. He was reported to be improving nicely today.
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Edward Kinney
Thurmond
Collins Cash Mercantile Company
McKendree
Weather Outlook Increases Clouds And Warmer Temps
Fair tonight then slightly warmer in the far west. Wednesday brings increasing clouds and warmer conditions. Scattered showers are likely Wednesday night and Thursday.
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Dole
Rob FE. Wood
Chicago
Dr. Martin
Seckley
Uneral
Edw. Stoner
Smith
Raleigh County
AAA
Grandview
Federal Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Joe L. Smith
J. E. Scott
Division of
L. C. Gray
Bolden
Virginia Bolden
Earl Francis
Prince Street
Francis
A. A. Tieche
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Simon
America
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City
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M'Millan
High Creek
Kinney
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