Flood Control Plan Outlined In U S Senate
The Senate commerce committee shaped a 305 million dollar flood control bill to fund reservoirs and levees in eastern states. It would authorize 33.0 million for dykes along the Susquehanna and 13.373 million for ten upper Connecticut river reservoirs. The plan aims to require Army Engineers approval for flood projects, reducing pork barrelling.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Army Board of Engineers
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
Upper
Connecticut River
New England
Copeland
D-Ny
Senate
Army Engineers
Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Massachusetts House
Democratic
Roosevelt
Red Cross
Cary T. Grayson
George B. Pillsbury
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Lower
Frame Outlines Program Of CCC
Dr Nat T Frame educational adviser to the Citizens Conservation Corps outlined the three month program at the Lewisburg sector conference held at Camp Raleigh. The goal is to turn out better citizens by making enrollees employable and ready to participate in community life. The plan targets boys with limited schooling and limits spring activities to arts crafts and sports including a sector baseball and softball schedule. Major Alfred A Roberg introduced Frame to the audience.
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Nat T. Frame
Corps Area
Citizens Conservation Corps
Lewisburg
Camp Raleigh
French Ship Sinks In Collision Nine Drown
Off Skegness Lincolnshire England the French S S Boree sank after a collision with an unidentified vessel in dense fog. Rescue boats saved 13 of 22 crew. nine are believed dead including the captain who survived.
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Associated Press
Skegness
Lincolnshire
England
Hauptmann Has Slight Chance To Avoid Death
Trenton N J March 26 With little prospect of executive intervention Hauptmanns fate rests with the court of pardons and the judge who sentenced him A potential clemency hearing may be discussed by Governor Hoffman and Chancellor Campbell If the court rejects the new clemency plea Hauptmanns only hope would be judicial intervention which appears remote Attorney General Wilentz says status unchanged and no reason Hauptmann should escape If pardons court fails and no new trial is granted Hauptmann will probably die
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Court of Pardons
Harold Hoffman
Luther A. Campbell
Lindbergh
David T. Wilentz
Haupmann
Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Thomas W. "Frenchard
Shumate Trial Goes to Jurors This Afternoon
Ray Shumate Harp er road resident stands trial for breaking and entering and theft of 18 chickens from Frank Huffman s hen house on Quarry street last July 20 A Raleigh county jury deliberates after defense witnesses and character testimony support Shumate while Basil Kidwell and Harvey Gunter admit involvement seeking whiskey on the night of the crime New witnesses allege Shumate drove the car and aided the theft Jury reports deadlock in Cawley case and Shifflet pleads guilty to unlawful wounding in the Roosevelt King incident
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Harper Road
Ray Shumate
Frank Huffman
Quarry Street
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Shumate
Basil Kidwell
Harvey Gunter
Huffman
Kidwell
Gunter
Heber Street
Charles Cawley
Kilgore
Cawley
Charles Shifflet
Helen
Roosevelt King
Shifflet
Consolidated Bus Lines Files New Tariffs with ICC
Consolidated Bus Lines and subsidiaries Logan Transit Co and Pocahontas Transportation Co of Virginia filed new passenger and express tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington to take effect April 1. The plan delays filing deadline to March 31 with future tariffs needing 30 days advance notice and possible public hearings. Key fares include a permanent cent-and-a-half per mile on the Bluefield Roanoke division, formerly temporary, plus reductions on Beckley Logan and Matoaka Bluefield routes. Tariffs were also filed with Virginia and West Virginia road commissions.
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Consolidated Bus Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Commission
Logan Transit Company
Pocahontas Transportation Co
Virginia, Inc
B. T. Wren Jr
Bluefield Roanoke
Beckley
Logan
Matoaka
Bluefield
Wren
Virginia
West Virginia
To Move School At Princewick
The Princewick school building will be moved to a central location with new lighting and water facilities. The move, to be supervised by the superintendent's office around July 1, was ordered by the board. The Maple Fork school building will be re advertised for sale.
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Princewick
Memorial Building
Golden L. Meadows
Maple Fork Schol
Beacom withdraws from Fourth District primary bid
State Senator J. Patrick Beacom withdrew as a Democratic candidate for the Fourth district House seat. In a letter to the secretary of state he endorsed Representative George W. Johnson for renomination and said he planned a special legislative session for his attention.
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Associated Press
Charleston
J. Patrick Beacom
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
George W. Johnson
Pneumonia Fatal To Mose Canaday
Mose Canaday 65 died at his Lester home after a ten day illness from pneumonia. Survived by widow Susan and children T. E. Canaday Erma Canaday and six others. Funeral at Lester Baptist Church with burial in Canaday cemetery. Pallbearers named Dowell Stover French Canaday W T Smith John Birch Silas Stover Hubert Clowers.
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Edward Mosby Canaday
Lester
William R
Angelina Canaday
Lester Baptist Church
A. G. Nichols
G. L. Walker
Canaday
Caffee Undertakers
Susan Canaday
T. E. Canaday
Jesse Richardson
Ezra Canaday
San Diego
Cal
C. C. Canaday
Erma Canaday
Lowell Collins
J. B. Canaday
M. L. Canaday
Coal City
E. P. Canaday
W. H. Spangler
A. F. Brooks
St. Albans
Dowell Stover
French Canaday
W. T. Smith
John Birch
Silas Stover
Hubert Clowers
Mrs Meador Taken By Death at Beaver
Grace Meador 47 wife of A H Meador died yesterday at home in Beaver after a brief illness attributed to asthma and heart disease. Funeral services will be Sunday at Beaver Community church at 2 pm with burial in Williams cemetery. She was born September 17 1888 at Shady Spring to Allen and Martha Williams and married July 27 1908 to A H Meador.
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Grace Meador
A. H. Meador
Beaver
Beaver Community
Williams Cemetery
Allen Williams
Martha Richmond Williams
Shady Spring
Johnson Is Candidate For Auditor Position
Vernon E. Johnson of Berkeley Springs former speaker of the house filed as a Republican candidate for state auditor. Johnson previously served as collector of internal revenue for West Virginia. Also mentioned is Zell Baker of Logan seeking the Republican state committee from the Eighth district.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Vernon E. Johnson
Berkeley Springs
House of Delegates
Johnson
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Zell Baker
Logan
Republican State Committee
Four Held For Abusing Woman In Richmond Glen
Four youths James Brooks Oliver Darden Stephen Bohannon and Samuel Overby were ordered to court as a 23 year old woman reported she was stripped beaten and tortured with lighted matches in a secluded glen last Saturday night. Police said two other victims may have been attacked.
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Associated Press
Richmond
James Brooks
Oliver Darden
Stephen Bohannan
Samuel Overby
Dan Duling
Llewellyn Parsons
Daling
Trooper McLaughlin Returns From Huntington Flood Duty
Trooper B. F. McLaughlin of the local headquarters detachment of Company D West Virginia state police has returned from Huntington where he was assigned to flood area duty. Troopers W. R. Callaghan and T. W. Harrison from Beckley detachment remained at Huntington.
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B. F. McLaughlin
Company D
West Virginia State Police
Huntington
W. R. Callaghan
T. W. Harrison
Beckley
Miner Injured in Mine Car Collision at Killarney
Floyd Thomas of Killarney was brought to Raleigh General Hospital this morning with a fractured pelvis and leg from injuries in the Killarney mines. He is believed to have been hurt in a collision of mine cars.
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Floyd Thomas
Killarney
Raleigh General Hospital
Thomas
Lewis Day Celebrations Planned at Mullens and Mount Hope
John L. Lewis Day will be celebrated April 1 at Mullens and Mount Hope in West Virginia. J H Carter says events honor the UMWA leader and his push for a seven hour day. Van A Bittner will address miners at Mount Hope at 11 am and Mullens at 3 pm, with crowds of thousands expected to attend. Weather will decide Mount Hope venue, McKell Field or armory. A parade led by Mount Hope high school band opens Fayette County events, with dances planned for the evening.
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Mount Hope and
Mallens
John L. Lewis
J. H. Carter
Mine Workers Union
van A. Bittner
New River Field
Mount Hope
Winding Gulf District
Mullens
McKell Field
Mount Hope Armory
Mount Hope High School
Fayette County
Beckley
Pat Garrett
New River
William Holroyd
Language Group Confers Friday at Woodrow Wilson High
A language committee revising West Virginia high school course of study will meet at Woodrow Wilson High School Friday at 7 30 p m and Saturday at 9 30 a m with Dr H G Wheat and F W Stamper of the university college of education. The group aims to increase correlation across subjects and may integrate history and English into a single course. Members include C G Peregoy and a broad list of educators from Beckley Shady Spring Matoaka and other towns. Anyone interested is invited.
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West Virginia
Woodrow Wilson High School
C. G. Peregoy
H. G. Wheat
F. W. Stamper
University College of Education
Woodrow Wilson
Elizabeth Watkeys
Oak Hill
W. J. B. Cormany
Mark Twain
R. E. Klingens
Three Die From Gas Fumes in Warren Home
In Warren Ohio on March 26 three people were found dead from coal stove fumes and a fourth, Dorothy May Carter, lay unconscious. Coroner J C Henshaw identified the victims as Sam Carter and his wife about 58 and Catherine Forrest 73. Carter’s son Jack found them at 6 30 am to take his father to work.
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Associated Press
Warren
Ohio
Sam Carter
Catherine Forrest
Carter
Jack
Dorothy May Carter
J. C. Henshaw
Beckley College Receives Final State Approval
Beckley College was officially notified that the State Board of Education approved and accredited the institution as a junior college subject to ongoing inspection. The board, citing the minutes, authorized continued supervision with periodic reports as demanded, following an inspection by Dr. T. C. McCracken Dr. Hyde and Mr. Kirby.
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Beckley College
State Board of Education
T. C. McCracken
Hyde
Kirby
Stock Market Edges Higher With GM Chrysler Leads
Wall Street pushed forward in second speed with scattered issues trading higher. General Motors and Chrysler led gains around noon, each up about one point, while Allied Chemical rose about four points.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
General Motors
Chrysler
Allied Chemical
Powers discuss fortifications in the Far East
London March 26 The United States and Great Britain, after signing the London navy treaty, held talks with Japan on fortifications and naval bases in the Far East. The pact did not renew Article XIX of the Washington treaty, which limited fortifications. Japan did not sign the new treaty, having left the naval conference after its demands for fleet equality were rejected.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Far’ East
Far East
Naval Conference
Britain
Court House Bell Tower Demolished as Remodel Planned
Workers continue partial demolition of the Raleigh County Court House preparing for a major remodel. The plum roof and gables are removed, second floor partitions torn out, and brick walls masked with stone veneer in new front and rear wings. Completion expected in 13 months. J O Freeman of Beckley is erecting the new building.
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Court House
Raleigh County
Court House Square
J. O. Freeman
Beckley Contractor
Dust Storms Sweep Land Across Oklahoma Plains
Goodwell Oklahoma reports a Monday dust storm blew 397,800 acres aloft six and two thirds inches. Panhandle A and M College chemistry head Dr Richard L Foster estimates 39,780,000 tons of topsoil were carried over Texas county. Despite soil loss, wider crop land at Goodwill was not damaged per Harley A Daniel Panhandle experiment station.
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Associated Press
Goodwell
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas County
Richard L. Foster
Panhandle
Panhandle Experiment Station
Crawford to Speak on Highway Safety at Boone County Coal
Lieutenant F C Crawford of the State police headquarters detachment will address Boone County Coal Corporation employees at Sharples Logan county tomorrow evening at 7 oclock on Highway Safety.
End of floods on Ohio River at Pittsburgh
Protracted flood conditions in West Virginia and Ohio forced hundreds from homes while Pennsylvania saw the end in sight. The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers fed the Ohio as Wheeling faced a new rise and Pittsburgh remained spared. Authorities planned a large flood control project with reservoirs and staggered releases across four states.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Alleghany
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Louisville
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
New England
Washington
Kentucky
Army
Warden Resigns From Mine Post
D. E. Warden of this city has resigned as district mine inspector for the Beckley territory. N. P. Rhinehart, chief of the department of mines, announced the change in Charleston. Warden becomes a mine foreman at Raleigh Coal and Coke company mines numbers one three and four, effective last Monday March 23. No successor named for district mine inspector was mentioned in the dispatch.
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D. E. Warden
Beckley
N. P. Rhinehart
Department of Mines
Charleston
Warden
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Associated Press
Frost Threatens California Orchards Overnight
A killing frost struck California orchards for the second straight night with temperatures falling to 26 above in the great fruit valleys. Smudge pots tires and brush fires were lit to ward off frost as growers faced another cold spell after last night’s forecast called for even colder weather.
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Associated Press
Francisco
California
Funeral for Vanwood baby Donald Haislip announced
Funeral services are set for three day old Donald Haislip son of Mr and Mrs W B Haislip of Vanwood. The infant died early today. Survived by brothers Lawrence and Fred and sister June. Burial under Foster undertakers.
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Donald Haislip
W. B. Haislip
Vanwood
Lawrence
Fred
June
Foster Undertakers
Weather outlook with rain tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Friday with warmer conditions tonight and in the eastern portion on Friday. Temperatures show a high around 60 degrees yesterday and a low near 39 last night, per L. A. Mauck.
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