Kump’s Senate Ambiguity Muddies West Virginia Vote
West Virginia Governor NM G Kump left residents uncertain on whether he will seek the U S Senate as voters consider the May 12 primary. Senator Rush D Holt, longtime foe of Gov Kump and Neely ally, publicly reached out with a courtesy call after Kump hinted at a possible bid. Holt said he called to pay respects, signaling ongoing party maneuvering ahead of the nomination fight.
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Charleston
Gover
G. Kump
Citzens
United States Senate
Rush D. Holt
Jim
Senate
Holt
Kump
M. M. Neely
Yeserday
Neely
Brammer Enters Sheriff Race for Raleigh County Nomination
George W. Brammer of Cool Ridge announced his candidacy for the Democratic sheriff nomination in Raleigh County. A 53yearold farmer and timber man native to the county, Brammer has worked in coal mines and plans to file his candidacy and announce deputies within the next week. He is the fourth Democrat to file.
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George W. Brammer
Cool Ridge
Raleigh
Brammer
Rufus Brammer
Shady Spring
Ao Decision In Mitchel Trial
Henry Mitchem of Mitchell's Ridge faces retrial after a two hour jury deadlock on charges of maiming a relative Luther Mitchem in a February 23 fight. Henry said Luther armed with a heavy hickory stick. Luther testified he held the stick but did not intend harm.
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Mitchell's Ridge
Luther Mitchle
Luther
Henry
Luther Milchem
German Nation Supports Hitler
Berlin reports the nation will approve Reichsfuehrer Hitler policies in a single choice election. Voters over 20, except soldiers, must place an X for yes as the only valid option with no abstention or no vote permitted.
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Hitler
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Germany
League of Nations
Paul von Hindenburg
Nein
Bar nett Peck 43 Dies. Rites Held Today in First Presbyterian
Funeral services are at 3 p m in First Presbyterian Church for Barnett Peck 43 who died Thursday in a Morgantown hospital Interment at Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum under Keyser undertakers Peck longtime coal mine superintendent and partner in a Rainelle operation survived by wife Cora daughter Patricia and several sisters. Pallbearers and honorary attendees named including Lacy Cole and D A Blankenship.
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Barnett Peck
Morgantown
Keyser
Sunset Memorial Park
Peck
Lego
Laurel Creek
Lacy Cole
Rainelle
New River
Robert Walters
W. Metz
Lloyd Smith
Moss French
Claud Jarrett
E. E. Rolesi
E. Ballard
D. W. Beeson
John Ne- Smith
Nubeos Sonite
Norbert Stansbury
D. A. Blankenship
Flood Control Bill Moves Ahead With House Action
Washington reports a push for a comprehensive national flood control program as flood-stricken states seek a joint House-Senate committee to study the plan. Proposals include a $310 million bill of economically justifiable projects and nine dams in the Allegheny Monongahela basin plus five below Pittsburgh on several rivers.
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Jennings Randoph
D-Va
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Imhof
Ohio
Ray
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Senate
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Senate Commerce Committee
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Potomac
Ridgely
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Harper's Ferry
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Shenandoah
Pittsburgh
Alegheny-Monongahela
Bank of France Raises Discount Rate Amid Franc Weakness
Paris reports the Bank of France lifted its discount rate from 3 2 to 5 percent as international and domestic tensions weighed on the franc. Government bonds slumped on the market while gold withdrawals were forecast, and a 6,000 090 000 franc treasury bond issue was approved to cover current expenses.
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Ifrom
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Treasury
Vera Stretz Faces Attorneys in Cross Examination
Vera Stretz, 32, sits through questioning by state attorneys as defense counsel Samuel Leibowitz seeks witnesses. He hints at a contention she killed Dr. Fritz Gebhardt to ward off assault while prosecutors withhold rebuttal testimony.
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Associated Press
New York
Vera Stretz
Samuel Leibowitz
Fritz Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Leibowitz
Miss Stretz
Eight Believed Dead In Byron Train Bus Crash
Byron Georgia March 28 C B Lineberger operator Byron telephone exchange said at least eight people were believed killed and several injured when a southbound train struck a bus at a crossing in the business section. Five Macon ambulances joined city officials and medical personnel at the scene. Most on the bus were killed. The train was a through passenger train of the Central of Georgia railroad. Officials in Atlanta had not been informed of the accident.
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Byron Telephone Exchange
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Macon
Middle
Georgia
Central of Georgia Railroad
Central of Georgia
Atlanta
Matheny Seeks Congress Nomination in Sixth District
Matheny M M, assistant U S district attorney, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U S House of Representatives from the sixth district. He previously served in the state senate in 1962 and was elected to the house of delegates from Raleigh county in 1908.
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Charleston
W. Va
M. M. Matheny
U. S
U. S. House of Reppresentatives
Matheny
State Senate
Raleigh
Summers
Mercer
Monroe
House of Delicates
Miner 18 Injured In Mine Car Accident
Mitchell Phares aged 23 fell from a mine car at ister Springs in Wo Wa. March 28. The car rolled over him, injuring his pelvis and back.
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Ister Springs
Wo Wa
Mitchell Phares
Rotary Club Elects New 1936 Directors
Beckley Rotary club directors chosen at a Beckley Hotel meeting include Clarence Bibb P B Earwond Dr A A Tieche Ted McPowell Floyd M Sayre and A K Canterbury. New officers to be selected by the directors at the next meeting.
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Beckley
Four more lives lost in state floods raise toll
Flood waters across the state claim four more victims as the Ohio River recedes. Parkersburg saw Warren Harman drown during a rescue attempt while others perished near Harper's Ferry and Welch. Mary land road workers recovered bodies of two children, and Point Pleasant endures nine flood days with business halted and hundreds displaced.
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Ohio
Warren Tt. Harman
Parkersburg
Roys
Frank Jamison
New Castle
Chares Beatty
Harman
Potomac
Archie Naoce
Hiram Yewell
Courtland Goldeizen
Harper's Ferry
Naoce
Maryland Road Commission
CCC
Jacob's Fork Creek
Welch
Theody
Clara Suns
Viola Jones Jessie
Robie Jessie
Jessie
Point Pleasant
First Aid Classes For WPA Workers Begin At Beckley
Tomorrow evening at 7 30 a first aid course starts at Beckley Junior High School for W P A workers. The Red Cross organizes it under C C Ballard of Sprague. The seven session course meets nightly at 7 30.
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Red Cross
C. C. Ballard
Sprague
CCC Carpenter Taken By Death
Floyd Crites 30 a CCC carpenter at Camp Beaver died yesterday morning at 8 30 in a Rainelle hospital from a four week illness. He lived at Clift Top and funeral services will be at End of the Trail cemetery at 2 30 this afternoon with burial at the same site under Winona Masonic auspices. Judge Wallace and Wallace undertakers in charge. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Davins of Chi Top and is survived by a brother Frank H Crites and a sister Mrs Frances F Norman both of CliftTop.
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Camp Beaver
Rainelle
Clift Top
Trail Cemetery
Winona
Frank H. Crites
Frances F. Noriman
Clifttop
Benefit Performance At Teel School House
A comedy drama A Country Boy Scout will be presented as a benefit at the Teel schoolhouse on Tuesday evening at 7 30. The cast includes Bruno Harney Ray McClung Paul Lilly Keith Koontz Harold Coleman Jack McKinney Lawrences Pittman R Smith Filceu McKinney Mack Radford and other pupils in minor roles.
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Doy
Bruno Harney
Ray McClung
Paul Lilly
Keith Koontz
Harold Coleman
Jacl McKinney
Lawrences Pittman
R. Smith
Filceu McKinney
Mack Radford
Hauptmann Faces Short Reprieve Hope as Pardons Meet
Trenton March 28 Brono Richard Hauptmann, twice spared and thrice ordered forfeit, awaits a mercy court decision with a Tuesday execution looming. Governor Hoffman says no legal right for a second reprieve. Attorney General Wilentz says Hauptmann shows no delay for mercy. The pardons court, meeting Monday, is unlikely to reverse prior no mercy ruling.
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Trenton
Nv J
Brono Richard Hauptimann
Harold G. Hoffman
David
J T. Wilent
Hauptmann
Hoelfman
Flemington
Court of Pardons
Vida
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Pardons Court
Appeals ‘Court
Russians Blame Jap Aggression
Moscow reports in official Russian press accuse Japan of instigating border tensions at Manchoukuo and Outer Mongolia. It notes Mongolia’s mutual aid pact with Soviet Russia and cites border incidents with five Japanese cavalrymen crossed the border near Borzinsky.
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Manchoukuo
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Japan
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Tavestia
Meador Services To Be Held At Beaver
Funeral services for Mrs Grace Meador, 47, will be conducted this afternoon at 2 o clock at the Beaver Community church by Reverend J M Hayes and Reverend J E Fineout. Burial will follow in the Williams family cemetery at Calfee.
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Calfee
Fourth Arrest in West Virginia Gas Tax Shortage Case
Charleston March 28 a study of gasoline tax refund checks led to the arrest of a fourth man on larceny charges. S T White a Wharton school teacher was arrested on a warrant by H Isaiah Smith of the tax department. Frank Carl Horn ex budget director and J C Little ex head of the gasoline tax division face larceny charges for a shortage estimated between 8000 and 10000 dollars. Boyd Ferrell, Little’s assistant, killed himself in a state police lavatory after his arrest on a larceny warrant. Commissioner Fox said outsiders were involved in bogus reforms for refunds checked by Little and Ferrell. White posted 5000 bond posted by father Garfield White.
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Shite
West Virginis
Anya Ferret
Mie
Mhato
Associated Press
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W. Va
S. T. White
Wharton
Boone County
H. Isaiah Smith
Tax Department
Frank Carl. Horn
J. C. Little
Fred J. Fox
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Little
Statehouse
Horn
Ferrell
Fox
White
J. S. Watson
Garfield White
Hall Has Crack As Committeeman
Former state tax commissioner Grant P. Hall announces he will not seek Republican national committeeman. He urges Walter S. Hallanan to follow suit as anti Hallanan delegates plan for the May 12 primary. Hall labels party welfare over personal ambition and cites recent statements by Hallanan.
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Charleston
W. VI
Grant P. Hall
Walter S. Hallanan
Hall
Washington
Hallanan
Halanan
Walp
Vallanan
Vircil T. Highlord
Chrkchyer
Police Hunt For I Assaulters Of Wyoming People
State police probe a vicious beating of Mrs Snowton and her 16 year old daughter Pauline Dillon near the Virginian Railroad tracks in Glen Rogers after a revival meeting. Mrs Dillon has a fractured skull and is slowly improving. Pauline remains unconscious more than 48 hours after the assault. Two nearby men, described as negro, were questioned as investigators seek a suspect.
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Pauline Dillon
Glen Rogers
Bluefield Boy Wins Declamation Contest at Bluefield College
Eddie Phelps of Beaver High School won the Bluefield College declamation contest held yesterday in Bluefield for his delivery of Them Doll Faces. He received a silver loving cup from Isadore Cohn of Bluefield as the judges praised his performance.
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Beaver High School
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Gakix
Northfork
Bristol
Matlens
Pembroke
Salem
Vin
Williamson
Beckley
Graham
Vaz
Cleveland
Ocvana
Suefield
Vinton
Glenn Webb
Levi Maddy
Orland Payne
Devn C.W. Owens
Bluefieli Callens
Jactins
Beaver Resident Charged After Cutting Scrape Incident
A Beaver resident was held on charges after a cutting incident near Beaver. Buck Richmond is named in the report, with details aired by reporter Rk L. Wooster. The situation involves assault and related events at an apparent Beaver location.
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Buck Richmond
Beaver
Weather forecast shows milder Sunday then colder air
The forecast indicates rising temperatures Sunday followed by a sharp cold snap across the Ohio Valley Tennessee and the Great Lakes region. Light rain and snow are possible Sunday night into Monday with colder conditions arriving in the Atlantic areas Monday afternoon and night.
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Nndie Allantic
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