Bonus Will Pass Leaders Concede In Congress Fight
Democratic leaders concede the senate will vote full cash payment of the soldiers bonus next week despite a looming presidential veto. They weigh backing the inflationary Patman bill or the Vinson measure, while NRA extension and social security legislation follow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Harrison
Patman
House
American Legion
Vinson
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Contests at federation meet feature prizewinners
During the federation convention audience support surged as Mrs. W Lee Williams chaired state contests. Morning events at the Christian church and Methodist Temple showcased piano and violin entrants across classes A to E with winners named from Princeton Bluefield St Albans Point Pleasant and more. The afternoon schedule moved to Woodrow Wilson High due to contestant numbers, announcing winners for cornet trombone choral and band categories along with honorable mentions and solo performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
W. Lee Williams
Clarksburg
Christian Church
Methodist Temple
Mount Ararat Quake Reports Trigger Terror Across Iran Area
Tass dispatch from Teheran cites several weeks of quakes in Mzanderan province causing 500 deaths with many injured and three villages destroyed. Snowy Mount Ararat shows volcanic activity fueling fear as red water emerges from earth fissures near the Turco Russian border center around 86 kilometers southeast of Saki.
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Mount
Ararat
Tass
Moscow
Teheran
Iran
Persia
Mzanderan
Mount Ararat
Kars
Saki
Omaha Harry Sawyer Arrested Near Pass Christian Miss
Federal agents arrested "Omaha Harry" Sawyer, 44, a Lincoln Nebraska native, near Pass Christian Mississippi on information from Harrison County peace officers. He and his wife Gladys were brought to a federal commissioner after a quiet last night arrest on the gulf coast.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Department of Justice
Gladys
Harrison County
Sawyer
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Omaha
Harry
Lincoln
Neb
Liquor Prices Continued From Page 1
Liquor prices listed include sherries 1.85 to 2.45 per quart, three domestic claret 0.65 to 0.90 per quart, domestic sauterne 1 per quart, two imported sauternes 2.05 to 1.10 per pint, domestic Tokay 0.70 per quart, Reisling 0.70 per quart, two domestic Burgundies 0.55 to 0.70 per fifth, one imported Burgundy 4.65 per quart, domestic Zinfandel 1.80 per gallon, domestic Barbera 1.80 per gallon, and two domestic champagnes listed.
Play Day Fails To Materialize At Raleigh County
Raleigh County Play Day scheduled at Trap Hill High was postponed for a week due to rain. Coach Kenneth Hunt of Woodrow Wilson High notes plans to hold Play Day next Friday with ninth through twelfth graders from county schools. Events include track and field, relays, ball games, and music ball. The aim is to strengthen school ties. Mount View Junior High went to Surveyor School and picnicked at Pine Grove Park after the cancellation.
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Raleigh County
Trap Hill
Kenneth Hunt
Woodrow Wilson High School
Hunt
Mount View Junior High School
Surveyor School
Roy Coffman
Pine Grove Park
Beckley School Alumni List Acknowledges Numerous Graduates
A long roster lists Beckley School names including Robert Lee Cook and Marguerite Cooper among many others. The compiled roll features numerous families, suggesting a large graduating class or community directory.
Market Prices for Alcohol Exports and Grenadine
Prices listed include $1.70 and $1.55 a pint for four imported items, $3.15 a pint to $6.35 a quart, Grenadine at $2.05 a pint, and Grain Ethyl Alcohol at $1.05 a pint. This item records a range of liquor and flavoring prices from a historical market column.
East Beckley Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
East Beckley West Virginia area residents share travels and hospital recoveries. Roddie family returned from Norfolk to visit Miss Elizabeth Roddie while others hosted guests from Hansford Montgomery Kanawha City and Carlisle. J H Burdiss healed at Raleigh General Hospital after a fall. The Overstreets plan teaching duties in Nashville and Huntington. Several locals travel to Bristol Tennessee and Meadow Creek for family gatherings and medical updates.
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R. R. Roddie
Esther
Norfolk
Elizabeth Roddie
Ethel Gwinn
Harry Conds
Ernest Smith
Hansford
C. W. Smith
Montgomery
Tracy Gwinn
Carlisle
Winifred Gwinn
Kanawha City
J. H. Burdiss
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh
Bernard Martin
P. O. Martin
Ross Evans
Barbara Kay
Bristol
Tenn
John Beaver
Greta Jean Beaver
Martin
S. A. Beaver
W. S. Overstreet
Huntington
Overstreet
Nashville
Department of Christian Education
M. E. Church
South
C. G. Jackson
Clarence Weatherford
Alabama
Sara Jane Weatherford
Leslie
Pat
Junior Davis
Mt. Hope
M. L. Rice
Rainelle
Hoke
A. G. Gregory
Frey Lilly
Glen Rogers
J. H. Lilly
F. E. Hill
The
American Legion
Bluefield
N. D. Adams
Jimmie
Edith Beaver
Clarence Richmond
Meadow Creek
Mrs. Gwinn
Ellen d
Iness
Buck ley Credit Bureau Banquet Set For May 6
The Buck ley Credit Bureau will hold its annual dinner at St Stephen's Episcopal church on Woodlawn avenue Monday night May 6. G P Stinnette announces programs include addresses by M W Powers, Mr Stinnette, and E G Larrick outgoing president, plus entertainment directed by Sid Danbury featuring Robertson the Mabscott Magician, the Street Singer, and a vocal duo Miss Alma Keatley and Harless Hilton performing popular songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckley Credit Bureau
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Woodlawn Avenue
G. P. Stinnette
M. W. Powers
Stinnette
E. G. Larrick
Sid Danbury
Danbury
Robertson
Mabscott
New Camps For Children Seen
West Virginia plans six rehabilitation camps for children and one for young men this summer. Sites are not fixed but tentative locations include near West Liberty in the northern Panhandle, near Romney in the eastern Panhandle, near Athens or Princeton, near Weston or Clarksburg, and a Negro camp near Lakin in Mason county, with another possible Fayette county site. The youth camp will use state property at state institutions and serve those who failed CCC health exams. Each camp will hold about 100 and children attend 30 days to improve health, selected by county relief nurses.
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Francis W. Turner
Welfare Department
West Liberty
Panhandle
Romney
Athens
Princeton
Weston
Clarksburg
Lakin
Mason County
Fayette County
Turner
CCC
Coogan Car Crash Fatalities Reported In Tragic Wreck
Four persons including John Coogan and Durkin are reported killed outright when the Coogan car crashed after being forced off the road by a passing machine. Durkin, born 1915 in New York City, aged actor with a long screen and stage career, appeared in Fame and several films and stage productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coogan
Jackie
M. E. Magee
John Coogan
Durkin
Horner
Jones
New York City
Belle Bennet
John Halliday
Tom Sawyer
Trips and shopping noted in Charleston Beckley visits
Brierley reports Gus Fotos couple drove to Charleston Tuesday on business. Mrs. J B Cook and Mrs. Herbert Underwood shopped in Beckley on Wednesday.
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Brierley
Gus Fotos
Charleston
J. B. Cook
Herbert Underwood
Beckley
Indict One In Robles Affair
Tucson reports say a federal grand jury indicted Oscar H. Robson for mailing threatening ransom notes in the Robles kidnaping case. The investigation into the desert abduction continues as Hoover cites handwriting matches. Father Fernando Robles testified before the panel amid ongoing pursuit of extortion charges.
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Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
Little June Robles
Oscar H
Buster) Robson
Robson
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Albert M. Sames
Grand Jury
Hoover
Robles
Chicago
Fernando Robles
Catholic Women Monday at Memorial building and banquet
Beckley hosts Catholic Women Monday with an opening session led by Mayor A Z Lilly. Priests from neighboring parishes attend the banquet at 7 pm in Parish Hall St Francis De Sales church. Bishop Swint to speak. Mary Whistead of Parkersburg and P C Lynch of Blue Jay named presidents.
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West Virginia Federation of Music Clubs
The
Presbyterian Church
Memorial Building
Koiner Floral Gardens
Beckley Floral Company
Thornton’s
Hall Music Company
Raleigh Register and Post- Herald
Jardine
Beckley Drug Company
Watkins Drug Company
Monday Music Club
Beckley
Felix Robinson
Frank Cuthbert
Shepherd
Mary F. G. Moses
Cooney
Daniel
Memorial
St. Francis de Sales
A. Z. Lilly
Swint
West Virginia
Mary Whistead
Parkersburg
P. C. Lynch
Blue Jay
Paula
Baptismal guests and family visits in Dry Hill area
Mt. Tabor West Virginia residents attended Dry Hill baptismal services Sunday. Macyl Dinkler joined Misses Stella and Edith Bowman as Sunday guest. Virgil Riffe and family from Crab Orchard visited Frans Harper’s home Saturday. Mary Christian, recently ill, shows improvement. Mary Jane Shawver from Mabscott stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Stanley last weekend. Mrs. Frank Harper joined sister Mrs. J. C. Riffe Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stanley and children from Eccles called on Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stanley Thursday. Mrs. Brierley of Florida and Tom Brierley of Glen Rogers visited Jim Brierley and Mrs. (name incomplete).
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Dry Hill
Macyl Dinkler
Stella
Edith Bowman
Virgil Riffe
Crab Orchard
Frans Harper
Mary Christian
Mary Jane Shawver
Mabscott
Jeff Stanley
Frank Harper
J. C. Riffe
Robert Stanley
Eccles
J. D. Stanley
Brierley
Florida
Tom Brierley
Glen Rogers
Jim Brierley
Weather bureau estimates hail damage in 1934
The U.S. Weather Bureau estimates hail storms caused nearly eight million dollars in damage in 1934, the heaviest since about ten million in 1930, underscoring severe weather that year.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Colby To Speak At Banker Meet In West Virginia
Huntington May 4 Bainbridge Colby secretary of state in the Wilson administration was announced as the principal speaker at the West Virginia Bankers association convention to be held June 7 and 8 at White Sulphur Springs Other speakers include Benjamin Johnson Thomas A Goldsborough Robe rt B Turnstall C H Hartley D J Needham and Governor H G Kump will be invited to speak The meeting will stress relations between bankers and the government leader Homer Gebhart said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Federal Insurance Corporation
Robert B. Turnstall
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
C. H. Hartley
Morgantown
West Virginia University
D. J
North Carolina tests equate cotton seed meal to grain as protein supplement
Experiments by the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station show one pound of cotton seed meal provides as much protein as two pounds of grain when added to animal feeds. The finding highlights the efficiency of seed meal as a supplement in livestock rations.
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North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station
Clendenin Man Hurt After Car Hit Walker
William Halton, 48, of Clendenin, was struck by a car while walking on the highway near Skelton last night. He was admitted to Beckley hospital this morning with a compound skull fracture and a fractured left leg. His condition is grave. The driver's name was not learned.
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William Halton
Clendenin
Skelton
Beckley Hospital
Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers Visit Beckley from Colcord
Mr and Mrs Herbert Chambers of Colcord visited Beckley yesterday, enjoying a day in the city and touring local sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Chambers
Colcord
Beckley
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Salem High School
Washington-Irving High School
Laura Haworth
Marshall College
A. M. Bruce
Blacksburg
Helen Tuffs Laudon
Morris-Harvey College
George Johnson
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
George Beardsworth
Staunton Military Academy
E. Cempelli
Gary
Mary L. Birchley
Marietta
Ohio
Winschester
Federation of
Womans Club
Mary Jane McNutt
Billy Yengen
John Hanifan
St. Albans
Kathleen Lytton
Newman Powell
Point Pleasant
Mary Ann Payne
Charles Wilson
South Charleston
Eva Ann Lilly
Thomas Wheatley
Robert Reger
Virginia Brown
Spender
Emily Mae Simmons
Spencer
Charles Buck
Bluefield College Choral Society
Washington- Irving High School
Mercer
Malden High School
Victory High School
Jeanne Goodwin
the Mason School
Salem
Shinnston
Mt. View
Beckley School
Margaret Elizabeth Harmon
Louise Alverdia Harrah
Gladys Harris
Albertine Harvey
Charles J. Harvey
Lakey Athaline Harvey
James Harney
Morris Harvey
Robert A. Hatcher
Lois Verna Heaberlin
Anna Ferne Henning
Edith Marie Hern
Elizabeth L. Herring
John Hodel
Gilmer Graden Hughes
Marthe Hughes
Don Henry Hutchinson
Garnet Irwin
Nellie Evelyn Irwin
Cada Juanita
Mildred Louise Phipps
William Martin Piotrowski
James Prince
John Quincey Prince
Craig Quesenberry
Deem
Frank Rahall
Farris Edward Rahall
Salwa Rahall
Sam Charles Ramiy
Hilda Geraldine Roberts
Ross Walter Romine
Norval L. Rose
John Paul Rowles
Virgie Evelyn Rowles
William H. S. Scott
William H. W. Scott
Roy Evans Shanklin
Dorothy McCracken
Schenectady
N. Y
Skidmore College
East Beckley, W. Va
Credit Bureau
State Department of Public Welfare
Paul R. Heyl
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Mt. Tabor
Willard
Colby
Banker Meet
Vera-Rose
Beauty Shop
Woolworth
Nunn
Bowling’s Shoe Store Neville Street
Elgin
Tate
Heber ST
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