Beckley Trade Board Accepts 33 New Members
Attendance rises in Beckley chamber of commerce meetings with 33 new applications approved. Senator Neely signals a Federal court term may be established in Beckley. Centennial Commission outlines plans to joint Beckley and John Beckley anniversaries with a special coin. Chamber votes to supplement WPA recreation program staff at Woodrow Wilson.
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Beckley
J. Freed
Ash Mankin
Steve Taraczkozy
C. E. Kincaid
W. T. Lilly
A. A. Ross
William L. Hall
Roy Keyser
H. C. Perkins
Nathan Pickus
T. 5. Rice
Clement Shulte
W. R. Fugitt
H. G. Farmer
R. L. Humphrey
G. E. Hartman
J. Q. Stove
Jacob Silverberg
J. I. Bowling
E. J. Fourney
R. E. Hicks
E. S. Cooper
F. W. Roschi
J. E. Ellis
Harry Harding
B. M. Amole
Pickus
Burke White
M. Verdi
Chamber
M. Neely
Bar Associa
Washington
Senator Neely
Beckley Chamber Hears Budget, Projects, and Donations
The Beckley chamber discusses raising funds for a summer Good Will Tour at Beckley High on an WPA cut. It backs a contribution to the Beckley Bengals and supports the team. Skelton airport work is planned with lease to Herb Sessler for improvements and a late-summer dedication. Stonecoal road widening proceeds with WPA rating.
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Beckley Bengals
Skelton
Charles Hodel
Herb Sessler
Stonecoal
A. K. Minter
WPA
Widest Main Street claimed in Van Alstyne Texas
The town of Van Alstyne asserts its Main Street is the widest in any U S town of 1500 population. The street spans over 250 feet and includes a double railroad track, a railroad station, two large grain elevators, and an oil storage tank within its area.
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Associated Press
van Alstyne
Tex
Maybe a connection Bowing Green student eighth grader
Ervin S. Dearing of Bowling Green Kentucky, aged 14, recently earned his eighth grade diploma at Bristow Consolidated School after eight years with perfect daily attendance. He has never yet seen a motion picture.
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Associated Press
Bowling Green
Ervin S. Dearing
Bristow Consolidated School
Hannah Harrison receives fifteen year murder sentence
Harrison Hannah a 42 year old mine boss was jailed for second degree murder of Newt Holland and sentenced to 15 years in the March term with 15 months already served. Charley Robinson got eight years for Theresa McHenry’s death. Prince Dickens awaits trial for the same slaying. Thelma Dickens testified to a tryst with Holland. Hannah said he fired in self defense.
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Harrison Hannah
Newt Holland
Hannah
Harley M. Kilgore
Charley Robinson
Theresa McHenry
James Belcher
Prince Dickens
Thelma Dickens
Holland
Dry Creek
Dickens
Blooms Forecast Good Fruit Crop on Stone Coal
Fruit trees, especially apples, are in fuller bloom on Stone coal than in years past. Old residents predict a better fruit year, though a February thunderstorm could bring a May freeze, potentially harming the crop. Housewives report more greens picked this year, and airlines in the United States carried 150 times more passengers last year than a decade ago.
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Register
Coal City
Airlines
United States
Senate panel profiles Harlan violence and mining dep uty thugs
Washington reports the Senate civil liberties committee finished its first federal look into Harlan County terror. It urged Kentucky officials to clean up law enforcement, as witnesses described dynamite beatings and shootings used to crush unions by deputy sheriffs hired by coal operators. The inquiry records deputy crews with securities, dubious income and pay, and notes leader Ben Unthank remains elusive. Schools to teach captive birds to regain wing use started in Austria and Switzerland.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Kentucky
Harlan County
America
Theodore Middleton
Ben Unthank
Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association
George Ward
Unthank
Austria
Switzerland
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E. E. Bibb
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Chamber of Commerce of the United States
George A. Mohler
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Zoe Dell Lantis
San Francisco
Central Park
New York
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DODGE
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Plymouth
FORD
Studebaker
Desoto
Chevrolet
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Counranteed UK
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Highcoal
Senate
Civil Liberties Committee
Lawrence Dwyer
Ward
Middleton
Bruce
Palmolive
Pineville
Sophia
Oak Hill
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Sunray Soda
Olivia
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