Police Captain Addresses Pupils At Raleigh County Meeting
Capt Harry C Myers state police commander urges high school press to mold good citizenship and avoid injuring reputations. He cites journalism aiding investigations and promoting safety, and questions on paper purpose. About 40 Raleigh county high school students attend at Camp Raleigh, with a committee named for next year’s program.
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Harry C. Myers
Raleigh County Press Association
Camp Raleigh
Myers
Raleigh
Association
Willis Gunnoe
Lydia Sessions
The
Register
Randolph Norton
Shady Spring High School
Norton
Mary Dickerson
Wooden Wilson
Jule Via
Stoco
Hobart Mann
Shady Spring
Betty Thomas
Collins
Helen Poloskiy
Mark Twain
Fayette auto deaths drop in year to date
Fayette county records show Elijah Smailes death on the Midland Trail marks the seventh auto fatality this year in Fayette. State police office reports the number of deaths is down to half of the count at this time last year with 22 auto fatalities in 1936 according to Sergeant Jay Rowe.
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Register
Fayetteville
Elijah Smailes
Midland Trail
Fayette County
Fayette
Jay Rowe
Parker’s Victim Testimony Reveals Demanding Repudiation
The Parker conspiracy trial hears Paul H. Wendel describe pressuring Ellis H Parker and Governor Hoffman for a repudiation statement to accompany a second Lindbergh confession. Wendel recounts abduction, torture, and a confession during his 44 days of confinement before Mercer County officials took him over. He cites a demand that Hoffman wanted a new confession omitting the Wendel name. Parker and his son face conspiracy charges under the Lindbergh law.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Ellis H. Parker
Harold G. Hoffman
Parker
Wendel
New Lisbon
New York
Gover
Hoffman
Burlington County
Ellis Jr
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Mercer County
Trenton
Hauptmann
New Yok
Brooklyn
Bag of mail found after fifteen years in Edgewood
Workmen razing a bandstand in Edgewood Texas uncovered a bag of mail from fifteen years earlier. The bag had not been opened and most contents remained in perfect condition, despite the long storage.
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Edgewood Tex
Mrs Watkins and Miss Payne Win Ladies Day Golf
Mrs J W Watkins won the putting contest after a nine hole tournament at Black Knight Country Club scoring low net with Eleanor Payne taking low gross. Other players included R J Burmeister, D W Duke, J E McKenzie, C L Hall, Evelyn Minter, D C Ashton and Eunice Bumgardner. The United States patent office has operated for three years without costing the treasury a dime.
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Mrs. Watkins
Miss Payne
J. W. Watkins
Black Knight Country Club
Eleanor Payne
R. J. Burmeister
D. W. Duke
United States Patent Office
The
Treasury
Death Car Owner Cleared After Police Report
Fayetteville reports that Sammy Kessler, charged with manslaughter in a Whipple auto crash, was driving a car the owner had forbidden him to use and with stolen license plates. The sedan belonged to a friend in Harlan County Kentucky, the owner letting plates expire in Summerlee. Ernest Penny died after the wreck when flying glass cut his throat.
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Register
Fayetteville
Sammy Kessler
Whipple
Harlan County
Kentucky
Summerlee
Ernest Penny
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Avalon Quart
P&g Soap
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Ivory
Lux
Lux Flakes
Avalon
Chuck Roast
Country Club
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Crackers N.B.C. Ib. Phys
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C.Q. Beef
Armour’s Star
Nouad
Texas
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Pedit Oyu
Deena Lillies
Neville Street
Beckley Theatre
Beckley
W. VA
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