Coal Producers Call 10 Meet at Washington
Leading coal producers from nine states issued a call for a national conference in Washington on May 20 to press for federal regulation to avert bankruptcy. They warned extending the NRA would worsen confusion and did not mention the Guffey bill directly, though urging stabilization of the industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Goft
NRA
J. D. A. Morrow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Charles O'Neill
Peale, Peacock and Kerr
Central Pennsylvania
Ralph Taggart
Stonega Coke and Coal Co
Big Stone Gap
Guffey
D-Pa
Congress
Ethiopia Plans To Raise Army Over Border Quarrel
Ethiopia prepared to mobilize its armed forces if the six month border dispute with Italy is not settled at the League of Nations council meeting around May 20. Britain and France pressed for immediate arbitration and conciliation to avert wider conflict and avoid Italian troop advances.
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Associated Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah
League Council
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britain
Paris
Rome
League of Nations Councils
Beckley Shoppers Pack City Amid Pleasant Mid Month Weather
Pleasant weather drew record crowds to Beckley as New River and Winding Gulf district miners received mid month pay. Retail promotion and attractive displays boosted brisk buying in afternoon and night hours, signaling Beckley’s rise as a regional shopping center despite limited mine payrolls.
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New River
Gulf District
Beckley
Violence Threats Rise as Philippines Plebiscite Nears
Manila reports claim growing violence and communications cuts ahead of the commonwealth constitution plebiscite. Police guard Manila presses as telegraph lines severed in Bulacan, Sakdalista uprisings blamed on extremists. Aguinaldo appears at a mass meeting and hints at possible candidacy while urging independence in 3 to 5 years.
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Associated Press
Manila
Bulcan
Malolos
San Jose del Monte
Masi
Emilio Aguinaldo
Insurrecto
Commonwealth
United States
Smith Thompson
Cavite Navy Yard
Aguinaldo
Manuel Quezon
Senate
Quezon
Pedro Guevara
Washington
Congress
Thelma Bailey Struck By Car In Beckley Incident
Thelma Bailey 14 of Calloway Heights was struck on the state highway near Sprague about 3 30 pm yesterday and treated at Beckley hospital for bruises and brush burns. State officers jailed William Crane of Cranberry on a charge of run driving, alleging he drove the car that struck Miss Bailey.
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Thelma Bailey
Calloway Heights
Sprague
William Crane
Cranberry
Miss Bailey
Charles Bailey
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Aftter
Roosevelt and leaders confer after holiday
President Roosevelt and congressional chiefs discuss current issues by a Woodmont Lake fishing outing. Attending are Vice President Garner Speaker Burns Senator Robinson and others as veto talks on the Patman currency expansion bill loom, with a possible bonus compromise under consideration.
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Associated Press
Hancock
Washington
Roosevelt
Blue Ridge Mountains
Woodmont
Garner
Burns
Robinson
Harrison
Farley
Congress
White House
Henry P. Bridges
Chester Arthur
James Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Herbert Hoover
Halton Funeral This Afternoon
Funeral services for William Halton a 48 year old Cranberry miner who died from injuries after a hit and run near Skelton will be held at Prosperity church at 2 30 this afternoon conducted by Dr Ritchie Ware pastor of the First Christian church Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park under Foster Undertakers. He is survived by his wife Ruth Walton and a brother Thomas Halton of Tennessee Pallbearers named Huey Webb Jeff Woolwine Leonard Collins Wayne Stewart Basil Williams and Charles Allen.
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William Halton
Cranberry
Skelton
Prosperity Church
Ritchie Ware
First Christian Church
Foster Undertakers
Sunset Memorial Park
Halton
Ruth Walton
Thomas Halton
Tennessee
Huey Webb
Jeff Woolwine
Leonard Collins
Wayne Stewart
Basil Williams
Charles Allen
Butcher Struck And Robbed In Store Hallway
M. A. Red Lewis head butcher at the Atlantic Land Pacific store was slugged and robbed after a fake phone call lured him from his department. He suffered head wounds and could not estimate the amount taken as police investigated the holdup.
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Kanawha Street
Atlantic Land Pacific
M. A
Red
Lewis
Shahan Seeks Beehler Dismissal from WV Relief Role
West Virginia delegate J Buhl Shahan asked FERA officials to remove William N Beehler as state relief administrator. He presented testimony to Dallas Dort and urged a full clean up after accusing relief rolls of padding top salaries while those in need are overlooked.
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Associated Press
Washington
J. Buhl Shahan
West Virginia
House of Delegates
FERA
William N. Beehler
Shahan
House
Randolph County
W. Va
Dallas Dort
Dort
Relief Administration
Little Williams Girl Injured After Tumble Near Home
Martha Jane Williams, 10, was admitted to Beckley hospital at 8:30 p.m. for injuries to her thighs after tripping and falling on a stake near her parents' East Beckley home. The injuries were severe but not life threatening.
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Martha Jane Williams
Beckley Hospital
East Beckley
Tax Limitation Cuts Delinquents in West Virginia
Charleston report shows land tax delinquencies fell from 22.2 percent in 1932 to 17 percent in 1933 after the tax limitation amendment. State Auditor Edgar B. Sims cites delinquencies at $5,097,243.72 in 1922 and $2,208,733.73 in 1933, attributing the drop to district limits and improved general business conditions.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Edgar B. Sims
Fayette Woman Dies After Childbirth in Rock Lick
Mrs Eloise Belva Ferro age 21 of Rock Lick Fayette county died Saturday in Oak Hill hospital at 3 45 PM from complications following the birth of a child about a week earlier. She is survived by husband Ralph Ferro and her parents Noah J Rhodes and wife with several children. Funeral Monday at 1 PM in Rock Lick church officiated by Rev Donnelly. Burial at Highlawn Memorial conducted by Tyree and Dew with pallbearers named Salgado Roma Feizo Petter Alonso Pena.
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Eloise Belva Ferro
Rock Lick
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Ralph Ferro
Noah J. Rhodes
David, Clarabell
Gloria
Breanna Ferro
Laten Rhodes
R. D. Rhodes
Leonard Rhodes
Minden
Sella Rhodes
Blas Rhodes
Junior Rhodes
Ruby Soysowsky
Thelma Crews
Opal Rhodes
Mary Rhodes
Melba Rhodes
Maxine Rhodes
Alma Rhodes
Donnelly
Midleburg Plans City Theatre and Stores
F Midleburg owner of the Kearse Theatre in Charleston announced purchase of the Neville street lot housing the Rose funeral Home from G C Hedrick. Plans include a $100000 motion picture theatre and possibly two or more stores and apartments.
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F. Midleburg
Kearse Theatre
Charleston
G. C. Hedrick
Neville Street
Rose Funeral Home
Midle
Infection Kills Flats Resident
Rockford Stewart, 27, of the Flats route three, died in Kanawha Valley hospital Charleston after a week of illness. Blood poisoning following an abscessed tooth extraction was cited by brother Roy D. Stewart of Beckley. Survived by parents, another brother Orval V., a sister Mrs. Vernie Shrewsbury, and a wife and two small children. Roy D. Stewart and family narrowly escaped injury in a separate crash near Glen Daniel while en route to the Flats.
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Rockford Stewart
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Roy D. Stewart
Beckley
Stewart
Putnam County
Robert L. Stewart
Ghent
Orval V. Stewart
Lanark
Vernie Shrewsbury
Hast Beckley
Glen Daniel
George P. Daniel
Auto Strikers Nearing Accord in Toledo Strike
Progress reported late tonight as Toledo Chevrolet labor dispute talks include company representatives union workers and federal conciliators. James Roland head of the A F L automobile workers strike committee said conditions look better but no further comment. The three week strike has already put 2300 workers off the job and disrupted about 30000 others in Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants.
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Associated Press
Toledo
James Roland
Automobile Workers Federal Union Strike Committee
Chevrolet
Fisher Body Company
Auto Crash Fatal in McDowell County Patient Dies and Injured
An automobile left Premier mountain near Welch and plunged down an embankment killing its driver Charles Parker 35 of Coalwood and injuring passenger Robey Worley 33 also of Coalwood. Parker died at hospital. Worley suffered a broken collar bone.
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Ivers Welch
W. Va
Premier Mountain
Welch
Charles Parker
Coalwood
Robey Worley
Hinton Bridge Opening Gala Planned by Local Clubs
A monster celebration in Hinton marks the opening of the toll bridge to free traffic after state purchase. Governor H G Kimp and Road Commissioner Ernest T Kailey will speak at Summers courthouse yard at 2 pm. Parade from Hinton to Jumping Branch begins 10 am. events include band, feast, games, dances, and special sales by merchants.
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Rotary Club Kiwanis Clubs of
Hinton
H. G. Kimp
Court House Yard
Raleigh County
Jumping Branch
Tree Bridge
Court House Lawn
Court House
Ball Park
Donohue
Manhattan
Eckman Girl Receives Hospital Treatment After Collision
Miss Georgia Wiles, 23, of Eckman, was treated at Raleigh General hospital for lacerations near the right eye after her car bumped the windshield in a two vehicle crash near Skelton crossing. She left the hospital after treatment.
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Georgia Wiles
Eckman
Raleigh General Hospital
Skelton Crossing
Miss Wiles
Former athlete injured by falling concrete mixer ramp
Frank Huffman 21 of Beckley a former All-State high school star was struck by a hoisting pan from a concrete mixer on a new cutoff highway near Skelton. He suffered compressed fractures of the lumbar spine and was taken to Raleigh General Hospital in serious condition. Huffman had only worked two days on the project for Flatfield Construction of Huntington.
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Skelton
Frank Huffman
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Huffman
Woodrow Wilson
Flatfield Construction Company
Stuntington
Raleigh
Mass incident on Hawaii planned by 400 enemy planes
The report claims a planned mass air maneuver in the Pacific with over 400 enemy planes, involving 43 aircraft from Honolulu. The operation reportedly tested American fleet retreat from Midway toward Pearl Harbor and Honolulu with naval defense implications.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Hawaii
Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Midway
Antis
Weather Outlook for West Virginia and Nearby States
Periodic showers in West Virginia and western Pennsylvania Sunday into Monday with cooler changes Monday afternoon. Weeklong outlook shows showers through Tuesday in parts of the North and Middle Atlantic, then generally fair conditions with isolated showers Friday. Warmer intervals appear Monday and Friday with cooler spells midweek and along the Ohio Valley and Tennessee region, including Ohio valley showers Monday and east Tuesday, then mostly fair thereafter with a chance of Thursday night or Friday showers.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
North
Middle Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East
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Arthur Krock
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