Court Seeks Bar on Parson From Wedding Duties
Prosecutor asks circuit court to revoke Rev. I N Dickens license to perform marriages amidst claims he lacks a issued license and has profited via courthouse solicitations. Dickens cites 2,527 marriages in ten years and says fees range from 1 to 3 dollars with some couples charged nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
C. M. Ward
Circuit Court
I. N. Dickens
Thornhill
Dickens
Missionary Baptist Church
Flood Control Plan Delay Fades in Congress
Washington reports indicate lawmakers see no chance of passing a national flood control plan this year. Instead they anticipate a substantial appropriation toward last year’s $320 million in projects, with figures around $30 million to $60 million under discussion. Army engineers proposed about $1 billion in dams reservoirs and flood walls for the Ohio Missouri Arkansas and White river basins. Local land purchases for reservoirs would be required under new plans while levy and flood wall sites remain local. The Ohio river area faces the heaviest share of funding including flood walls near 125 towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
House Appropriations Committee
Royal S. Copeland
New York
Commerce Committee
Senate
Congress
Army
House
Flood Control Committee
Ohio-Missouri-Arkansas- White River
Ohio River
Lines Painted to Guide Motorists in Beckley
Beckley motorists will be guided into parking spaces by yellow lines painted on Heber Main Kanawha and Fayette streets and now on Prince street. Workers also outline non parking zones to regulate street use.
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Beckley
Heber
Main
Kanawha
Fayette Streets
Prince Street
Marjorie Redden Ill With Tonsillitis Says Mother
Mrs H G Redden of Paint Street denied rumors that her daughter Marjorie aged 12 has diphtheria. She said Marjorie is suffering from tonsillitis and Dr Cunningham is attending her, the illness starting Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Redden
Paint Street
Marjorie
Mrs. Redden
Witness Tells Of Ship Blast
A Shenandoah survivor testifies to a commerce department board about the Hindenburg disaster. Chief Boatswain's Mate F. J. Tobin describes hearing a smoke and flame burst with a noise like breaking wires as the airship failed, recalling Shenandoah’s 1925 hull split and crew deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Commerce Department
F. J. Tobin
Ohio
Tobin
House Reverses Subcommittee on WPA Funding Increase
The House Appropriations Committee overrode a 5 to 4 subcommittee vote to approve a $1.5 billion appropriation for Work Progress Administration relief for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. WPA chief Harry Hopkins testified the $1.5 billion would fund about 1.73 million jobs, requiring 525,000 current WPA workers to be dropped.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
House
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
WPA
Accuser Drops Larceny Charge Against Stinner
The accuser Chester Suroshik dropped a petit larceny charge against Alex Stinner of Cranberry after a settlement. A hearing before Magistrate Frank Lemon was scheduled but canceled as the case was resolved. Stinner faced allegations of stealing clothing and auto chains and hiding them in his trunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Stinner
Cranberry
Chester Suroshik
Stinner
Frank Lemon
Suroshik
Retailers Meet Tonight in Memorial Auditorium
E. E. Bibb urged Mabscott East Beckley and Sprague retailers to attend a 7:30 p m meeting at the Memorial auditorium to organize a retail division of the Beckley chamber of commerce. The by laws and officer elections may be adopted and discussed strengthening local merchant activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Auditorium
E. E. Bibb
Bibb
Mabscott
East Beckley
Sprague
Beckley
J. I. Bowling
Henry Conway
Joe Rahall
E. D. Armstrong
E. M. Payne Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Miss O Dell A Peabody Miss O Dell A Peabody
Miss Elizabeth Topsy O Dell longtime Beckley college librarian will enroll at George Peabody Teachers College Nash Ne e business manager says Beckley college has secured a scholarship for her at Peabody She is expected to join Beckley faculty after earning an MA at Tennessee institution Daughter of Rev A E O Dell she graduated Morris Harvey college at Beckley she led extracurricular work for girls
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Topsy) O’dell
Beckley College
George Peabody Teachers College
Nash
Ne ’ E
Beckley School
O’dell
George Peabody
Shroyer
Tennessee Institution
A. E. O’dell
Hope
Morris-Harvey College
Beckley
Mullins to Open Home as Sample Plumbing Shop
W C Mullins Beckley plumber plans a 15 room brick house atop Reservoir Hill to showcase heating and plumbing fixtures. Customers will choose from fittings in the home when finished this summer, with three bathrooms and two additional toilets. The two story structure will house Mullins shop and office in the basement, a furnace and laundry room, a garage, hot water heat, gas fireplaces on the top floor and a coal fireplace in the shop for workers. Completion expected by August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Mullins
Beckley Plumber
Reservoir Hil
Mullins
Sugar Adds Flavor to Cooked Vegetables
Sugar in a quarter teaspoon per two cups of vegetables enhances flavor for peas corn lima beans or beets. Add the sugar just before serving to finish the dish.
Duke demands Wally be called Duchess amid wedding clash
The Duke of Windsor pressed Britain to let him plan his marriage to Wallis Warfield without government interference and to recognize her as Duchess of Windsor. He spoke with Queen Mary by phone, seeking royal intervention to resolve the deadlock. An imperial conference loomed as George VI’s reign began amid long‑standing empire questions.
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Associated Press
Monts
France
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Edward
Warfield
Duchess of Windsor
Mary
Queen Mary
George VI
London
Britain
Dominions
India
Elizabeth
Stanley Baldwin
Britain Eyes Clear Policy Statement on Empire Role
The piece notes England faces a world blocked by trade barriers harming commerce and threatening imperial peace. Dominion prime ministers demand a united British policy on the League of Nations, European affairs, empire trade, and defense of Britain life lines amid possible wartime engulfment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Dominion
United Kingdom
League of Nations
Texas Calls Vote to Repeal Anti-Dueling Clause
In Austin Texas the electorate will consider abolishing the constitutional oath barring dueling linking to days when challenges were settled by pistols or swords. The anti dueling provision has sparked snickers at recent inaugural ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Membership At Peak Golf By Black Knight Club Beckley
The Black Knight country club near Beckley opened in 1930 as a private nine hole course laid out on land built during 1929 1930. Fred Findley of Richmond Va notes the course is ideally situated with a clubhouse designed by Alex Mahood of Princeton and built by Raleigh Coal and Coke Co. The article previews full page pictures and news continued on page eight.
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C. J. M’quade
Black Knight County Club
Fred Findley
Richmond
Alex Mahood
Princeton
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Vir
J. W. F. Beckner
Black Knight Club
Roanoke
Virginia
Martinsville
CC Men End Fire Season at Camp Raleigh Facility
CCC men near completion of a lookout tower on Huff's Knob at Flat Top to be finished in three to four days. Eight mile telephone line poles mostly planted, phones to be installed in fall. Fires extinguished include four incidents at Glen Rogers Mab en Harper and Crab Orchard. Extent: ten acres brush and broom sage on Harper heirs land, three acres at Mab en, 15 acres second growth timber on Koppers Coal land.
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Camp Raleigh
F. H. Halstead
Halstead
CCC
Glen Rogers
Maben
Harper
Crab Orchard-Lester
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Harper Heirs
Koppers Coal Company
Crab Orchard
Huff’s Knob
Flat Top
E. N. Winston
Camp Creek
PSC Proves It Will Aid Co-Ops
CHARLESTON The public service commission opened records of correspondence to show for three years it has encouraged rural electrification in West Virginia. The action followed a telegram to Governor Holt from Administrator John M. Carmody of the Rural Electrification Administration claiming an immediate emergency in Hardy county and alleging three utilities invade cooperative territory and would take over the project as in Barbour county. Holt replied that the commission has not obstructed cooperative plans and the administration’s statement is not correctly advised.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Public Service Commission
West Virginia
Holt
John M. Carmody
The
Rural Electrification Administration
Hardy County
Carmody
Barbour County
Steel Leads in Stocks Downgrade
NEW YORK United States Steel fell more than a point as stocks broadly declined. Other notable losses included American Telephone United States Rubber General Motors Westinghouse Woolworth Baltimore and Ohio Standard Oil of New Jersey and Consolidated Edison.
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Associated Press
New York
United States Steel
American Telephone
United States Rubber
General Motors
Westinghouse, Woolworth
Baltimore and Ohio
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Consolidated Edison
Methodist Union Nears as Three Groups Greet Brotherhood
Rev. Harry F. King urged a united Methodism in Beckley and Charleston districts during a three day joint convention of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Episcopal Church. He said lay members favor union to end war and reflected on Methodism saving England from revolution. Dr. William H. Leach spoke on church finances noting church giving, though rising slowly, shows gains from 1928 to 1936 with average contributions about 25.40 in 1928.
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Harry F. King
Beckley
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Charleston
England
Revival talk and tax contrast at church gathering
The report notes a long-running charitable gift average dipping to 12.07 in 1934 and rising to 12.46 in 1936, equating the amount to daily three cent stamps for a year. Dr Harold Paul Sloan addressed the session on "The Person of Our Lord" urging revival through church reform, with a continuation promised on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ohio
Star
Harold Paul Sloan
New York Christian Advocate
Walkout spreads as mills face mass steel strike
Police used tear gas at Aliquippa works of Jones and Laughlin Steel amid a spreading walkout that idleled 27,000 workers in Aliquippa and Pittsburgh. CIO leaders vow plans and strategy sessions to widen action against Republic Steel andYoungstown Sheet and Tube, while Bethlehem Steel workers push for a contract within ten days.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughlin
W. L. Ambrose
Burgess Morgan
Phillip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Big Eastern
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Hollywood
Philip Murray
Cio-Affiliated
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
H. E. Lewis
Coreporation
Republic
Bethlehem
S. W. O. C. Chieftains
Youngstown
Lewis
Federation
Pittsburgh Steel Strike Hits Jones & Laughlin Plants
Thousands of union steel workers picketed Jones & Laughlin steel plants in Pittsburgh last night marking the first major strike since John L. Lewis began his push to organize mill workers into a single large union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
John L. Lewis
Weather outlook showers and cooler tonight in extreme east
Showers and cooler tonight with a fair and cooler day overall. Beckley recorded a high of 80 degrees and a low of 55 yesterday, according to Weather Observer L A Mauck.
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Beckley
L. A. Mauck
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Queen Mother
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Methodist Union
William H. Leach
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