Gilmore Withdraws Recount Demand for Party Harmony
Appalachian Coals Inc summoned over 100 coal operators in four states to sign sales contracts for mines with annual production of 60 million tons of high volatile coal. This marked the first producer gathering from eight fields since the U S Supreme Court voided the Guffey coal act.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Appalachian Coals, Inc
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
Appalachian Coals
Supreme Court
Bluestone Dam Appropriation May Be Okayed Soon
Washington May 22 Authorization for the completion of the 13 500 000 Bluestone reservoir in the New River at Hinton is provided in the 384 000 000 omnibus flood control bill passed by the senate. If the house approves the Bluestone project Senator M M Neely would offer an amendment to provide 2 000 000 to continue construction. A sharp new struggle over the measure loomed as house members reviewed it and the bill, carrying authorization for 216 flood control projects, awaits conference.
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Associated Press
Ashington
Hinton
Senate
House
Pittsburgh
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
West Virginia seeks federal grants for flood bridge repairs
Governor H G Kump asked the federal government for outright grants to rebuild flood damaged bridges in West Virginia. He estimated over 800000 dollars is needed for intra state bridge reconstruction and up to 1500000 dollars for road maintenance in all 55 counties, with projects already approved by the WPA. Representative Jennings Randolph urged rapid release of funds for the road program and said approval has been secured from WPA authorities.
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Associated Press
Washington
H. G. Kump
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
McCall
Eight Promoted From Slab Fork Graduation
Eight pupils will graduate from Slab Fork school at graduation and commencement exercises at the theatre building on Monday night May 25 at 7 30 oclock announced by Miss Is Head principal The sermon will be given by Rev Levi Sperow Sunday night at 7 30 p m The graduates Ada McGuire Tamas Hylton Hazel Borrer Alta Sturgill Beulah Perdue Ruth Lindsay Curtis Horton and Herman Sparks A musical operetta Midsummer Eve will be presented by 40 children in the grades following the graduation exercises.
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Slab Fork School
Miss Is Head
Levi Sperow
Idiplomas
Ada McGuire
Tamas Hylton
Hazel Borrer
Alta Sturgill
Beulah Perdue
Ruth Lindsay
Curtis Horton
Herman Sparks
Brazil Burns Coffee Fire destruction tally announced
Rio de Janeiro May 22 Brazil reports a national coffee department totals 36 481 941 sacks of 132 24 pounds each destroyed as excess beans burn nationwide.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
National Coffee Department
Minnie Palmer Dies Actress of Gilded Age Fame
New York May 22 Minnie Palmer once a leading actress died yesterday in a Bay Shore hospital at age 79. Born 1883 she rose to fame as Tina in My Sweetheart. She retired in 1908 returned a decade later in Lightnin with Frank Bacon. She married John Russel Rogers, manager of the My Sweetheart company and a famed press agent.
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Associated Press
New York
Minnie Palmer
Bay Shore
L. L
Tina
Moscow Blames Mongolian Riots on Japanese Troops
Soviet spokesmen say peace or war in the Far East hinges on the Japanese army command in Manchoukuo. They blame border fighting on officers rather than Tokyo, calling some adventurers out of control. Full-scale clashes with tanks planes and artillery have centered near Lake Bor between Manchoukuo and Inner Mongolia. The aim is to cut the Mongolian salient and force a straight border line.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Far East
Manchoukuo
Tokyo
Outer Mongolia
Lake Bor
Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Hailar
Lake Dalai
Chinese Eastern Railway
Soviet Union
Burned Corpse Mystifies Cops
Chesterfield New Hampshire May 22. The charred body of an unidentified woman, between 20 and 40, was found on a mountain top. A 22 calibre pistol lay nearby and only a shoe and teeth offered clues. Authorities say death was not self inflicted. Forest firefighters found the body in a rugged area with arms and legs broken.
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Associated Press
Chesterfield
N. H
Frank J. Bennett
Morris Robertson
Wife of Editor Taken by Death
Funeral services were conducted at Montgomery for Mrs. Bernice Reuter 25 wife of Otton Reuter city editor of the Hinton Daily News Her death occurred at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs T H Dunbar in Montgomery Monday afternoon Her husband is the son of O C Reuter store manager for Sterling Smokeless Coal company at Whitby and brother in law to P Q Warden of Whitby She had been in critical condition since May 5.
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Montgomery
Bernice Reuter
Otton Reuter
Hinton Daily News
T. H. Dunbar
O. C. Reuter
Sterling Smokeless Coal Company
Whitby
P. Q. Warden
Huey Long Leader Allies With Him
Dr F E Townsend defies an investigating committee calling it a contempt, as House Speaker Burns vows support for committee recommendations. Townsend says he would rather go to jail than face further inquiry into his plan to pay $200 monthly to citizens over 60. He bolts the hearing and sets up in Baltimore, denouncing a communist dictatorship and demanding arrest for readmittance. Gerald K Smith backs Townsend in this confrontation.
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Associated Press
Washington
F. E. Townsend
Burns
House
Representative Bell
Missouri
Townsend
Baltimore
Washingon
Gerald K. Smith
Sen
Junior High Has Final Program At Beckley
Beckley Junior High held its annual commencement honoring several graduates. Edythe Moore and Margaret McKinney received duplicate cups for A averages. Margaret Hicks topped eighth grade. Lydia Sessions led seventh grade scholastically. Diplomas were presented to 114 pupils by J. L. Huffman and C. H. Archer delivered the address.
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Beckley
Edythe Moore
Margaret McKinney
Margaret Hicks
Lydia Sessions
J. L. Huffman
County Board of Education
C. H. Archer
Mercer County Superintendent of Schools
Reservists Go To Camp Boone
Reservists from the Charleston military district plan a two day contact camp at Camp Boone Keith May 23 and 24 announced by Captain Henry T Kent executive officer. The program includes a four team pistol match in Beckley Charleston Huntington Williamson Welch Logan Bluefield Hinton and Columbus Ohio, a group officers school Saturday night and a tactical exercise with combined arms Sunday morning ending with a noon dinner. William H Chrisley will serve as tactical officer and assist in firing duties.
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Charleston Military District
Camp Boone
Keith
Henry T. Kent
Beckley Charleston
Huntington
Williamson, Welch
Logan
Bluefield
Hinton
Columbus
Ohio
William H. Chrisley
Infantry Reserve
Chrisley
Detroiter killed in Black Legion execution
Police inspector John I. Navarre said four admitted Black Legion members confessed to killing Charles A. Poole on a rural road on May 13. Poole, accused of beating his wife in a maternity hospital, was shot eight times as the leader proclaimed the slaying final.
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Associated Press
Detroit
John I. Navarre
Black Legion
Charles A. Poole
Navarre
Society
Poole
Tennessee Homes Get Electricity
Jackson, Tenn. May 22 Electrification of 450 west Tennessee homes marks the completion of the first link of TVA's rural power supply program. Power for the rural homes was relayed from Wilson dam by way of the Corinth Miss. substation. The feeder line is 70 miles long. Towns supplied include Enville Leapwood Milledgeville Morris Chapel Chewella Ramer and Finger.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Kiwanis Hear Singing Girls Porterfield Daughters
Pauline and Ruth Porterfield, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Porterfield, performed at a Kiwanis meeting with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Nellie Kirk. The sisters will broadcast on WCHS Charleston tomorrow from noon to 12 15 PM. Committees were named to raise funds for Woodrow Wilson High School band uniforms and to promote a sectional safety meet in Beckley with Mount Hope and chamber of commerce representatives attending.
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Pauline
Ruth Porterfield
D. D. Porterfield
Johnstown Road
Kiwanis Club
Nellie Kirk
Little Sisters
WCHS
Charleston
Lions
Rotary
Woman’s Clubs
Woodrow Wilson
Mount Hope
New River and Winding Gulf Mining Institute
Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Construction Under Thames Link Between Dartford and Purfleet
The ministry of transport undertakes a Thames crossing project between Dartford Kent and Purfleet Essex at a total cost of $15,000,000 with work commencing May 22.
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Associated Pressdon
Thames
Dartford
Kent
Purfleet
Essex
Ministry of Transport
Oil Reserves Five Miles Below Surface Described
Oil prospecting advances described at the International Petroleum exposition reveal maps of buried shore lines five miles below the surface. University of Tulsa professor L R Laudon notes ancient seas once covered much of the United States with fossil evidence identifying oil pools. The Simpson area and Ozark mountains show shore lines indicating more than 100 ancient seas across the Rockies to Canada, suggesting untapped resources beyond current two mile drilling depth.
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Howard Blakeslee
Associated Press
Tulsa
Oklahoma
United States
University of Tulsa
L. R. Laudon
Simpson
Texas
Arkansas
Ozark Mountains
Rockies
Appalachians
Canada
Atlantic
Coal Operators Battle New Guffey Bill in Washington
May 22 report says coal operators oppose the substitute bill to the Guffey act and seek a public hearing. Backers push for rapid congressional action while Vinson of Kentucky introduces the measure in the House as Guffey promotes it in the Senate. The plan targets government price fixing but drops labor provisions ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
Kentucky
House
Guffey
Senate
Roosevelt silent on Guffey coal bill and bills fate
President Roosevelt offered no comment on Senator Guffey’s proposed coal control measure at a May press conference. Officials said Comptroller General McCarl had not indicated whether further funding for the national bituminous coal commission would be approved, creating uncertainty over whether the group could remain active. Hosford expected a decision by tomorrow morning. If funds are cut, the commission would likely disband.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Guffey
Congress
Senator Guffey
Supreme Court
National Bituminous Coal Commission
J. R. McCarl
Charles F. Hosford Jr
Comptroller General
Hosford
McCarl
Commission
Death Decree in Murder Case in Kingsport
Kingsport Tennessee May 22 C H Curly Ballard a Kingsport negro pool room operator was found guilty of first degree murder in Sullivan County circuit court yesterday and the jury fixed his punishment at death for the hammer slaying of Willie Green his 17 year old employee Green was found dead near Bristol weeks ago The prosecution showed evidence that Green was killed to benefit Ballards insurance policy
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Associated Press
Kingsport, Tenn
C. H
Curly) Ballard
Kingsport
Sullivan County
Willie Green
Green
Bristol
Ballard
Pilot Prevents Girl From Jumping From Airplane
Boston May 22 A Boston domestic Sue Limo aged 21 attempted to leap from a sightseeing airplane as Pilot Charles W Sutherland struggled to restrain her The plane dipped and climbed crazily nearly hitting harbor water before Sutherland seized her by the hair and guided the craft to a safe airport landing The hospital announced the identity and stated she worked for a Boston attorney fittings were off duty when the incident occurred
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Associated Press
Boston
Charles W. Sutherland
Sue Limo
Riley Guthrie
Sutherland
Geo Crawford Dies Suddenly
Funeral services for George E. Crawford aged 57 who died of a stroke near the Maben club house will be held tomorrow at 2 pm at his brother J L Crawford's home in Ghent. He was a longtime repairman for W M Ritter Lumber and is survived by two sons Lacy of Beckley and Kennis of Sophia, plus brothers J L Crawford Ghent J H Crawford Cool Ridge C T Crawford Bellepoint and T A Crawford Harper.
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George E. Crawford
Maben
J. L. Crawford
Ghent
John Foley
Maria
Crawford
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
Maben Club
Lacy Crawford
Beckley
Kennis Crawford
Sophia
J. H. Crawford
Cool Ridge
C. T. Crawford
Bellepoint
T. A. Crawford
Harper
Corporate Tax Plan Scrambled Washington May 22
The Senate Finance Committee today moved to reconsider its day-old compromise for taxing corporations. Backing away followed word that the plan taxed taxes, threatening revenue of roughly 0.5 to 0.6 billion dollars and prompting talk of alternatives such as raising the rate on undistributed earnings or changing the levy from seven to nine percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Farmer certified Democratic nominee for Raleigh County sheriff
H G Farmer of Bolt was certified by the county court as the Democratic nominee for Raleigh County sheriff after J R Gilmore of Beckley withdrew his petition for a recount of the May 12 primary. The recount had been postponed. Gilmore said he dropped the demand for party harmony.
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H. G. Farmer
Bolt
Raleigh
J. R. Gilmore
Beckley
Gilmore
Harry Anderson
Farmer
Mary
Raleigh County
Porterfield to Address Grads at Woodrow Wilson High
Dr. Allan W. Porterfield professor of German at West Virginia University will deliver the annual commencement address at Woodrow Wilson High School as 207 students receive diplomas. J. L. Huffman president of the county board of education will present the diplomas with W. R. Fugitt assistant superintendent representing the county superintendent's office.
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Allan W. Porterfield
West Virginia University
Woodrow Wilson High School
J. L. Huffman
County Board of Education
W. R. Fugitt
Car Collision Suit Up Today
In circuit court this morning Paul R. Gilmore sues John Brezack over a Mount Hope road crash claimed to involve Brezack’s daughter driving. Gilmore says the car cut across to a side road. the defense cites a proper arm signal.
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Paul R. Gilmore
John Brezack
Mount Hope Road
Gilmore
Brezack
Skelton
C. W. Bowling
Landon Lilly
J. J. Furrow
Furrow
Weather: Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday
LA Mauck reports weather with a high of 81 degrees yesterday and a low of 52 last night. Tonight remains fair with a slight warmup into Saturday.
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