Negro Sues Cop For Hurting Him In Raid
Joe W Beard a Black man sues Patrolman Otis Lyons in circuit court claiming a February 28 raid on a Prince Street gambling room left him with a back injury and seeks 3500 dollars. The suit names Lyons, the city of Beckley, and National Surety Corp for damages unpaid. Witnesses included Beard and Mayor Robert Winston. The case notes Lyons bonded with National Surety and the alleged actions of shoving Beard and brandishing a pistol during the raid. Beard testified he has walked with crutches since an injury in 1935. The Beulah Martin suit for 10000 dollars over her husband Aubrey Kid Martin’s death in a Sprague auto crash was also pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Beard
Circuit Court
Otis Lyons
Prince Street
Board
City of
Beckley
Lyons
National Surety Corporation
Robert Winston
National Surety Corporation of
New York
Beulah Martin
Aubrey “Kid” Martin
Sprague
AFL May Oppose Wage-Hour Bill
The American Federation of Labor shows opposition to the administration wage and hour bill. Private sentiment from federal chieftains suggests the executive council will declare its stance before the meeting ends. President William Green anticipates a council decision. Hotel lobby chatter indicates most members favor wages set by collective bargaining over federal law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinnati-American Federation of Labor
William Green
Executive Council
Mickey Cochrane Improves After Hitting Head Injury
The Associated Press reports Detroit Tigers manager Mickey Cochrane, struck on the head by a pitched ball Tuesday, passed a good night and showed improvement according to an official bulletin in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Memorial Day closure at Statehouse by public works board
Charleston reports the board of public works will close the statehouse on Memorial Day in observance of the holiday. The action affects government offices and state employees. Public access to the building will be limited as offices suspend normal operations for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Board of Public Works
Statehouse
Education director from CCC to attend Beckley conference
The national education director of the CCC in the United States, Dr. Howard W. Oxley of Washington, travels to Beckley for a 10 a.m. employment conference at the Beckley post office. The event centers on a Camp Raleigh enrollee’s typical job interview with a panel including seven camp education advisers and seven company commanders from the Lewisburg sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
United States
Beckley
Camp Raleigh
Howard W. Oxley
Washington
Lewisburg
Beckley Post
Gunnoe
John C. Fisher
Co. G. Campbell
West Virginia
Glen Emick
Beckley College to hold graduation and awards day
Beckley College graduates will attend baccalaureate services at 11 a m Sunday in the Methodist Church on Heber Street with Rev Ross Culpepper preaching on Green Grass Through the Fence. Diplomas and awards, including bioscience and commercial prizes, will be presented June 4 at 8 p m by County Superintendent B B Chambers. Commencement speaker will be Dr D L Haught of Concord State Teachers College Athene.
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Beckley College
Methodist Episcopal Church
Heber Street
Ross Culpepper
Culpepper
B. B. Chambers
Agnes Mueller-Bendrat
Flora Mae Jones
University of Southern California
George Peabody Teachers’ College
D. L. Haught
Concord State Teachers College
Athens
Commercial Club
Beta Theta Mu Sorority
Armory
Barger Springs
Woman's Clubhouse
Ruth Troy Blisard
Montcval
Price Hylton Caffee Jr
Americo Cessarato
Edythe Clay
Thomas Richard Cooper
John Wallace Gallaher
Frances Rosine Giesey
Charles Jackson Kinzer
Margaret MacLeod Smith
Kathryn Lucille Totten
James
Stamaford
Jack Rakes
Beaver
Helen Cathryn Farris
Gladys Mary Milam
Mildred Janet Smith
Beckley
Anita Gay Godbey
Harper
Lydia Mae Green
Shady Spring
Lorrayne Margaret Hinte
Eccles
Wavie Marie Jarrell
Naoma
Mary Grace Lilly
Betty Phillips
Huntsville
Tenn
Reche
Yeobel
Calloways Sell Breezemont Lots in Beckley Heights
Deed records show C L and Edith Calloway transferring lots 17 and 18 in Breezemont Heights to W O and Altha Cadle for 10 dollars and other considerations. Other deeds include Lewis Furniture Co buying land from Colonial Land Improvement for 10 dollars, Azell and Alice Bragg transferring lots 16 and 17 on Third Avenue to W E and Alice Meadows for 10 dollars, and Raleigh County Bank transferring almost eight acres at Lester to Grace Washington and John Hubbard for 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L
Edith Calloway
Breezemont Heights
Beckley
W. O
Altha Cadle
Lewis Furniture Company
Colonial Land Improvement Company
Azell
Alice Bragg
Third Avenue
W. E
Alice Meadows
Raleigh County Bank
Lester
Grace Washington
John Hubbard
Juror Freed Is Back in Court
G Cleve Brown of Lester was on today’s circuit court jury but will not be paid for a day spent in jail after a drunkenness arrest. He paid a fine and reported for jury duty, among 12 for Joe W Beard vs National Surety and Otis Lyons. The clerk said jurors are not paid if they fail to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Cleve Brown
Lester
van Hunter
Brown
Squire J. P. Meadows
Joe W. Beard
National Surety Corporation
Otis Lyons
Spain Armistice Plan Abandoned
London reports a British plan for an armistice in Spain was virtually abandoned today. The news follows an urged plea to both sides to humanize the war and tops the agenda of the European non intervention committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Spain
Recovery Said Periled by Tax Measures
New York reports that warnings about rising taxes, labor unrest, and budget unbalance threaten the postwar recovery. Eugene G. Grace, retiring president of the American Iron and Steel Institute, said government expenditures endanger national economic progress across parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Eugene G. Grace
Institute
Market Reverses Early Decline To Slow Gains In New York
New York stocks reversed an early modest decline and edged forward as gains appeared for U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Western Union Standard Oil of New Jersey American Can General Electric and Santa Fe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Western Union
Standard Oil of New Jersey
American Can
General Electric
Santa Fe
Camera Enthusiasts Form Club Will Stage Contests
Beckley residents formed a Beckley Camera Club to photograph the city, meeting at Beckley College to elect C. W. Waterman Jr. president and appoint C. D. Crawford Jr. as vice president Joe Gallagher as secretary and treasurer. Monthly contests will feature different subjects and merit judged by a committee yet to be chosen. About 15 of 25 members attended the inaugural session. They will meet on the first and third Wednesdays each month.
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Beckley Newspapers
Prince Street
Beckley Camera Club
Beckley College
C. W. Waterman Jr
C. D. Crawford Jr
Joe Gallagher
Ford Men Defeat Union Organizers At Plant
Rocky Mount Virginia April 1934 two Nich olas county brothers Hubbard and Paul Duling were found guilty of the October 1934 slayings of Deputy Sheriff T J Richards and his prisoner Jim Smith. Each man received a 99 year sentence in the state penitentiary. Hubbard Duling proclaimed innocence after the verdict as the men face additional charges in the killing of Deputy Sheriff C E Simmons of Roanoke county last year.
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Rocky Mount
Nicholas County
Hubbard Duling
Hubbard
Paul Duling
T. J. Richards
State Penitentiary
Duling
Duling Brothers
Franklin County
Richards
Jim Smith
C. E. Simmons
Roanoke County
Simmons
Merchants Meet At 8 Tonight In Beckley
A mid week half holiday is the main item of discussion at a Beckley merchants meeting in the Legion Auxiliary room Memorial building at 8 oclock tonight The mercantile board of the chamber of commerce met last Friday and decided to ask all merchants to accept the plan for the summer months Tonight also includes discussion of a year schedule of holidays observed by merchants.
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Merchants of
Beckley
Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
Mercantile Board of the
Chamber of Commerce
Highway Board Buys Bridges in West Virginia
Parkersburg and Williamstown toll bridges across the Ohio River are bought by the Highway Board for 1.428 million dollars ending a year of litigation. The Parkersburg bridge cost 1.088 million from Crawford owners and the Williamstown bridge 340 thousand to Marietta owners. Simp son noted no tolls after retirement of the purchase bonds and no agreement yet on the St Marys bridge.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Burr H. Simpson
Ohio River
Williamstown
Simpson
St. Marys Bridge
Ford Gate Clash Spurs Union Probes and Threats
A street battle outside Ford Motor Co gates left at least 18 UAW members injured including Richard Frankensteen and Walter Reuther. Heavily bruised, Frankensteen reported being knocked down and repeatedly assaulted. a doctor warned of possible internal injuries. Despite the clash, 40 000 day workers entered the plant, and leaflets were cleared from the scene as officials opened investigations and warned of retaliation.
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Associated Pre
Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Gates
Richard T. Frankensteen
Walter Reuther
Tocat
Frankensteen
Ford
Mother Murder Case Ends Today
Jersey City narrates the hatchet slaying of Gladys MacKnight, 17, and her red-haired boyfriend Donald Wightman as their Hud son county trial closes. Prosecutors urge a murder verdict while defense contends a joint confession misstates events of the fatal kitchen struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jersey City
N—d
Gladys MacKnight
Donald Wightman
Hudson County Court
Helen MacKnight
Donald
Gladys
Mrs. MacKnight
Mrs
Quins To Be Three Friday In Ontario Calendar Note
The Ontario brief notes Marie the littlest of the five sisters marked by a May 28 1934 birthdate is about to turn three. She claims to have more teeth than her sister as doctors report she has reached 18 teeth and gained a pound in the last month in the Canadian Press item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ontario
Marie
Diannes
Mills Stopwork Amid Hardest Labor Strife Since '29
In Youngstown and across five states a CIO led over 70,000 steel workers walked out crippling operations at Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube. About 32,000 idle in Mahoning Valley Ohio, 22,000 in Chicago area plants, and additional layoffs nationwide marked the first tests of the strike with limited clashes at shifts change events. Ford Richmond plant closed as UAW activity grew, while CIO and AFL leaders moved toward strategic responses, with talks of contracts or a broader counter campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Youngstown
Ohio
Committee For Industrial Organization
Mahoning Valley
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
CIO
Chicago
Inland Steel Company
Republic
John L. Lewis
Henry Ford
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bigan
Inland
Ford Assembly
Richmond
Calif
United Automobile Workers
Dearborn
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Ford
National Labor Relations Board
Philip Murray
Weather Report Signals Thunderstorms Then Cooler
Local thunder storms and slight cooler tonight with Friday generally fair and cooler. Showers likely in the extreme east portion. Yesterday’s high reached 81 degrees and the last night’s low was 60. il. A. Mauck reported.
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A. Mauck
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Keatley
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Popeye
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Mary
Great Britain
Hugh Parran
Clarksburg
West Virginia Medical Society
Vermont
Austin
Roosevelt
AFL
CC Education
Murl McGuire
Malone
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West Liberty
Ed Whallen
McGuire
E. C. Schloss
Jack Watson
Calloways
Breezemont
Eugene Grace
Dulings
Virginia
Highway Board
U.A.W.A
Mills
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
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