Schools Close Friday CHAMBERS SAYS YEAR WAS BEST IN THE COUNTY
Raleigh county ends a record school year as 21 500 students finish classes with closing exercises. County superintendent Bernard B Chambers calls it the best year since adopting the county unit system. Final and upcoming graduations span Beckley Mt View Clear Fork Mark Twain Stratton Woodrow Wilson Shady Spring Byrd Prillerman Elliott Junior High Collins Winding Gulf and other schools.
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Raleigh County
Bernard B. Chambers
Beckley Junior High
Mt. View
Clear Fork High
Mark Twain
Stratton High School
Woodrow Wilson
Shady Spring
Byrd Prillerman
Elliott
Collins High
Winding Gulf
Trap Hill High School
Glen White
Lester
Stoco
Marsh Fork
Old Eccles
Chambers
Children Run Still To Buy Food Clothes
A 16-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother were jailed in Wyoming County on charges of operating a moonshine still. They said they acted to raise money for food and clothes after their parents’ deaths. Constable Shutt found the 25 gallon copper still near Tommy Creek hollow after a hike. Three quarts of liquor had been run. A hearing was set for that evening.
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Register
W .Rhodell
Mary Mathews Milam
Everett Shutt
Barker Ridge
Wyoming County
Tommy Creek Hollow
Shutt
Wallace Rejects Byrd Plea Over Virginia Resettlement
Secretary Wallace told Senator Byrd the resettlement program in Virginia will go ahead, rejecting his demand to halt it. A letter to Byrd cited a cost cut from 1.5 million to 993 thousand dollars and said rentals for mountain residents will be reasonable. Wallace denied claims of free refrigerators or restrictions on bringing belongings and urged Byrd not to delay further. Cheaper poison mixes and better grasshopper feeding research will aid Oklahoma farmers this year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Byrd
D-Va
Resettlement Administration
Virginia
Shenandoah Homestead
Senator Byrd
Oklahoma
Trustees Urge Rail Securities Trusteeship in Eastern System
A Senate investigator proposed depositing Eastern rail securities of the Van Sweringen system with a trustee to curb holding company control until consolidation moves by Alleghany and Associates. Robert R. Young opposed, arguing trusteeship would delay ICC-backed grouping of Erie and Nickle Plate under Chesapeake and Ohio.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Robert R. Young
New Yorker
Alleghany Corporation
Young
Alleghany
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
Nickle Plate
Chesapeake and Ohio
Max Lowenthal
Lowenthal
ICC
Edwight Man Charged With Drunken Driving
An Edwight man Burton Price tried to drive into a filling station near his home last night but struck a post. Officers took him to Beckley and jailed him on a driving while intoxicated charge. Deputy Clyde Montgomery said he entered the station to obtain gas and has not yet had a hearing.
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Beckley
Clyde Montgomery
Burton Price
Koppers Workers Return From Charleston Convention
Eight Koppers Stores employees in this district returned from a two day convention in Charleston. The group includes R. J. Laws of Stamford A. R. Gwinn of Beckley F. L. Tyree of Long Branch W. H. Brown of Helen C. B. Garten of Pemberton F. H. Millaney of Glen White E. J. Davis Jr. of Stotesbury and W. H. Jamison of Iroquois.
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Koppers
Charleston
R. J. Laws
Stamford
A. R. Gwinn
Beckley
F. L. Tyree
Long Branch
W. H. Brown
Helen
C. B. Garten
Pemberton
F. H. Millaney
Glen White
E. J. Davis Jr
Stotesbury
W. H. Jamison
Iroquois
Plan to Eliminate Alleghany and Merge with Chesapeake
Young told the committee he and his associates want to end holding companies quickly. He outlined a plan aimed to eliminate Alleghany before year end by merging it with Chesapeake, the holding company above C and O railroad.
Fayette Woman Named Next Society Head in West Virginia
Clarksburg reports the West Virginia State Medical Association womens auxiliary installed Mrs. E. H. Starcher of Omar Logan county as president at its closing convention. Elected last year she succeeds Mrs. Amos H. Stevens of Fairmont. Mrs. F. S. Harklewood was named president-elect for 1938, with officers including Radcliffe Huntington and Rucker Charleston. Delegates to the national convention were chosen and a memorial resolution was adopted for Mrs. C. A. Ray of Charleston who died in her hotel room.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
West Virginia State Medical Association
E. H. Starcher
Omar
Logan County
Amos H. Stevens
Fairmont
F. S. Harklewood
Harvey
Fayete County
G. A. Radcliffe
Huntington
J. A. Rucker
C. A. Ray
Charleston
Rhodell to Have Clinic Tomorrow
County Health Officer W. W. Hume and assistants will run a well baby clinic for children in the area tomorrow. All mothers are urged to attend and smallpox serum will be offered to children if desired by parents.
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Register
Rhoounty
W. W. Hume
Missouri Begins Planting Over Five Million Trees
A large Missouri project aims to plant more than 5,000,000 young trees for erosion control and reforestation. Programs involve state agencies and local groups coordinating nurseries, planting sites, and long term maintenance to restore forests and stabilize soils.
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Missouri
Suspected Woman Released After Death of Kenneth Schoolcraft
Oliva Reese 23 was released after being held on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of Kenneth Schoolcraft, with prosecutors citing matching accounts and evidence pointing to a suicide. Funeral services for Schoolcraft, 31, were planned at Wiseman Cemetery with Rev. Perry and Rev. Cummings officiating.
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Register
Fayetteville
Oliva Reese
Kenneth Schoolcraft
R. L. Maynor
Maggie Stevens
Cutor
Carl Vickers
G. T. Davis
Laurel Creek
Reese
Schoolcraft
Wiseman Cemetery
F. E. Perry
M. Homer Cummings
Co. I
Pretty Young Killer Heads Kangaroo Court In Fayette
Fayetteville report says Ethel Goodman, sentenced to 99 years and one day for murder, presides over a Kangaroo court in the county jail. Jailers describe her punishments as light but feared, with a hard edge in ruling. Prosecutor Carl Vickers notes she will be moved to Moundsville when the penitentiary ships a bus for more prisoners.
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Register
Fayetteville
Ethel Goodman
John Brewer
Kilsythe
Kangaroo Court
Goodman
Carl Vickers
Moundsville
Postmaster Named at Cremio West Virginia
Washington representative Andrew Edmiston of Weston West Virginia recommended the appointment of Daniel Duskey as postmaster at Cremio West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
W. Va
Daniel Duskey
Cremio
Sit-down Strikes Ruled Violations by Wisconsin Court
Milwaukee Circuit Judge Charles L. Aarons ruled that sit-down strikes violate the Wisconsin state constitution in the state’s first court decision on the subject.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles L. Aarons
Wisconsin
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