Law To Invoke Communist Law Against Black Legion
Detroit May 29 A Michigan criminal syndicalism law may be used against the Black Legion as members face floggings and killings under the guise of anti Communist action Prosecutor Owen Dudley of Jackson County says he will prosecute 13 men as the board of directors of night riding terrorists The statute allows up to ten years imprisonment and 5000 fine for advocacy or teaching crime sabotage violence or terrorism to reform industry or politics Wayne County Pros McCrea prepares to present evidence to the US Attorney General that the order is active in at least 15 states including cross border body hauling as alleged in the case Continued on Page 5
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Associated Press
Detroit
Michigan
Black Legion
Owen Dudley
Jackson County
Board of Directors
Wayne County
Duncan C. McCrea
United States
Cummings
Morficians Get State Charter
An organization of undertakers with headquarters at Fairmont received a state charter. The Monongahela District Funeral Directors Association, Inc., a non profit group with members in Marion Monongahela Wetzel Taylor and Harrison counties, lists W Frank Jones Frank H Huey and Oliver Carpenter as incorporators. The West Virginia Fox Hunters Association of Clarksburg was incorporated by J W Sapler Ward Reed A R Kunst and others. White Sulphur Printing and Publishing Company of White Sulphur Springs, with authorized capital stock of 5000, lists Charles R Morse Kathleen Morse and T A Martufi as incorporators.
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Lbs
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Fairmont
Monongahela
J. W. Sapler
Clarksburg
Ward Reed
A. R. Kunst
Grafton
White Sulphur Printing and Publishing Company
White Sulphur Springs
Charles R. Morse
White Sulphur
Kathleen Morse
T. A. Martufi
Huntington
Kiwanis Luncheon Highlights Mrs Holz Song
Kiwanis members and guests heard Mrs. Helmut Holz sing at the noon meeting as her husband recently moved to Beckley. E. T. Stromp announced a Zulu Cannibal Giants baseball game at R. M. S. park next Monday for Memorial Day, with proceeds funding Woodrow Wilson high school band uniforms. the team will play barefoot and painted, with gate shares for the players.
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Kiwanis Club
Helmut Holz
Beckley
W. M. Taylor
E. T. Stromp
R. M. S. Park
Woodrow Wilson High School
Stromp
Hites Called to Virginia After Brother-In-Law Massie Dies
The Reverend G. C. Hite and Mrs. Hite left for Goode Virginia after learning of the death yesterday of D. B. Massie a 74 year old farmer and stockman Massie widow is Mrs Hites sister Massie had dealings in mule sales to coal mines and is remembered by older mining circles five children survive four sons and a daughter the Hites expect to return Sunday
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G. C. Hite
Hite
Goode
Bedford County
Virginia
D. B. Massie
Tear gas foils six bandits in Jersey hold up
Six bandits attempted to rob the Haledon National Bank in Haledon New Jersey but were driven off when an employee triggered tear gas flooding the bank. The bandits fled in a stolen car abandoning it four neighbors later. One teller Theodore Ellis activated the gas as robbers pointed guns.
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Associated Press
Haledon
N. J
Haledon National Bank
Paterson
Theodore Ellis
Holiday slump noted in mart stock market
Wall Street opened with pre holiday dullness as many issues moved little. Gainers included J I Case Commercial Credit and Dome Mines while Continental Can U S Steel Anaconda and Union Pacific posted smaller advances.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
N. Y
J. I. Case
Commercial Credit
Dome Mines
Continental Can
U. S. Steel
Anaconda
Union Pacific
Police Arrest Mixed Couples at East Park House
A city raid on a house of ill fame in East Park led to seven arrests, including three white women Lola Hall Pearl Daniels and one more, and four Negro men Costello Nunnery Walter Kelly Luther Pack James Brown. L. L. Page colored, charged with maintaining the house, posted a $50 bond. Rest to be arraigned before Squire Hancock tonight. Chief Stover and Officers Gregory and Maynor conducted the operation.
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East Park
Lola Hall
Pearl Daniels
Costello Nunnery
Walter Kelly
Luther Pack
James Brown
L. L
J. Q. Stover
A. G. Gregory
Lon Maynor
British Liner Queen Mary Sets 25Hour Day Speed Record
The Queen Mary broke the Normandie record with a 747 mile run by noon ship time on May 29 aboard at sea en route to New York. Clocks were set back one hour crossing the Atlantic making the day 25 hours long. average speed up to noon was 29.76 knots, surpassing Normandie's 744 nautical miles westward.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Senate Begins On Roosevelt Corporate Tax Fight
May 29 Washington article notes the Senate Finance Committee ready to approve a seven per cent levy on undistributed corporate profits, a conservative victory over Roosevelt’s higher tax plan. Administration forces retreat from stronger proposals, signaling possible revival in conference with the House.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
White House
Senate
House
Roscoe Turner Forced Abort of Coast to Coast Flight
Roscoe Turner halted his Los Angeles to Providence speed flight in Wichita after high winds and rain tore a wing hole, imperiling him. He logged five hours six minutes, eight minutes longer than his prior Wichita leg, flying five miles a minute toward Albuquerque as part of the coast to coast run challenging Howard Hughes’ nine hour 27 minute record.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Kas
Roscoe Turner
Los Angeles
Providence
R. IL
Albuquerque
Howard Hughes
Hollywood Sportsman-Pilot
Health Center Hosts First Inspection Tour
Two physicians distinguished in public health work in the East Dr Doris Murray of Washington DC supervisor of the eastern division of the maternal and infant Hygiene program of the Federal Children's Bureau and Dr Thomas H Blake acting director of rural health work for the state health department yesterday made their first inspection tour of the Health Center recently established here After inspecting the offices and discussing a training program to be carried out locally the visitors announced that the first group of trainees probably a group of five nurses would arrive here June 9 Dr Gilbert Kelso director said.
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Doris Murray
Washington, D. C
Federal Children’s Bureau
Thomas H. Blake
State Health Department
Gilbert Kelso
Destructive Paducah Fire Levels Four Stores
A major blaze in Paducah Kentucky swept the business section causing over 225000 dollars in damage. Four stores were leveled and several more damaged with two men slightly injured. Origin of the fire remains undetermined and the blaze was brought under control early today.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Ohio River
Woman Admitted After Family Fight Back Lacerations
Frances Moore, 24, Negro, hospital in Beckley after severe back lacerations. She says her sister slashed her during a Raleigh family quarrel. Condition described as improving this morning.
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Frances Moore
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh
Reverend O C Sturgill Dies in Virginia
Word arrived from Chilhowie Virginia of the sudden death of Reverend O C Sturgill aged about 47. For four years he pastored Crab Orchard Mount Tabor and Big Stick Baptist churches moving here from Elkhorn. He traveled with Mrs Sturgill and their seven children to visit relatives. funeral arrangements pending.
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Mabscott
Chilhowie
Virginia
O. C. Sturgill
Crab Orchard
Mount Tabor
Big Stick
Sturgill
Woodbay
Leeds and bride reach Miami aboard Moana yacht
William B Leeds and Olive Hamilton arrived in Miami aboard the yacht Moana. Leeds, ill from exposure to high winds, declined visitors as officers said he was ordered to rest to recuperate.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
William B Leeds
Olive Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Moana
Leeds
Prosperity Revival Continues Amid Confessions
Reverend William G. Burleigh of Matoaka said the protracted meeting at Prosperity will run through Sunday and perhaps longer. He reported several confessions during the revival, now in its tenth day.
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William G. Burleigh
Matoaka
Prosperity
Steel official sees jobs for all unemployed
Myron C. Taylor chairman of United States Steel Corp told members of the American Iron and Steel Institute that free exchange of agriculture and industry could create jobs for every worker in the country. The remarks were prepared for delivery at the spring meeting in New York on May 29.
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Associated Press
New York
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corp
American Iron and Steel Institute
Gunman Camden to testify against alleged paymaster
Centerville Missouri May 29 Robert Bobby Camden known as Robin Hood of the Ozarks agreed to testify for the state against James Wofford the man accused of hiring him to kill Rev. James A Radford in August 1933 Camden halted his own murder trial to plead guilty and face the judge. Circuit Judge E M Dearing deferred sentence and ordered trial for James Wofford 73 the alleged backer who paid Camden $100 to kill the minister.
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Associated Press
Centerville
Robert
Bobby) Camden
Robin Hood
The
Ozarks
James A. Radford
E. M. Dearing
James Wofford
Camden
Relief Supreme Issue In Pre Convention Scraps
Byron Price notes relief is the dominant concern shaping the pre convention political scene. He discusses anticipated tax and farm issues and the split within the two major parties over relief policies. The piece hints at a campaign pivot toward a revised relief program, with miners and families amid ongoing industry tension.
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Byron Price
Associated Press
Administra
Register Scribe Discoverd Body In Beaver Fatal Collision
In a $10,000 damage suit over the death of Thornton Dennis the administrator alleges Charles Foster operated his father's truck negligently when it struck Dennis on the Glen Morgan Beaver road near Dr. J. M. Teter's residence on Christmas Eve. Witnesses testified Foster claimed he lost his head and drove to a Beaver garage before police arrested him for manslaughter. Reporter Monroe Worthington noted Dennis died before reaching Dr. Teter's office, and a wheel may have passed over Dennis' leg. Defense argues the crash was unavoidable due to slick roads and a frozen radiator as Dennis crossed the road.
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B. B. Price
Thornton Dennis
John D. Foster
Charles Edward Foster
Beaver
Dennis
Glen Morgan-Beaver
Charles Foster
J. M. Teter
Foster
Young Foster
Monroe Worthington
Raleigh Register
Raleigh County Relief Detailed
Needy countians have received over a hundred thousand pounds of food from the commodity distribution division of the W P A since it took over from the state relief administration last December. In Charleston W P A headquarters said 139,480 pounds of food 1,416 cans of milk 735 pieces of household furnishings and 784 clothing articles had been given to the county's destitute from December 15, 1935, to March 31, 1936. The W P A handles only physical distribution to persons chosen by relief offices and county courts in cooperation with the West Virginia Relief Administration the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation the W P A and the county court.
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Raleigh
Commodity Distribution Division
State Relief Administration
Charleston
Relief Administration
West Virginia Relief Administration
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
W P. A
Patriarch dies after 115 years in Nebraska
Solomon Rickner, a Nebraska patriarch who credited his long life to a simple diet prompted by high prices, died at his St. Paul home aged 115 from heart disease and post fall complications. He fractured his right leg just below the hip on May 17 and remained in good health for decades before declining.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Nebraska
Solomon Rickner
Mingo County Teachers Protest Reemployment Rule
Williamson WV May 29 The Mingo county teachers union asked the board of education why 30 teachers were not rehired for the next term. President W J Chafin said a protest had been sent requesting reemployment unless reasonable cause for dismissal is shown.
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Associated Press
Williamson
W. Va
Mingo County Teachers Union
Board of Education
W. J. Chafin
Texas streams causing flood threat grows in south region
Three large south Texas rivers the Guadalupe Brazos and Colorado rose last night creating a flood risk. The Brazos pushed backwater over thousands of acres of lowlands between East and West Columbia flooding the Darrington prison farm and forcing families from their homes.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Guadalupe
Brazos
Colorado
East
West
Columbia
Darrington
Brooklyn Thugs Die in Sing Sing Electric Chair
Four Brooklyn killers were executed in Sing Sing prison as part of the third quadruple electrocution there in 16 years. Convicted of the June 1934 cafe robbery murder of diner Thomas Gaughan, the four men Charles Kropowitz George Rosenberg Frank Russo and Vincent De Martino were executed in succession after brief death chamber farewells.
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N. Y
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Thomas Gaughan
Charles Kropowitz
George Rosenberg
Frank Russo
Vincent de Martino
Veterans Honor Comrades Here comradery services and parade tomorrow
Veterans groups including Legionarres, national guardsmen, and the local Spanish American War Veterans chapter will hold memorial ceremonies at 10 o'clock at the Memorial building. Major C Shirley Donnelly of the 38th Division will speak, then a parade to the Wildwood Cemetery Legion plot for rituals. Auxiliary members and Junior Auxiliary will sell poppies for disabled veterans throughout the day, urged by Mayor Dr Robert Winston to support the effort. Fifty seven Beckley businesses will close all day Monday in observance.
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Legionarres
C. Shirley Donnelly
38Th Division
Legion
Wildwood Cemetery
American Legion Auxiliary
Junior Auxiliary
Robert Winston
Beckley
Service
New TVA Fight In The Making
A new attack on the Tennessee Valley Authority act was poised to be filed in federal court at Birmingham Alabama by leading public utilities firms including Commonwealth and Southern Corporation Cities Service Company Associated Gas and Electric and Electric Bond and Share Company.
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Associated Press
New York
Birmingham
Ala
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Cities Service Company
Associated Gas and Electric
Electric Bond and Share Company
Young Democrats Plan Post-Primary Meeting Tonight
Raleigh county Young Democrats meet at 7 30 this evening in Goldsmith and Thornhill law offices. Mrs Pearl Hammond of Buckhannon Kenneth Slaughter and Joe Bailey of Clarksburg are expected to attend as touring supporters for the New Deal. The gathering begins a series ahead of the November election.
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Raleigh County
Goldsmith and Thornhill
Pearl Hammond
Buckhannon
Kenneth Slaughter
Joe Bailey
Clarksburg
Boland Proposes Fuel Oil Tax to Save Reserves
Representative Patrick J. Boland of Pennsylvania urges the Senate Finance Committee to study a one cent per gallon tax on fuel oil for heating as a potential $158 million yearly revenue source. He argues it would curb oil losses to hard and soft coal sectors, aiding miners and conserving reserves. The bill is pending in the Ways and Means Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Patrick J. Boland
Pennsylvania
Boland
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Bandits Hijack Whiskey Truck in Ohio Heist
Eight men armed with machine guns and sawed off shotguns hijacked a liquor truck en route to Youngstown in Canton on May 29. The cargo valued at $6,000 belonged to Louis Saunders of the express company. Driver John A. Davis, 39, said he was forced into a car, driven to Masury near Sharon, tied with tape and blindfolded before being dumped. Sheriff Roy A. Hardman rushed to Masury to question Davis.
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Associated Press
Canton
Ohio
Youngstown
Louis Saunders
The
Express Company
John A. Davis
Masury
Sharon
Sherrif Roy A. Hardman
Davis
Jones Leads Blake by Narrow Margin in Fifth District Race
Charleston May 29 The complete official tally shows C M Casey Jones ahead of Ed L Blake by 52 votes for the Republican nomination for U S representative in the Fifth district. Jones 8474 Blake 8422 Davis 4630 Days 2299.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Fifth
C. M
Casey) Jones
Ed L. Blake
Ronceverte
United States
Jones
Blake
James R. Davis
Williamson
Walter H. Days
Bradshaw
Teacher Held on Cruelty Charges in West Virginia
Keyser, May 29. Prosecutor Vernon Rankin said he will present charges that Elva May Dean a school teacher beat a nine year old Burlington boy before the grand jury. He said Justice of the Peace John Lincell wanted to try the case but the magistrate ordered the teacher to appear before the grand jury. Campbell Stickley said his son Martin was beaten until black and blue and that Miss Dean punched him in the face with a paddle.
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Associated Press
Keyser
W. Va
Vernon E. Rankin
Elva May Dean
Burlington
Justice of the Peace
John P. Lincell
Miss Dean
Campbell Stickley
Martin
Weekend Forecast Calls For Cool, Light Frost Tonight
Fair and continued cool conditions expected tonight into Saturday with light frost in exposed eastern areas. Sunday should be fair with rising temperatures. Yesterday’s high reached 76 degrees and the low last night was 34, per L. A. Mauek.
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L. A
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Jersey
Normandie
Roosevelt
William Leeds III
Florida
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Atron
C. S. Donnelly
Memorial Building
TVA
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