Bluefield Slim jailed on theft count in Raleigh mines
Lewis Koontz alias Bluefield Slim, colored, jailed on a charge of stealing detonator caps from seven Raleigh county mines since March first. Marco Garcia, jailed on receiving stolen goods, identified Koontz as the cap seller. Officers found about 700 dollars worth of caps at Garcia's home.
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Lewis Koontz
Marco Garcia
Tams
Garcia
McDowell
Koontz
John McDowell
B. F. McLaughlin
Zach A. Pety
Kump Calls For Statewide Safety Drive After June Wreck Toll
Governor Kump urged a statewide safety campaign to reduce highway deaths after reporting 38 fatalities from automobile accidents in June 1935. He appealed to safety councils civic and industrial clubs and all citizens to support safer streets and highways in June.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W.va
Kump
Glen White Tot Taken by Death
Betty Iris Vipperman aged 18 months died Friday noon at Glen White home of her parents Mr and Mrs William F Vipperman from spinal meningitis after a month illness. Funeral at Crab Orchard Baptist church conducted by Reverend Levi Akers Sophia burial Canady cemetery Foster undertakers in charge. Surviving siblings Earl Clarice Sylvia Rosz Lee Bryce Lloyd Carl Louis and W F Vipperman Jr. Active pallbearers James Galbreath Walter Butler and Maynard Boyd.
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Betty Iris Vipperman
William F. Vipperman
Glen White
Levi Akers
Sophia
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Canady
Foster
Earl
Clarice
Sylvia
Rosz
Lee
Bryce
Lloyd
Carl
Louis
W. F. Wipperman Jr
James Galbreath
Walter Butler
Maynard Boyd
Townsend Smith 10 Beat For This Full Alliance
Philadelphia May 30 Dr Frank E Townsend leader of the old age pension movement and Rev Gerald L K Smith head of share the wealth clubs announced they joined forces to present a common front against Washington. They said they will attack next in Allentown Pa and both will speak there. Townsend predicted congressional passage of his plan and said four million members control at least three votes each for pledging support.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Frank E. Townsend
Teader
Old Age Pension Movement
Gerald L. K. Smith
Huey P. Long
Washington
Townsend
Smith
Allentown
Roosevelt
Dr. Townsend
Supreme Court
Beckley Man Arrested After Vehicle Hit Eight-Year-Old
Lloyd Nicely of Beckley was jailed in Mabscott after a car said to be driven by him struck eight year old Josephine Palmer near Robertson's restaurant. The vehicle owned by Oren Stanley was left at the scene and the girl was treated at Beckley hospital for scratches and bruises.
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Lloyd Nicely
Beckley
S. J. Bell
Mabscott
Nicely
Josephine Palmer
Robertson’s
Oren Stanley
Beckley Hospital
Detroit Black Legion doomed to die says probe
Investigators describe the Black Legion as a loose network of night riders in several states with no central control beyond coercion by cash and pistol. They doubt the group’s claim of six million members and say recent brutal killings, including that of Charles A Poole, have driven members away and shattered any plan for a national terror organization.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Black Legion
Brotherhood
Charles A. Poole
Michigan
Duncan C. McCrea
Veterans Honor War Dead Here
Veterans from the Spanish American and World War I crowds walked from the Memorial building to Wildwood cemetery to place wreaths on graves after Major C. S. Donnelly delivered a Memorial Day ovation. A floral spray arrived from the Democratic National Committee.
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Memorial
Wildwood Cemetery
C.S. Donnelly
Oak Hill
Donnelly
Raleigh County
Legion
Democratic National Committee
The
Legion Auxiliary
Marth
Wildwood
Farmers Must File Work Sheets Before June 15
Raleigh county farmers must file a worksheet with the county committee by June 15 to qualify for soil conservation benefits grants. The committee members are Minor Scott of Table Rock R. C. Skaggs of Shady Spring and Kelly Farmer of Bolt.
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Raleigh County
Minor Scott
Table Rock
R. C. Skaggs
Shady Spring
KellyFarmer
Bolt
Padding Causes Tenth Judicial Judgeship Workers Arrest
Federal agents charged two WPA workers in Parkersburg with padding payrolls and forging checks. A. L. Corbin Jr and A. K. Summers allegedly forged three checks totaling 77 dollars and endorsed/payroll endorsements. At least a dozen others are involved, officials say. Nomination plans for Judge C. M. Ward's re election are announced by party conventions.
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Tenth Judicial
Ward
Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
WPA
Raymond King
A. L. Corbin Jr
A. K. Summers
Summers
Corbin
F. L. Barbour
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Tenth Judicial Circuit
Boone
Raleigh
Summers County
Iudge C. M. Ward
Hoist Engineer Dies Of Stroke At Oakwood Shaft
Osborne 50 year old hoisting engineer at Fayette mine died after a paralytic stroke in the engine room Thursday morning. Survived by wife Ossie Carlisle mother Sarah Carlisle brother Elmer Carlisle sister Pearl Lemaster of Falisburg Kentucky and son Erbie Canton Ohio. Funeral Monday at 2 pm in home with Reverends Mills and Wilson. burial Hilltop cemetery Oak Hill.
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Crit Osborne
Oakwood
Oak Hill
Osborne
Mien
Fayette
Ossie ‘Osborne
Carlisle
Sarah, Osborne
Elmer Osborne
Pearl Lemaster
Falisburg
Kentucky
Erbie Osborne
Canton
Ohio
Mills and Wilson
Scarbro
Tyree and Dew
Hilltop
Pinecrest Intruders Detained by Watchman At Sanitarium
At Pinecrest Sanitarium Virgil Cook the watchman fired a shotgun at two men from Ingram Branch Steve Melanick and S H Lowell after they allegedly tried to enter the main building. State troopers arrived to take custody. Both men were jailed on drunkenness charges.
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Steve Melanick
S. H. Lowell
Ingram Branch
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Virgil Cook
McLaughlin
Lucas
Kelly Calls State Democratic Meet to Pick Chair and Slate
Democratic state chairman Robert G. Kelly convened the West Virginia Democratic Committee for June 6 to choose a successor for Parkersburg and to select a national committeeman and committeewoman. The group will also set the time and place for the August state judicial convention to nominate candidates for the supreme court posts.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Robert G. Kelly
State Committee
Parkersburg
Herbert A. Fitzpatrick
Huntington
Olita W. Hooker
Buckhannon
Kelly
Holt
Hutchinson County GOP Elects J Q Hutchinson as Chairman
The Republican County Executive committee selected J Q Hutchinson as county chairman to succeed Judge J W Maxwell after 13 of 14 members voted. Officers named include Brown W Payne vice chairman W T Blakely and Mrs R L Reardon and Mrs Sarah Neely Jones as vice chairs R M French treasurer and Mrs Edith Bailey Snead secretary. District reps were listed from Town Shady Spring Richmond Clear Fork Trap Way Marsh Fork. The group later dined at the Beckley hotel after the meeting in Judge Maxwell's Haw offices.
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Republican County Executive Committee
J. Q
Iva Williams
Everett Sayre
Shady Spring
W. O
Marsh Fork
John S. Burnside
Sylvia Peltry
Beckley
Haw
J. W. Maxtwell
Guffey and Neely Oppose Congress Adjournment
Senators Guffey and Neely declared they would block adjournment until passage of the Guffey-Vinton bill substituting federal control over bituminous price fixing. The measure, a labor regulation substitute, removes labor rules but preserves price fixing.
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Associated Prose
Washington
Guffey
D-Pa
Neely
Supreme Court
Three Men Jailed on Theft Charges
Three men from Stanaford Cline Richmond Forest Wurt and John Piziak were jailed on theft charges after allegedly breaking into the Koppers company pool room and soda fountain last Sunday morning and stealing three cases of beer. Conservator T W Harmon and Corporal A Scalise of the state police arrested them on Friday.
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Koppers Company
Cline Richmond
Forest Wurt
John Piziak
Stanaford
T. W. Harmon
A. Scalise
State ‘Police
Hurt
Richmond
Piziak
Senate advances relief bill and Florida canal survey
The Senate moved toward a vote on the $2.7 billion relief deficency bill while approving a Florida ship canal survey and denying a Pasamaquoddy tide-harvesting study in Maine. Aimed to limit debate Monday, the measure would fund a public works program estimated at $800 million with grants up to 30 percent for large projects and 45 percent for smaller ones. The Florida canal survey passed 35 to 32, potentially freeing $10 million for continued work. administration has spent $5.4 million so far.
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Washington
Senate
Florida Ship Canal
Pasamaquaddy
Maine
Congress
Florida Canal
Pasamaquoddy
Officials Meet at Black Knight Club for Coal Leaders
A group of prominent coal interests and railroad officials hosted by A E Liggett of Cincinnati gathered at the Black Knight Country Club yesterday for a luncheon and business discussion. A golf match followed with G D Brooke of C O winning blind bogey, A K Canterbury taking low gross, and P M Snyder of Mount Hope claiming tow putts before departure.
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la. A. Liggett
St. of Cincinnati
Black Knight Country Clubs
G. D. Brooke
C. and
A. K Canterbury
P. M. Snyder
Mount Hope
Mr.Liggett
A. T. Lowmaster
C. and O
John Davin
W. C.hul
Mr. Reinbecht
D. C. Kennedy
Charleston
Kanawha Operator's Association
P. C. Granney
Frank Graff
Stanley Higgins
James Calliflower
Washington, D. C
James Vail
Toledo
Ohio
Smokeless Coal Exposition Dates Set Across West Virginia
Mt Hope will host the 1936 Smokeless Coal Industrial Exposition August 27 28 and 29 with Bluefield’s event August 20 21 22 to minimize exhibitor travel. The Mt Hope planning group led by C Ballard announced committees for power transport sports decorations refreshments buildings and grounds, detailing local participants and officials.
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Mt. Hope
S.C. Higgins
Mit. Hope
Bluefield
Pocahontas and Tug River
C. Ballard
New River
Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
C. Sliggins
W. E.tissue
P. C. Graney
Harold M. Riffe
Yee
Power and Transportation
John H. Collins
W. R. Givens
Merrill Evans
Luther Fink
A. J. Truman
J. W. FP. Beckner
Beckley
M. C. Moore
C. F E. Howard
William Muir
Ronald Snyder
E. M. Tutschler
Holley Vatehn
Clarence Robertson
C.H. Meadows
E. H. Shriver
Clarence ‘Hoge
R. H. Magee
W. G. Potter
W. H. Boone
Dr. E. M. Harris
R. C. Simpkins
C &. Clapper
C. E. Jones
Walter Muir
E. O. Snider
Jj. W. Lambert
Earl Norris
L. A. Wilson
Mrs
WW. & Tissue
3. L. Davis
E. Meir Hardesty
E. W. Dunkley
W. R.ballard
Robert Smith
Edgar
Optometrists to Open Two Day Meeting in Charleston
West Virginia Optometric Association begins a two day session in Charleston on May 31 with remarks by national president Dr Walter S Bethe New Bedford Mass and speeches by state president Dr William Greenspon of Bluefield and Charleston executive chair Dr A Levit of the legislative committee.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Optometric Association
Walter S .Bete
New Bedford
Mass
National Association
William Greenspon
Bluefield
A. Levit
Via enters race for Sixth district court judgeship
Huntington based A. Via former Cabell county prosecutor and assistant U S district attorney who lost bid for the Democratic nomination for governor announces candidacy for the Sixth district court judgeship.
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Huntington
W. Va
Via
Cabell County
U. S
Vermin Killing Contest Prizes Announced by Raleigh County Club
The Raleigh County Rod and Gun Club reveals prizes and judges for its annual vermin killing contest starting tomorrow and running through July 31. Listed officials from multiple districts include directors Tess Thompson and Ed Wood and judges such as Lonnie Stover Alfred Williams and J. H. Trail.
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Raleigh County Rod and Gun Club
Raleigh County
I. S. Harper
Lillybrook
E. A. Cook
McAlpin
L. C. Gillespie
Sawmill Worker Drowns In Ohio
Prosperity relatives of John Short 70 a sawmill worker formerly of Pineville were told his body was recovered and identified yesterday about 23 days after he drowned near Akron Ohio. Clyde Short son of the deceased notified of his death, burial set for Prosperity cemetery Monday at 2 pm. Survived by brothers and sisters including Mrs Bragg Dudley Storr Edward Short Mrs DL Tones DL HL Short Nor wich Ohio DL Short Fasette Willec Sam Short all of Greenbrier county and others in Huntington.
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Prosperity
John Short
Pineville
Akeron
Ohio
Short
Wlog. Bragz
Oak Hill
Brage
Clyde Short
Huntington
iShort
Bragg
Dudley Storr
Eiward Short
DL. Tones
DL HL Short
Lnorwich
DL Short
Fasette
Willec
Sam Short
Clear Coal
Greenbrier County
Unreliable Weather Forecast Points to Warm Week Ahead
Fragmented weather notes indicate a trend toward fair skies and warmer temperatures. The garbled text suggests light winds and continued mild conditions into Monday with temperatures not rising severely.
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Rand
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