Nominees for President to Make Last Appeal Tonight
The Associated Press reports final campaign speeches loom as Roosevelt and Landon prepare grand finales. Roosevelt backs restoration of democracy, Landon warns of New Deal overreach. Both parties tout electoral hopes and national turnout amid unsettled weather forecasts.
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Associated Press
America
Weather Bureau
United States
Madison Square Garden
Landon
Topeka
Kas
Independence
Frank Knox
Chicago
Garner
Uvalde
Texas
Senate
House
Alf M. Tindon
Roosevelt
St. Louis
New York City
Herbert H. Lehman
Robert Wagner
New York
Roosevelt Gets An Early Riser at Polls
H. S. Garretson, a 79 year old Besoco resident, plans to rise at 4 am and be at the polls by 7 to cast a vote for Roosevelt. He notes he has voted 58 years but never for a Republican and says his wife always voted with him.
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H. S. Garretson
Besoco
Roosevelt
Garretson
Stricken Boy Regains Voice After Lightning Twin Incidents
Peter Scholl a farm boy in Stara Kanischa Yugoslavia was struck by lightning while sheltering under a tree, losing his speech and hearing. After a second strike three days later he regained his power to speak and hear, though the village doctor could not help at first.
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Associated Press
Stara Kanischa
Yugoslavia
Peter Scholl
Radio Carries Talks Tonight Plans Across States
Tonight's radio schedule features Roosevelt and Landon with talks around 10 40 p m from Hyde Park and earlier slots. West Virginia broadcasts include Homer Holt 8 pm Clarence Meadows and Mrs Beatty 9 pm F Roy Yoke 9 as well as Syrian language address by Michael A Moore at 7 pm Senator Neely speaking in Fairmont WMMN Hodges Trent and Young also on air at 7 30 pm all Democrats.
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Landon
West Virginia
Michael A. Moore
Democratic National Committee
Charleston
M. M. Neely
U. S. Senate
Fairmont
WMMN
Senate
Charles E. Hodges
Bruceton Mills
W. W. Trent
Hinton
E. L. Young
Coalwood
Fingerprints ID Train Victim in Beckley Jail Case
State police confirmed the railroad fatality found near Beckley depot is linked to John Preston Mann, a Mabscott thief previously arrested. Prints taken from Mann led to the victim's name, as investigators described the body as swelling after death, with initial identification by Suber at the morgue. Mann’s relatives are listed as Albert and (Mrs.) Mann, plus siblings Ray, J W Mann, Little McDaniels, Blondell Bressler, and Maude Stover.
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John Preston Mann
Mabscott
B. F. McLaughlin
Mann
Beckley Depot
C. H. Suber
Keyser Funeral Home
McLaughlin
Albert Mann
Ray
J. W. Mann
Little McDaniels
Blondell Bressler
Maude Stover
Schools to Have Holiday Tuesday Raleigh County
Raleigh county’s 22,000 school children will have an all day holiday tomorrow while their mothers and fathers vote. It is the first of several holidays scheduled this month. Armistice Day observance on Nov 11, then Nov 12 and 13 for a State Educational association meeting in Huntington. Thanksgiving break on Nov 26 and 27, made up at term end. Fifteen teaching days remain instead of twenty.
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Raleigh County
Huntington
State Educational Association
Education class begins tonight at Institute school
Miss Minnie Powell starts an adult education class at 7 p m for those 16 or older not in school. The two hour session lets students choose subjects from elementary or advanced arithmetic, American literature, writing, English, history, and American and state government.
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Minnie Powell
Institute School
Leaders Plan Last Rallies Here Tonight
Democratic and Republican leaders wrap up county organization work as camp managers set up more than six meetings. Radio parties will broadcast Roosevelt and Landon speeches around 11:30 p m and 10 40 p m respectively with voters told to expect late night activity. Local rallies and club meetings set for Cranberry Skelton Stamford East Gulf McAlpin Helen Cooktown Tams Mabscott North Beckley Metlerton Mill Branch Edwight Fireco Lillybrook Glen White.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
K. M. Jarrell
Cranberry
Skelton
Stamaford
East Gulf
McAlpin
Helen
Cooktown
Tams
Mabscott
North Beckley
Metalton
Mill Branch
Edwight
Fireco
Lillybrook
Glen White
P. B. Rogers
Sprague
T. E. Bazzarre
James B. Deck
Sophia
Opal Lindsay
Sullivan
Slab Fork
Amigo
Jack Hill
I C. Withrow
H. W. Thompson
Odd
C. V. Ryles
Hot Coal
Toney Leeber
Mary Blake
H. H. Cole
Abney
W. L. Mills
Barkers Ridge
Henry Smith
Resoco
Ann Nicely
P. C. Hoye
Killarney
Velma Farley
Rhodell
Otis Martin
Winding Gulf
Vince Calvert
Shady Spring District
Evelyn Richmond
Blue Jay
George Roach
Beaver
Milton Richmond
Crow
J. T
Seymore
Glen Morgan
Winnie Walker
John Ennis
Grandview
Oliver Snuffer
Old Argument Sparks Shooting Injuries in Raleigh
Eddie Martin, shot in the left leg, says the shooting followed a summer quarrel after he asked an aggressor to leave his home. Martin states the assailant, now angry, taunted him and then shot as he walked near Palisade Park. The wounded man was taken to Raleigh hospital after the incident and believes the attacker fired multiple times, though only one leg was hit.
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Eddie Martin
Raleigh — Hospital
Martin
Palisade Park
Divorce Filed Between Emma J Burgess Grubb and John E Grubb
A divorce suit was filed in the circuit clerk's office today seeking dissolution of the marriage between Emma J Burgess Grubb and John E Grubb.
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Circuit Clerk's Office
Emma J. Burgess Grubb
John E. Grubb
Ballots Prepared for Precincts in Kanawha County Elections
Circuit Clerk Van Hunter mailed sealed ballots to messengers in each precinct along with election supplies and a flag for the voting room. Commissioners named for each district will oversee ballots as polls open at 6 30 a m Tuesday with lists of precincts and officials including many named residents and local positions.
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van Hunter
Duce Opens War Talk on Anglo Italian Pact
Mussolini delivers a fiery armed peace speech to 500000 Fascists. He hints at an Anglo Italian pact and Mediterranean rights. London sources say Britain will not alter its policy, keeping the Mediterranean as Britain’s lifeline to colonies.
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Associated Press
Milan
Mussolini
England
Mediterranean
Sea of
Rome
Il Duce
London
Great Britain
Britain
Pays One Fine, Awaits Another Hearing For Terry
O. P. Terry returned to the county jail this morning to await another hearing before Justice of the Peace L. E. Lemon on a warrant charging evading a board bill. He appeared before Squire Lemons at 11 a.m. for driving drunks last night, was fined $25 and costs, and his driver’s license was revoked.
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O. P. Terry
Justice of the Peace
L. E. Lemon
Terry
Squire Lemons
Missing babies found in Toronto race fortune case
In Toronto a twist in a quirky will leaves $500000 to the most prolific mother after a confusion over a C versus K spelling. Five other claimed winners of the Millar baby race fortune received congratulations while Mrs Lily Kenny announced her two missing babies are now registered at the vital statistics bureau as offspring of Mrs Cenny. A total of 14 mothers were summoned to prove their claims on the eccentric bequest.
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Toronto
Millar
Lily Kenny
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Cenny
Kenny
West Virginians Aid Republicans Contributions listed to Republican committee
West Virginians donated from $1 to $5,000 to the Republican National Committee, according to a report filed with the clerk of the house. The September 25 to October 15 period shows donors including Hallanan in Charleston, Harte in Parkersburg, Koblegard and Whelan in Weston, Davis in Huntington, and others from Charleston, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Clarksburg, and Newell with amounts ranging up to $5,000.
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Associated Press
Washington
Republican National Committee
House
West Virginia
W. S. Hallanan
Charleston
W. C. Hardy
Richard Harte
Parkersburg
David B. Crawford
A. A. Wells
Newell
J. M. Wells
W. M. Ritter
Red Jacket
T. F. Koblegard
Weston
T. A. Whelan
Oscar Nelson
T. B. Davis
Huntington
J. F. Feder
Houston G. Young
J. C. Morrison Jr
Mary A. Frothingham
Lewis M. Ludlow
R. S. Creel
Kent B. Hall
Wheeling
Hugh L. McNicol
Clarksburg
Health Inspector Logs 174 October Inspections
J. R. Erwin county sanitary inspector completed 174 inspections in October across sanitation lines. The last two weeks focused mainly on milk inspection. A new grading system for food handling establishments was started, with visits to all food handling sites.
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J. R. Erwin
Erwin
Youth Sues For Accident Injuries In $20,000 Suit
Theodore Webb of East Park files in circuit clerk's office a $20,000 damage suit to collect compensation from Earnest Wallace state truck driver. Webb, 19, sues in his father Lewis C. Webb's name alleging injuries after jolted from a bed driven by Wallace on September. While in general hospital for weeks he visited Pinecrest sanitarium to see his WPA laborer father. Attorney Grover C. Trail represents the plaintiff.
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Theodore Webb
East Park
Earnest Wallace
Webb
Lewis C. Webb
Wallace
Th General Hospital
Young Webb
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Grover C. Trail
Priest Coughlin Apologizes Again to President Roosevelt
Detroit faced Father Charles E Coughlin issuing a second public apology to President Roosevelt amid a campaign. His immediate superior Bishop Michael Gallagher deemed the retraction satisfactory. Coughlin referred to a Cleveland speech calling Roosevelt the president and said he wished to close the campaign by apologizing for any hurt caused to the President.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Roosevelt
Michael Gallagher
Cleveland
Father Coughlin
Coughlin
Four Die In West Virginia Weekend Accidents
A weekend traffic report from Raleigh County notes four injuries in Mabscott hill collision where W E Underwood failed to see the quartet. In Bluefield two were killed near the Norfolk and Western underpass while four others were injured in the wreck. At Ethel pranksters caused Roscoe White to crash his car, killing him and injuring four others.
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Mabscott Hill
Raleigh
Beckley Hospital
W. E. Underwood
Underwood
West Virginia
Bluefield
Ethel
Logan
Clay County
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Princeton
Norman Saxton
Atkins
Albert Cardwell
Roscoe White
White
Desman of the Pyrenees with long mobile nose
The desman, a small Pyrenean mammal, is noted for its unusually long flexible nose. It can extend the snout into its own mouth, a feature likened to an elephant using a trunk.
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Desman
Pyrenees
Civilians, Children Hit in Spanish Civil War Air Raid
Insurgent warplanes bomb Vallecas near Madrid as the civil war tightens grip. Three children killed and eight adults wounded. Government forces evacuate Getafe and reinforce defenses. General Jose Varela’s insurgents claim Brunete and three towns west of Madrid, with at least 500 government troops reported killed. Fuenlabrada militiamen near Madrid city limits after a fascist surge drives back Socialist defense.
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Associated Press
Vallecas
Madrid
Getafe
Jose Varela
Brunete
Villa Mantilla
Seville la Nueva
Nueva de Perales
Fuenlabrada
Less Optimism Over Jail Shown
Raleigh county faces a shrinking prospect for a $60,000 new jail as business pledges lag and $1,070 remains to be raised. Doctors Daniel pledged $500 of a $750 ask, while a $50 offer from Asaff and Mike Rahall was not accepted. County chair G C Hedrick said optimism declined and named three potential beneficiaries not yet contacted: T. J. Harper, G. T. Keene, and Keyser heirs.
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Raleigh
G. P. Daniel
Ross Daniel
Doff Daniel
G. C. Hedrick
Asaff
Mike Rahall
Hedrick
T. J. Harper
G. T. Keene
Keyser
Children Vaccinated at Thomas Creek School Today
A vaccination clinic for Thomas Creek school pupils and preschool children was led by county public health nurse Miss Beulah Graybeal. She inoculated the children for smallpox and vaccinated them for typhoid fever and diphtheria before proceeding to Rhodell to address home defets.
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Thomas Creek
Beulah Graybeal
Cheaper turkey seen for holiday
Chicago reports lower Thanksgiving turkey prices this year with a turkey selling four to eight cents cheaper per pound than last year. The week’s market review shows the typical four pound bird priced down by about two cents compared with the 1935 season.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Election, strikes trigger stock drop in market
New York stocks eased as the shipping strike spread amid the election. Utilities and major leaders fell fractions, with American Telephone, Consolidated Edison, North American, Columbia Gas, and others among the principal losers.
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Associated Press
New York
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
North American
Columbia Gas
Weather update showers and cooler by midweek
The forecast calls for evening showers and a rise in temperatures tonight. Tuesday brings rain with mild temperatures followed by a colder late Tuesday afternoon. Much colder Tuesday night and Wednesday. Yesterday’s high reached 57 degrees with a 49 degree low reported by L. A. Mauck today.
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L. A
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the Commissioners Town District
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