County Officials Move to New Courthouse Dedication Set
County offices began packing records as the Memorial building nears its move to the new courthouse. The building will be dedicated at 1 30 p m with Attorney General Clarence Meadows, former AG A A Lilly, and UMWA Vice President William Blizzard speaking. Public viewing runs all day Saturday and Sunday. The county clerk and sheriff offices prepare for transfers while criminal court adjourns until Monday.
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Clarence Meadows
A. A. Lilly
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers of America
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
T. Allen Gatherum
Criminal Court
Harley Kilgore
Minister Lauds Beckley Growth at Kiwanis Luncheon
Dr. Jim Sam West, former Raleigh countian visiting Beckley, praised local growth and predicted a broader skyline with a new courthouse and many buildings. He urged preservation of constitutional democratic government as democracy wanes elsewhere, urging continued cooperation locally.
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Jim Sam West
Raleigh
Hills
Kiwanis Club
Beckley
United States
Dr. West
Great Britain
Dominions
Scandinavian Countries
M Alpin Woman's Services Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Doyle 69 of McAlpin will be held at the McAlpin church at 4 p m today conducted by Rev G C Hite from Beckley Burial will be at Snow Creek Va tomorrow Mrs Doyle born September 22 1869 is survived by her husband George S Doyle two sons Lee G Doyle Ernest H Doyle and four daughters A M Ogg W W Adkins Lacie Light and Eva Mae Doyle
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Mary Elizabeth Doyle
Mc- Alpin
G. C. Hite
Beckley
Snow Creek
Doyle
George S. Doyle
McAlpin
Lee G. Doyle
Ernest H. Doyle
Ashford
N. C
A. M. Ogg
W. W. Adkins
Rocky Mount
Lacie Light
Roanoke
Eva Mae Doyle
Accused Heiress On Trial As Death Looms In Poison Case
Cincinnati Anna Marie Hahn neared final arguments in the murder trial of Jacob Wagner by poison. Prosecutor Dudley Outcast urged death in the electric chair as deliberations loomed after nearly four weeks of court.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Owner Foiled Thief As Key Breaks In Car Ignition
Claude Cheesebrew found a broken key fragment in the ignition of his car and realized a thief had attempted to start the vehicle but failed. The mechanic confirmed the key fragment blocked the switch, leaving the owner lucky no theft occurred.
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Claude Cheesebrew
Blackberries Picked Near Red Oak Tower Precede Snow
Mrs. J. H. Mullins reported picking black berries near the Red Oak fire tower on Cranberry river, high in the hills. Within a week heavy snowfall blanketed the district.
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Associated Press
Richwood
J. H. Mullins
Red Oak
Cranberry River
Owners Advised To House Dogs
Police Chief J. Q. Stover urged residents of the Stanley and C streets area to keep dogs confined for several days after a dog bitten last week in East Beckley by another dog died at a veterinary hospital and was deemed rabid. The bitten dog had interacted with other dogs nearby, raising concern that they may have been exposed. If no other dogs become rabid soon, they may be released.
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J. Q. Stover
Stanley and
C Streets
East Beckley
Stover
Workman Killed in Price Hill Mine Incident
In Price Hill the first mining fatality in five years is announced by General Manager Fred Dixon. Ed Ellis, 68, was buried under slate after going missing overnight and was found midnigh t beneath a pile of slate. Ellis had worked in the mine six years and lived alone with unknown survivors.
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Register
Price Hill
Fred Dixon
Ed Ellis
Ellis
Last Memorial Building Trial Ends In Beer License Case
Mrs. Sarah Browskey of Sophia was found guilty of selling beer without a license at her restaurant after a brief jury deliberation. Witnesses testified to beer bottles and a Coca Cola on the table, and the license had not been renewed at the start of the new fiscal year. Sentencing was not handed down.
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Memorial Building
Sarah Browskey
Sophia
Bruce Long
James Cook
Kilgore
C. R. Harless
Browskey
W. H. McGinnis, Jr
McGinnis
Koppers Granted Right to Mine New Coal Seam
The Koppers Coal Company is authorized to mine coal from the Pocahontas No 3 seam on its property formerly held by the Western Pocahontas Corporation. Deed records show prior mining from No 4 seam with no specification for No 3. The working tract covers about 2,870 acres amid other property transfers across Raleigh County including sales in Beckley, Glen Daniel, Shady Spring, Coal City and Trap Hill districts.
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Koppers
Minnie Eder
Eccles
Lilly Land Company
Mary Henderson Jackson
Beckley Court
Harry
Ada Stansbury
Glen Daniel
J. C
Ida Brooks
Beulah Daniel
Marsh Fork
Coal River
D. C
Winnie Daniel
Blue Jay Lumber Company
Paul
Pauline Boggs
Shady Spring
Willis E. Meadows
Coal City
Lillybrook Land Company
Anna
L. J. Fink
Neil G. Massie
Fairlawn
Beckley
D. A
Rock Creek
Dewey
Mabel Odell
Sylvia
Carl Jarrell
C. C. Pettry
Maple Meadow Creek
Trap Hill
Stevens Baptist Church
James
Alice Bryson
Bertha Cook
Charles Moore
Harper
Raleigh County
Pines Creek
Slab Fork
Corbett McKinney
Hattie Goode
Lova
Henry Tincher
Londa
Ocie Cook
Hotchkiss
Martha Cook
A. L. Greer
G. M
Laura Young
Prospect Dim For GOP Parley
ChicagoAlf M Landon criticized a mid term Republican convention as not propitious and his stance drew opposition from party leaders. Colonel Frank Knox echoed the doubt. National Chairman John D Hamilton and former President Hoover backed action but declined to comment on Landon s declaration.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alf M. Landon
National Committee
Frank Knox
Landon
John D. Hamilton
Hoover
Fireman Sees Fire at Home During Day Off
Hinton city records that fireman John Lively, while on a day off, encountered a fire at his own home. No damage occurred and no injuries were reported. The incident prompted an official safety check and investigation into the cause.
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Associated Press
Hinton
John Lively
Hitler Peace Move Aims to Mediate Brussels Conflict
Berlin expects to move first in mediation after Brussels refused to attend. Informal requests from China and Japan for Hitler to act as umpire prompted rapid return from Rome to begin preliminary talks. Officials caution that no official announcement may come soon as war fortunes evolve and chancellery orders Joachim to proceed.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Brussels
China
Japan
Hitler
Striking Shiners Hearings Slated After Bond Drops
Police say eight youths connected with the Jef's shoe shine strike face charges of attempting to incite trouble. On Monday three were jailed but released after union leaders Beckelheimer and Warden posted bonds for the group. Chief Stover noted violence was averted. named arrestees include Willie Hairston 18 president Marielle Johnson 17 vice president and Lawrence Berger 16 trustee.
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Jef
J. Q. Stover
C. R. Beckelheimer
Stover
Beckleheimer
J. J. Warden
Central Labor Union
W. J. Belferies
Jet's
Funeral for Mrs. Opal Lewis Monday
Funeral services for Mrs. Opal Lewis of Cranberry who died yesterday in a local hospital of pneumonia will be held at Mount Tabor church at 2 p.m. Monday with Rev. James Godby officiating. Burial will be in Mount Tabor cemetery. She is survived by her husband Fred Lewis two daughters Drema Love and Delores Lewis four sisters Mrs. Frank Daniels Mrs. Pierce Wilson Mrs. Sturad Smith and Miss Grace Clyburn and five brothers Henry Roscoe Thomas James and Jack Clyburn Pallbearers are Mark Bumgardner Charles Williams Lesfie Powell Paul Taylor Harry Curnette and Jimmie Scott.
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Opal Lewis
Cranberry
Mount Tabor
James Godby
Henry
Roscoe
Thomas
James
Jack Clyburn
Mark Bumgardner
Charles Williams
Lesfie Powell
Paul Taylor
Harry Curnette
Jimmie Scott
Stocks Show Gentle Recovery After Weak Session
New York led a mild market rebound with fractional gains for Douglas Aircraft, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, General Motors, Sears Roebuck, National Distillers, and Southern Railway.
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Associated Press
New York
Douglas Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
Sears, Roebuck
National Distillers
Southern Railway
Rebels Claim Ground Gains on Aragon Front
The Spanish insurgents reported advances in two sectors of the Aragon front and claimed new positions in upper Aragon. They said they strengthened their line by capturing Mount Maserado a few miles northeast of Zaragoza. The government reported fighting along the Zaragoza Teruel railway in southern Aragon.
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Associated Press
Aragon
Zaragoza
Maserado
Teruel
Institute Host To Mine Supts Dinner At Mountainair
MT. HOPE The third annual dinner for mine superintendents and officials will be held at the Mountainair hotel November 12 at 6 30 p m. The event is sponsored by the New River and Winding Gulf Mining Institute which each year conducts safety programs for miners in the fields. Announcements have been sent by Hobart Watson institute secretary and Robert Lilly is president of the institute.
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Register
MT. Hope
Mountainair
New River and Winding Gulf
Read Prepared For Death Chair
MOUNDSVILLE William Read smoked cigarettes and prayed in the death house of West Virginia state prison awaiting a night hanging for the torch slaying of W Earle Dollman of Charleston. He ordered ice cream and coffee as his last meal at 6 p m. Deputy Warden Leo Collison said Read’s bitterness toward the trial witnesses faded he did not refer to them.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
William Brown Read
West Virginia
W. Earle Dollman
Charleston
Dollman
Leo Collison
Read
Collison
Death by Own Action Ends Shady Spring Shooting Case
Thornhill said the county saved about $1000 by the death of Overton Richmond in his son's house near Shady Spring. He noted costs of trial and jail housing would exceed $1000. Richmond's death followed a shooting of Minnie Richmond. a coroner's jury ruled death by own action. Funeral planned at Beaver church with burial in Blue Jay Cemetery.
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W. A. Thornhill Jr
Overton Richmond
Shady Spring
Thornhill
Richmond
Minnie Richmond
Overton
Howard
Beaver
Burns
East Beckley
Beaver Church
Blue Jay
Japs Begin New Drive to Take More Shanghai Territory
Japanese forces open the 13th week of Shanghai warfare with a surprise attack along a one mile front between Rubicon and Warren roads. They drive Chinese defenders from four villages south of new defense lines after ten days of prep and a prolonged artillery bombardment. Foreign observers think big guns crossed Soochow creek toward Hunjao as the Japanese press the campaign. In Brussels, Chinese Japanese peace talks fail to agree on the appeal wording and a conciliation committee, with Britain and the United States urging moderation, face disputes over representation and scope.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Soo- Chow Creek
Chapei
Rubicon
Warren Roads
Soochow Creek
Hunjao
Brussels
Japan
China
Great Britain
United States
Belgium
Illness Fatal to Frank Bargiel
Frank Bargiel aged 58 of Affinity died at 3 30 p m yesterday after a year long illness He came to this country about 30 years ago from Poland and had no relatives here The body will be taken to the home of Mrs Eva Rebkovitz in Affinity for the time being Funeral services will be at 9 a m tomorrow at St Francis de Sales church with Father John Halpin Interment will be at Sunset Memorial park Pallbearers are John Wubik John Koltovich Stanley Mosko Charley Taylor Joe Tolnay and Louie Todd
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Frank Bargiel
Affinity
Poland
Eva Rebkovitz
St. Francis de Sales Church
John Halpin
Sunset Memorial Park
John Wubik
John Koltovich
Stanley Mosko
Charley Taylor
Joe Tolnay
Louie Todd
Weather outlook with light rain and warmer east
Light rain expected Friday afternoon and night with warmer conditions in the far east Friday night. Saturday brings fair skies and slightly cooler air in the east. Beckley reported a high of 55 and a low of 28 yesterday per Weather Observer L A Mauck.
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Beckley
L. A. Mauck
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Harry Anderson
E. E. Justice
John R. Smith
Daniels
Ashankin
Diehl
H. G. Farmer
M’alpin Woman's Services Today
Hahn
Kilsyth
Kilsythe
Harry Mitchell
Silux
Walter
Baptist Temple
Mount Hope
Clarence Figgatt
George Mitchell
Basil
Pete
Myrtle Meddows
Cliff Top
Virginia Brown
North Carolina
Marie Mitchell
Pocahontas
Hamilton
Bond
Lewis
Mount Maserado
Navy
France
Italy
Russia
Anthony Eden
England
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