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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1937

Page

5

Trent Calls Special Session for Full Nine Month Terms

W V Trent urged the governor to convene a special session to guarantee a full nine month school term in all counties. He pressed for higher teacher salaries and a state share of costs, citing a $15 million needed appropriation to fund expanded programs and facilities. Ruth Walls named president. 8,000+ teachers registered at the 73rd annual convention in Kingwood.

Associated Press Clarksburg W. W. Trent State Education Association Ruth Walls Kingwood Legislative Assembly Miss Walls a_ social science Kingwood High School Preston County Schools Fairmont State Teachers College General Assembly C. M. Davis Holt Robert Clark

Windsors Visit Plans Stir British Envoy Says Sir Will Be Satisfied

Aids Windsors Sir Ronald Lindsay, ambassador to the United States, discusses the forthcoming royal visit after returning from London. He jokes about how to address the duke, saying just call him sir. Streets display badges seeking future Wheeling support. Davis notes a rapid registration of teachers at the morning session as delegates arrive. Other speakers include Paul Mort of Columbia, Wilford Wilkin of Ohio State, Dean H L White of Glenville State, and Bertha Palmer of Evanston.

Ronald Lindsay United States Windsors U. S London Ronald Paul Mort Advanced School of Education Columbia University Wilford M. Wilkin Ohio State University H. L. White Glenville State Teachers College Bertha Rachel Palmer Evanston, Nl The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Glenville to Meet Waynesburg in Home Game Saturday

Glenville State College football, Virginia Tech context not present, travels to Waynesburg College for the Yellow Jackets second home game. Glenville brings a veteran squad with 21 players who earned letters last season, ensuring a strong test for Waynesburg in the 10 game schedule.

Waynesburg Pennsylvania Teachers College Glenville W. Va Yellow Jackets Jackets

Cleaning guidance for shoe stains

The note recommends removing black shoe polish stains by rubbing with warm water and soap. It also advises treating brown stains by rubbing with alcohol.

Dewey Indicts Freed Slayer in 1934 Mob Killing

Special Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey secures a first degree murder indictment against Morris Goldis, 27, freed three years ago for lack of evidence in a February 1934 racket killing. The grand jury vote, kept secret for three weeks, followed political turbulence involving Charles A. Schneider and resignation rumors in the state attorney general’s office.

Associated Press New York Thomas E. Dewey Morris Goldis Supreme Court Ferdinand Pecora Charles A. Schneider Schneider Dewey Tammany Goldis John J. Bennett, Jr Wave William Snyder

Man Confesses Slaying Wife in Los Angeles

Nelson Boyer admits to fatally striking his wife during an exercise in their home. Police quote the confession, noting the body was found in a trunk buried in a vacant lot in Los Angeles.

Nelson Boyer Los Angeles Boyer Central Press

Threat Letter Sender Jailed

CLARKSBURG Assistant U S District Attorney Jacob S Hyre said City Detective Leo Johnson and a federal investigator arrested James McFadden 42 for extortion letters demanding 500 from two undertakers in Clarksburg He will have a hearing today before U S Commissioner E T Eddy of Fairmont on charges for sending three letters threatening bodily harm to Carl Hamilton and to the Lynch funeral home The Lynch funeral

Associated Press Clarksburg U. S Jacob S. Hyre Leo Johnson James McFadden Hyre McFadden E. T. Eddy Fairmont Carl Hamilton

McFadden Arrested At Sister's Home In Clarksburg

McFadden denied the charge after being arrested yesterday at a sister's home in Clarksburg. He said he arrived Tuesday night on a freight train. Hyre noted crude pencil letters. McFadden had completed a six month purse snatching sentence in Marion county jail on Oct. 14. The Ritz brothers are really Joachim.

M. J. Lynch McFadden Clarksburg Hyre Marion County

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