Prohibitionists Lead in Raleigh County Elections 2 to 1
Raleigh county voters showed Prohibitionists outpacing Socialists by about two to one with 43 minor party votes. Col ven led Prohibition with 28 while 15 backed Norman Thomas for the Socialist ticket. State and local results featured scattered minor party support and no write ins for county or district tickets.
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Raleigh
D. Leigh Colven
New York
Prohibition
Norman Thomas
White House
United States Senate
J. H. Snider
Fairmont
John Wesley MacDonald
Morgantown
T. E. Mohler
Joe L. Smith
A. B. Withers
H L. Franklin
J. C. Ramsey
George Glass
H. T. Sutton
Charles Riley
Allegheny River Drowns One Man
Charles L. Mason a 36 year old Cheswick locktender drowned when his yawl was swept over Allegheny river dam No 3 at Acmetonia after a day of rain. Poor visibility prevented recovery efforts as high water peaked at 23.7 feet just below flood stage at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers with the Ohio. Mason left to go to work and left a widow and three children.
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Allegheny River
Charles L. Mason
Cheswick
Locktender
Allegheny River Dam No. 3
Acmetonia
Mason
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
U. S Weather Bureau
Estey Christophers Good Eyes
Willy Nilly busy storing food for winter and repurposing Sweet Face’s wool coat. Bears roam nearby while the Purdle Muddlers and Christopher Columbus Crow observe and sense danger as dusk settles.
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Illy Nilly
Sweet Face
Willy Nilly
Christopher Columbus
Crow
Girls Win Big Share of Woodrow Wilson Honor Roll
Seven of ten students on Woodrow Wilson high school's honor roll are girls. The list includes Silea Cappellari Marion Hill Billie Hunter Margaret McKinney Mary Bell Polley Mary Jean Sawyers Ellsworth Shriver Eleanor Smith Betty Jane Yoak and Bill Meakin for four A's in six weeks. Additional students achieved honor by maintaining no grade below a B, including Paul Wiley Chancie Cavendish Ruth Binderman Agnes Givens Mary Hill Lorraine Sullivan Elizabeth McMahon Ruth Eye Louise Benis Arthur Koch Gladys Lawrence William Covey Eileen Broyles Marie Bowles Janice Hill Nellie Sparacino Ruth Webb Elizabeth Stairs Katy Jo Catron Jo Ann Griffith Jennie Bsharah Willie George Martha Givens Thelma Christian Ruth Ashworth Sarah Gilmore Evelyn Meade Margaret Hicks May Smith Art Holmes Genevieve Laren Marie Garrett Stella Callopie Mavis Mann Arnold Black Keyliss Blake Dempsey Quesenberry Dolores Pickus Lois Elkin Ann Ware Phyllis Broyles Pauline Cundiff Billy Hawley Wiley Agee Doris Toney Robert Polter Rosalie Terry Wanda Holmes Vera James Frances Wauhop Elsie Barrett Maxine O'Dell Marguerite Adams Jonnie George Dorothy Brunk Joseph Bellamy Mary Kincaid Lena Lovell Genevieve Hollandsworth Arthur Goldstein Lina Meadows J. C. Muir Lois Dickenson Imogene Armentrout Evelyn Kincaid Edith Dew Eleanor Hill John Davis James Reese Melba Hayes Agnes Wipperman Robert Taylor Evelyn Foose Billie Bowers.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Silea Cappellari
Marion Hill
Billie Hunter
Margaret McKinney
Mary Bell Polley
Mary Jean Sawyers
Ellsworth Shriver
Eleanor Smith
Betty Jane Yoak
Bill Meakin
Wllie George
Martha Givens
Thelma Christian
Ruth Ashworth
Sarah Gilmore
Evelyn Meade
Margaret Hicks
May Smith
Art Holmes
Genevieve Laren
Marie Garrett
Stella Callopie
Mavis Mann
Arnold Black
Keyliss Blake
Dempsey Quesenberry
Dolores Pickus
Lois Elkin
Ann Ware
Phyllis Broyles
Pauline Cundiff
Billy Hawley
Wiley Agee
Doris Toney
Robert Polter
Rosalie Terry
Wanda Holmes
Vera James
Frances Wauhop
Elsie Barrett
Maxine O’dell
Marguerite Adams
Jonnie George
Dorothy Brunk
Joseph Bellamy
Mary Kincaid
Lena Lovell
Genevieve Hollandsworth
Arthur Goldstein
Lina Meadows
J. C. Muir
Lois Dickenson
Imogene Armentrout
Evelyn Kincaid
Edith Dew
Eleanor Hill
John Davis
James Reese
Melba Hayes
Agnes Wipperman
Robert Taylor
Evelyn Foose
Billie Bowers
Joe Smith Wins Raleigh County Vote Margin Record
Congressman Joe L. Smith secured a fifth term with the largest Democratic margin in Raleigh county, beating the Roosevelt vote by 444. An earlier tally error credited Fred L. Fox with 1,000 extra votes. Fox actually trailed Smith by 960 fewer votes than reported.
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Joe L. Smith
Raleigh County
Roosevelt
Smith
Fred L. Fox
Fox
Vermont Gets The First Snow Storm Slows Roads
The first heavy snow storm of the season hit northern Vermont with six to eight inches of snowfall, leaving miles of slippery tree strewn roads and broken light and power lines. Authorities warned residents to stay cautious as outages affected several communities.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Vermont
Beaver 4-H Initiation Highlights Fourfold Development Plan
The Beaver 4-H club inducted 18 new members at a public ceremony in the Beaver school house with Evelyn Lilly presiding as Chief. Margaret Miller outlined the fourfold plan of development while Mary Frances Treadway, Mary Willis, June Darby and others participated. County Club Agent H. B. Thomas requested a repeat presentation at the upcoming county 4-H achievement day. The report notes a second item mentioning K2, the unnamed peak at 28,250 feet in Tibet.
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Beaver 4-H Club
Beaver School House
Evelyn Lilly
Margaret Miller
Mary Frances Treadway
Mary Willis
June Darby
Helen Akers
Janet Meadows
Helen Martin
Virginia Miller
Mary Frances Hopkins
H. B. Thomas
Tibet
Beckley sees greatest building boom in years
Mayor Ro bert Wriston cites a city building surge with 42 250 in permits for new houses issued last month by the city council. Since March 1 Beckley has spent about 638 000 on new buildings and houses, including the Raleigh county courthouse project and the Beckley Newspaper Corporation building on Prince street. Rough diamonds found in river beds have a greasy look and are recognized only by experts.
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Beckley
Robert Wriston
H. E. McMillan
A. K
Eliza J. Smith
Lettie Burnett
Seventh Street
East Park
Orice Lilly
Edgewood Drive
R. M. French
South Kanawha Street
J. G. Rizos
Woodlawn Avenue
J. B. Woods
Burgess Street
W. T. Lowe
French Street
McMillan
Raleigh County
Beckley Newspaper Corporation
Prince Street
Doctors Convene Two Day Chesapeake and Ohio Session
The annual two day convention of doctors and surgeons of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad opens at White Sulphur Springs today. Local physicians attending include Dr. and Mrs. K. M. Jarrell Dr. and Mrs. Robert Winston Dr. and Mrs. J. F. McKenzie and Dr. and Mrs. G. Broaddus.
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Doctors and Surgeons of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
White Sulphur Springs
K. M. Jarrell
Robert Winston
G. Broaddus
Fleshman Visits Charleston Business Trip
Whitesville resident E. C. Fleshman traveled to Charleston Wednesday on a business visit.
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Fleshman
Charleston
Register
Whitesville
E. C. Fleshman
Electors Vote Record Shows No Raleigh County Voters for Roosevelt
The report notes that not a single Raleigh County resident voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt on Tuesday. This countywide abstention highlights a localized voter shift with no Democrat or Republican support for the president in the tally.
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Walter Haxman
Kansas
Will G West
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Raleigh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Votes for Democratic presidential electors listed by names
The passage names Democratic electors and vote totals for Mrs Lynn S Horner Mrs Annie D Woolwine Harry Watkins Ralph M Hiner Lorentz C Hamilton Buford C Tynes John S Hall and Charles G Peters with votes ranging from 22700 to 22836. It notes voters chose electors who later select the president. The text then mentions silica and alumina and earth pigments as principal constituents of pigments.
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Lynn S. Horner
Annie D. Woolwine
Harry Watkins
Ralph M. Hiner
Lorentz C. Hamilton
Buford C. Tynes
John S. Hall
Charles G. Peters
Venereal Clinic Setup Described by West Virginia Official
Mrs. Virginia D Virgin assistant director of the bureau of venereal diseases lectured student public health nurses at the public health training center yesterday. She described the ideal venereal disease clinic setup and outlined educational work for prevention and eradication of the diseases.
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Virginia D. Virgin
Bureau of Venereal Diseases
State Health Department
Public Health Training Center
West Virginia
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J. F. McNeely
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Woodrow Wilson
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Wildwood Avenue
J. M. Teter
Pettry Street
L. E. Shrewsbury
College Avenue
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Detroit
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Beckley, W. Va
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Beckley Baking CO
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