Negro Miner Describes Encounter With Child Run Down
Lucy Martin five year old daughter of Mrs Grace Martin Negro miner Frank Blakely said the child darted across the road toward his wagon near East Beckley yesterday afternoon He swerved but she struck the left side of the auto and fell on the pavement Doctors said the fractured skull caused death Blakely aided the girl and mother to the hospital before continuing to work Funeral arrangements not yet set This is the second fatal auto accident in eight days following a coal truck incident at Crab Orchard last Saturday involving Arthur Cooper
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Lucy Martin
Grace Martin
Raleigh
East Beckley
Frank Blekely
Beckley
Blakely
Little Charles
Arthur Cooper
Crab Orchard
New Discovery Cures Syphilis An Early Eradication Claim
Northwestern University doctors Drs. Clarence A. Neyman Theodore K. Lawless and S. L. Osborne report a combined fever therapy and injections of coarsphenamine and bismuth salicylate that they say cure syphilis in its primary stage. They state treated patients became serologically negative with no signs for five to 18 months, requiring about 42 days.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwestern University Medical
Clarence A. Neyman
Theodore K. Lawless
S. L. Osborne
School of Medicine
New Refining Method Aims to Cut Gum in Oils
Dr. W A Patrick of Johns Hopkins presented a process to reduce gum in motor fuels using a small amount of sulfur chloride. The method targets oils used in gasoline refining and could improve anti knock ratings, though immediate adoption depends on market demand for existing high quality fuels.
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Ly the
Assetl Press
Baltimore
W. A. Patrickk
Johns Hopkins University
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Ben Patrick
Princewick Man Recovers After Appendicitis Hospital Stay
Beovster Sinlt Weitee reports Wick-Luther E. Cole, a local school official, is recovering at Beckley hospital after appendicitis. While Cole undergoes treatment, Mrs. SL Via Hatcher continues his school duties.
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Beovster
Sinlt Weitee i Wick
Luther E. Cole
Beckley Hospital
Nea
SL Via Hatcher
Seasonal Thefts Lead To Arrests Here
Raleigh county authorities booked two men after seasonal thefts involving coats. Bill Stone, 24, of Stone Kentucky, admitted taking a coat from a restaurant and pawning it to buy beer. fined 10 dollars plus costs or 10 days in jail. Joe Pickens, a Wacoma miner, was charged with stealing an overcoat and awaiting hearing in magistrate court.
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Raleigh
Bill Stone
Stone
Main Street
Oakie Mills
Mills
Squire Harvey Hancock
Thiece
Joe Pickens
Lillybrook
Pickens
Smiths Lead 43 013 Dairymen Order New Equipment
Dairymen of Raleigh County plan new equipment ahead of a milk grading program to be inaugurated after January. Raw milk producers have discussed the program with health authorities and will attach grades to bottles once investigations finish. Producers are buying barn and milk house gear and informing customers.
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Raleigh County
Congresswoman Led Press ent Roosevelt in Ra leigh Voting
Official canvasses show Congressman Joel L. Smith winning re election in the Sixth district with 43,013 votes over M F P Matheney of Charleston. In Raleigh County his majority was 13,944. Kanawha 15,028. Logan 10,163. Boone 3,878, per county canvasses.
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Joel L. Smith
M. FP
Matheney
Charleston
Congress
Raleigh
Smith
Roosevelt
Kanawha
Logan
Boone
Slaying of Woman Puzzles Los Angeles Police
Margaret P. Walker, 53, found dead near a blood stained axe at a mountain cabin in the Arroyo Seco, as homicide experts probe the death. Henry Clay Walker, 54, reports two men seen with his wife. roads are blocked while searches continue. Divorce suit filed by Clay S. Crouse seeks separation for Wilma and Matthew Gzins.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Margaret P. Walker
Arroyo Seco
Sher
Ifs
Forest Rangers
Arroyo
Henry Clay Walker
Clay S. Crouse
Wilma
Matthew Gzins
Witness Denies Quoted Statement in Beckley Case
Oswald Lilly says there was a misunderstanding about his testimony in the case where a girl accuses an East Beckley boy of fathering her child. He says he did not intend to testify about relations and appeared only as a character witness.
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Oswald Lilly
the Register
East Beckley
Lilly
Poachers Fined In Court Here
Three men from East Beckley and Beckley paid fines of 10 dollars and costs after being charged with hunting on enclosed land without owner permits near Fitzpatrick. Game Protector O B Harris announced two others will be tried Monday for night hunting with spotlights, dangers noted and fines up to 100 dollars and 100 days in jail.
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F. EB. Lemon
Harrison Hatcher
Fred McMillion
East Beckley
James Dillon
Beckley
O. B. Harris
W.R. Taylor
Fitzpatrick
Taylor
Harris
Charles Kelly
Charles Gleason Jr
Raleigh Miner to Attend AFL Labor Session in Tampa
John Gelchen Jr. will attend the American Federation of Labor convention in Tampa Florida as a Raleigh county delegate. He holds credentials from Beckley’s Central Trades Union council and is linked to the Raleigh county central body affiliated with the AFL though the suspended mine workers union. Green’s AFL presidency is also said to be suspended, complicating the leadership at the gathering. After Tampa he plans to visit several Florida points before returning home.
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John Gelchen, Jr
Raleigh County
American Federation of Labor
Tampa
Fla
Raleigh
Florida
Central Trades Union Council
Beckley
Mine Workers’ Union
AFL
Getchen
State Federation
William Green
Green
UMWA
Pemberton Man Held in Theft
Clifford Rose age 24 of Pemberton was arrested by Corp Scalise and jailed on a breaking and entering charge tied to a October coal company store theft. Police say he named several locals who allegedly held watches and other small items. He faces a felony count as investigators pursue the case.
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Clifford Rose
Pemberton
Corp. A. Scalise
Coal Company
B. F. McLaughlin
Rose
Lillybrook
Big Stick
Scalise
Beckley Woman's Father Dies in Cincinnati
John Storrs a prominent manufacturing tailor of Cincinnati and father of Mrs. Frank Foote of Harper road died at his home Thursday night. Funeral services will be held in Cincinnati tomorrow. Survivors include Mrs Foote widow another daughter Mrs John Mantz and son Albert Storrs. Mrs Foote was in Cincinnati at the time of his death.
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John Storrs
Cincinnati
Frank Foote
Harper Road
Foote
John Mantz
Albert, Storrs
Five Raleigh Students Enrolled at Berea College
Amid Berea College total enrollment of 1 708 in Berea Kentucky five Raleigh county students are registered Cecil McKinney Amigo and William Winchell of Lanark in college department Anna Ashley and Helen Rakes of Beckley in academy Miss Mary Hill of Wickham attends junior high school The piece mentions a Sequoyah redwood in Milledgeville city cemetery in Georgia.
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Berea College
Berea
Raleigh County
Cecil McKinney
Amigo
William Winchell
Lanuk
Anna Ashley
Helen Rakes
Beckley
Mary Hill
Wickham
Georgia
California
Milledgeville
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Princewick
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STAR
Wales
Aera Teed
O. R. Taylor
UMW
Central Labor Body
Welch
Floyd Hamilton
Hamilton
Bair Bros., Inc
Thone
Main St. Beckley, W. Va
Berman
Bulova
Elgin—Gruen
Hamilton Waltham
Gruen
Kar
Benrus
Mater
Fee
Dine Monde
Beckley Theatre
Beckley Auto Sales Corp
Oldsmobile
Don P. Wolf
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