Reward Offered for Conviction of HoldUp Man
Sheriff C C Lewis announced a $125 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who held up Coal City merchant John Connor in his store Tuesday night. About $175 was stolen, with $40 from a cash register and the rest from Connor's pockets. Fragments of checks were found half a mile away, suggesting the robber fled on foot. Connor described the assailant as wet clothed, with only a vague description available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Lewis
John Connor
Coal City
Connor
Beckley Hosts Annual Eastern Star Inspection
Mrs Lottie B Irons worthy grand matron of West Virginia arrived in Beckley to inspect the Bethlehem Chapter. A 7:30 p m meeting at the Masonic hall will follow a dinner at Black Knight Country Club with Mrs George W Williams as toast mistress and W C Mullins giving the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Eeastern Star
Lottie B. Irons
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Beckley
Bethlehem
Order
Masonic Hall
Irons
Black Knight Country Club
George W. Williams
W. C. Mullins
Harry Batesole
Bids Open for Pinecrest Sanitarium Laundry Buildings
Advertising for bids announces the opening of bids for a laundry building a dairy barn hog house and minor structures at Pinecrest Sanitarium. Bids will be publicly read December 9 at 10 a.m. in the West Virginia Board of Control offices in the capitol at Charleston. Plans and specs available from Alex Mahood Bluefield or Board of Control offices. Project is a P W A venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinecrest Sanitarium
West Virginia Board of Control
Capitol Building
Charleston
Alex Mahood
Bluefield
Board of Control
Ices
Mine Examinations Scheduled for December 20 and 21
Mine Bureau Chief N P Rhinehart announced foremen examinations will be held December 20 and 21 in Charleston. Rhinehart named W W Jones of Rainelle as McDowell county district inspector, succeeding A J Bartlett who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Mine Bureau
N. P. Rhinehart
Rhinehart
W. W. Jones
Rainelle
McDowell County
A. J. Bartlett
Patrol signals take precedence over traffic lights
Grafton West Virginia Police Chief C A Lockard warned motorists that schoolboy patrol signals have priority over traffic lights and violators will be prosecuted, reflecting a strict enforcement stance on school safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Grafton
W. Va
C. A. Lockard
Schoolboy
Medical Society Hears Speakers at Raleigh County Meeting
Nineteen members of the Raleigh County Medical Society attended the bi monthly meeting at the Methodist Temple last evening. A turkey dinner was served by Mrs. W. H. Hull's circle. Dr. A. P. Hudgins spoke on Leucorrhea due to the Trichomonas Vaginalis and Dr. Franklin H. Reeder of Charleston discussed the link between vital statistics work and public health. Visitors included Dr. C. B. Smith of Charleston and Dr. A. G. Bowles presiding. Additional members present were Doctors Winston Jarrell Broaddus Halloran Houser Dupuy Cunningham Hume Garrett Covey Eakin Banks Daniel Mitchell Moore Hill Fisher Jones and others from Beckley Sprague Winding Gulf Pemberton Sophia Mabscott Stotesbury Killarney and Affinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Medical Society
Methodist Temple
W. H. Hull
A. P. Hudgins
Franklin H. Reeder
Charleston
Hudgins
Reeder
Bureau of Vital Statistics
C. B. Smith
A. G. Bowles
Glen White
Robert Winston
D. B. Jarrell
R. G. Broaddus
L. M. Halloran
L. G. Houser
E. S. Dupuy
W. H. Cunningham
W. W. Hume
Beckley
T. F. Garrett
Sprague
W. C. Covey
Winding Gulf
B. E. Eakin
Tams
M. C. Banks
Raleigh
R. P. Daniel
Pemberton
R. C. Mitchell
Sophia
F. J. Moore
Affinity
D. L. Hill
Mabscott
Ira Fisher
Stotesbury
G. L. Jones
Killarney
More Leniency Urged For Young Delinquents
Public Welfare Department urged greater court leniency toward delinquent children. Director Francis W. Turner traveled from Charleston to Parkersburg to meet juvenile court judges in a bid for more liberal treatment of arrested youths. He planned visits to Wheeling and would see every juvenile judge, while discussing expansion of aid to 8000 crippled children with Dr Doris A. Murray of the federal Children's Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Public Welfare Department
Francis W. Turner
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Turner
Doris A. Murray
Children’s Bureau
Federal Department of Labor
Big Employment Gain Reported Within Week
Washington reports a substantial weekly gain in employment as the Works Progress Administration notes 2,367,242 needy were employed on November 16, two weeks before the deadline to place 3,500,000 from dole to work relief. The total still short of the 3.5 million target by 1,132,758 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Dole
Works Progress Administration
Sanitary Engineer Reports WPA Sewer Projects Total
Sanitary engineer E S Tisdale said projects totaling 852,097 have been submitted for approval. WPA approvals amount to 799,136 with specific local totals including Point Pleasant 13,000 Mate 3115 20,000 and Williamson 7,000 for sewer and water work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
E. S. Tisdale
Works Progress Administration
Point Pleasant
Mate
Williamson
Strato Flight Mark Official
Washington officials announce a near 14 mile stratosphere record to Captains Albert W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson for Ar mistice day flight by the National Geographic Society Army Air Corps balloon. The mark of 72,395 feet tops the prior 72,265 foot Settle Fordney record and Russian ascent. Verification will be sought from the Federation Aeronautique Internationale in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Albert W. Stevens
Orvil A. Anderson
National Aeronautics Assotation
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Bureau of Standards
T. G. W. Settle
Chester Fordney
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Paris
France
National Aeronautics Association
Stevens
Anderson
Morrison Stores Boosts Employee Wages
E M Britt, manager of O J Morrison Stores on Neville Street, announced a wage increase effective this week. The new minimum wage rises to 15 dollars per week, with the company citing substantial gains in business as the reason for the raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Morrison
Neville Street
E.+.M. Britt
Consolidated Lines to Acquire Two New Buses
Consolidated Bus Lines announced the purchase of two new street car type buses. Delivery is expected around December 1. The vehicles will be deployed on seven short lines operating from Logan, joining three older models already in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Bus Lines
Logan
Britain Rejects Lifting Sanctions on Italians
London. A British note delivered to the Italian ambassador at the foreign office states that Britain will not lift the League of Nations sanctions despite Italy's protest. The note aims at informing Premier Mussolini that sanctions remain in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Associated Press
London
Italy
Foreign Office
Mussolini
Great Britain
Storm kills at least 20 in southern Italy
A devastating storm struck southern Italy killing at least twenty people and injuring scores. Rome reported the fatalities and widespread damage as winds and heavy rains lashed coastal towns and inland villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Poison in soda blamed on carelessness at department store
In San Francisco Dr. J. C. Geiger reports a full barrel of deadly poison mixed with baking soda sold to housewives. A department store employee’s mistake is blamed for at least three deaths. The find came after the owner turned over an empty barrel. two display barrels were refilled from it. The substance at the bottom was described as nearly pure poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
J. C. Geiger
Francisco
Geiger
Health Department
Four Children Perish in West Orange Fire Tragedy
In West Orange New Jersey on November 22 a devastating blaze trapped four Chiampi children aged 4 to 14 in a second floor bedroom. Parents James and Mrs Chiampi attempted to reach them as smoke and heat forced them back. Harry 14 Anthony Louis 4 Vincent 6 were found dead after neighbors and police mounted a rescue. An allegedly defective oil stove is suspected to have sparked the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
West Orange
N. J
James Chiampi
Harry
Anthony
Louis
Vincent
Peter Constandino
Orange Memorial Hospital
Three Persons In Fatal Crash In Welch Area
Three people died when a car sideswiped a truck and plunged 20 feet over an embankment near Welch. Driver Alonzo Brewster, 30, and passengers Mrs. Clarabelle Morrison, 40, and Mrs. Minnie Gibson, 28, died from multiple injuries. Involved truck driver Garland Browning, 35, Hampden, WV, survived. Elfin Mabry, 25, injured slightly. Police found an almost empty whisky bottle in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Welch
Alonzo Brewster
Clarabelle Morrison
Minnie Gibson
Roderfield
Elfin Mabry
Roderfiell
Garland Browning
Hampden
W. Va
Browning
Alden Booth
Caretta
Sites
Morrison
Brewster
Gibson
Counties Apply for Large Sum for Buildings in Charleston
County officials sought $6,048,818 from the WPA to construct school buildings including four, six and eight room structures in rural areas. Superintedent W. W. Trent warned that only one third of costs would be matched, risking four to five million dollars in state funding if matching funds fail. Brooke county also pursued $38,750. outcome pending continuation on page five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
W. W. Trent
WPA
Trént
Trent
Confession of Kidnapper Said to Be Mistake
Harlan Lavender of Ashland Kentucky, 25, held for 90 days observation after confessing to abducting Charles A Lindbergh Jr. from New Jersey home. He later admitted the tale was a hoax and gave a fictitious name, saying he confessed after quarreling with his wife to ease divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little Falls
N. Y
Harlan Lavender
Ashland
State
James J. Long
Charles A. Lindbergh
New Jersey
G. F. Eveleth
Lavender
Government Has Eye On Exports
Washington on November 22 reported the government continuing to monitor exports to Italy and Ethiopia as part of a world neutrality policy. Secretary Ickes urged a voluntary halt on oil shipments to warring nations, urging compliance in letter and spirit with efforts to prevent munitions shipments. He said he has no authority to order a compulsory ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Italy
Ethiopia
Ickes
Rome
Clip Plane to Fly Today in Pacific Mail Service
Alameda Calif November 22 America’s air mail will start bridging the Pacific today with the 25 ton China clipper set to depart San Francisco Bay at about 7 PM to inaugurate the Pan American Airways Flying service to Hawaii and the Philippines. The Honolulu flight will require 18 hours and Manila 60 hours with the seaplane carrying two tons of mail and no passengers. A second plane is slated to leave Alameda December 6 and should encounter the returning China Clipper about 1,000 miles out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alameda
Cal
America
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Pan-American Airways
Hawaii
Philippines
Honolulu
Manila
San Francisco Bay
Jewish Brokers Excluded From Stock Exchange
Berlin November 22 Twenty eight Jewish brokers were affected today by the order of Dr Hjalmar Schacht minister of economics excluding Jews from membership in Germanys eight stock exchanges The decree became effective today compelling Jews to do their trading through Aryan brokerage houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Germany
Mauna Loa Lava Flow Threatens Hilo 20,000 Residents
Mauna Loa unleashed a long lava flow extending about 13 miles toward Hilo Hawaii as authorities consider diversion to protect the city. The town of 20,000 sits 40 miles away from the eruption site. Authorities monitor flow and potential redirection options as the lava advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Lions Escape at French Fair Kill Man in Bagnol Sur Ceze
Two lions escaped from a village fair menagerie in Bagnol Sur Ceze Avignon region. They terrified early risers and killed a man before being contained. Local authorities investigated the incident and security at the fair was tightened afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Avignon
France
Bagnol- Sur-Cez
Setting Aside Divorce Asked
Mrs. Jessie Budlong of Tucson petitions the Supreme Court to determine her rights as Milton Budlong’s lawful wife arguing marriage now means mere living together until one spouse finds another. She alleges the 1928 Rhode Island divorce was fraudulently obtained and seeks restoration of her family’s social standing and reputation for their two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Jessie Margaret Wilson Budlong
Tucson
Ariz
High Court
Milton
John Budlong
New York City
Newport
R. I
Stranton
Rhode Island
Federal District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Dr Ware Addresses Eccles P T A Meet
Dr Ware spoke at the Eccles Parent Teacher association meeting held last evening at the Old Eccles Junior High school. He shared experiences from his recent trip abroad while Eccles scout troop members led the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritchie Ware
Eccles Parent Teacher Association
Eccles
Ware
Youth Faces Death For Killing Farmer
Mount Holly New Jersey November 22 a 16 year old boy faces the electric chair for first degree murder in a farmer killing during a robbery. The youth is John Cimiengo who was convicted last night of the fatal crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mount Holly
N. J
New Jersey
John Cimiengo
Russian aviator sets new altitude record
Moscow reports pilot Vladmir Kokinaki claimed a world altitude record by reaching 47 818 feet. Soviet experts commission confirmed the feat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
Vladmir Kokinaki
Beclley man jailed for stealing chickens at local coop
Carl Quesenberry of Beckley jailed by city police after being found inside G. S. Allen of 113 Calloway Street chicken house early last night. Four dead chickens found in the coop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Quesenberry
Beckley
G. S. Allen
Calloway Street
Attorneys Caution In Hold Company Act Proceedings
Attorney General Cummings advised all U S district attorneys to refrain from bringing or threatening to bring any criminal proceedings under the holding company act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Cummings
U. S
Battle reported near Makale as Italians slain
A government communique says on November 12 three hundred Italian soldiers and three officers were killed north of Makale inside the Italian front line near Addis Ababa. An AP reporter observed southern battle zones, noting most casualties stemmed from air raids and denying gas use claims. Ethiopian forces had earlier ambushed an Italian detachment toward Kolel, killing its commander and many troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Addis Ababa
Rome
Washington
Italy
Ethiopia
America
Makale
James A. Mills
Mills
Jijida
Daggah Bar
Mussolini
Haile Selassie
Kolel
Timbien Mountains
New Shoe Store Opens In City
Beckley announces a new retail store No Shoe Store opens tomorrow in the Neville street building formerly Hurvitz. Manager William M. Jeffries says the remodeled shop offers a complete line of men and women’s and children’s shoes plus hosiery. Jeffries, a Louisville native, came here from Wheeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
William M. Jeffries
Neville Street
Hurvitz
Mr. Jeffries
Louisville
Kentucky
Wheeling
Robert Bird To Play At Beckley Rotary Session
Robert Bird aged 17 who won the old-time fiddlers contest at the Memorial building Tuesday evening will be guest entertainer at Beckley Rotary Club this evening. He will be joined by Harry and Junior Hall of Crab Orchard on guitar and banjo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bird
Memorial Building
Beckley
Weather outlook and temperatures in Beckley
Generally fair tonight and Saturday with colder conditions tonight. Temperatures rise slowly Saturday afternoon in the western portion. Beckley’s high yesterday was 55 degrees and the low value from the previous night is not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Portion
Beckley
Mauck
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Conner
Eastern Star
Capitol
Mary Belle Spencer
Chicago Heights
Medical Society
Strato
Consolidated Lines
Edwin C. Musick
Pacific
Gable
Clark Gable
Elizabeth Allan
Mary Taylor
China
Stock
Fifi D’orsay
Earl Carroll
Carroll
Charlotte, N. C
United States Supreme Court
Dr. Ware
Eccles P. T. A
L. A
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!