Nine Trophies Go Begging in Rod and Gun Contest
Unclaimed prizes from the Raleigh County Rod and Gun Club vermin killing contest sit at the Game Warden O. B. Harris office for eight individuals and a Boy Scout troop. The contest closed August 2 with about 112 prizes already delivered. holders may claim at Harris or Ketche B. Mann.
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O. B. Harris
Raleigh County
Boy Scout
Harris
Ketche B. Mann
Roll and Gun Club
Harold Mann
Boyd Webb
Billy Caldwell
Claude Lilly
Casey Jones
Johnnie Stover
Hampton Ferris
Kermit Daniel
D. Caravaggio
Neely Prophets Prediction Sparks Attention at Convention
The Associated Press notes Senator M. M. Neely joined the ranks of political prophets by predicting Roosevelt would be nominated with acclaim and reelected next November by a vast majority. Friends say Neely also forecast his own election margin, with Mountain State precincts last counted within two hundred of his set figure.
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Associated Press
Washington
M. M. Neely
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Mountain State
Randolph Would Double Kanawha Head Resettlement Project
Rep Jennings Randolph urges doubling the 7258 acre Kanawha Head land use and soil conservation project in Webster County by purchasing 8000 adjoining acres. Resettlement plans include 1209 acres for recreation forestry fire hazard reduction and game refuge with 250 workers at Hacker Valley. George Dower of Elkins is project manager.
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Associated Press
Washington
Resettlement Administration
Kanawha Head
Webster Counts
Jennings Randolph
West Virginia
Ranulph
Hacker Valley
George Dower
el- Kins
Legion Leaders Meet Next Week in Wheeling
Wheeling commander J. Roy Guess said more than 260 will attend the Legion conference for commanders and adjutants on November 29. National adjutant Frank E. Samuels and national vice-commander Jack Crawford will speak. Also featured is Vera Baker, 9, of New York City, whose painting is in the Museum of Modern Art.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
J. Roy Guess
Wheeling American Legion
Frank E. Samuels
Indianapolis
Ind
Jack Crawford
Vermont
Vera Baker
New York City
Museum of Modern Art
Thanksgiving Observance Recounted By Mission Society Speaker
Harold Riffe, Raleigh register reporter, spoke to the Women's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church on Thanksgiving as a national day of gratitude. He traced the Pilgrims' harvest feast to Washington and Lincoln proclamations and urged honoring the holiday from the heart with poetry and reflection.
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America
Harold Riffe
Raleigh Register
Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
United States
Whittier
New World
Bradford
Alexander Selkirk
Castaway
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
William Cowper
Selkirk
Wally's Husband Likes Obscurity Says Ex-Guard
London says Wallis Warfield Simpson’s ex-husband Ernest Aldrich Simpson prefers obscurity after divorce. A former Coldstream Guards officer notes he is no longer listed in court guest scenes and now leads a quiet, ordinary London life away from royalty.
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Associated Press
London
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
King Edward
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Coldstream Guards
Simpson
Social Security Plus Metropolitan Life Insurance Ad
An advertisement noting a plan pairing Social Security with Metropolitan Life Insurance promises continued contentment in years to come. Contact available at phone 943 and Bair Building in Beckley.
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Bair Bldg
Beckley
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