RUSS-GERMAN BREAK SEEN Hunt Killer on Trial
Buenos Aires opens the Inter-American Peace conference with Hull seeking Latin American cooperation. Argentine Saavedra Lamas chairs and pushes a curb on armed intervention while Brazil Chile Peru and Uruguay weigh League of Nations ties. A mix of pacific diplomacy and regional concerns frames the gathering.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Cordell Hull
Latin America
South America
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentina
Jose Carlos de Macedo Soares
Brazil
Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal
Chile
Jose Espalter
Uruguay
Carlos Concha
Peru
Lamas
Tocoral
Montevideo
Roosevelt
Saavedra Lamas
League of Nations
Leaguef Nations
Geneva
Paraguay
Rio de Janeiro
United States
North
League
Pinecrest to Doube Size Under State Plan
The Pinecrest project outlined by state authorities aims to double the size of the new building. The state board would cover about 55 percent of the construction cost as part of the plan.
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Pinecrest
BOARD
Pinecrest Sanitarium
State Board of Control
K. M. Jarrell
Jarrell
Washington
Bluefield
Mrs. Jarrell
Southern Medical Association
Baltimore
Alaska landslide toll rises to four dead
Four died and seven were injured in a massive mud and rock landslide that struck Juneau's apartment district. Authorities fear as many as 25 may be trapped beneath a 100 foot wide debris field as rescue crews worked amid disrupted communications.
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Associated Press
Juneau
Alaska
Act
W. Mulvihill
Bullet in Body To Be Examined In Moody Case
Lewisburg troopers sent a bullet from 18 year old Stella Moody to a lab to check if fired from a pistol. George Tabscott, jailed, denied knowledge of the death and memory gaps. The case likely goes to the grand jury. Moody was a domestic. Autopsy shows the girl was shot through the back.
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Associated Press
Lewisburg
Stella Moody
N. L. Sidebottom
George Tabscott
Tabscott
Finley Arbuckle
Enes
Sidebottom
Harry McClung
Greenbrier County
Here
Electric Rates Ordered Slashed
Charleston public service mission orders reduced electric rates for Black Diamond Power Company. The move will save consumers about $1200 annually. Service areas include Bin Chatteray East Hartland Elkhurst and Sophia.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Public Service Mission
Black Diamond Power Company
bin Chatteray
East Hartland
Elkhurst
Sophia
Whitesville Woman Honored at Shower
Whitesville Mrs. Joe Haddad moving to Madison was honored at a farewell hotel shower hosted by Mrs. Davd Shirlett and Mrs. C. T. Bartlett. Attending were numerous Whitesville residents including Mrs. W. R. Caffee and Mrs. Frank Hughes along with other friends and neighbors.
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Register
Whitesville
Joe Haddad
Madison
Davd Shirlett
C. T. Bartlett
W. R. Caffee
Frank Hughes
Jack Stump
David Kannon
Fred Tucker
Nick Haskins
C. C. Morgan
Fred Morgan
Farna Gogas
de Ervine
Bert Yor
H. D. Chambers
Skeeter
J. M. Sa‘terfield
Relph MacIntosh
A. R. Bibby
Orphanage Fire Claims Life at Avalon Camp
A fire at the Kappa Sigma Pi charitable boys' home near Avalon, six miles from Clarksburg, killed three and a half year old Richard Nutter. Eighty three other boys escaped from a nearby wooden dormitory. Victor McGalle, 16, of Wheeling, was injured but not seriously. The blaze destroyed the eight room headquarters dwelling.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Richard Nutter
Kappa Sigma Pi Charitable Home
Avalon
Victor McGalle
Wheeling
Ships Officers Declare Strike Across American Ports
Unions representing ship officers said a nationwide maritime strike has been called for all American ports. The Masters Mates and Pilots association and the Marine Engineers Beneficial association announced the action, the first of its kind to their knowledge. Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward G. McGrady pressed efforts to settle waterfront disputes and conflicts.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
American Federation of Labor Unions
Masters, Mates, and Pilots Association
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Edward G. McGrady
Divorces Filed By Attorney M L Painter
Attorney M L Painter filed two divorce suits today in the circuit clerk’s office. The actions involve Henry Williams and Pauline Williams in one case and Grace Neely and Walter Neely in the other.
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M. L. Painter
Henry
Pauline Williams
Grace
Walter Neely
Van Swearingen Dies on Train to New York
Cleveland financier Van Swearingen died aboard a train en route to New York today. His office announced the death. He was a prominent figure in Cleveland finance and was traveling for business.
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van Swearingen
Cleveland
New York
Associated Press
O. P. van Swearingen
Nemo Brothers Wed in Kaymoor Double Ceremony
Oak Hill Cupid arranged a doubleheader wedding at Kaymoor with Frank Witt and Walter Witt both marrying on successive days. Frank Witt wed Ora Thomas of Logan County after a Friday night ceremony by Rev. Levi Eden of Lorado, while Walter Witt married Evelyn Jackson, daughter of Dorothy Jackson, of Kaymoor, on Saturday morning.
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Register
Oak Hill
Cupid
Kaymoor
Frank Witt
Walter Witt
Mary Witt
Levi Eden
Lorado
Ora Thomas
Logan Couunty
Walter
Evelyn Jackson
Dorothy Jackson
Murder Mystery At Northern Pennsylvania Mine Office
In Scranton, investigators probe the death of E. E. Shumaker a 70 year old retired minister and coal operator shot at close range in his mine office. Coroner reports three bullets the murder deadly blow a blunt head wound and a .38 pistol. Police weigh robbery against other motives as checks replace payroll cash and lines to the office are cut.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Pennsylvania
E. E. Shumaker
Shumaker
Leonard M. Freda
Joeph Ratner
Schumaker
Freda
Fifty Washington county farmers embrace cucumber spickle market
Fifty farmers in Washington county North Carolina plan to grow cucumbers next season to supply the commercial spickle market. The move signals organized agricultural effort and potential expansion for local producers in the season ahead.
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Washington County
N. C
Helen Howell Hurt in Auto Accident Near Parkersburg
Helen Howell public health training nurse at the State training center was injured in an automobile crash near Parkersburg last Monday. Traveling with her mother and brother they were taken to a Parkersburg hospital. Howell suffered a broken ankle and minor facial and body lacerations.
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Helen Howell
State Training Center
Parkersburg
Warm Springs
Accident Fright Hurls Two Raleigh County Walkers
Fate played a similar trick on two Raleigh county men this week end, then gave them identical hospital room numbers. E. J. Ellis, 31, Eccles, and William Mee, 35, Glen Morgan, both were hit while walking along a road, both suffered broken left legs, and both were placed in Room 206 at separate hospitals.
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Raleigh County
E. J. Ellis
Eccles
William Mee
Glen Morgan
Higher prices force buying, magazine says
Cleveland The Magazine Steel reported today that higher prices for the first quarter, expected early this week, may trigger protective buying through December. The piece notes possible $2 ton advance on semifinished steel, $3 on bars shapes and plates, and perhaps $4 to $5 on sheet. Steelworks operations rose to 74 percent, eighteenth straight week between 70 and 75.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Steel
Geiri
Iron and Steel
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Eastern Pennsylvania
Wheeling
Peters Improves After Sickness At Home
Rhodell Keith Peters, confined to his home here last week by a cold and tonsillitis, shows improvement as health returns.
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Register
Rhodell
Keith Peters
Child Recovers From Pneumonia In Coal City
Coal City small son of Mr and Mrs Carson Booth shows improvement after pneumonia attack per his physician.
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Coal City
Fredie Booth
Carson Booth
Young Church Elects Officers at Sprague Meeting
The Young People of Sprague Community Church elected John Davis as president Lewis McKinney as vice president Louise Griffith as secretary treasurer and Davis Harper as director of religious education The group has been organized.
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Community Church
Sprague
John Davis
Lewis McKinney
Louise Griffith
Davis Harper
Rligious
Insane People on Increase Reported in State Hospitals
Charleston figures show 3,616 patients housed at Weston Spencer Huntington and Lakin state hospitals with men totaling 1,910 and women 1,706. Spencer treats 1,538, nearly twice any other institution, while total state penal and correctional care reaches 7,800, up 139 since Oct 31 1935. Enrollment across state colleges falls 151, with only Potomac Concord Shepherd Bluefield and West Virginia colleges rising.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Board of Control
Weston, Spencer, Huntington
Lakin
Spencer
West Virginia Training School
Hopemont Sanitarium
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Denmar Sanitarium
Welch Hospital
McKendree Hospital
Fairmont Hospital
Industrial School
Industrial Home
State Penitentiary
Potomac
Concord
Shepherd
Bluefield
West Virginia State Colleges
West Virginia University
New River
Marshall
Fairmont
West Liberty
Glenville
West Virginia State College
Bluefield State College
Boy Scouts Win Advance in Rank on Adventure Trail
Nine scouts from Skelton Sprague Mabscott and Raleigh met requirements for second class along the Logan turnpike. Names A R Cook L C Simpson R C Davis William A Fadeley Robert Smith G H Shorter E C Wood Mason Brags A W Williams will receive merit badges for building and cooking. Final session at Skelton community building tomorrow evening to determine eligibility for December Court of Honor.
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Logan
Skelton
Sprague
Mabscott
Raleigh
A. R. Cook
L. C. Simpson
R. C. Davis
William A. Fadeley
Robert Smith
G. H. Shorter
E. C. Wood
Mason Brags
A W. Williams
War scare puts market on swift slide
New York traders faced European unsettlement from the Danish situation as selling intensified at the open. Large blocks were offered, fractions to multiple points dropped the indices, while a few issues such as Douglas, North American, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and Indiana showed small gains.
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Associated Press
New York
Douglas
Ing
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Indiana
Addled Parliament Dissolved After Two Months
The so called addled parliament met on April 6 1914 and sat through two months but James I dissolved it without passing a single bill.
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James I
Kay Thomas Cleared In Unlawful Black Jack Charge
Judge St Coln Littlepage today dismissed a magistrate court conviction of Delegate James Kay Thomas on unlawful carrying a blackjack. Kanawha intermediate judge sustained motion to quash due to arrest warrant naming R L Dunn as the arrestee. Thomas had been convicted and sentenced to six months in jail and a $50 fine in magistrate court. He was also bound to the land jury but no indictment was returned.
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Holly Holstein
Hico
Holston
Corey Jarrell
Marsh Fork Woods
Holsten
Jarrell
Ned Raland
Kenneth Cunningham
Harley M. Kilgore
Associated Press
Charleston
St. Col’ N Littlepage
Istrate
James Kay Thomas
Kanawha Intermediate
Thomas
Muin
R. L. Dunn
Dunn
Britain Seeks To Cement Peace Amid Madrid Siege
Insurgent gunners pounded Madrid with six shells while fears rose over casualties and property damage. Reports tied to Russo German tension surfaced after a 45 minute meeting between Joachim von Ribbentrop and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. Foreign Secretary Eden promised Britain will shield shipping and move to ban arming Spain on British ships. Evacuation plans for 300 000 to 450 000 refugees faced obstacles as Madrid pressed to clear non combatants despite scarce food and the new safe conduct passes.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Moscow
Spain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Great Britain
Stanley Baldwin
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Madrid
Ministry of War
Valenca
Terancon
Prisoner Claims Wrong Man Held
Roy Bowden, 30, testified he was arrested for a minor crime thought to be committed by a friend. He said they were riding in a car when the suspect fled the scene. A. L. Reed of Raleigh swore out a warrant for Bowden’s arrest Saturday.
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Roy Bowden
Ned
A. L. Reed
Raleigh
Weather forecast for region with mixed precipitation
A south region will see rain while the north faces rain or snow tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight followed by cooler Tuesday afternoon and night. Yesterday's high was 46 degrees and the low last night was 21, per L. A. Mauck.
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South Portion
North Portion
L. A
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