Three Cold Weather Menace Urges Speedy Work
Oak Hill construction rushes three new Main Street buildings before freeze up. J C Pat Hamilton aims to finish concrete for a new superservice station with cold storage in the basement, and Hill Brothers push the $65 000 post office building near the New River Bank. Foundations for the post office to be completed this week.
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Register
Oak Hill
Main Street
Lewis Building
J. C
Pat” Hamilton
Hill Brothers
J. S. Lewis
J. S. Lewis Jr
J. Edward Lewis
New River Banking and Trust Company
Central Avenue
Rippetoe MacQueen
Hamilton Superservice
Beckley
Charleston
Led Boy Brigade Guides Gopher Practice
Minneapolis story recalls Andy Aram a small but pivotal figure who led a devoted youth squad that shadowed the Gopher football team. He was initially barred from practice but persisted, gaining ease among fans as the 1936 boy brigade grew.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Andy Aram
Minnesota
Boy Brigade
Mapentely
Aram
Wool from milk milan elicits European interest
A new Italian process converts sour milk into artificial wool drawing attention across Europe. A Polish group recently purchased rights to introduce the technology in Poland, with production set to begin within six months.
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Associated Press
Milan
Europe
Poland
Sweet Face's Return to Pud dle Muddle
A lamb named Sweet Face wanders away from a flock as a human helps guide the others. He plans to return to Pud dle Muddle but fears getting lost and questions which way to go. He contemplates hiding until the man passes by again.
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Sweet Face
Blakes Enjoying Southern Summer
Oak Hill Word from Tampa reports Mr. and Mrs. Bud Blake and children, former Beckley residents, vacationing in Florida. Bud Blake, a longtime taxi driver, plans to settle in Tampa and open a tourist camp. Mrs. John Blake and her son Denny Ray joined relatives southward due to an ear ailment.
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Florida
Register
Oak Hill
Tampa
Fla
Bud Blake
Beckley
John Blake
Denny Ray
Textile Union Outlines Washington Demands at Celanese Plant
Francis J. Gorman, vice president of the United Textile Workers of America, outlined union aims for settlement of a Cumberland Maryland strike at Celanese Corporation. The proposal seeks recognition of the union in collective bargaining, non-discrimination for union members, and immediate talks with a union committee on seniority, wages, hours, and working conditions.
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Associated Press
Washington
United Textile Workers of America
Cumberland, Md
Celanese Corporation of America
Francis J. Gorman
Gorman
Plant Committee
Labor Department
Celanese Corporation
Onions Escape Drought Brighten Market Prospects
Washington home economics experts say the onion crop survived the drought and could be used in every course including desserts and even pie in emergencies. They estimate the late crop will yield about 12 million sacks of 100 pounds each, helping curb prices into early winter.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wrong Car Wrong Party Top Chapman Kas
Kas. Ed Arnold Democratic leader and former state official mistook a car for his own and drove away. His embarrassment faded when he learned the vehicle advertised the Republican candidate, adding to his chagrin.
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Associated Press
Chapman
Kas
Ed Arnold
Republi- Ss.can
Walpole bets against Edward marry Mrs Simpson
English writer Hugh Walpole said he is not a gambling man but would welcome a large wager that King Edward will not marry Mrs Wallis Simpson. He called Edward high strung and nervous but amused by Mrs Simpson, who is also handsome and a long-time friend. Mayfair hostesses shift to kitchen dishes as Simpson shows cooking talent pleasing the king.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Hugh Walpole
Edward
Wally Simpson
Walpole
London
Mrs. Simpson
Driver Cleared in McDonald Armistice Day Crash
A coroner's jury absolved CCC truck driver Frank Zwald of manslaughter after four men were killed and 14 injured in the wreck near McDonald. The veterans, from a Frankfort Springs camp, were returning from an Armistice Day celebration when the driver failed to negotiate a curve and the truck overturned into a stream.
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Associated Press
McDonald
CCC
Frank Zwald
Emporium
James B. Jones
Washington County
Zwald
Justice of the Peace
William D. Smith
Canonsburg
Frankfort Springs
Roosevelt Tops Landon by 177 498 in West Virginia Victory
Complete unofficial returns show 622,140 ballots cast with Franklin D. Roosevelt beating Alf M. Landon by 177,498 votes. Roosevelt 499,819. Landon 322,321. Other state totals include Hoovers 330,731 to Roosevelts 405,124. Holt 492,485. Sharp 338,555. Neely 488,763. Shott 338,406.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
Senate
Charles E. Lively
Roosevelt
Landon
Hoover
Homer A. Holt
Summers H. Sharp
Holt
Sharp
M. M. Neely
Hugh Ike Shott
Shott
O'Brien
Conley
Trent
Shumaker
Sims
Johnson
Talbott
Ellison
Meadows
Hill
Commissioner of Agriculture
McLaughlin
Hall
Supreme Court
Fox
Riley
Woods
Litz
Medicine consumption up in England and Wales
Britain’s health minister Sir Kingsley Wood reports a rise in prescriptions in England and Wales from 38,200,000 to 62,400,000 over twelve years. He attributes the majority of this growth to the expansion of the bottle habit.
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Associated Press
Bournemouth
England
Britain
Kingsley Wood
Wales
National Association of Insurance Committees
Fayette Hunters Bag Six Deer in Bath County Hunt
Twenty four members of the Fayette Fishing and Hunting club returned Saturday from Bath County Virginia with six deer caught during a week’s hunt. The six hunters who bagged deer were Walter Cheek Ernest Thomas Deck Davis J K Litchner Fred Harless and Edward Harless. Cheek reported deer plentiful in Bath County.
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Register
Mr. Hope
Fayette Fishing and Hunting Club
Bath County
Walter Cheek
Ernest Thomas
Deck Davis
J. K. Litchner
Fred Harless
Edward Harless
Cheek
Mules and Horses in Short Supply Hit Atlanta Market
Demand soars as shortages bite with 174 382 horses and 325 541 mules needed by January 1. Arizona and Nevada have enough two year old colt stock. nationwide breeding fell 1925 to 1933. Atlanta auctions see brisk activity as buyers and sellers transact 60 to 110 head per hour with prices trending upward.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Old Dobbin
Horse and Mule Association
Arizona
Nevada
U. S. Bureau of Husbandry
C. T. Lidikay
Jungle Reclaims Minden highway
The Old Minden road once called Red dog has become a jungle again as rocks line the path and the highway erodes. WPA crews under the state road department burned the Verdow and left the road in a overgrown state, with sober motorists forced to struggle across a rough, junglelike stretch.
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Register
Oak Hill
Minden
Rock Lick Miner Suffers Leg and Face Injuries in Slate Fall
Oak Hill Hospital treats Oak Hill Harmon 89 for injuries to his left leg and face after a slate fall at the Rock Lick mine where he works. Left ankle broken. Clifford Stinnett 35 of Sanger admitted for shoulder injuries after being pinned beneath a wall and a mine car in the Prudence operation of New River Coal Co.
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Register
Oak Hill
Lynch Links Social Security to Insurance Contentment
J T Lynch asserts that Social Security plus Metropolitan Life Insurance ensures long term contentment. He notes contact at 913 Barr Building Beckley for details and guidance on the plan.
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Barr
Beckley
Mysterious grass sickness hits Edinburgh horses hard
Scottish farmers report a mysterious disease named grass sickness attacking horses in Edinburgh. It is described as nervous in origin, causing coma like states and proving fatal in about ninety percent of cases.
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Associated Press
Edinburgh
Scotland
Creomulsion Ad Urges Quick Cough Relief Now
A drugstore ad promotes Creomulsion as the guaranteed remedy for chest colds and bronchial irritation. It claims the medicine reaches the seat of trouble, soothes inflamed membranes, and loosens germ laden phlegm. If unsatisfied, money is refunded from the first bottle.
Trio Held for Robbery Attempt near Newlyn store
Fayetteville reports three men Roy Wiggins of Dewitt Gilbert Payne 19 and Willie Nutter were jailed on charges of breaking into a company store at Newlyn and attempting to seize a car load of groceries and cigarettes. A mine operator’s son fired at them as they fled. Payne and Wiggins were arrested at home and Nutter by Deputy Sheriff Godsey.
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Fayetteville
Newlyn
Roy Wiggins
Dewitt
Gilbert Payne
Willie Nutter
Thomas Boy
Payne and
Wiggins
Robert Godsey
Nutter
Oldest living tree in Australia fights for life
Dr. A D Herbert of the University of Queensland and 200 volunteers strive to save Great-Grandfather Peter, a 15,000 year old Australian macrotamia palm on Tambourine Mountain, after a vandal cut it down though it remained alive when found.
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Associated Press
Brisbane
Australia
A. D. Herbert
University of Queensland
Peter
Tambourine Mountain
Queensland
Federal corps establish 14 soil camps in Kentucky
The federal government has set up fourteen civilian conservation corps camps in Kentucky to conduct soil conservation work. The move positions the CCC to address soil erosion and land restoration across the state, supported by federal funding and the management of the Department of Labor.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Kentucky
Vendor Man introduces new medicine at Watkins Drug
Hundreds attended a free trial bottle event for Vendol at Watkins Drug Store in Beckley last Friday and Saturday. The ad claims Vendol treats constipation indigestion gas heaviness and related symptoms and contrasts it as a new, quick acting remedy not sold by mail or to children. Local residents report hearing positive signals from nearby cities and anticipate relief as thousands have found success with Vendol in other areas.
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Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Beckley
West Virginia
Watkins Drug Store
Huntington
Clarksbug
Charleston
Vendor
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Bryan Untiecht
Towner
Colo
Page
Colorado
House of Representatives
Rep. M. EB. Strain
Minden Highway
Rocky
Rock Lick Man
J. T. Lynch
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BER Care
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Icture
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May
South Fayette
Appalachian Electric Power Co
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