School Bus System Elevates Transit for Beckley Pupils
New River students walk five miles before dawn to reach a 7 a.m. bus and reach Woodrow Wilson High by 7:50. Raleigh County Schools run a vast transport network to service about 4,300 daily riders, with buses heated and equipped for winter. October costs totaled 6982.40 dollars, about 0.12 per student per day.
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New River
Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh Bounty
T. A. Gatherum
Beckley
Diehl
Local Beckley Churches Host Thanksgiving Week Activities
The Missionary Union of Beckley and vicinity meets Skelton group Sunday after noon at 2 00 with devotions by Mrs Goode and Mrs Pruden. Rev Carrington to preach, Mrs Burkholder to sing, Raleigh Junior choir to provide music. Several local visits noted. Thanksgiving services at Tabernacle and East Beckley churches feature sermons by Rev H E Davis and Rev Samuel A Abram with special programs and dinner. Community notices include illness, recoveries, hospital stays, and a Society for Negro Life and History meeting at 37 Prince Street Beckley.
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Missionary Union of
Joseph Miller
Church of God
Willie Neal
Laura Payne
Stanaford
Susie Brown
Beckley
Blanks
Minden
Lillybrook
Lillie Jackson
Nancy Walker
Tabernacle Baptist Church
East Gulf
H. E. Davis
the Galilee Baptist Church
Corinne
G. C. Anderson
Samuel A. Abram
G. C. Gilbert
Eccles
Christian Union and Unity
Tabernacle
East Beckley
Jacob Crittenden
G. M. Crittenden
Harper
Snappy Pals Club
Big Oak
Harper Road
Central Street Baptist Church
Matthew Langhorn
Malissa Cheatwood
Beckley Hospital
Maggie Lewis
South Fayette Street
Dora Boone
Emma Allen
W. L. Whibby
Killarney
Eben
Society For the Study of
Home Service
Prince Street
Safe Downs Staircase Dents Courthouse Walls
A 1200 pound safe rolled down the courthouse stairs injuring walls and steps. County prisoners were moving the safe from the sheriff's office to the former county superintendent's quarters. The obsolete sheriff's office will be turned over to circuit clerk staff.
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Reeteter
Pineville
Diamond Drill Thefts Charged
Willie Roach of Mullens Charleston was jailed on $1000 bond after grand jury action on charges of stealing diamond drill bits from oil drillers at Glen Rogers. Arrest followed nearly ten months after the accusation and a warrant issued February 4 by Magistrate L. E. Staton. He is believed to have been part of a group implicated in the thefts.
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Register
Mullens
Willie Roach
Charleston
Glen Rogers
L. E. Staton
Coal price set for region under new act
The Dominion News reports a National Bituminous Coal Commission price of 2.15 per ton for area 1, Northern West Virginia, to take effect Wednesday. W M Strawn of Canyon Coal notes district prices hover around 1.35 with fierce competition and possible 0.35 low bids. The Guffey act imposes a 19% tax on violators. Producers forecast mine prices between 2.15 and 2.30, with debate over the delay before enforcement.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Dominion News
Washington
West Virginia
National Bituminous Coal Commission
W. M. Strawn
Canyon Coal Company
Monongalia County
Strawn
Guffey
Fossils Found Along Westbound Route Near Elkins Park
The Associated Press reports that travelers west of Elkins stop at David Reger fossil three park to view tree fossils in sandstone. State road commission notes these fossils occur in the Elkins sands of the Chemung series, dating millions of years old.
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Associated Press
Elkins
David Reger
Fossil Three Park
State Road Commission
NYA Sends Negro Youth to College
Pineville The National Youth Administration sent an African American youth to Institute College to take auto mechanics. Robert Beavers NYA director said Wendell Johnson will attend the school for four and a half months. He will receive $18 a month from the NYA while at Institute.
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Register
Pineville
National Youth Administration
Robert Beavers
NYA
Wendell Johnson
Institute
Notable Exemption Rules For Captive Steel Mines
The document notes claims of exemptions and states two classes remain unaffected: captive mines owned by steel companies and entities whose shipments are not interstate commerce or do not impact such commerce.
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Steel Company
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