More Roads To be Made In Raleigh
Fourteen highway ejects in the county were drawn to add crews under the Civil Works Administration to employ 2,561 men. With ten projects approved earlier, total ventures reach 24, overseen by County Road Supervisor M. J. Meadows and associates W. C. Romine and John NeSmith. Plans await approval from engineer J. R. Taylor in Princeton, then Charleston and Washington. Delays due to missing worker identification cards held up plans to transfer workers from the old RE. F. C. drolls to the new CW program. Approximately 26 men per crew. (Continued on page seven).
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Civil Works Administration
State Civil Works Office
M. J. Meadows
W. C. Romine
John NeSmith
C. H. Boggs
J. R. Taylor
Princeton
Tenth District
Meadows
Taylor
Charleston
Washington
RE. F. C
Frazier to be hanged tonight after denial
Leo Frazier, an auto mechanic, will be hanged at 9 o clock tonight in Moundsville after Governor uncommuted his death sentence. He was convicted of killing Shamblin of Kanawha County during transport to the penitentiary. Ralph Harper died in the same incident as bullets from a car posse. The Supreme Court denied appeal and parents from Charleston urged clemency.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
Navy
Leo Frazier
Oy Shamblin
Kanewha
Ralph Harper
Ump
Fraser
Sureme Court
C. A. *Razier
Charleston
Overnor
Market Steady at Opening As Trading Begins
From Wall Street New York November 24 stocks opened steady and fairly active. Union Pacific rose over a point while Pennsylvania Sears Roebuck and Columbia Gas gained fractions toward a point. U S Steel U S Industrial Alcohol New York Central and American Telephone edged lower.
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Ito
Wall Street
N. Y
Union Acific
Pennsylvania
Scars Oebuck
Columbia Gas
U. S. Steel
U. S. Industrial Alohol
New York Central Andmerican Telephone
Judge Sentences Two For Liquor Violation
Federal Judge E Baker sentenced three men in Elkins for liquor law violations. Clarence Staubs of Harpers Ferry received four months in Jefferson County jail for manufacture. John Worden of Weston was fined ten dollars for possession and James M Meuiain of Weston faced a similar charge.
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Associated Press
Elkins
E. Baker
Clarence Staubs
Harpers Y
Jeffersonounty
John Wordan
Weston
James M. Meuiain
Recovery Program Called Seventh Wonder of World
Atlanta Nov. 24 Hugh S. Johnson on an NRA rally hailed the Roosevelt recovery program as a seventh wonder of the world and attacked opponents as leaders of the old road to ruin. He said the experiment has produced 25 percent of expected results and predicted a new upturn as business nears another surge. Johnson spoke at the Atlanta City auditorium and CBS carried the address nationwide, urging faster nationwide code enforcement and highlighting gains across sectors.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Hugh S. Johnson
NRA
Johnson
Southeast
Columbia Broadcasting System
Dunana Bradstreet
Death takes Helen woman Julia Nemth at 69
Mrs. Julia Nemth aged 69 who came to the United States from Austria Hungary in 1907 died at her home in Helen yesterday afternoon after a year long illness. Survived by husband John and three daughters Mrs Julia Nizoa Mrs Katherine Crawford of Helen and Mrs Susan Kovoch of Tams as well as several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm from the Crawford residence in Helen conducted by Reverend Levi Bogar of Pocahontas Va with burial in a local cemetery.
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Julia Nemth
United States
Austria Hungary
Helen
Foster Undertaking, Inc
Mabscott
John Nemth
Julia Nizoa
Katherine Crawford
Susan Kovoch
Tams
Crawford
Levi Bogar
Pocahontas
Rum Runner Executed In Oklahoma Prison
McAlister Okla Nov 24 A young rum runner died in the electric chair today ending Oklahoma's prosecution for the wanton murder of two sisters. Earl Quinn, insisting to the last he was framed, was executed in the death chamber saying you loved them girls you let your desire for revenge overshadow your sense of justice.
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Associated Press
McAlister
Okla
Oklahoma
Earl Quinn
Quinn
New Plan of Districting Is Offered
Charleston November 24 The redistricting problem long unresolved in West Virginia reappears in bills for congressional and state legislative apportionment. Senator Johnson and Delegate Smith push plans to redraw districts, with Johnson proposing six new congressional districts and Senate and House reforms.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Congress
State Senate
House of Delegates
Senate
Johnson
D-Kanawha
House
Smith
D-Wirt
Two confess to Sand Lick robbery in Georgia
State police said Drury MecMillion and B Allen confessed to the robbery of Luther Jones and his father Dan Jones at Sand Lick last Saturday. They, along with Tracy Westmoreland and Robert Cooper, were arrested and jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing. The quartet allegedly bound Luther Jones, then robbed Dan Jones in bed. about 80 dollars was taken. Westmoreland reportedly served two years in Atlanta federal penitentiary for interstate truck robbery.
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Luther Jones
Dan Jones
Sand Lick
Drury MecMillion
B. Allen
H. H. Gribble
L. A. Green
Tracy Westmoreland
Robert Cooper
Metalton
Scalise
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Famous Ohio boat goes to auction on river
The Queen City sternwheel steamer, one of the four remaining in regular passenger service on the Ohio from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, is auctioned today. The craft nearly sank yesterday after pipes froze. the Liberty helped by pumping out water and keeping the vessel afloat.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Cincinnati
U. S. Marshall
Liberty
Earle Wynekoop Confesses Murdering His Wife
Rheta Earle Wynekoop confesses to the murder of his wife in Beckley. The case centers on a high profile confession and details of the crime emerge as investigators outline the evidence and motive. The report connects the event to local households and ongoing legal proceedings.
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Earle Wynekoop
Rheta
Funeral services for Mrs Jenkins of Logan
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Jenkins of Logan were held yesterday in the Salvation Army hall on Prince Street by Captain K E Moss and Rev Levi O'Dell. She was a former Salvation Army soldier. Burial was in Bailey Cemetery by Wyatt Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held Sunday at 7 30 PM.
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Frank Jenkins
Logan
Salvation Army
Prince Street
K. E. Moss
Levi O'Dell
Mt. Hope
Jenkins
Bailey Cemetery
Wyatt Funeral Home
Domestic Gold Price Higher Than In Europe
Washington November 24 The fixed price of newly mined domestic gold stood 83 3.76 an ounce a level substantially higher than world quotations for the first time in more than a week as the administration clung to its monetary program London price was 33 48 dollars computed at the opening sterling quotation of 5 31 to the pound
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Associated Press
Washington
London
Crime Details Not Revealed In Wynekoop Case
Chicago police announced that Earle Wynekoop confessed to the killing of his wife Rheta Wynekoop. Details of the crime were not disclosed, and investigators moved to bring his mother in for questioning, with only the captain stating Earle has confessed.
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Earle J. Wynekoop
Kansas City
Chicago
Catherine Wynekoop
Associated Press
Thomas Duffy
Earle Wynekoop
Rheta Wynekoop
Earle
New Cuban Ambassador Named in Surprise Move
President Roosevelt announced sudden diplomatic shifts involving Cuba. Sumner Welles will return to the United States as assistant secretary of state, with Jefferson Caffrey headed to Havana. The talks center on stability and a possible future recognition of the Cuban provisional government led by Gray San Martin.
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Havana
Ashworth resumes practice at Beckley firm
David D. Ashworth returns to the Beckley law firm McGinnis Ashworth and Mann after serving as United States attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia in Charleston. He says he is happy to be home again and credits Beckley friends for support during his appointment and subsequent replacement by George J. Neal.
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David D. Ashwoth
McGinnis, Ashworth
Mann
Charleston
United States
West Virginia
Beckley
George J. Neal
Hartington Democrat
Roosevelt
Aero expert to visit Beckley for airport plans
An aeronautics development expert from the U S Department of Commerce will visit Beckley next Monday to consult with local officials on the Beckley Mount Hope municipal airport at Skelton. K S Boutelle of the Aeronautics Branch will arrive mid morning and spend the day. Preliminary surveys by J E Laren are under way to estimate material and labor needs to advance development and enable a Civil Works Administration construction request. The Beckley Mount Hope airport joint committee will meet Boutelle to obtain recommendations for modern airport development.
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Department of Commerce
Washington
Beckley
Beckley-Mount Hope
Skelton
Kk. S. Boutelle
Aeronautics
Federal Department of Commerce
Joe L. Smith
J. E. Laren
State Civil Works Administration
Beckley and Mount Hope
McClure Guilty With 70 Co-Defendants Convicted
Philadelphia reports State Senator John J. McClure and 70 co defendants were convicted on federal charges of conspiring to violate the national prohibition law. Prosecutors said a ward leader network in Chester and nearby communities organized protection for bootleggers, still operators, speakeasies, and rum row smugglers.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
John J. McClure
Delaware County
Chester
Atlantic Coast
Contract Awarded for Officers Mess at Bolling Field
Washington Nov. 24 The War Department awarded a 53890 contract for an officers mess at Bolling Field in the District of Columbia to the Minter Homes Corp of Huntington West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Bollingfield District of Columbia
Minter Homes Corp
Huntington, W.a
Tot Takes Pills Three Year Old Patient in Raleigh General
Billy Rock a Terry, North Carolina, three year old, ingested pills from a medicine cabinet yesterday morning. He remains unconscious at Raleigh General Hospital with doctors hopeful but cautious after seven hours elapsed before admission and stomach pumping deemed useless.
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Billy
B. J. Rock
Terry
Raleigh General Hospi
Legislature Recesses To December 6
Charleston reports the legislature recessed today until December 6, leaving a 10 member special committee to draft a new tax structure for collecting 25 million dollars in property taxes. The special panel will also refine the road fund act and address liquor and tax questions while continuing inquiries by the utility committee.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Supreme Court
Senate
Hodges
Monongalia
Marsh
Ohio
House
Henderson
Doddridge
Paul
Brooke
Jones
Boone
Neale
Wood
Norton
Cabell
Lafon
Monroe
Lubliner
Mercer
Holt
Lewis
Rariden
Mason
Matthews
Sneaker Hiner
New Liquor Code Proposal Seeks Federal Regulation
The administration submitted a substitute distilling code to organize distillers and argued repeal would leave 15 million gallons of matured whiskey and spirits available. Testimony at a hotel hearing projected first year liquor consumption at 105 million gallons with a federal tax of 1.1 dollars per gallon and an 85 gallon import duty, while plant capacity totals 590 million gallons annually.
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Associated Press
America
Hodges Proposes State Monopoly on Liquor Sales
Senator Hodges of Monongalia proposes a constitutional amendment to create a state monopoly on liquor sales with a central commission and dispensaries. The plan, aimed at social control and eliminating private profits, would replace the repeal amendment and shift revenue to state profits. Federal plans tight regulation of three beverage codes to be issued by December 6.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Hodges
Monongalia
Plane Crash Injures Seven in Soochan Island Flight
Shanghai Nov 24 Countess Carlisle niece of Sir Miles Lanp son British minister to China was reported injured in an air plane crash on Soochan Island northeast of Ningto today No one was killed Lincoln Reynolds American vice consul to Soo chan was said to have been injured The plane owned by Pacific American Airways carried seven passengers and two pilots It crashed against a mountain on Soochan Island during a fog All occupants were reported hurt
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Associated Pres
Shanghai
Countess Carlisle
Miles Lanpson
China
Sooehan Island
Ningto
Lincoln Reynolds
Viola
Calif
Soochan
Pacific American Airways
Soochan Island
Two New Law Suits Entered Here Today
Two new law suits filed in the circuit clerk's office today include Beckley Hardware and Supply Company versus the County Court of Raleigh County, entered by Maxwell, Sayre and Bowers, and Beckley Building and Loan Association versus Luther Moore and Elizabeth Moore, by Brown W. Payne.
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Circuit Clerk
Beckley Hardware and Supply Company
County Court of
Raleigh County
Maxwell
Sayre and Bowers
Beckley Building and Lean Assocation
Luther Moore
Eliza Moore
Brown W. Payne
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