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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1933

Page

7

Hutchinson Elected Raleigh Bar President At Dinner

Former Senator J Q Hutchinson urged local lawyers to uphold bar ethics as he accepted the Raleigh County Bar association presidency at a Presbyterian church meeting. Officers elected were J W Maxwell first VP A D Preston second VP Clarence W Meadows secretary and W H Bardin treasurer. A turkey dinner followed with remarks by several members and attendees listed including J Q Hutchinson Grover C Trail and Senator Hutchinson. Waste oil mix recommended by North Dakota Agricultural College for mite control in poultry houses.

J. Q. Hutchinson Raleigh County Bar Association Presbyterian Church J. W. Maxwell A. D. Preston Clarence W. Meadows W. H. Bardin Ashton File Floyd Sayre W. H. File Robert Ashworth Kermit Locke G. C. Trail Clay S. Crouse Judge Preston North Dakota Agricultural College

Plan for West Virginia legislative districts outlined

The document presents Smith and Johnson bill proposals for West Virginia House and Senate districts, detailing county groupings for four house districts across six units, a senatorial lineup by district, and delegate distributions. It lists counties in each district and notes multi delegate allocations including Kanawha and Berkeley among others.

Johnson Brooke Hancock Marshall Ohio Marion Monongalia Doddridge Ritchie Pleasants Tyler Wetzel Wirt Wood Clay Jackson Mason, Putnam Boone Cabell Wayne Mingo McDowell Lincoln Logan Kanawha Raleigh Wyoming Mercer Monroe Summers Fayette Greenbrier Calhoun, Braxton, Gilmer, Nicholas Pocahontas Webster Harrison, Lewis and Upshur Barbour, Preston, Randolph, Taylor and Tucker Berkeley, Grant Hampshire Purdy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan and Pendleton House of Delegates Brooke and Marshall and Wetzel Harrison, Braxton Lewis Preston Taylor Barbour, Braxton Calhoun Gilmer Grant Hardy Jefferson Mason Mineral Morgan Nicholas Upshur Berkeley Randolph Marida Harrison

Recovery Program Continues Through Page One

The passage portrays a crowd of 125,000,000 united in purpose and sacrifice under inspiring leadership. It contrasts faint dissenters with loud warnings against the march toward a new and better day, exiting four years of despair into dawning confidence and hope.

Federal alcohol control ad ministration pact hearings opened

President Roosevelt faces rush to sign the measure creating a federal alcohol control administration to supervise distillers brewers and importers and to enforce the new codes. Hearings opened on a pact for distillers with brewers and importers hearings set for subsequent days. Local farmer J E Resner of Lodi California found a carrot in his field encircled by a gold ring through which the carrot grew.

Roosevelt Federal Alcohol Control Administration Treasury and Agriculture Departments Federal Control Administration J. E. Resner Lodi Calif

More Roads Planned in County Projects

The county will push 24 road projects employing about 1 050 men after required clerical work. Each project may spend up to 85 000 with 15 percent allowed for equipment and explosives. Welfare and Civil Works offices rushed to process applicants as lines formed outside offices.

George A. Watkins Memorial Building Elkins Street Allen Building

Yugoslavia Tests Motor Trains To Cut Schedules

In Ljubljana on November 24, Austrian built motorized trains were tested by the Yugoslav state railways administration and shown they could cut schedules by two thirds. A 15 mile run that steam trains needed 95 minutes took 28 minutes with the motorized train.

Associated Press Ljubljana Yugoslavia Yugoslav State Railways Administration

Peery Seeks Eight-Month School Term for Virginia

Governor-elect George C. Peery urged Virginia to maintain an eight months minimum school term regardless of other issues. He avoided a concrete plan but stressed the need to prevent dropping below the eight month level while examining state revenue matters.

Richmond Virginia

Union miners vote for United Mine Workers in Connellsville area

In Uniontown Pennsylvania on November 24 the United Mine Workers of America won nine of fifteen captive pits in the Connellsville coke district. The union ticket dominated four additional mines on Thursday, with one mine still to report. The election aims to select representatives for bargaining with steel company owners. Leaders say the other ticket, tied to a "company union," faced strong opposition. Delegates will negotiate a permanent working pact, and union recognition may be referred to the national labor board in Washington. Twelve mines in the vote are owned by the H C Frek Coke Company, a U S Steel subsidiary.

Associated Press Uniontown United Mine Workers of America Connellsville National Labor Board Committee National and John L. Lewis Miners’ Independent Brotherhood Lewis National Labor Board Washington H. C. Frek Coke Company U. S.steel

Senate hears of Fox loss

William Fox testified before senate investigators that as chairman of the Fox film empire he sought financial help from Albert Wiggin, Chase National Bank chairman, and learned Clarence Dillon and Wiggin discussed the Fox company. Dillon, head of Dillon Read, was named a Chase director. Wiggin had just become bank chair again.

Associated Press Washington William Fox Senate Claudius Huston Republican National Committee Albert Wiggin Chase National Bank Fox Clarence Dillon Albert H. Wiggin Fox Company Dillon Dillon, Read and Company Ghase National Bank Wiggin

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