Democrats Seek New Roosevelt Hoover Clash In 1936
Democratic spokesmen led by James Farley and Pennsylvania’s Burton K. Wheeler back a Roosevelt Hoover contest in the presidential race. They framed Hoover as the main GOP opponent to the New Deal while Borah signals possible opposition within his party. Borah warns against federal anti lynching legislation and may push for unpledged delegates or favorite sons ahead of the June convention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt-Hoover
Farley
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Horah
Henry M Word Taken By Death
Henry M Word 53 mine foreman for Lillybrook Coal died after illness in a local hospital. native of Enonville Virginia he lived 30 years in Raleigh county and was active with Winding Gulf Colliery and Lillybrook. Funeral at Beckley Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving widow and three children. many siblings. Active pallbearers named from Masonic lodge.
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Henry M. Word
Lillybrook Coal Company
Enonville
Raleigh County
Winding Gulf Colliery Company
Lillybrook Mining
Beckley Baptist Church
J. M. Hayes
Sunset Memorial Park
Foster
L. W. Thorne
Beckley Lodge 95
A. F
A. B
Ward
Buckingham
Blue Lodge
The
Baptist Church
Mamie Lee Word
Lillian
Henry Worder
David Ward
John
Ben
Marshall Word
James W. Ward
George Ward
Beckley
F. D. Gillespie
Y. G. Nichols
Moretown
WN. J
S. G. Nichols
J. M. Carter
Farmville
Massaic
C. H. Maynor
James Green
W. H. Bryant
George Blair
Henry O. Hale
Taie Price
Boy Held For Theft Of Mother's Ring
Uniontown Pennsylvania reports fifteen year old Steve Foguan charged with stealing his mother's wedding ring and other jewelry from a trunk and selling it for 1.68 dollars. State Trooper De Witt said the youth admitted involvement. Foghan and accomplice Nick Vokovich were jailed.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
Steve Foguan
Charles M. Dewitt
Foghan
Nick Vokovich
Antonio ferries sick woman to sister's Raleigh home
Mrs. Leonard Mullis, 40, was flown by Sam Antonio from Raleigh county to Indianapolis, then back toward Beckley. Facing weather and low visibility, the aircraft landed near Montgomery and the invalid was returned by ambulance to Beckley. She stayed with her sister Mrs. Jack Weaver on South Kanawha Street and planned to reach her parents in Blue Jay.
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Leonard Mullis
Raleigh County
Sam Antonio
Indianapolis
Beckley
Antonio
Montgomery
Jack Weaver
Mullis
West Virginia
Fayetteville
Foster Undertaking Establishment
Kanawha Street
Weaver
Tim Hart
Blue Jay
Rainelle World War Vet Harry Snooks Dies at 34
Harry Snooks aged 34, a World War II veteran from East Rainelle, died Friday after a lengthy illness at Hinton hospital. Funeral at Rainelle Baptist Church 1 p.m. with Rev. B. F. Caudell. burial at End of the Trail cemetery. Survived by widow Emma Miller and seven sisters. Employed by Meadow River Leather Co.. served overseas in World War II.
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Rainelle Baptist Church
B. F. Caudell
Harry Snooks
East Rainelle
Hinton Hospital
Trail
Wallace and Wallace Undertakers
Emma Miller
J. Brays
Bergoo
Frederick Patterson
Wheeling
C. C. Spitzer
Rainelle
H. B. Bays
Akron
Cecil Ervin
Fairmont
H. B. Painter
Arthur Miller
Morgantown
Meadow River Ieamber Company
Snooks
United States
Promised On Vets Board Rulings to Be Reexamined
Representative Andrew Edmiston said the Veterans Administration would send a rep to Huntington West Virginia on Monday to investigate ratings board rulings at the veterans hospital there. He protested strongly that the board misunderstood the law and that some rulings deprived veterans of service connected compensation. Brig Gen Frank T Hines promised a thorough check.
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Associated Press
Washington
Andrew Edmiston
Veterans Administration
Huntington
W. Va
Veterans Hospital
Edmiston
Frank T. Hines
Hines
Membership of Coal Board Completed at Black Knight meeting
About 60 operators gathered at the Black Knight Country Club as seven new code members were added to the coal board. E C Page J A Hunt G H Nowlin Holley Stover R H Morris and H C Faust were elected with three by tonnage and three by membership vote. S S Nichols replaced 5 S A Scott who resigned.
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Black Knight Country Club
Black Knight
E. C. Page
Crozier Coal and Coke Company
Philadelphia
J. A. Hunt
Lillybrook Coal Company
G. H. Nowlin
Premier Coal
S S. Nichols
White Oak Coal Company
New York City
O. M. Deverle
Flat Top Fuel Company
Bluefield
W. A Richards
Loverign Pocahontas Company
H. D. Everett
The
Smokeless Fuel Company
Charleston
J. L. Steinbugler
William C. Atwater Company
P. M. Snyder
Koppers Coal and Transportation Company
Mt. Hope
William G. Caperton
New River Coal Company
W. P.tams
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
R. E. Brockman
Atlantic Smokeless Coal Company
Asco
W. Va
J. Wade Bell
Imperial Smokeless Coal Company
Quinwood W. Va
Blizzard
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Steinbugler
W. A. Richards
Davis Services This Afternoon for William E. Davis
Funeral services for William E. Davis 62 retired mine foreman held at Fayetteville M E Church South at 2 pm conducted by Rev F E Perry. Burial n Highlawn Memorial Park. Davis born July 24 1873 in Virginia survived by wife and numerous children and half siblings across several states.
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Fayetteville M. E
William E. Davis
F. E. Perry
Thomas
Highlawn
Memorial
Davis
Virginia
WV. E. Davis
Montgomery
Lloyd Davis
Gauley Pridge
J. H. Davis
Camelton
T. E. Davis
H. B. Davis
Fayetteville
Gladys Baldwin
Pamplin
H. B. Wilson
J. W. Bradley
Charleston
C. C. Taylor
Ronceverte
G. E. Taylor
Camden
Flying School Planned for Beckley Students
Frank Johnson of Huntington said he would start a flying school in Beckley within ten days. He expected assistance from Woodrow Sydnor and Raymond Bowles. A club room would be rented and regular ground courses taught at the site.
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Frank Johnson
Huntington
Beckley
Johnson
Woodrow Sydnor
Raymond Bowles
Four Motor Crashes Disrupt County Highways Weekend
Four highway accidents Friday and Saturday caused minor injuries to two Beckley students and extensive vehicle damage. Mrs Daisy Edramson and Miss Nelson Hypes of Mullens suffered bruises and lacerations after their Plymouth rear ended a Ford truck driven by Tommie N Beenere of Starkey Virginia on Mabscott Hill. State police reported a tractor trailer overturned near G Street and the Raleigh road with no injuries to driver Hugh Hardee of Clay North Carolina. A Friday night collision on North Kanawha street involved Glenn Russell of Charleston and C W Cook of Winding Gulf with slight damage. A Packard sedan bearing West Virginia plates 19 927, belonging to Mrs Claude Jarrett of Besoco, was towed to Beckley with heavy front damage. cause undetermined.
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Daisy Edramson
Nelson Hypes
Mullens
Plymouth
Tommie N. Beenere
Starkey
Virginia
Mabscott Hill
B. F. McLaughlin
Beckley College
Beckley Hospital
Hugh Hardee
Clay
North Carolina
G Street
Raleigh
Hardee
Wade Toller
Raleigh, N. C
Glenn Russell
Charleston
C. W. Cook
Winding Gulf
North
Kanawha Street
West Virginia
Beckley
iMfrs
Claude Jarrett
Besoco
Man Killed By Hit Run Car On Way To Work
Bob Carr 33, a Buckeye Coal Co employee from Stevenson, was struck as he walked toward his boarding place in Corinne Mullens last night around 11. Clyde Harmon, who was with Carr, said the car was a small coupe and sped away, dragging Carr’s body over 100 feet. Carr’s neck was broken and his body was sent to Robertson and Foglesong in Mullens for burial preparations. Foglesong noted he does not know if Carr had immediate relatives in the area. Carr was from near Widemouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinne
Mullens
Bob Carr
Buckeye Coal Company
Stevenson
Clyde Harmon
Carr
Robertson and Foglesong Undertaking Establishment
H. E. Foglesong
Widemouth
Becl ley Ministers Plan Thanksgiving Union Service
The Beck ley Ministerial association arranged a union Thanksgiving service with Rev. Ross Culpepper as preacher. The service is at the Methodist Temple on South Kanawha Street, starting 10:00 a m for one hour. Offerings go to Associated Charities. public invitation extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Ministerial Association
Ross Culpepper
Methodist Temple
South Kanawha Street
Associated Charities
Guffey Coal Act Faces New Constitutional Challenge
The Pulaski Iron Co, Pocahontas Corp, and Pocahontas Fuel Corp filed suit in U S district court challenging the Guffey coal act as unconstitutional in seven points. They seek to block tax collection while Judge John Paul in Lynchburg set December 9 to show cause why restraints should not issue.
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Associated Presa
Roanoke
United States District Court
Pulaski Iron Company
Pocahontas Corporation
Pocahontas Fuel Corporation
John Paul
Western District
Virginia
Lynchburg
Lewis resigns as AFL vice president in industrial union push
John L. Lewis resigns from the American Federation of Labor executive council to wage industrial unionism from outside. He aims to organize mass production workers by industry, not by craft, centering on steel and related sectors. The move follows growing tensions since the 1932 Cincinnati convention and a scuffle with William Hutcheon at Atlantic City.
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Associated Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
Lewis
Lewis’ Longght
Federation
Cincinnati
Atlantic City
N. J
William Hutcheson
Carpenters
China Clipper Lands in Hawaii To Deliver Pacific Mail
The silver winged China clipper arrives at Pearl Harbor with two tons of letters completing America’s first Pacific air mail leg from Alameda California to Manila. The ship faced head winds and veered southward before docking at 10:19 a m local time as army and navy planes greeted its arrival.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
America
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Alamedan
Calif
Manila
Mauna Loa Volcano
Here
Diamond Head
Royal Hawaiian I Band
BB. C. Musick
Ocean Air
Dunbar Council Approves Appointed City Chiefs
Dunbar West Virginia on November 23 Mayor Mellon M Maloney won council approval for his 13th set of appointees for chief of police B R Jividen fire chief L A Higginbotham and assistant fire chief Lewis Montgomery The move followed a judge's order to seek a compromise as impeachment actions against five Republican council members were resolved Maloney a Democrat indicated impeachment proceedings would be dropped
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Associated Press
Dunbar
W. Va
Mellon M. Maloney
Arthur P. Hudson
Maloney
B. R. Jividen
L. A. Higginbotham
Lewis Montgomery
Jones Injured Endangers Bluefield In Thanksgiving Game
Bluefield college football ace Jake Jones suffered concussions from a game with VPI freshmen last week. He may not play in the upcoming Thanksgiving day clash as doctors evaluate the injury.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Jake Jones
VPI
Cold Spell Limits Arrests in Quer County
Old Jack Frost kept the county’s criminal element on edge as jail registers show only 15 arrests from Friday midnight to Saturday midnight. County officers jailed eight drunks and a petty thief, while city police jailed six drunks.
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Jack Frost
Tourists Flock to See Mauna Loa Lava Eruption
Red lava from Mauna Loa threatened Hilo but diverted away from the city as thousands of visitors arrived by airplane and ship. The eruption, beginning Thursday after an earthquake and tidal wave, sent fiery rock down the slopes at 10 to 15 miles per hour and drew crowds from Honolulu and beyond.
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Associated Press
Hilo
Hawaii
Mauna Loa
Honolulu
Hawaii Island
Ginestra Warns Of Bank Notes Redemption Deadline
Steve Ginestra representing the Royal Italian Consulate of Baltimore warns that Tuesday November 26 is the final date to redeem or credit Italian bank notes of 1000 and 500 Hire. surrendered notes will go to accounts usable for investments in Italian real estate or merchandise and services. After November 26 those not surrendered lose value when appearing in Italy. Former Italian residents should consult Mr. Ginestra before the date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Ginestra
Baltimore
West Virginia
Italy
Ginestra
Haley Service Planned At Mt Tabor Church For John Haley
A funeral service for John J Haley 78 is set this afternoon at Mt Tabor Church at 2 oclock conducted by Rev O Sturgill. He died Friday evening at 6 30 at his son W Hi Halseys home in Eccles after lingering illness. Caffee undertakers to direct burial in Mt Tabor cemetery. Surviving sons and daughters include Res Haley Eccles Kyte Haley Fred Haley Lester Mrs Anna Peters Harper Mrs C A ALT Denver and Mrs Alfred McMillian Lester. He was a Virginia native who lived 35 years in the state.
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Mt. Tabor
O. €. Sturgill
John J. Haley
W Hi. Halsey
Eecles
Anna Peters
Harper
C.A. Alt
Denver
Alfred McMillian
Lester
Virginia
Election Delay Forces Unusual Council Seat Appointment
Elkins voters face a delayed election as no candidates filed for the council seat. The acting body names EL Keplinger as the temporary member following the vacancy caused by the death of Wo.
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Py Thor
Elkins
Wo EL Keplinger
Oil embargo could trigger war warns Paris and Rome
Paris reports Mussolini warned Laval an oil embargo would mean war as a League committee weighs extending sanctions. Britain and France wary while Ethiopia reports Italian gains in Ogaden and Ethiopian forces repelled at the Takkaze river. Italy claims three sevenths of Ethiopia.
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Associated Press
Italy
League
Europe
Paris
Mussolini
France
L'Oentre
Laval
Vittorio Cerruti
Britain
Africa
Ickes
Ethiopia
Ti-Ducc
Rome
Ogaden
Asmara
Takkaze
Hunt resumes for Australian aviator Kingsford-Smith
In Singapore the search for Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his co pilot Tom Pethybridge intensified after reports of footprints on Layer Island near Siam and flares spotted by Captain Hussey during a plane overflight. The Matang was ordered to send landing parties to assist in the coastal island search.
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Associated Press
Singapore
Straits Settlements
Tte
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Layer Island
Siam
Straits Steamship Company
Matang
Hussey
Kingsford-Smith
Tom Pethybridge
England
Australia
Bay of Pengaol
Sayer Island
Weather Outlook for Atlantic Coast to New England
Fair conditions with rising temperatures Sunday into Monday. Increasing cloudiness and calmer weather expected inland, but snow possible Sunday near the middle Atlantic coast. Cold in the central and northern Atlantic states with slow warming east to the Appalachians by Monday. Storm warnings continue along the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Eastport, Maine.
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Jena tePeeAn
Atlantic Coast
Pass
New England
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
Appalachian
Cape Hatteras
Eastport
Maine
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Roosevelt
Hoover Head
Henry M
Lillybrook
City
Vets’ Board
Coal Board
Country Club
Nuring Meeting
A. Scott
Lanchow
China
Uffey Coal Act
WN. B. Early
Internal Revenue
Joseph H. Chitwood
Samuel R. Brame
John White Stuart
First Air Mail
Hawaiian Islands
Dunbar Council
Jones
Quer County
Haley
Eccles
Mt. Tabor Church
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