Tenth Meet 10 Hear Talks by Good Speakers
White Sulphur Springs hotel men from across the state gather for the tenth annual meeting of the West Virginia Hotels association at the Greenbrier. Loren R. Johnston will address the first general session, with speakers including General J Leslie Kincaid and other hotel officials. The banquet and dance close the event Saturday night in the Terrace dining room.
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Greenbrier
West Virginia Hotels Association
Loren R. Johnston
J. Leslie Kincaid
The
American Hotels Corporation
F. M. Thudson
Horwath and Horwath Hotel Accountants
New York
John B. Meek
Huntington
A. H. Andrews
West Va
State Chamber of Commerce
Trent D. Sickles
Hotel Southern Company
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur F. Landstreet
John MacFarlane Howie
Terrace
Vandalism Destroys Highway Signs Instead of Weather
The West Virginia road commission chief engineer Mortimer W. Smith says signs rarely fail from weather, with vandalism driving most replacements. He notes about five years is typical for undisturbed signs and details the 44,631 signs statewide in regulatory, warning and guide categories. The commission manufactures all signs at its Nitro plant near Charleston.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Road Commission
Mortimer W. Smith
Smith
The
West Virginia
Nitro
Treasury Reveals Foreign Cash Inflow Data
The Treasury today disclosed a 2.281 billion dollar net inflow of foreign funds between January 1, 1935, and September 30. Influx mainly from England, Switzerland, France, and The Netherlands. foreign holdings in the United States around 700 million dollars, the highest on record. The 127 page report accompanies ongoing study of foreign funds ordered by President Roosevelt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury Today
England
Switzerland
France
Netherlands
Treasury
Wanamaker Kin Shot to Death on Farm North of Doylestown
Warburton Warburton Jr., grandson of John Wanamaker, was killed in a Thanksgiving Day shotgun accident on his Doylestown area farm. He stumbled over a fence, the shotgun blast struck him in the abdomen, he walked to his house, asked his wife to take him to a hospital, and died about 90 minutes after admission. The 94 acre property housed his scientific livestock experiments, including unusually large pigs.
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Associated Press
Doylestown
Barclay HH. Warburton Jr
John Wanamaker
Warburton
Evelyn Hall Pierce
federal agents seize 54 stills in South Carolina
Federal agents in South Carolina seized 54 illicit stills during October and experts say butter quality depends on flavor and texture as well as taste.
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South Carolina
Death Held Accidental Hollywood Actor Ian Keith
Police ruled the 38 year old actor accidently cut his wrist in the Keith home bath room while shaving and breaking an ammonia bottle. Dr. Herbert Huntington reported Keith improving and wife Hildebrade Pabst Keith gave conflicting accounts about the cause and timing of the injury. A film director present corroborated a broken bottle version. A separate note mentions North Carolina bird species totals.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Ian Keith
Keith
Herbert Huntington
Hildebrade Pabst
Cochran Rites Saturday Plan Uniontown Funeral Service for M M Cochran
Funeral services for M M Cochran 82 a longtime independent coal and coke operator in western Pennsylvania will be held Saturday in Uniontown. He died Wednesday and was a Fayette County Bar member for 59 years. He succeeded President James A. in the local agreement.
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Associated Press
Uniontown
M. M. Cochran
Pennsylvania
Fayette County
James A
Garfield Endowed Bethany College with Major Gifts
Garfield served as a trustee at Bethany College in Bethany West Virginia where friends note he contributed over 2 million dollars in endowment buildings and outright gifts. He also funded Uniontown church Disciples of Christ and aided many young people unable to finance their education.
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Garfield
Bethany College
Bethany
W. Va
Uniontown Church
Disciples of Christ
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