Trans-Ocean Flier Rescued Off Irish Coast
Kurt Bjorkvall was rescued near Valentia Ireland after his non stop New York to Stockholm flight ended with a forced down at sea. His mother Maud Dickson and 16 year old fiancée hopeful Miss Dickson celebrated at the Irish airfield as Swedish officials confirmed the safe return.
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Associated Press
Valentia
Stockholm
Sweden
Kurt Bjorkvall
Ireland
New York
Maud Dickson
Lone Eagle
Albert Forslund
Hanna Bjorkvall
Bjorkvall
Eva von Blixen-Finecke
Kurt
Miss Dickson
Inger Dickson
Eva von Blixen-Finicke
Absentee Vote Deadline Set for October 24
Circuit Clerk Van Hunter set October 24 as the deadline for absentee ballot applications. Voters away from home on November 3 may secure ballots by mail, with procedures requiring the affidavit, marking in front of a designated officer, and mailing or delivery to the circuit clerk.
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van Hunter
Hunter
Final Check On Restaurants
Dr FE H Hédrick city health officer said a final check up on Beckleys eating establishments would be made in two weeks and approval cards distributed the business houses must be
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FE. H. Hédrick
Beckley
Health card inspections enforce exams for food workers
Dr Hedrick and J E Erwin will lead an inspection tour while Patrolman L D Maynor checked restaurants on New Raleigh road East Park and East Beckley finding a dozen employees working without health cards. He ordered immediate physical examinations.
Rattlesnakes bar door of school house
District No 17 at Ruleton Kansas pupils fled as seven rattlesnakes entered the entry. They grabbed books and threw them at the snakes, killing four and allowing three to escape.
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Associated Press
Ruleton
Kas
Itchy Skin Problem Sold at Watkins’ Store
Proprietors advertise Gates Sanative Lotion for $0.60 a large bottle to cure personal itching and discomfort, promising quick relief and embarrassment removal at Beckley shops.
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Watkins
Gates
Wealthy beer baron shot at Illinois home
Joliet Illinois Lawrence Butch Crowley known for lavish prohibition era life was near death from bullets as he stepped from his 16 cylinder limousine outside his $50 000 mansion in Will County. Surgeons removed wounds to his leg and bladder and he lapsed into a coma. Police consider possible feud between slot machine gangs while Crowley denied knowledge of any motive.
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Associated Press
Joliet
Lawrence
Butch” Crowley
Ervin Boe
Crowley
Will County
Crowkey
Personal mentions from Coal City to Lillybrook in county noted
Register staff reports local items including Coal City Carson Booth returning from Forest Hill hunting trip Mrs W V Nugen visiting her daughter in Hinton Co D Cary Winding Gulf business visitor Mr and Mrs Harry Gillespie staying with Meadors awaiting Lillybrook house Maggie Bolen leaving Beckley hospital for home Erma Lilly recovering from scarlet fever Sonny Peters of Winding Gulf mentioned
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Register
Coal City
Carson Booth
Forest Hill
W. V. Nugen
A. L. Keaton
Hinton
D. Cary
Winding Gulf
Tudsay
Harry Gillespie
Clyde Meador
Lillybrook
Maggie Bolen
Beckley Hospital
Erma
Dawson Lilly
Sonny Peters
Miners' Houses in Whitby Painted
Miners in Whitby are finishing summer painting of their houses. Most dwellings have been painted. crews paint their own homes and are paid hourly by the company. Colors shift from cream with white trim to green, with Linville Backus at Coal City repainting his father J. L. Backus's house as last fall. the house was cream with green trim and this year is white.
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Register
Whitby
Coal City
Linville
J. L. Backus
Backus
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