Divorce Granted in Circuit Court Case
W A Miller and Ocie Marie Miller were granted a divorce today and he was ordered to pay her $100 by Circuit Court Judge C M Ward. In the Lilly Ice and Bottling Works versus R C Heath debt suit Oppie L Hedrick presented certified checks totaling 1900 for Heaths two tracts in Slab Fork district. One tract is about 29 acres and the other three fourths acre. At a public sale L L Scherer was highest bidder at 1650, which he paid. Judge Ward ordered Hedricks bid filed but took no action on accepting either purchase. Hedrick offered 1800 for the land September 1 and then raised it by 100.
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W. A. Miller
Ocie Marie Miller
Circuit Court
C. M. Ward
Lilly Ice and Bottling Works
R. C. Heath
Oppie L. Hedrick
Heath
Slab Fork
L. L. Scherer
Ward
Hedrick
Frenches Buy Watkins Land On William Street
Robert M. French Jr. and wife bought a lot on William street from George A. Watkins and wife and filed the deed with the county clerk today. The Watkinses sold Frank Rodriguez and wife of Firees for 2475 dollars two lots of Section two of the Stanbury Calowry Scott and Shuruite Scott additions, with an agreement to construct a house on the property.
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Robert M. French Jr
William Street
George A. Watkins
Watkinses
Frank Rodriguez
Firees
Stanbury
Rodriguez
Church approves Roosevelt move at Holston conference
The Holston conference Methodists at BLUEFIELD W Va endorsed President Roosevelt's call for international action to restore world peace during their 114th annual southern church meeting. Delegates sent a telegram pledging support to mobilize world opinion against aggressor nations in Europe and Asia.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Roosevelt
Methodists of the
Holston
Southern Church
Europe
Asia
Reading courses streamlined with comic strip heroes in class
In Laramie Wyoming Superintendent A A Slade says Mickey Mouse and other comic strip characters will be used as supplementary reading material to spark children's reading interest. He notes children know these figures as movie stars and comic personalities and learn to read faster when familiar topics appear in text.
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Associated Press
Laramie
Wyo
Mickey Mouse
A. A. Slade
America
Slade
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
Benjamin Bull
Londoners visit the gentle men's hairdressers
London residents frequent a so called gentle men's hairdressers with no barber shop in sight. A report notes evolving barber traditions and social norms in urban grooming spaces.
Forty Remain in Strike in Mine at Coaldale
Forty miners stay in a sit down strike for a fourth day at Coaldale colliery in Lansford Pennsylvania as illness thins ranks. Three quit due to cold and exhaustion. Peter Suda was carried out on a stretcher with heavy cold. Danchik says they will stay until they die amid fumes, damp beds, and improvised heat lit by coal stoves.
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Associated Press
Lansford
Coaldale
Dank
Peter Suda
Harry Danchak
Danchik
Garr Brothers Free on Bond
Shelbyville Ky Roy and Jack Garr were released on twenty thousand dollars bond each to await trial October eighteenth on charges of murdering Brig Gen Henry D Denhardat Their brother Dr E S Garr had his twenty thousand dollar bond forfeited after he failed to appear Defense said he was in a bad mental state under the influence of opiates and not fit to stand trial Judge Charles C Marshall ruled the bond forfeiture stands even after two hours of examination notes say the three brothers testified they shot the general on the eve of his second trial for their sister Verna Garr Taylor
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Associated Press
Shelbyville
Commonwealth
Roy
Jack Garr
Henry D. Denhardat
E. S. Garr
H. B. Blaydes
la Grange
Garr
Charles C. Marshall
Verna Garr Taylor
Kentucky
Identical Bidding Spurs New Antitrust Law
Washington officials predict Congress will debate broad Sherman act revisions in the next session after Attorney General Cummings urged a thorough rewrite. He cited a surge of identical bidding cases as evidence the law needs modernization.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Cummings
Beclky Church to Laud Benefactor W E Griffiths
The Methodist Episcopal church of Beckley will honor three benefactors in a Sunday morning service led by Rev. Ross Culpepper. One honoree is the late W E Griffiths, a Beckley coal man who helped finish the church apartments in 1933 34. A bronze plaque will be unveiled by Marco Cipolate with stone work donated by Beckley Machine and Electric Co. Griffiths helped recruit Coach Jerome Van Meter to Beckley, and though not a church member he was “standing by” in its needs.
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The
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Beckley
Ross Culpepper
W. E. Griffiths
Griffiths
Culpepper
Marco Cipolate
Felix Cipolate
Beckley Machine and Electric Company
West Virginia
Skelton
Mt. Hope
Mabscott
New River Company
Town District Board of Education
Jerome van Meter
Woodrow Wilson High School
van Meter
Church
Millions Dropped By Works Progress
The Works Progress Administration announced post Roosevelt remarks that over 1,000,000 people were removed from relief projects in the past year. State figures show West Virginia dropping from 42,579 to 26,869. other state totals follow in the week ending September 28, 1936 and September 18, 1937.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
West Virginia
Arm broken in fall from tree in Concho
Theodore Logan, seven, fractured his left arm when he fell from a tree while playing near his home in Concho. He received prompt medical treatment and is listed in stable condition.
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Concho—Theodore Logan
Cook Dies After Stove Explosion at Roosevelt Visit
In Grand Coulee Washington Burns fatally hurt while preparing chickens for thousands during President Roosevelt's visit. Sidney John Martin, 31, died from injuries suffered Friday when an alcohol stove exploded. This marked the second fatality from the incident.
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Associated Press
Grand Coulee Dam
Wash
Burns
Roosevelt
Sidney John Martin
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