Pinecrest Secures 49000 For New Sanitarium Buildings
Pinecrest sanitarium receives a total of 49000 in federal and state grants to build two barns and a laundry, with plans for a dairy barn a hog barn and a laundry. Dr K M Jarrell notes a new nurses home costing 82000 is under way and a Dr I M Shanholtz will use a new bungalow on site. Construction crews work around the clock on the basement and other structures.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
K. M. Jarrell
Pinecrest
Jarrell
West Virginia
de. Jarrell
Clarence Hildreth
Pazewell
Lonedon’ Construction ~ Company
Roanoke
Sanitarium
I. M. Shanholtz
University of Virginia Hospital
Dr McKenzie Heads West for Surgeons Meeting and Tour
Dr and Mrs J E McKenzie depart Beckley for about a month touring the west. They will attend the American College of Surgeons meeting in San Francisco October 28 through November 1 and visit New Orleans the Grand Canyon Arizona New Mexico Southern California and San Diego fair before returning to Beckley around November 8 by the northern route.
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J. E. McKenzie
West
American College of Surgeons
San Francisco
Beckley
New Orleans
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
California
San Diego Fair
Governor Opposed To Temporary Dormitories
Governor Kump rejected a board of control plan to build temporary wooden dormitories at Weston state hospital to house patients displaced by a fire. He suggested using other buildings and possibly renting more facilities in Weston. He also reviewed fire hazards at three Huntington institutions and will address a Baptist church class tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Board of Control
Weston State Hospital
Weston
Huntington
Industrial School
Baptist Church Bible School
Ashworth Heads American Legion, Raleigh County Post
Raleigh County Post No. 32 of the American Legion urged a $75,000 bond issue to amplify a $114,000 federal grant for renovating enlarging and modernizing the ramshackle court house. Officers elected for the coming year include Ashworth commander Harvey first vice Criswell adjutant Clay finance officer Conway historian Dunkley sergeant at arms Goldsmith service officer Sheister door keeper.
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Raleigh
American Legion
D. D. Ashworth
R. E. Harvey
Ter
Leon Criswell
T. Hunter Clay
Ben Dorsey
Francis L. Conway
Harry Dunkley
W. W. Goldsmith
Roy Sheister
Second Captor Admits Holding Up Cab Driver
Wood county officers report the second captor of Cameron Shumway, a taxicab driver, has confessed. Virgil Gulick of Flint Michigan is charged with forcing Shumway to drive armed men to Toledo Ohio on May 16, and Shumway later identified him in photos. Earlier, George W. Ross of Ammoldsburg confessed to robbing Shumway on September 3 and tying the driver to a tree for six hours.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County
Cameron Shumway
Fred Gainer
Floyd Randolph
Ardmore
Okla
Virgil Gulick
Flint
Mich
Midwest
Shumway
Gulick
Toledo
George W. Ross
Ammoldsburg
Charleston
Woman Released For Auto Theft In Arkansas Case
Mrs J M Breese of Little Rock Arkansas was released after a hearing before Magistrate Zach A Petty on charges of stealing an automobile. Her husband remained jailed awaiting tomorrow’s hearing. Troopers found them towing a car owned by M C Doumany of Victory Tobacco Beckley near Pine Grove Park with Mrs Breese driving. They said a man paid them to tow the vehicle.
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J. M. Breese
Little Rock
Arkansas
Zach A. Petty
Breese
B. F. Mc Eaughlin
W. R. Callaghan
Pine Grove Park
M.C. Doumany
The
Victory Tobacco Company
Beckley
West Virginia Receives Large Emergency Aid Totals
Washington reports West Virginia has drawn about 86 million dollars since 1932 from federal emergency programs. FERA relief since 1933 totals over 44 million, with monthly payments and state additions. CCC spending reaches 10.65 million. WPA funds awaiting presidential approval total 97 thousand.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
FERA
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
Witcher McCullough
WPA
Funeral Services For Sophia Infant Today
Funeral services will be held at the Sophia cemetery this afternoon at 2 o clock for Jo Ann Eller infant daughter of Mr and Mrs L D Eller of Sophia. The child died Friday evening in a focal hospital. Three other children survive. The Rose Funeral Home has charge of arrangements.
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Sophia Cemetery
Jo Ann Eller
L. D. Eller
Sophia
Rose Funeral Home
Beckley Community Band Plans Free Courthouse Concert
The Beckley Community Band directed by Arthur B. Cook will perform eleven numbers in uniform on the courthouse lawn this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Beckley residents and nearby towns are invited to attend this free open-air event.
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Court House
Beckley
Arthur B. Cook
Refinancing One Block of Liberty Bonds Nears Completion
Washington officials pushed toward finalizing an $8 billion refinancing of World War I liberty bonds. The operation will replace the last block of fourth liberty bonds with new securities at lower interest, with maturing issues extending into 1943 and 1946 and callable in 1940. Treasury officials defended the plan amid Republican criticism of the budget outlook.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
America
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Governor Speaks Out For Legion in Huntington
Governor H G Kump tells an American Legion post in Huntington that Americanism will be secure after the next political campaign and predicts it will be one of the most difficult campaigns. He commends the legion’s anti sedition stand and, as a legionnaire, says traitors will be crushed and there is no room for ism but Americanism. He notes he will teach a Sunday school class but is not an itinerant preacher.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
H. G. Kump
American Legion Post
Legion
Charleston
Baptist Ministers To Open Meeting In Parkersburg
Baptist ministers will open the 70th annual meeting of the West Virginia Baptist convention in Parkersburg. Dr. Joseph Rosier president of Fairmont State Teachers College will give the principal address. Auxiliary sessions start Tuesday with Dr. A S Kelly as executive secretary and speakers including Dr J H Franklin Dr W H Bowler Dr Thomas Moody and T Carlisle Crump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Parkersburg
W. Va
Baptist Ministers
Baptist Convention
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State Teachers College
A. 5. Kelly
J. H. Franklin
Chester
W. H Bowler
New York City
Thomas Moody
Africa
T. Carlisle Crump
Washington, D.C
Italians Announce Annexation of Aduwa in Ethiopia
Italian forces claim easy victories over Ethiopian resistance as Aduwa surrenders. Gen. Emilio De Bono will formally annex Aduwa, capital of Tigre province, with 15,000 Ethiopian defectors joining the Italian side. Adwa celebrated with Italian tricolors as Makale may soon follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Aduwa
Ethiopia
Emilio de Bono
Ane Nex Aduna
Tigre
Italy
Maly
Degiac Haile Selassie Gugsa
Degiac Kassa Araia
Degiac Gugsa
Makale
Halian
Adiwa
de Bono
Makatey
Deglae
Gugea
Uailan
Italy Ready for Economic Struggle Amid Sanctions
Rome reports Fascist leadership vows to meet sanctions with counter threats. Officials say Italy will endure and live with less as Mussolini’s regime sharpens its attack on foreign trade, citing three pillars of national resilience and citing measures like luxury import cuts and tobacco restrictions.
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Associated Press
Rome
League
Italy
Great Britain
Premiere Mussolini
Mussolini
Virginio Gayda
Giornale D'Italia
Kentucky Man Killed In Automobile Crash
Clyde Justice, 27, of McVeigh Kentucky, died in a head on collision that hurled him through a windshield and onto the hood of the other car driven by Rowena West of Williamson. Ike Crawford of Andrews, Kentucky, suffered a broken arm.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Clyde Justice
McVeigh
Rowena West
Ike Crawford
Andrews
League of Nations to strike at Italy's credits
Geneva October 12 The League of Nations moves to cut Italy off from loans and bank credits through a sanctions subcommittee. With 50 nations on record, the body already has arms embargoed Italy and lifted it from Ethiopia. Eden urges a broad embargo on purchases from Italy and sales of materials usable for arms. A buy nothing from Italy campaign could act immediately.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Haly
Withs
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Anthony Eden
Great Britain
Eden
Ethiopian minister removed from legation amid tensions
The Ethiopian government forces the Italian minister Luigi Vinci Gugliucci to leave the Haile Selassie regime orders and troops escort him from the legation to Ras Desta Damtou home. The minister defies, citing staying for Magalo consul arrival, while Haile Selassie denounces the act as an incited incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haile Selassie
Vinci Gugliucci
Legation
Injuries Fatal To Harry Wood
Harry R Wood 27 died after October 4 accident at Dunedin Coal Company mine Terry while working as a brakeman. He was hospitalized for a fractured pelvis and crushed back. Survived by widow Bertha and son Harry Jr, parents Charles and Mrs Wood, and siblings all of McCreery. Funeral at Deepwater Baptist Church with burial to follow.
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Harry R. Wood
Dunedin Coal Company
Terry
McCreery
Deepwater Baptist Church
G. @. Hite
Beckley
Hosa Funeral Home
Bertha Wood
Harry ‘Jr
Charles Wood
Kent Wood
Charles
James
Russell
Daniel
Marguerite
Lillian Wood
R. V. Trump
Kyle Cook
C. F. Thomas
L. 8. Haney
Billy Kincaid
Burt Huddleston
Slated to Become Charleston Police Chief
Captain W A Tully of Charleston is slated for appointment as Charleston police chief, succeeding Frank H Gibson whose resignation is with Mayor D Boone Dawson. Tully has led the day force since Gibson offered to resign, with a definite announcement expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Tully
Charleston
Frank H. Gibson
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston Daily Mail
Tully
Gibson
No verdict in Stall kidnapping case in Louisville
The jury trying Thomas H. Robinson Jr and Frances A. Robinson for the $50,000 Alice Speed Stall kidnapping could not reach a verdict. Federal Judge Elwood Hamilton ordered a recess until 9 a.m. Sunday and the jurors were locked up to resume deliberations. Foreman Louis Baeuer said, We can't decide.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Frances A. Robinson
Elwood Hamilton
Foreman
Louis Baeuer
St. Matthews Bank
Hamilton
Nurses Convention Set for Wheeling in October
Miss Mae M. Maloney of the West Virginia Nurses Association announced the annual convention will be held in Wheeling on October 17 18 and 19 with an estimated attendance of more than 400. The event takes place in Charleston, W V.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Mae M. Maloney
West Virginia Nurses Association
Wheeling
Escape attempt at southern Illinois penitentiary ends in recapture
Basil Banghart known as The Owl led three prisoners in a truck escape from the Illinois prison yard. The faulty raid began at the tailor shop and ended with Banghart wounded and recaptured. One accomplice, Cletus Stone, remained at large with Estell Franklin and another fugitive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chester
Iml
Basil
Banghart
Southern Illinois
Tociny
Gerald Chapman
Atlanta
South Bend
Ind
Cletus Stone
Stone
Estell Franklin
Weather Outlook For Showers Across Regions
The forecast calls for fair and warmer Sunday followed by showers Sunday night or Monday. Showers are expected in the Ohio Valley, Tennessee, western lower lake region, eastern lower lake region, middle Atlantic states, New York, Pennsylvania, and New England. Temperatures rise Sunday in many areas, with a cooler trend Monday in the Ohio valley and lower lake region.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lower Lake Region
Middle Atlantic States
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Upper Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
North Atlantic
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Dr. McKenzie
Surgeons
David D. Ashworth
Raleigh County
W. R. Fugitt
Ashworth
South Fayette
Sebastian Abad
Gladys Keyser
Lula Galloway
Franklin Fink
Abad
Eritrea
Kentucky
R.A
Ganca
Dessye
Fear Air
Rai
Thiopiak Hassing Resing
Omaliland
Mussulman
Avke
Associated Prant
Jessue
Harry Wood
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