Preacher Admits Killing Wife and Lover in Confession
In Lexington, Rev. Miller Olmon Johnson, 47, a cross-denomination preacher, is jailed on two murder charges after allegedly confessing to shooting his wife Willie Johnson, 42, and auto salesman William Rue, 37. Officers say he claimed justification under a self-stated unwritten right to protect his home.
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Associated Press
Lexington
Miller Olmon Johnson
Austin Price
Joe Harrigan
Lexington Police Department
Johnson
Price
Harrigan
Willie Johnson
William Rue
Rue
Two Taken On Numbers Charge In State Probe
Two Negro men were arrested today by state police on numbers racket charges. Fred May of Slab Fork was released on $500 bond after arrest by Trooper B F Mc Laughlin and Sergeant M M Bardon. May, a claimed numbers seller, faced grand jury action. Charlie Howard of Stamford admitted he was a pick-up man and posted $500 bond after waiving to the grand jury. He had about $28 and sheets from a numbers book. Both appeared before Magistrate James P Meadows. Police said three other Negroes were arrested Saturday, confessed, and released on bond.
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Fred May
B. F. McLaughlin
M. M. Bardon
James P. Meadows
May
Charlie Howard
Stamford
A. Scalise
Scalise
Howard
J. P. Meadows
Junk dealer freed on bond in copper wire case
Charles Greenfield, junk dealer, posted a $2,000 bond to appear before the grand jury on a charge of receiving stolen goods. He was brought before Squire James P. Meadows by Deputy Tracy Williams. The case involves 500 feet of copper wire valued at $50 from Gulf Smokeless Coal company, allegedly sold by Alvis Ball.
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Charles Greenfield
Grand
Squire James P. Meadows
Tracy Williams
Meadows
Greenfield
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Alvis Ball
Drunken Driver Hearing Slated for Kimball Lovall
On a drunken driving charge Kimball Lovall will face a trial in Magistrate Frank E. Lemon's office at 7 p m today. He was arrested by State Trooper T W Harrison and released on an appearance bond.
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Kimball Lovall
Frank E. Lemon
T. W. Harrison
Search For Attackers Leads To Hobo Captures
Two men riding freight trains were fined for trespassing and not linked to the assault on Tim Pittman. Dennie Rawlings a 19 year old Glen White male and George Ester were arrested and fined 16 dollars 84 cents. Sheriff said seven others were arrested in Montgomery and Mullens and were suspected in the Pittman attack.
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Tim Pittman
Pittman
J. P. Meadows
Dennie Rawlings
Glen Whitenegro
Lester
Clyde McDowell
George Ester
Eccles
Leonard Floyd
H. G. Farmer
Montgomery
Mullens
John W Hereford May Become Southern West Virginia D A
John W Hereford, an assistant Cabell county prosecutor, is recommended to the justice department for appointment as assistant United States district attorney for the Southern district of West Virginia to fill L A Via's vacancy. Senator M M Neely announced the move and noted a second Cabell county vacancy may appear from the district attorney's office. The new appointment, if any, will not be from Cabell county. The vacancy followed L A Via's resignation last week after Warren A Thornhill Jr. resigned Raleigh county attorney post following the election.
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Associated Press
Huntington
John W. Hereford
Cabell County
Department of Justice
United States District Attorney
District of
West Virginia
L. A. Via
M. M. Neely
Neely
Warren A. Thornhill Jr
Raleigh County
Injured Cadet To Leave Today From VPI Team
William Besley a 21 year old Virginia Polytechnic Institute cadet will leave Beckley hospital today. He suffered a broken nose and deep facial lacerations in an October 7 crash at Glen Daniel. Besley was with a livestock judging team bound for Columbus. the group continued the trip except for him. Professor P M Reeves traveling with them will escort him to his Alexandria Virginia home. Damaged estimated at about 350 dollars by Game Warden O B Harris after the rear car struck the front stopped vehicle.
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William Besley
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Beckley Hospital
Glen Daniel
VPI
Columbus
P. M. Reeves
Beckley
Besley
Alexandria
O. B. Harris
Correction: Beclkey Beckley Theatre program update
The Pride of Beckley and Lilly Reunion which were to screen Friday and Saturday will not be shown at the negro midnight show Saturday instead the film Underworld with an all colored cast will be shown for negroes only. A comedy and newsreel are also on the program with doors opening at 11 30 and showtime at 12 00.
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Pride of Beckley
Beckley Theatre
Underworld
City Pupils Decrease In Beckley Schools
Assistant Superintendent Cecil Swim reports a district wide enrollment decline of 152 students, with Beckley totals at 3486 this year versus 3438 last year. Central Elementary shows the sharpest drop, especially in first grade, tied to statewide low birth rates and a shift from the Institute school to Mt. Tabor.
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Beckley
Cecil Swim
Beckley Junior High
Woodrow Wilson High School
Central
Institute School
Lincoln School
Sylvia
Central Elementary
Swim
Mt. Tabor
Madrid bombardment leaves ninety one dead or wounded
Insurgent artillery bombarded Madrid last night, killing or wounding 91 people in a city under siege. About 700 shells struck the capital, including the telephone building and near a theater on the Grand Via, with heavy casualties in the crowd.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Telephone
Grand Via
Beaver 4-H Club Qualifies as Standard West Virginia Club
The Beaver 4-H club qualified to rank as a standard West Virginia club after finishing a year with 22 of 25 projects completed. Evelyn Lilly, president, led the achievement work with 96 points, and the group presented Mother Goose rhymes in silhouette at last night’s program.
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Beaver
West Virginia
H. B. Thomas
Glen White
Whitby
Evelyn Lilly
Miss Lilly
Lewisburg
Mises Lilly
Phyllis Harris
Betty Treadway
Mary Frances Treadway
Goldie Akers
Helen Akers
Helen Anderson
Bonnie Persinger
Dainty Jenkins
Sarah Jane Jenkins
Anna Wills
Mary Wills
Helen Bennett
Florence Lilly
Margaret Miller
Board to Stress Miners Security
Washington emphasis on sociological factors will guide a planned research program by the Bituminous Coal Commission. WV officials and Rep Jennings Randolph say the human factor matters alongside technology as coal industry reforms proceed.
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Associated Press
Washington
D. E. Smith
West Virginia
Bituminous Coal Commission
Smith
National Coal Association
Jennings Randolph
Elkins
W. Va
CIO Pledges Support for Farm Measure
The CIO convention in Atlantic City supported farm price legislation at not less than production cost and urged enactment to stabilize farm prices. Leaders of 32 unions backed the stance, linking industrial workers with farmers, while calls to amend the Wagner act and labor board reforms surfaced. The meeting also addressed boycott plans against Japanese goods and a steel strike hearing in Chicago involving Inland Steel.
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Atlantic City
N. J
CIO
Committee For Industrial Organization
Congress
Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
John P. Frey
A. F. of L. Metal Trades Department
Denver
A. F. of L
Little Steel
Chicago
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Inland Steel Company
Parks Transferred to Camp Raleigh from Greenbrier Camp
Raymond Parks of Charleston, former CCC Camp White Sulphur superintendent, has been moved to Camp Raleigh after the Greenbrier county camp was abandoned last week officials said today.
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Raymond Parks
Charleston
CCC
White Sulphur
Raleigh
Greenbrier County
Miner Buys Insurance and Is Killed in Mine
Register staff writer reports Daniel Williams a 32 year old coal loader at Amigo in Mullens was killed about 11 30 a m yesterday minutes after buying a group life policy for 500 under a miners insurance plan The policy would extend upon 75 percent of miners subscribing Funeral services are planned for Saturday with burial in Stuart Virginia Williams widow Susie Williams survives with no children An insurance agent said collection may be uncertain as the policy depended on the group subscribing percentage
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Register
Mullens
Daniel Williams
Amigo
Williams
Stuart
Susie Williams
Takes It Back Dont Marry the Boss's Daughter
Cambridge mass professors advice to marry the boss's daughter backfires as MIT graduating class of 1929 faces a cooler world. Professor Robert E Rogers admits the plan failed as engineers discover marriages bring boss liabilities and suspicions about motive, altering romance prospects for many.
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Boss
Cambridge
Mass
Robert E. Rogers
Rogers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Banker Adams Urges Balanced Federal Budget Policy
Orval W. Adams, newly elected president of the American Bankers association, calls for a balanced federal budget and deficit awareness. He outlines two steps: cut government spending and broaden tax base with equitable distribution. He advocates stabilizing but not discarding the current banking system and rejects monopolies in banking, labor, or industry.
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Associated Press
Boston
Orval W. Adams
American Bankers Association
Association
Adams
Salt Lake City
Bright fall blouses pair with new Paris suits
Bright colored blouses enhance fall ensembles seen with Paris suits. A dark green suit is matched with a fuchsia jersey blouse, a smoke gray model gains lift from a magenta satin top, and an afternoon black wool outfit features a velvet blouse split red and green in a diagonal join from shoulder to hip.
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Associated Press
Paris
Sarah
Lindbergh Among First Woodrow Wilson Awardees
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh led the early recipients of the Woodrow Wilson award receiving a medal and a $25,000 peace prize in 1928, underscoring his prominence in postwar peacemaking efforts.
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Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ten Women on Hahn Case Jury
Cincinnati report says a female dominated jury appeared certain to weigh the Anna Marie Hahn murder case with only one man among ten women as prospective jurors were excused. Prosecutor Dudley Miller Outcast indicated the state will rely on circumstantial evidence in the poison slaying of Jacob Wagner, a German immigrant friend.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Dudley Miller
Jacob Wagner
Dirigible Link Planned Between Moscow and Sverdlovsk
Regular dirigible passenger service is planned between Moscow and Sverdlovsk, a distance of 850 miles, for next year after test flights with a 15 passenger airship that completed the route in 20 hours. The line is expected to extend to Krasnoyarsk, Siberia.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Sverdlovsk
Krasnoyarsk
Siberia
Phyllis Harris Breaks Ankle After Car Incident
Phyllis Harris a 13 year old daughter of Raleigh county safety council president was hospitalized at Raleigh General today with a broken ankle after being struck by a car Friends said the collision occurred while she was walking near home and the injuries are not believed to be life threatening Officials are investigating the accident and traffic conditions at the scene.
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Phyllis Harris
Raleigh County's Safety Council
Fire Preventers Trained At CCC Camp Raleigh
Eleven fire prevention workers in this section received forest fire control training yesterday at CCC Camp Raleigh. District Forester J. N. Wittenberg outlined future supervision as the district prepares for the fall fire season.
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CCC
Raleigh
Conservation Department
Willis Gunnoe
F. H. Halstead
J. N. Wittenberg
Gunnoe
H. G. Porter
One Marine and One Sailor Victims in Shanghai Bombardment
Shanghai toll in the international settlement reports 37 dead and 67 wounded from shells, with a U S marine Milton Hiatt shot in the shoulder and a sailor J P McMichael slightly wounded on the Augusta. Japanese and Chinese air and ground combat raged, American property damaged, including German and British leased houses.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
United States
Milton Hiatt
U. S
Augusta
J. P. McMichael
Whangpoo
International Settlement
Soochow Creek
Leonard Advises CCC Enrollees on Citizenship
Canadian World War veteran George A. Leonard urged CCC Camp Raleigh enrollees to obey superiors and seek better camp organization in a Mess Hall talk on Improvised Citizenship. He shared war experiences and noted his co authored peace poem award. L. D. Fink praised the campers and Leonard headed to Union to address Camp Rowan. he spoke at Spanishburg High School yesterday.
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George A. Leonard
CCC
Raleigh
Leonard
L. D. Fink
Legion
Union
Rowan
Union High
Spanishburg High School
Gains and Loss on Wall Street Show Small Net Change
New York market activity showed fractional declines and advances were about even. American Smelting Westinghouse Pennsylvania and Montgomery Ward posted gains while Santa Fe United States Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Anaconda and American Telephone fell.
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Associated Press
New York
American Smelting
Westinghouse
Pennsylvania
Montgomery Ward
Santa Fe
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Anaconda
American Telephone
Attorney Capehart files divorce suit for Eady against Eady
Attorney Harry J Capehart entered a suit for divorce in the circuit clerk s office today for Edd Eady against Minnie Eady.
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Harry J. Capehart
Circuit Clerk's Office
Edd Eady
Minnie Eady
Weather Outlook for Northeast tonight and Friday
Fair but colder in the northeast tonight with a killing frost expected. Friday brings fair skies and continued cool conditions.
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Senate Civil Liberties Committees
United Mine Workers of America
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The
Progressive Miners of America
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Camp
Hahn
Soviet
Isaac Ellison
Kingston
Lick Knob Tower
L. W. Lilly
Crow
Round Knob Tower
Woodrow Naff
Tams Mountain Tower
Fred Bowing
Huff's Knob Tower
M. Lilly
Thomas Dennet
Pluto
Deck Holdren
Shady Spring
Willie Bennett
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