Mystery girl Bertha Luckado unidentified in Fayette County
A girl calling herself Bertha Luckado, found wandering at Lookout, remains unidentified as officials say she is mentally incompetent and should be placed in an institution. She escaped the county farm, wandered miles away, spoke inarticulately, and refuses to reveal her home. Described as a brunette, 5 feet 4 inches, wearing a white summer outfit with bluish grey eyes. Despite many visitors, no one has identified her.
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Fayetteville
Bertha Luckado
Lookout
Fayette County
Harold Lambert
Turkey Raising Industry Growing In Fayette County
Fayetteville reports a 25 percent rise in turkey raising over three years, says farm agent J Haynes Miller. Homes will enjoy more home grown turkeys this Thanksgiving and Christmas as education and improvements ease up the industry. Turkeys reach market readiness after 24 to 26 weeks, with pin feathers gone and meat texture at peak.
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Fayetteville
Fayette
J. Haynes Miller
Fayette County
Miller
Mrs. Joyce Stack Visits Daughter in New Rochelle
Mrs Joyce Stack travels to spend the winter with daughter Mrs Marion Stack Veith in New Rochelle. Veith is noted as a local high school graduate and standout girls basketball player. Miss Annabelle Stack accompanied Mrs Stack to New York by auto.
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Mount Hope
Joyce Stack
Marion Stack Veith
New Rochelle
Veith
Annabelle Stack
Stack
New York
Inoculation Drive Nearly Finished in Fayette County
Health department workers have visited nearly all Fayette county schools offering free smallpox and diphtheria vaccines as required by state law. The entire force has focused on this project for several weeks.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Health Department
Reduce Safely Promises Weight Loss With Tablets
A sales pitch touts Watkins endorsed Rock-A-Water Tablets claiming a 106 pound loss in 11 days. It promises a 30 day treatment for $200 with a guarantee to melt fat without dieting.
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Watkins
Linex Guaranteed for Catarrh and Sinus Cure
An old-time drugstore ad promotes Linex as guaranteed relief for catarrh sinus and bad head colds with prompt action. It markets a $1.00 bottle covering a 60 day supply and directs readers to Watkins to obtain the treatment.
Itch Relief Ad Promises Quick Cure at Watkins Drug
A Watkins Drug Store ad urges readers to buy Gates Sanative Lotion to cure itch. The large bottle priced at 60 cents claims to stop embarrassment and discomfort promptly.
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Watkins’ Drug Store
GATES
Board Splits On Patronage In Coal Commission
John C Lew is a member of the federal coal commission says the seven member board is split over patronage and staffing. He asked Senator Herring to obtain job lists and salaries. Lew alleges some members control up to eleven bureaus while others have only one or two.
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Associated Press
Washington
John Co. Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Coal Commission
Congress
Lewis
John L. Lewis
CIO
Herring
Democrat
Commission
Herring Lewis
Coal Commission
Mistake Caused Consul's Murder in Beirut
Beir ut Syria The slaying of Consul General James Theodore Marriner was blamed on a postal error. An Armenian, Meguerdich Karayan, shot the official claiming insult over a refused passport visa, though records show the visa was granted and notice never delivered due to a misaddressed letter.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Syria
James Theodore Marriner
United States
Meguerdich Karayan
Karayan
Public Address System Arrives for Mount Hope Schools
Mount Hope schools install the first phase of a new public address and amplifying system funded by high school and elementary classes with private donations and local business backing totaling $750. The system includes a 16 mm projector for educational films and a future movie camera to enable local movie showings for classes.
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Mount Hope
Loss of Finger Can't Faze Him
J E Evans of Mount Hope works loading coal at Cranberry. An accident at the mine led to amputation of a finger at Beckley hospital. He hitchhiked back home, saying he hates to lose time off work. The digit was severed minutes after arrival.
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Mount Hope
J. E. Evans
Cranberry
Beckley Hospital
Sabotage On Ship Revealed In Navy Inquiry
Washington a navy inquiry board said it found evidence of possible sabotage on the heavy cruiser Vincennes undergoing tests at the Boston navy yard. A large metal piece was found in one of four reduction gear boxes, and later a file not of navy issue was discovered in another. The probe began after a noise from the gear machinery prompted examination of all gear boxes.
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Washington
Navy
Vincennes
Boston Navy Yard
Hinton Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy Meet Friday
The Hinton chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will hold a 3:00 PM meeting Friday in the Presbyterian church. Hostesses include Mrs. B. T. Corker, Mrs. Virginia Robertson, Miss Inez Brown, Mrs. John Cobb, Mrs. W. F. Bush, and Mrs. F. R. Ewing.
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Hinton
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Presbyterian Church
B. T. Corker
Virginia Robertson
Inez Brown
John Cobb
W. F. Bush
F. R. Ewing
PTA
Mrs L C Dick Improving After Operation
Mrs L C Dick wife of a Kaymoor mine worker is reported improving at the local hospital officials said yesterday. She underwent a major operation after extended medical treatment.
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Oak Hill
L. C. Dick
Kaymoor
Missionary E C Mercer to Speak at Rotary Tonight
Well known missionary E C Mercer will address the Fayetteville Rotary club Thursday night October 14 and then speak to other audiences in the city.
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Fayetteville
E. C. Mercer
Rotary Club
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Charles Puckett
Mr and Mrs Charles Puckett of this city announce the birth of a daughter at their home on October 8.
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Dorotha Swiger
Morgantown
Mildred Priest
Fred Sawyers
Miss Swiger
H. C. Swiger
Register
MO Hope
Charles Puckett
The Faithful Wife and The Sixth Sense Study
A review notes the author’s new work The Faithful Wife about moderns a childless husband and wife. It contrasts with Kristin Lavransdatter and Gunnar's Daughter and mentions Dr Rhine's Duke lab study on whether humans can learn via the sixth sense, culminating in New Frontiers of the Mind a Book of the Month selection for October.
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Kristin Lavransdatter
Gunnar
Rhine
Duke University
Injured Miner Reported Better at Oak Hill
Carmel Talbert of Rock Lick, injured by slate at the mine with a fractured pelvis and head trauma, is reported much improved by hospital attendants at Oak Hill.
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Oak Hill
Carmel Talbert
Rock Lick
Slate
Fayetteville Negro Fair scheduled at high school auditorium
Fayetteville hosts the second annual negro fair in Fayette county at the negro high school auditorium on Saturday October 16. WPA educational worker J E Jordan announces eighty four farm products are listed for competition with entries due by ten am. Committee in charge includes Jordan director L A Toney Myers Beards Fork Vaughn Kimberley Deans Red Star Harris Mount Hope Leece Mount Hope.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
J. E. Jordan
WPA
L. A. Toney
West Virginia
Duboise Meyes
Beards Fork
William Vaughn
Kimberley
Bertha Deans
Powellton
L. C. James
Red Star
D. S. Harris
Mount Hope
I. S. Leece
Pennant Appears For First Time
Pax High School newspaper Pax Pennant debuts this school year in six columns and features photographs. Faculty advisor William Harnsbarger says the paper will be modern and interesting, discarding old journalism methods while offering extensive photo layouts.
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PAX
Pax High — School
William Harnsbarger
Harnsbarger
Relief 12 Percent Decrease Cited in Fayette County
Director Jack Ridinger cited a 12 percent drop in relief charges in Fayette county, noting the relief decline does not reflect higher employment among his clients due to old age assistance. He warned that terms like pension mislead some elderly into expecting state funds. The county totals include 1147 on general relief, 422 on direct relief, 507 on old age assistance, 190 destitute children, and 28 blind individuals receiving checks.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Jack Ridinger
Ridinger
Department of Public Assistance
Creomulsion Claims Quick Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a fast acting cough remedy for chest colds and bronchial irritation. It promises relief by soothing inflamed membranes and loosening phlegm, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
Presbyterians Return From Meet in Huntington
Mrs. W. H. Level Mrs. E. S. Hamilton and Mrs. J. M. McCauley returned from the Presbyterian church convention in Huntington while WPA rolls in Fayette county are not under Ridinger's department. Public assistance offices have moved to the Love building.
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Public Assistance Group
Fayette County
Love Building
Register
Oak Hill
W. H. Level
E. S. Hamilton
J. M. McCauley
The
Presbyterian Church In
Huntington
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