Crowded Beckley junior high and central grade school
The Raleigh County schools face severe overcrowding as Beckley junior high and Central grade school operate beyond their capacity. With 1,007 students in a 600-seat facility, many pupils are housed in a temporary annex and limited to segregated sections, prompting calls for more classrooms.
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Beckley
Central
Woodrow Wilson
D. W. Bryson
Heber Street
Institute School
Sprague
Beaver Avenue
Lincoln School
Heber and
Neville Street
Lad
Lassie
Brooks Adair
Virginia Burleson
Platt Phipps
Lilly suffers back injury while on night watch
Coal City resident W. W. Lilly is confined to his home with back injuries sustained during duty as a night watchman. He is receiving treatment in Beckley.
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Register
Coal City
W. W. Lilly
Beckley
Preview of the 1937 Dodge car for families
Larchmont notes C DeWitt Rogers Jr praising the new 1937 Dodge as bigger and roomier with new safety features. He claims it offers real security for his wife and children and predicts thousands will switch from other makes to Dodge.
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Larchmont
N. Y
C. DeWitt Rogers, Jr
Dodge
Bohemian Village Vision Amid New York Changes
The Greenwich Village skyline grows with towers yet keeps its artistic core. Spring outdoor art shows draw uptown crowds, with galleries, canvases, and the Wash ington Square scene alive as artists, buyers, and critics converge on the cobbled streets and cafes.
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Associated Press
New York
Greenwich Village
Bohemia
14Th Street
Little
Italy
America
Washington Square
Old Time Party Makes Real Apple Butter in Park
Housewives gathered at the local park for an old fashioned apple butter making event. Using six bushels of apples, 45 pounds of sugar, and 75 drops of cinnamon oil, they spent seven hours producing 16 gallons of the spread.
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Register
Coal City
Yesteray
Pin Found in Fowl's Gizzard
Mrs. Carl Dillon found a brass pin embedded in a chicken gizzard while preparing the bird for cooking. She said the pin appeared to have been inside the fowl for some time, though the chicken showed no ill effects.
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Carl Dillon
Mystery Shrouds Two Killings in Covington
Police seek to solve the Brady murder of Frances Marie Brady 37 and the Walter K Beall disappearance. Brady was shot by an intruder in her Covington home after returning about 1 a.m. October 2. Beall’s fate remains tied to a shotgun found on a coal barge on the Ohio River and an abandoned car on the river bank.
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Associated Press
Covington
Frances Marie Brady
Walter K. Beall
Sewickley
Brady
Beall
Ohio
Abbe Origins and Ciannelli Career Move
Abbe originally meant abbot in French. Eduardo Ciannelli, renowned stage and screen actor, abandoned his medical studies to pursue acting on the stage.
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Eduardo Ciannelli
WPA Costs Reviewed in West Virginia Series
State WPA Administrator F. W. McCullough opens a three part series analyzing the administrative costs of the Works Progress Administration in West Virginia detailing the framework, budgeting, and efficiency considerations guiding the program.
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F. W. McCullough
WPA
Works Progress Administration
West Virginia
Neon Sign Man Electrocuted In Charleston
Hugh V. Starkey 42, manager of Starkey Neon Co. of Charleston, was electrocuted Tuesday while repairing a sign. He was taken to a hospital where the Kanawha county coroner ruled death an accidental electrocution by 15,000 volts. Attaches said the World War veteran was "bombarding" a neon sign. he was well known among Beckley business men.
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Hugh V. Starkey
Starkey Neon Company
Charleston
Kanawha County
Beckley
Wallace Beery Baited Record Black Sea Bass Catch
Wallace Beery is officially credited with hooking a 515 pound black sea bass off Catalina Island in 1916, still holding the record for the largest catch to date.
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Wallace Beery
Catalina Island
Rainey to Speak at Democratic Rally Tonight
Julian D. Rainey director of the Negro division for the Eastern states of the Democratic national campaign will address a rally at the Memorial building at 7 30 p m today in a push for party support.
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Julian D. Rainey
Attacks Ward's Mining Record Detailed at East Beckley
Speaking to Republicans at East Beckley on Tuesday E M Harvey attacked Judge C M Ward's labor record accusing him of coal company management lowering wages in 1931 1932 and of nepotism citing relatives in Raleigh and Boone counties. He claimed Ward's Corrine coal mine reduced wages to two dollars per eight hours and forced inside miners to load bug dust without pay. He also alleged eight hour workdays without extra pay and low earnings for some miners while noting Ward's son J Ward deputy clerk and nephew J E Ward in public roles.
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East Beckley
E. M. Harvey
C. M. Ward
Ward
Raleigh
Boone
Corrine
Coriine Fuel Company
Mr. Ward
Judge Ward
John Ward
Circuit Court
J. E. Ward
Ward family ties figure in Raleigh county politics
A Virginia–arrived individual lands a sheriff's office post in Raleigh county. Judge Ward's brother James Ward works as a WPA timekeeper near Sullivan in the same county. Helen Ward, the judge's daughter, teaches in Whitesville, Boone county. Buddy Ward, the judge's son, holds seasonal political work while school, and he appointed Kyle D. Harper, his brother‑in‑law, as commissioner in chancery of his court.
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Virginia
Sheriff’s Office
Raleigh County
Judge Ward
James Ward
Sullivan
Helen Ward
Whitesville
Boone County
Buddy” Ward
Kyle D. Harper
Pauline Moran's Chicago roots to Hollywood comic Polly Moran
Pauline Theresa Moran of Chicago grew up to become Polly Moran the film comic star of Hollywood. born in Chicago and rising to fame in early American cinema, her stage name Polly Moran reflects her transformation and career path.
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Pauline Theresa Moran
Chicago
Polly Moran
Hollywood
Gail Patrick Aims for Alabama Governorship
Gail Patrick declares continued ambition beyond acting to run for governor of her native Alabama.
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Gail Patrick
Alabama
Buckley’s Mixture Promises Restful Nights for Asthma
The ad claims two to three doses of Buckley’s Mixture in hot water before bed ease acute asthma bronchitis and bronchitis symptoms, promising a coughless night and refreshed sleep. It notes not a cure, but immediate relief for the choking breath struggle and offers a money back guarantee.
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Buckley
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