King Edward summons Privy Council amid marriage rumors
London reports say King Edward summoned a Privy Council meeting on October 27 as a routine behind the scenes session amid mounting speculation he will wed Mrs. Ernest Simpson. The council would be first to hear official intent if he marries, ahead of the Ipswich assizes where Simpson seeks separation from Ernest Simpson.
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Associated Press
London
Edward
Ernest Simpson
Privy Council
Ipswich Assizes
Kiwanis Convention Report Highlights Raleigh Division Awards
W. R. Fugitt reported to the Kiwanis club on the West Virginia district convention in Martinsburg. The attendance banner went to the fourth division including Beckley, and Kiwanis International’s achievement trophy was awarded to the Berkeley Springs division for its work in establishing The Pines, a facility aiding infantile paralysis victims. The convention endorsed a plan for every Kiwanian in the state to donate one dollar to further support.
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Kiwanis Club
W. R. Fugitt
West Virginia
Martinsburg
Fie
Beckley
Kiwanis International
Berkeley Springs
Pines
Fugitt
Beckley attorney to speak at Raleigh County Women’s Democratic club
W. H. File, Beckley attorney, will be the chief speaker at a meeting of the Raleigh County Women's Democratic club tonight. The organization will meet at 8 p.m. in the Auxiliary room of the Memorial building. Mrs. Hilda Holt will sing and Mrs. William Taylor will render piano selections.
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W. H. File
Beckley
Raleigh County Women’s Democratic Club
Memorial Building
Hilda Holt
William Taylor
Fourteen Join Girl Reserves at Woodrow Wilson Chapter
Fourteen high school girls were initiated into the Woodrow Wilson chapter of the Girl Reserves joining active members to form an organization of about 40. Miss Eleanor Smith presided at a candle-light service as novices pledged loyalty to the group and Christianity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Girl Reserves
Eleanor Smith
Marjorie Giesey
Eleanor Harvey
Lucille Smisko
Martha Given
Helen Foote
Harriet Wood
Alpha Wooddell
Elizabeth McMahon
Dorothy Caffee
Mary Dickinson
Ary Mackey
Jennie Bsharah
Izabeth File
Rebecca Warden
L. T. Putnam
Robert Winston
Roy Millican
D. C. Wade
President Roosevelt to address nation by radio tonight
President Franklin D Roose will broadcast across a nationwide radio hookup between 10 and 10 45 tonight to discuss business measures dinners as per a telegram from the publicity department of the state Democratic Headquarters. County political leaders offered few specifics.
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Franklin D. Roosewill
Democratic
Voting Booths Planned for Raleigh Precincts
County Clerk Harry Anderson aims to buy collapsible steel voting booths after a mandamus by Senator Hutchinson forced the issue. Estimated cost about 1,000 for 100 booths, with 200 needed for proper setup. Court warns overdraft without budget. Hutchinson to provide precinct list. Court President Bolen cites past rusting booths and lacks funds. Charleston trip planned to defend actions. Hutchinson also secured a second mandamus over CCC enrollee residency disputes.
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Harry Anderson
Raleigh
Supreme Court
J. Q. Hutchinson
Anderson
Hutchinson
John Bolen
Charleston
CCC
Shady Spring Precinct
Relief Councils May Be Merged in Two Counties
Raleigh county public assistance council awaits a reply from Wyoming county council on merging relief administration under one director. George W. Bright says locals favor consolidation, but no official decision yet. A joint meeting proposal for Beckley on November 5 will be forwarded to T. O. Deaumer.
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Raleigh County
Public Assistance Council
Wyoming County Council
George W. Bright
Raleigh County Board
Beckley
T. O. Deaumer
Wyoming Board
F. E. Bibb
Perry Cook
John F. Bolen
Craft boy doing well at hospital
James Craft, 13, is reported doing nicely at Raleigh General Hospital after a bicycle accident on First avenue caused a cerebral concussion. An attache said his skull is not fractured and he is not in a critical condition. Craft is the son of the president of Consolidated Bus Lines in town.
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James Craft
Raleigh General Hospital
Craft
Consolidated Bus Lines
First Avenue
Rebels Attack Madrid as Anti Aircraft Guns Engage
As insurgents press the siege of Madrid two planes drop thousands of leaflets and gunfire lights the sky while residents flee. In London diplomats from Italy Germany and Portugal prepare replies to Soviet charges amid hopes for a settlement and Moscow vows to use diplomatic pressure to halt Nazi aid to the insurgents.
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Associated Press
Madrid
London
Italy
Germany
Portugal
Lisbon
Spain
Moscow
Alf Smith renews New Deal attack in Pittsburgh
Former Democratic presidential candidate Alf M. Landon ally Alf Smith travels to Pittsburgh to press his critique of the Roosevelt New Deal. Smith says millions of Jeffersonian Democrats will vote for Landon on November 3 and delivers a speech criticizing party changes and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Pittsburgh
Alf M. Landon
Roosevelt
Arrest in Jewel Theft Ties to Local Home Break-In
John Curtis, 46, of East Beckley, was held at the jail today in connection with the theft of about $1,000 in jewelry and money from D. Howe Johnston’s home last summer. Curtis allegedly bought a ring representing about $500 of the loot for four dollars.
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John Curtis
East Beckley
D. Howe Johnston
Curtis
Holt demands sharp reveal useless jobs
Ravenswood West Virginia Attorney General Homer A Holt challenged Judge Summers H Sharp to name which state bureau is pointless in a speech. Holt cited departments created under the current administration including liquor control, barbers and beauticians, purchases, budget control and public assistance, asking which he regards as useless and urging Sharp to specify.
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Associated Press
Ravenswood
W. Va
Homer A. Holt
Summers H. Sharp
Sharp
Point Pleasant
New Haven
State Liquor Control Commission
Board of Barbers and Beauticians
Department of Purchases
Budget Control Commission
State Racing Commission
Central Mailing Office
Department of Public Assistance
West Virginia
Holt
Judge Sharp
James Hayes Jr. Chosen Debater for Wake Forest Society
James Hayes Jr. of Wake Forest North Carolina has been chosen to represent the Philomatheian literary society in forensics at their autumn Society Day. He is the son of Rev J H Hayes and won the state high school debate title last year.
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James Hayes Jr
Wake Forest
N. C
Young Hayes
J. H. Hayes
the Baptist Church
Philomatheian Group
Shady High Students Elect State Press Delegates
Jennings McCormick of Shady Spring presides as Raleigh County Press Association delegate to the state meet. Journalism students from Mark Twain Montcoal Trap Hill and Shady Spring elected officers at Trap Hill. They will send the president to the United States Press Association state parley in Charleston next February and admitted junior high schools to membership. Montreal school invited members to meet there on November 18.
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Jennings McCormick
Shady Spring
Raleigh County Press Association
Mark Twain
Montcoal
Trap Hill
Young Jarrell
Jean Clay
Bill Houchins
United States Press Association
Charleston
Montreal
Relief Prevents People's Voting in Maine
Washington Democrat Chairman Lonergan said the special senate committee found Maine relief recipients threatened with disqualification as voters. Investigators reported thousands were told they would be challenged on relief status and many failed to register or vote. The committee cited a state statute labeling relief recipients as paupers and denying them voting rights.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lonergan
Connecticut
Senate
Maine
Baby Marathon in Slump Shrinks Winner's Payout
Toronto coverage shows the famed Baby Marathon jackpot overhyped at 750000. Actual total near 500000 after Oct 31 payout, with many mothers facing illness and legal debates. Notable contenders include Mrs. Martin Kenny, Mrs. Alice Timlock, Mrs. John Nagle, Mrs. Pauline Clarke, and Mrs. Grace Bagnato amid ongoing speculation and records requests.
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Martin Kenny
Alice Timlock
John Nagle
Pauline Clarke
Grace Bagnato
Eleven murder cases set for Raleigh county court term
Eleven defendants, seven men, three women, and a 15 year old boy, were docketed for murder at the upcoming Raleigh county criminal court term. Additional suspects failed to appear. Names include Mrs Tirta Dillon, Nimrod Carlos Allen, Holly Holdstein, Prince Dickens, Harrison Hannah, Charley Thomas, Pearl Brown, Lonnie Carter, Buster Cole, Linda Gaines, and Arthur Martin. Some cases previously heard ended in hung juries or were tainted by earlier events near Dorothy and Strath Town.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Tirta Dillon
Golda Graham
Rhodell
Carlos Allen
Roy Douglas
Dorothy
Allen
Holly Holdstein
Covey Jarrell
Holstein
Jarrell
Prince Dickens
Dry Creek
Newt Holland
Dickens
Harrison Hannah
Hico
Charley Thomas
Glen White
Thomas
Pearl Brown
Price Hill
Robert Poe
Thompson
Charley Clarks
John Garéland
Frank Bradley
Pearl Blank
J. M. Cantrell
Ray Farrow
Ula Farmer
Frank Howell
Albert King
Violet Mitchem
Alvie Richmond
Mason Stover
Sam Buchanan
Charley Cochensky
Albert Bragg
Cecil Fleming
Harry Fleming
Liss Walden
Nick Clemons
Clarence Crawford
John Cadle
Woodrow Flkin
Amos and
Brce
Flowers
Woodrow Quesenberry
James Donaldson
Leroy Wilson
Walter Gunter
Clarence Gar
Mills Refuses Assault Story
Jailer Okey Mills denied the charge that his trusted Richard Martin struck Jack Loick with a sugar bowl behind bars on a drunken charge. Witnesses said Loick started toward Martin. a second prisoner warned him beforehand. Loick paid a $5 fine and then swore out an assault warrant against Martin, who is jailed for robbing a dead body.
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Okey Mills
Richard Martin
Jack Loick
Loick
Martin
Badeye
State
French Harper
Bird Attacks Higgins House Shattered Window by Quail
Mrs. Robert Higgins of 102 Woodlawn Avenue awoke to a smashed window and a stunned quail, who had violently crashed through the pane and collapsed on the opposite wall. Mr. Higgins placed the injured bird in a box to await its fate.
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Robert Higgins
Woodlawn Avenue
West Virginia coal has least smoke among rivals
R J Piersol of Urbana Illinois told the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers that West Virginia coal shows the lowest smoke content among tested coals. Illinois tests ranged 3650 to 5350 points, WV averaged 1770 to 2720, with WV volatile matter up to 22 5 percent. Piersol noted wider bituminous testing may follow. Ankeny described a mine accident prevention campaign and Cooner cited roof falls causing about half of mine accidents.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
R. J. Piersol
Urbana
West Virginia
Illinois State Geological Survey
Illinois
Piersol
M. J. Ankeny
United States Bureau of Mines
John D. Cooner
Pittsburgh Engineers Propose Low Temp Coke Market
Pittsburgh engineers discussed a plan to boost coal demand by developing a better market through efficient production. Scranton mining engineer Hugh Archibald urged the creation of a consumer friendly fuel and the establishment of a low temperature coking industry to aid coal mining and ease its troubles.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Uel
Hugh Archibald
Scranton
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Quintuplets spark resort plans in Callander Ontario
Resort developers in Callander Ontario eyed large scale private enterprise built around the Dionne quintuplets. A Toronto real estate firm acting for American and Canadian syndicates has options on hotels lakes and land to provide summer resort accommodation for the visitors drawn by the babies. The quintuplets have earned over a half million dollars from cinema work and endorsements. More than 590000 tourists visited last summer and a surge is expected in 1937 aided by resort prospects and possible Hollywood sound stage construction at an estimated fifty thousand dollars. The babies have two more pictures to complete under their contract.
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Associated Press
Callander
Dionne
Toronto
Hollywood Screen
Sanity Trial May Be Held For Suspect
Fayetteville 27 year old Morris Wire is charged with the axe murder of Julius Gnies in a Brooklyn home. Wire claims Gnies stuck a hot poker through him and prosecutors may seek a sanity hearing. Wire’s demeanor is mute in jail, and police found the bludgeon under Gnies’ house with no clear eyewitnesses.
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Register
Fayetteville
H. E. Dillon Jr
Morris Wire
Jay Rowe
State Police
Julius Gnies
Gnies
Brooklyn
Wire
Rowe
Gines
Julius Wire
Morris
Gaies
Gries
Police Balked On Enslow Case
The slaying of Mrs. Juliette B. Enslow 63 remained a mystery after police activity since her body was found last Saturday. Lt Leslie J. Swann said there is nothing of significance to announce as detectives distribute posters offering a 1000 dollar reward for information leading to the killer. The posters describe two diamond rings stolen with the murder. The reward is offered by Leslie Combs II, her son in law.
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Huntington
Juliette B. Enslow
Leslie J. Swann
Plane to Arrive This Afternoon at Tolley Field
A Ford air liner from Fairmont is due to land at Tolley field this afternoon, displaying the pleasures of flying to upstate residents. The plane, with over 1000 horsepower from its three engines, is piloted by Captain J. M. Gilmour and co-pilot A. T. Hartman. It will stay over the weekend, offering daily flights over the city and surroundings, carrying fourteen passengers.
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Tolley Field
Fairmont
Upstate
J. M. Gilmour
A. T. Hartman
Ford
Market Idling In Small Area
New York selected specialties were listed fractions to a point or more in today s stock market but the list as a whole idled in a restricted area. Although the opening was fairly active the volume dwindled appreciably at noon. Among principal gainers were Douglas Curtiss-Wright People s Gas and Radio.
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Associated Press
New York
Douglas
Curtiss-Wright
People’s Gas
Radio
Weather forecast: rain likely tonight and Saturday
The forecast indicates rain chances tonight and Saturday with cooler temperatures expected tonight.
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