Kopperston mine to start operations next summer
About 250 workers are grading land for houses as Boxley Brothers build a railroad from Simon to connect the mine with the Virginian Railroad. The Toney Fork valley near Kopperston Wyoming county lies seven miles northeast of Oceana between Boone and Raleigh counties, enabling access for workers from three counties. H. J. Harper oversees construction as resident engineer for Koppers Coal company.
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Register
Kopperston
H. J. Harper
Koppers Coal Company
Boxley Brothers
Virginian Railbert
Simon
Toney Fork
New Railroad Project Connects Kopperston to Wharncliffe Line
The Virginian Railway advances a new coal route from Kopperston to the Gilbert branch at Simon where the Clear Fork joins the Guyandotte. Crews drill a water well with test holes reaching 325 feet.
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Register Star
Kopperston
Virginian Railway Company
Wharnclitt- Gilbert
Simon
Clear Fork River
Guyandotte
Woman Held For Slashing Kin
Dorothy Taylor of East Raleigh was granted bond by Magistrate Frank Lemon to answer felonious assault charges. Police say she cut her sister in law Carrie Taylor at Carrie’s home Friday noon during an argument over a job. Carrie Taylor identified three to four wounds and Dorothy was taken to Heckley hospital in good condition.
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Dorothy Taylor
East Raleigh
Frank Lemon
Albert Gregory
Howard George
Lemon
Carrie Taylor
Dorothy
Mrs. Taylor
Heckley Hospital
Woman Invents Station Announcer Patent For Rail Cars
Williamson woman Pau line Smith, a Norfolk and Western railway employee, received a patent for an electrical device named the station announcer. The invention is designed for passenger coaches and electric cars and smith joined the Chartered Institute of American Inventors in Washington DC to help market the device.
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Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Miss Smith
Chartered Institute of American Inventors of
Washington, DC
Beckley Machine and Electric hosts large Weld Clinic banquet
A. J. Truman and Evans of Beckley Machine and Electric Company entertained about 200 guests at a banquet and after dinner program at the Black Knight Country club. Captain Hal M. Scott led as toastmaster with music by Gill Schadel and Davidson and Holley Middlecoff’s Charleston talent. The event highlighted a welding clinic at Mabscott with Oxy acetylene demonstrations by Linde Air Products, emphasizing safety and skill growth for Smokeless Coal region miners and workers.
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A. J. Truman
A Evans
Beckley Machine and Electric J Company
Black Knight Country Club
Hal M. Scott
Gill Schadel and Davidson
Charleston
Holley Middlecoff
Beckley Machine and Electric Company
Truman
United States
Mabscott
Linde Air Products Company
Wreck Kills Man Near Eureka
Point Pleasant Frank Huber Bruestle, 25, died from injuries in an auto truck collision near Eureka Ohio according to the Associated Press report.
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Associated Press
Point Pleasant
Frank] Huber Bruestle
Eureka
Snow disrupts Pineville to Charleston lines and pins slip
State police report snow cut telephone lines between Pineville and Logan and Pineville and Charleston. Raleigh county saw no auto accidents. Fayette county logged an incident on Route 19 21 near Price Hill. Miss Ruby Taylor and Leonard Swaggetty injured when their car skidded off the road.
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Pineville
Logan
Pineville l
Charleston
Raleigh
Lael
Fayette
Price Hill
Ruby
Taylor
Two Held After Theft Of Watch In Beckley
Two East Beckley men were held by Magistrate J P Meadows on bonds totaling 1500 for grand jury action on charges tied to the theft of a 135 watch. Aliff the special officer testified James Jones and Mabscott connections emerged, with Jones held on grand larceny charges and the watch traced to Alonzo Jones.
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East Beckley
J.P.’ Meadows
Penix
Aeadows
J.E. Aliff
Aliff
Penny
Mabscott
Alonzo Jones
James Jones
Jones
Bond
Stock Leaders Reflect Busy Trading Session
Stock leaders continued activity with two hours totaling 1,565,020 shares, the largest brief-session volume since March 6, beating the prior week’s 1,320,430. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks fell 2.4 points to 46.3. New York Central led declines, down 2 38 points to 187 8.
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Associated Press
N. Y
Central
Siss Walden Granted Time to Recover in Jail Case
Circuit Judge C M Ward yesterday granted Mrs Eugenia Siss Walden time to recuperate from tonsillitis after Beckley Hospital reports she is ill. She had been given bond to seek hospital treatment but was required to return to jail by Saturday. Walden, convicted earlier this year of operating a house of ill fame, had a 12 month sentence and did not report to jail until August following a writ of error from the circuit court.
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C. M. Ward
Walden
Ward
Criminal Court
Former Pastor Declines Return to Another Church
The Rev. W. B. Harvey of Trinity Baptist Church in Oklahoma City refused an invitation from First Baptist Church to return as pastor. He cited God’s will and current blessings, noting he plans to remain after two years, despite Beckley loan plans and unanimous vote against his resignation.
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W. B. Harvey
Trinity Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
First Baptist Church
Beckley
James
Returns Loot To Shorten Term
A Glen White man, Charles Roberson, said I’ve got to eat after a 16 cent theft of a peanut butter jar. Magistrate J P Meadows fined him 16 with costs, offered 80 days jail if the jar was returned. he pleaded guilty, received 10 days in jail for default payment. Constable Clyde McDowell said a clerk followed Roberson after he took the jar and questioned him near the building.
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Glen White
J.P.’ Meadows
Clyde McDowell
Meadows
Charles Roberson
McDowell
Roberson
Car Wreck in Sullivan Protects Children in Road Incident
A Sullivan man Lloyd Ellison wrecked his car near Coal City Wednesday afternoon to avoid striking two small children playing in the road. He drove into a culvert, sparing the children from harm.
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Register
Sullivan
Lloyd Ellison
Coal City
Jesse Man Charley Ferg Stewart Ill at Home
C F Stewart of Jesse is gravely ill at his home with near relatives called to his side. The elderly citizen has long been a local community figure and a resident hero.
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Weiler
Jesse
Charley Ferg
Stewart
Koppers Town Namesake Tied to Inventor Heinrich Koppers
The Wyoming county mining town of KOPPERSTON derived its name from the Koppers Coal company named after German inventor Heinrich Koppers of Pittsburgh. He created the by product coke oven, later expanding the firm into coal mining and marketing and recently returned to Pittsburgh from Europe to join the local company build.
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Register
Kopperston
Wyoming County
Koppers
Koppers Coal Company
Heinrich Koppers
Pittsburgh
I i
Europe
Colds Spread as Weather Shifts Affect Local School
In Coal City, changing weather brings numerous colds and student absences. Mr. and Mrs. D B Peters sick with colds. Larry Lilly seven months ill with a pad cold. Sylvia Spencer and Anna Booth absent from school with the same illness. Principal Olive Ferguson keeps duty despite a severe cold and is improving. Mrs. W W Nugen ill at home with neuritis and a cold though her case is not fully diagnosed.
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Coal City
D. B. Peters
Larry
FE. R. Lilly
Sylvia Spencer
Anna Booth
Olive Ferguson
W. W. Nugen
Principals to Elect New Head in Raleigh County Meeting
The Elementary Principals Association of Raleigh County will meet at the Junior High School next Friday at 7 PM to elect a new president. The post was vacant since July when Cecil Swim was promoted to Assistant Superintendent after serving as president for the year.
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Elementary Principals Association
Raleigh County
Cecil Swim
Modern Machines Seen Operating In Koppers Coal Area
Sutton Construction company uses some of the most modern equipment near Koppers Coal company housing project. A new dirt moving device on a tractor digs to a set depth lifts 12 cubic yards and dumps into a depression to level ground, alongside standard power shovels and tractors.
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Register
Kopperston
Sutton ‘Construction Company
Koppers Coal Company
Mine division uncertain for Kopperston operation
Realster Stare reports Kopperston mine placement within one of four Koppers Coal divisions. Pottsville division operates in Fayette county, C. C. B. in Raleigh, Houston in McDowell, Elk horn Piney includes Stanaford Raleigh county town.
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Kopperston
Koppers Coal Company
Potwellton
Fayette County
Castner
Curren
Bullitt
Raleigh
Houston
McDowell
Elkhorn-Piney
Stanaford
Diphtheria Fatal To Sullivan Boy
Frankie Lewis Garten five year old son of Mr and Mrs Z A Garten of Sullivan died of diphtheria in a local hospital at 4 am yesterday. Survived by parents five brothers and sisters Wilma Hazel Tommy Junior Herald and Betty Garten. Funeral from the home at 2 pm Monday by Rev Earl Duncan with burial at Coal City.
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Frankie Lewis Garten
Zins A. Garten
Sullivan
Wilma
Hazel
Tommy
Junior Herald
Betty Garten
Earl Duncan
Iburial
Coal City
Oceana Boom as Coal Town Work Begins in Kopperston
In Wyoming county engineers and workers lay the foundation for a modern mining town to serve a new Kopperston mine. The project, expected to employ about 800 when full, will create 350 houses over two miles, with clearing by W. D. Sutton Company and a railroad spur to Laurel Creek. Work aims to finish the branch line by January.
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Register Star
H. John Harper
Koppers Coal Company
J. H. Cook
W. D. Sutton
Harper Field Office Plans for 350 Company Homes
Koppers Coal company operates a field office in Koppersston with engineer H. J. Harper and assistants. Workers reside in contractor bunkhouses. The 350 houses mark the first phase of the program with potential for more dwellings and offices if business growth justifies it.
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Register
Kopperston
Koppers Coal Company
H. J. Harper
Dead Nerve in Back Delays Coal Mine Work
COAL CITY W V A miner COALCITY W V Dehart Glen White has worked one night in five weeks due to a dead nerve in his back. Doctors at Beckley hospital say he cannot return to the mines for several days or perhaps longer. William Martin another Glen White miner stays home at Woodpeck with an injured leg.
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Register
Coalcity
W. C. Dehart
Glen White
Dehart
Beckley Hospital
William Martin
Woodpeck
Increase Shown in Numerous Diseases in West Virginia
The state health department reported an rise in whooping cough chicken pox and measles for the week ended October 9 in West Virginia. Thirty-two whooping cough cases compared with 27 prior week and 17 in the 1936 week. Eleven chicken pox cases up from five and two a year ago. Twenty-five cases of miracles were included in the week’s statistics up from 11 and none in 1936.
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Associated Pres
Charleston
State Health Department
West Virginia
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Sullivan Boy
Oceana
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