Strategic Yemeni peninsula linked to Haile Selassie ally
The AP reports Cheik Said, a 509 square mile desert peninsula at the southern Red Sea entrance, once offered to Italy, now under the Imam of Yemen. France, Turkey and other nations considered it. Italian resistance, WWI, and the Italo-Turkish war shaped its fate.
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Associated Press
Paris
Red Sea
Italy
Iman
Yemen
Ethiopia
Cheik-Said
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Perim Island
Britain
Strait of
Bab el Mandeb
Mussolini
Indies
Marseille
Ali Tabatt Dourein
France
Turkey
Said
Straits of
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean
Surprise birthday dinner honors Mr Henderson in Lester
Mrs Henderson hosted a Sunday gathering in Lester W Va to celebrate Mr Hendersons birthday. Guests included Wayne and Ernest Huddleston Clinton Henderson and many family friends and neighbors from Glen Daniel Glen White Mullens Slab Fork Beckley and surrounding areas.
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Henderson
Walter Henderson
Wayne Henderson
Beckley
Ernest Huddleston
Beavier
Clinton Henderson
Glen Daniel
Harvey Henderson
Terry Trump
Okie Henderson
L. B. Owen
Obal Canaday
I. C. O'Neal
Maxine
Pineville
Helen Canaday
Keystone
I. B. Canaday
Clyde Mankins
W. W. Bowyer
Ruth Crotty
Molly Canaday
Mon
Oak Hill Garden Club Meets and Wilton Flower Talk
Oak Hill and area clubs held meetings with plant themed programs. Mrs. George Bibb presided over the Garden Club where D. D. Whitney spoke on Still Life Paintings of Flowers and Shrubbery, and R. R. Thomas won a pottery vase in a winter bouquets contest. Officers were re elected. The next meeting is in February at J. W. Jones home. Church officials met with about sixty for talks led by J. E. White and others. White Oak golf ladies visited Beckley for a Black Knight tournament, which Black Knight won by one point.
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Garden Club
W. H. Hill
George Bibb
D. D. Whitney
Frank Harkelroad
R. R. Thomas
G. ©. Rhodes
Charleston
Thomas
E. N. Gauwie
Epworth League Banquet at Oak Hill Church
The Young People's Epworth League held its annual banquet Tuesday at Oak Hill Methodist church with 75 people. Norman Potts of Beckley presided. officers include Miss Alice Jo Timberlake secretary and A W Burdette Jr treasurer. Attending churches included Beckley Temple Fayetteville East Beckley Long Branch Ansted Blue Jay Harvey and Oak Hill. A devotional program preceded dinner and a brief business session followed. Other notes mention local visits and travels among residents.
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Ansted
Blue Jay
Harvey
Oak’ Hill
Clay
Beckley
Perry
Fayetteville
Yoak
Dinner Guests Named In Local Fatal Shooting Report
Steel Scion killed Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Deck. Others at the scene included Mrs. E Canaday and daughter Rebecca Lee, Miss Alma Birch, Mrs. M S Burton and Miss Nellie Collinsworth. WLOW Bowyer was shopping in Beckley Tuesday.
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James Winebrunner
Anne
Lucille Hull
Rupert
Haseltine Howell
iThelma Tucker
Beckley
Beatrice Davis
Madeline Brown
Rend
Bruno Litz
Slab Fork
Hubert Clower
G. C. Mankin
Anise Trail
Beaver
James Trail
Carlo Caparelli
Welch
Domineck Albanese
James Kirby
Glen White
Edward Dyer
Page
Lester
Hortense Covey
Lucille Brown
W. W. Bowyer
Billye Sue
G. C. Hurtt
Sprague
Pete Long
Surveyor
H. H. O'Neal
S. D. Morton
Robert Harper
Charleston
B. T. Tombs
Joe Penrod
Lookout
S. J. Jasper
Glen Jean
W. D. Lawton
Mount Hone
George A. Thabet
Edward
Detroit
Mich
Lucy Lee Wilmer
Ingram Branch
L. FE. Wilmer
O. F. Kessler
Hice
P. E. Thornburg
Long Branch
Maude Hannabass
Thornburg
Huntington
Scarbro
Hilltop
Harry Lindsey
John Kite
Glen Morrison
Grundy
W. R. Rippetoe
Princeton
B. F. Puckett
Texas
Dr. Puckett
Edna Robinson
Washington, D. C
Lucy Thurmond
Emmett Deck
E.canaday
L. L. Collins
Rebecca Lee
Alma Brrch
M.S. Burton
Nellie Collinsworth
Bowyer
East Gulf WV Church Publishes Monthly Sermon Schedule
Rev W S Overstreet announced a completed schedule for regular preaching on the first second and third Sunday nights each month. The East Gulf P T A delegates, missionaries, and local residents visited and hosted guests in Charlestons P T A convention and zone meetings at Helen. Community members, visitors, and Shriners attended social and business events across Beckley Mullens and Charleston with numerous notes on visits, shopper trips, and society gatherings.
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W. S
W. F. Clarke
Kitty
W. L. Hylton
Charleston
Clark
East Gulf
P. T. A. Personals
Public Jobs In Mexico Reach Ten Percent of Population
The Associated Press reports that about ten percent of Mexico's population of nearly 17 million is employed by the federal government based on figures from a recent census.
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Associated Press
Mexico
D. F
Co-Operative Building and Loan Association Offers Sem i Monthly Plans
The association will continue lending at the lowest rate for sound business. Its plan differs from straight loans by semi monthly principal and interest payments. No due date or renewal fees, no delays, and no government insurance required. For details visit ROOM 310 BAIR BUILDING.
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Federal Housing Administration
Co-Operative Building and Loan Association
Bair Building
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Russia
Austria
Germany
John Estes
P. D. Ford
E. N. Goode
Margaret Penrod
G. E. Rhodes
Elsie Brown
Perim Slant
Gulf
Somaliland
Hubert Lucas
Pierce Brown
F. W. Morris
Oak Hill
Oak Hill, W. Va
Sara Ty
Bae Mme MN
Qatar
Imaytas
L. B. M. Maytag Co
Fayette ST
LG Company
Becklf
Price McKinney, Jr
Yale
Price McKinney
Cleveland
McKinney
East Gulf, W. Va
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W. M. Bougess
Sophia
W. F. Clark
W. TL. Hylton
B. L. Bish
Russell Meador
Vernon Lawson
W. E. Reynolds
R. E. Nunn
Miss Peatrice Bish
East Galt Missionary Society
Helen
Willis Gilmore
Join Clark
T. R. Coleman
R. N. Smith
Nancy Jo
Bobbie
Black Eagle
J.R. Brooks
H. W. Yates
W. S. Overstreet
Francis
Mabel Tolliver
Bud
G. L. Trivett
Charles McGuire
Harper
Wek
William “Grandma” Wattis
Rhodell
Mesdames H. M. Arm
Brister
Thomas McEwan
Cecil Dillon
Cecil Joe
Sankey Jil
Furgeson
Resoco
Killy
Woman's Missionary Society
Rhodell Society
Minter Chapel
J. M. Aymbrister
Henry Farmer
Davis
W.G. Mead
Mr. Mead
Russell Meader
TH. M. Armbrister
W. G. Mead
Jimmie Richmond
John Calhoun
Mullens
W. J. Clark
Luther Kerns
Summerlee
W. S. Snyder
Daugh
Ters
Eva Calloway
Ww ‘L
Hylton
Ottoway Wyatt
Edward Kerns
Sete
Keyser Funeral Home Funeral” Directors
Oakwood
Ava
Maln Lins C, & C
Stanaford
Ford
Ford Dealers
F.O.B. Detroit
Standard Ccesssory Group
Universal Credit Company
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