Huge Coal River Meet Attracts 15000 In Raleigh County
Officials predict a crowd of about 15 000 at the twelfth annual Coal River mining safety meet in Whitesville on Saturday afternoon with 787 50 dollars in cash prizes for safety contests. Gov Holt and N P Rhinehart head the program with Morris and Jenkins directing. Entertainment includes a Drum and Bugle Corps drill and bands from Charleston and the Conlon Butter Krusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesville
Coal River Mining Institute
Whitesville High School
van B. Smith
Anchor Coal Company
N. P. Rhinehart
Department of Mines
Clarence O. Morris
R. L. Jenkins
State Department of Mines
Little Coal River
Kitesville
Big Coal River
Camp Fairdance
Gill and Schadle
Charleston
Conlon Butter Krusters
END-O CORN PROMISES PAINLESS FOOT RELIEF
An old style advertisement touts END-O CORN to remove corns instantly with no pain or fuss. It claims dramatic results by next day and markets the remedy through White Cross Pharmacy and Beckley Drug Co. for fifty cents.
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White Cross Pharmacy
Beckley Drug Co
Landis successor eyed as SEC chair at Yale dean plan
William D. Douglas, 38, Yale law professor and current SEC member on leave since January 1936, may become chairman if James M. Landis retires in September to head Harvard Law School. The report cites Central Press along with Whitesville mayor J. F. Sneed and G. H. Hornickel as the institute president and spokesperson. Amateur boxing contests at 5 p.m. feature numerous local boxers. The Camp Fair drill and institute officers are listed with coal firm ties and banking connections among its leadership.
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James M. Landis
Securities and Exchange Commission
Harvard Law School
William D. Douglas
Yale University
Douglas
Commission
Yale
Central Press
J. F. Sneed
Whitesville
G. H. Hornickle
Institute
James Holmes
James Neal
Wesly Lynch
Dennis Dunnigan
Clarence Rogers
Tarzan Roy
Ohnie Rogers
A. Bineham
Joe Potts
Charrie Kincaid
Hays Fitzpatrick
Ben Bryant
Lem Murphy
Wendall Beckner
Willie Pridgen
James Davis
Frank Taraczkozy
Jack Whitaker
Mose Brown
Ben Stokes
G. H. Hornickel
Anchor Coal Company
J. C. Tolliver
Koppers Coal Company
van B. Stith
H. L. Copher
Boone County Coal Company
Third Inte Nrccident
White
National Bank
Madison
J. C. Carter
R. L. Jenkins
Department of Mines
Hornickel
Tolliver
Stithfi
Copher
H. B. Husband
C. and O. Railroad
E. C. Berkeley
Pusey Slaying Ruled Accident by Court Jury
A circuit court jury ruled the 1935 slaying of C. B. Pusey an accident for insurance purposes and ordered double indemnity payment. The Beckley bank sued Provident Life and Accident Insurance as administrator. verdict awarded 4470 dollars after the insurer had paid 2000 dollars. Martha Pusey, convicted of voluntary manslaughter, is serving five years.
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Pusey
C. B. Pusey
Beckley National Exchange Bank
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Company
Martha Pusey
Glen Morgan
Knights Edition Motorist Saved When Car Dives
In Oakland California Keith Singleton was trapped when a towcar detached his sedan as a drawbridge began rising for an approaching tug and barge. He sprinted to safety as the bridge lifted, the barge passed, and his car crashed into the bridge structure requiring a crane for removal.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
Keith Singleton
Singleton
Moonlit Hawaiians Woo Helen Ann Bork Getty Wilson
New Jersey gossip column reports four Hawaiians crooning love songs to Helen Ann Bork Getty Wilson from a Wicki Wicki Wacki coast cottage. The article notes her marriages to J Paul Getty and H Douglas Wilson, a recent Las Vegas divorce, and Wilson’s claim they remained united. Mrs Wilson fled her cottage to avoid Wilson.
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Associated Press
New York
Navesink
New Jersey
Helen Ann Bork Getty Wilson
Seabright Yacat Club
Rumson
Nej
Wilson
Sam Bork
Hot Springs
Ark
Plunk-plunk
Glamorous display of smart furs by Osenberg furrier
A glamorous fur show is on today and tomorrow at FE. M. Payne Co. on Main Street. The collection from Osenberg furrier is praised as unsurpassed in smartness and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osenberg Furrier ‘S
FE. M. Payne Co
Main Street
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Coal River
Raleigh Register
Beckley
Raleigh County
W. VA
N. B
S.C
Insurance Company
Boston
Kellogg’s Wheat
Kellogg
del Monte Pineapple
Welch’s Tomatoe Juice
Concord
OLD Gold
West Virginia
Aan
Oak Hill
Mullens
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