Safe robbery nets $2,000 at Valley Bell Dairy Co
Police report a morning office robbery at Valley Bell Dairy Co Inc where a safe was blown and about $2,000 in cash plus $500 in checks were taken. John W. Tramba was on site. area thieves damaged a front entrance and a rear door while guards were absent. Detectives investigate leads and the incident is linked to prior robberies in the area.
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Valley Bell Dairy Co, Inc
John W. Tramba
Valley Hell
Fiereewame
Shite Poller
Menke Athe
Westinghouse strike closes three state plants
Westinghouse Electric plants in Fairmont and Huntington West Virginia were picketed as part of a nationwide strike by 43,000 members of the International Union of Electrical Workers. In Fairmont the main plant and a small repair unit were closed. about 1,500 workers plus a dozen in the repair unit were affected. Huntington and Fairmont office workers were kept on the job while guards protected furnaces. The strike stems from a one day disciplinary furlough. union officials say the fight centers on a Pittsburgh time study and the walkout is ongoing with 24 hour pickets at all gates.
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Fairmont T
West Virginia
Westinghouse Electric Crp
Natlionwide
International Union of Electrical Workers
George Lambert
CIO
Falmouth
Huntington
Church Budget Under Study by Episcopalians
Honolulu Delegates to the Protestant Episcopalians 38th General Convention consider the largest budget in the church history at eight million dollars. Expanded missionary work drives the rise. joint session of bishops deputies and the women’s auxiliary expected to approve. Site for 1998 convention nearer decision with New York and Miami bidding, movement toward preselecting sites three months ahead. Other issues include marriage canon changes and clergy status in the Church of South India with a 72 member commission to study reforms.
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Honolulu
Charles Carpenter
Alabama
House of Deputies
New York
Miami
Church of South India
Hurricane Hilda Found in Atlantic
The Weather Bureau reports Hurricane Hilda located in the Atlantic southeast of Tuks' Island. The first advisory lists it as the eighth tropical storm of the year and warns the eastern Bahamas of potential gale to hurricane conditions tonight and Tuesday.
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Miami
Fla. WA
Atlantic
Tuks’ Island
Weather Bureau
Bahama Islands
Tuesay
West Virginia Weather Brief
Cool clear night with low 30s to 40s and scattered frost in higher mountain valleys. Tuesday sunny with some upvalley warmth, cooler in the afternoon. Rivers and reservoirs shown with calm, clear conditions across Greenbrier Bluestone and adjacent areas.
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Oak Hill
Velesiinty
Cooler In the East Warmer In the West Warmer In the West
The Associated Press reports a drop in eastern temperatures as a cool air mass advances into the middle and northern Atlantic states. Readings rise in the Northern Plains while a heat streak persists in the Southwest with El Centro and Yuma hitting 142. Light rain falls in New England. Gulf Coast sees scattered showers and storms.
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Associated Press
Middle
North Atlantic
Mississipmapi Valley
Great Lakes
Grantsburg
Wis
Plains
Yuna
Ariz
el Centro
Calif
New England
Gulf Coast
Socialite's Mother Denies Daughter's Death In Court
In Philadelphia a noted psychiatrist says Mrs Gertrude Silver does not admit her daughter Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher is dead and will appear at City Hall Police Court for a 2 p m hearing. The doctor notes her mental state and that the charge of being an accessory to a criminal abortion is misunderstood by her.
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Philadelphia
Gertrude Silver
Doris Jean Silver Ostreicher
Abraham M. Ornsteen
Philadelphia General Hospital
University of Pensylvania
Milton Schwartz
Melville J. Aston
Samuel Cash
Cash
Commonwealth
Silver
Ornst
Beckley Plans Last Plea for ANG Unit in Beckley
Beckley delegation heads to Washington with a final plea to house the 17th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the West Virginia Air National Guard in Beckley. A 1:30 p.m. Raleigh County meeting will finalize travel plans, with trips via commercial flight from Charleston or ANG plane. The group will meet lawmakers and aviation officials, hoping to keep the squadron from Charleston for jet-plane needs. Martinsburg also seeks the unit.
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Beckley
Washington, D. C
West Virginia Air National Guard
Navry E. Annaerson
Raleigh
Hulett C. Smith
Anderson
Washington
Charleston
Robert C. Byrd
Harley M. Kilgore
Matthew M. Neely
al Forte
Civil Aeronautics Associ
Charles R. Rowers
Reckfey Chamber of Commerce
ANG
Kanawha Alnott
Martinsburg
Former Employee Tells of Kiting Operation Trial
G Larrick Jr testified in the U S Southern District Court in the W D Lawton fraud trial about a kiting scheme starting in April 1950. He described using sight drafts for vehicles sold by Lawton firms and noted 39 drafts presented as government evidence, calling them not legitimate business. Lawton of Mount Hope faces charges of defrauding via mail fraud amid disputes over deeds of trust and sight drafts.
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G. Larrick Jr. Beckley
W. D. Lawton
Fayette County
U.S. Southern District Court
Larrick
Beckley Industrial Savings and Loan Association
U. S. District
Duncan Daugherty
Youth Authority Receives Baltimore Youth for Rehabilitation
Judge Ben Moore committed Warren Steven Hall of Baltimore Indiana to the Youth Authority after prior appearances on interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle. The youth reportedly joined a gang that required breaking a law to join and engaged in auto theft and joyriding. Hall previously served a state reformatory term, joined the Navy and Army underage, and left home amid family disputes. The court granted rehabilitation options, with Hall expressing disinterest in probation, while Crider of Welch received three years probation for interstate auto theft, conditional on employment offered by a Welch advocate and Crider’s own compliance.
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Warren Steven Hall
Baltimore
Ind
Youth Authority
Ben Moore
U. S. Southern District Court
Ifalk
Fall
Hall
State Reformatory
Navy
Army
Washington
West Virginia
Moore
Robert Gene Crider
Welch
Welchman
Crider
Raleigh County
Oscars Due March 21
Hollywood reports that the 1936 Academy Awards will be presented on March 21, announced by Academy President George Seaton.
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Hollywood
Academy
George Seaton
Floods Threaten Texas Valley
Floods threaten the lower Rio Grande Valley as a tropical disturbance brings winds and squalls along the Mexican and Texas coasts. Civil Defense warns of possible heavy rain from Del Rio to the Gulf, with Raymondville and Weslaco already seeing rising waters and an inch to two inches of rain. The storm is weaker than Gladys, and no center was found by hurricane hunter planes.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
State Civil Defense Office
Austin
del Rio
Gulf
Raymondville
Wes Jaco
Two Men Fined After Family Fight in Mullens
In Mullens Virginia two men were fined 25 dollars and costs for assault and battery after a Sunday fight over family matters. Robert Salmon 58 and Leonard Gaines 39 pleaded guilty Gaines was jailed for nonpayment of fines Salmon received four stitches for a scalp wound and Gaines had twenty six stitches for a facial slash. Police said the dispute involved Gaines violating a stay away order at the Salmon home affecting his wife and children.
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Salmon
Virginian Railway
Wendell W. Cook
Gaines
Longshoremen Call Atlantic Coast Strike
The International Longshoremen's Association ordered an immediate general strike of members along the Atlantic Coast from Canada to Puerto Rico. After a leaders' meeting, ILA President William V Bradley telegraphed 400 locals directing all work to stop to preserve the union and pursue its objectives.
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New York
International Longshoremen‘’s Assn
Ind
Atlantic Coast
ILA
William V.' ‘Bradley
Canada
Puerto Rico
Sabrejet Sets World Speed Record Over Mojave Desert
A specially adapted Sabrejet piloted by Col. Hornen A. Manes hits 822.495 mph above the Mojave Desert near Palmdale California. A cable between two 50-foot towers marks the 18 kilometer course start line.
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Hornen A. Manes
Mojave Desert
Palmdale
Calif
Marland to Contact Chicago Wheels on West Virginia Industry
West Virginia Governor Marland heads to Chicago for three days to woo industrialists, touring Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee, St Louis, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in a drive to attract new plants. He aims to complete the effort before Christmas, with plans for regional meetings and a statewide industrial credit corporation study.
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Marland
Chicago
West Virginia
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Machind
Hews
Alilwanker
West Virginia University
Marquette
Sunucheon
Arthur D. “Little
B. and O
Ohio River
Fuselage Tweak Aims At Higher Air Speed
Washington reports the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics achieved a 23 percent speed increase beyond sound by narrowing the fuselage where the wings join. The design, known as coke bottle or wasp waist, was created by Richard T. Whitcomb and is in use on two supersonic airplanes.
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Washington
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
NACA
Richard T. Whitcomb
No Change Set In POW Training
Secretary Genald A. Quarles said the Air Force will not stiffen nor ease training to survive as prisoners of war. He defended brain washing simulations at Stead Air Force Base Nevada amid criticism, noting the inspector general found nothing serious to worry about and the program is justified according to CBS remarks.
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Washington
Genald A. Quarles
Air Force
Stead Air Force Base
Nev
Quarles
CBS
17-Year-Old Charged With Speeding In Police Court
A 17 year old has been ordered to appear in Police Court Tuesday night on a speeding charge. He was arrested at 12 05 a m today by City Police.
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Beckley Bot
Varner Dies After Heart Attack in Beckley at 64
Marley Elsert Varner 64 of 217 Crawford Street Beckley died at 10 30 pm Sunday in a local hospital after a heart attack Born October 26 1890 at Freeport West Virginia he was a son of Elbert and Elton Varner both deceased He owned Varner Sign Co and belonged to First Baptist Church York Lodge Anient Free and Accepted Masons Columbus Rotary Club Survived by wife Emma Virginia Varner and son Charles both of Beckley and brother W W Varner East Liverpool The body was taken to Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Crawford
Beckley
Ater
Freeport
W. Va
Elbert
Elton Varner
Ite
Varner Sign Co
First Baptist Church
York Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Columbus
Beckley Rotary Club
Emma Virginia Varner
Charles, Hell of
Weekend of Tragedy for West Virginians
West Virginia over the weekend saw four deaths from traffic accidents and several self-inflicted deaths. Victims include Robert Ned Ferguson of Besaco Raleigh County and Floyd Herdman of Letart Mason County, plus Charleston millwright Daniel Maroney who died by suicide in Kanawha River. Additional fatalities occurred from a rock slide near New River and a tree fall near Harrison County, with a missing gun incident in Nitro and a fatal hit-and-run under investigation. Fire also claimed property in Clarksburg and Omar, Logan County.
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Wilson Motor Co
Clarksburg
Omar
Logan County
Robert Ned Ferguson
Besaco
Raleigh County
U.S. 6
Custom Forge
Floyd Herdman
iLetart
Mason County
W.va
Hartford
New Haven
Carlyle Edward Stewart
Charleston
Ocaville
Jackson County
U.S 2
Daniel Vincent Maroney
South Side Bridge
James Maroney
Nitro
Homer A Fen
Kathleen Peart Dotson
Bristol
Harrison County
Electrifying Kiss and Fatal Power Failure Across States
A bizarre incident links a kiss between M L G Singer and a 73 year old school superintendent in Lewis County with deaths of birds near a San Juan water plant after a transformer flash caused a short circuit. Pumping resumed after fuses were replaced.
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M. L. G. Singer
Lewis County
Weston
George Henry Caperton Jr
Raleigh County
Beckley
Robert Stork
Logan
Charleston
Guy Crawford
Willie) Green
Huntington
San Juan
You Be The Quarterback Starts Today On Sports Page
Football fans are invited to test their play calling in the new game You Be The Quarterback on the Sports Page. Choose end run or pass and decide between touchdown or field goal with guidance from a famous college coach.
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Wils
Tre
Turao
Government issues uranium map for prospectors
Secretary of the Interior McKay announced public availability of a new map showing areas known to be richest in uranium. The map helps would-be prospectors locate likely ore regions in the atomic age.
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McKay
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