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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1936
Page
10
West Virginia faces a grim weather forecast as officials warn of continued harsh winters after a severe 1935. Forecasters Mauck and McLaughlin urge farmers to prepare, noting past droughts, floods, and extreme temperatures that ravaged crops and rural livelihoods.
Sixteen year old Cosmo Purpura from Wheeling devotes days to labs in his garage, designing an eight inch telescope and rocket models while dreaming of Mars. He plans a thousand foot ship and seeks funding, studying cosmic rays and atom smashing as the path to new power.
The post office department approves renaming Silish to Cameo in Boone county effective October 1. Rep Joe L. Smith of Beckley backed the change after Silash residents petitioned, claiming Cameo Coal Company operations and seeking a C and O Railway station name change.
The Charleston liquor commission reports last fiscal year profit at 23.83 percent on 9.397 million gross. The top store led sales at 47.613 thousand and profit at 26.5 percent. Chairman D Homer D Stephen son says profits should rise without higher prices and vows to trim overstaffing and overstocking.
Humboldt report highlights Jay D. F. Cayle a 78 year old former district judge who has mentored aspiring lawyers in a free home study program for 21 years with students consistently passing the Iowa bar. It notes former state representatives county attorneys and others trained solely in his classes have practiced law across states. The piece also touches on farming weather wisdom advising moisture retention through moisture conserving practices and deep plowing as a remedy for drought and soil erosion with outlook for 1937 crops.
Foresters and conservation officials from eleven states meet in Elkins for the opening of a three day Central States Forestry Congress. Thomas H. Clagett presides as president and Governor Kump delivers the welcome. Delegates tour Monongahela National Forest and Kumbrabow and Seneca state forests.
West Virginia crop cash income in 1935 rose by over 1 million dollars to 9 191 000 from 7 941 000 in 1934. Livestock cash income reached 26 556 000 in 1935, up from 21 122 000. National gross income in 1935 totaled 8 508 000 000 with cash income at 7 201 000 000, highest since 1930 and up 31 percent from 1934. An Associated Press note from Miami reports a New York resident rectified a 12 year old post office error after returning an overpaid dollar.
Huntington gains U S secret service agent Huntington Frank M Booth who was recently transferred to Cincinnati and reassigned to Huntington Sundogs appear when sun light shines through thin cloud s of ice crystals floating in the air Naval base expansions at Singapore Malaya will cost about 15 500 000
Kanawha County Court told counsel for D Earl Brawley to narrow evidence on Monday in his bid to overturn the Democrat nomination for Kanawha county sheriff. Judge Slack and witnesses debated signatures and ballots from Cabin Creek precinct as part of fraud allegations.
Riverton descendants of John Justus Henckel plan a September 29 ceremony to unveil a marker near the site of Henckel Fort in the German Settlement. The fort once defended settlers from Indian attacks and later housed troops during the Revolutionary War. The event includes gravesite markers for Henckel and Magadalene Eschman Henckel, with an all day program and a picnic dinner followed by historical addresses.
Miners, tie bosses and company officials will study together this fall as the mining extension department of the university opens classes on September 21 in eleven districts. Officials expect at least 1600 enrollees with night sessions at Bramwell Welch Williamson Logan Madison Montgomery Mount Hope Beckley Morgantown Moundsville and Elm Grove. Courses cover mine gases safety lamps ventilation fires and explosions explosives mining methods coal geology drainage pumping haulage electricity waste in mining and mining arithmetic. Since 1923 the program aids promotions with 475 men last year earning official jobs.
Jarrell Adams a 13 year old boy fell at his Princewick home yesterday and broke his arm. He is the son of W B Adams a miner and was treated at Beckley hospital.
Tony Santos 41 died Friday from a heart attack after an appendicitis operation. Funeral services are set for 1 pm today at the Tams Catholic church in Princeton with Father Albert officiating. Burial will follow in St. Seo archipelago.
Bluefield and Roanoke police charged Arthur N. Daugherty, 29, of Welch, with manslaughter in the death of Frank Smith, 49. Daugherty was released on bond.
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