Love Triangle Tragedy Ends in Bullet Wounds
Golda Graham dies at Mullens hospital from a Thursday gunshot wound. Mrs. S. L. Dillon, wife of Slab Fork district constable, faces possible murder charges after shooting in a beer garden vicinity. Dillon and Graham dispute accounts as officers prepare rearrest efforts.
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Golda Graham
Mullens Hospital
S. L. Dillon
Slab Fork
W. H. McGinnis, Jr
Miss Graham
McGinnis
Rhodell
Dillon
Lank
Constable Dillon
Pair Injured In Auto Accident Near Oak Hill
Ronald Mutt Davenport of Mabscott and A M Phleger an Armour employee were in Rayleigh General Hospital with injuries from a collision before 7 o clock. Davenport suffered a severe head laceration and Phleger a fractured leg. Davenport's family said he and four others were returning from a motor trip to Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald “Mutt” Davenport
Mabscott
A. M. Phleger
Armour Employe
Rayleigh General Hospital
Davenport
Oak Hill
Family Finds Relative Dead After 17 Years Missing
Huntington Paul du Four, 56, once a glass blower and hotel handyman, was killed at the Hotel Arthur in Clarksburg. Orvis Burdette, 21, night clerk, is jailed on murder charges. three witnesses, two men and a man, held as material witnesses. Relatives learned of the death at the funeral in Clarksburg. du Four’s elderly father and other kin react with shock. Police say Burdette knocked him down and kicked him to death during a temper dispute.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Paul du Four
du Four
Arthur
Orvis Burdette
Peye
Bernice Grant
Sean Gillenwater
John B. Napier
Dy Four
Clarksburg
R. J. Barnes
Alphonse du Four
Earl Charles
Charles
Aimie du Four
Point Marion
Rene
Shreveport
Frank
Burdette
Social Security Board for Raleigh County Named
Raleigh county's social security board was named by Governor H. G. Kump. Members named from Beckley include E. L. Bibb George W. Bright Perry A. Cook and F J Colcord with John F Glen as fifth member and John R Smith likely to be senior member. The board oversees relief for the destitute elderly blind pensions and aid to indigent children.
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Bright
Cook
Colcord
Kump
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Social Security Board
H. G. Kump
E. £. Bibb
George W. Bright
Perry A. Cook
Beckley
F. J. Colcord
Montreal
Bibb
County Welfare Board
Welfare Board
Solen
John F. Glen
John R. Smith
State Department of Public Assistance
Fletcher Mann Given High Post
Fletcher Mann of Beckley and Miss Madeline Bazzel of Martinsburg were elected national committeeman and committeewoman by the West Virginia Young Republican League executive committee. Mann won 8 to 4 over Paul Summers of Morgantown. Bazzel was unopposed. President H William Largent announced Young Republican headquarters would open next week in Charleston.
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Fletcher Mann
State Young Republic League
Clarksburg
Associated Press
Beckley
Madeline Bazzel
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Young Republican League
Mann
Paul Summers
Morgantown
Miss Bazzle
H. William Largent
Young Republican
Charleston
Carbon magnate killed in Huntington auto crashes
Huntington district reports say Huntington-W. A. Williams of Weston general superintendent of gas operations for United Carbon of Charleston was fatally injured and ten others harmed in a string of car crashes. Williams, 58, died after leg amputation in hospital. At Hurricane, Margaret Grass 16 and Helen Steptoe Oak Hill high school students suffered serious injuries when the car veered off the road and overturned. Four others were slightly hurt.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. A. Williams
Weston
United Carbon Company
Charleston
Williams
Margaret Grass
Helen Steptoe
Oak Hill
Judge Rules Non Suit In Goins Case
In federal court Judge George W. McClintic granted a non suit on Edith Goins a 12 year old from Lewisburg seeking 50 000 damages from the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for loss of an arm while the court also considered a directed verdict motion for contributory negligence. Separate sentences followed including William M Cousins two years and six months in Chillicothe reformatory for probation violation Melvin Gill two years liquor law violation and Edward Rhodes two years six months for liquor law violation.
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Associated Press
Lewisburg
George W. McClintic
Flantiff
Edith Goins
Rount Hope
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
McClintic
William M. Cousins
Chillicothe Reformatory
Melvin Gill
Edward Rhodes
William Mastin Dies After Stroke
William A. Mastin 86 former mayor and Greenbrier county assessor died at his White Sulphur Springs home after a paralytic stroke. Funeral services likely Monday. Lula Charles 38 of Nent coal to be buried today at T. cine after long illness. Surviving are her husband Cim Charles and several children.
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Willian Mastin
Charles
Associated Press
White Sulphur Springs
William A. Mastin
Greenbrier County
Lula Charles
Nentcoal
T. Cine
Cim Charles
Huffman Case Paused as Hearings Extend to Thursday
Judge Jake Fisher postponed further hearings in the impeachment case against J. L. Huffman, Raleigh county board of education president, to Thursday. Assistant Superintendent Fugitt testified that Beckley Lumber and Supply firm often was low bidder on contracts and that emergency purchases were handled by the superintendent’s office. Defense lawyers have not revealed their trial strategy as more witnesses testified about petitions for Huffman’s ouster.
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Jake Fisher
J. L. Huffman
Raleigh County
W. R. Fugit
Beckley Lampder 2Nd Supply Company
Huffman
Beckley
Nogaid
Fugitt
Sena
Beckley Lumber and Supply
Hartley Saunders
Princeton
Sanders
W. H. File
C. C. Sanders
John Q. Cooper
Coali Ty
K. P. Hall
H. J. Oram
Lester
J.A. Bird
Wyoming County Receives $22990 in State Teacher Pay Aid
Charleston reports state government shipped almost 400000 in checks to 14 counties to cover teachers first month wages. Wyoming County received 22950 dollars in the distribution.
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Charleston
Wyoming
Storm Leaves Land Kills Fifteen and Dozens Missing
The hurricane swirled northeastward off Massachusetts causing heavy damage from eight states. Fifteen dead, seven missing, and three drowned in Delaware Bay aboard the Long Island. Weather Bureau warnings aided by a high pressure area kept coastal losses to boats and shorefront property to a minimum while the Hindenburg neared Lakehurst at six in the morning.
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Associated Prose
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Connecticut
American
Government Weather Bureau
West Indies
Long Island
Delaware Bay
United States
Lakehurst
N. J
Bridge Leaper Owes Life To Two WV Safety Directors
A Pennsylvania girl survived a bridge jump into a river thanks to two West Virginia safety officials. Morgantown assistant safety director C. P. Pride and Gauley Bridge first aid instructor fr. C. Williams pulled her from mud and water, resuscitating her after a ten minute dip and a 30 to 40 minute onshore effort. Pride holds an emblem for 42 successful resuscitations.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
C. P. Pride
Morgantown
Fr. C. Williams
Pride
Mines
N. P. Rhinehart
Edmiston and Still Back Guffey Coal Control Bill
Congressman Andrew Edmiston expresses strong support for the Guffey coal control act. In Beckley he says a federal agency is the only way to stabilize the coal industry and predicts passage next session. The substitute bill failed previously after a Holt filibuster. Edmiston spoke after traveling from Richwood to Beckley for a West Virginia affiliated sportsmen meeting.
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Andrew Edmiston
Guffey
Beckley
R. M. 1. Park
Congress
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
Edmiston
Richwood
Sportsmen's Association
Eight Feared Dead in Flood Near Bowser Texas
The Colorado River flood endangers Bowser and San Saba county residents. A family of Ross White with six children clung to their roof as rescuers searched the wrecked farm and boat crews saved others from the muddy current. A minister and locals were rescued from a windmill tower and a flooded home.
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Associated Press
Coleman
Tex
Colorado
Bowser
Here
Little San Saba
Brownwood
Ross White
Bob Mauldin
Robert
Thad
J. B
A. N McDowell
Church of Christ
Mauldin
Winchell
Chester Bouldin
Stacy
CCC Men Go to Elkins Meet Educational Conference
Five educational advisers from CCC camps in the Pocahontas district will attend a district educational conference in Elkins from September 30 to October 4. In charge of instruction will be Nat T. Frame with Winter programs for 42 West Virginia camps to be discussed. The advisers will prepare their camps’ exhibits for the Forest Festival starting October 1.
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CCC
Pocahontas
Elkins
S. W. Gunnee
Raleigh
Raymond Potter
Boone
Martin Hoffstetter
Bluestone
Eston C. Carden
Camp
Beaver
Guy H. Bambrick
Lee
Nat T. Frame
Fifth Corps
West Virginia
Steel Workers Ask Pay Raise Demand for ten percent wage boost by Carnegie-Illinois workers
Steel workers at South Chicago and Mingo Junction Ohio and their wage committees tell Carnegie-Illinois that profits would remain strong with a ten per cent raise if demand stays high. They cite potential $7.5 million profits for late 1936 and seek a meeting with B F Fairless in Pittsburgh or Chicago after his denial.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carnegie-Mllnois Steel Corporation
United Sates Steel
South Chicago
Mingo Junction
Ohio
B. F. Fairless
Carnegie- Illinois
Fairless
Pittsburgh
Prince John Q Funeral Held At Methodist Temple
Funeral services for John Q Prince 49 are set for 2 30 PM at the Methodist Temple with Rev O Dell of Mount Hope officiating. Masonic lodge members will handle burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Prince, a Koppers Co bookkeeper at Pemberton eight years, died Thursday of a heart attack. survived by widow Selina and two sons John F of Peru Indiana and James David of Beckley.
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John Q. Prince
Methodist Temple
O'Dell
Mount Hope
Masonic Lodge
Sunset Memorial Park
Prince
Koppers Company
Pemberton
Selina Prince
Lincoln Street
John F
Peru
Ind
James David
Beckley
Miners win state meet bids at Morgantown first aid trials
Teams from Metcalf Raleigh county and Harvey Fayette win spots to Morgantown for the state first aid meet. Eight teams tied for first after four problems. Helen Mabscott Skelton win final run off. Harvey and Raleigh negro teams top in their division. prizes awarded, plaques sponsored by Koppers Coal and New River companies. Rh inehart awards urge safety. Mayor Robert Winston welcomed competitors. Juvenile contest won by Price Hill boys.
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Meten
Raleigh County
Harvey
Fayette
New River
Winding Gulf Mining Institute
Morgantown
RE. M
Mabscott
Eccles
Price Hit
Long Branch
Raleigh
Helen
Skelton
Winding Gullh
Red Cross
Koppers Coal Company
New River Company
Rhinehart
N. P. Rhinehart
State Department of Mines
Robert Lilly
Robert Winston
F. F. Dixon
Price Hill Colliery Company
Hal M. Scott
Winding Gulf Operators Association
J. H. Carter
Beckley
United Mine Workers
L. A. Toney
Negro Mining Institute
America
Teachers End Meeting in State Adult Education Parley
Emergency educators from four counties returned home after a three day Raleigh conference on adult education spanning literacy parent education vocational training nursery schools and worker education. State Director Clyde Billups urged advisory boards for local units to shape state policies and praised county leaders while noting uneven understanding across counties. A Raleigh council lineup included Dr. Robert Weston B B Chambers and Mrs Pat Malone among others. The gathering featured class plans for letter writing attendance management Bible courses and a county quartet from Wyoming.
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Clyde Billups
Billups
T. Allen Gatherum
Ened
Raleigh Advisory Council
Robert Winston
B. B. Chambers
Pat Malone
J. Merritt Gooch
C. Lewis
Ritchie Ware
J. L. Huffman
C.G. Peregoy
Earl Bibb
W. R.fugitt
Gatherum
Raleigh County
Ruth Wood
Welch
Miss the Swope
Baileysville
Roosevelt asks conference on pooling public private power
President Roosevelt called a September 30 conference of federal power officials and private utilities, banks, and electrical equipment interests to study pooling power generation. The plan would use TVA and Bonneville projects to deliver cheap, widespread electricity, reduce new capacity needs, and accelerate rural electrification while preserving existing investments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bonneville Dam
White House
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Cambridge
Mass
Brippe
Hyde Park
N. Y
Mrs. Roosevelt
Battle for Alcazar Ends in Bloody Siege
Government militiamen fought Fascists inside Toledo Spain’s Alcazar fortress using shot and smoke bombs as explosions rocked the ruin filled citadel. They pressed through pillboxes built on rubble while inside the blood stained forest uncertain numbers hid a suspected 1200 besieged men women and children blown apart by Friday mine detonations.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Spain
Alcazar
Weather Forecast Outlook for Sunday and Monday
Fair weather dominates Sunday with increasing cloudiness and light showers likely Monday east of the Appalachians. Temperatures rise slightly. Settled conditions expected in the upper Ohio valley, the lower lake region, and parts of the North Atlantic states.
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Appalachian Mountains
Ohio Valley
Lower
Lake Region
North Atlantic States
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John F. Bolen
G.0
Oak Hill High School
Mr. Hope
Fisher
Zeppelin
Hindenburg
Bridge Leaper
Bill
Chey
Carnegie
Quince
Winding Gulf
Iwinners
Price Hill
Stotesbury
J. C. Muir Jr
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