Democrats Hold Majority in Beckley City Election Voter Registration
The city recorder reports Democrats lead 1 422 registered voters for the October 5 Beckley election. Precinct tallies compare 1937 figures with 1935 data, showing Democrats up in Johnstown Central North Kanawha Armory Court House and East Beckley, while Republicans lead in East Beckley and Prohibitionists appear in Armory.
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H. E. McMillan
City Recorder
Beckley
Johnstown
Central
North Kanawha
East Beckley
Armory
Court House
Cunningham to Leave Beckley for Charleston Assignment
John A. Cunningham, Beckley electric utilities manager for nine years, is transferred to Appalachian Electric Power in Charleston as assistant district manager. He will assume duties around October 1 and move his family to Charleston within weeks. Cunningham, a Lehigh University graduate and longtime civic leader, has spent 25 years in Kentucky and West Virginia electric utilities.
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John A. Cunningham
Beckley
Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Cunningham
Maysville
Beckley Electric Light Company
West Virginia Utilities Company
West Virginia Water Service Company
Calloway Named PTA President At Trap Hill School
Ott Callaway was elected president of the Trap Hill Number 13 PTA at a Wednesday meeting. E. H. Meadows and Pluma Meadows were named vice presidents, Albany Milam treasurer. Five committees were formed: Program led by Mrs. Fred Manning, Mrs. Norma Humphrey, and Haven Claypool. Social by Albany Milam, E. H. Meadows, and Ott Callaway. Membership by Fred Manning and Haven Claypool. Publicity by Albany Milam, school principal. Finance by Herbert Mankin, Fred Hawley, and Dalton Claypool. The group urged the county school board to add two rooms to the schoolhouse to handle increased enrollment.
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Ott Callaway
Parent-Teacher Association
Trap Hill
E. H. Meadows
Pluma Meadows
Albany Milam
Fred Manning
Norma Humphrey
Haven Claypool
Three Raleigh roadhouses lose beer licenses
Three Raleigh county beer licenses were revoked after operators Jacqueline O Neal of the Dutch Villa Joe J Douse on Crab Orchard road and Roy Bailey on Mt Hope road were charged with failing to comply with beer statutes announced by FE A Harnsbarger assistant state tax commissioner in Charleston.
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Raleigh County
FE. A. Harnsbarger
Charleston
Jacqueline O’neal
Dutch Villa
Joe J. Douse
Crab Orchard
Roy Bailey
Mt. Hope
Teacher Shot By Student In Ohio Stirs Crime Debate
Miss June Mapes 59 Arlington school principal was shot by 12 year old pupil Robert Snyder in Toledo Ohio. Police say the boy showed deranged gangster fantasies after listening to crime programs and reading bandit stories. The principal expressed sorrow for the boy and his parents while recovering in hospital.
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Associated Press
Toledo
June Mapes
Arlington
Robert Snyder
A. W. Bernhagen
Mercy Hospital
Bernhagen
Ralph Murphy
James Foltz
Robert
Murphy
Gloria Moore
George Timiey
Hodel Elected Kiwanis Head
Charles Hodel was chosen president for 1938 at the Kiwanis club election. J. L. Huffman and D. W. Duke were elected vice presidents, Geo. W. Bair became treasurer, and five directors were named B. E. Carter, B. H. Hopkins, J. R. Van Meter, J. P. White, and Geo. F. Wilkinson. The club adopted regrets for John A. Cunningham’s departure to Charleston.
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Huffman
Duke
Bair
Kiwanis Club
Charles Hodel
Hodel
W. R. Fugitt
J. L. Huffman
D. W. Duke
Geo. W. Bair
Treasur
B. E. Carter
B. H. Hopkins
J. R. van Meter
J. P. White
Geo. F. Wilkinson
Thomas H. Wickham
Beckley
John A. Cunningham
Charleston
Warden Dies From Riot Injuries at Folsom Prison
Sacramento datelined report states Warden C A Larkin age 46 of Folsom prison died at Sutter hospital from infections after being stabbed in last Sundays riot at the penitentiary. He was the fourth riot victim with five surviving convicts under murder indictment.
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Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
C. A. Larkin
Folsom Prison
Sutter Hospital
Penitentiary
Stocks Continue Slipping In Time Of Market Decline
New York trading saw sliding tendencies persist with leading issues slipping fraction to a point or more. Prominent losers included U S Steel Bethlehem duPont General Motors Chrysler Sears Roebuck Texas Corp N Y Central American Telephone and Santa Fe.
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Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
duPont
General Motors
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Texas Corporation
N. Y. Central
American Telephone
Sante Fe
Full Control Proposed by Board Member
Dr Stephen P Burke an industrial research expert and former West Virginia University professor urged complete government regulation of the soft coal industry before the national bituminous coal commission He argued that partial control under the Guffey Vinson act would demoralize industries and that exemptions would be disastrous as coal selling for two dollars a ton could not compete with unregulated markets at a dollar seventy per ton
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Stephen P. Burke
West Virginia University
Burke
District Coal Board Number Three
West Virginia
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Cranberry Man Charles Brizendine Dies at 50
Charles Brizendine 50 of Cranberry died at 2 15 am today at a local hospital from an ulcer of the stomach. He worked 15 years in Cranberry and four years as checkweighman. Survived by widow Ida, mother Mildred Brizendine of Hurt Virginia, four sons Bernard Paul James Billy, two daughters Myrtle Vivian, four brothers Joseph of Jacksonville Fla N H Mabscott E C Carlyle J A Glen Marsh, two sisters Katherine McDaniels Rose Emerson of Hurt. Funeral Sunday 2 pm at Presbyterian church here. Burial Harper Cemetery.
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Charles Brizendine
Cranberry
Brizendine
Ida Brizendine
Mildred Brizendine
Hurt
Bernard
Paul
James
Billy
Myrtle
Vivian
Joseph Brizendine
Jacksonville
Fla
N. H. Brizendine
Mabscott
E. C. Brizendine
Carlyle
J. A. Brizendine
Glen Marsh
Katherine McDaniels
Rose Emerson
F. L. Shannon
Presbyterian Church
Harper Cemetery
Baker Fractures Leg Second Time
Mrs. R. F. Baker of Summers street travels to Charleston to be with her husband who fractured his left leg yesterday at an insurance agents meeting at the Ruffner hotel. The injury, above the knee, follows a prior fracture below the knee a year ago from a neighborhood football accident. Cast will stay about eight weeks.
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R. F. Baker
Summers Street
Charleston
Ruffner Hotel
Baker
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Lawson Free on Bond After Felonious Shooting Charge
Beaver resident Bill Lawson was released on $1,000 bond after confessing to shooting Eva Tot Lane Wednesday night. He surrendered at Deputy Brammer’s home, waited for police, and received a magistrate hearing ordering $1,000 bond for grand jury indictment. Witnesses say Lane cut Lawson with a knife before the shooting.
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Bill Lawson
Beaver
Eva
Lane
Henry Brammer
Brammer
Lawson
Doherty Made Legion Head
Daniel J. Doherty of Woburn Massachusetts, stocky attorney and navy veteran, was elected national commander of the American Legion and pledged no raids on the national treasury during the coming year. He spoke before sailing for France for the veterans pilgrimage and urged Legionnaires to stand on labor disputes as private citizens. Phil Conley of Charleston West Virginia was elected a vice president.
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Associated Press
New York
Daniel J. Doherty
Stocky Woburn
Mass
Navy
American Legion
National Treasury
France
Phil Conley
Charleston
W. Va
Dry Voters Win In Tennessee
Nashville Tennessee drys claim a two to one victory in yesterday's prohibition referendum. They plan an attack on legalized beer while opponents call the advisory ballot meaningless. Prohibitionists hail a moral victory and will push for repeal of the five percent beer statute. Tennessee remains among five states where anti whiskey laws survived national repeal.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Mullens Youth Injured In Bridge Crash
Lewis Gates 19 year old truck driver for Mullens Dry Cleaners suffered gashes to face and head when his truck ran over a concrete Otsego bridge yesterday. He was not seriously hurt. the truck was badly damaged.
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Register
Mullens
Lewis Gates
Mullens Dry Cleaners
Otsego
Appalachian Power to Erect Lines Across Raleigh Lands
The Appalachian Electric Power Company may erect power lines across two tracts in Raleigh county. Deeds show D A and Beatrice Riffe allow 97 feet of their Crab Orchard Creek property and Dora and Claud Cook permit lines on Sand Lick Creek. Other transfers include Farley selling 15 acres on Tommy's Creek to Claud Thompson and multiple lot trades on South Kanawha Street and Fifth Street. The St Matthews AME church transferred two lots in Beckley to Thomas H Wickham.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Raleigh
D. A
Beatrice Riffe
Crab Orchard Creek
Dora
Claud Cook
Sand Lick Creek
R. J. Farley
Claud Thompson
Tommy's Creek
W. E. and
Sylvia Clark
Cornelila N. Taylor
Kanawha Street
Taylor
Clarks
Fifth Street
Rosalie C. Muller
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Frank Lotti
C. Barbato
Antonio LeJeune
Glen View
St. Matthews
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas H. Wickham
Beckley
States push uniform parole controls across 22 states
Kansas City dispatch reports twenty two states joined to enforce parole rules for convicts and to standardize laws on fresh pursuit extradition and witness attendance. Chairman Richard Hartshorne of Newark New Jersey noted 28 states have adopted part of the program. West Virginia is among them.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Interstate Commission On Crime
Richard Hartshorne
Newark
N. J
West Virginia
Officials Plan Visit To West Virginia Prison
Charleston officials say an interim legislative committee will visit Moundsville Prison October 6 to study overcrowding. Governor Holt will join 12 committee members and National Prison Industry representatives. the group will tour the facility after meetings in Charleston October 4 and 5.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Moundsville
Holt
National Prison Industry
Young Democrats Gather for State Convention in Clarksburg
Young Democrats from Beckley Raleigh county and several counties head to Clarksburg for the state convention with about 70 Raleigh delegates expected and from Cabell over 200 attendees. Col Johnson urged delegates to tout New Deal achievements as the two day meeting opened with Colonel Johnson as keynote. Delegates and officials including J Patrick Beacom Carl Galbraith worked on committees and planning leaders for the next term.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Clarksburg
Raleigh
Virginia Ward
W. A. Thornhill Jr
Young Democrats
L. L. Scherer
Democratic
E. van Dorsey
Cecil Swim
Irma Sutphin
Helen Kilgore
Robert Miller
Larry Dodd
Cabell
Monongalia
Marion
Mercer
Cabell County
J. Patrick Beacom
Louis A. Johnson
Colonel Johnson
Carl Galbraith
Howard Gibson
Preston County
Navy to keep Asiatic fleet in Chinese waters amid China Japan dispute
The United States Navy announced that the Asiatic fleet will remain in Chinese waters as long as the China Japan controversy continues. Admiral Yarnell said warships will stay at ports to protect American nationals, even after warnings to leave China have been issued.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States Navy
China
Japan
Navy Department
Harry F. Yarnell
State Department
Miss Poloski Named Editor Of The Authors
Miss Helen Poloski was selected editor of The Authors Mark Twain High School newspaper. The staff includes associate editors Nancy Marrs Violet Snodgrass Pauline Griffiths news editor Jeanette Gollehan sports editor Alpha Eanes society editor Dorothy Doud feature editor Mary Cook junior editor Jane Vaughan secretary. business staff Emma Lyons Pauline Martin Jack Segle. H. L. Knapp Jr. faculty advisor. The staff conducts a subscription campaign.
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Helen Poloski
Mark Twain
Nancy Marrs
Violet Snodgrass
Pauline Griffiths
Jeanette Gollehan
Reece Boone
9Lpha Eanes
Dorothy Doud
Mary Cook
Jane Vaughan
Emma Lyons
Pauline Martin
Jack Segle
H. L. Knapp Jr
Banking Group Meets Oct 20 in White Sulphur Springs
New York Savings Bank association plans its 44th annual meeting in White Sulphur Springs in October 2022. Andrew Mills Jr will outline thrifts and thrift inducing measures while speakers include William R. White Joseph A. Broderick Morris Tremaine and others. A special train to White Sulphur Springs leaves New York October 19.
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New York Savings Bank Association
Andrew Mills, Jr
Dry Docks Saving Institution
William R. White
New York State
Joseph A. Broderick
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Morris S. Tremaine
Mark Graves
New York Tax Commission
Harold Stonier
American Bankers Association
Earl W. Schwarst
Bowery Savings Bank
Henry R. Kinsey
Williamsburg Savings Bank
Paul W. Albright
White Sulphur Springs
New York
White divorce suit filed in circuit clerk office
Attorney W. A. Thornhill Jr filed a divorce suit for L. S. White against Almeda White in the circuit clerk's office today, marking the start of the case and official filing action.
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W. A. Thornhill, Jr
L. S. White
Almeda White
Japanese capture Paotingfu and decimate Chinese garrison
In the Paotingfu victory, the Japanese army says its forces captured the Chinese stronghold 80 miles southwest of here and annihilated the garrison. In Hankew near Hankow, Japanese planes bombed the middle Yangtze valley killing about 100 and wounding twice as many. The raid targeted Hanyang arsenals, destroying about 100 buildings. Cholera spreads through Shanghai and Japanese units, with hundreds of deaths and many infections. General Chang Kai-Shek asserts the United States is obligated to aid China's fight against Japan.
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Associated Press
Peiping
Paotingfu
Here
James A. Mills
Shanghai
Hankew
Yangtze River
Hanyang
Hankow
Han River
ANIKI
Nanking
Chang Kai-Shek
China
United States
U S May Refuse Jap Recognition
Washington officials reaffirmed policy not to recognize new Japanese territorial claims in China regardless of war outcomes. Observers noted the United States previously withheld formal recognition of Manchukuo and Ethiopia due to acquisition by force.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
China
Manchukio
Spe
Ethiopia
James Probes Tax Valuations Probes Statewide Assessments
Charleston tax commissioner Ernest K. James announced a state-wide survey of land tax assessments to eliminate disparities in valuations. Walton Shepherd, chief clerk, will review all county levies and meet assessors in all 55 counties this year to establish a basic valuation procedure.
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Charleston
Ernest K. James
James
Walton Shepherd
Shepherd
Timber Employes Granted Charter
Paul W. Fuller regional CIO director announced a charter was granted to local No. 564 of the United Sawmill and Timber workers at Logan in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Paul W. Fuller
CIO
United Sawmill and Timber Workers
Logan
Weather outlook with showers and warmer conditions
Cloudy and warmer tonight with likely showers Saturday. Cooler in west portion. Beckley highs yesterday reached 81 with a 45 degree low. Weather Observer L A Mauck reported.
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West Portion
Beckley
L. A. Mauck
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Calloway
PTA
Trap Hill School
Kiwanis
Warden
Folsom
Coal Commission
Fifth Ave
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Doherty
Legion Head
Appalachian
The
Beacom
Galbrith
Yarnella
Miss Poloski
Banking Group
Andrew Mills
Lotien
Paosham
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