Maniac Attacks Vaudeville Star In Chicago Hotel
Chicago police hunt a suspect after Alda Deery, a New York vaudeville actress, was attacked in her hotel room. A fire escape entry and a closet blaze linked the assault, with Deery in serious condition from brain concussion and pneumonia. Investigators study parallels to other brutal attacks blamed on a violent suspect group.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Alda Deery
New York
George O'Connor
Dorothy Ryan
Miss Deery
Cook County Hospital
Loop
South Side
Miss . Deery
Florence Castle
Lillian Guild
Princewick Man Robbed of $10
L. V. Hyatt, 29, of Princewick told police he was robbed of $10 by two men on Prince street. He said they forced him toward Neville street then left him near a sign board after seizing his pocketbook and tossing him over a bank.
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L. V. Hyatt
Princewick
Prince Street
Hyatt
Lillybrook
Neville Street
Huffman Cleared of Charge Asking Ouster
J L Huffman president of the Raleigh county board of education was cleared of charges seeking his removal for official misconduct A Raleigh circuit court ruling by Judge Jake Fisher discharged and acquitted Huffman finding he had no part in the board’s dealings with Beckley Lumber and Supply Co though he held stock and served as its general manager The decision notes the board approved purchases with fair prices and that Huffman acted only in routine business matters and did not influence bids or requisitions Continued on Page Three
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J. L. Huffman
Raleigh County Board of Education
Jake Fisher
Huffman
Beckley Lumber and Supply Company
John Q. Cooper
Raleigh County
J. ©. Huffman
Board of Education
Respondent
Petitioner
Stephenson to Act If Any Guilty in Liquor Commission
Charleston chairman D Homer Stephenson of the liquor commission promised immediate action and possible firing of any employe found guilty after a governor ordered a full inquiry into liquor commission affairs. Judge Summers H. Sharp had charged distillers with employing politicians, and Theresa Egnor identified Mrs Campbell as the daughter of Stephenson.
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Associated Prose
Charleston
D. Homer Stephenson
The
Liquor Commission
Lorders
Summers IH. Sharp
Sharp
H. S. Campbell
Theresa Egnor
Stephenson
Miss Egnor
el Ehime Jf
Kump
Mrs Mary Davis Davis Widow of Prominent West Virginia Figure
Mrs Mary Davis Davis 78 a long prominent Beckley figure died after a ten day illness from asthma and complications. Funeral services are set for 2 30 tomorrow at the Methodist Temple with Rev Henry L Clay. interment Wildwood cemetery. She was mother of six and sister to several notable jurists and public servants.
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Mary McGinnis Davis
Methodist Temple
Henry L. Clay
Wildwood Cemetery
James H. McGinnis
Pioneer West
Virginia
McGinnis
Beckley
William H. McGinnis
State Supreme Court
The
King’s Daughters
W. W. McCreery
Robert Winston
Jess Davis
L. H. Davis
Bess Davis
Fayetteville
R. K. Davis
Logan
Three Hurt In Auto Accident At Beaver
Three men were injured when their car collided with a tractor-trailer loaded with Christmas goods at Beaver. Harold Cook 21 Beaver suffered the most serious injuries, Melvin Dozier 23 Glen White has a forehead wound, and O J Jones 25 Stanaford had facial cuts. The airplane at Tolley field suffered non serious damage after a prior fall.
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Beaver
Harold Cook
Melvin Dozier
Glen White
O. J. Jones
Stanaford
Tolley Field
Jones
Dozier
Sam Antonio
Ted Shelton
Howard Mann
Antonio
Landon Promises Plan for Day-By-Day Old Age Pension
Kansas governor Landon told a Milwaukee crowd that the New Deal endangers social security and pledged a Day-as-you-go old age pension system as a matter of social justice. He called the administration program a cruel hoax and a fraud on the working man, deeming it unjust and wastefully financed.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
All My
Landon
Kansas
Elkins Prepares for Seventh Mountain State Forest Festival
Elkins readies for a three day Mountain State Forest festival October 1 to 3 with President Roosevelt visiting opening day for a conservation address. Governor Kump will crown Miss Mary Jane Bell as Queen Silvia VII as thousands attend horse shows, exhibits by the U S Forest Service and West Virginia Conservation Commission, and stake events with $3,500 in prizes.
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Elkins
Elkings
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elkine
HL ‘Og. Kump
Silvia VII
Mary Jane Bell
Parkersburg
Gram
West Virginia
United States Forest Service
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Kump
A. Spates Brady
Auto crashes into city light pole near Neville street garage
A car struck a light pole in front of a Neville street garage and knocked it about 40 feet from its base. Patrolman Otis Lyons said the driver did not stop and part of the bumper was torn off.
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Neville Street
Otis Lyons
Fall From Truck Injures Sun Man
Orville Perry a 25 year old resident of Sun was hospitalized in Beckley with severe chest injuries after falling from a truck on Neville Street. He had traveled to Eccles seeking work and was given a ride on the truck when he was jolted from the vehicle and injured.
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Orville Perry
Sun
Beckley Hospital
Young Perry
Eccles
Neville Street
A Political Argument Ends With Bright Idea
A. B. Redden deputy assessor wandered from his home on South Kanawha street on an errand. In a Main Street clash over politics he forgot his item, then a rival quipped a light bulb was needed. Redden bought the bulb at a nearby store.
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A. B. Redden
South Kanawha Street
Redden
Jury Ponders Case of Dulings
A Roanoke county circuit court jury weighs murder charges against Hubbard and Paul Duling of Nicholas County West Virginia in the death of Deputy Sheriff Clarence E. Simmons on July 17. The Commonwealth seeks the death penalty as prosecutors attack the brothers alibi and press for conviction based on eyewitness and forensic gaps. The defense argues insufficiency and challenges weapons admissibility. The judge rules exclude two pistols from exhibits.
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Associated Press
Salem
Roanoke County
Hubbard
Paul Duling
Nicholas County
W. Va
Clarence E. Simmons
Commonwealth
Edward H. Richardson
Summers
Vile
Simmons
Kime
Hubbard Duling
Thurston L. Keister
Loss of Work Leads to Death in Floyd County Mine
Funeral services for HH B Lawrence are set for 1 PM in Floyd Virginia with Rev James Richardson conducting at the cemetery. A 42 year old Church Street resident, Lawrence had worked 18 years in the mine power house and was found dead with a bullet wound and a .22 rifle after learning he had been fired. Mrs Lawrence and daughters Gladys 16 and Helen 14 witnessed the aftermath. Police call it death by own action after an inquest.
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HH. B. Lawrence
Stofesbury
Floyd
James Richardson
Lawrence
Church Street
Searn
Daddy
Gladys
Helen
Beckley
Pay Agreements Uniformly Asked in Steel Drive
Pittsburgh leader Pay Agreements Uniformly Asked as Murray heads the steel workers organizing drive. He and John L. Lewis push for wage talks across the industry with a conference planned for Tuesday in Pittsburgh. Murray warned failure of negotiations could halt production and vows a permanent organizing structure without strikes.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Murray
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Rebels Ready To Seize Toledo
Forces under General Francisco Franco await the dawn to seize government-held Toledo as govt artillery and air attacks press the insurgent lines along the Tagus. Col. Asenio says Toledo can be taken when Franco desires amid halted advance and fresh combat along roads strewn with casualties.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Francisco Franco
Alcazar
Madrid
Drunkenness Arrests Rise in Raleigh County Since Prohibition
Raleigh County officers report alcohol related arrests near four times higher today than during prohibition, with a 26.9 percent rise in four months of 1936 versus 1930. Police Chief J Q Stover attributes greater availability of whiskey and less strict enforcement, noting many arrests may be evaded by fines. January-February trends differ yearly, and offenders face fines rather than jail for first infractions, with a pattern explained by post prohibition behavior.
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Raleigh
J. .Q. Stover
Stover
United States
Koppers Teams Sweep Kanawha Valley Contest
Two Koppers Coal company teams won district safety meet honors at the Kanawha Valley Coal Mining Institute event. Powellton mine’s white division winner and Elkridge’s negro team triumphed amid stiff competition. South Charleston Carbide and Chemical teams finished 1 2 in the industrial division with Cannellton Coal and Coke second and Kelley Creek third.
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Associated
Montgomery
Koppers Coal Company
Kanawha Valley Coal Mining Institute
Powellton
Elkridge
South Charleston
Carbide and Chemical Corporation
Cannellton Coal and Coke Company
Kelleys Creek Collieries Company
Negro—Koppers Coal Company
Beard's Fork
Koppers 'Kimberly Mine
Knox Calls States Real Battlefield in 1936 Campaign
Col Frank Knox Republican vice presidential nominee labels five states as the real battlefield and cites rising GOP tides. He _back in Chicago_ after a 17 day tour claiming New York safe and New England unanimously Republican. He notes Maryland and Minnesota shifts against Roosevelt.
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Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ohio
Minas
Indiana
Frank Knox
Chicago
Knox
Pacific Coast
Southwest
New York
New York City
New England
Hey
Maryland
West Virginia
Gov. Landon
Senate
Rush Holt
Minnesota
Gov
Olson
Farmer-Labor Party
Lemke
Othr
Roosevelt
American fund used to avoid money trouble drives exchange shift
The U S treasury stabilization fund of 2 006 billion dollars entered foreign exchange markets as France Britain and the United States move to stabilize the franc. Bank of Russia offered 1 000 000 pounds sterling at any price and Morgenthau bought it as the pound declined. New York stocks rose on the day with gains of 1 to 3 dollars per share while French bonds fell in light trading. London observers saw calm and a path toward currency realignment.
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Associated Press
U. S. Treasury
Blum
Paris
Morgenthau
France
England
United States
Bank of Russia
Morgenthen
New York Stock Exchange
Althoadh
Wall Street
London
New York
Airplane Brings Patient to Beckley from Ashland
Mrs. Virginia Williams, a staunch aviation supporter, was flown from Ashland Kentucky to Beckley by Pilot Sam Antonio at her husband Carl Williams request. She suffered an appendicitis attack and could not be moved by automobile. the flight took 40 minutes instead of four hours. She will receive a week of treatment before the operation.
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Virginia Williams
Aviation
Sam Antonio
Ashland
Williams
Beckley
Carl
Weather forecast signals cloudiness with showers ahead
The forecast shows increasing cloudiness and warm temperatures in the east on Sunday with showers likely into Sunday night and into Monday. Cooler air moves in from the Ohio Valley to the lower lake region by Monday night with the Mid Atlantic and Appalachians turning cooler.
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Middle Atlantic
Lavoy
North Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lower Lake Region
Atlantic
Appalachian Region
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Maniac
Summers H. Sharp
Forrest B. Poling
WPA
State Liquor Commission
Mary Davis
President Roosevelt
Sun Man
Dulings
R.S. Kime
Frank Duling
Roanoke City
B. Lawrence
Chief Stover
Koppers
American Fund
America
Virginia Wiliams
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