Holt frames WV race as Roosevelt rallying behind recovery
Rush D. Holt, the Democratic U S Senate nominee, told a Moundsville rally that West Virginia’s 90,000 party registration majority shows the state supports Roosevelt and recovery reform. He labeled Hooverism and Hatfieldism as opposing forces and urged business to back the president, criticizing “excess profits” and watered stock.
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Associated Press
Moundsville
W. Va
Marshall County
Rush D. Holt
U. S. Senate
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Holt
Moundsville High School
Robert L. Ramsay
C. F. McClintic
Henry D. Hatfield
Senate
Hatfield
Wallace Munched by Ideals: Communism or Fascism Debate
Secretary Wallace argues in Collier's that democracy must be guided by social justice and social charity to avoid a state leaning toward Communism or Fascism or a business partnership model. He condemns freebooting capitalists and frames his reply to Hoover in the context of a New Frontiers volume and a genre of forthcoming presidential-era political discourse.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Collier’s Weekly
Herbert Hoover
Hoover and Wallace
Johnson
Hugh S
Seeks Proof He Is Alive in West Virginia Records
Charles Smith of Durham North Carolina traveled to Charleston to verify he is alive and to refute evidence of a grave bearing his name. He says a World War I mental disorder led to a committee acting for him and that a body thought to be his was buried in 1928. state veterans officer W J Cunningham notes a Charles Smith in a Welch recruited National Guard company and compared fingerprints to confirm identity.
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Charles Smith
Durham
N. C
Charleston
West Virginia National Guard
Smith
W. J. Cunningham
Veterans’ Service
Cunningham
National Guard
Welch
Welch Company
Scarbro Youth Freed After Stump Confession
Charles Davis a Scarbro youth, 17, was freed from charges of breaking into D. W. Anderson's Scarbro store last Sunday after James Stump, 16, admitted lying to police about Davis. Stump had been found in the store by officers and claimed Davis was with him but had escaped. Davis testified he acted alone, admitting he knocked out a window with a stick to enter the store.
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Charles Davis
Scarbro
D. W. Anderson
James Stump
Davis
Stump
Anderson
State Trooper Mehallick Acquitted in 1933 Killing
Hollidaysburg September 28 Trooper John Mehallick of the Pennsylvania state police was acquitted today of a murder charge in the April 22 1933 killing of William C Vote on a country road. The verdict followed a night of juror deliberation. Mehallicks companion and trial witness was Miss Hope Lewis. The shooting happened near her Glen Campbell home. Mehallick testified Vote and James Pennington trailed him and Miss Lewis by car toward her residence.
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Associated Press
Hollidaysburg
John Mehallick
Pennsylvania State Police
William C. Vote
Mehallick
Hope Lewis
Glen Campbell
Vote
James Pennington
Miss Lewis
Daughter Of Donahey Weds In West Virginia
Dorothy Virginia Donahey daughter of Ohio governor Vic Donahey and US Senate candidate married Dr James Brownlee Johnson Jr of Richmond Virginia in Spencer West Virginia as announced by her parents.
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Donahey
West Virginia
Associated Press
Newark
Ohio
Dorothy Virginia Donahey
Vic Donahey
United States
James Brownlee Johnson Jr
Richmond
Spencer
W. Va
Capitation Tax Totals Rise Across West Virginia in 1934
West Virginia reports totals of the annual capitation tax grew to 420,421 in 1934 from 273,249 in 1933, aided by new monthly reporting laws. Five counties did not increase collections. Kanawha led with 34,611, while Pleasants posted the smallest at 798. Data lists each county’s 1934 and 1933 figures for the one dollar per resident over 21, with many counties showing sizable gains.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Edgar B. Sims
Monongalia
Brooke
Pocahontas
Tucker
Wayne
Kanawha
Pleasants County
Sims
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Gilmer
Grant
Greenbrier
Hampshire
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Marion
Marshall
Mason
Mercer
Mineral
Roosevelt Urges Local Relief Burden at 1934 Conference
President Roosevelt addressed the Mobilization for Human Needs at the White House urging that local communities carry the primary burden of relief. He called relief a privilege, not a duty, praising personal appeal and service that sustained the nation through difficult years.
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White House
Seven strikes settled by Labor Department list in Huntington
Washington September 28 Secretary Perkins announced settlements ending seven strikes. Two were resolved with labor department services in West Virginia. Read within the summary are the Huntington Stove and Foundry company at Huntington and the West Virginia Foundry and Stove company of Huntington.
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Labor Department
Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Perkins
Huntington Stove and Foundry Company
Huntington
West Virginia Foundry and Stove Company of
Stocks Are Unsettled In Morning Trading
New York stocks opened unsettled as trading stayed dull. Preferred issues Case, American Telephone, National Biscuit and U S Steel fell about one point each while U S Steel common and other issues showed minor declines.
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Associated Press
New York
Case
American Telephone
National Biscuit
U. S. Steel
Two Confess To Murder Of Girl
South Bend police said two men including a hospital inmate confessed to slaying eight year old Marveline Appel. The girl disappeared 30 hours earlier and was found in an alley with baling wire around her neck and a head wound. Authorities say she was assaulted and died about an hour and a half before discovery.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
Marveline Appel
Memphis
Tenn
Marvin O’day
George Sherman Myers
Michigan City
William Mikesh
Williams named chairman of new recovery board
Washington Sept 28 The new national industrial recovery board set up to administer the NRA reported to President Roosevelt today it had organized with Clay Williams of North Carolina as chairman The board selected Leon C Marshall of Baltimore as executive secretary It requested Col George A Lynch to serve as administrative officer He has been acting administrator in the absence of Hugh S Johnson who resigned.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Industrial Recovery Board
Roosevelt
Clay Williams
North Carolina
Recovery Board
Leon C. Marshall
Baltimore
Col
George A. Lynch
Hugh S. Johnson
Shipman Placed On Roosevelt Economic Security Committee
Charleston report states George A. Shipman associate professor of political science at West Virginia University and member of the university bureau of government research has been named to President Roosevelt s committee on economic security. Announcement came from Dr John F Sly professor at the university and head of the state s unofficial brain trust advising the governor and legislature.
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Associated Press
Charleston
George A. Shipman
West Virginia University
Bureau of Government Research
Roosevelt
John F. Sly
Daniel Kerr Dies After Heart Attack in New York
Word reached here that Daniel Kerr father of Mrs Adrian H Grigg of Beckley died yesterday in a Clifton Springs New York hospital after a heart attack several weeks earlier. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs Stanley Ellis and Mrs Charles Mulherin, all of Augusta.
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Daniel Kerr
Adrian H. Grigg
Beckley
Clifton Springs
N. Y
Grigg
Augusta
Georgia
Stanley Ellis
Charles Mulherin
August Sales Tax Totals Over Half Million in August
Charleston report shows consumers sales tax collected in August reached 544,022.28, lifting five month total to 2,864,075.54. The tax commissioner's office released the figures today.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Tax Commissioner’s Office
Police Probe Beckley Shoe Shop Robbery
Police investigated a robbery at Beckley Shoe Shop on Oakwood Avenue in which about 60 dollars worth of shoes and leather goods were stolen. Seven pairs of shoes including boots valued at 15 dollars were taken along with leather soles and other items. three suspicious men who priced shoes were seen nearby but no arrests had been made.
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Beckley Shoe Shop
Oakwood Avenue
C. L. Richards
Richards
Hinton
Beckley
J. S. Ellison
City Police
George A. Watkins
Mrs Braddock Succumbs Here at Local Hospital
Mrs Josephine Braddock 40 died last night at 10 30 in a local hospital after an operation for liver ailment. Funeral services will be at 9 o clock Monday at the Catholic church conducted by Father John Halpin and Father Francis of Scarbro. Burial will follow in St Sebastian cemetery. Surviving are her husband Mike Braddock of Railroad avenue Beckley and eight children Joe John Steve Paulis Frank Edward Mary Helen and Bernice Braddock, all of Beckley. Body to be moved from Caffee undertaking to the residence this afternoon.
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Josephine Braddock
St. Sebastian
John Halpin
Francis
Scarbro
Braddock
Mike Braddock
Railroad Avenue
Beckley
Joe
John
Steve Paulis
Frank
Edward
Mary
Helen
Bernice Braddock
Caffee
Civil War Vet Dies At Great Age Of 99
New Martinsville West Virginia Sept 28 Edwin Augustus Jeffries a soldier under General William T Sherman and veteran of the Battle of Bull Run is dead at the age of 99 He would have been 100 years old Oct 3 He died yesterday.
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Associated Press
New Martinville
W. Va
Edwin Augustus Jeffries
William T. Sherman
Battle of
Bull Run
Jeffries
Funeral Rites At Detroit For Fatally Harmed Girl
Funeral services were held in Detroit for 11 year old Lillian Gallaher killed last week while trying to raise money for her school. A requiem high mass drew thousands who could not gain admission. Police noted two trails picked up in the hunt for M W Goodrich trap drummer and his wife Florence in connection with the hammer slaying. Truck driver Joseph Penn of Akron identified pictures of the couple as someone he gave a lift to. A Des Moines man said two people matching the missing couple stopped at his tourist camp. A formal charge of serious case in the first degree was lodged against the drummer as the child’s body was found in a trunk in the Goodriches apartment.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Lillian Gallaher
M. W. Goodrich
Florence
Joseph Penn
Akron
Ohio
Goodrich
Earl W. Hinehart
Des Moines
Iowa
Goodriches
East Gulf Pool Room Robbed for Cigarettes
Thieves broke into the East Gulf pool room by drilling 58 holes in the door and removed about 20 000 cigarettes worth 150 dollars. The theft occurred between midnight and 6 30 am with miners spotting the damage. This is the second robbery in three weeks and part of a string of eleven break ins in the Stonecoat area since April 1.
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East Gulf Pool
W. F. Clark
Balkan Rivalry Ends in Kisses and Embraces
In Sofia on September 28 Yugoslavia and Bulgaria opened a historic friendly visit. King Alexander and Queen Marie of Yugoslavia met King Boris and Queen Joanna of Bulgaria at the royal palace. The rulers exchanged warm Slav greetings with repeated kisses and embraces amid festive welcomes signaling a new friendship between the nations.
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Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Marie
Boris
Joanna
Raleigh County Negro Democratic League Meet at Palisade Park
The Raleigh County Negro Democratic League will hold a meeting Sunday afternoon at 3:00 at Palisade Park on the new Raleigh road, as announced.
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Raleigh County
Negro Democratic League
Palisade Park
Raleigh Road
Hunting Casualty First Squirrel Hunt Of Season
In Raleigh countyBeckley hospital treated Stanley Lilly 32 of Woodpeck for a gunshot wound in his left eye from a hunting incident this morning Lilly believed to have been hit by a fellow hunter Lilly did not know who fired the shot and thought the other hunter might not have noticed the missed target
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Raleigh County
Beckley Hospital
Stanley Lilly
Woodpeck
Lilly
New Stores Open In Beckley Business District
Local business news reports the opening of The Star store in the Beckley hotel annex on South Kanawha Street with sister locations in Charleston Huntington and Wheeling. Sid Danbury leads Beckley operations from the Charleston base as repairs continue next door. Morrison’s on Neville Street marks its first anniversary with a sale led by manager E M Britt. Smith's Meat Market and Grocery opens in the former post office building at McCreery and South Fayette Streets under W J Smith. Motor Car Supply opens a Beckley branch in the Maxwell Key building on Prince Street led by H J Monroe.
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Beckley Hotel
South
Kanawha Street
Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
West Virginia
Beckley
Sid Danbury
Star Organization
Star
Morrison
Neville Street
E. M. Britt
Morrison’s
O. J. Morrison
Ripley
New Smith Grocery
W. J. Smith
Joe L. Smith
McCreery
South Fayette Streets
Smith’s Meat Market
Smith
Canterbury
Cash
North Fayette Street
Motor Car Supply Company of Charleston
H. J. Monroe
Maxwell & Keyser
Prince Street
Rearrangement Plans Discussed for Raleigh Courtroom
Raleigh county bar association met in the courthouse to discuss courtroom remodeling and conduct of criminal court during the campaign season. A committee of Judge H. M. Kilgore, Judge C. M. Ward, and Prosecuting Attorney Clarence W. Meadows was appointed to implement changes. All misdemeanor and appeal cases for October term will be disposed of promptly. felony trials await the November 6 election.
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Raleigh County Bar Association
Court House
H. M. Kilgore
Criminal Court
C. M. Ward
Circuit Court
Clarence W. Meadows
Condon predicts new arrests in Lindbergh case
Dr J F Condon says an important arrest will come soon and will surprise all. Justice officials seek a stoop shouldered man and a Latin appearing woman tied to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Hauptmann remains the only arrested suspect as prosecutors pursue extortion charges against him in New York.
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Condon
Lindbergh
Associated Press
New York
J. F. Condon
Jassie
Charles A. Lindbergh
Department of Justice
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dr. Condon
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Munitions Taken On Morro Castle
M O Fano testifies the government, not Cuban revolutionists, used Morro Castle munitions. He says munitions were shipped from New York under customs permit and delivered in Havana. The inquiry aims to determine if Ward Line drew enmity from any political faction over the 1934 disaster with 132 lives lost.
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Associated Press
New York
Morro Castle
M. O. Fano
Ward Line
Fane
Federal Board
Havana
Dickerson N. Hoover
Fano
Chicago Detective Slain by Young Nurse
Detective Louis Kolb a 40 year old married father of two was shot dead in Chicago authorities said a young nurse Bernadine Dunning 26 confessed she had fired the fatal shot after the detective made advances. Boyle said the nurse had been friendly with Kolb for a year but did not know he was married.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Louis Kolb
John S. Boyle
Bernadine Dunning
Kolb
Weather outlook with increasing clouds and showers
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness followed by showers late tonight or Saturday in the west portion and on Saturday in the east portion. It notes slightly warmer conditions on Saturday and in the west portion tonight.
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West Portion
East Portion
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