Lebanon farmer Ollie Davis killed in auto accident
Funeral services were held at Lebanon Virginia for Ollie Davis 36 a well known farmer and cattleman who died Tuesday morning from injuries after being struck by a car Monday afternoon as he moved sheep from Lebanon to Hansonville. The driver Miss Frankie Dickenson lost control on a curve and the brakes failed. Three sheep were killed in the crash. Davis survived by his widow and three children.
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Bronze plaque honors suffragists at League of Women Voters
Washington April 15 a bronze plaque listing seventy two pioneer suffragists was unveiled at a League of Women Voters council meeting marking the nineteenth amendment tenth anniversary. Carrie Chapman Catt tearfully praised the leaders and recalled her early suffrage days. The council devoted time to discuss the legal status of married women with proposals for advance notice of marriage.
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Subcommittee Plans China Europe Trips Over Silver Price
Washington April 15 The Senate Foreign Relations and Trade Committee will send members to China and Europe to study the low silver price and trade relations with China. Senator Pittman leads the mission with Shipstead Laboy and Swanson as delegates to examine European perspectives and discuss with officials bankers and business leaders. A December final report is planned to present definite information bearing on the silver situation.
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Congressmen Allocation Post Reapportionment Plan
Sacramento and Catt report that a reapportionment bill assigns eleven congressmen to Southern California and nine to Northern California. The legislature sent the measure to Governor Relph. At the next congressional election California will have twenty representatives, eight more than now. Los Angeles County gains eight seats and San Francisco gains two.
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Tomorrow: Author of There is a Sucker Born Every Minute Swindled
A bizarre feature item presents a caricature of a traveling act claiming the author of a famous phrase was easily swindled. The cartoon depicts an oversized mouth performer from a European tour, with notes on a specimen plate and a hoax quote about seed costs, including a Philadelphia catalog price for double petunia seed.
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Shouse Attacks Prohibition Policy in Washington Speech
The Prohibition Director Woodcock opposed the makers of brane concentrates and warned of presenting those found manufacturing with intent to create intoxicating liquor. Shouse’s address criticized Hoover administration and California, foretelling Democratic victory in 192?.
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Interference by Legislators Ties to Industry Woes
Cincinnati April 15 AP reports former Kentucky governor and United States senator Stanley warned at a National Metal Trades association gathering that regulatory interference harms industry. He argued regulators threaten health and wealth, urging repair of simple mechanisms with proper knowledge. He cited few internal strikes, saying employers work to keep payrolls through hard times.
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Earthquake Study Proposed in Nicaragua Meeting
In San Juan de Sur on April 15 a TAPUAC congress in Masaya discussed reconstruction of Matazua after a recent quake. The group urged engaging geologists to determine the quake’s cause before the next political hurdle.
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Presbytery Votes on Overture Withdraw from FCCA
In Brevard North Carolina on April 25 the Asheville Presbytery voted in session to send an overture to the general assembly asking withdrawal from the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America The move centers on the council s stance on birth control cited as the reason for the overture.
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City and Goalfield News and Notices
Community blurbs and ads mix with corrected meeting notice. Mercar Lodge No 100 AF AM invites members to a 7:30 p.m. gathering with Secretary Norman McDowell. Dailey Lumber Co promotes a limited time four gallon offer and Home Improvement plans. Bluefield Republican Club clarifies a meeting on Friday April 17 at 8 p.m. at the Matz hotel cub room.
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Refugees Fight Bandits Aboard Gunboat In Caribbean Clash
Refugees crowd aboard a gunboat to dodge bandits as Captain Harlen Wotley and four guardsmen halt. An insurgent ambush kills Captain Perley and wounds two others. American William Selser dies later. Lieutenant Clyde Dartah leads twenty men but is ambushed again. Marines bomb insurgents from the air, restoring some order. some attackers killed. Listed Americans killed include Captain Perlay of Philadelphia and J.D. Phelps of Baton Rouge among others.
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Wet group seeks aid from Hoover call at mansion
The piece reports fundraising from Pennsylvania for an anti prohibition fund reaching 3 million dollars and a plan to elect wet delegates to the 1932 primaries. Massachusetts reports organized women in major towns and New York claims over 80 000 female members. A convention resolution urged repeal from a 300 000 member group and Hoover accepted the plea, bowing and silent. It also authorized a patriotic honor roll naming future congress members backing anti prohibition views to be determined next December.
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Personal crisis report ends in suicide in Hayward
Hayward California reports that Julian Kore Grove age 60 a former editor of a Columbus Ohio paper and consular agent for his native land in Chicago and New York ended his life today by shooting. The coroner noted Grove faced blindness.
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Funds for Various Institutions Included in Bill Continued
The document itemizes state funds for many institutions, listing salaries, general expenses, repairs, and new equipment for Western Virginia state colleges, Bluefield and Storer colleges, Huntington and Spencer state hospitals, Weston state hospital, and multiple other facilities. It also notes totals for statewide appropriations and numerous specific line items across departments and public services, reflecting broad financial allocations.
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Amonate Bandy Highway Advocated by Tazewell Citizens
Citizens from western Tazewell county push a five mile highway from Amonate to Bandy to link residents with West Virginia coalfields. A large delegation urged the board of supervisors, which indicated it would provide relief. A $500 plan outlines repairs for the current impassable road, with cars scarce and wagons common. Vigorous citizen efforts follow this meeting.
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Doak Reports Industrial Employment Up Sharply
Secretary Doak announced material gains in industrial employment from January to March. Manufacturing payroll rose by 13.5 million dollars as 152000 more workers were employed, with earnings up 1.55 dollars per week and a 2.3 percent rise in employment in two months. The report covers over 13000 establishments.
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Flood Threat Endangers Kovne as Nieman River Rises
Flood warning spreads through Kovna Lithuania as the Nieman River swells fifteen feet above normal due to ice jams. Four hundred houses are already encroached by floodwaters and airplanes test bombs to break the ice. A Russian trade warehouse is ruined along with twenty carloads of anger and substantial additional damage.
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