Jay League Wins Mayoral Race in Local Election
In a city election, Jay League won the mayoral post with 663 votes while opponents George Hall and Se Elliott trailed. Blues gained the mayoral seat and two councilmen. Reds captured judge, city attorney, and four council seats. Ceremony to swear in officials set at the high school auditorium. key to the city to May Day League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Party
Blues
Jay League
George Hall
Se Elliott
Emil
Harvey Rice
Franklin Stull
Central High School
W. Jones
Burton
Knob Street
Billie Fudge
Jenetta Keagles
Mercer Street
Alfred Frye
Fred Kyle
Daniel Hale
Marion Miller
East Princeton
Hillistle Hylton
Walter Levern
Princeton Power Company
Hay
Kiwanis Club
Supehicon
Rotary Club
Bailey and Farley wed in Tazewell Va marriage ceremony
William J. Bailey of Princeton and Miss Myrl Farley of Spanishburg united in marriage at Tazewell on March 28. Bailey, a Virginian Shops employee, plans a June 1 trip to eastern cities and they will reside in Princeton after returning.
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Tazewell
William J. Bailey
Princeton
Myrl Farley
J. C. Farley
Spanishburg
Mr. Bailey
Virginian
Junior First Aid Week Sees Boys and Girls Enroll
Dan Beard of the Boy Scouts promotes Junior First Aid week inviting thousands of youths to join at 12 cents. Enrolling stations offer a membership button, a First Aid instruction book, and a pocket First Aid Kit via Bauer & Black, aiming to teach lifesaving skills and encourage widespread participation.
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Dan Beard
Boy Scouts
Joi
Bauer & Black
Princeton Personal News Highlights Local Residents
Mrs. H C Hadden remains critically ill after tonsil operation complications. Elmer Downum of Bluefield's U S Realty Auction Co. attended to city matters. J S Foley of Matoaka visited for business. Miss Lillian McGu is very ill at Honaker Ave home. C M Goodwin of Ingleside in town. Mr and Mrs Gordon Hughes and others hosted dinner with MC Mitchell on Walker Street. Miss Bessie Allison from Radford spent weekend with her sister J J Clark. Mrs G B Christian visiting Roanoke for business study. Mr and Mrs J T Spracher of Bluefield, with Ruth and Billy, visited the Riter family on Main Street.
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Princeton
H. C. Hadden
Hale Avenue
Elmer Downum
U.S. Realty Auction Company
Bluefield
J. S. Foley
Matoaka
Lillian McGu
Honaker Avenue
C. M. Goodwin
Ingleside
Gordon Hughes
C. M. Lilly
Kathleen
Mildred
Norwell Lilly
Beckley
Rose Huddleson
Charleston
MC. Mitchell
South Walker Street
Bessie Allison
Teachers’ College
Radford
J. J. Clark
Santon Apartments
G. B. Christian
Helen
Mr. Christian
Christian
a@ business school
Roanoke
J. T. Spracher
Ruth
Billy
Guy Riter
Main Street
Prophetic Vision of Princeton's Boys at Church Services
Sunday programs in the Christian church highlighted Boys Week with talks by Roy Tuggle and Cris Barton on leadership formation. They cited Samuel, Daniel, and Lincoln as ideals, stressing early training for future church and public leadership. The sessions also featured "The Silent Voice" by Ray Peters and a sextette including Peters, Sime, Rule, Lusk, and Bar.
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Princetons
Roy Tuggle
Cris Barton
Church of Tomorrow
Samuel
Daniel
Lincoln
Ray Peters
R. M. Sime
Edwin Rule
Edwin Lusk
Oris Bar
Community program highlights Bible study and youth leadership
The event featured Do Not Turn Him Away by Ton and Frank Dunn plus a discussion led by Cyrus Gadd on Bible familiarity in public schools. John Chariton spoke on boy-heart desires, Jay League on Christian life in youth, and Rivers Johnson sang We'll Understand. The remarks emphasized church guidance for mental, physical and social growth.
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Jay League
Rivers Johnson
Death of Jack Bailey Infants Paralysis in Princeton
Jack Bailey three years old son of Mr and Mrs Dewey Bailey died at their Park avenue home yesterday at 5 PM from infantile paralysis. Funeral services are at 2 PM with Rev Thos Priddy and other ministers officiating. Interment in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers named. honorary pallbearers listed. Community offers deepest sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Jack Bailey
Dewey Bailey
Park Avenue
R. M. Sims
C. H. Phipps
B. Randall
B. Ogle
Bailiff
Mullens
A. Lynch
T. L. Browning
Bethel Carter
Will Kirby
Herbert Crumpecker
Oakwood Cemetery
Princeton
Als
Local list of names appears in historical notice
A sequence of names is presented in a historical document fragment. The list includes individuals such as L. Dangerfield Hamon Moshe Earn est Brown L. C. Adkins Phil Thomp son C. W. Bowers Joe Davidson L. C. Rodgers Tom Bon ham Sam Bennett G. H. Crumpecker Otto Hale C. A. Brock W. W. Philips R. M. Yago H. P. Ferrill B E. Vent Dr Jim Vermillion W. B. McNutt Newton Kirby and Dr Carl Smith.
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Hamon Moshe
Earnest Brown
L. C. Adkins
Phil Thompson
C. W. Bowers
Joe Davidson
L. C. Rodgers
Tom Bonham
Sam Bennett
G. H. Crumpecker
Otto Hale
C. A. Brock
W .W. Philips
R. M. Yago
H. P. Ferrill
B E. Vent
Jim Vermillion
W. B. McNutt
Newton Kirby
Carl Smith
Cleveland Boyd Trial on Docket for Today
The criminal court continues with the Leo Wade case for an attempted killing confession and alibi defense. Cleveland Boyd faces a 1918 murder charge tied to Squire Marry Cook with conflicting testimony over his identity and alibi. Additional cases include Fred B. Allison grand larceny and Walter Milla breaking and escaping from jail in 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Wade
Tunnelton
Louis Bodanyi
Roseville
Criminal Court
Bodanyi
Cleve Boyd
Squire Marry Cook
Springton
Dillard
Squire Cook
Payne Boyd
Cleveland Boyd
Cleveland Hoyd
Roanoke
State
Fred B. Allison
J. P. Short
Walter Milla
Shortage of Homes for Workingmen Stressed in Princeton
Princeton Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon focused on the lack of adequate housing for workers. Speakers said hundreds of families would move to Princeton if more houses were available and noted a building and loan association would soon operate, with organizers to meet soon.
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Princeton
Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Building and Loan Association
For Rent and Wanted Boarders in Princeton Area
Classified notices show a front bedroom for rent on Honaker Avenue with modern conveniences and a preference for gentlemen. Another listing seeks meal boarders offering excellent meals and service at a central location. Officials of the Murmun Paving Company noted that barricades on Park Avenue were removed yesterday and cars continued to drive over the area.
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Honaker Avenue
Murmun Paving Company
Park Avenue
Welch Briefs Highlight Local Incidents And Events
Grayson Bell of Keystone fractured right arm when a Ford car he was cranking kicked and threw him to the ground. He was treated at Grace Hospital and released. Marriages issued in the county clerk’s office include Frank Atkins and Mary Norman of Coalwood and Joe Hatmeker and Eliza Jane O’Neil of Big Sandy. A Friday Night Bridge Club reception will be hosted by Mr and Mrs A F Leckie on Maple Avenue. The Woman’s Missionary Society Apron and Bake sale is set for Saturday by the Pigsty Wiggly. A Ford touring car belonging to C Blevins Pageton and Joe Kingrea, charged with theft, were captured near Kyle. Kingrea jailed awaiting trial. St Luke’s Episcopal auxiliary to hold rummage sale in the Fridduth building from tomorrow through Saturday night.
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D. H. Thornton
Chamber
Good Roads Committee
Club
Oakvale
Glenn Lyn
Herbert Pearis
Mercer County Club Committee
BE. E. Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton
Grayson Bell
Keystone
Mr. Hell
Grace Hospital
Frank Atkins
Mary Norman
Coalwood
Joe Hatmeker
Eliza Jane O'Neil
Big Sandy
Blevins
Pageton
Joe Kingrea
Hub Herndon
Eckman
Kyle
L. E. Woods
Charleston
West Virginia
W. A. Rowe
Eppa
George W. Howard
Adam Bowman
Fred Burmeister
Williamson
Welch
J. M. Herndon
Bluefield
I. C. Herndon
Maple Avenue
J. M. Burgess
Montcalm
Isabel Hammond
Gladys Gay
Maitland School
Coalwood Mountain
Ruth Amerson
Bert Ofterdinger
Esther Coblentz
Rau
Pegues
Jury in Facello Case Locked Up for Night
The state indicts Frank Facello for the murder of Tom Wagner after a three hour trial. Jurors stood 9 to 3, with nine inclining toward acquittal and three toward involuntary manslaughter. Trial resumed next morning as defense argued about alleged influences and defense tactics.
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Frank Fasello
Tom Wagner
Graham Sale
Ku Klux Klan
Widlow
Facello
Wagner
Weirby resident given jail sentence for speeding charge
Charie Simpson, a colored resident of Weirby with a previous record, appeared in the city police court Monday evening to answer a speeding charge. He was accused of driving a Ford coupe at a speed of thirty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charie Simpson
Weirby
Simpson
Stiff sentences for drunken driving in city court
John Patterson and David Clemmins received sixty day jail terms on the city chain gang and $50 fines each after being found guilty of driving drunk and disorderly and crashing into a witness car. An angry scene followed as the father of Clemmins offered to pay the fine and pleaded for harsher action against bootleggers. The patrol details involved a gun battle from Welch to Havace and the Houston Addition crash at Dr. Williams’s vicinity.
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John Patterson
David Clemmins
Niquor
Blakely
Charles C. Hutton
Welch
Havace
A. G. Rowe
Houston
Dr. Williams
Restoration bill tops one million for St Pauls
The London Times reports repairs to St Pauls cathedral exceed 1,000,000 dollars. Experts deny imminent collapse but warn extensive work is required to secure the landmark.
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London
London Times
St. Paul's Cathedral
Woman dies after fall on Kimball stairs
Miss Mollie Price aged sixty two fell at the bottom of steep steps in Kimball while going to wash. She suffered a brain base fracture and died before discovery. Her body was prepared by J. W. Luther and sent to Blacksburg for burial near relatives. The piece notes local residents and various regional movements and events surrounding the tale.
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Mollie Price
Jim Walsh
Kimball
Miss Price
J. W. Luther
Blacksburg
Welch Personal Event Leads to Asheville Visitor
Miss Sue Douglas Swope of Asheville NC, guest of Miss Helen Stamper, will be the guest of several social hosts as she participates in local events this week.
Wrinkles Shown Vanished with Simple Paste
A miracle face treatment claims to erase wrinkles in fifteen minutes with a powder mix of tarkroot and lemon juice. No rubbing required, just spread on and sit before a mirror as lines fade. The formula is said to be harmless and leaves a pleasant sensation while firming cheeks and chin.
Britain Returns to Gold Standard Amid Policy Backing
In a move announced by Chancellor Churchill, Britain restores the gold standard after a period of uncertainty. The decision, backed by government policy and expert opinion, prompts a rise in sterling to $4.84 and a $300 million U S credit line, with $160 million from J P Morgan and $260 million from the Fed and allied reserves.
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Churchill
New York
Great Britain
House of Commons
United States
J. P. Morgan & Co
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Restaurant manager may be murderer in torso case
Chicago police arrested Frank Kocurek, restaurant manager and former butcher, amid the torso discovery of a woman in a basin. Authorities say the victim may be his wife and that Kocurek boasted of killing her to hide an extra marriage, with conflicting kidnapping and alibi claims. A second report notes Inland Steel’s weak first quarter profits, halving per share from last year.
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Frank Kocurek
Chicago
Kocurek
Anna Matulon
Detroit
William Littleton
Littleton
Kecurek
Peoria
New York
Inland Steel Comyning
Evans' Triple Phosphates Promises Nerve and Energy Boost
Advertises Evans' Triple Phosphates as a natural source of phosphorus to aid nerve energy, strength, and endurance for the weak, thin, nervous, or run-down. Claims endorsement by a pharmacist and availability through Goodykoontz Drug Co, Hales Pharmacy, and leading druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Coton
Hales Pharmacy
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DRY
Fis
First Baptist Church
Charles Wheley & Bson
Second Street
Kate Hambrick
Giles O. Hambrick
Bond
Emma Peck
Hesler Bonham
The
Baptist Church
Alfreda Fry
Walnut Street
Irma Ryner
Ruth Ogle
T. M. Johnson
Katie Swill
Raver Lwach Junior
Leaon Pik Aowl
E. B. Spangler & CO
W. Va
Ricardo Cortez
Louise Dresser
James Cruze
Heart of Business District
F. S. Hunter
Lot
Vriscetos, W.va
Royal Today
Pro Ey Rae
Bleeky Aleht-Iie
Mcdowell County
Welch Briefs
A. F. Leckie
Woman's Missionary Society, Methodist Church
Kingrea
St. Luke's Episcochurch
Fridduth Building
Riverside Drive
Williams
J. Callaway Houchins
Northfork, W. Va
Boissevain Tipple
B. Hampton Gray Welch
B. O. Swope
C. F. Hicks
Woodlawn
B. Randolph Tucker
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