Mercer Fiesta Caps Centennial in Bluefield and Princeton
Tenor of a three day Mercer county centennial ends with a Princeton airport dedication by Louis Johnson and a water carnival at Shawnee Lake. Thousands filled Bluefield and Princeton for a parade won by the Thornton company float and WHIS.
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Mercer
Johnson
Princeton
Thornton Company
WHIS
Giles County Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield College
Richard Bailey
Joseph Davidson
Beaver Pond
West Virginian
Country Club
Quen Pocahontas
Louis Johnson
John Weimer
Mercer County Centenary Pageant Dazzles 15 000 at Princeton Field
A crowd of about 15,000 filled Princeton’s athletic field for Mercer County’s centennial pageant under Gerald Novak. The lavish production re-enacted early settler life from Pocahontas to Clay family massacres, coal mining, the railroad, and 18th century Virginia scenes with hundreds of county volunteers.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Gerald Novak
Mercer
Pocahonetty
Ethel Bowen
Bramwel
Lees and Western
Pocahontas
John Smith
Mitchell Clay
Clover Bottom
Gay
Old Virginia
Court House
Ben Princeton
Athens
Spinning Winner May Be On Radio
Mercer county Centennial celebration centers on a spinning contest and may lead to the champion spinner appearing on a national radio program. Centennial committee officials said an advertising agent for the Seth Parker radio hour has inquired about the winner's availability with no formal invitation issued yet.
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Mercer County
Seth Parker
Johnson to Speak at Princeton Airport Dedication Fete
Louis A. Johnson assistant secretary of war will address the crowd at the Princeton airport dedication with the air show featuring pilots Squeek Burnett and Johnny Crowell. Miss Ruth Tolley will join the events with demonstrations alongside Godsey’s dead stick landing.
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Louis A. Johnson
Princeton
Ernie” Godsey
Squeek’ Burnett
Johnny Crowell
Great Lakes
Crowell
Ruth Tolley
Peace Springs
Godsey
Soviet Trans-Polar Flight Sails for America Mystery
Fairbanks observers await word on a Soviet four engine trans polar airliner carrying Sigismund Levaneffsky and five crewmen. Officials fear for the crew as contact remains silent after crossing the north pole region and facing head winds on the final leg toward Moscow United States airline links.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
United States
Moscow
Amer
Point Schmidt
Siberia
Sigismund Levaneffsky
North Pole
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Mercer parade tops with floats and chorus of color
Thousands line Bland and Federal streets for Mercer county centennial parade as Mercer floats vie for prizes. Thornton company wins first prize with a butterfly carriage, WHIS radio takes second, Giles county chamber third, with festive bands and maidens adding to a Mardi Gras like spectacle.
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Thornton
Giles
Thornton Company
WHIS
Giles County Chamber of Commerce
Bland
Federal
Princeton Avenue
North Street
New Orleans
Commercial Bank
Lee Street
Princeton
Ben Franklin
Washington
Mercer County
Bramwell
Frances Barret
Ann Mason
Sue Mason
Cliffie Jordan
Minne Overbey
Florence Harry
Martha Jane Williams
Cardinal Hayes Improves After Illness
New York August 13 Cardinal Hayes rested in hospital after a 100 mile ambulance ride from Monticello following indigestion. At 69 he responded quickly to treatment and doctors said he would likely return to the country within a few days.
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New York
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Monticello
Mgr
John J. Casey
Robbery at Bass Filling Station Ends in Quick Escape
Gene Bass owner of Bass Filling Station at Bluefield avenue and Locust street was robbed of about $40 after a man in a Chevrolet sedan with Virginia plates pulled up for gas at 9:30. The robber brandished a revolver and fled west after taking the cash, with Bass alerting police.
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Gene Bass
Bass
Bluefield Avenue
Locust Street
Pine Street
Highland Avenue
Virginia
State to Get $600 000 in Redemption of Lands
Charleston West Virginia August 13 Applications for redemption of delinquent lands submitted before the June 30 deadline will bring about $600 000 to the state Auditor Edgar B Sims estimated today Collections to date under the land tax moratorium expired totalled $450 000 His office has $28138 27 into the general school fund for land list publication and sent $23000 to the state general revenue for office fees
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Charleston
W. Va
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
General Revenue
Eight Die in German Plane Crash at Hanover Test Flight
A German three engined plane crashed at Hanover on a test flight from the local airdrome killing eight mechanics and engineers. The craft burst into flames upon impact, ending the test.
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Hanover
Germany
Hazard Operators Seek Speeding Of Coal Price Fixing
Hazard Kentucky coal operators urged immediate price control from the Bituminous Coal Commission. In a telegram to President Roosevelt they said mines must stay open and wage structures be supported. They also sent messages to commission Chairman Charles F. Hosford Jr and UMW President John L. Lewis.
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Washington
Anscot
Roosevelt
Bituminous Coal Commission
Coal Commission
Association
Charles F. Hosford, Jr
Commission
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Hosford
Roosevelt vetoes planning bill shifting national planning to War Dept
President Roosevelt vetoed a war department planning bill covering flood control power and conservation projects. He proposed a comprehensive national plan with seven regional authorities and said the bill bypasses the president’s budget and review role.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
Congress
National Planning Agency
Nitroglycerine Found On Cherry Street Site
Eight ounces of nitroglycerine with three dynamite caps were found Thursday afternoon on the north side of a heavy cut on Cherry street. A city workman spotted a Rubbertub wrapped box in a Rinso carton containing fuse caps a bottle of liquid nitroglycerine and a glass syringe. Police and city officials investigated and noted no assembly or clear intent though the evidence suggests no legitimate use.
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Cherry Street
R. O. Bond
Rinso
Roosevelt and senators swap farm loans for crop control
Washington reports momentous horse trading as President Roosevelt and senators swapped farm loan subsidies for a pledge to push crop control next session. Senate approved sugar stabilization with amendments, while wage hour reform stalled in the house rules committee. Secretary Hull paused the destroyer lease to Brazil for Argentina study amid criticism.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Rules Committee
House Banking Committee
Senate
House
Continental
United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Harrison
D-Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Pepper
D-Fla
Uct
Hwi
Brazil
Argentina
White House
Congress
Bilbo
Mississippi
Bankhead
Danish Vessel Edith Sunk by Spanish Rebel Bombers
A communiqué from Barcelona reports four insurgent planes bombing and sinking the Danish ship Edith, 30 miles south of ere. The 1,931 ton vessel carried 20 crew and a French non intervention observer who were rescued by Villaneuvay Geltru fishing boats and later taken to Barcelona.
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Barcelonia
Edith
Pladinerraness
Ere
Frem
Villaneuvay Geltru
Barcelona
Roiling U S Senate Battles Black Nomination To Supreme Court
Unprecedented clash over Senator Hugo Black of Alabama for the high court unfolds in Washington with Republicans and foes challenging legality under retirement laws. A judiciary subcommittee votes to report the nomination favorably despite questions about eligibility and past Klan associations.
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Webe
Capitol
Corge L. Black
Alabama
Supreme Court
Black
Judiciary Committee
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Hugo Black
High Tribunal
Ashurst
Bisch
Austin
R. Vt
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Weirton Steel challenges NLRB hearing rights
Weirton Steel, a subsidiary of National Steel, challenged the NLRB’s authority to hear charges alleging employer intimidation against the steel workers organizing effort. Director Douds denied the request and set a hearing for next Monday in New Cumberland, West Virginia.
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Pittsburgh
E. T. Weir
Weirton Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
The
Steel Company
National Steel Corporation
Weir
Jonal Labor Board
Charles T. Douds
New Cumberland
W. Va
Rg the
US. Co. C
Weirton
Weirton Steel
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Princeton Athletic Field
Shawnee Lake
U. S
Cardinal Hayes
GAD
Man
Hunt
Roanoke
War Department National Planning Agency
Bridge
Shanghai
Bund
NLRB
By Mooris J. Harris
Woosung
Dales
8Hai
Tsingtao
China
Hai
Japan
Peiping
Nankow Pass
Chahar
Tientsin
Hongkew-Chapei
Greater Shanghai
Greater
International Settlement
Chapei
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