Sturgess of Falls Mills Dies in Bluefield Area
Mrs. W. J. Sturgess 62 of Falls Mills and former Bluefield resident died Sunday at home after years of poor health. A Methodist and longtime W C T U leader, she was survived by three daughters Irene Vivian and Mrs H G Linkenbaker and son W E Sturgess along with siblings. Funeral at Falls Mills Methodist Church Wednesday at 2 30 with burial in Falls Mills Cemetery.
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Mra
W. J. Sturgess
Bluefield
Falls Mills
Stanley
James
Norfolk & Western Railway
Stanley Sturgess
Bluestone Shops
Proposed revised tariff provisions spark wide opposition
The article outlines committee proposals to restore duties on leaf tobacco and raise rates on several agricultural items including milk, cheese, poultry, and cotton products. It notes increases in flax and jute chapters and downward adjustments for many woolen manufactures while rebranding rayon duties to cover synthetic textiles. It also includes an unrelated flourish praising Busy Bee’s inviting atmosphere and foods.
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Simaller
Fall Term Opens and Local Events in Bluefield
Fall term starts September 3 at West Virginia Business College Honaker building Bluefield. Enroll now for seat reservation. Also notices about Death Treasure in The Sunset News starting August 19 and Edwards Collegians band at Lake Shawnee August 20. Royal Arch Masons Bluefield Chapter No. 20 convocation 7:30 with R. D. Payne secretary.
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West Virginia Business College
Honaker
Bluefield
Roger Pell
Sunset News
Edwards Collegians
Lake Shawnee
Royal Arch Masons
R. D. Payne
Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Pearisburg
E Phieg ar, 29, a former Norfolk and Western telegraph operator, is held in Giles county jail charged with trying to kill Mrs Della Trussler. A three day search followed prior to his surrender Saturday night. Preliminary hearing date not set due to Commonwealth Attorney Dillon’s Canadian vacation. Mrs Trussler remains at St Elizabeth hospital in Pearisburg with paralysis from a bullet injury to the right breast entering the spinal column.
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Giles
Phiegar
Norfolk and Western
Pearisburg
Della Trussler
J. Livingstone Dillon
Canada
Truesler
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Crane Creek Man Held on Liquor Charge
Raymond Conner a 21 year old from Crane Creek was held by Commissioner A J Hearn for the United States district court on a selling liquor charge. In default of bail Conner was remanded to Bluefield jail to await Deputy Marshal John Hupt. Prohibition Agents Lilly Stacey and Watkins arrested Conner.
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Raymond Conner
Crane Creek
A. J. Hearn
United States District Court
Conner
Bluefield
John Hupt
Prohibition
Lilly, Stacey and
Watkins
Nine Arrested Over Baseball Pool Operations
Nine alleged operators of baseball pool books paid $100 bonds yesterday as city police raided establishments. They were summoned before Municipal Police Judge L. B. Sutherland. bonds forfeited for failing to appear. Otis Crawford, 32, fined $55 total for reckless driving and lack of permit. Four others fined $10 each for parking in non-parking zones. Judge Sutherland warns Bluefield traffic rules will bring heavier fines.
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L. B. Sutherland
Otis Crawford
Sutherland
Bluefield
Reckless Driving Yields $50 Fine in Local Court
Langford, 30, of Raven Virginia, fined 50 dollars for reckless driving after an accident on Bluefield avenue injured Frankie Pearman four years old. Langford fled the scene and was arrested Sunday on the Virginia side before being turned over to city police. The child has a fractured skull and remains hospitalized with favorable condition reported.
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Langford
Raven
Bluefield Avenue
Frankie Pearman
J. W. Pearman
Virginia
T. M. Gravely
Sen
J. W. Haldren
Bluefield
Smokeless Rodeo To Be Held At White Sulphur Springs
Preparations begin for a Smokeless rodeo sponsored by Smokeless coal operators at White Sulphur Springs in late September. Four field elimination contests include old fiddlers cake walkers jubilee singers and more. Winners advance to the rodeo. contestants must be bona fide miners in the smokeless fields with pay for time and expenses and prizes offered.
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White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur
Smpireless Fields
Lurich Citizens Hospitalized After Deputy Shootout
Dewey Perdue of Lurich Virginia is hospitalized at St Elizabeth Pearisburg with two bullet wounds after a Sunday incident with Giles County deputy sheriff J Dickenson. Dickenson says Perdue attacked with a knife prompting the deputy to fire injuring Perdue in hand and leg. Three accomplices and a woman fled. Harry Perdue was captured by Narrowa chief F C Tunyon and Carl Land while others escaped.
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J. C. Dickenson
Giles County
Dewey Perdue
Lurich
St. Elizabeth Host
Pearlsburg
J. ©. Dickenson
Dickenson
Perdue
Narrows
Harry Perdue
Rig
F. C. Tunyon
Narrowa
Carl Land
Harry Perdue Iaing
Pearisburg
John Edward Thomas Dies at 14 Months in Twin Branch
The body of 14 month old John Edward Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs John Thomas of Twin Branch, died at St Luke's hospital in this city late Saturday night and was buried in Twin Branch Sunday.
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John Edward Thomas
John Thomas
Twin Branch
St. Luke's Hospital
Witt Funeral Held For 19 Year Old Victim
Frank Moss Witt 19 was killed by Andrew Clark over an alleged tryst with Clark’s wife. Witt was buried at Paintlick Tell county after services at his father’s home led by Rev. Leroy Hawkins. Clark surrendered to authorities. Witt leaves a large family in Richlands Paintlick and nearby towns.
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Frank Moss Witt
Winding Gulf
Andrew Clark
Painttick
Tell County
Hugh Witt
Leroy Hawkins
Cedar Bluff
Witt
Clark
Frances Witt
Mildred Blankenship
Richlands
Noel Witt
Paintlick
Buford Wat
Margie Ascue
Ben Steele
Shenandoah
Charles Brown
Eggleston
George Brown
Belfast
Harry Brown
Building and Loan Probe Promised in Huntington
Lucien Blankenship Cabell county prosecuting attorney said a special grand jury was called by Judge H Claarth to meet August 26 in common pleas court and investigate the Jackson Building and Loan association of Huntington which operated across Southern West Virginia.
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Inatington
W. Va
Lucien Blankenship
Cabell County
H. Claarth
Common Pleas Court
Jackson Building and Loan Association
Huntington
West Virginia
Inlored People News Highlights Local and Regional Events
Mrs Emma Anderson and Mr and Mrs Wash Mack travel to Indianapolis to attend Knights of Pythias events with Anderson representing West Virginia. Evangelistic services at John Stewart Motz church begin womans week with three Mary E Jones sermons. Scott Street Baptist missionary society to lead consecration service. Bethel A M E junior choir rehearsal planned. Dr C H Johnson of Wilberforce to speak at Bethel church. race leader role noted. Lina Hogans and daughters go to New Jersey for visit with aunt.
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Emma Anderson
Wash Mack
Indianapolis
Ind
Supreme Grand Lodge of the
Knights of Pythias
Grand Court of Canthalantha
Anderson
Grand Court of
West Virginia
John Stewart Motz
Mary E. Jones
Missionary Society of the
Scott Street Baptist Church
Dora Clark
PR. Johnson
C. H. Johnson
Wilberforce
Bethel A. M. EB
Bland Street
Bethel
John Steward
Wilberforce University
W. J. Hendrick
W. A. Johnson
Molly Burnham Declines Marriage as Red Flynn Faces Drunken Threats
Molly Burnham, a famed Broadway playwright, asks Jack Wells to marry her but is snubbed. she moves to Boston with Rita Newton after a broken engagement. Red Flynn confronts Wells's signals of a costly affair, while Molly’s past lovers and a drunken confrontation with Rob Newton unfold in a tense drawing-room scene.
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Molly Burnham
Jack Wells
Molly
Jack
Newark
Boston
Rita Newton
Red Flynn
Red
Rita
Italy
America
Bull
St. Petersburg
Rob
Man
Bob Ewayed
Wrecks in Bluefield District Prompt several Narrow Escapes
Multiple motoring parties escaped injury in a series of Sunday wrecks across the Bluefield district. Mr and Mrs Bright and children of Welch slid off the road near Rock Gap into Wolf creek but the car did not overturn. A Shreveport Louisiana party on the Bluefield Princeton road went up a bank and rolled onto the highway. A Buick and a WelchMcComas car collided on Bluefield Bramwell road near Brushfork. all vehicles suffered heavy damage. Sarver's wrecker towed the cars to local garages.
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Bluefield
Bright
Welch
Rock Gap
Wolf Creek
Shreveport
Bluefield- Princeton
Local Manufacturer J Robert Kelley To Speak On WLW
J Robert Kelley president of Kelley Koett Manufacturing Covington Ky will discuss Progress in Kentucky on WLW tonight at 7 15 EST He is brother of Rev C W Kelley of this city whose talks on Mammoth Cave last Thursday drew praise Upcoming topics include X Ray industry Cumberland Falls and West Virginia Kentucky resources with more subjects announced for future broadcasts Public invited to listen.
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Kentucky
J. Robert Kelley
Kelley-Koett Manufacturing Company, Inc
Covington
WLW
Kelley
C. W. Kelley
Mammoth Cave
Kelly-Koett
Cumberland Falls
Henry Clay
Sugarrow
Virginia
Grand Canyon
West Virginia
Mrs Thomas Hankins Dies in Virginia Region
Mrs Thomas Hankins of Maxwell region dies at sister’s home near Cliffield Virginia from tuberculosis of the throat after years of illness. She was daughter of the late Jonas Sparks of Gillespie Virginia. Interment will be at Hawkins cemetery in Baptist Valley. Survived by husband one daughter five sisters and four brothers.
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Thomas Hankins
Maxwell
Charles Pat Beavers
Cliffield
Jonas Sparks
Gillespie
Beavers
Hawkins Cemetery
Baptist Valley
Red’s Threat Sparks Tense Motel Confrontation
In a fragile barroom scene Bob and Molly quarrel as a visitor named Red is accused of murder threats. Bob, drunk and confused, disputes Red’s danger while Molly warns of impending trouble as a lamp looms near. The fragment ends with “To Be Continued.”
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Red
Bob
Molly
Aire
Merle
Frost Funeral Today for Herbert S Frost
Herbert Sanders Frost age 25, son of Mr and Mrs A B Frost of Coaldan West Virginia, died Sunday at home after a three year tuberculosis battle. The body was taken to Carroll County Virginia for interment today. He leaves his parents and seven brothers: Paul Albert Wilford Garfield Joe Cloid Everett.
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Herbert Sanders Frost
Frost
Coaldan
W. Va
Richlanda
Carrol County
Virginia
Paul Albert
Wilford
Garfield
Joe
Cloid
Everett
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Mangus—Central Shoe Store
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