City and Coalfield Notices on proposed contract and events
The notice describes a tentative contract between the city and West Virginia Water Service Co with favorable reaction and copies available at the city manager and clerk. It notes the surcharge on water bills set by court and that refunds await court decree. The item also lists multiple local sales, bazaars, dances, shooting matches, and notices from Bramwell, Bluefield, and nearby towns with dates in December.
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Yid
West Virginia Water Service Company
Billie
Caid
Mrs. Robert M. White Dies Sudden in Bluefield
Mrs. Robert M. White aged 50 died at 9 p m at her home on Harry avenue New Midway Bluefield after a sudden heart attack Doctor H B Frazier attended though Mrs White had been in declining health for two years She was a Bland county Virginia native and a New Midway Christian church member Survived by husband and children Mrs Carrie Lesler Thelma Blanche and Wade White Also survived by sister Mrs J H Newberry Florida and brother B R Stafford Gary Funeral 2 p m Friday at Christian church Midway Interment Maple Hill West Graham Virginia
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Robert M. White
Harry Avenue
New Midway
Bluefield
New Midway Christian Church
Carrie Lesler
Narrows
Mieses Thelma
Blanche White
City
Wade- White
J. H. Newberry
Florida
B. R. Stafford
Gary
The
Christian Church
Midway
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Frederick the Great statue restored near army college
The statue of Frederick the Great of Prussia, removed during the war in front of the Army War College in Washington, has been restored. The return marks a postwar effort to reestablish the monument at the site.
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Frederick the Great
Prussia
Army War College
Washigton
Russians Tour McDowell County Mines on U S Coal Visit
Four Russian officials touring American mining operations arrived in Welch and will visit McDowell County today as guests of Col. Edward O'Toole. The delegation, part of a 12 member commission, assess US coal mines in Alabama Pennsylvania Illinois and West Virginia.
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United States
Wea
Col
Edward O'Toole
Uni States Coal and Coke Company
Welch
Beckley
Shorupa
Ruselan
N. P. Boyardhonow
Donetz
Russian Mining Trust
Prantanovsky
Stuart, James and Cook
New York
America
F. Kinniard
Lexington
Russia
Co.1
Alabama
Penne
Lvania
Ilinois
West Virginia
McDowell County
Theatre organ arrives for Granada theater in Bluefield
The Wurlitzer $25,000 organ for Granada theater was received by Isadore Cohen. Builders representatives will install the instrument on Commerce street as work progresses. The organ, described as the finest in West Virginia, will be mounted with pipes on both sides of the stage and special sound-deadening felt lining rooms behind the pipes. The new playhouse is expected to open by year’s end.
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Granada Theater
Isadore Cohen
Bluefield
Commerce Street
Yaterday
Cohen
West Virginia
Huntington
Granada
Rites for Lawson Child Held Today at 3
Funeral services for Kenneth Jack Lawson, a six month old child, will be held at 3 this afternoon. Local church figures and family members will attend the rites. The infant is survived by his parents and relatives. Short obituary notes locally.
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Kenneth Jack Lawson
Lawson Child Rites Held at Maple Hill Cemetery
Mr and Mrs E L Lawson of Glen White attend funeral at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Wa this afternoon at 3 oclock for their child who died yesterday at Grace Hospital Welch from complications Mies Lara Lawson aunt of the child arrived from Huntington to attend the services The father of the child is mine foreman at Glen White.
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E. L. Lawson
Glen White
Maple Hil
Rogers Pictu res Remus as Maniac in Death Plot
Remus described as driven mad by wife’s actions and Rodney Dodge’s deportation case intertwines with his life. Witness Rogers recalls $100000 cash transfers for maintenance, an Indianapolis hotel confrontation, and ties to a Jack Daniels distillery probe. Probate court appoints Grace Campbell administratrix of Remus estate, valued at $25,000 personal, $100,000 real estate.
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Claypool
Indianapolis
Remus
Dodge
Rogers
George Connors
Cincinnati
Federal Department of Justice
Prohibition
Juneau
Alaska
Nassau
Bahamas
John B. Marshall
United States
St Louis
Marshall
George Remus
Will'am H. Luedera
Grace J. Campbell
Imogene Holmes Remus
Campbell
Prolonged Fight Seen In Coal Supply Amid Pulp Mills Dealmaking
South industry observers claim signs point to a drawn out struggle as Canadian pulp mills and Lake Superior Paver seek lower coal costs. They note dependence on southern and Ohio mines after navigation closures, with West Virginia mines unable to meet demand. The Mills cite disrupted contracts and ongoing need to source coal from multiple suppliers amid wartime strain.
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Spanish River
Ohio
Southern Mines
Southern Walters
Liebmer
Milwaukee and Gas Company
Sacer
Raleigh County
5 Foote
Power
Ilbert Stanley Charged in Yale Star’s School Shooting
Former Yale hockey star Ilbert Stanley, now a business manager at a Sheffield boys’ school, is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Peter Fulco of Great Barrington. Stanley says Fulco refused to leave school grounds and he fired a shotgun only to scare him off.
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Ilbert Stanley
Yale
Sheffield, Mass
Peter Fulco
Great Berrington
Stanley
Fulco
Northwestern railroads seek lower coal rates amid lake controversy
Witnesses from Madison Wisconsin to Duluth testified that lower Southern field rates would boost service, keep tonnage in mining regions, and foster competitive prices for Northwestern manufacturers. Minneapolis and St Paul merchants urged rate relief to ease consumer prices, while Northern Pacific and Great Northern officials noted a 45 percent differential could shift tonnage to northern coal.
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Minneapolis Traffic Association
Herman Miller
St. Paul
Southern Mines
Northwestern
CC. C. Kyle
Northern Pacific
F. A. Schack
Great Northern
Wele
Schack
Frank W. Matson
Minnesota Railway and Warehouse Company
Minnesota Commission
Ots Ae
Southern Coal
Ocean Oneratrs
Commerce Commission
State seeks coal rate cuts to aid Minnesota consumers
Commissioner Matson urged that transportation act limits do not apply to rate reductions, while F H Caldwell for Nekonse Edward and allied paper and pulp firms argued southern coal standardization lowered costs and competed with foreign producers. A hearing on the consumers' side ends Friday with adjournment to Washington.
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Matson
Minnesota
F. H. Caldwell
Nekonse- Edward Company
Paper and Pulp
Michigan
Wisconsin
Washington
Lynch mob lynches accused slayer in Whitesburg incident
In a Virginia led mob action more than 1,000 people gathered to storm the jail in Whitesburg seeking the keys to release a suspect. They lynched Wood after removing his body and delaying the preliminary hearing of two Black women charged in the case.
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Wood
Whiteeburg
Whitesburg
Reynolds
Virginia
Jenkins
Educator's Trial In Chicago Over British Propaganda
The McAndrew school trial continues in Chicago as suspended superintendent Charles Grant Miller accuses Rupert Hughes of pro British leanings linked to Sulgrave Institution. McAndrew remains absent pending board action on insubordination charges. An analysis ties pro British pedagogy to Andrew Carnegie and steel interests.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
William McAndrew
Charles Grant Miller
New York
Patriotic League For the Preservation
Rupert Hughes
Sulgrave
Sulgrave Manor
England
Washington
Hughes
George Washington
McAndrew
Andrew Carnegie
Falcon Island Resurfaces in South Pacific Drama
Tonga observers report Falcon Island reappearing after decades of vanishing acts. The British consul notes a sizable landmass about 45 miles north of Nukuolofa in Tongatabu, with cliffs rising 300 feet and a cratered interior. measurements from HMS Laburnam describe a roughly one mile by 1,430 yard footprint.
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Tonga Islands
South Pacific Ocean
Falcon Island
South Pacific
Jules Verne
Nukuolofa
Tongatabu
H. M
Laburnam
Body of Dead Air Mail Pilot Found
Kendallville Indiana November 30 the body of Edward Axberg air mail pilot was found in the wreckage of his airplane on the George Simona farm near here. Both wheels were torn loose and officials believe loss of control on impact caused the crash. Simons heard the plane at night and a crash but mistook it for thunder. It was Axbergs first flight as an air mail pilot. He lived in Spokane Washington.
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Kendallville
Ind
Edward Axberg
Air Mail
George Simona
Axberg
Simons
Spokane
Wash
Confessed Negro Killer Captured in Williamson
James Russell a 31 year old Black man wanted in Vinton Virginia for the murder of Dave Bruce was captured at Williamson and brought to Bluefield by Norfolk and Western Special Agent George Calloway. Russell confessed to the spring year old killing over two dollars and said he has traveled in various regions with a claimed Atlanta Georgia home.
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James Russell
Vinton
Dave Bruce
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western
George Calloway
Russell
Roanoke
Williamson
Atlanta
Beckley Bluefield Legion Membership Contest Draws Interest
Interest grows in a contest between the American Legion posts of Beckley and Bluefield. Alderson Sexton, commander of the Bluefield post, announced the drive. Legionnaires meet at 2:50 PM to organize. Sk. Bh. Sitkin named chairman and will preside.
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American Legion Poste
Beckley
Bluefield
Alderson Sexton
Legionnaires
Duzout
Siitkin
Thrusts Match Ignites Tank. Man Burned At Home
Moundville West Virginia November 30 Jack Alexander was in serious condition tonight after he lit a match near the gasoline tank of an automobile causing a tank to explode and burn him. The car was destroyed and villagers aided the victim at once.
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Moundaville
W. Va
Jack Alexander
Defeated Candidate Files $75,000 Suits
Charles Coleman former Martins Ferry mayor sues five residents in common pleas court over alleged slander from the recent election. He seeks 15,000 in each of five cases, naming Metzger Hatch Turner Selby and Williams. Coleman accuses them of circulating drunkenness rumors and charging atheism.
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St. Clairsville
Ohio
Martins Ferry
Charles Coleman
Common Pleas Court
Dan
John Metzger
John Hatch
John Turner
Adda Selby
Thomas
Driving corn borer away is expensive
Chicago November 30 Driving the corn borer out of its habitation costs up to 6.10 an acre in some areas said Professor C Reed of Ohio State University at the American Society of Agricultural Engineers meeting today He warned that the cost must be beaten down or farmers will abandon corn The 10 million dollar government campaign with state and private aid has reduced the pest spread to one fifth of its former rate.
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Chicago
C. ©. Reed
Ohio State University
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Costa
Konjola Drought New Health All Over Wis System
Local resident J D Blair of Wallace West Virginia reports fifteen years of stomach trouble nervousness rheumatism and sleep loss improving after using Konjola He says his stomach is now fine and rheumatic pains gone Konjola sold by Easley Penn Drug Store Princeton Hale Pharmacy and other area drug stores
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J. D. Blair
Wallace
W. Va
Clarksburg
Konjola
Bluefield
Easley Penn Drug Store
Princeton Avenue
Hale Pharmacy
Princeton
Unclear text from Los Angeles page on murder case
Fragmentary report describes Hazel Hull and Gordon Watte related to a murder case. Mentions a 30 year old salesman and an assault on a woman, with a suspect freed today and a declined indictment.
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Los Angele
Hazel Hull
Gordon Watte
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