False Alarm Of Fire Fatal In Keystone
Keystone West Virginia November report tells of Mrs Emma Cassell dying after a scare from a false fire alarm worsened her heart and blood pressure. Born October 14 1864 she was 65. Survived by daughters Mrs Sidney Bruce Mrs Fred Moore Edgar Cassell and others. Funeral at Keystone Methodist church with Rev Sells and pastors. Interment in Bramwell. Community events followed with Kiwanis references and Red Cross drive updates.
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Keystone
W. Va
Emma Cassell
Cassell
Keystone Methodist Church
Fannie Asbury
Bramwell
Sutliff
Crockett
Wil Koesling
Omar
Sidney Bruce
Fred Moore
Edgar Cassell
George
Memphis
Tenn
John
Washington
D. C
Methodist Church
B. T. Sells
Barbery
R. J. Taylor
C Sells
F. W. Hardy
C. BE. Elliott Vivian Gordon
Gammon James Caffee
R. K. Bragonier
L. T. Funk
Thanksgiving Dinner Hosted by Mrs Ratliff in Radford
Mrs F L Ratliff hosted a 1 o'clock Thanksgiving dinner at her home on Thursday. Present were Mr and Mrs T G Lawrence of East Radford Virginia and Mr and Mrs H J Giles of Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Ratliff
T. G. Lawrence
East Radford
H. J. Giles
Wil- Mamson
Turkey Dinner Fundraiser by Circle No1 Methodist Missionary
A Turkey dinner is hosted Tuesday evening from 6 to 7 at the Pythian hall by Circle No1 of the Methodist Missionary Society. Tickets are sold by circle members, with proceeds going to the society’s treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Hall
Circle No. 1
Methodist Missionary Society
Quiet Thanksgiving Observed Across Keystone City
Keystone marked a quiet Thanksgiving with banks, post office, and businesses closed. Miners at Koppera Coal did not enter the mines. A Turkey Shooting Match at the ball park offered the day’s amusement while a union Thanksgiving service at the Baptist and Methodist churches featured an inspiring sermon by Rev Barbery and hymns by the choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone
Koppera Coal Company
Ball Park
Barbery
Spe
Unis
Norfolk and Western engineer sprains ankle at work
H J Giles, engineer for Norfolk and Western Railway, suffered a painful ankle sprain Sunday after slipping while walking from yards to his room. Confined to his room, he is unable to walk for about thirty days, cared for by his wife who arrived from Williamson Monday. A club met Wednesday night at the home of Mr and Mrs F L Ray, with several members present and a salad plate served. Keystone junior high school closed for holidays and will reopen Monday morning. Epworth League services will Sunday at 7 7 o'clock for a cooperative communion service of Keystone and Eckman seniors, with a special sermon for youths and participation by the entire church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Giles
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Williamson
F. L. Ray
W. P. Beane
R. G. Kirby
W. P. Huddleston
Ray
Keystone Junior High
Epworth League
Keystone
Eckman
Peole
Church notices outline services and activities
Baptist and Methodist announcements list Sunday school times, sermons by Rev. R J Tyler and Rev W B Barbery, choir and prayer meetings, and junior leagues. A Friday wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Heath Gordon at the Baptist basement followed a brief church social with gifts and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
R. J. Tyler
Barbery
Kiwanis Club Meeting Held At Baptist Church Basement
The Northfork Keystone Kiwanis met Wednesday evening in the Baptist church basement. President Dr R K Bragonier presided. Rev C Grey of Northfork was slated to lead but was unable to attend. The planned talk, postponed from last week due to a full program, was to be given this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Elliott
Milwaukee
Elliott
Margaret Smith
Roark
Northfork
Ladies of the
Kiwanis Club
Northfork-Keystone Kiwanis Club
Baptist Church
R. K. Bragonier
C. Grey
Ignee
M. 7
Mra
Keystone PTA Meeting Moves to Wednesday in Church
The regular Keystone Parent-Teacher Association meeting shifts from Tuesday to Wednesday December 4 at 7 30 PM to accommodate a turkey dinner in the Pythian hall hosted by the Methodist Missionary Society. A pleasing program is planned and many patrons are urged to attend. Eastern Star meet moved to Masonic hall Northfork Friday December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keystone Parent-Teacher * Association
Baptist
Eastern Star Chapter
Masonic
Thanksgiving travel and visits across Virginia towns
Local residents and visitors spent the Thanksgiving holidays across Roanoke Christiansburg and Pulaski with many returning from Akron Buffalo Niagara Falls and Bluefield. Families noted include Mrs J B Pointer Mr and Mrs Arthur King Mr and Mrs W E Marshall and Miss Helen Bernard among others visiting relatives and attending events in Roanoke and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Ballard
Bruce Mr
Mra
W. D. McDowell
Roanoke
Mize Berthal’arrish
Christiansburg
Elio Pais
Fiwood Doyle
Henry Bernard
J. B. Pointer
Vislt
Akron
Buffalo
Niarara Falla
Wert H. Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Kimball
Lucas
Arthur King
Big Sandy
Co. W. King
C. B. Harvey
Bluefield
Budnick
Harvey
Paul Painter
Saltville
Williams
Ella McQueen
Nora Bu
Uel Pais
Louis
Anawalt
Helen Bernard
State Teachers College
Hast Radford
Bertha Shupe
Williamson
C. W. King
Peterstown
June Kleh
Betty
Susan Huddleston
Fred White
Pulaski
W. King
Bland
F. D. Ripley
W. Cornett
Wreck of Norwich City abandons crew on Gardner Island
Pacific ship wireless dispatches report the freighter Norwich City wrecked near Gardner Island in the Phoenix Group about 1800 miles southwest of Honolulu. Crew of 34 prepare to abandon ship as communication runs headlong into reef limits and naval radio confirms the vessel cannot last much longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Norwich City
Gardner Island
Phoenix
Honolulu
Melbourne
Australia
Honlulu
MacKay Radio
Apia
England
Mont Pelee Erupts Again Shaking Fort de Fran
The active volcano Mont Pelee near Fort de France erupts with fresh ash showers. Lava was expelled at about four thousand meters altitude and flows spread toward the northern town as residents scramble for safety. The eruption follows weeks of threatening activity and disrupts northern areas of the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort de Fran
Mont Pelee
Slayer of Teacher Sentenced for Life in California
Redwood City Calif Nov 30 Tra Kirk 33 confessed slayer of Miss Clara Boeke 30 a San Francisco high school teacher was sentenced to life imprisonment after affidavits showed he had been adjudged insane Kirk pleaded guilty to first degree murder affidavits from relatives said he had suffered a fractured skull in 1923 while working on an oil well and left him mentally unbalanced Miss Boeke body with throat cut was found on the Devonshire Country club golf course on November 16 after Kirk led police to the scene and said he killed her because she refused to marry him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Cal
Tra Kirk
Clara Boeke
San Francisco
Kirk
la Mesa
Texas
Devonshire Country Club
Elks Memorial Service Today at Granada Theatre
The Bluefield West Virginia Elks Lodge No. 269 holds its annual memorial service at Granada theatre at 2:30 pm with doors at 1:30 pm. Ten of 256 members have died this year. Secretary John Land reads the roll of the dead. Attorney H Emory Widener of Bretol Tennessee gives the principal address. Bland Street Methodist chair leads the service with additional numbers. The program will be broadcast on WHIS and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge of Elks
Granada Theatre
Bluefield
W. Va
John Land
Elks
Horst Kidnappers to Get New Trial
In Wooster Ohio Ellie Arnold and son Arthur Arnold will get a new trial on kidnapping charges for Melvin Horst missing since December 27 1928. Previously convicted after a key witness the eight year old Charles Hannah testified seeing Melvin coaxed with an orange into the Arnold home. Father sentenced to 20 years and Arthur to an indeterminate Mansfield reformatories term. New trial granted by appellate court and upheld by state supreme court. Elias Arnold freed on 10000 bond. Arthur remained jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Ohio
Ellie Arnold
Arthur
Orville
Melvin Horst
Horst
Arnolda
Charles Junior Hannah
Melvin
Arnold
Arnolds
Roy Horst
Hannah
Mansfield Reformatory
Te Arnolds
Marion Craven
State Supreme Court
Elias Arnold
Twenty One Injured In Trolley Car Crash
New York reports Twenty one persons were injured when a Western avenue trolley car jumped the track near 200th Street and crashed into an L pillar. A split fall caused by freezing temperature was cited as the accident cause. The car slid fifty feet, tearing out one end and side. three of the fifty injured were taken to Fordham hospital with severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Avenue
200Th Street
Fordham Hospital
Mrs Richard Byrd Jr Comments on Pole Flight Success
Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr wife of the flying explorer today said she is very happy and every other household member shares the feeling in commenting on her husband successful flight over the South Pole she had been confident of his success since the expedition began
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr
South Pole
Long Wait for Evansville Will Enrich City After 250 Years
In Evansville Indiana the will of Adolph Melzer, drafted in 1912, promises the city 25 million dollars at the end of 250 years. The bequest starts with one thousand dollars to accrue interest, compounded semiannually, and has grown to over 1.9 million to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Adolph Melzer
Williamson buys Thacker Coal properties at receiver’s sale
Mobiter Williamson of mt, Wi purchased the Mingo county properties of the Thacker Coal company at a receiver’s sale. The six acres of land a store building an eight room house and several small dwellings sold for 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobiter
Williamson Aley
Mt, Wi
Mingo County
Thacker Coal Company
Christmas tree lighting contest planned in Bluefield
The Appalachian Electric Power company and Bluefield electrical interests will sponsor this year’s Elec’s Christmas tree lighting contest. Four prize classes include best outdoor tree, best outdoor-viewable indoor display, best home made display by a minor, and best general display. Entries due by 5 pm December 4. Judges will be civic leaders. events run from Christmas Eve through New Year’s, with prizes from local businesses and media sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Bluefield
Elec
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Station Whis
Burgess Electric Company
McVeigh Electrical Company
Thompson Radio
Bluefield Supply
Superior Supply
F. W. Woolworth
Morrow Named Senator for New Jersey
Dwight Morrow is named senator for New Jersey and signals readiness for the primary fight. Former Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen has announced his candidacy and may prompt Morrow to seek the seat. Morrow plans to devote time to New Jersey public affairs after Hoover tasks, declining Morgan Banking and law firm offers. He has long been involved in New Jersey matters, including reform work as Edge's governor and war activities as a state leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
United States
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Frelinghuysen
Mexico
Hoover
New Jersey
Morrow Seen as Potential New Jersey Senator
Washington dispatch notes Dwight W. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico, poised to enter Washington as a New Jersey senator. A confidant of Coolidge, he may seek re election in New Jersey primaries next spring while maintaining ties to Hoover. Born Huntington, West Virginia, the lawyer turned banker earned the Croix de Guerre for service in World War I and is nearing 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
New Jersey
Morrow
Calvin Coolidge
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Coolidge
Hoover
James R. Sheffield
Huntington
W. Va
Herst
New York
John J. Pershing
Allied Marine Maryy
N. Sau
CLEAR VASES FOR ROSES AND DECORATIVE STEMS
Unusually shaped glass bottles make elegant vases for roses and other flowers with decorative stems and leaves visible through the glass. The note suggests choosing distinctive bottles to showcase floral arrangements.
College Ave Baptist Services Canceled Due to Burst Pipe
A burst water pipe at College Avenue Baptist Church caused the cancellation of all church services yesterday evening. The church announced that no services would be held today because of the cold weather and damage to the piping system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Avenue Baptist Church
Funeral held for Walter Peel in Dublin cemetery
Mrs. W. B. Webber returned from Newburn Virginia after Walter E. Peel uncle of Mrs. Wilbur Roberts Shirley Goff and Q A Goff died at 56 from a stroke of paralysis. Funeral was on Thanksgiving day at Newburn with burial in Dublin cemetery. Survived by widow and three step children Raymond Meredith Bluefield VA Mrs Hank Williams Erwin Tenn and Mrs Milton Brinegar Widen W Va. Large turnout and many floral tributes. His dog kept guard at the body after a hunting trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Webber
Newburn
Walter E. Peel
Peel
Bluefield
Pocahontas
Wilbur Roberts
Shirley Goff
Q. A. Goff
Earty
Raymond Meredith
Hank Williams
Erwin
Tenn
Milton Brinegar
Widen
W. Va
Dublin
Annual War Division Summary Sent to Hoover
The report details Army morale and religion sections stressing moral training and duty. It lists force levels: Regular Army 130,937. Air Corps 10,890. Guards 176,958. Reserve corps names 112,757 and 112,424 in ROTC. It notes vast rescue aid, tornado relief, and hurricane support overseas, plus river and flood control progress and a Missouri river dredging plan toward Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Corps
Chapleen
Air Corps
National Guard
Army
Good
Dwight F. Davie
Stimeon
The
Philippines
Hoover
Davis
Stimson
Inland Waterways Corporation
Missouri River
Kansas City
Norris to Demand Action on Vare Case
Norris presses Senate to take action on the Vare seat contest as Wilson fights the Pennsylvania outcome. Watson Indiana Republican leader expects an amendment to declare Vare's seat vacant, potentially filling it by Pennsylvania governor regardless of Wilson’s contest. Norris rejects such an amendment, urging separate decision on Wilson’s true election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vare
Wilson
Norris
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Pennsylvania
New York Edison tests coal fuel delivery to Hell Gate plant
The New York Edison system conducted a coal fuel test to generate electricity for New England urban areas. A 6,000 ton shipment mined November 19 traveled 400 miles to Norfolk and 100 miles to New York, delivering to the Hell Gate station by 3:16 PM on November 22 after an 85 hour total transit. The test demonstrates rapid coal rerouting by rail and water to power plants and the efficiency of coal transport for urban demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew 8. Sloan
New York Edison Company
Associated Electric Lighland Power Companies
Pocahontas Field
Hell's Gate
New England
K . W. Brewin
Pocahontas Eleceny
No. 1
Broadway
New York
Norfolk
Norfolk and Western Railway
East River
Hell Gate
United Electric Light and Power Company
Bronx
Sloan
New York City
New York Rdleon Company
Bie New England
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Texas House Leaders Duel Over Tariff Bill Strife
Two party leaders Garner and Tilson prepare for a strenuous regular session fight in Texas over a senate Democratic Independent coalition tariff measure. Garner advocates fair protection across industries while Tilson backs Hawley tariff provisions, reshaping their feud along lines of age and experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finna J. Garrett
Tennessee
Garner
Senate
Tilson
Congress
House
Yale University
Nw Haven
Xican
Long
Tilton
Texas
Texan
House of the Senate
Resignation of Senator Jones Prompts Republican Senate Reorganization
Washington leaders report the resignation of Senator Jones of Washington as assistant Republican leader triggers a forthcoming party reorganization for the next session. Jones becomes chair of the appropriations committee after Warren of Wyoming died. McNary of Oregon likely to fill Jones’s assistant leader post as the party’s Young Guard pushes for unity with Watson of Indiana and other leaders weighing reunion efforts. Hoover has discussed Senate leadership shifts with top Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jones
Senate
Appropriations Committee
Warren
Wyoming
McNary
Oregon
Gard
Hoover
Watson
Indiana
Biscan
Florida
Senate splits over tariff bill shape keep party rift in view
The finance committee chair remains the top choice for steering tariff and tax cut legislation rather than leading the appropriation panel. In the Senate the old and young guard Republicans back leader Watson but Western independents who left the party to redo the tariff bill with Democrats remain outside the reunification effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Initely
Senate
Watson
Inmates laud retiring Warden Robinson at Moundsville
More than 1500 state penitentiary prisoners signed a resolution praising Dr Lea Marion Robinson as he retires as prison warden. He acknowledged the praise and spoke of his golden rule administration. Robinson will enter hospital tomorrow for an operation. A C Scroggins will assume warden duties at midnight tonight by gubernatorial appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
State Penitentiary
L. M. Robinson
Robinson
A. C. Scroggins
W. G. Conley
Lea Mariqn Robinson
French Forces Withdraw From Rhineland After Evacuation
French soldiers vacate most Rhineland zones as Allied troops replace foreign military police. Versailles fixes three zones under occupation to guarantee treaty terms. Mainz area remains under French control while Saar basin status awaits plebiscite or negotiation. Saar discussions with France consider German industrial interests. Other German areas shift to Polish Danish Belgian control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
Mainz
Saar
Paria
Germany
Parkersburg Fire Ravages Business Block
Fire swept through a Parkersburg block destroying bakeries, offices of Dr George Mead optometrist and several professional offices. Marietta firemen aided, one firefighter injured by flying glass. Fire started five blocks north from embers carried by wind. Local spectators identified as Huntington firemen aided before leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mead
Optometrics
Marietta
Dale HI
Huntington
Parkersburg
Russian Chinese Tension Eases as US Presses Peace Pact
Secretary Stimson said tensions between Russia and China were easing. German and Ronald Campbell met the White House for talks, with no intervention plan drafted. The United States pursues world opinion to support the renunciation of war, a pact signed by China and the Soviet Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ronald Campbell
White House
Stimson
United States
China
Murder charge placed against Ohio machinist
Cincinnati dispatch reports Henry Miller a 50 year old machinist was charged with murder after Mrs Anna Crampton aged 38 was found unconscious at Miller’s apartment. She died later of injuries described as her legs bound with copper wire. Miller denied involvement when questioned by detectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Henry Miller
Anna Crampton
Miller
Mrs Patterson found dead in Bluestone County home
Mrs J M Patterson 51 was found dead in her bed Saturday morning at her sister Mrs J Shannon’s home on Bluestone County. She leaves daughter Mabel Patterson a Bluefield teacher and a Radford born son plus sister Mrs A Bane. Remains to be taken to Ford today for burial with Norfolk and Western train No 4 as transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Patterson
J. Shannon
Bluestone
Tase County
Cold Wave Brings Fatalities Across Kentucky and South
A severe cold snap from Kentucky to Florida leaves two Kentucky deaths as farmers John C. Smith and Abe C. Weak die amid freezing and fire losses. The storm follows a snow fest that blanks the region, with temperatures plunging below zero in Louisville and Staunton and freezing readings across Pensacola Jacksonville and Gainesville as Florida growers brace for crop damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
John C. Smith
Hopkinsville
Abe C. Weak
Shelburne
Sav Ga
Tomorro
Peeneen
Lorida
Florida Citrus Growers’ Exchange
Louisville
Staunton
Mercury
Asheville
N. C
Lynchburg
Nashville
Hunters Lost In Winter Storm Near Sault Ste. Marie
A blizzard that swept Upper Michigan stranded deer hunters with no provisions. Roads blocked by snowdrifts twelve miles north of Eckerman. Joe Beach and eight to nine hunters in the launch B are missing on the Taouumenaw river area. State highway officials urged to rush snow plows to avert starvation or freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Upper Michigan
Joe Beach
Eigh
Eckerman
Commission Works On National Railroad Consolidation Plan
Washington on November 30 the interstate commerce commission pushes a national consolidation plan for railroads though differences persist among members and no final trunk line division is set. Four consolidation applications are filed with ten to thirty systems proposed. major eastern lines Pennsylvania and New York Central are believed to be crafting plans, with Lackawanna mentioned as a key line in another group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Wabash
Delaware and Hudson
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Lackawanna
Tax action on first scheduled item for House deferred
A House action on the first scheduled item faces delay amid party discord over deferment of the Vare case. The Senate may need to rule on the 1926 contest brought by Democrat William B. Wilson as a report on the contest is uncertain. A subcommittee will meet to decide whether to issue a mediate report or address Vare’s recount request in 31 additional counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vare
Senate
William B. Wilson
Mail plane crash injures Varney pilot in dense fog
Pasco-Portland air mail pilot Clarence Price of Varney Air Lines was seriously injured when a plane crashed while striking a lift tower bridge over the Wat ers course in Vancouver Washington during dense fog. The incident occurred late today as weather closed in, with Price sustaining serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Wash
Clarence Price
Varney Air Mail
Pasco-Portland
Price
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Jacob Spector
H. P. Evans
Heath Gordon
Mrs. Gordon
T. A
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Pacific Ship
Elks Memorial Service
Richard Byrd JR
Dwight Morrow
West Virginia
College Ave
Walter Peel
Virginia
Eotoon Company
Pocahontas Mines
Laud Robinson
Moundsville Penitentiary
Rhineland
Ohio Machinst
C. A. Bluefield
Tazewell
Rockies
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