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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1934
Page
5
The Christmas seal sale campaign has been launched with Mrs. W. B. Dunn as chairman. The drives support the fight against tuberculosis and save thousands of lives each year through seal proceeds.
The article suggests a government house building plan may prompt construction in Bluefield Virginia with President Roosevelt possibly ordering homes to relieve overcrowding. A resident demanded a house from Chief of Police George Havens, highlighting housing shortages as babies arrive daily. Past waves of construction and a predicted 1935 boom imply unemployment relief via expanding housing and the building trades.
The Graham M E Church in Virginia invites worshippers for Sunday services led by Rev. 8 C Beard with devotionals across all Sunday school departments. Worship at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with league devotionals at 6 45 p m.
Listings show Sunday school times and worship services for St. Marys Church Bluefield Stras Memorial Memorial Baptist Graham Christian Church Pocahontas Presbyterian and Pocahontas Presbyterian churches with pastors and officers noted. Services include prayers sermons missionary programs and youth group meetings across multiple towns and dates.
A Virginia street section on West Graham was torn up for a sewer line, causing mud and depressions that affect motorists during rain. Predicted weather swings include warm spells with frogs croaking in Falls Mills and a foggy East River area, with expectations of cooler temperatures ahead.
Mrs H H Young and her daughters Miss Pearl Young and Miss Erma Young visit from Williamsburg for the weekend. Pearl, once holder of the women s fifty yard dash record, teaches at Fredericksburg High School, Erma is a Williamsburg High School senior. The trio met friends at Rev H A Willis home and Mrs Willis hosted the Music Lovers club. the Youngs previously lived here when Mrs Young s late husband was rector of St Mary s Episcopal chapel.
A long list of residents and visitors are mentioned as spending Thanksgiving in Graham. Names include Miss Virginia Hinton, Miss Culley James, Mrs. Mary Cooper, Miss Helen Cooper, Arthur Peery, Early Peery, George Butt, Miss Virginia Frazier, Mrs. C A Ralston, Miss Martha Hurst, Mrs. H C Heuser, Mrs. R B Williamson and Eliza Williamson, Garnett Williamson, Mrs K C Pierce, Miss Sara Osborne, Hampton Frazier, Miss Helen Frazier, Miss Claudine Farmer, Mrs S C Beard, Rev C H Williams, the Woman's auxiliary of Graham Presbyterian church, Mrs W H Speed, Mrs T W Davis, Mavis, and B D tr Stafford Wyatt.
Tazewell's ancient street car drawn by a horse has been painted and converted into a restaurant for use in Bluefield Virginia. Local figure Es Looney noted as sister of Mrs. Da-8 in the fragmentary report.
Police Chief James E. Davis ordered an increase in strike duty to 600 officers as violence from the Los Angeles Railway walkout continued. A street car crew faced danger when a gang bombed and set fire to the vehicle at West Third and Bixel Streets near downtown, imperiling lives.
Mercer county representative-elect J A D Bailey opposes state control of liquor preferring private sale with a two year qualification for firms and a per purchaser sales tax. He supports revoking licenses of drunken drivers by removing plates for twelve months and argues for law aligned with electorate sentiment. He plans to push legislation when the legislature convenes January 9.
Conductor B. Be Dindell and motorman J. Miniter report shots fired as bombers fled. Four street cars overturned at busy intersections. P. A. Donoghue, Pacific coast labor board supervisor, arrived from Seattle to mediate. The union seeks higher wages and recognition while the railway company refuses arbitration, aiming to force a closed shop.
Fragmentary note outlines liquor policy and political issue discussions in the community. Mentions debates among residents and unclear references to local government actions, suggesting a contentious public discourse without specific decisions or dates.
Forty Fort plans to push in line with law regarding a option vote as Ben Fierman announces a move involving his bar in Forty Fort near Wyoming. The fragmented text notes a planned public action tied to the upcoming election.
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