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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1938

Page

3

Spanish Rice and Meat Balls Demo and TV Highlights

Miss Taylor demonstrates Spanish Rice and Meat Balls on the Pet Milky Way Program at 10 00 this morning. Martha Jane Williams on Whats New at 10 45 discusses Chinese Hindu influence in cruise wear and reviews Secrets of a Nurse with Edmund Lowe Helen Mack and Dick Foran. A Christmas Carol twelve episodes tonight at 7 30 on WHIS funded by local banks in Bluefield and Princeton.

Martha Jane Williams Edmund Lowe Helen Mack Dick Foran Charles Dickens First National Bank Flat Top National Bank Bluefield Princeton Bank and Trust Company Princeton Fiat Top National Bank

Radio Schedule Fragments from Bluefield Welch Area

A fragmented listing shows daily radio programs and times from 5:00 AM to 9:30 PM including Morning Jamboree Lilly Mountaineers Shoppers' Program and Dance Melodies. Local sponsors Coca Cola Bluefield Bottling Sunrise Bottling and Rock Cliff Musical Moments appear in the schedule.

Dan Stafford Lilly Mountaineers Lilly Land Company Princeton SUN Dial L. D. Feuchtenberger Red Ande Bluefield Theatre Guide Bluefield and Welch Chicago House Furnishing CO America Sunrise Bottling CO Bluefield Supply CO Rock Cliff Rock Mineral Springs CO Bluefield Theatre Dorothy “Fendricks Superior Sterling Company Evelyn Martin Avaton

NBC WEAF Radio Schedule Chain Program Listing

Radio schedule details programs from 4:45 to 11:00 with shows like Dick Tracy and Amos n Andy, noting east and west coast broadcasts and varying time slots for each program. Includes a mix of dramas, music, news, and variety content across the Red Network.

NBC WEAF Dick Tracy Jack Armstrong Little Orphan Annie East Johnny Johnson Malcolm Claire Amos 'N Andy All-Star Review Weat Mario Cozzi Rudy Vallee Bing Crosby Bob Howard Orchestra East WJZ Don Winslow Navy East Landt West Tom Mix Cloutier Orchestra Beverly Lane Beale St Kiz The Armchair Quartet Lowell Thomas Easy Aces Coast Dick Gasvarre KDKA Jerry Belcher Rochester Philharmonic

Calotabs Promote Elimination To Fight Colds

Millions use Calotabs to treat colds by cleansing the intestinal tract and promoting kidney elimination of toxins. The double action as a purgative and diuretic is endorsed as thorough and economical, with a family package priced at twenty five cents and a trial package at ten cents.

Radio Schedule Echoes From 1930s Stations

Readable items list 11:15 to 11:00 pm program blocks across CBS WABC and NBC WJZ networks with music orchestras news dance numbers sketches and a two hour late night news and dance block featuring Vincent Lopez Cab Calloway Sammy Kaye and Jerry Belcher among others.

CBS WABC Nila Mack Red Grange Mid Boontee Sports Howile Wing Bob Trout Rollini Hall Joe Penner Cast Kate Smith Mainr Bowes CRIS Vincent Lopez Cab Calloway Sammy Kaye Will Osborne

Utility reveals revamping plan under public utility act

The Securities Commission said American Gas and Electric filed a plan to reorganize into a unified public utility system with three regional divisions the central system for Indiana Ohio West Virginia Virginia and adjoining areas the south Jersey system for southern New Jersey and the northeast Pennsylvania system. It also proposed liquidating four subsidiary companies and transferring assets to other affiliated entities.

Washington The Securities Commission American Gas and Electric Company Public Utility Holding Company Act Indiana Ohio West Virginia Virginia South Jersey New Jersey Pennsylvania Michigan Michigan Electric Company General Service Company Ohio Power Company Wheeling Electric Company Appalachian Electric Power Company Kentucky and Windsor Coal Company, Power W. Va Windsor Power House Coal Company Peakland Corporation Lynchburg American Gas and Electric System Radford Limestone Company, Inc New River Avaalachian Electric Power Company

Dream Edith Gains Freedom Parole Dream Prompts Hope

A reader recounts a dream that Edith Maxwell will receive conditional parole and spend Christmas with family. Maxwell, a former Wise county schoolteacher, is serving a penitentiary sentence for the death of her father Trig Maxwell, a case that drew worldwide attention.

Edith Maxwell Hadeen Edith Maxwell Trigaxwell Maxwell Wise County Miss Maxwell Virginia Pone Peti

Why roosters crow before Christmas superstition

A reader asks why roosters crow more at Christmas. The piece notes an old superstition that roosters warn off evil spirits during the holy season, a belief said to descend from England and France and observed in nocturnal crowing.

England France

Old Toy Contest Set to Crown Vintage Christmas Treasures

Bluefield News to revive its old Christmas toy contest this season. Readers are invited to dig from attic trunks a toy fifty five years old or older, such as dolls or tin soldiers, that evoke nostalgia and win praise for sentiment and history.

Bluefield Santa

Virginia Sidelights Circles of Woman's Missionary Society

The Graham Methodist church Woman's Missionary Society circles meet with different hosts on specified evenings and locations. December 6 at 8 o'clock details list rooms and coordinators, with Thursday December 1 meetings at 7 30 am ongoing duties noted.

Woman's Missionary Society Graham Methodist Church W. C. Harry Tazewell Avenue T. C. Tibbs College Avenue Bettie Crockett Are Miller Katherine McCall Law Reece Osborne T. R. Snyder

Missionary Society Returns to Close Week of Prayer

The Woman's Missionary Society of Memorial Baptist Church meets this afternoon at 2 30 and again Friday afternoon at the church to conclude the week of prayer services. A 1 year old sealed veal soup flask attributed to Louis Pasteur is noted as the oldest preserved container of its kind.

Woman's Missionary Society of the Memorial Baptist Church America Louis Pasteur

Life Memberships and WPA Reshuffle Mentioned in Teaser

A notice from Charleston W Va dated November 30 reports L Smith and W section foreman at St Clair joining a club with five pounds of sample and noting St Clair hogs have sweeter sausage. It also notes M L O Neale resigning as WPA state administrator to return to PWA work and being stationed at Chicago.

L. Smith N. and W St. Clair Great Big Hog Club Charleston W. Va M. L. O'Neale WPA PWA O'Neale Chicago

Monroe County Clerk Race Seesaw Ends With Dunn Victory

The Monroe county clerk contest swung with three recounts. Final tally awards incumbent Fred H. Dunn eleven votes over Arnold H. Broyles. Each side had attorneys. A ten day appeal window to the circuit court applies. Dunn is son of the late Lewy Dunn of Bluefield and Broyles kin to the late Lewis Broyles of Lindside.

Monroe Fred H. Dunn Arnold H. Broyles Blican Broyles Dunn Circuit Court Mr. Dunn Lewy Dunn Bluefield Mr. Broyle Lewis Broyles Lindside Monroe County

Pigs Banned From Bluefield Town Under Court Injunction

Bluefield Virginia officials issue an injunction banning pigs within the town after complaints from residents about pen odors. Chief G W Havens notes earlier pig fattening by some residents drew complaints. Council member likens pig stench to roses on a hot August day, while praising pork and beef but criticizing local fattening.

Corporation Bluefield G. W. Havens

Williamson Clerk-Elect Ferrell Resigns From Board

Elmer Ferrell the clerk-elect of the circuit court has submitted his resignation as a member of the county board of education in Williamson West Virginia.

Williamson W. Va Elmer Ferrell Circuit Court County Board of Education

Poll taxes and election concerns raised in Virginia counties

A broad discussion notes poll taxes tied to eligibility six months before elections in Virginia. Speculates on possible spring elections in Bluefield and Tazewell county, mentions bond issues for schools and debate over sales tax. Also reports Cabell county Bar planned dinner honoring five state supreme court judges and wives with Judge Haymond Maxwell to speak.

Virginia Bluefield Tazewell County General Assembly Huntington W. Va Cabell County Bar Association State Supreme Court Haymond Maxwell Appellate Court

Roy Grubb Dies at War Eagle at 35

Roy Grubb 35 son of Frank Grubb of Hockman Pike died Wednesday morning at War Eagle after a period of ill health. Born in Bluefield Virginia he lived at War Eagle for years where he married Miss Radford. He was a coal miner for War Eagle Coal Co. and leaves seven children. Funeral plans were not announced.

Roy Grubb War Eagle Frank Grubb Hockman Pike Grubb Bluefield Adford Henry Radford War Eagle Coal Company

Virginia Side Personal: J. M. Tanner Returns Home

J. M. Tanner, injured in an automobile accident some time ago, returned to his home on Tazewell Avenue yesterday. He will be unable to go out again for some time.

J. M. Tanner Tazewell Avenue Mr. Tanner

Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating

Don’t be embarrassed by loose false teeth slipping or dropping. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates for added comfort and security. This alkaline powder helps hold plates more firmly without gummy or gooey feel. Get FASTEETH at any drug store.

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Giant American Gas and Electric Files Hankow China Virginia News Edith M. BE Woodstock Southern Office Supply Federal St Hudson Aeaiey ALA H. P. Hudson H. P Detroit Hudson Dealer Hudson-C. L. T Greever’s Bland Street Bluefield, W. Va Arnold H. Broyles Ferrell Lane Colonial Lowboy Lane Chante Iereur Gen Lane Mer Mil Ana Blaefield Furniture Company Princeton Avenue Raleigh Street
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