Mining Group to Gather Tuesday in Bluefield West Virginia
Bluefield hosts the twenty sixth annual West Virginia Coal Mining Institute meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday drawing coal executives from across the state. M I Garvey and C B Huntress lead the events with an inspection tour of Pocahontas coal field and an annual banquet at the West Virginian hotel. Officers will be elected Tuesday afternoon as industry leaders convene for discussions and a large attendance is anticipated.
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State Coal Mining Institute
Bluefield
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Pocahontas
Reynolds Building Purchased At Public Sale
The Reynolds drug store building in Bluefield Virginia was bought at public sale Saturday by Captain F.E. Mayo of this city for 9700 dollars. Other bidders included P. H. Lawless of Berwind and Dr. C. M. Fisher of Bluefield. Earlier the property had sold for 8000 dollars with Lawless making an upset bid of 9000 dollars.
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Reynolds Drug Store
Bluefield
Captain FE. (. Mayo
P. H. Lawlese
Berwind
C. M. Fisher
Mr. Lawless
TAZEWELL COUNTY MAN HURT BY FALLING TREE
Carl Melvin an 18 year old Gratton Virginia resident suffered serious back injuries when a cut tree fell on him on Elbert Buchanan’s farm while workers cleared timber. He was treated at North Tazewell and then admitted to Bluefield sanitarium for further care.
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Carl Melvin
William Melvin
Gratton
Bluefield
Elbert Buchanan
Melvin
North Tazewell
Civil Works Unit Names Paid Aides and Personnel
The county welfare board as the CWA unit set salaries for its paid night staff. Welfare administrator Peisas Easley will receive 140 dollars monthly, disbursing officer A L Bowling 125 dollars, clerks and typists 60 dollars, investigators 60 dollars except Nellie Poff at 90 dollars. Names listed include John Mastin as Regent 100 dollars, Constance Fortune 100 dollars, Ruth Hess typist, Arthur G Booth engineer 100 dollars, Ruth Christian typist, Virginia Linkerhoker clerk, Laila Muny officer 75 dollars, Mrs J Popel clerk, and Mary Murphy issuing officer 75 dollars.
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County Welfare Board
County Civil Works Ase
Peisas Easley
A. L. Bowling
Nellie Poff
CWA
John Mastin
W. D. Bowling
Constance Fortune
R. B
Bluefield
W. F. Neal
Mary Hol Somta Hazel Caldwell
Ruth Hess
Arthur G. Booth
Opan Montgomery
May Honaker
Lillie M. Thorn
Ruth Christian
Virginia Linkerhoker
Martha Biedler
Lut Deyerle
Princeton
Lida Muny
J. Popel
Velief
Mary Murphy
Rainbow Cleaners Advertises Fur and Velvet Cleaning
New Rainbow Cleaners in Epworth Williams offers dry cleaning for furs and knitted wear with high grade equipment. Call 1020 for service at Piano care Telegraph, suited for church school room studio or home. Price listed at 700 dollars with terms arranged.
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Rainbow Cleaners
Epworth-Williams
Bluefield College Offers Day or Night Training Options
Bluefield Normal Business College invites day or night students for Monday training at the Bailey building with W H Cunning ham as manager since 1900. A second item lists a transportation request to Florida with shared expenses and Box 30 Daily Telegraph. Another notice offers a reward for a lost pocketbook and private papers from Dexter Harry, phone 1956 L.
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Bailey Building
W. H. Cunningham
Florida
Daily Telegraph
Dexter Harry
Federal relief personnel listed for Bluefield assignment
The notice names cere typist and Ray Lawcen as clerk with Mrs Nellie Poff as investigator. Other investigators include Joe Walthall of Athens and several Princeton residents Veleda Caldwell Clara Meadows J F Thornton and J E Thomason.
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Cere
Ray Lawcen
Federal Relief
Bluefield
Nellie Poff
Marshall Peters
Joe Walthall
Athens
Veleda Caldwell
Clara Meadows
J. F. Thornton
J. E. Thomason
Princeton
Army Duke tumble from undefeated untied pinnacle
Mississippi trounced Mississippi State 31 to 0. Texas Christian and Baylor kept title hopes alive by defeating Southern Methodist 26 to 6 and Rice 7 to 6, with possible co title shared if Arkansas is ruled ineligible. Southern California crushed Georgia 31 to 0 in an inter sectional game before 60 000 fans with 27 first downs to Georgia’s 3.
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Texas Christian
Baylor
Southern Methodist
Rice
Arkansas
Southern California
Trojans
Georgia
Hearst Defends Monetary Plans in Political Critique
The speaker attacks Morgan’s political agent Al Smith, calling him “wet” and a poor campaigner who uses baloney in rhetoric. He accuses Smith of serving Wall Street and, with Morgan and Sprague, of backing hard money and foreign loans over American interests.
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Morgan
al Smith
Mr. Smith
Wall Street
Mr. Morgan
British Empire
Sprague
Bank of England
SEA GARDEN BRAND DISTRIBUTOR SHARES
Blue points and Lynhavens on half shell at Jimmy's. The Great Pyramid of Egypt contains about 2300 blocks of stone and the stones average more than two tons each.
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SEA Garden
Blue Points
Lynhavens
Jimmy’s
Egypt
Pay Rate Classification Hinders Bluefield Factory Plans
West Virginia falls outside the southern wage classification under the federal code. Bluefield chamber seeks a stay or at least Mercer county inclusion to protect a local textile factory and jobs. The move aims to prevent hardship from the code lowering female labor markets and delaying reopening chances.
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Mercer County
West Virginia
Conrad Brevick
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
National Recovery Act
Brevick
Bluefield
Princeton
of Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Large Barn Destroyed on Cooper Estate in Pearlsburg
A large barn on the Cooper estate in north Pearlsburg Virginia burned Friday afternoon causing about 4000 dollars in loss. Several tons of feed and 700 to 800 bushels of corn were destroyed along with farm machinery. The blaze origin was not determined.
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Cooper Estate
North Pearlsburg
Peter Bradley Dies of Heart Stroke in This City
Peter Bernard Bradley aged 73 of Mercer county died suddenly yesterday at the home of Mr and Mrs J R Brown 114 Ramsey street where he had boarded for a month A physician ruled death a heart attack He was born in Danville Va and lived in Bluefield lately operated a Bluefield avenue lunch room He is survived by his son Thomas W Bradley of Bristol Va a brother Stephen Bradley of Danville and a sister Mrs Pat Garland of Coopers Funeral services will be at the Memorial Funeral home Bluefield avenue with interment at Bramwell
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Peter Bernard Bradley
Mercer County
J. R. Brown
Ramsey Street
Memorial Funeral Home
Bluefield Avenue
Bramwell
Bradley
Bristol
Bluefield
Matoaka
Stephen Bradley
Danville
Mre
Pat Garland
Coopers
Funeral Rites Today for Miss Eloise Simmons
Funeral services are set for 2 PM at Grace Episcopal church Eckman for Miss Eloise Simmons who died yesterday at 4 15 AM at her parents home in Keystone Interment will be at Woodlawn cemetery Bramwell road Rev Carlton Fox will officiate The death followed a several months illness.
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Grace Episcopal] Church
Eckman
Eloise Simmons
J. F. Simmons
Keystone
Woodlawn
Bramwell Road
Carlton Fox
Educators Plan West Virginia Relief Education Program
County superintendents and school executives met with W. W. Trent to outline a relief education program funded by a $28,000 Civil Works Administration grant. About 1,000 idle teachers will be employed across six projects including rural education adult literacy vocational training rehabilitation general education and nursery schools.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
W. W. Trent
West Virginia
Civil Works Administration
Edward B. Sisler Dies in Huntington at 61
Edward B. Sisler of Huntington, a longtime merchant and head of the citizen's board, died after a stroke. He organized department stores in several southern West Virginia cities and was 61.
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Huntington
W. Va
Edward B. Sisler
Citizen's Board of
Sisler
West Virginia
Prison Gridders Win Away From Home In Wheeling
In Wheeling on December 2 the state penitentiary team Moundsville defeated Pleasanton Athletic Club 14 to 7 in the Wheeling high school stadium. Hairlip Jimmy Perdue of Huntington entered late and sprinted 44 yards for the prisoners sole score after Pleasanton had led with a passing attack in the third and fourth periods. The prisoners rode a band escorted bus through downtown Wheeling to the stadium.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Moundsville
Pleasanton Athletic Club
Jimmy Perdue
Huntington
Pleasanton
Virginia to Emphasize Grid Sport to Attract Athletes
The Times Dispatch reports Virginia may push to quit the Southern Conference and operate independent football, seeking to draw top players. The 3-3-3 athletic committee in Charlottesville will consider resigning, drafting rules, and pursuing big time football freedom.
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Virginia
Richmond
The
Times Dispatch
University of Virginia
Southern Conference
Charlottesville
State Trapper Named in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia December 2 Ralph Young of Upshur County has been appointed state trapper by acting director T M Cheek. Young, former superintendent of the state game farm at French Creek, will trap predatory animals and locate and feed turkeys.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ralph Young
Upshur County
T. M. Cheek
Young
French Creek
West Virginians Added to PWA Staff
Two West Virginians join the Public Works Administration staff. Charles L. Wood of Philippi becomes an accountant and C. W. Stone Jr. of Creekvale joins the engineering division. Both appointments follow Rep Randolph’s recommendation.
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Washington
West
United States Begins World War I With 17 Overseas Vessels
At the outbreak of World War I the United States had seventeen ships engaged in overseas trade. The figure highlights the limited naval and commercial reach before broader wartime production and mobilization.
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United States
RUDGELL YOUTH DIES OF WOUND IN VIOLENT altercation
Earl Combs, a prisoner in Russell county jail at Lebanon, is held on bond while authorities probe the death of Russell Bowman 17, of Honaker, who died in a Lebanon hospital from knife wounds after a trip with Combs and his father. The three corner fight near Buchanan county led to Bowman being slashed. Bowman’s heart cavity was penetrated and doctors marveled at his survival before death.
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Earl Combs
Near Honaker
Russell County
Lebanon
William Combs
Liberty
Russell Bowman
Honaker
Bowman
Combs
Buchanan County
the Lebanon Hospital
Soong
Famed Russian Chorus to Appear at Concord
The Runelan chorus directed by Mme Margarita Ageneneva Slaviansky will perform in concert Wednesday evening December 6 at 8 at Concord State Teachers College. Music lovers in southern West Virginia are alerted to the full production.
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Runelan
Mme
Margarita Ageneneva Slaviansky
Concord State Teachers’ College
West Virginia
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Tazewell County
Civil Works
City and Coalfield
Bluefield Normal Business College
Duke
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Hearst
J. W. Waters CO
Jewelers
Federal St
Law & Commerce Bldg
Oma
Rutherford
Beckley
Welch High School
Concord State Normal School
Simmone
Miss Neummone
Harry Walker
Winford Dillard
Hugh Hamblin
Donald Powell
Foxey White
Opie Lacey
Bernard Woodyard
Hoxle Shupe
Richard Smoot
Sam Smoot
Henry Bernard
Roger Sullivan
William Drosick
Grace Johnson
Gladys Lyons
Elizabeth Dillard
Lucy Edwarde
Mildred Hamblin
Clarice Higgins
Bertha Schrader
Ethel McKinney
Violet Shupe
Mildred Shupe
Peter Bradley
Miss Simmons
PWA
Rca-Victor
Zenith
Peery Bldg
Phone
Bluefield, W. VA
Rudgell
Concord
Jimmy's
Jimmy
Lovell
First National Bank
Flat Top National Bank
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