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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
12
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Washington reports Seymour Lowman in charge of the customs service urged classing women who smuggle jewelry and fine clothes as pirates and buccaneers. He cited milady returning from abroad as a chief offender and noted few killings in enforcement since January with officers told to shoot only in self defense or to prevent a felony.
In Philadelphia Overbrook a young mother Mrs. Minerva Auerbach age 28 and her three children Bernard 3 Carlton 4 and Josephine 7 were found dead in their home from gas. Police said preliminary investigations began.
By deed of trust Jamie McGue to A B Thompson trustee dated July 30 1924 recorded in Mercer WV, default on notes leads to sale of Allen Street Bluefield property Dec 23 1929 at 10 am at Law & Commerce Building front door for cash. Property described as Lot 1 355 City Map Bluefield formerly Lot 23 Day survey now Lonnie McGue transfer.
Default on notes leads trustee George Richardson Jr to offer at public auction December 21 1929 at 2 PM at The Commercial Bank Building Bluefield WV three contiguous lots numbered 7 8 9 Section 236 on Carolina Avenue fronting 25 feet and extending 105 feet to an alley. The land formerly conveyed to Sadie Johnson in 1923.
Rule day December 1929 in Mercer Circuit Court. Mary Penn sues Edd Penn in Chancery seeking relief. Defendant must appear within one month of first publication to protect interests per order of Clerk L T Reynolds and attorney W C Pletcher.
Charles Auerbach voices belief that the deaths of his wife and two children were accidental. He left for work this morning believing his wife to be in good spirits. Auerbach is part of the novelty manufacturing firm Karr and Auerbach.
In Wooster Ohio detective John Stevens testified as a defense witness in the trial of Elias Arnold and his son Arthur on charges of kidnapping Melvin Horst age four from Orrville. Stevens said Mrs. Horst believed Melvin was being well cared for. State witness Junior Hanna said the Arnolds lured the boy to their home. Defendants plan to testify tomorrow.
Ypsilanti Michigan December 54 Henry Ford receives a legacy of $100 in the will of Mrs Florence Smalley Babbitt 62 a historian and antiques collector who admired Ford's Americana museum at Dearborn.
A weather storm last Friday night left ten fishing vessels missing off Newfoundland. The Gander Deal crew of ten were rescued by the liner Republic about 1,000 miles east of Cape Race and are reported healthy. Sightings include the Hffie May Petite Merry Widow and Jean Blackwood. Lloyd Jack Neptune and Northern Light remain missing.
Alice Corbett, 16 year old domestic, was acquitted today of murdering her employer George McHale a policeman. Trial testimony showed McHale assaulted her and she shot him in his bedroom while he slept.
Oklahoma City reports that the number of colleges in the state has doubled in 11 years. In 1918 there were 15 colleges with 8 355 students. now 30 institutions enroll 20 073. Two year programs rose from two to six. four year schools grew from nine with 5 628 students to 18 with 18 441.
A French style features fur gloves reaching above the elbow to pair with a cloth coat and fur collar. The gloves appear in black or dark brown, broad and tall, as a notable originality in Paris fashion.
US automobile fatalities rose by just over one percent in 1928, reaching 23,765 deaths. The department of commerce released the figures tonight, noting the rise versus the previous year across the nation.
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