West Virginia Auto Dealers Plan Bluefield Convention
The West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association will hold its annual convention in Bluefield on Tuesday December 11. About 300 visitors are expected with the new West Virginian Hotel named as headquarters and rooms reserved for guests. Committees for plans and entertainment were appointed and arrangements will be finalized today.
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West Virginia Automobile Dealers Association
Bluefield
Eaarlier
West Virginian
Bowen Greever
W. H. Worman
John C. Hall
Fred Meyer
T. Stallard
Binefield
J. C. Hall
H. X. Morton
Indian Dance Steps For Football Eleven At Michigan
Ann Arbor Mich Dec 7 From the intricate Indian dances of the west A J Sturzenegger scout for the Michigan football team and special coach of halfbacks and ends hopes to evolve new steps to teach his proteges to elude tacklers next season He visited western towns and Indian reservations to study their movements and charted how the Indians did their chances to gain ideas for his players.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
West
A. J. Sturzenegger
University of Michigan
Michigan
Sturzehegger
California
Francis Appleby defeats Edgar Appleby in billiard title match
Francis S. Appleby, of New York, defeats his brother Edgar Appleby 250 to 107 in the eleventh round of the national amateur balk line championship at Newark Athletic Club. Appleby’s twenty six innings yielded a 916-26 average and a high run of 47, while Edgar’s high run was 19 and average 47-25. Dr Richard M. Roscow of Baltimore wins his first match of the tournament, defeating Jack Klinger 250 to 19.
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N. J
Francis S. Appleby
New York
Edgar
Newark Athletic Club
Edgar Appleby
Richard M. Roscow
Baltimore
Jack Klinger
Rogeon
Klinger
Notre Dame May Face Minnesota Next Season
Reports on campus say Notre Dame football will meet Minnesota at the new Minnesota stadium on November 22. Minnesota athletic director Fred Luehring would neither confirm nor deny, noting ongoing negotiations with several schools.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Knute Rockne
Gophers
Minnesota Stadium
Fred Luehring
Notre Dame Will Play Eight-Game 1924 Football Schedule
Notre Dame's athletic board decided to cut the 1924 football schedule to eight games from ten in recent seasons. The change was announced at a South Bend meeting and outlines the forthcoming season's plan.
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Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Lone Bandit Steals 37062 From Norfolk and Western Train
A lone bandit robbed the Norfolk and Western Cannon Ball express from Norfolk to Richmond, taking 37062 from two safes and binding Messenger John H. Stevens. Investigators describe the robber as a possible foreigner. detectives and agencies pursue leads with no arrests yet.
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Norfolk and Western
Norfolk
Richmond
John H. Stevens
Express Company
American Railway Express Company
C. W Dickey
Stevens
Federal Reserve Bank
Poe
Petersburg
Jimmie Jones Agrees to Meet Morrie Schlaifer in Omaha Bout
Jim mie Jones from Youngstown welterweight has agreed to face Morrie Schlaifer of Omaha in a ten round fight planned for December 19 or 21 in St Paul. The state boxing commission withholds Jones's $1000 purse after a recent bout with Tillie Kid Herman ended with both fighters leaving the ring. A list of six potential referees was submitted for approval.
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St. Paul
Indians Have Several Trades in Prospect
Cleveland December 7 1928 Manager Tris Speaker of the Indians arrived from Hubbard City Texas to confer with RE 8S Barnard president regarding several prospective player trades they hope to complete at the Chicago baseball meeting next week Speaker and one will leave for Chicago Sunday.
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Cleveland
Tris Speaker
Cleveland Indians
Hubbard City
Texas
Barnard
Chicago
Speaker
Sanday N T
Stewards of Grand Circuit Meet to Plan 1924 Schedule
The Grand Circuit stewards will meet in Syracuse on January 7 to allot dates for 1924. President Kinman reported the likely season opener at North Randall on July 2. North Randall plans a nine day July meet, extending past the usual five days to accommodate more horses and racers.
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Cleveland
Syracuse
Wmn. H. Kinnan
North Randall
Agust
Invited Address At Virginia Municipalities League
Clarence E B Ridley city manager of Bluefield is invited to speak at the League of Virginia Municipalities annual convention in Richmond January 15 16 and 17. The notice highlights special assessments for local improvements such as paving and notes Virginia law currently restricts towns from charging private property owners. A bill to authorize private assessments for local improvements is reportedly prepared for the next General Assembly session concurrent with the league meeting.
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League of Virginia Municipalities
Clarence EB. Ridley
City Mann
Bluefield
Richmond
League
Virginia
Virginia Assemly
The
Floods Drench Apennines Watershed Causing Vast Damage
Rome reports the entire Apennines watershed flooded after a week of incessant rain across Italy. The Tiber river rose forty five feet, the highest in fifty years, leaving hundreds homeless though Rome itself remains intact. Suburbs suffer with no protective embankments.
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Rome
Apennines
Tiber
Italy
Negro Struck by Train in Lexing ton Area
Robert Gobbs, colored, of Lexington Kentucky, was struck by a westbound freight train near Big Four yesterday morning. He was walking on the eastbound track and, as a train approached, stepped to the westbound track. He was taken to Welch Hospital and is expected to recover.
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Robert Gobbs
Lexington
Big Four
Gobbs
Welch
Frankie Genaro to defend title against Al Pettingill in Philly
Frankie Genaro the American flyweight champion has signed to defend his title in a ten round decision match with Al Pettingill the southern flyweight in Philadelphia on January 8 Phil Bernstein Genaro's manager announced today.
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New York
Frankie Genaro
al Pettingill
Philadelphia
Phil Bernstein Genaro
Olympic team hopeful Leconey named by New York
New York December 7 J Alfred Leconey intercollegiate sprint champion in 1922 has announced his candidacy for the Olympic team next year.
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New York
J. Alfred Leconey
Faith and fear in a preacher's fiery revival sermon
In a First Baptist revival, Jeff Wail led a large crowd with "When the World Forgets" as Dr. Williams delivered a stirring sermon. He contrasted the Mohammedan faith with the Christian gospel, urging salvation through Christ and warning of hell, using football as a parable of barriers and tackles by Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
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Republic
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Manity
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Hell
Christ
Jesus
Holy Spirit
Strike vote in Canada maintenance workers slated
Winnipeg date line reports 14 000 United Brotherhoods of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Workers of Canada ordered a strike vote. Union leader sent notice to James Murdock Dominion minister of labor. Returns due in Detroit by January 15. Vote on a five cent per hour raise retroactive to June 16.
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Winnipeg
United Brotherhoods of Maintenance of Way
Eight Women to Sit in British Parliament
London report notes eight women will sit in the new parliament, up from three. Re-elected are Lady Astor for Sutton Plymouth, Mrs. Margaret Wintringham for Louth Lincolnshire, and Mrs. Margaret Phillipson for Berwick-on-Tweed Northumberland. New female MPs include the Duchess of Atholl, Lady Terrington, Susan Lawrence, Margaret Bondfield, and Dorothea Jewson.
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London
Lady Astor
Sutton
Plymouth
Margaret Wintringham
Louth
Lincolnshire
Margaret Phillipson
Berwick-on-Tweed
Northumberland
Duchess of Atholl
Lady Terrington
Susan Lawrence
Margaret Bondfield
Dorothea Jewson
Wake Farmer Street Forty Feet In Width
Property owners on Farmer avenue push to widen to forty feet from College avenue to Pearl street. A petition sought donations of land from owners, but eight signatures were still missing. City Manager Ridley asked A G McCue to supply details to secure remaining signatures. a widening map was sent to him by the engineering department.
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Farmer Avenue
College Avenue
Pearl Street
Ridley
A. G. McCue
MaeCue
Hold Hearing Water Mains Extension Today
A public service commission hearing in Charleston addresses Bluefield Water Works proposed extension of high pressure mains and lines in Oak Grove Heights to improve fire protection. Attending were W H Roth of Philadelphia and A G Fox of Sanders Crockett Fox counsel for the water company, City Attorney Ritz, J J Crockett, and J L Crockett representing Oak Grove Heights residents.
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Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Company
Charleston
Public Service Commission
W. H. Roth
Philadelphia
Water Works Company
A. G. Fox
Sanders, Crockett & Fox
Water Company
Russell
J. L. Crockett
Oak Grove Heights
Anti Ku Klux Klan Bill Passed in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City December 7 The senate anti Ku Klux Klan bill prohibiting mask wearing passed today in the lower house of the Oklahoma legislature. The vote ends weeks of controversy as the Ku Klux Klan and former Governor J C Walton’s opposition to the group dominated debate.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
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