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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1936
Page
3
Adjutant Hughes asks Bluefield residents to donate via the Salvation Army to fund Christmas baskets for the needy. Kettles on city streets will collect until December 24, with gifts of toys welcomed. Donations aim to secure provisions at bargain prices and be distributed on Christmas Eve.
Lawrence Duty aged 20 was fined 30 and jailed 30 days for petty larceny after snatching a pocket book from a woman on a downtown street. Otis Prophet 17 Herert Peters 17 and Preston Cregar 18 of Bluefield faced petty larceny charges, each fined 10 and costs. They were arrested Sunday by state police.
James Morris age 21 is being sought after a late Saturday trip to Roanoke with a third party ended in a fatal incident. Keister says they planned the drive, altered course via Wytheville, and returned to Bluefield by 5 pm. Keister, a suspect and classed as a material witness, describes the sequence and vehicle repairs at Roanoke and Bluefield locations.
An advice note discusses marriage strain and explains how husbands may be selfish and unreadable to their wives. It endorsements Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy to ease discomforts from female life stages and urges women to persevere with a cheerful attitude.
In Fairview a pall over the student body followed the death of Frank Farley Jr a Fairview junior high pupil. Funeral services were held at First Baptist church with burial at Monte Vista Park cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs F A Farley and siblings.
Three separate weekend car crashes sent victims to Bluefield sanitarium. Basil Asbury, 20, Pocahontas Fuel employee from Bandy Tazewell county, suffered a fractured neck vertebra yet is most seriously hurt. Ric Pennel, 55, of Coopers, was struck from behind around 9 30 Saturday night and treated for deep fascia lacerations. Charles Sawyers, 27, North Tazewell, Pocahontas Fuel employee, is treated for a fractured temple bone and facial cuts.
Advertisement warns of kidney and bladder disorders and urges use of Cystex with a Bank of America guarantee. Claims rapid vitality within 48 hours and a money back offer if not satisfied, urging readers to contact their druggist.
Mrs Simpson, guarded by two Scotland Yard detectives and two French gendarmes, weighs exile after speaking with King Edward by telephone. Reports say Edward may accept constitutional demands or seek time, with a long cruise aboard the yacht Lady Anne a rumored option.
In Beckley West Virginia 18 year old Harry Plasters burned to death when a carbide lamp he carried in a hay loft started a fire that destroyed his uncle's barn. Acting coroner Dr W W Hume ruled the death accidental after inspecting the Epperly Ridge site about 220 miles from Beckley.
Mrs Carl E Looney 34 died at St Luke's hospital after about a week illness following the birth of a child in Bland county She was a graduate nurse trained at St Luke's and in Chicago She is survived by her husband infant Frances Eleanor and many Stowers relatives Burial was in Cove Creek family cemetery Me morial Funeral Home in Grundy coordinated the services.
In Ravenswood West Virginia the pound and a half daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Ellis remains alive despite dire odds. Dr J H Donovan administers care in a handmade incubator using olive oil baths, cotton wrap, and a hot water bottle as neighbors provide warmth and support. The mother Mrs Ellis recovers slowly as the child’s fragile condition prompts calls for more nursing care. The family resides in an abandoned schoolhouse five miles away.
Assistant U.S. Attorney says ruling will be entered in the U.S. circuit court of appeals before Dec 15. Judge Sweeney states the unemployment tax under Title 9 is a valid excise, within Congress taxing powers, for general welfare and constitutional. In Durham a policeman notes two cats cross at 7 each evening, and South Carolina Georgia farmers paid 55 cents per hundred for cotton picking in 19386.
Rotary Kiwanis Lions and OTA club members will meet at the West Virginian hotel ballroom at noon today. The Community Christmas Tree association arranged the lunch to acquaint groups with early charity work for needy Bluefield children. WHIS artists will present a preview of the December 12 Community Tree Broadcast.
The NLB charges a firm with blocking union activity through a company controlled employee plan. It alleges defects in voting rights, plant elections on company property, biased campaigns by supervisors, and manipulated meeting records. A hearing with United States Steel and Carnegie-Illinois is set for December 17.
Reports from Tuguegarao Ca gayan province describe destruction as rivers swell washing away people cattle and houses. Crops tobacco and rice are ruined after a typhoon crossed Luzon December 2 bringing heavy rainfall to the valley. The Cagayan valley northeast of Manila is densely populated with farming families.
Mrs. Mack Peery 92 widow of H G Peery Confederate veteran and prominent Tazewell citizen died Sunday night at her daughter's home in Bristol Virginia. A descendant of Tazewell's first settlers she was born Cosby America Witten in 1865. Funeral services were to be held at 2 30 PM at Main Street Methodist Church with burial at Maplewood. Surviving children include J K Ball Sallie Harrison M J Hawkins and Mrs Grant of Ocala Florida Roanoke and other locations.
A physician's prescription states Conquering is plant based and acts gently to ease constipation and indigestion. It claims to increase appetite and relieve dyspepsia without shocking the system.
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