Visitors greet President Hoover on busy Washington day
President Hoover met a steady stream of callers including foreign dignitaries lawmakers and officials in his private offices. Groups from Great Lakes St Lawrence Tidewater Iowa Kansas and North Carolina pressed for legislation and appointments while Britain Japan and German Red Cross figures shared gestures and gifts.
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Washington
Hoover
Japan
National Woman's Party
Great Lakes
District of Columbia
Powell
Eame Howard
British Empire Service League
KE. Beachcroft Towse
Jonas
North Carolina
Ransdell
Louisiana
Knotaon
Minnesota
King’s Mountain
Laula L. Emmerson
Timole
Local Advertisements and Notices from Bluefield Area
Special prices on Eugenie Bonat and Frederick permanent waves for 10 days at Ideal Beauty Shoppe. Decker's vacuum cooked ham and other products marketed for convenience and economy. Bluefield Business College invites enrollments with day night or private season courses at 129 Bluefield Avenue. Also notices for a Bluefield lodge Masonic session and B n ai Brith dance at Matz hotel with orchestra. West Virginia Business College touts modern equipment and free catalog with January 6 mid‑year term opening.
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Eugenie
Bonat
Frederick
West Virginian Hotel
Bluefield Avenue
W. H. Cunningham
Odern
West Virginia
Huennessee
Honaker
Bluefield
Vas
Little girls receive colored ribbons for hair and parties
Readers note fashion ribbons for young girls with curls now available in blue and other colors. Printed polka dots stripes and checks are popular for hair ribbons while Roman stripes suit white frocks at parties.
Kiwanis greet new officers in Bluefield meeting
Bluefield Kiwanis members introduced their newly elected officers at noon session in the West Virginian hotel. New member M. T. Stewart and reinstated members H. B. Shedd, Dr A B Weed and W H Heatherington attended.
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Bluefield
H. B. Shedd
W. H. Heatherington
Kiwanis Rangs
Kiwanis
Kiwanis Road Committee
Wytheville
Virginia Highway Commission
Old Dominion
Mra
Charles Dickey
Arch Hall
Arnold
Warlick’s Fibre and Overstuffed Suites for Home Comfort
Warlick’s promotes fibre and overstuffed furniture with cushions and mohair options priced from 35 to 235 dollars. The ad claims these pieces brighten holiday gatherings and provide year round comfort, with payment terms available.
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Warlick’s
Radio Program Schedule Listings Across Major Markets
Eastern station listings in dense OCR show daily programs from WHIS through WSM and beyond, detailing time slots, show titles, and many affiliate stations. The compilation lists orchestra features, safety programs, studio hours, and dramatic and musical segments across networks such as WEAF WJZ WABC and others with numerous local repeaters.
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WPG
Atlanta
Hokum Exchange, Inc
WRAL
Baltimore
the Masqueraders
WJZ
Wric
Hartford
Hotel
WOR
Newark
Uncle Don
Lady In Blue
U. of Penn
WABC
Kdka Pittsby
U. of Pittsburgh
WEAF
Orchestra
Crean
Springfield
New England
Bing Family
Newa Loew's Orchestra
WLW
Cincinnati
the Lohians
Wtam-Wear Clevel
Hotel Orchestra
Sol McConnell
Detroit
Cigar Gire
Io Shadowland
WSB Atlanta
Charlotte
Queen's Court
Whas Louisy
WEAP
WSM Nashville
Evening Star Quartet
WRVA
Richmond
Richmond Drama Guild
Former Bluefielder Roy Garrett Returns to Bluefield
Roy Garrett and family return to Bluefield from Elizabeth ton Tennessee after two years away. He takes a position with Bodell Plumbing and resumes his longtime heating and plumbing trade locally. Neighbors greet him with familiar smiles and cheers as he settles in for good.
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Roy Garrett
Bluefield
Elizabethton
Tenn
Garrett
Bodell Plumbing Company
Roy
Mr. Garrett
Air Transport Manager Denies Rate Decrease
Waldron Williams of Transcontinental Air Transport denied reports that passenger rates would drop about 25 percent on December 15. Everett, assistant general traffic manager, said a 25 percent cut took effect November 15 and no further decrease is planned.
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Kansas City
Waldron Williams
Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc
Associated Pross
G. B E. Everett
Intoxicated drivers face fines in municipal court
Roy Compton charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated was fined 5 dollars plus costs after arraignment. Lawrence Bailey found guilty of drunkenness was fined 10 dollars and costs. Police linked the case to a Prince ton avenue crash involving a Ford owned by Sheffey Worley and a Studebaker driven by Compton. Both defendants pleaded not guilty.
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Roy Compton
Operaton
Lawrence Bailey
Compton
Bailey
Princeton Avenue
Ford
Sheffey Worley
Studebaker
Navy backs full aircraft carrier strength for ships
The Bureau of Aeronautics termed the naval value of aircraft carriers as the basis to reach 135000 tons under the Washington agreement. Secretary Adams supported the plan in a Hoover administration report, proposing four carriers near 138800 tons, aligned with an anti cruiser bill.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Home Treatment For Bladder Weakness Brings Swift Relief
Easy home remedy claim offers relief for bladder weakness and irritation with a 10 day supply and a money back guarantee. Advertisment promises rapid improvement within 24 hours and urges readers to try Uratahs through a local drugstore.
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Wim
Amy Rugg
Guedy
Railways rescind prepay freight order for Canada coal
Local coal circles report that the Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio and New York Central railways have canceled the prepay freight requirement for coal and coke shipped into Canada. Eastern lines including Norfolk and Western and Virginian also enacted similar moves. Shippers await word from Norfolk and Western and Virginian officials on rescission with exchange rates flattening justifying the action. The change is expected to ease potential hardship if kept in force longer.
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Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Canada
Norfolk & Western
Virginian
New York Central Lines
Nose reappears intact after surgery fail
In Atlanta on December 9 62 year old W I Sims refused a new nose after surgeons demolished his own in an argument. He preferred the old model saying he liked it and kept his familiar feature despite medical advice.
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Atlanta
W. IL
Sims
Mr. Sims
Medicos
Gain of 715200 seen with 82 purebred sires
East Lansing, Mich. reports that eighty-two purebred sires sold in northern Michigan will add about 715200 in profits to dairy farmers. Each sire is predicted to yield fifteen daughters, totaling 492000 pounds of butterfat per year for four years at 40 cents per pound, valued at 178800 annually.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Michigan Etate College
Bootleg Deals Detected by Policeman’s Spyglass
Atlanta report recounts Patrolman Charles W. Crankshaw observing bootleggers from a tower at Terminal 1 station. He uses a telescope to spot hip pocket transactions in doorways and alleys, guiding him to follow suspects toward the Nelson Street bridge and back into the city.
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Atlanta
Charles W. Crankshaw
Prohibition Squad
Terminal 1 Railroad Station
Crankshaw
Nelson Street
Churchgoing Dog Becomes Movie Buff and Dies
Atlanta reports a wire haired terrier named Joe Brown Conmelly known for religious devotion. He attended First Presbyterian Church each Sunday and midweek prayer meetings, then became a movie fan and was struck by a hit and run driver while walking to a theater with his owner, dying from the injuries.
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Atlanta
Joe Brown Conmelly
Joe
First Presbyterian
Michigan Farmers Plan To Have Electric Power
Ten thousand farmers in Michigan's lower peninsula will use electric power for the first time by year end. The rural electrification campaign, described as the greatest in state history, is announced by Prof. H. J. Gallagher of Michigan State College.
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East Lansing
Mich
Lower Peninsula
Michigan
H. J. Gallagher
Michigan State College
Tazewell to light its streets with whiteway lights
Tazewell will install a white way district on its main street with multicolored lights similar to Bluefield. The town council authorized a contract with Appalachian Electric Power Company and work begins January 1, funded in part by merchants.
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Tazewell
J. P. Gil
Bluefield
Appalachian Electric Power Company
R. A. Lowery
Whiteway Enterprise
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Pope Pius XI
Decker
Bluefield Business College
Anderson
A Coal and Supply Co
Matz Hotel
Mark Goff
Bluefield Lodge No
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L. M. Carper
Real Business College
Lhasa
Cox
Price
Virginia
Caraja
Warlick
Tuersday
The
Associated Press
New York
NBC
Black and Gold Room Orchestra
WTIC
WCAE
WWJ
WFIL
WTAG
Jubilee Singers
WFI
Wsal Wiod
WSAI
WBZ
WBAL
WHAM
KYW
WBZ Wal
Dr. Karr
Santa, Claus
Beatrice Dickenson
Flat Top Auto Supply Co
Billy Barber
WSM
WIJAX
WILOD
WJAR
WCSH
WSB
WHAS
WEEI
WCOY
WRC
WGR
Gene Rodemich
WCAB
WGY
WEE
WPFJC
WBT
WJAX
Widod
WAPI
Phil Spitainy
Kemp
Orch
Sig
CBS
WWNC
WKRC
WLBW
WDOD
WHP
WKBN
WDBJ
WOHP
WJAS
WKBW
Niagara Falls
WCAU
WGHP
WMAQ
Plantation
Wnac Wean
WFBL
WMAL
WHEC
Central and Southern
Clear Channel
Alato
WCAL
WNAC
WEAN
WADC
WHK
WCAO
WSPD
WCAH
Paul Whiteman
Modren
WLBEW
Wtar Vue
WLAC
WBRC
Mendoza
WMALA
KAK
WKIEW
Marjorie Oedrichs
Alseo Werc
MAL
Will Osborn
Wpan Wean
Guy Lombardo
WIZ
New York 760
NBC Chain
Sanford
Amos
N’ Andy
KDKA
Landt
Aleo
WEC
WIOD
WPTF
Polly Preston
WJ4
Edwin Franko Goldman
WJR
Wbtr
WSE
Sophie Brasiau
WSK
Angels Canada Prepay
Ruldall K
Nevi
West
Irginia
W. VA
OT Reid
United States
Ambassador Bridge
Dot
White
Vancouver
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
America
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Board
John Street
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