Delegations to Attend Bluefield Republican Rally
News from surrounding counties reports delegations will attend the Republican rally in Bluefield on Saturday afternoon. Congressman Dirksen of Illinois is slated to speak along with county representatives. Harold Porterfield leads the event aimed at stirring party sentiment and unity for 1931 without advocating any candidate.
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Young Republicans Club
Bluefield
Congressman Dirksen
Illinois
Harold Porterfield
West Virginia
Rites Held Sunday for Col. Jack Fagg
Funeral rites were held Sunday afternoon at the First Presbyterian church for Col. Jack Fagg a pioneer traveling salesman who died Saturday morning at his North street home. The body was taken to Baltimore Maryland for burial.
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First Presbyterian Church
Col
Jack Fagg
North Street
Colonel Fagg
Baltimore
Semonas Child Dies at Home of Parents
Thomas Curtig Semonas aged 6, son of Mr and Mrs O M Semonas, died yesterday at their 344 Frederick street home from pneumonia. Short funeral service at 10 am conducted by Rev Howard L Weeks. Body to Hillsville Virginia for burial. Survived by parents and brother Oscar M Semonas Jr aged 11.
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Thomas Curtig Semonas
0. M. Semonas
Frederick Street
Howard L. Weeks
College Avenue Baptist Church
Hillsville
Oscar M. Semonas Jr
Bowles Rites Noted Bluefield Pioneer Dies at 81
J A Bowles 81 longtime Bluefield resident and carpenter dies at home of his son Jack Bowles 335 Fourth Street after long illness Born October 19 1854 in Franklin County Virginia widow Nancy Powell Robertson predeceased him Survived by children W E Bowles Mrs J M Hill Jack H J Bowles stepson C R Robertson brother and two sisters in Virginia and Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Bowles
Bluefield
Jack Bowles
Fourth Street
Mr. Bowles
Franklin County
Virginia
Nancy Powell Robertson
Eddie
Lilly
Tom
Joe Bowles
W. E. Bowles
Roanoke
J. M. Hill
Jack
H. J. Bowles
Engineer to Study Proposals for Bluefield Sewage Plants
J. B. Harrington of the state health department arrived in Bluefield to inspect proposed improvements to city sewage disposal plants funded by a federal grant and loan exceeding $400,000. He will then travel to Bramwell, Matewan, and Williamson to study water sources for the Norfolk and Western railway.
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J. B. Harrington
State Health Department
Bluefield
Mr. Harrington
Bramwell, Matewan and Williamson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Dr David's Sanative Wash Promises Quick Relief
An old advertising item touts Dr David's Sanative Wash as a treatment for scabies. It claims itching relief within moments and destruction of skin germs, offered for 60 cents postpaid with money back if not satisfied. Owens & Minor handles orders from Richmond Virginia.
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Dr. David
Owens & Minor
Dept
Richmond
Lined and Unlined Pigskin Gloves at Fretwell's
Ads list brown and black gloves in all sizes at 1.96 a pair from Fretwell's. Also notes a noon meal special at Raleigh Hotel, a beauty shop offering facials, hair tinting and dyeing by a specialist with phone contact 2760.
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Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Mary Lee Beauty Shop Offers Special Facial Trial
Our Milane Facials guarantee correction, blemish removal, and softening. A 10 day special for 1.25 dollars. Also rug and drapery cleaning and holiday permanents offered. Appointments via call 2760. address 1303 Bland Street. Mary Lee Beauty Shop advertises superior service and beauty care.
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Mary Lee
Raleigh Street
Bland Street
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Services Held for Mrs. Nannie Broyles at College Avenue Baptist
Impressive last rites were conducted Sunday afternoon at College Avenue Baptist Church for Mrs. Nannie Sarah Broyles who died suddenly at 11 15 Friday evening at her home on College Avenue. The Rev Howard L Weeks officiated paying tribute to her life. The body rested in Walnut Grove cemetery. Out of town relatives attending included A M Slusher Earl Slusher Sidney Lemon Hopewell Va Mary Anderson John P Bonner Don Wolfe R T Little Sr Lewis Little William Guy Bramwell W A Bishop Poca hontas Elizabeth Roles Princeton Sarah Anderson Howard Anderson North Fork James Roles Goode Princeton.
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College Avenue Baptist Church
Nannie Sarah Broyles
College Avenue
Howard L. Weeks
Broyles
Walnut Grove Cemetery
A. M. Slusher
Earl Slusher
Sidney Lemon
Hopewell
Mary Anderson
John P. Bonner
Don Wolfe
Beckley
R. T. Little
Lewis Little
William Guy
Bramwell
W. A. Bishop
Pocahontas
Elizabeth Roles
Princeton
Sarah Anderson
Howard Anderson
Northfork
James Roles
Mrs. Goode
Hauptmann Loses Other Move in Death Penalty Case
The court kept the focus on the death sentence from the Flemington trial. It rejected a supreme court review, calling the push a circus and a hysterical mob that mocked justice and denied the defendant his constitutional rights.
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New Jersey
Flemington
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Supreme Court
Governor Hoffman Confers on Hauptmann Case Evidence
New Jersey Governor Harold G. Hoffman disclosed a secret meeting with Dr. Erasmus Hudson a New York fingerprint expert who testified for the defense over Hauptmann’s ladder evidence. Ellis H. Parker Burlington detectives chief backs Hauptmann innocence and defense counsel Egbert Rosecrans discusses possible new trial based on newly discovered evidence.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Erasmus Hudson
New York
Flemington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Ellis H. Parker
Burlington County
Hauptman
Death House
U. S. Supreme Court
Hudson
Egbert Rosecrans
Rosecrans
Court of Pardons
Supreme Court
Thomas W.trenchard
Church of God in Christ invites for services and sermon
The Colored Church of God in Christ at 200 Wilson Street invites all to tonight's services starting at 8 with a sermon by Bishop C. F. Kyle and refreshments by the Sunshine Band in the dining room. Kyle will preach tomorrow night in Princeton. Community Home members meet at 6 this evening on Bland Street for important business. visitors welcome.
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Church OF God IN Christ
Pentecostal
Wilson Street
C. F. Kyle
Sunshine Band
Princeton
Carolina
Bland Street
Golden Star Club Meets at Jamie Spence Home
The Golden Star club will meet at Miss Jamie Spence's residence at 7 30 this evening. All members are urged to be present.
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Golden Star Club
Jamie Spence
Community Council to Meet in Special YMCA Call Session
The Community Council will gather this evening at 6 o'clock in a special call meeting at the YMCA.
Gall Stone Colic Ad Claims Home Treatment Cure
Ad offers home remedies for gall stone colic from Home Co. of Minneapolis Minnesota. Claims to treat liver and gall bladder trouble with a recognized specialist’s prescription and literature on treatment with 30 years of gratifying results. Includes money back guarantee and a clipping offer.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Bluefield Red Cross safety essay winners announced
A Bluefield Red Cross safety campaign highlighted strong youth essays urging accident awareness and traffic caution. Mary Elizabeth Lowe’s prize piece compares careless drivers to a modern dragon and praises organized family prevention and anti drunk driving measures.
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Red Cross Chapter
Mary Elizabeth Lowe
Bluefield
American Red Cross
Mammoth Santa Claus Parade Draws Massive Crowd
Bluefield's crack junior drum and bugle corps led a long Christmas procession with the Girls' drill team and Beaver high school band in line behind the WHIS sound wagon. Captain C. E. Frazee's sound wagon followed Old Santa who was introduced over the microphone as the lengthy parade stretched past observers for about twenty minutes.
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Bluefield
Beaver High School
C. E. Frazee
Santa
Roosevelt Addresses Chicago Farmers on Farm Program
President Roosevelt spoke to farmers in Chicago, portraying farm groups as driving the reform. He argued farm income has risen to over 90 percent of normal and that consumer buying power benefits many businesses. He defended the Canada trade treaty and rejected calamity predictions, blaming a few profiteers for opposing higher farm prices.
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Canada
United States
United States Will Join In Correcting Iniquities. But I Do Nfot
Roosevelt Highlights Farm Policy in Fedeation Address
In 1929 the president urged unity and justice linking farm prosperity to city prosperity. He accepted the federation’s award and pledged support for New Deal farm measures while stressing religious liberty and nonviolence in Notre Dame remarks. He was received by officials in South Bend before continuing to Washington.
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United States
Roosevelt
O'Neal
Federation
Charles E. Hearst
Des Moines
Resolutions Committee
Edward J. Kelly
South Bend
America
Notre Dame University
Universty
Philippine
Knights of Columbus
Mexico
Russia
Germany
Washington
Kentuckian Accused of Burning Babe’s Feet
Robert Mahan, 25, of Jenkins, Kentucky, is jailed on a charge of cruel and inhuman treatment of an infant for disciplining his months old son by holding his feet to a fire. The child, Thomas, is hospitalized with ulcers, missing teeth, mouth cuts, and malnutrition.
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Jenkins, Ky
Robert Mahan
H. M
Dotson
Mahan
Jenkins Hospital
E. J. Stanfield
Thomas
Veteran teacher dies in classroom at Harry school
R N Miller 58 principal of Harry school and veteran Mercer county teacher collapsed at 9 45 am while solving an arithmetic problem in a sixth grade class. He said my time's come and died of a sudden heart attack. He had taught in Mercer county 38 years and was in his third year as principal. Funeral 2 26 pm at Glenwood Park High School with burial in Oakwood Princeton.
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R. N. Milleer
Harry School
Mercer County
Miller
H. Brown
Lindside
Merlin Miller
Princeton
Hobart
Jack
Mary Ellen
Helen Miller
Fred Thomason
Sandlick
Eugene
C. G. Tomlinson, Jr
E. D. Duncan
Union
W. Va
R. A. Baker
Sweet Springs
J. T. Shankling
Lewisburg
H. A. Marshall
Illnois
C. H. Miller
D. C
Harold Milleer
Coal Producers Contest Act Restricts Tax During Litigation
The article reports a dispute where coal producers challenge a coal act and seeks to restrain collection of the tax during litigation. John Lewin, special assistant to the attorney general, argues the act provides remedial paths and full judicial review, suggesting objectors could join the code and pursue a test case in authorized courts.
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John Lewin
Midwest Editor Slain by Gunman in Political Controversy
The Midwest editor Liggett was killed by a gunman after describing a car scene with two men present. Investigators traced suspects as Liggett, a Storm Center in politics, built his publication in Minnesota and later moved operations to Red Wing Rochester and Minneapolis amid years of political clashes.
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Liggett
Minnesota
Red Wing
Rochester
Minneapolis
High Court Hears Argument on AAA Tax Bonanza
The Supreme Court justices questioned the government's processing tax proposal for farm relief for over 45 minutes. Attorney General Cummings sat with Reed as the government argued the AAA created to aid farmers amid surpluses. Reed described the tax as a revenue levy funding farm benefits regardless of spending purposes.
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Brandeis
Stone
Cummings
Reed
AAA
Congress
Bluefield Manager Seeks Democratic Nomination for Sheriff
J. L. Alexander of Bluefield, head of Bluefield Milling, seeks the Democratic nomination for Mercer County sheriff. A Mercer veteran with 33 years in Bluefield, he has led the Beaver Pond district board, chairs the county welfare board, served as Bluefield chamber treasurer, and presides over the West Virginia Virginia Dairymen’s association. He pledges firm law enforcement, a competent jail staff including a qualified woman, and a square county-wide deal with no favoritism.
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J. L. Alexander
Bluefield
Bluefield Milling Company
Mercer County
Sunset News
Alexander
Beaver Pond
Business Parley Ends in Alarm and Claims of Bias
A heated session saw A. P. Haake of Chicago urging recognition for the National Furniture Manufacturers association, denied as the chair refused to let him speak. Tensions rose with confrontational exchanges as labor delegates protested loudly and Berry maintained control on the platform.
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A. P Haake
Chicago
National Furniture Manufacturers Association
Berry
Labor
Haake
Three Minute Relief From Your Headache
A pharmacist promotes a combined formula named B. C. as a fast relief for diverse headaches and other pains. Available in 10c and 25c packages, it claims quick soothing effects for muscle aches colds neuralgia fever reduction and nervous distress, without mentioning specific ingredients.
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B. C
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Henderson’s Cleaners
Bluefield Lodge No
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A. M
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L. M. Carper
Warlick Furniture Store, Inc
Hauptmann
Colored News
Far Street
Bluefield Avenue
Poplar Street
Princeton Avenues
Federal Building
Federal Street
Raleigh
Princeton Avenue
R. N. Miller
Lewin
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Pulaski Iron Company
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High Court
Bluefielder
Ash
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
R. J. Reynolds Teb. Co
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