Public Schools Close To Check Influenza Tide
Bluefield area schools shut down as influenza spreads across the region. An 83 percent attendance drop prompted Edwin C. Wade to dismiss classes at noon and resume January 3. Several teachers and Virginia side students were absent. Bluefield and Princeton districts closed, while rural schools largely continued with caution.
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Greater
Bluefield
W. Va
Beaver Pond
Enecklizrt
Edwin C. Wade
Wade
Te Maisty
Virginia Side
Board of Health
Princeton
Greever
Tappateesoci
Epide
Tazewell County
Tazewell
Tichlande
Pocahontas
Burkes Garden
Wittens Mille
Echoole
Mortality Rise Shown in Census Health Report
Washington reports a rise in deaths from influenza and a higher number of new cases in the last week, according to statistics compiled by the Census Bureau of the Department of Health. The figures reflect activity through December 18.
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Washington
Infienza
Census Bureau of the Department of Vurn
Trial of Federal Day Agent Begins in West Virginia
In Charleston, West Virginia, December 18, the defense contends that agent T Loring Cox fired no shots during the July raid on a moonshine still near Clendenin. Firearms expert George P Riggs testified that Bernard Cottrell was killed by a bullet from Coxs gun, a claim supported by ballistics matching the fatal bullet to Coxs firearm. Officials who joined the raid testified the ground showed others nearby and a shot was fired toward the still from behind the raiders.
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Charleston
W. Va
T. Loring Cox
Clendenin
Bernard Cottrell
Prohibition
George P. Riggs
St. Mary's
Cottrell
Cox
Riggs
Facing Hearing Girl Plunges to Death in Baltimore
Helen P. Martin, 40, of Eastville Station Virginia, jumped from a sixth story Y M C A room in Baltimore as shoppers crowded the street. A note suggested she planned to end her life while awaiting a shoplifting charge to be discussed with State's Attorney Herbert R. O'Conner tomorrow.
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Baltimore
Helen P. Martin
Eastville Station
Y. W. CA
Phyeiciane
Herbert R. O'Conner
Man Tells Story Of Death by Own Action Attempt
Pittsburgh jurors acquitted Kamphaus of arson after he testified he planned suicide by turning on gas. He said a quarrel with his wife over money led him to lie in bed as the clock struck five, lighting a pipe as flames filled the room and a fire and collapse followed. The next day the landlord had him arrested on arson charges.
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Pittsburgh
Kamphaus
Louis
Hardboiled Squire Nisbet Accused Of Missing $100000
In Louisville a former magistrate known as the terror of bootleggers lies ill as accusers from family church and friends claim he misappropriated about $100000. Witnesses include Albert Niebel, Emma Kessler, and a church treasurer. No charges filed yet and church leaders met without a decision.
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Louisville
Nisbet
Albert Niebel
Squire Nisbet
Ida Nisbet
Tist Tabernacle
Emma Kessler
Albert
Squire
A. K. Wright
The
Baptist Tabernacle
Bootleggers Said to Serve on Jurors in Washington
Washington reports that bootleggers have served on liquor trial juries in the capital. T. B. Jarvie of the Citizens' Service Association alleged that under prevailing conditions the best citizens are excused from jury duty. He claimed four jurors on a bootlegging case were convicted of bootlegging themselves.
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Washington
C ‘Gressional
T. B. Jarvie
Citizens’ Service Association
Tizens
Jarvis
Paraguay Boliva Agree To Mediation In Border Dispute
Paraguay and Bolivia accept Pan American conference mediation to resolve their tangle over disputed territory. A special committee will meet to discuss concrete measures and a multilateral conciliation pact may be proposed. The conference moves ahead while ministers assure restraint and seek normal relations.
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Washington
Bolivia
Paraguay
South America
Boliva
Nera
la Paz
Kellogg
Diez de Medina
State Department
Coanars
Reca
la Pas
Instructona
Lse
Descartes
Permanent International Commission
Montevideo
Uruguay
Bolivia Accepts League of Nations Good Offices
In La Paz on December 18 the foreign office informed President Briand that Bolivia accepts the league of nations good offices. The note was officially conveyed as Bolivia joins in seeking peaceful settlement through the council and good offices.
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Briand
Council of the League of Acceptance
la Paz
Bolivia
Foreign Office
Council of the League of Nations of
One Ton of Drugs Seized at Hudson River Pier
New York December 18 dollars worth of narcotics valued at five million dollars were seized by treasury department agents at a Hudson River pier. U.S. Attorney Tuttle called it the largest seizure of its kind on record.
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New York
Treasury Department
Hudson River
Tuttle
New Mexican Wilderness Reveals Ancient Earth History
Berkeley professors report a remote northwestern New Mexico site rich in fossils from Permian to Miocene periods. They describe stratified beds with early Triassic reptiles, Cretaceous crocodiles and dinosaurs, Paleocene mammals, and Miocene horses and rhinoceroses. They will not reveal exact coordinates until collection is complete.
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Berkeley
University of California
New Mexico
United States
Africa
C. L. Camp
Aveaer
Museum of Veterbrate Zoology
Wv. L. Vanderhoof
American
Ponte Cays
Estes
Community Christmas Tree Needs Funds for 500 Needy Children
The Community Christmas Tree committee seeks donations to raise 1000 for toys candies nuts and fruits for about 500 underprivileged children this Christmas. Half the amount is in hand and 500 more is needed by Monday night. Checks to Ben H Williams treasurer or T O J Wilson chairperson or handed to committee members.
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Community
Treasury
E Hberal
Checke
Ben H. Williams
T. O'J. Wilson
Described Winkler County Kidnap Escape Returns Man Alive
P C Denver Blackie Burchman, Wink cafe proprietor, was found wandering after three days in the Winkler County desert. Deputies say he was bound and deserted by rum runners while investigators allege a $500 000 cargo theft. Burchman recovered enough to accuse several men and to describe his capture, bound to a fence rail and dumped in a watering trough before escaping.
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Wink
Texas
P. C
Denver Blackie
Burchmen
Wink Cafe
Winkler County
Burchman
Winkler Walt" Wood
Burcbcean
Juarez
Wes Tyr
Burcham
King George VI Quietly Improves Under Ray Treatment
London dispatch reports a slight overnight improvement in King George VI’s condition despite several unsettled hours. Bulletins signed by medical staff note continuing improvement and progress from ultraviolet ray therapy, while palace officials urge calm as anxiety lessens but not ends.
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London
George
Hugh Rigby
Sidney Hewett
Lord Dawson
Woods
Hewitt
Meht
Troops Enlistment Expands in Paraguay and Bolivia
Reconcion Paraguay Dec 18 reports ongoing troop enrollments despite Pan American accord on Gran Chaco. Concepcion adds 5000 volusteers for immediate service while a student battalion forms under Major Casal. Four thousand Paraguayans in Argentina join service as President Guggiari forms an economic defense council with bankers and business leaders.
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Reconcion
Paraguay
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Concepcion
Casal
Argentina
Guggiari
Senor Bordenave
Boulder Dam Bill Passes Senate to White House
Congress sent the Boulder Dam bill to President Coolidge after swift Senate approval. The measure authorizes a 165.9 million dollar Colorado River flood control irrigation and power project linking six states with a major dam, power plant, All-American canal, and Imperial Valley protection.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
White House
Actiee
Boulder Dam
Senate
House
Colado River
California
Coolidge
Berger
Wisconsin
Farmer-Labes
Caras
Minnesota
Smith
Irrigation Committee
Representative Swing
Ealds
Black Canyon
Colorado
Imperial Valley
Tghi
Capios
Secretary of the Interior
Charles H. Dick Dies in Fatal Car Crash
Charles H. Dick of Bluefield, a well known Peerless Flour salesman, died when his Dodge coupe plunged 200 feet down a mountain embankment near Jaeger on a bad stretch of road. He traveled to War weekly. his wife and three children survive. authorities notified by Norfolk and Western offices at midnight.
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Charles H. Dick
Vineyard Street
Bluefield
Peerless Flour and Feed Company
Saeger
Blue
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Mr. Dick
Spiller
W. B. Hicks
Laeger
Jaeger
Deer strikes back as men inspect wreck near Ambridge
Struck by a car near Ambridge Pennsylvania a large buck deer attacked Michael Alberts of Conway and Herman Waldren of Baden when they stepped from the vehicle to inspect the crash. The men fled back inside the car and the deer followed. the car was pelted with stones as it drove away. The wreck ended with the machine perched near the top of a fifty foot embankment.
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Ambridge
Here
Michael Alberts
Conway
Herman Waldren
Baden
Mercer Lawyers Urge Erection of Courthouse
The article notes Mercer lawyers pressing for a courthouse construction. It lists related legislative items including the Kellogg peace treaty, Pan American mediation, hurricane relief for Porto Rico, and a treasury post office bill with a large increase, reflecting a busy congressional agenda.
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Mercer
Boulder Dam
House
Coolidge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Bolivia
Paraguay
Senate
Army Air Corps
Pacific Coast
Treasury-Post Office
Perdue granted continuance in Giles County case
James Perdue of Launch is indicted as an accessory in the shooting of Sheriff R. Henry Dalley. The case, docketed for last Wednesday, was continued due to a missing witness and granted to the March term after evidence suggesting a deputy caused the witness to be away. Jackson pleaded guilty but awaits sentencing. others are indicted in the shooting. Prosecution by Commonwealth Attorney Dillon with aides Kee and Harless Calhoun. Perdue represented by Snidow, Williams and Farrier.
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James Perdue
Launch
Giles County
J. B. Jackson
Bluefield
Henry Dalley
Perdue
Pearisbore
North Carolina
Jackson
Commonwealth
Dillon
John Kee
Harless
Calhoun
Christianburg
W. B. Snidow
Williams and Farrier
Pearisburg
Army Airplanes Search Grand Canyon Missing Hydes
Army planes, boats, and hiking parties scoured the Colorado River from Needles to the Grand Canyon for Glenn and Mrs. Hyde of Hansen Idaho who vanished November 18 after starting a rapids trip in a home made ecow. Two observation teams from March Field California joined the search flying along the river desert route toward Las Vegas Nevada with Lieutenants Plummer and Adams guiding the mission.
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Needles
Calif
Colorado
Here
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Glenn Hyde
Hansen
Idaho
Bright Angel
Green River
Tah
Marchfield
Riverside
Las Vegas
Nevada
W. G. Plummer
J. Q. Adams
Mercer Bar Association Backed Special Election For Courthouse
Mercer County Bar association approves a resolution urging a special election to authorize bonds for a new courthouse and jail. The group names officers and committees and orders a five member panel to push public support and inform residents of the need.
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Mercer County Court
Princeton
Mercer County Bar Association
H. K. DeJarnette
Luther G. Scott
Bluefield
Ajax T. Smith
George P. Crockett
Bar Association
Mercer County
West Virginia Seeks Summer White House Bid
Washington reports new requests for a presidential rest residence. Representative Bachmann of West Virginia proposed a 500000 dollar appropriation to build a summer White House in his state.
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West Virginia
White House
Washington
Bachmann
Woman Is Forced To Talk To Her Divorced Husband
Lewiston Idaho December 18 A scene unfolded as John Hall, barred from his home, raged at the city council over entry denial while his wife remained with her former husband Ray Farrar who had come seeking contact with their child. A smallpox quarantine was imposed, trapping all inside and leaving Hall unable to return.
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Lewiston
Idaho
John Hall
Ray Farrar
Hall
Christias
Emall
Morgan's Son Named as U S Steel Director
Morgans son of J Pierpont Morgan was elected a director of United States Steel, marking the third Morgan generation linked to the company. Walter S. Gifford and Thomas W. Lamont were also named to key boards and committees as part of the leadership group.
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New York
Junius 8. Morgans
J. Pierpont Morgan
United States Steel Corporation
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & C
Walter
Gifford
Coresient
American Telephone and Telegram Company
W. P. Palmer
American Steel and Wire Company
John 8. Philips
Thomas W. Lamont
Southern goal operators await railroad action in tariff dispute
Representatives of southern coal mine operators met in Washington to decide policy after studying a legal report on a cargo dispute. They will confer with railroads in New York to coordinate action and possibly counter Pittsburgh protests over lake cargo rates.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Washington
Southern
James D. Francis
Southern Operators’ Committee
Northern and Southern
Kentucky
Virginia
Tennessee
Commission
Two Injured In Auto Crash On Bluefield Avenue
Early last night two people were injured when a Jewett six driven by G A Martin of Tazewell collided with a Chevrolet coach driven by Claude Martin of this city at the Bluefield avenue Walnut street intersection. The Jewett overturned, and Mrs Rena Martin and Miss Elizabeth Russ of Tazewell were hurt. Claude Martin and Miss Russ escaped unhurt. Patrolman W Green said the crash was unavoidable and the drivers agreed to settle damages privately.
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Bluefield Avenue
Walnut Street
G. A. Martin
Tazewell
Jewett
Claude Martin
Rena Martin
Elizabeth Russ
Kidnapping tale unfolds in Chicago court with boy witness
Ten year old Bill Jeri testified in a criminal court detailing a 13 day kidnapping last September. He identified Andrew Cappellana and his son Tony as guards and said he was held at a Bavanna near Bom bannals farm. He did not name Angelo Mellitti. his father A P Ranieri described talks with Peretti for any ransom. The case follows Mafia pressure amid a deadly footnote to the witness effort as officials hunt the remaining defendants and guard the boy’s safety.
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Chicago
Bill Jeri
Kidpapers
Paratricken
Andrew Cappellana
Bombannals
Tony
Angelo Melitti
P Frank Ranieri
Peretti
Billy
Ole Sevily
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Hare
Treasury Post Office
Barold Oliver
Ward, Gordon
Charles Dick
Hydes
H. E. Dejarnette
Herndon
U. S. Steel
Southern Goal
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