Old photo links Wynekoop victim to Bluefield Wade family
A 1906 Indian Valley Virginia photograph shows Amos Wade with Ula Wade and Rheta Wynekoop’s mother, revealing Rheta Wynekoop’s mother was J. W. Wade’s second cousin and his father Jack Wade was her first cousin. The image includes Clara Slusher and other Wade relatives, tying the Virginia group to the Chicago murder case through family relations.
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Rheta Wynekoop
Chicago
J. W. Wade
Bluefield
Mr. Wade
Jack Wade
Indian Valley
Floyd County
Virginia
Amos Wade
Ula Wade
Burdine Gardner
Rhéta Gardner Wynekoop
Roanoke
Clara Wade Ballou
Rheta Wystekoop
Clara Wade
C. E. Ballou
P. A. Hylton
Bart Smith
Stella
Lelia Wade
Charles Hylton
Oden Strong
Grover Strong
Burkes Garden
Clara Slusher
Miss Blusher
W. ©. Slusher
W. Va
Miss Slusher
Virginia Side Personalities Share Christmas Visits
Miss Eleanor Witten and James Gillespie return from Lynchburg college for Christmas holidays. Mrs. W G Parish from Grundy visits with daughter Bitty to see sisters Mrs. H C Davis and Miss Gladys Looney on Walnut Street. Miss India Covey of Snowville, a McDowell County teacher, visits sister Ms O M Jennings. A message arrives Tuesday on the critical illness of Mrs. Carlisle Peters of Kansas City. Mrs Peters, formerly Miss Mattie Benbow, daughter of Mrs A A Benbow, has been in poor health for some time.
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Eleanor Witten
James Gillespie
Lynchburg College
W. G. Parish
Grundy
Bitty
Carlisle Peters
Kansas City
Peters
Mattie Benbow
A. A. Benbow
CWA Work Crews Halted by Weather Update
The CWA crews paused Tuesday due to rain but will resume work today. Some men were rehired after a week shutdown as plans call for transfer from RFC to CWA and later to PWA on February 15. About 110 workers were reinstated this week after the stoppage.
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CWA
Tagewell
RFC
PWA
Plana
Virginia Bids First Home Loan in Bluefield
The first Home Loan Bank transaction in Bluefield Virginia closed Monday with about twenty applications. The loan for four thousand dollars covered a valuable residence. W. L. Sexton Sr. represents the Home Loan Bank of Bluefield with George Welker and J. T. Spracher acting as appraisers.
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Bahkransaction
Bluefield
W. L. Sexton Sr
Bahk Corporation
George Welker
J. T. Spracher
Ox Cart Coal Team Still Hauls in Mountaineer Coal Trade
In Peccahuntas a rustic ox-cart pulled by two oxen with horned bells hauls coal on many days. The ox coal team reportedly does good business though oxen are rare these days, still used to some extent in the mountains to haul timber to saw mills.
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Peccahuntas
Jewell Ridge Coal and Coke to Reopen After New Tipple
Richlands reports the Jewell Ridge operation will reopen soon as a fine steel tipple is completed this week. The construction is part of the scheduled revival of the Jewell Ridge coal mine and cokery operations.
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Jewell Ridge Coal and Coké Company
Jewell Ridge
Richlands
Tazewell Farm Bureau Moves to New Three Story Building
The Tazewell farm bureau will begin moving into a new brick steel and concrete building this week and expects completion by the first of the year. The structure stands three stories high and measures 60 by 110 feet, giving the bureau expanded facilities.
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Tazewell Farm Bureau
Circle 1 of Graham Methodist to present Christmas program
Circle 1 of the Graham Methodist church will render a Christmas program this evening at 7 30 o clock with Crockett Hughes the speaker. The public is cordially invited.
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Circle 1
Graham Methodist Church
Crockett Hughes
Schools Recess in Bluefield for Holiday Improvements
Bluefield Virginia schools will recess this afternoon to resume later, likely mid January, as repairs proceed at Graham High and Logan Street School. A flow heating plant will be installed at the high school while teachers from out of town depart tonight and Thursday for Christmas.
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Bluefield
Jaguery
Graham High
Logan Street
Good Rain Delivers Heaviest So Far This Month in Virginia
A Tuesday rainstorm marked the ninth of the month and the heaviest. Old-Timer notes dry wells swelling signals rain, while ground remains only partially soaked after several years. The thermometer once bottomed at 26 degrees above in the past, he recalls.
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Virginia
Christmas Lights At Chicago House Furnishing Park
Christmas lights were turned on at the Chicago House Furnishing company building several nights ago drawing usual attention from passersby and employees.
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Chicago House Furnishing Company
Salvation Army Christmas fund far from goal
Adjutant C Miller reports the Salvation Army Christmas fund at 247,69 dollars with under four days left. Despite improving business and recovery, officials warn the need remains critical as the drive misses its 1,000 dollar goal and supporters are urged to contribute to fund a Christmas dinner and winter relief.
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Salvation Army
Adjutant C. ©. Miller
Adjutant Miller
Shot by officers in store robbery arrest
A Fairmont report says Warren Wade Morgantown, a young man, was shot in the leg by officers who arrested him and two companions on charges of robbing a store. Wade's condition is not serious.
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Fairmont
Warren Wade
Morgantown
Wade
Wade 19 Speaker at Rotary Club
Members of the Minefield Rotary heard Dr. Edwin C. Wade discuss Peace as part of a Rotary International program. He traced U S conflicts and questioned whether past wars achieved their aims while Dr. T B Peters urged city beautification funded by the CWA.
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Wade
Rotary Club
Minefield
Edwin C. Wade
Wade Wae
Rotary International
United States
T. B. Petera
CWA
Western Union
Marvin Mathena
Powell Davis
Jack Webb
H. E B. DeVault
Cincinnati
R. Homer Houchins
Huntington
Community meeting promotes adult education in Elgood
In Elgood Mercer county W Va a school gym program launches adult education efforts led by Mary Rogers and G J Wood. Anna Rogers outlined national patterns W H Roberts described agricultural adult study and organizers list topics and leaders for December 21 at 7 pm inviting all area adults.
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Elgood
W. Va
Mary Rogers
G. J. Wood
Anna Rogers
Mercer County
W. H. Roberts
Anna Boggs
Modes McKenzie
Charlotte Scott
Beryl Woodroof
Edna Perkins
Miss Ruby Doyle Weds Samuel Crawford in Tophet Home Ceremony
Miss Ruby Doyle became the bride of Mr. Samuel Crawford in a home wedding on December 13 at her mother Mrs A F Doyle’s residence in Tophet. Rev ZF Maybury of Lerena officiated. Samuel Crawford is the youngest son of the late Thomas Crawford of Elgood.
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Crawford-Doyle
Ruby Doyle
Samuel Crawford
A. F. Doyle
Tophet
ZF. Maybury
Lerena
Thomas Crawford
Elgood
Elgood quilting party and Christmas program news
The Elgood Farm Woman’s Club gathered Saturday to quilt a quilt for Mrs Laura Thompson whose home burned about a month ago. The event featured top from Mrs Ida Powell and lining from Mrs Rose Lewis with a potluck dinner served at noon. The Elgood junior high and grades plan a Christmas program and tree on Friday December 22 at 1 15 PM with a pageant The Way by Ethel Gesner Rockwell and school songs and plays.
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Elgood Farm
Elgood School
Laura Thompson
Farm Woman's Club
Ida Powell
Rose Lewis
Elgood Junior High School
Ethel Gesner Rockwell
Ecommunity
Bluefield Library to Join CWA Project in Geona High
Mercer county welfare board sent the Bluefield public library CWA project to Charleston for approval. It plans to hire a librarian assistant and cataloguer plus a colored assistant for the Geona high school library unit, with a $230 monthly payroll and $40 for supplies. Other Bluefield CWA submissions include entrance and grounds improvements at Bluefield State Teachers College costing $18,045 and building repairs at $15,110.
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Bluefield Public Library
Mercer County
Charleston
Geona High School
Bluefield
Bluefield State Eachers
Homestead Project Planned in Randolph County Area
West Virginia to establish a subsistence homestead in the Tygart valley between Beverly and Huttonsville for 125 families. The interior department division notes land is under option and details will be announced soon. The plan mirrors the Reedsville project with small homes, garden plots, and shared community land.
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Washington
West Virginia
Randolph County
Tygart Valley
Beverly
Huttonsville
Interior Department
Reedsville
Preston County
Proposed Consolidated Income Tax Returns Opposed at Hearing
Washington hearings feature industry rail and commerce officials opposing the Ways and Means Committee plan to abolish consolidated corporate income tax returns. Critics warn of double taxation and possible revenue loss, while railroads and big companies foresee bankruptcies and forced divestiture if branches file separate returns.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
John Dickinson
Commerce Départment
Morgetthau
The
Treasury
United States Treasury
Dickinson
Morganthau
George P. P. Bonnell
Pittsburgh
Armstrong Cork Company
Ben C. Dey
New York
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
Dey
Reconstruction Corporation
Senate Inquiry Opens into Detroit Banking Collapse
Washington reports the Senate inquiry into the Detroit banking collapse heard testimony that Guardian Detroit Union Group Inc directed dividends from subsidiaries regardless of earnings. Robert O. Lord denied such actions while letters to subsidiary heads suggested a 3.20 per share dividend rate to meet disbursement needs.
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Washington
Senate
Guardian Detroit Union Group, Inc
Edsel Ford
Robert O. Lord
Fromer
Ferdinand Pecora
Lord
John N. Stalker
Union Guardian Trust Company of
Detroit
Michigan
National Bank
Roosevelt
Pecora
Stalker
Office move eyed for Charleston by U S district attorney
United States District Attorney George S. Neal plans to move his office from Charleston to Huntington while maintaining a Charleston branch office.
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Charleston
United States District
George S. Neal
Huntington
Park Your Packages At Jimmy's Restaurant
A local notice invites shoppers to park packages at Jimmy's Restaurant downtown at no charge while they browse shops. The offer aims to attract customers and provide convenient storage during downtown visits.
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