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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1929

Page

2

Pounding Mill Christmas Plans Mark Village Events

Pounding Mill Virginia reports a 1:30 pm schoolhouse program and Christmas tree hosted by Mia W L Spratt and Misses Narcie Gertrude Wingo. A Sunday school and church tree follow Monday night under Mrs H McGee. Local residents attend family visits and gatherings in nearby towns as Christmas events unfold.

Pounding Mill Mia W. L. Spratt Narcie Gertrude Wingo H. McGee R. H. Elswick Is Place Clydewick Frances Iffield Lebanon Sunire Laura More Cedar Bluff James Osborne E- Springs G. A. Riley Dewey Gwinn Washington County Jon McGuire Pounding Mill Branch Robert Petts Mieses Lydia Naomie Tg Bluefield W. Va Annie Mildred W. B. Breste Rex Steele Billy John B. Giland Mise Catherine Lee H. T. Ringstaff Tom _s L. W. Ringstaff H. Trayer Keen Louise Peggy Joho Taf Henry Christian William Asbury Martha Sparks W. l. Ringstaff T. Sparks Ruth Willis Ringstaff Janie Teet Ringstaff William Robinette Berwind Frday Edith Steele Pine W. B. Steele Roanoke North Carolina Norton Lou Bila Myers Richlands Rs. W. B. Steele Pilly Theresa Repass Indian

Pantages in Prison Hospital After Heart Attack

Los Angeles records reveal Alexander Pantages, the theater magnate, collapsed from a heart attack while awaiting appeal on a 1 to 50 year sentence for attacking Eunice Pringle 17, a co ed dancer. He was moved to the jail hospital and then returned to his cell as illness persists.

Los Angeles Alexander Pantages Mutiallionaire Theatre Eunice Pringle Jatier Clement Peoples Pentages

Plan for a Fifth Trunk System Consolidates Rail Lines

The commission outlines a proposed five trunk line network merging major carriers including Wabash, Chesapeake and Ohio, Reading and New Jersey, Erie, and Norfolk and Western into a continental grid with two Canadian systems. It also calls for unified terminals and open access to rail traffic, while noting the plan is non binding and depends on carrier approval and future hearings.

Commission New York Central Pennsylvania Chesapeake and Ohio Erie Pere Marquette Indiana Hocking Valley Delaware, Lackawanna and Maryland Wasbash Seaboard Wheeling and Lake Erie Lehigh Valley Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company Norfolk and Western Pittaburgh West Virginia Detroit, Toledo and Ironton L. F. Loree The Delaware and Hudeon Loree Delaware and Hudson Boston Maine Loreen New England Wabash 1D Air Line Eystem Wheeling and Lake Erie Pittsburgh Railway Company of Detrot Toledo Ironton Seaboard Air Line United States New Haven Baltmore Ohio Nickels Wabash Seaboard Atlantic Coast Line Southern Ilinois Central Chicago Northwestern Great Northern Northern Pacific Milwaukee Burlington Union Pacific Southern Pacific Santa Fe Missouri Pacific Rock Island-Frisco Canadian National Pac!fe Fastman Boston and Maine Boston and Maine Railroad Bangor and Aroostook Maine Central Railroad St. Johnsbury Lake Champlain Rutland—Q. & L C. Division Rouses Point Ordensburg Montpelier & Wells River Wilkes Barre Monson Kennebec Moriah New York Hartford Ontario and Western Lehigh Hudson River South Manchester Fore River Moshassuck Valley Narragansett Pier Wood River Grafton Upton Boston and Albany Michigan Central Cleveland Cincinnati St. Louis Evansville Indianapolis Terre Haute Virginian Alter Delaware Rutland S. C Royne City Gaylord Alpena Bristol Clarendon Pittsford Attica Federal Valley Fonda Johnstown Gloversville Glenfield Western Graase River Marcellus Otisco Norwood St. Lawrence Skaneateles Dexter Campbell’s Creek Kelley'’s Creek Kelley's Creek Lorain Cambria Cherry Tree Nixonville Fairport Painesville Genessee Wyoming Lake Terminal Muncie McKeesport Beaver Valley Fort Wayne South Buffalo Troy Union Owasco River Monongahela Pittsburgh, Chartiere & Youghiogheny Gilbert Mullens Stony Creek Dunbar Conemaugh Black Lick Steelton Highspire Ft. Wayne Patapsco Back Rivers Benwood Wheeling Baltimore & Eastern Ohio River Western Allegheny Chartiers Youghingheny Baltimore & Ohio Reading Central of New Jersey Buffalo Susquehanna Atlantic City Staten Ieland Rapid Transit Perkiomen Port Reading Chicago & Alton Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Company Detroit & Toledo Chicago, Indianapolis & Lonieville Shippensburg Cherry Run W. Va Sharpsville Catleman River Chestnut Ridge Carnwell Kansas & Sidell Mid Mount Hope Mineral Mount Jewett Kinroe Rlleyville Long Branch Quartertown Bethlehem Rahway Raritan River Stone Harbor Tuckerton Philadelphia Beach Haven Urania North Fork Upper Merion & Plymouth Valley Washington Run West Virginia Northern Wharton and Northern Wildwood & Delaware Yale Short Line Preston Buffalo Creek Gauley Rowlesburg & Southern Stroude Creek Muddlety West Virginia Midland Winchester & Western Brownstone & Middletown Tioneeta Valley Cambridge & Indiana Cumberland & Pennsylvania Fairport, Painesville & Fastern Genesse Northampton & Bath Etna Montrose New Haver & Dunbar Conemaugh & Blacklick Highaptre Patawsco Benwood & Wheeling Svstern Chesapeake & Ohio Nickel Plate Chesapeake & Ohbio Chicago & Erie Susquehanna & Western New Jersey Rushville Ind Louieville Louisville & Nashville Lexington, Ky Louiaville Arcadia Betsey River Dansville Mt. Morris Delaware Valley Detroit & Mackinac Detroit Caro & Sandusky Fast Jordan & Southern Manistee Northeastern Middletown Unionville Morristown Port Huron Prattehbure Sterling Mountain Tua- Alla Valley Unity Pittston- Exeter Kanawha Winfrede Glen Jean Ladington & Northern Pnelid East Kentucky Brooksville Oh'o River Big Sandy Kentucky River Morehead Nelcom Albemarle Virginia Central Gilbert and Painesville& Eastern Geneseee Effner Shippenburg Harrisburg Rockville Blackwood Pesdinn Chesapeake Estern Alley River Virginia Southern Gulbiens Lake Pataposco Aberdeen Rockfish Bennetteville & Cheraw Birmingham & Southeastern Durham & Southern Edgemoor Manetta Piedmont & Northern Georgia Southwestern Guilt Greenville & Northern High Point Thomasville Denton Lawndale Macon Dublin Savannah Maxton Alma Moore Central St. Marya Atlantic & Yadkin Townsville Warrenton McKay Terminal Tampa Interstate Chatham Winston-Salem Hannibal Nashville Eastman Baltimore and Ohio McManamy McMahamy Ita Cies Eileen

Rescue at Sea Aboard Tug After Fort Victoria Rammed

Nar Pierman and Mary Gilpin aboard the tug aided in rescue of the S. S. Fort Victoria after being rammed by the S. S. Algonquin off Sandy Hook. All passengers and crew were saved by multiple rescue boats.

Nar Pierman Mary Gilpin Fort Victoria Algonquin Sandy Hook

Commissioners debate consolidation plan and antitrust options

A concurring commissioner warns the consolidation plan lacks assurance and hearings. Eastman advocates using Clayton or Sherman acts to break up multiple rail company controls. McManamy supports the plan citing legal requirements and persistent shipper complaints about rates and service.

Parcel post delivery to handle Christmas volume

J T Akers, postmaster, announced parcel post delivery trucks will operate today to manage high Christmas volume. Residents should have at least one person home to receive parcels and insured parcels must be signed for. The local office is doing its largest Christmas business in history.

J. T. Akers Akers

Jimmy's Place and the Busy Bee Food Stand in Bluefield

Hundreds of busy men and their families visit for Christmas shopping and enjoy the food. The piece frames competitors as co workers in building Bluefield, praising the purity and wholesomeness of the food served by Jimmy's Place and the Busy Bee.

Bluefield Jimmy Busy Bee

Urges War Vets to Ask for Bonus in West Virginia

L Slifkin commander of Blue field post No 9 American Legion says thousands of West Virginia World War I veterans have not applied for adjusted compensation. The January 2, 1920 deadline looms with no expected extensions. Benefits include 1.00 per day for U S service and 1.25 for overseas service minus a $50 discharge bonus, with payment by cash or a paid up insurance certificate.

L. Slifkin Bluefield Post No. 9 American Legion West Virginia Legion Congress Slifkin United States United States Veterans’ Bureau The Red Cross

Coast Guard Cutter Leads Search for Missing Alaskans

The coast guard cutter Chelan sails from Seattle with three planes and six Canadian airmen bound for Seward Alaska to search for Carl Ben Belson and Earl Borland who have been missing since November 9 after airmen vanished between Teller Alaska and North Cape Siberia.

Seattle Coast Guard Chelam Seward Alaska Carl Ben Belson Earl Borland Teller North Cape Siberia

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