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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
2
Incomplete OCR reading shows stray phrases about a murder, with garbled names and actions. The text references a death and a room scene but remains indecipherable, lacking clear persons, places, dates, or outcomes. No verifiable facts can be established from the fragment.
County court approves a sanitation project after welfare board disapproved. Plan funds privies in unincorporated areas lacking sewering with state public health service federal aid cooperation. Construction of 8408 privies at labor cost 152,486 with material 117,670. labor paid by CWA material by owners.
A community program at Mercer Street School will distribute gifts to children this afternoon. Volunteers organized dolls and toys donated by the general administration, ensuring many kids receive a bounty of presents.
Princeton personal items list holiday visits and student reunions. Edward Sanner of Washington DC visits Highland Avenue to spend Christmas with J W Sanner and family. Dangerfield of Charleston sees his daughter Mrs Margaret Dangerfield. Philip Sagger, NC university student, returns for holidays with Mr and Mrs J W Basber. Mrs Frank Cutright and Mrs Bila Basham of Athens attend Presbyterian auxiliary meeting. Lara Crotty leaves Mullena to join Mrs J Le Drinkley for holidays. Dr D C Ree visits Richmond with his brother. Mrs Mildred Hadden returns from Charleston High School duties. Hale Avenue hosts Jack and Bil Warlett from West Virginia University. Miss Sarah Sanders from Halling College stays with Hartley Sanders.
Guardian appointed for Lilt Benson Taylor and Evelyn Thompson in a fiduciary order filed in the county clerk's office. Suits filed in circuit and chancery against W. B. Mitchell, Mary Annie Mitchell, Charleston National Bank, and Union Mortgage Company by Susong Russell Hardware and Currier Stafford firms. Street work awarded to Teurgé H. Bymea for Honaker avenue, a federal aid project with asphalt surface and concrete gutters. CWA aid clothing distributions to needy children. three inches of snow on Black Oak Mountain, none in Princeton. Office moves planned. Royal Wrogham film review notes its WWI prison camp love triangle plot. Grand jury tendency after liquor sentence. Jim Lee fined for pistol carry.
The County Board of Education filed a proposed levy estimate at a Tuesday meeting. It outlines maximum rates for Class 1 and 2 liens and three and four points, with total estimated costs for the year at 451,384 dollars. State aid is expected to cover 168,080 dollars, and the board will meet January 2 to set the levy unless a court blocks the recent tax-collection enabling law.
The Princeton society notes a Christmas food drive for the Mercer PT A to be left in G. G. ARIL's office by 3 PM. A Presbyterian church Woman's Auxiliary meeting featured a program on ministerial relief with Mrs. McConnell presiding and Mrs. Grover Woolrhiga leading devotional service.
Circle No. 4 Mrs A Th Kyle Tand af received the banner for the largest attendance at the auxiliary meeting. The gathering adjourned with prayer.
Attorney General Cummings said the Justice Department antitrust division is studying conflicts between the Weirton Bree company and the national labor board over employee representation. Investigators reported on employee elections at Walton plants, with action pending final proof.
Mayor John W Blakely announces a likely sixty day extension on the sale lease of McDowell county game refuge lands. The aim is to clear up legal questions and extend the lease indefinitely. The move follows Blakelys pivotal role in acquiring the tract and transferring it to state control amid sports group discussions.
Italicized text describes repairs and charity work as a Salvation Army investigation continues. Community of the Appalachian building hosts a 10 o'clock meeting for CWA officials and attendees are requested to attend.
The Post Office Department established a new post office at Ingram Braggs Fayette county West Virginia and appointed John D. Kirby postmaster. It also named Basil C. Minter Recoco Raleigh county William F P Foy Cucumber McDowell county Elderst L Head Jenkin Jones McDowell county and Jessa H AMinler Switchback Mc Dowell county.
The case involves a contested custody dispute over a child named Jimmy. The judge refused to rule on welfare, saying that decision rests with South Bend courts. Jimmy was awarded to his father, while the mother’s attorney considered an amendment to the divorce decree in South Bend.
Federal officers probe a bond theft ring with ties to a banker Bonner and attorney Cunningham. Alleged gang members and associates, including Louis Fishmeg and John McLaughlin, faced bonds as they were traced to San Antonio and Chicago on fugitive warrants over missing 600,000 government bonds and related conspiracy.
The piece argues that supply and demand govern silver prices. It asserts India could flood world markets with silver coins, having the capacity to dump a two year global output if desired. This potential action, if pursued, would destabilize silver value worldwide.
A classified-appearing page one report claims American denies connection to a giant spy ring. Authorities seized documents, wireless books, and money while ten people were detained. Investigations trace possible syndicate work to the eastern frontier and Finland, with clues of French military secrets and trench-line sketches abroad.
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