Pan American conference ends 22 day session in peace
Montevideo reports the seventh Pan American conference closing after 22 days with vows to keep a warless hemisphere. Leaders praised peace efforts between Bolivia and Paraguay and noted progress toward a peaceful settlement of the Leticia border dispute between Colombia and Peru.
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Montevideo
Americas
Bolivia
Para
Colombia
Peru
Leticia
Alberto Mame
Cordell Hull
Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Spanishbire School News Highlights Actions and Visits
The tenth grade hosted a turkey dinner at 6 30 p m sponsored by Miss McDonald. The Spanishburg boys basketball team beat Narrows 61 to 29 led by Roy Lusk with 22 points. Alumni game ended 454 to 24 with Roy Lusk as top scorer. Several locals and visitors attended events and trips to Logan and Bluefield. Funeral services were held for Robert Williams killed in a Winston Salem wreck. C I Karnes Jr spends time at Glenville State Teachers College.
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Kexley Church
Robert Williams
Winston-Salem
N. C
I. Karnes Jr
Glenville State Teachers’ College
Christmas Social Notes and Local Incidents Report
Community Christmas greetings and holiday visits fill the Princeton region as residents travel to relatives, with several illness updates including G. K. Karnes. The week records a burglary at Zed More’s home and various social visits among local families and students.
Reed Forecasts Currency Battle Continues
Reed says global recovery has helped but US banking and currency woes delay progress. He notes Roosevelt’s personal popularity but criticizes some policies as a burden on small business. The Pennsylvanian frames his remarks amid a Keratone state political anecdote outreach.
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Great Britain
Reed
Roosevelt
Directors Move to Slash Expenditures of Health Unit
Bluefield officials consider shared funding for dairy inspection and health department costs. Mayor Light proposes a joint conference with county courts and municipalities to share salaries, noting McDowell County already contracts for dairy inspections. Sewer right of ways for Payne, Douglas, Surray and Frederick streets approved. projects funded by CWA workers.
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Bluefield
Fielde
McDowell County
Fields
McDowell
Light
Blu ‘Eld
Payne, Douglas, Surray
Frederick Streets
CWA
Insull Loans Highlight Bank Oversight under RFC Scrutiny
Dawes admitted Insull group loans exceeded safe limits as Dawes details show loans to Insull Investments and related entities reaching millions while total capital and surplus stood at 27 million. Fletcher indicated committee would not probe RFC ties to Harvey Couch or Chase National Bank without further evidence.
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Reconstruction Corporation
Dawes
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
Consolidated Properties Trust
Martin J. Ineull
Samuel Ineul
Insull Utility Investments, Inc
Insull
Fletcher
Harvey Couch
Chase National Bank
Roosevelt Approves Seven New Codes Amid Recovery Push
The Roosevelt administration announced presidential approval of seven new codes covering electrotyping photo engraving jewelry watch case manufacturing silverware paper distribution and commercial refrigeration. These codes signed December 23 take effect January 1 with major codes still awaiting approval and several food trade codes pending final terms.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Hugh 8. Johnson
Shief
Recovery Agency
The
Farm Administration
Wreck Victim Claude Conner In Serious Condition
Claude Conner, 38, of Peterstown, in serious condition after a Saturday night wreck near Rocky Gap Virginia. Doctors at St Luke’s hospital report paralysis from a fractured spine with spinal cord injury, plus a broken shoulder blade and several ribs. He was alone driving to Virginia for Christmas when his car hit a rock and overturned.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Claude Conner
Peterstown
Rocky Gap
Conner
Virginia
Burglars Loot Ashworth’s Store on Christmas Night
Thieves broke two wooden doors and a window to enter P. J. Ashworth and Son on Bland and Jones streets. They stole more than 250 dollars in merchandise including women's hosiery and underwear while leaving cheaper items. This marked the store’s second burglary in six weeks, following a prior loss of about 90 dollars. Police also logged robberies at Nathan Efron’s home on Union Street and break-ins at Weinberg’s and Hawley’s Department Store.
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P. J. Ashworth and Son
Bland
Jones Streets
Ashworth
Nathan Effron
Union Street
Weinberg’s
Princeton Avenue
Hawley’s
Barge Lines Ship More Tonnage Between St Paul and St Louis
Federal barge lines transporting between St Paul and St Louis moved 128,316 tons in ten months of 1933, higher than any full year since 1927. The ten month total surpassed 119,648 tons in 1928 and 104,185 in 1933.
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St. Paul, Minn
Federal
St. Paul
St. Louis
Correction on injuries from explosion involving Mrs Beem
The Telegraph corrects an earlier report naming Mrs Roy Green. It states Mrs Roy Beem of 1105 Wyoming Street suffered severe scalds from a fire explosion but is not badly hurt and may return home in a few days, per St Luke's physicians.
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Daily Telegraph
Roy Green
Third Street
Roy Beem
Wyoming Street
Telegraph
CWA Work Halted By Storm In Tazewell County
CWA workers in Tazewell county paused Tuesday due to a storm but expect to resume soon under supervisor T. G. Shufflebarger and assistants. The program is described as the county’s largest employer after major fuel firms, with many workers.
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Tazewell
CWA
Tazwell County
T. G. Shufflebarger
Tazewell County
Virginia Sidelights Plan Schoolhouse Paint Job
Virginia sidelights report Graham high school to be repainted inside and out with other improvements to the building and grounds. Logan Street School will get a new modern sidewalk during vacation and the west end sidewalk project is approved by CWA headquarters for winter work. Pedestrians have walked on the street edge for a long time.
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Bluefield
Graham High School
Logan Street
CWA
Folke
Virginia
Pril
Funeral of George P. Crockett draws many Methodist pastors
More than twenty Methodist pastors attended the funeral for George P. Crockett in town on Sunday. The item notes local church figures and community responses amid holiday activity and weather concerns.
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George P. Crockett
High Wind Storm Harms Burkes Garden Area
A fierce wind storm hit Burkes Garden on Monday night causing fodder shocks to scatter across fields near Clinch valley and ripping a section of roof from a new dwelling built by R. R. Smith at Burkes Garden siding. The storm was described as the worst of the current winter with heavy rain accompanying the gusts.
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Clinch Valley
Bluefield
Burkes Garden
R. R. Smith
Burkes Garden Siding
Welfare chief in Tazewell to resign for state post
It is reported that changes are planned in Tazewell county welfare, with Mrs Thelma Charles, the superintendent, resigning to take a promotion within the state welfare department. Mrs Charles had been appointed to succeed Miss Mary Hardy a few months ago.
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Welfare Department
Tazewell County
Thelma Charles
CWA Restructuring Ends Welfare Department Link
Promotion at Richmond based operation. Mrs. Charles praised for handling her task amid changes. CWA work is split from welfare department with a new head over both, and Mrs. Charles is expected to transfer to a nearby section.
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Richmond
Charles
CWA
Welfare Department
Rites Today for Mrs Beulah Mae Hill
Funeral services are held at 10 a m at the Falls Mills area home for Mrs Beulah Mae Hill 44 who died Christmas Day after a brief illness of a heart attack She was a Methodist member The Rev Elmer W Dean of Bluefield West Virginia presides Interment follows in Elgin W labor cemetery She was the daughter of the late Elgin W and Mrs Tabor Her nephews serve as pallbearers She was sister in law to C M Waxner Clear Fork revenue commissioner and sister of Mr Wagner's wife
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Falls Mills Dam
Beulah Mae Hill
Hill
Methodist Church
Elmer W. Dean
Bluefield
Elgin W. Labor Cemetery
Elgin W. Tabor
C. M. Waxner
Clear Fork
Wagner
Funeral services for Mrs Snell to be held today
The funeral of Mrs Eliza beth Snell will be conducted this afternoon at 2 p m at Charlie Garret's home. Rev C T Miller and Rev Elmer Dean will officiate. She is survived by four sons W R Snell Raymond Cigg H T of Tip Top Pete of Boissevain and Cleveland of Tucker W Va and one daughter Mrs Emily Ball of Turkey Knob W Va. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
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Elizabeth Snell
Charlie Garret
C. T. Miller
Elmer Dean
Virginia Side Personal: Christmas Holiday Visitors
Virginia and Florida based visitors gather in a Virginia town over Christmas. Kens Greiser and Harry Tyler families, Broadnax and Richmond connections visit relatives including Witten, Gillespie, and Saunders. Residents, friends, and guests share sight seeing and local hospitality during the holiday week.
Doctors Recommend Creosote Based Cough Remedy
For years doctors have prescribed creosote in remedies for coughs and colds. Creomulsion combines creosote with other elements to stop chest infections quickly and safely. Drugstores guarantee Creomulsion refunds if relief is not achieved as directed.
Kennedy Recalled as Miss Glenna James
W P Hager remains confined to his home room on Walnut street. The report notes Kennedy’s prior title as Miss Glenna James and updates on Hager’s residence constraint.
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Kennedy
Glenna James
W. P. Hager
Walnut Street
Fire Chief Warns Dry Christmas Trees Hazard
Bluefield Fire Chief R O Carter warns that drying Christmas trees pose a fire risk as more trees were sold this year. With many trees lit by electric lights he notes cheap wiring increases short circuit danger and urges removing trees promptly once they have served their purpose.
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Santa Claus
R. O. Carter
Bluefield
Carter
Tax on Tobacco Likely To Fail In West Virginia
West Virginia legislature shows little chance of passing a luxury tax on tobacco and cigarettes this session. Opposition cites burden on people, nuisance of stamps, and harm to growers amid a struggling tobacco industry.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Sesson
Ohio
White
All wines do not improve with age remark
A maxim states that wines that are indifferent at first seldom improve with time. Experts warn older bottles can deteriorate if they were not bright from the start.
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