Hawley’s Store Damaged by Fire in Bluefield
Fire at Hawley’s department store discovered at 4 20 by J D Eldridge Jinotype operator led to quick response from Central and South Side stations. Estimated damage 5500 split 2500 building 3000 stock with insurer covering losses. owners expect stock losses to reach 8000 after full check. cause likely an electric extension cord in sewing room. blaze contained to origin area with significant stock loss mitigated by prompt action.
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J. D. Eldridge
Jinotype
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Central
South Side
Harrie
Harris
Borah Seeks Stronger Enforcement Amid Prohibition Debate
In the Senate debate on prohibition enforcement Borah presses for a reorganization to strengthen law enforcement and curb irregularities. Senators Caraway Capper and Jones urge cooperation, tighter permit controls, court relief, border patrol unification, and potential transfer of enforcement duties to the Justice Department under Assistant Attorney General Youngquist.
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Joint
Congress
Lowman
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Doran
Caraway
Arkansas
Borah
Senate
Jones
Capper
Law Enforcement Commission
Cnt
Treasury
Justice Department
G. A. Youngquist
Youngquist
Minnesota Ciry
Olle Prosse
The Three Musketeers Serial In Sunset News
A Sunset News serial adaptation of The Three Musketeers introduces Milady as a notorious villain whose schemes span France. Cardinal Richelieu, a priest, a French count, and a marked criminal braid a tale of love, danger, and political intrigue with romance and humor amid universal appeal. Subscriptions via phone 2400 at 15 cents weekly.
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Dumas
Cardinal Richelieu
France
Milady
Musketeers
Sunset News
Germany and U S Reach Agreement on Reparations Claims
The United States and Germany reach a negotiated framework for settling reparations claims tied to army of occupation costs and citizens mixed claims. The accord aligns with a White House plan from May 19 1929 and depends on the Young plan taking effect while preserving U S rights.
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White House
Con- Brew
United States
Treasury
Germany
Gery
Army of Occupation
City and Coalfield Items
Bluefield items include Elks events and local ads for Deckers Family Ham Double Decker sandwiches Yale Dry Cleaning and Goody's ice cream. Local firms listed are Bluefield Building and Loan Assn East End Pharmacy Fairview and Bluefield Pharmacy with contact details.
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Deckers
Goody's Drug Stores
East End
Fairview
Bluefield
Young Plan Sets Terms for Payment of Claims
The plan provides payment of mixed claims in full with interest at 33 8 percent during the cancellation period. It outlines that Germany will pay annuities to the United States over a period of years starting September 1.
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Young
Germany
United States
German Delegation Named for Hague Reparations Conference
Berlin reports a mood of unease as the cabinet picks the German delegation for the Hague reparations talks opening January. Foreign Minister Curtice and Finance Minister Moldenhauer head the slate with Reichsbank figures and ex chancellor Wirth among monetary experts. Mueller and Schacht do not join the core team.
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Berlin
Hague
Mueller
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichebank
Curtine
Moldenhauer
Robert Schadt
Bank For International Settlements
H E
Miss Lambie Weds in Charleston Wedding
Miss Hess Lambie daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert M Lambie and George Davidson son of Mr and Mrs H W Davidson were married at the bride’s parents home in Charleston West Virginia. The couple's wedding was conducted at the bride's home with guests and family in attendance.
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Miss Lambie
Charleston
W. Va
Miss Hess Lambie
Robert M. Lambie
George Davidson
H. W. Davidson
Beatriz Adela Schooner Wreck Drowns Twenty Passengers
Twenty passengers and the entire crew of the schooner Beatriz Adela drowned when the vessel wrecked near Puerto Castilla in Tegucigalpa Honduras. No other details were provided.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Etire
Beatriz Adela
Puerto Castilla
Motorist Involved In Bluefield Street Car Collision
J B Wilson 34 of 223 Bluefield Avenue, an employee of Shewey Tire and Radiator, was injured when his Hudson hit a street car head on near Hicks Street and Perdue's store in Bluefield Virginia. He suffered an scalp wound, no fractures found, and was released after treatment at Bluefield Sanitarium. The wrecked car and damaged street car caused a brief traffic jam. Wilson is the son of Mr and Mrs J B Wilson of Virginia Side and son in law of D F Shewey.
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J. B. Wilson
Bluefield Avenue
Shewey Tire and
Bluefield
Hicks Street
Perdue’s
Wilson
Hudson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Virginia Side
D. F. Shewey
Shewey
Kentucky Bandits Held Up Oakland Bank
Gov. Sampson ordered seven National Guard officers and forty enlisted men to Bowling Green to aid Sheriff Ferguson in pursuing two of three gang members who robbed the Oakland Bank in Kentucky and shot and killed Smith's Grove bank president J. Robert Kirby. One suspect, Elmer Grayson, 21, is held for cafe keeping in Nashville. ট
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Prankfort
Flem D. Sampson
National Guard
Bowling Green
Sherif Tom C. Ferguson
Oakland, Ky
J. Robert Kirby
Smith's Grove Bank
H. H. Denhardt
Elmer Grayson
Nashville
Tenn
Sampson
Western Shippers Plan Idaho Meeting in June
Cheyenne Dec 28 The Central Western Shippers Advisory Board will hold its next meeting in Idaho Falls Idaho June 17 1930 The board will hold three meetings next year in June September and December The September meeting site will be selected at the June session Idaho Idaho Utah Colorado Nebraska and Wyoming comprise the central western shippers states.
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Cheyenne
Central Western Shippers Advisory Board
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Wyoming
Central Western Shippers
Crowder to face leaks in war plans inquiry
Washington reports the Senate lobby committee will defer Crowder questions to the war department. War Dept probe launched after testimony Crowder learned General Staff plans related to sugar duties and a possible open traffic lane to the Philippines in war. Caraway to question Rupert Purdon about a proposed sugar sliding scale and lobbyist records.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
Cuba
General Staff
Sugar
War Department
Senate
Crowder
Caraway
Army
United States
Philippines
H. ©. Lakin
Cuba Company
Rupert L. Purdon
Department of Commerce Foodstuffs Division
Purdon
Peking Man Skull Said to Prove a New Fossil Race
Dr. Henry Fairfield Osborn reports Peiping dispatches describing the Peking man skull. He calls it an entirely new fossil humanity, possibly Neanderthal or Trini type, with a slender lower jaw and thicker cranial bones than Piltdown, dating to lower Pleistocene about one million years ago.
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Piltdown
Heidelberg
Des Moines
Iowa
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Peiping
Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
New York
American Association For Advancement of Science
Dr. Osborn
Java
Grabau
Andrews
Sussex
England
Officials hail seamen and Mexico president elect visit
Washington reports high US officials greet Pascual Ortiz Rubio at the Mexican embassy. Hoover to meet them, then depart for Niagara Falls and U.S. tour ending in Detroit Chicago and San Francisco. Ortiz Rubio receives honorary degree at George Washington University and tours Annapolis Naval Academy. In Tampa, crew of Santa Ana praise an old spark coil enabling radio distress call that helped river to Grand Cayman after abandoning ship.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Mexico
Senora de Ortiz Rubio
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Chicago
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Congress
Manuel C. Tellez
George Washington University
Annapolis
S. 8. Robison
Naval Academy
Tampa
Fla
Walter §. Miller
Baltimore
Santa Ana
S. Morris
Athael Chief
Grand Cayman Island
Gulf Yachting Meeting Set for Mobile in April
The semi annual meeting of the Gulf Yachting association will be held at the Mobile Yacht Club in Mobile Alabama in April. Members include Houston New Orleans Pascagoula Bay St. Louis Mobile Sarasota and St Petersburg.
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Mobile
Ala
Dee
INS
Pet Yachting Association
Mobile Yacht Club
Houston
New Orleans
Pase Christain
Bay St. Louis
Sarasota
St. Petersrg
Discovery Seen As Pivotal Moment in Human Evolution
A remark underscores discovery as among the most important events in the history of human evolution, highlighting its long term impact on science and society.
England Awaits Budget Shocks in Socialist Era
London reports that the Labour government faces a pivotal budget early next year. Chancellor Philip Snowden is rumored to plan land value taxation to fund social legislation, a move seen as central to the party’s economic program and possibly Snowden’s path to future leadership.
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London
England
Labor Party
Philip Snowden
Labor
Snowden
Senate Leader Demands Probe Into Railroad Holding Firms
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee chairman Couzens urged a federal study of railroad holding and investment companies to assess their influence on railroad management and possible control of railroads outside federal jurisdiction. He questioned impact of holdings on consolidation plans and potential governing reforms this session.
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Washington
Couzens
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rairoad Securities
Interstate Commerce Committee
Michigan
Fess
Ohio
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Work & Wer Tooth
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U. S
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Pennsylvania Orchestra
Elks and Their Friends
Decker
Bluefield Business College
W. H. Cunningham
Bluefield Building and Loan Ass'n
301 Coal and Coke Building
Yale
Raleigh Street
L. B. Wilson
Bluefield, Ave
Kentucky
Western Shippers Plan
Tacoma
Wash
Baker Dock
Warlick
Obert Montgomery
Joan Crawford
Colonial Theatre
Rubio Adieu
City Auditorium
Mabel Eye Stock Co
First Labor Party
Cowling
Liberal Club
Nazareth
House of Commons
Embryonic Labor Party
Creagee
MacDonald
Ethel Annakin
Independent Labor Party
West Virginia Business College
Honaker Bldg
Bluefield, W. Va
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T. B. Cain
E. A. Cain
W. F. Kennedy
A. B
E. S. Smith
Ruth Hetrick
Superior Business School
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