Shott Portays Work Of Congress at Bluefield Kiwanis
Congressman Hugh Ike Shott spoke to Bluefield Kiwanis on the functioning of Congress and the national government. The talk offered insights from experience, with anecdotes, and noted that each member aims to serve to the best of his ability. The program featured soprano Helen Hufford and baritone Charles Spencer, Bluefield artists studying in New York, with James Elmer Brown at the piano.
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Congress
Hugh Ike Shott
West Virginia
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Shott
Helen Huffard
Charles Spencer
Bluefield
New York
Miss Huffard
Pearl Curran
Strauss
Liebling
Mr. Spencer
Manibber
James Elmer Brown
S. B. Thompson
Jimmy Cameron
Helen and
Elizabeth Hufford
S. I. Thompson
New York City
Robert Lowery
Clay Standford
Emmet Horn
Blackey, Ky
Hiner Aims for Speakership in West Virginia House
Delegate Ralph M. Hiner of Pendleton county declares he will fight to finish for the 1931 speaker ship. He notes reports linking his bid to chairing the judiciary committee and plans to open headquarters in Charleston before the January 14 session. Other declared candidates include J Alfred Taylor A J Wilkinson Earl E Smith and O J Rife.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ralph M. Hiner
Pendleton County
House of Delegates
Hiner
House Judiciary Committee
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayette County
A. J. Wilkinson
Cabell County
Earl E. Smith
Marion County
O. J. Rife
Wayne County
A Remarkable Football Record
Sunday cartoon explains George O'Donnell kicked 124 points for two seasons at Billings High School and Denver University. He scored 96 touchdowns at Billings in eight games and converted every extra point. At Denver he added a string of successful kicks totaling 124 of 126 attempts.
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George O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Denver U
Public Symposium on Speech at National Meeting Broadcast
Radio listings report a Chicago public symposium on improving American speech tied to the National Association of Teachers of Speech annual meeting. Broadcasts run 4 p.m. EST on WJZ WABC and extended network coverage.
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New York
Chicago
National Association of Teachers of Speech
WJZ
WABC
Caesar Franck
Howard Barlow
Babbitt's Creator Reflects On America And Europe
Berlin dispatch reports Sinclair Lewis, Nobel laureate and creator of Babbitt, praising American sentiment while acknowledging European culture's high level. He says he aims to write a better book, admits disappointment in his past works, and plans to return to Vermont to write a beautiful book.
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Berlin
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Europe
Vermont
Mother Kills Two Children in Personal Crisis in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 29 Mrs Ruth Nicholas 32 wife of a local attorney killed her two children Richard Allen 2 by drowning and Virginia 5 by strangulation with a towel then shot herself in the head with a .38 army revolver. The bodies were found in separate rooms as the husband Royal A Nicholas returned home from work and discovered the scene.
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Indianapolia
Ind
Ruth Nicholas
Indianapolis
Richard Allen Nicholas
Virginia
Mrs. Nicholas
Royal A. Nicholas
Pittsburgh Bandit Leader Identified
Joseph Harris aged 27 was identified as the leader of the bandits who robbed the Manchester Bank and Trust Company in Pittsburgh on December 16, stealing $52,000. Detectives say he is also wanted in Cleveland for a $10,000 robbery and other cases. Harris and a young woman companion were arrested in a rooming house. Extradition papers to Gov Roosevelt were prepared for Lipkowitz Hoover and Pishney in connection with a Perry State Bank holdup earlier in the month.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Harris
Manchester Bank & Trust Company
Harris
Cleveland
Williams
Minnick
Teller
Joseph Hennigan
Manchester Bank
Cay
Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benjamin Lipkowitz
Harry Hoover
Edward Pishney
New York City
Perry State Bank
Harrisburg
Johns. Fisher
Radio Schedule Fragments From Various Stations
A dense listing of hourly radio programming across stations WEAF WJZ WABC and others. Programs include Chronicles Ques and Ans Orch Feat Cigar Girls Melody Men and Studio Concert with multiple repeats and sponsored progs.
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WABC
WBAL
WJZ
Helen Heinl
Marylanders
WTIC
WOR
H. T. Taylor
Mike
Los Charros
Globe Trotter
Orchestra
the Moonbeams
WCAU
Bold Knights
KDKA
Bank
Ensem
Jack and Jill
Homer
WHAM
WGY
WEAF
Joy Dispensers
Bob Newhall
Cecil
Sally
Wiz
K. O. Riley
Haum
Strum
WSB
Melody Men
WBT
WHAS
Jack Turner
WSM
WRVA
Tangerine Wins Saddle Pony Class at Cavalier Hunt Club Show
In Virginia Beach, the saddle pony Tangerine owned by Pat Thraves won the saddie red class at the Cavalier Hunt Club show. Tangerine has earned seven blue ribbons and twice claimed champion in Madison Square Garden shows.
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Little Pat Thraves
Cavalier Hunt Club
Virginia Beach
Vaangerine
Madison Square Garden
West Virginia Business College opens winter term
A new winter term begins January 5 at West Virginia Business College in Bluefield. A. M. meeting set for December 31 at Thornton-Laird company basement. Ex presidents and steel magnates praise business education as practical prep for early careers. Phone 1071 for free catalogue.
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West Virginia Business College
Bluefield
W. VA
School of Business
Honaker
BE. A. Cain
Mgr
National Association "of Accredited Commercial Schools
Thornton-Laird Company
United States
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Steel
Honaker Bldg
Salesman Beats Wife After Accident in Kansas City
Kansas City report says 35 year old Bill McKaig, a husky salesman, was taken to a police station after a motor car accident in which his wife suffered slight injuries. She later accused him of beating her in an argument over fault. He resisted booking for disturbing the peace and was subdued by officers. his valuables, including a rabbit's foot, were checked.
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Kansas City
Bill McKaig
Major jewel losses reported in Pullman and New York
Police investigate about 200000 in gems stolen from multiple venues including a Pullman compartment a night club and a theatre. Losses include 170000 to 200000 worth from Mrs Edgar Luckenbach and 16500 from Miss Marie de Carie with further items from Texas Guinan and two other homes.
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New York
Edgar F. Luckenbach
Palm Beach
Fla
Marie de Carie
Park Avenue Society
Texas
Guinan
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Luckenbach
Pennsylvania Terminal
Andrea Marie Fenwick
Toronto
Ont
Henry Slack
Philip A. S. Franklin Jr
International Merchant Marine
Sample Mailed Free If Write Resinol
An old classified line offers a free sample by mail for Resinol with instructions to write to care of 54 Baltimore Maryland seam 8. It reads like a brief promotional note found among advertisements.
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Baltimore
Wickersham Report on Dry Law Nears Release
Washington notes a 19 month probe into prohibition nears final stages as the eleven commissioners debate the report to be presented to Congress. A January 6 date for laying the document before President Hoover is uncertain amid ongoing drafting and direction decisions.
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Wickersham
Washington
Prohibition
Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover
Commission
Accused College Youth Released on Bond in Slaying Case
Port Arthur Texas December 29 Robert L Williams 18 UT Austin sophomore was released on 10000 bond to await grand jury action after waiving preliminary hearing He was charged with killing Elizabeth Johnson 16 former fiancé who he had hoped to marry Williams represented by his Dallas attorney brother Paul Williams the source said He had come from Austin to spend holidays with Miss Johnson in Port Arthur and was aided by his father the Reverend S W Williams presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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Port Arthur
Texas
Robert L. Williams
University of Texas
Elizabeth Johnson
Austin
S. W. Williams
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Johnso
Paul Williams
Dallas
North Dakota Capitol Destroyed by Fire
Fire gutted the four story North Dakota capitol in Bismarck destroying valuable state and historical documents. Defective wiring blamed. temporary offices and a legislature meeting place are being arranged. Loss estimates top one million dollars with the building insured for 430000 and contents at 298000.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Dakotas
State Land Department
Dakota Territory
North
South Dakota
Pierre
Crile Reveals Brain Fat Life-Like Cells Exhibit
Cleveland December reports Dr. George W Crile of the Cleveland Clinic displayed in Chicago a discovery claiming brain fats can induce fats proteins and ash from dead cells to form living appearing units that breathe move and multiply. The exhibit aims to probe unknown cancer growth while noting other organ fats do not reproduce such cells.
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Cleveland
American Association For the Advancement of Science
George W. Crile
Cleveland Clinic
Crile
Legge Invites Probe Of Marketing Activities
Washington December 29. Chairman Legge said the farm board has no objection to an investigation of its marketing activities. He replied to a letter from John A. Simpson national president of the Farmers union urging Senate adoption of the Walsh resolution. Neither Legge nor the senate bill clerk recalled any such resolution. Legge mocked Simpson’s claim he could win any name calling contest and recalled his own cattle range training to talk and shoot straight.
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Washington
Legge
Farm Board
John A. Simpson
Farmers’ Union
Oklahoma City
Senate
Walsh
Simpson
Senate Bill Clerk
New York City May Buy Transit Lines
New York negotiators struck a half billion dollar deal for municipal purchase of the city subways and elevated lines. Samuel Untermeyer and Gerhard M. Dahl have agreed on a price of 489,804,000 dollars to acquire the transit properties from Brooklyn Manhattan and Interborough Transit, to be presented to the city transit commission for approval.
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New York
Samuel Untermeyer
Gerhard M. Dahl
Brooklyn- Manhattan Transit
Interborough Transit
City Transit Commission
Thoxine Promises Quick Relief For Sore Throat
An advertisement touts Thoxine as a doctor prescribed remedy for sore throat and cough. It claims relief from the first swallow and offers a money back guarantee. Sold in 85e, 60c and $1.00 bottles at White's Pharmacy and Goody's Drug Store.
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White’s Pharmacy
Goody's Drug Store
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Musical Aviators
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Babbit
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Gity and Coalfield News
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Andrew Carnegie
Pullman
George Crile
Mountain Hosiery Corporation
Narrows, Va
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