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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1933
Page
2
A Princeton court docket shows many defendants from the October term may be indicted this term. Officials expect fifty to sixty indictments as the grand jury convenes for the January session and extends into February.
Miss Frances Robertson plans visits with friends in Roanoke and Salem Virginia. Mrs Atuart Garret returned from Roanoke after holidays with relatives. Bill Custis came back from the Eastern Shore after Christmas with relatives. Mr and Mrs HW Richardson returned from a week in Washington and other eastern cities. Miss Beryl and Elizabeth Bird, at Rock, are guests of Mrs Ada Bl Jolt Hale Avenue. Miss Laura Elizabeth Morrell visiting the Karnes home Highland Avenue. Durmont Austin returned to Logan West Virginia after two weeks with city parents. Miss Harriet Woolfolk, College Avenue, a guest of Mrs L H Perkins Jr of Bluefield. Mrs James DB Stearts of Mullens spending this week with her parents.
Notice for Ma chintots Lodge 368 testing Monday January 1 at 1 80 p m at Walker Hall where officers will be installed.
Mrs J C Carter and others host visiting relatives while Union Monroe County prepares for a county wide education meeting on January 1 and 2 with David Kirby as secretary. G J Wood confirms county school officials and all CWA teachers should attend. A separate school for colored CWA teachers may be held in Princeton or Bluefield later in the month. Also note 1932 Kentucky homicides count reported.
A three day training school for WA teachers will focus on adult education strategies and classroom methods. The program aims to equip educators with updated techniques and interactive approaches for effective adult instruction.
A party of engineers started a deodatin survey of Mercer county yesterday with the first monument planted at North Walker and Hotaker avenue corner. They will place monuments about 1300 feet apart toward the Raleigh county line and work along Princeton Bluefield road Oakvale road Athens road and other highways until the county survey is completed. Elmer Barton heads the southern district of the state.
Dr Frank Marah spoke on comprehension as a cause of friendship among individuals and nations. Dr A B McGuire discussed club problems and used a questionnaire to gauge member attitudes at the weekly Princeton Rotary meeting.
The map marks twenty states that ratified the child labor amendment to the Federal Constitution. It says this will set free an army of about 100000 youths under sixteen from mills and factories across the United States.
Sunday schedule at First Baptist lists 10 am Sunday School led by D E Callaway, 11 am Morning worship with subject The Conquest of Fean, 6 16 pm BY P A, 7 30 pm Evening worship subject The Works of Friendship. last services of the year. Also First Church of Christ with services at 9 45 am and 11 16 am, Presbyterian with 9 46 am Sunday School, 11 am service, 7 30 pm service. Methodist with 9 45 am Sunday School and 11 am 7 30 pm sermons The Miniarty of the Scrappile and Through the New Year Day by Day. Sult instituted case heard in circuit court damages 10000 returnable February rules.
The chamber of commerce cooperates with shirt factory operators in Shorts to reopen the factory under the pre Cotton Garment Code working agreement. Congressman John Kee advised he supports NRA exemption for the Incal plant. A committee will be sent to pursue the plan.
An unclear petition requests approval for the operation of a plant. The document mentions a general body and a request directed to an official figure, with references to water and a potential Britta. The readable fragments suggest regulatory or legal action but lack coherent details.
A thrilling western unfolds on a Indian reservation weaving color and action of pioneer days with dramatic shootouts and frontier challenges. The film highlights rugged landscapes, bold heroes, and clashes over land and honor.
McGuire a 41 year old CWA worker remains in critical condition at Grace hospital after a Thursday night shooting described by officials as a friendly incident. He said the foreman and timekeeper, Gallion, delivered a transfer ticket and an argument followed, with McGuire claiming to have struck the foreman before the timekeeper fired. No arrests reported.
The state supreme court invalidated a plan to have the state assume local debts for school and road bonds under a tax limitation amendment. The decision struck down the debt assumption as unconstitutional, reversed a Kanawha county ruling, and warned that state revenue must align with constitutional constraints while supporting local needs with alternative funding methods.
Funeral services were held at 10 a m at Sacred Heart Catholic church Powhatan for Mrs Clara Mosko age 67 who died Thursday at the Kyle home of her daughter Mrs W R Dunman Burial followed at Pocahontas She was a native of Austria and widow of John Mosko who was killed in a mine accident at Pownzten in 1908
Harold Dotson, 1st year old son of Mr and Mrs J B Dotson of Bradshaw, will have funeral services at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Company Church of Bradshaw. He died in local hospital Thursday. Interment will follow in the family plots near the home. He was a sophomore at Yaeger High School.
Community effort nets 750 dollars from seal sales. The event highlighted fundraising goals and community participation, with organizers noting progress toward their target as supporters purchased seals and contributed to the cause.
Seven year old Nancy Hammond of Welch was hurt while running and required stitches at Grace hospital before being released. Announcement of the marriage of Miles Grace Alicea Hort of Welch to Raymond Gullett of Hemphill occurred December 25, 1932 at Sneger, performed by Rev Blaine England in the presence of friends. Mrs Gullett is J O Hurt Sr's daughter and a Welch High School graduate. Gullett, son of Henry Gullett of Ashland, Ky, attended Centre College and works for Kingston Pocahontas Coal. The couple plans to live in Welch and have many friends in the area.
Charleston December 23 Eight legislative acts became law at midnight after the governor allowed the veto period to expire. Measures include public works borrowing for counties and municipalities, sewer system acquisitions by cities, and technical liens recording revisions. Specific appropriations cover a county infirmary and workhouse in Kanawha, a hospital in Wetzel, a gymnasium in Tucker, and a third school in Doddridge. Barbour County gains authority to shift from bayoad to general funds.
State lawmakers propose direct property taxes to fund counties and municipalities as well as schools. Delegate Norton supports the plan, arguing the state should finance the school system while teachers remain preferred creditors. Leaders expect the measure to be debated after the recess, with the bill aiming to shift road and school bonds to state financing under emergency quick action.
A proposal would allow local units except municipalities to use direct property tax for current needs. It follows an earlier act that permitted levies for debts despite a tax amendment. A plan to form an emergency debt corporation to aid municipalities is under consideration but not yet introduced in the legislature.
Senator Hobson? Long of Louisiana says he will not intervene in the contest over the seating of Mrs Bouver B Kemp from the Sixth Louisiana district. He will back administration measures in Congress and notes Kemp was legally elected. He criticizes Sanders supporters for attempting to influence national politics and mentions patronage not influencing him.
Charleston announces the enlistment of Paw B. Swiger of Salon into B Company of the West Virginia State Police, attached to Charleston. The notice came from the state Department of Public Safety.
Contined from page one, the prompt details an execution schedule for Reppin for the week ending January 6. The prison gas chamber, patterned after Nevada’s, was tested with a 30 pound pig in 47 seconds and rabbits. Reppin showed interest in the tests and said he did not want to be an experiment.
A frigid spell froze the Cape Cod canal and harbor approaches delaying ships. Ice and hydrants flooding streets in Worcester Massachusetts halted streetcars and forced hundreds from Worcester to commute on foot in subzero conditions.
Roosevelt era proposals draw GOP opposition from Senator Reed and Virginia’s Senator Qlass, with Federal Reserve bankers reportedly silent. Backers push commandeering gold to back a devalued dollar, eliminate minting new coins, and store bullion in bars to shield currency. Professor Warren urges permanent coinage halt and strict gold controls, while cautioning limited economic gains. Treasury orders require private gold coins and certificates be turned in.
Huntington W V Jan 1 The secretary of the West Virginia Bankers Association Honer Gebhardt says a sound banking system with no increase in costs to the public will come with the bankers code. Key provisions include uniform banking hours across regions, federal reserve backed maximum interest rates on time deposits and regulated service charges deemed fair to both borrowers and customers.
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