Tiny Babe Dita in Old Open Car
Mary Alice Price aged 3 months died yesterday noon while the family traveled through Bluefield en route from Glade Springs to Fireco. The infant likely died of pneumonia. neighbors and Mrs Poff aided the grieving parents who continued their journey with the body for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiny Babe Dita
Ben Price
Mary Alice Price
Bluefield
Gitte Springs
Fireco
Price
East Corporation
Stafford
Eclto
David Lepper
Nellie Poff
Lepper
Glade Springs
Mary Alice
Police and Firemen Save Woman In Blaze
Pittsburgh police and firemen rescued Mrs. Mary Shaner, 34, from a blazing building that was set for the fourth time in a week under mysterious circumstances. A man attacked her Sunday with a butcher knife wrapped in a towel. today’s blaze caused an estimated $15,000 to $25,000 in damage as chemical accelerants apparently were used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Mary Shaner
Two Killed in Plane Crash at Garden City Port
Garden City Kansas February 5 two men died when a Sulivan Airport company plane piloted by Edward Gardner 24 of Memphis Tennessee crashed near the airport. Gardiner 20 of Garden City also died. Witnesses said the aircraft appeared to dive into a steep bank about 800 feet up then struck nose first after hitting an air bump.
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Garden City
Kas
Edward Gardner
Memphis
Doctor Blames Prison League for Auburn Riot
Albany Feb 5 Dr Raymond F C Kieb New York state commissioner of correction testified before fiscal committees that Cayuga county politicians and Mutual Welfare league supporters helped trigger the Auburn state prison riot of December 11 in which the principal keener was killed He named the Osbornes sons of Thomas Mott Osborne as part of the league supporters and described the group as anti social trying to govern themselves
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Cayuga County
Mutual Welfare League
Raymond F. C. Kieb
State Commissioner of Correction
Auburn State Prison
Welfare League
Kieb
Osbornes
Thomas Mott Osborne
Charles D. Osborne
Auburn
Ice floe boys not found by air observers over Niagara
Lieut. C. T. Warner of Buffalo said two boys were believed to be drifting toward Niagara Falls on a large cake of ice. The airmen reported seeing two dirty chunks of ice mistaken for human figures and found no trace of the boys after the flight over the Niagara river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Should Primo de Rivera face fines refund debate in Madrid
Madrid papers debated whether Primo de Rivera should personally return about 1 000 000 pesetas levied as fines during his dictatorship. The money went to charity and public opinion favored not demanding repayment, while El Sol urged action if acts were illegal. The new administration said it would stay only until parliament is reestablished, then elections decide future policy.
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Madrid
Primo de Rivera
Primo
el Sol
Spain
Poolroom gunbattle wounds Akron woman fatally
Akron, Feb 5. Mrs Ethel Phillips 26 was fatally wounded by a bullet while passerby during a poolroom battle between two men. Alonzo Williams 24 lay critically wounded with two bullets. a second man fled and is believed severely wounded by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Ethel Phillips
Southern Pipe Lines Seek State Hearing
At a public service commission hearing in Pittsburgh on February 5 representatives of Southern Pipe Lines requested approval to sell 200 miles of pipelines to Manufacturers' Light and Heat, a Columbia Gas and Electric subsidiary. The lines run from the Pennsylvania West Virginia border near Morgantown to Millway near Philadelphia and are currently unused. Manufacturers' Light and Heat aims to use them to transport natural gas from West Virginia to Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Public Service Commission
Southern Pipe Lines Company
Manufacturers’ Light and Heat Company
Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation
New York
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
Morgantown
W. Va
Millway
Philadelphia
Light and Heat Company
West Virginia
Nash Motors executive Walter H. Alford dies
Walter H. Alford 52 vice-president and comptroller of Nash Motors dies at his Kenosha home of heart disease. The Nash official passed away February 5 according to city dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha, Wis
Walter H. Alford
Nash Motors Company
Identity sought for party tied poodle in sack
The responsible party remains unknown for placing a poodle puppy in a sack and tossing it into an empty coal car. Railroad workers believe the pup may have been imprisoned for a week. The wagon load of coal hid the sack until yard workers heard the dog’s whines and rescued it.
Cat law again before Virginia lawmakers
A Virginia senate bill proposed by Senators Barry Swank and Chalkley would impose the death penalty on any cat found more than five hundred feet from its owner. The measure, a revival of a similar failed bill from two years earlier, aims to curb feline roaming in neighbors’ barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of
Virginia
State Senate
N. B. Barry
Ward Swank
J. W. Chalkley
Special Double Tree Made for Fine Team
In Graham pharmacy yesterday a double tree was seen made by the village blacksmith for James and Billy Davidson Abbs Valley farmers. The two Percheon work horses owned by the Davidson boys will be hitched to this double tree. The horses had previously smashed their double tree when the plow hit a limestone rock. A single tree is used by one horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
James
Billy Davidson
Abbs Valley
Davidson
January School Report From Principal Kyle
Principal Kyle compiles January school report showing 189 in high school 935 total across Logan Street Shelby Heights and West End. The high school has seven teachers eighteen grade teachers and two music instructors. The note praises harmony cooperation and best service across the schools.
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T. Kyle
Logan Street
Shelby Heights Academy
West End
Clarence Turner Treated For Old WWI Wound
Clarence Turner, a local young man, receives treatment in a Norfolk hospital for shrapnel remaining from World War I. An x-ray by a Richmond specialist located the fragments and an infection formed around the foreign material, causing illness. The American Legion has shown interest in his case. His wife was formerly Miss May Lesler of this place. Uncle Joshua Lockwood, longtime Elks Building custodian at Bluefield, remains at home on Vincel street with illness but is hoped to recover soon.
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Clarence Turner
Norfolk
Turner
Richmond
American Legion
Norfolk and Western
May Lesler
Joshua Lockwood
Vincel Street
Mr. Lockwood
Elks
Bluefield
Virginia Bill Proposes Free Elementary Books for Schools
The local PTA executive committee discussed a proposed measure offering free elementary school books in Virginia. Sponsored by Hall, McMurran, Birrell, Cadmus, Vellines, Witten, and Humphreys, the bill would let the state buy books directly for public schools with an annual 150000 appropriation. Dr. Witten indicated no plan for a longer school term with free tuition in Tazewell.
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Virginia
General Assembly
Parent-Teacher Association
Delegates Hall, McMurran
Birrell
Cadmus
Vellines
Witten
J. W. Witten
Humphreys
Committee On Schools and Colleges
State Board of Education
Tazewell
Richmond
Virginia Side Personal News and Charter Update
Mrs. J. Dudley of West Graham was taken to Bluefield sanitarium for an operation. Mrs. C. W. Pierce hosted the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club on Virginia Avenue with full membership and guests. Miss Mary Richardson visited Mr. and Mrs. Price Carter before returning to River, Va. A new town charter taken to Richmond by K. C. Patty is expected to pass as a local bill. Dr. J. W. Witten handles the charter in the House and Senator S. J. Thompson in the Senate.
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J.¥. Dudley
West Graham
Bluefield
Dudley
C. W. Pierce
Virginia Avenue
Mary Richardson
Price Carter
River, Va
Richmond
K. C. Patty
General Assembly
J. W. Witten
House
8. J. Thompson
Senate
Uncle George Burnett 90 Busy Mountaineer Of Cedar Cluff
Uncle George Burnett, 90, of Cedar Cluff, a well known mountaineer, is active this winter. He chops firewood from the mountains and tends to chores, enjoying fresh air, pure water, wholesome food, and good health as he nears his birthday in May.
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Tazewell County
George Burnett
Burnett
George
Uncle George
Sassafras Tea Boosts Health Warned By Local Forager
J. T. Keister of Brown Avenue urges daily sassafras tea to stave off spring fever. He was out yesterday with basket and axe gathering sassafras, saying this season yields the best tea from the plant.
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J. T. Keister
Brown Avenue
Keister
Miss Nannie Crockett Returns After Toy Wagon Incident
Miss Nannie Crockett, injured weeks ago when a boy on a toy wagon struck her, has returned from the Blue...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Crockett
Geome
Worcester DA Chas B. Rugg named assistant US attorney general
President Hoover selects Chas B. Rugg district attorney of Worcester county Massachusetts for the post of assistant United States attorney general. He will oversee all government civil cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. B. Rugg
Worcester County
Massachusetts
Hoover
United States
Sanitarium patient suffers ankle cut infection
A patient at the sanitarium sustained a small ankle cut from a sharp wagon bed edge. The wound became infected and caused noticeable discomfort for a period, with the incident believed to have occurred during treatment.
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Field Sanitarium
Mine strike in Monndeville turns to watchful waiting
In Monndeville West Virginia on February 5 workers at Glendale Gas Coal two mines strike over wage cuts. The 600 miners maintain picket lines daily with no disorder observed by state police Sergeant A M Long.
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Monndeville
W. Va
Glendale Gas Coal Company
Sargeant A. M. Long
Condemned Man Leaves Prison for Resentence
George Saunders the condemned killer due for return to Logan County for a new execution date will be the first inmate under death sentence to leave the state penitentiary. He was sentenced to hang October 30 1928 for killing Dennis Smith at Lundale, but that date passed during an appeal to the supreme court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundaville
W. Va
George Saunders
Logan County
Logan Court
Saunders
Dennis Smith
Lundale
Supreme Court
Garment Workers Plan Albany Delegation Amid Strike
The ILGWU general strike committee voted to send a delegation to Albany on Friday in response to Governor Roosevelt's invitation for talks with employers and union leaders. About 25,000 of New York's 85,000 garment workers are affected by the strike as three employers' associations agreed to attend the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Ladies’ Garment Workers” Union
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Quiet second day ends without violence as picket arrest
Ended its second day quietly with no violence. One picket was arrested, marking a single enforcement action amid the ongoing demonstrations.
Miss Bushman Engagement Reported in Hollywood Hearts
Los Angeles announces the engagement of Leonore Bushman daughter of actor Francie X Bushman to Dean Markham a Hollywood book seller. The couple has not set a wedding date and Miss Bushman remains a rising figure in the film set.
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Miss Bushman
Los Angeles
Leonore Bushman
Francie X. Bushman
Dean Markham
Hollywood
Calif
Swiftest Easiest Way to End Bilious Spell
Neglecting early signs of constipation leads to biliousness and fatigue. A Cascaret candy at night is said to quickly stimulate bowel movement and restore regular action. The product is advertised as made from cascara and sold in drug stores for 10e.
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Prison League
PEN
Pista
Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept
Atlanta
Constance Bennett
Edmund Lowe
Pathe
Colonial Theatre Today
Southern Pipe Lines
Nash Motors
Bluefold
Virginia News
Kyle
Tll
Bill
Saab
Pape
S.S
S.S.S
Miss Crockett
Garment Workers
Lord Tennson
The
American Tobacco Co
Mfrs
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