Bank closings yield $48,159 in western Virginia suits
In U S district court a dozen cases arising from closing First National Bank of Anawalt and Gary National Bank ended with ten judgments totaling $48,159.09 for Jack L. Bennett receiver. Defendants include Edward O Tool e Jr and John W Blakely among others, with several cases alleging double indemnity against stockholders. A separate dispute over Zelpha Lambert versus Mutual Life Insurance was settled.
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United States District Court
First National Bank of
Anawalt
McDowell County
Gary National Bank
Gary
W. Va
Edward O'Toole Jr
Jack L. Bennett
Seoke
John W. Blakely
Ward O'Toole Jr
Helen M. O'Toole
T. H E. Woods
L. E B. Woods
Neel
Edward O'Toole
Halen M. O'Toole
R. H. Powell
O'Toole
Basement prowler captured in Virginia town
A 28 year old man Hubert Griffith from Russell county Virginia was arrested by Patrolman Roy Bond after being caught in a basement by Arthur Chambers head of Bluefeld Transfer company. He is charged with house breaking and possession of silverware identified as taken from a store. Griffith will be given a hearing today in the magistrate's court.
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Hubert Griffith
Russell County
Virginia
Roy Bond
Arthur Chambers
Bluefeld Transfer Company
Chambers
Storaxa
Pie
Griffith
Megiatrate
Kump and Group to Meet Wednesday in Charleston
Governor Kump and the legislative efficiency and economy committee will confer with Dr. Bly and associates who went to Washington seeking data for a legislative program. Dr. Sly of West Virginia University cooperates to assemble tax and policy data including how to enforce the levy limitation amendment and estimated yields under special taxes.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Legislative Efficiency and Economy Committee
John F. Bly
Washington
Sly
Bureau of Government Research
West Virginia University
Kidnappers Free Captive Wife of University Dean
A dramatic city incident ends with the recovery of the dean’s wife after she was abducted by a kidnapper who forced her into a black sedan and drove toward a hospital. A note left at the scene contained pasted words from a university bulletin and mixed red and black typing. The couple’s son alerted authorities, and police are pursuing leads from the ransom note and witness accounts.
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Muriara
Clara Phillins
Alberta Meadows
Ttia
Mra. Skeele
S Tin
Franklin
Vollca
Bae
U.S. G. Music College
Republicans reorganize after election in New York City
Curtis 10 head Republican unit ready at eastern headquarters in New York City. The move marks the first rebuilding step since the election. A general reorganization is anticipated after March 4. Ouster efforts target Everett Sanders as national chairman. Hoover’s role in party direction remains a fundamental question to be settled. The machine agitators show strength, but future control and renomination in 1936 remain to be seen.
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Ready
Estern
New York City
Atep
Everett Sanders
National Committee
Hoover
Agite
Convicted Riding Master Gets Bail
White Plains reports Supreme Court Justice Joseph Morschanger granted bail for Sydney Homewood, convicted of seducing Charlotte Gibaon under promise of marriage. Homewood, fined 500 dollars and sentenced 1.5 to 3 years, may be released on 15,000 dollar bail pending motion for a new trial. meanwhile Rockland riding master linked to a birth that died days after. General Motors declares a quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share on common stock.
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White Plains
Supreme Court
Joseph Morschanger
Sydney Homewood
Charlotte Gibaon
Morschanser
Sprigcter
Homewood
Rockland County
Migs Gibson
Former resident dies in Richmond
Willam J. Maya, 63, a former wreck car master and locomotive engineer born in Paint Bank, Tenn, died at his Richmond home after progressive paralysis likely linked to a railroad wreck twenty years earlier. Survived by widow Minnie Marcus Maya and children Mrs Harry W Ball, Mrs Madeline Wilson, Clarence, Woodrow, Vincent Maya. services at Grace Methodist Church at 2:30 pm, burial Maple Park cemetery, with Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers in charge.
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Richmond
Willam J. Maya
Bluefield
Mra
Harry W. Bell
Mr. Mays
Grace Methodist Church
Teey
J. R. Brown
Maple Park Cemetery
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Paint Bank
Tenn
Maya
Mays
Minnie Marcus
Bland
Harry ‘W. Ball
Blughold
Madeline ‘Wijson
Clarence
Woodrow
Vincent Maya
Henry B. Maya
J.C. Morrissette
Dave Morrissette
G.C. Dunn
Judge Allen Dies at Home in Salem Virginia
Judge L B Allen aged 84 died at 6 30 Monday evening at his Salem Va home from age related infirmities and a series of strokes. Survived by widow and children Mrs Henry Kendrick Mrs L B Payne Bluefield,Noyman Allen Rag noke Mrs B L Wright Norfolk Va and Seward Allen Salem Va. Laynie Allen left for Salem to arrange funeral. services to be held. Rites held Sunday for Ralph Curtis Shields at 2 30 pm at the Shields home on Princeton road with Rev L C Douthat officiating. interment in family cemetery nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. B. L. Wright
Norfolk
Seward Allen
Satem
Laynie
Salem
Rav. L
Narrows
Tierment
Tha Day
Hale
Giles County
Prrior
Princeton
Haden B. Hale
F. W. Hale
Slaters
Josia Bruce
Busan Hale
Sieter
Corollake
Funeral for Mrs Charles McGhee Attended by Local Folk
Mrs M I Austin and Mrs McG Munsey returned from Bristol Tennessee where they attended the funeral of their aunt Mrs Charles McGhee who died suddenly last Thursday night. The deceased was a sister of Mrs Mary Rider and Mrs J T Kelater of Bluefield and Mrs Gratton Keister of Tonganorte Kansas.
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M. I. Austin
Mra. McG. Munsey
Bristol
Tenn
Charles McGhee
Mary Rider
J. T. Kelater
Bluefield
Gratton Keister
Tonganorte
Kansas
Hale Jr of Giles County Dies In Sudden Collapse
E F Hale Jr 58 well known Giles county farmer died suddenly at 11 am yesterday while feeding stock on his farm. He had battled heart disease for weeks but kept light farm duties. Hale collapsed at the railing of his home as neighbors rushed to aid.
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F. Hale Jr
Giles County
Mr. Hale
Strcken
Salts Made To Measure New Spring Line Coal Ads
A cluttered page item highlights commerce and notices from Bluefield area. It mentions a 5 cent streetcar ride, a royal arch convocation at Bluefield Chapter No. 20, and local business ads for coal delivery, optometry services, and cretonne patterns. Obituary notes reference Mr Hale of Narrows, with details on survivors and a recent death from an accidental laundry stove explosion.
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Royal Arch Masona
Bluefield
R. D. Payne
Dizte Clothing Company
Pocahontas
Suspended Senate aide testifies before committee
A suspended senator aide testified to a crowded judiciary committee room about grafts and lobbying in Congress. He cited a Nye statement and a former campaign funds inquiry, claiming some senators and lobbyists influence legislation. He admitted he lacked direct copies but relied on newspaper suggestions. A second item details a Honolulu theft where a man woke to find his shirt, $10, and a bed stolen by a prowler.
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Alfred
Congress
Congress 15
Barry
Nye
Caraway
Senate Lobby Committee
Sonator Davis
Pennsylvania
Daria
Watson
Indiana
Senate
Bankster
Glass
Glaes
Bis
Prowler
Furr Heads Southern West Virginia Scout Council
G L Furr of Bluefield elected president at the southern West Virginia Scout council annual meeting in Bluefield. Dr H W Hurt, national research director of the Boy Scouts of America, gave a banquet address urging creative recreation and youth education, with awards presented for high troop standards. The event highlighted strong council progress in 1983 amid adverse conditions and outlined plans for the twenty third anniversary program beginning tomorrow night.
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G. L. Furr
Bluefield
H. W. Hurt
Boy Scouts of America
Southern Wast Virginia Council
Farr
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Lions Club
Jennings W., Hobson
Christ Episcopal Church
Hurt
Norvin Orrom
Area Foot
Robert EB. Gregg
Hobeen
Misa Harriett French
Lefatire
Hart
Scout Orchestra
Clyde H. Reppert
Paul Thomas Jr
Dick Reppert
Edward Gregory
Ovrom
President Hoover
Welch
E. W. Cullen
Berwin
W. T. Blankenaup
Bartley
W. 8
Martin
Walch
Henry C. Barley
Devila Fork
Claire L. Cook
A. K. White
Busfield
Dr. v. EB. Nelson
R. R. Brooks
M. T. Harrington
Bland
Otia C
Brown
Millard Parsone
Business Xesaion
The
Raw
W. Hobson
Harry C. Weller
A. R. Kyle
Princeton
Laurence E. Tierney Jr
William C. Stearns
Halen
Dudley
Binogalss
T. O'S. Wilson
Bluefield-Bramwell
W. DB. Gamble
War
Big Creek
P. J. Carr
Hinton
Hinton-Alderson
William. C. Stearns
Helen
Wyoming
New Rubber Form Dinnerware Hits the Table
A new rubber based material called ploform makes unbreakable dinnerware. Plates bowls cups and saucers now produced in mottled opalescent colors. The ware is nonbreakable tasteless odorless and scratch resistant.
Prussian Official Urges Return of Monarchy
Berlin reports Friedrich von Winterfeld, vice president of the Prussian diat, urged restoration of the Hohenzollern monarchy at a Nationalist party meeting. He argued a president dies but a king endures, and nationalists seek a Prussian German Hohenzollern monarchy.
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Berlin
Friedrich von Winterfeld
Braun
Family Roused By Scream Of Sick Child In Fire
Ten people fled a burning East New Kensington home in near zero cold after a sick child cried out for water. Joan Clakowski, 44, and his wife and son barely escaped as flames swept through the house.
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Pittsburgh
East
New Kensington
Joan Clakowski
Explosion Destroys Home In Carnexia Business District
A blast in the rear of a shoe store operated by Joseph Malvarosa caused a fire that destroyed a dwelling and displaced six others in the Carnexia business district. Firemen estimated damages at 5 000 dollars, with police listing the incident as an explosion. No injuries reported. Walter Wilson’s six year old son was saved.
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Tle
Walter Wilson
Joseph Malvarosa
Wagner Bill Aims Broad Aid for Unemployed
Washington February 6 a senate banking subcommittee backed a wide expansion of federal aid for jobless relief. The plan adds 300 million to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation fund to aid states and allows the corp to fund construction projects from a 1.57 billion pool. Senator Wagner of New York said he would push for early committee and Senate action seeking enactment despite legislative hurdles. The measure would permit secured public loans deemed viable and in the public interest.
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Washington
Senate
Reconstruction Corporation
le Gigantia
Wagner
New York
Stolen Car Found Abandoned In Woods
A stolen automobile, taken from in front of Dr. J. E. Blaydes’s home on Parkway drive, was found Sunday afternoon abandoned in a wooded stretch off Memorial avenue. Dr. Blaydes, preparing to leave for Sumpter on a hunting trip, delayed his departure due to the theft and later continued with a different car.
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J. E. Blaydes
Parkway Drive
Memorial Avenue
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Curtis
General Motors
General Motors Corporation
William J. Mays
Judge Allen
E. F. Hale JR
City and
Comlfield
Henry Rodgin
Sera
Honolulu
Thomas Arcida
Arcida
Fe Peskore
Ze Earigs
King C
Furr Heads
Scout Council
Florida
Nowovithin
Twoluleetve Pee Gateceasi
Uhesal Steeviviteges
Reae
Tampa
Atlantic
Stuart
Interatate Commerce Commission
Tory Day
Henry Carter Stuart
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Norfolk and Western Railway
Icoloniau
Asylvia Sidney
Madame Butterfly
Cary Grant
Charlie Roggles
Gilbert Drug CO
Prescription Specialists
Rialto Theatre
Karl Sonts
Saihratte
J. F. Gilbert
J. Gilbert
Ferihixe
Cllaren Te
Jack Burke
Jolly
Bebe Jolly
Slim
Vermont
Turk McBee
Lynn Dunn
oyce-Chaffee
Chas. Fulcher’s
Columbia Remf
I Orbs Sones
Baxier
Walter Winchell
Mrs. J. Phillips
Mighty Wor Wurlitzer
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