Forty Reasons Campaign Highlights Bluefield Best City Claim
Publicity chairman outlines a Community Chest push with Bluefield's Sixty Best Service Men coordinating solicitation. Leaders emphasize cooperation, avoiding duplicate welfare work, and building a city where every citizen contributes to lessen need and raise citizenship standards. Luncheon followed by YWCA volunteers.
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Bluefield
Chamber of Commerce
T. O'S. Wilson
Central Campaign Committee
Harry Greenspon
Serlace Ues
Bremanity
The
Present Cold Spell To Last Through Week
The weather bureau forecast a continued cold spell east of the Mississippi through Saturday with sub normal temperatures across much of the United States and southern Canada. Temperatures fell in the southern and Atlantic states while Missouri valley and plains areas saw a slight rebound. East of the Mississippi fair conditions are expected for the rest of the week with possible snow in the lower Lake region and rain in Tennessee and the Atlantic and east gulf states Saturday. Storm warnings remain along the Atlantic coast from Delaware Breakwater to Nantucket.
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Washington
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
United States
Canada
Atlantic States
Missouri Valley
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Lower Lake Region
Tennessee
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Atlantic
Delaware
Nantucket
Mass
Injunction Sought Over One Man Car Rule in Clarksburg
In Clarksburg West Virginia on February 15 counsel for Monongahela Power and Railway Co asked circuit court for an injunction to stop enforcement of a city ordinance banning one man cars. Judge Haymond Maxwell set hearing for Monday at 1 30. The ordinance took effect at noon but both sides agreed the city will not enforce it during the injunction process.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Monongahela Power and Railway Co
Traction Company
Haymond Maxwell
Poles Begin Taking Possession of Neutral Zone
Vilna February 15. Polish authorities have begun to take possession of the neutral zone allotted to Poland. Polish frontier guards clashed with Lithuanian francs tireurs near Puskarnia with shooting wounding one officer and two soldiers. Polish guards occupied Puskarnia village. Lithuanian frontier guards blew up a bridge near Woitowo and destroyed railroad tracks near Orany.
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Associated Press
Vilna
Poland
Puskarnia
Woitowo
Orany
Woman's eccentricities described by husband on murder trial
In New York on February 11, testimony described Mrs. Lillian Raizen's alleged mental disturbances as she faces murder charges in the death of Dr. Abraham Dilckstein. Her husband Charles Raizen and father Jonah Shaeffer testified about her suspicions, with interruptions as she became hysterical and fainted at times. Depositions show prior depatures to Florida and earlier suicide attempts tied to the physician's alleged wrongs.
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New York
Lillian Raizen
Abraham Dilckstein
Charles
Raizen
Jeco Shaeffer
New High Record in Rail Earnings
December railroad earnings neared a record with total operation revenues at 513.6 million dollars and a net income of 79.15 million, up from a year earlier. If sustained, the rate could yield about 5.15 percent annual return on transportation property, while car repair spending rose 25 percent to 116.81 million and the number of cars awaiting repairs fell by 10 277.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Government rights to sell auto in whiskey case debated
In Clarksburg West Virginia at federal court Judge Baker heard Chalmax Sales Co. contend the government cannot hold and sell an automobile used to transport whiskey until the owner is convicted. The government argues seizure and sale of the car and whiskey can proceed upon whiskey being found, regardless of conviction.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Wm. F. Baker
Chalmax Sales Co
Highland Park
Howard James
Chalmax
Harry O. Hueschen
United States District Attorney's Office
Embassy booze above the law sparks house clash
Secretary Mellon told the house judiciary committee he cannot supply Congress with details on intoxicants brought by foreign diplomats. Secretary Hughes cited Palmer rulings that foreign diplomats are immune from prohibition enforcement. Representative Cramton pressed for a vote on a resolution. Speaker Gillett blocked and the house sustained the ruling 165 to 127.
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Washington
Mellon
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Hughes
Palmer
Cramton
Republican
Michigan
Volstead
House
Gillett
Campbell
Congressional probe urged into Cronkhite retirement
Colonel Wise and Ashby Williams urge a congressional inquiry into Major General Adelbert Cronkhite eightieth division retirement. The move aims to block Brigadier General Anson Ely's confirmation while Cronkhite cites his fight for justice in his son Alexander Cronkhite's 1918 Camp Lewis death.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
Adelbert Cronkhite
France
Jennings G. Wise
Cronkhite
Senator Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Wise
Congress
Williams
Reed
Senator Glass
Virginia
General Cronkhite
Anson E. Ely
Army Service School
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
War Department
Hoover
Calder
Eightieth Division Association
Pittsburg
Memory Albert Bailin Fails Cross Examination
Albert Bailin alias Balanow testified for Frank P. Walsh in the Michigan communist case but could not supply key personal details. He revealed naturalization at Friendship Wisconsin on Sept 20 1920, a fact read into the record, amid rumors of possible revocation and deportation as an undesirable alien.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Albert Bailin
Balanow
Apy
Agent Provocateur
W. J. Burns
Department of Justice
O. L. Smith
Michigan
Frank P. Walsh
America
Smith
Mr. Smith
Burns Agency
Friendship
Adams County
Wisconsin
New Coal Baron Visits Pond Creek Holdings Today
A new coal baron has purchased properties in the Norfolk and Western fields and arrives at Williamson on No. 4 this morning to inspect Pond Creek holdings.
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Norfolk and Western Fields
Pond Creek
Williamson
Germans Block Rhine Canal By Sinking Barge
Essen and Duesseldorf reports say German workmen sank a barge to block the Rhine Herne canal halting fuel transport from the Ruhr. French occupation authorities claim daily trains of coal and coke moving to Belgium and France with thousands of rail workers in the area. Five French Belgian crews operate 25 steamships and daily passenger trains run Mayence to Duesseldorf as fuel traffic improves. General Fournier grants occupation forces power to seize provisions if shops refuse service.
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Associated Press
Essen
Rhine-Herne Canal
Ruhr
Duesseldorf
France
Belgium
Rhine
Strasbourg
Mayence
Fournier
Luther
Freckles in the Movies Meet Freckles with Screen Stars
Merrill Blosser the creator of Freckles and His Friends advances the strip by placing Freckles in movie land to meet popular screen stars. Readers can follow the series on the Daily Telegraph market page for updates and appearances.
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Merrill Blosser
Freckles
Daily Telegraph
Senate Agrees On Ten Minute Vote For British Debt Bill
The senate formally agreed to a ten minute limit per senator and a continuous session until the British debt funding bill is disposed of with a vote expected before adjournment tomorrow. Support from Robinson Glass Pomerene and Owen contrasted with Reed McKellar and Walsh who opposed the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Robinson
Arkansas
Smoot
Republcan
Utah
Glass
Virginia
Pomerene
Reed
Four Ships Lost In North Pacific Gale Off Pacific Northwest
Four vessels were lost in a North Pacific gale off the Washington and British Columbia coast. The Nika burned near Umatilla Reef, the Senat Rita wrecked on a rock ledge near Cloh-Oose, the Tuscan Price shattered near Estevan Point, and the motor ship Coolcha battered on a reef at Albert Head. No lives were reported lost, and the Tuscan Price crew reportedly survived after rescue by Coast Guard Outer Algouziin.
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The
Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
North Pacific Graveyard of Ships
Washington and British Columbia
Nika
Umatilla Reef
Cloh-Oose
Vancouver Island
B. C
Estevan Point
Nootka Sound
Coolcha
Albert Head
Victoria
Coast Guard
Algouziin
Charles Habig Executed in Electric Chair at Columbus
Charles Habig thirty of Cleveland and convicted slayer of Patrolman August Dyke was executed in the electric chair at the Ohio penitentiary early today. Dyke was killed when attempting to capture three robbers in Cleveland on February twenty, nineteen twenty one.
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Columbus
Charles Habig
Cleveland
August Dyke
Ohio Penitentiary
City bond issue misinterpreted over street repaving
Property owners are told the proposed city bond proceeds will not pay for Bland and Princeton avenues repaving. instead, those residents will bear the cost. Circulators of the report know the claim is false.
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Bland
Princeton Avenue
Can Labor Union Bind Members by Contract
An injunction suit filed in Cincinnati shows the International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union seeks to compel former member Clifford Meyer to stop working at a non union shop. The union cites a Taft Coronado decision and asks whether unions can bind members by contract not to accept non union employment.
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Cincinnati
International Stereotypers and Electrotypers Union
Clifford Meyer
Wm. H. Taft
Coronado
William Thorndyke
Eee
Meyer
Electroyers Union
Henry Ford to Visit Pond Creek Coal Properties
Wide interest grows as Henry Ford and party plan a visit to the Pond Creek coal properties sold to Ford interests for about 15 million dollars. Ford’s first tour of Mingo and Pike counties will see him arrive in Williamson on eastbound train No. 4 with his son, amid speculation on routes and visits to Lick Branch and Pocahontas fields.
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Henry Ford
Pond Creek
Ford
West Virginia
Mingo
Pike
Williamson
Ald
Norfolk and Western
Nho
Daily Telegraph
Williamson Kiwanis Club
Mr. Ford
Lick Branch
Pocahontas Field
Houston
Col. Houston
Associated Press
Col Houston
Harris bill amended to cover all agricultural products
Congressional action completed on the Harris bill amending the federal warehouse law to include all agricultural products and add safeguards against unlawful practices. The Senate accepted House amendments in passing the measure.
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Washington
Senate
House
President Harding Defines Stance on Madden Amendment to Ship Bill
President Harding has reiterated from Washington that he would veto the ship bill if any provision ties government aid to ship operators to annual congressional appropriations. A White House conference last night reviewed amendments aimed at making the measure acceptable to Republican senators who oppose the bill. They indicated no firm commitments, while Capper’s truth in fabric and Jones’s unfinished business motions loom as next Senate actions.
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Washington
Harding
Madden
We Administration
White House
Congress
House
Senate Commerce Committee
Jones
Senate
Good Roads Talk Praises Highway Plan Linking Bluefield
At the Williamson Chamber of Commerce meeting Dr. W R Rosenheim urged coordinated effort to complete the Tug River Highway linking Bluefield with Williamson Huntington and beyond. He cited miles of unimproved road in Wayne Mingo and Wyoming counties to be finished by 1923 24 and urged cooperation with the Virginia highway commission to push eastward links.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. T Thornton
J. T. Thornton
C. Kk. Taylor
Ray Evans
W. R. Rosenheim
Williamson Chamber of Commerce
Rosenheim
Bluefield
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
Mingo
Virginia
Ohio River
Mercer County
Tug River
Mingo County
Huntington
Wayne County
Wyoming Counties
Davy
Virginia Highway Commission
Williamson, Huntington, and
Bluefield Chambers of Commerce
United States
J. J. N. Davidson
Rocky Va
Giles
Bland
Bland Court
D. H. Thornton
Business Men's Club O
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Gen. Cronkhite
Albert Balin
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Miles
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Oklahoma
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North Pacific
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Harris
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