Bluefield Reaches United Jewish Campaign Top in 20 Minutes
At a Hotel Matz dinner Samuel Turk led Bluefield to pledging the full $4,000 quota for the United Jewish Campaign in twenty minutes. L. Kaufman and Turk each pledged $750 to start the drive, with Rabbi Abraham Feinstein outlining Europe’s plight and American freedoms.
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Bluefield
United Jewish Campaign
United Jewish
Matz
Samuel Turk
Turk
L. Kaufman
Henry Rodgin
David A. Brown
Detroit
Rabbi Abraham Feinstein
Huntington
Feinstein
Europe
America
Charleston
Lisagor, Greenspon
Block
E. Greenspon
Bluefield Dedicates Memorial School to Fallen Service Members
Bluefield residents honored Beaver Pond district soldiers with a Sunday dedication of Memorial School under Bluefield Post 9 of the American Legion. A parade of veterans, bands, scouts, and citizens preceded brief ceremonies led by Herbert D May and chaplain Rev. C. G. Gunn.
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Bluefield
Beaver Pond
Raleigh Street
Memorial School
Legionnaires
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bluefield Howitzer Company
150Th Infantry
Boy Scouts of America
Patriotic Societies
Norfolk and Western Shop
Beaver High School
American Legion Municipal
Beaver
Herbert D May
American Legion
May
C. G. Gunn
Gunn
D. M. Easley
Board of Education
Easley
Kassey
D of Education
Bluefield No. 9
America
H. I. Shott
Wellson Koontz
Williamson
Bluefield to Get Shirt Factory Led by Ramage Team
C. C. Ramage to open a work shirt factory in Bluefield with Mrs. Ramage as forelady and secretary. A carload of machinery arrives this week, aiming for first production before July 1. The plant will start with 35 to 50 workers and could grow to 80 to 100 as local labor scales up.
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Bluefield
Ramage
Ramace Manufacturing Company
Brookenville
Chamber of Commerce
George Dunglinson
K. A. F. Kingdon
8. J. Sublette
Sanitary Sewage Probes In Wheeling Area
Charleston W Va May 31 unsanitary sewerage conditions along Wheeling Creek in Wheeling suburbs will be investigated by the state engineering department and state health department. The chlorination system at Moundsville and water supply checks at Bethany and the Ben filtration plant will be investigated. The health department approves Huntington sewerage plan. Whiteville and Jerrold's Valley in Boone county to be surveyed this week.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling Creek
Wheeling
S Tisdale
Moundsville
Bethany
Ben
State Department of Health
Huntington
State Engineering Department
White Ville
Jerrold’s Valley
Boone County
American dead range honored in France ceremonies
Paris on May 31 marked a tribute to American doughboys buried at Suresnes and other French sites. Mothers and sisters laid simple posies alongside official wreaths as French schoolchildren sang the Star Spangled Banner. Ambassadors Myron Herrick and Benjamin Connor spoke after General Nollet, with Marines and guards firing volleys and flags decorating 1500 graves.
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Paris
Epick
le Suresenes
Unt Valeran
France
la France
General Council
Seine Department
Nollet
Suresnes
Pittsburg
Fa 8
American Legion
Chateau Thierr
Belleau Wood
Myron T. Herrick
Benjamin H. Connor
American Chamber of Commerce
Belleauwood
Bony
Seringes
Thiau Court
Romagne
Waeraghem
Belgium
Roger Welles
U. S
Belleau
John Bond
Wm. Avnilston
Waereghem
Catholic Alumnae convene in West Virginia session
In Clarksburg West Virginia the annual convention of the state chapter of the International Federation of Catholic Alumnae opened a two day session. A business session followed by a banquet and an afternoon automobile ride and luncheon are on the schedule for visiting delegates.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia
International Federation of Catholic Alumnae
Mullins Denies Wills Match Knowledge
Cleveland May 31 Paddy Mullins manager of Larry Wils denied knowledge of Wills being matched to box Jack Sharkey at Providence this summer. Mullins says he is bound by contract with Tex Rickard not to negotiate for any bouts until Wills meets Dempsey.
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Cleveland
Paddy Mullins
Larry Wils
Jack Dempsey
Wills
Jack Sharkey
Providence
Mullins
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Louisville women clash as convention debates empire of power
At Atlantic City the Louisville insurgents face a floor hearing as they seek to rescind new federation policies aimed at centralizing authority in the executive committee. Debate covers charter changes, paid Washington secretary, and a Volstead pledge as Mrs. Dawes and others urge moderation.
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Atlantic City
Louisville
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
John D. Sherman
General Board
Federation
Rufus Dawes
Evans
Lil
Congress
Thomas G. Winter
Minneapolis
Minn
Percy V. Pennypacker
Austin
Texas
Washington
West Virginia road contractors elect Reed president
K E Reed of South Charleston was named president of the West Virginia contractors association at the Ho tel Ruffner banquet. Governor Gore spoke on future road building and the legislature’s role. Seventy five attendees heard that the group may widen its membership under a new name.
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Charleston
W. Va
K. E. Reed
South Charleston
West Virginia Contractors’ Association
Associated West Virginia Highway Contractors
Ruffner
J. J. Buttershill
Huntington
M. H. Hatfield
EB. L. Cavin
W. A. McCluskey
Wheeling
Wayne F. Allen
Clarksburg
Howard M. Gore
P. J. Walsh
Goolidge Honors Memory Heroic Dead of America
President Coolidge paid tribute to America’s war dead at Arlington and urged a peace approach built on common sense. He spoke of Geneva armament talks and debt settlements, saying the League of Nations can provide political guarantees America does not require.
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Washington
America
Cooldge
Arlington National Cemetery
Coolidee
Geneva
Europe
League of Nations
World Court
Ward
United States
Arlington
Willis
Ohio
Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden
Navy
Sylph
Secretary of the Navy
E. Eberle
Naval Operations
Neco
Chicago Gunmen Show Memorial Day Violence in City
Memorial Day in Chicago saw two bootblacks killed and a third wounded as gunmen opened fire on their car after a short alley encounter. A nearby patrolman fired from his home window, saying he believed he wounded one attacker. Police probe links to labor disputes amid a broader spate of gang robberies and arrests.
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Slayers
Chicago
Andrew George
Constantine Seveles
Seveles
William McSwiggin Killin
McSwiggin
John Ryan
Moran
Joliet Penitentiary
Cook County Grand Jury
Martin J. Durkin
Edwin Shanahan
Durkin
Two Girls Die in Ohio Grade Crossing Train Crash
Two girls Leona and Olive Morgan were killed when their car was hit by a Hocking Valley train about three miles from Gallipolis Ohio. Walter Baker Miss Morgan's brother was severely bruised and perhaps internally injured. The Makers lived near Coalgrove Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Leona Her
Olive Morgan
Walter Baker
Miss Baker
Hocking Valley
Coalgrove
Miss Morgan
Body search continues for McPherson in Santa Monica
Bewildered followers of Aimee Semple McPherson, missing evangelist, scour the Santa Monica Beach area for her body after a May 18 drowning claim. Investigators widen the probe with second questioning of Kenneth Ormiston while rumors swirl about the evangelist being alive. Ormiston travels between California towns. his wife plans divorce proceedings from abroad.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Aimee Semple McPherson
Santa Monica Beach
Emma Schaeffer
Ormiston
Australia
McPherson
F. A. Peters
Sidney
Body of stunt aviator recovered from river
In Dennison Ohio on May 31 the body of Billy Woods a thirty year old stunt airplane performer was recovered after he drowned when he fell into the Tuscarawas river following a parachute drop yesterday Coroner J F Lewis said an investigation would be held tomorrow and Woods mother who had been notified of the tragedy was introduced to the press.
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Dennison
Ohio
Billy Woods
Tuscarawas
J. F. Lewis
Woods
Pilsudski Named Police President Declines Post in Poland
Warsaw reports Marshal Joseph Pilsudski was chosen by the national assembly as Polish president but declined due to constitutional limits. Acting President Rataj calls a new election for tomorrow morning amid fears of a coup and a polarized political scene with candidates Moscick Daszinski Bobrzyski and party lines shaping the vote.
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Warsaw
Joseph Pilsudski
National Assembly
Senate
Diet
Rataj
Pilsudski
Zdziechowski
Vilna Iniversiity
Ignatz Moncicki
Lemberg University
Redeemer Square
Moscick
Ignaz Daszinski
Socialist Republic
Peasant
Piast
M. Witos
Wheeler Denies League Paid Congressmen for Bills
Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, denies any payments to congressmen for introducing or promoting bills. He says legislators may receive expenses or honoraria from groups that arrange speeches, and argues such support should not bar public officials from service. The stance follows charges by Rep. Tinkham and others about league expenditures and influence, with calls for investigations.
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Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Marshal
Republican
Massachusetts
Representative Champion
Michigan
Congress
Berah
Baltimore
Senate Judiciary Committee
Pennsylvania
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Bluefield Post
The
C. C. Ramage
Louisville Rees
General Federation Women’s Clubs
Heroic Dead OF
Shoe Shining Parlor
Annie Semple McPherson
Pilsudgk
Tinkham
National League
United Committee For Prohibition Enforcement
Clinton D. Howard
Rochester
N. Y
William B. Wilson
Represen
Tative Vare
Wilson
Vare
Smith
New York
William 8. Vare
United States Senate
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