Mass Prayer Meet Planned at Westminster Presby Church
A mass prayer meeting is set for 7 45 PM Wednesday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in South Bluefield with churches preparing for the summer Bible school. Dr Graham Age of Lynchburg Va will speak reflecting his wide experience in summer religious activity. The Vermont church in Lynch has used this summer Bible for 11 years and opens next Monday at 9 AM for children ages 5 to 13 to enroll. A strong attendance is expected for tonight's Westminster meeting with the public invited.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Churches of South
Ex Princeton man courts wealth with Philippines mining empire
Roy Tuggle uses an amphibian plane for mining transport and charters. he owns stock in over a thousand Manila exchange corporations and controls a 500000 peso fund for gold market manipulation. He employs 4000 to 5000 laborers and pays pesos 50 to 85 cents daily. He sold two and a half tons of ore for $53,000 a ton to a major American concern.
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Japan
United States
Manila Exchange
Tuggle
Princeton
Roy Tuggle
Tuggle Eyes Brazil Mining Venture and Philippine Future
The report notes Mr. Tuggle investing in Brazil mining agents and aiming to control related property. It also warns that U S actions in the Philippines in 1946 could lead to unforeseen developments, with Tuggle preparing for any outcome near a large volcano and a lake linked to Richard Halliburton.
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Richard Halliburton
Spain asks U S to show position on conflict
The United States was urged to declare a course as Spain seeks neutrality. President Roosevelt faces pressure over how far to apply neutrality laws to all belligerents in the European hostilities. Secretary Hull cut short vacation to review the crisis with aides Sumner Welles Green Hackworth and John Hickerson amid limited official comment.
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America
Roosevelt
Hull
Secretary of State
Virginia
Washington
Sumner Welles
Green Hackworth
State Department
John Hickerson
Department
Ocean hop flights planned between England and New York
Pan American Airways officials confirmed survey flights over the Atlantic to begin soon but no exact date set. Imperial Airways said first England to New York hops would start June 24 from St Johns Newfoundland, with Trans Ocean Hops as a permanent base for the ocean craft.
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New York
Pan American Airways
Atlantic Ocean
Imperial Airways
St. Johns
Newfoundland
England
A C Godfrey Claimed by Death at 92 in Bramwell
Augustus C. Godfrey 92 a Mercer county resident died at home near Bramwell after a lingering illness. A Civil War veteran his survivors include two of seven children James Godfrey of Bluefield and Mrs D Gibson of Kiraball plus fourteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren. He was once Bramwell police chief and Norfolk and Western maintenance foreman. Funeral arrangements set with a military funeral by American Legion posts Poca hontas and Bramwell.
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Augustus C. Godfrey
Mercer County
Bramwell
Mr. Godfrey
Wyoming County
34Th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
James Godfrey
Bluefield
D. Gibson
Kiraball
Cynthia Tabor
Cynthia Turner
Godfrey
Norfolk and Western
Neeee Eeee
R. W. Gilmer
Nisewander
Davis
Pocahontas
American Legion
Dr. Newbold
Edward Cooper, Jr
C. E. Cumby
R. L. Parsons
J. 8. Thornton
Beery Stokes
Lutrell
W. O. Tiller
Ee Elliott
J. Bryant
R. T. Adams
D. L. Harris
Five Die in Strike Riots as Violence Spreads
The Chicago to Buffalo steel strike frontier hardened with fresh clashes near Republic Steel in Warren Ohio leaving several wounded. Militia observers and air deliveries continued as gunfire echoed along the front and five men were reported dead in recent clashes.
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Associated Press
Youngstown
Chicago
Buffalo Steel
Republic
Warren
Republic Steel
Buffalo
Orders Given to Fire on Vessels
Continued report notes that naval warships are to ward off any approach from Red Spanish forces while German officials deny war with Valencia. Commanders were told to shoot only if attacked as Spain’s civil war tensions intensify.
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Ognize
Father of Bluefield Woman Dies in Roanoke
James C. Blankenship 50, father of Mrs. Drusilla Cundiff of Bluefield, died Saturday at his Roanoke home. Funeral services were held at Waverly Place Baptist Church with burial in local cemetery. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, four sisters, and two brothers.
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James C. Blankenship
Drusilla Cundiff
Bluefield
Roanoke
Germany and Italy End Neutrality Moves Over Spanish Skirmish
Germany ordered its fleet into Spanish waters and vowed to shoot on sight at Spanish warships or aircraft after a Spanish government attack. Italy demanded satisfaction for an assault on the Barletta off Palma and threatened action if attacked. Catalan authorities blamed an Italian submarine for a deadly strike on Cuidad Barcelona with fifty dead. Foreign Secretary Eden eyed as chief negotiator among Germany Spain and others.
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Ibiza
Valencia-Madrid
Italy
Dino Grandi
Neutrality Committee
Mussolini
Barletta
Palma
Tol
Barcelona
Germany
Eden
Spain
Bluefield College awards merit scholarship to Merrill Stewart
The college names Merrill Stewart of Aitman New Jersey the recipient of the annual Bluefield college scholarship worth 150 dollars. He is the student body president this session while Miss Ellen White French holds the top yearly average at 94.22. The previous record holder was Miss Geraldine Ashworth with 92.13.
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Ellen White French
Geraldine Ashworth
Bluefield College
Merill Stewart
Aitman
N. J
N. J. Mr. Stewart
Coleman Passes in Welch After Long Railway Service
W and Coleman, 57, of Saeger, formerly a car inspector with the Norfolk and Western Railway for 24 years, died in a Welch hospital. His home was Iaeger and the body will go to Gilbert for interment. He was a Kentucky native, survived by his wife, three children Alma Clara Cosbia, one brother Joseph Coleman of Georgia, and Mrs Laura Maynard of Williamson.
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H. Coleman
Alma
Clara
Cosbia
Joseph Coleman
Georgia
Laura Maynard
Williamson
Beaver HI Finals Tonight Highlight Beavers Graduation
The Beaver high school class of 163 heard a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. W. P. Eastwood at Ramsey school auditorium. Dr. Edwin C. Wade of Bluefield College will give the main address at 8 p.m. and prizes, diplomas, and three scholarships will be awarded by local officials and Beaver High School administrator C. W. Jackson.
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Dr. Eastwood
Beaver High School
W. P. Eastwood
Bland Street Methodist Church
Ramsey School
C. E. Lundy
Bluefield
Edwin C. Wade
Bluefield College
Beaver Pond
Do. V. Foland
Mercer County Board of Education
A. J. Cole
C. W. Jackson
Beaver
West Virginia University
Nashville, Tennessee
Eddie Phelps
Germans Approve Safety Zoning Plan Amid Spanish Tensions
French officials discussed safety zones to curb Spanish incident flare ups and restore London non intervention. Agreement among neutral powers and the two Spanish sides would guard foreign ships in Spanish waters and spare the pocket battleship Deutschland from further attacks.
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Italy
Germany
Tazewell Liquor Votes canvassed totals
The canvass from Tazewell shows for beer and wine sale 654 yes and 1 677 no. For sale of other alcoholic beverages 692 yes and 1 631 no. Bluefield Virginia results show for sale of beer yet 423 yes. For other alcoholic beverages 337 yes and 412 no.
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Tazewell Liquor
Bluefiel
Haemen Respond to Seven Alarms
City firemen answered seven calls from 1:00 a.m. yesterday to 8:00 p.m. with three causing damage. The worst blaze at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George McCulloch on Memorial Avenue caused about 600 dollars in damage after tar boiled on a laundry stove and ignited the basement. Other incidents included a car fire on Plymouth owned by Willie R. Crowell with no damage, a false alarm at Central Station, and fires on Oakhurst addition and Mulberry Street as well as a kerosene flare up by Otis Lyles and a demonstration car fire at Matticks Ford dealership.
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George McCulloch
Memorial Avenue
Methodist Bluefield District Conference Opens Tonight
The annual Bluefield district conference begins tonight at the Northfork Methodist church. Rev Clyde E Lundy will preside in Bishop W N Jainsworth's absence, with opening sermon by L C Sanders. Sessions run through Thursday.
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Methodist
Bluefield
Northfork Methodist Church
L. C. Sanders
W. N. Jainsworth
Macon
Clyde E. Lundy
Shirley Janett Peters Dies at Sanatorium
Shirley Janett Peters ten month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Peters of Bramwell Road died at Bluefield sanatorium where she was admitted in critical condition after falling ill yesterday. The child passed away at 10 o clock last night as reported by local authorities.
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Shirley Janett
Eugene Peters
Bramwell Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Funeral Service at Grove Church in Field Virginia
The Grove church service at two thirty led by the Rev Dan Gillespie of Field Virginia with aid from the Rev Mr Wright of Montcalm. Burial planned at Peters near Pine Grove church.
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the Grove Church
Tee
Dan Gillespie
Field
Mr. Wright
Montcalm
Peters
Pine Grove Church
Farms in 1935 Show 1 057 Acres Total Average 155.3
According to 1935 figures the nation records a total of 1 057 acres on American farms with an average of 155.3 acres per farm.
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South Bluefield
Westminster
U. S
Fitchen
Ahset Ila
Harman Electric CO
Princeton, W. VA
A.C. Godfrey
Oniste
Roy S. Thompson, Jr
Sigma Theta
Edna Pearl Harmon
James Kahle, Jr
Bluefield, W. Va
W. &. Coleman
Welch
Gilbert
Beaver HI
General Electric
W.H. Harry & CO
Princeton Ave
Haemen
McCulloch
Methodists
Shirley Janett Peters
Sigs IE
Lowman Music Co
Raleigh St
W. VA
the Music Box
Welch, W. Va
Star Plan
Kelvinator
South Bland ST
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