Zoning and planning push gains in Bluefield vote plan
Favorable remarks come from city officials and planning commission member R I Develin as Bluefield advances a proposed municipal planning and zoning ordinance. The measure, to be voted July 5 with city board elections, would empower a planning and zoning commission to organize and guide orderly development and public improvements for the city.
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R. I. Develin
City Planning Commission
Bluefield
Planning and Zoning Commissions
City planning and zoning commission urged for orderly growth
Officials outline the four core planning acts covering organization and powers, maps, subdivisions and building controls. Election set for July 5 to decide adoption, urging public cooperation for a fair and efficient future governance. Hollywood, June 1. Two robbers robbed Zeppo Marx apartment of diamonds worth 30000 dollars, bound a guest and a maid, and imprisoned the couple before escaping.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
Hollywood
Calif
Zeppo Marx
Fort Dearborn Reproduction Tour Highlights 1933 Site
Narrative recalls the 1812 massacre served as a stark reminder of American sacrifice while guiding visitors through a faithful 1933 reproduction of Old Fort Dearborn. The article details log palisades, blockhouses, parade ground, officer quarters, powder magazine, and a seventy foot flagpole, linking past and present.
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Fort Dearborn
Chicago
Shawano
Wisconsin
Potatoes Move to Western Markets
Southern farmers harvest their spring crop of new potatoes as the Norfolk and Western railway ships many cars daily. Bluefield handles numerous carloads through the city en route to western markets, with more than forty cars passing yesterday and one freight run split into two sections to meet demand.
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Southern
Norfolk and Western Railway
Yestern
Bluefield
Western
County Manager Form of Government Sought
Petitions are circulating in Roanoke County to order a referendum on adopting the county manager form of government. The move asks the Roanoke County Circuit Court to set a date for the vote as soon as allowed by the General Assembly act, with full county government powers to take effect upon approval in an election.
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Roanoke County
General Assembly
Wheeler named postmaster at Mount Alto West Virginia
Washington June 1 Post master General Farley appoints George F Wheeler postmaster at Mount Alto Jackson county West Virginia succeeding Gordy O Castro who resigned The civil service commission asked to hold an examination for Ameagie West Virginia postmaster and postal inspectors directed to investigate applicants for Tabler West Virginia postmastership
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Washington
Farley
George F. Wheeler
Mount Alto
Jackson County
W. Va
Gordy O. Castro
Civil Service Commission
Ameagie
Tabler
Steel and Labor Clash Over Industry Bill
Lamont argues the steel industry favors an open shop and direct talks with its employees while opposing outside labor groups. John L. Lewis counters that no open shop exists and any union access is denied. The dispute centers on how negotiations should be conducted and the bill’s intent.
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Lamont
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Organized Labor
Lewis
Secret Service
The
Steel Corporatione
Dress Materials and Plants Plus Bluefield Events
86 inch dress material rayon and silk prints on sale today up to 65c most 19c at Fretwell's Bland St. Also transplanted plants 10c and 15c per dozen delivered in Bluefield W Va C O D mail orders by Broyles Greenhouses 110 North St. Phone 1087. Then a combination dance at Lookout House Friday night June 2 from 9 to 2 top East River mountain admission 50 cents. Bluefield Com mandery No 19 regular conclave at 7:30 with officers elected. big turnout expected from Princeton Athens and coalfields.
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S. Bland St
Bluefield
W. Va
Broyles Greenhouses
North Street
Lookout House
Knizhis Templar
Bluefield Commandery No
Princeton
Athens
M. F. Thompson
Labor Row Sparks Immediate Dismissals
A discussion on joining unions led to immediate discharge of workers. The speaker urged keeping current labor clauses, warning steel and other interests would "emasculate" them if amended.
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Tione
County Official Killed in West Virginia Gunfight
Charles Lively fifty five year old former Raleigh county court president was killed in a shooting at a Glen White gasoline station. Edward Cole forty, a station operator, was wounded and told police he shot Lively after Lively wounded him during a quarrel over quarters in the rear of the station.
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Beckley
W. Va
Charles Lively
Glen White
Raleigh County Court
Edward Cole
Cole
Lively
Bank Robbery 19 Added 10 Crimes of Hunted Felons
Inspector Will T. Griffin organized a guard at the Arkansas approach to the Harahan bridge over the Mississippi tonight to stop three convicts from crossing. Reports said the men, traveling toward Memphis from the Ozark mountains in a stolen car, were the last in a series of calls from Jonesboro Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Harahan
Mississippi River
State Penitentiary
Will T. Griffin
Memphis
Ozark Mountains
Jonesboro
Ark
Park Street Home Damaged by Blaze
Fire destroyed part of a Park Street dwelling owned by James Hill and occupied by William Douglas. Neighbors found the blaze as firemen were notified after the family was away. Damage estimated at 800 to the house plus 350 to the structure and 50 for furnishings.
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William Douglas
Park Street
Douglas
R. O. Carter
James Hill
Five shot wounds but victim survives
Vernon Moore, 25, of Melcher Street, hospitalized at Providence after being wounded five times at Kingslow drug store on Bland Street. Henry Hart, 25, colored school teacher, charged with the wounding and sought as a fugitive, reportedly accompanied Hart on a police stop before the shooting. Hart claims the trouble began over a girl. Moore was shot with a 25 caliber pistol with wounds to back chest shoulder and legs.
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Vernon Moore
Melcher Street
Providence Hospital
Moore
Henry Hart
Hart
Kingslow
Bland Street
C. N. Wilson
Wilson Street
Law and Commerce
Federal Street
Wilson
Federal study urged on Youngstown girls under 18 work
Police Prosecutor William B. Spagnola sent a telegram to Secretary Perkins requesting a federal investigator be sent to Youngstown to study conditions of working girls under 18. He called those conditions atrocious and said he had evidence to present.
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Youngstown
Secretary of Labor
Frances Perkins
William B. Spagnola
Spagnola
State road mileage increased seven times in WV
West Virginia's state highway mileage was increased seven times as the state road commission announced that about 31,000 miles of roadway would move from county and district control to the state. The change, approved by the administrations secondary road system, shifts oversight to the state.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Secret of Youthful Skin in Lux Soap Ad
A science backed Lux Toilet Soap ad explains skin loses elements that keep youthfulness. It claims Lux contains these precious elements, is gentle, soluble, and helps maintain a youthful, attractive complexion for women.
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Lux
Hollywood
Mise Belle Dawson
Washington, D.C
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