Virginians Win Inter Society Literary Contest at Bluefield College
The Virginians triumphed eight of eleven points in debate reading and declamation at Bluefield College against the John Marshall society. Margaret Jeter Lazenby and John Dillard led their groups in reading and declamation, with Edward Gregory named top debater. The Henry Rodgin trophy accompanies the victory, with judges Luther G. Scott Mrs J B Hatcher and Edward Hancock.
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Virginians
John Marehall Society
Bluefield College
Henry Rodgin
John Marshall Society
Margaret Jeter Lazenby
John Marshall Group
Christine Steele
John Dillard
Jerome Weinberg
Edward Gregory
Katherine Cook
Herman W. Hill
Luther G. Scott
J. B. Hatcher
Edward Hancock
Cincinnati Orchestra at Granada Today
The Granada theatre hosts the Cincinnati Cotton Club orchestra and entertainers today and tomorrow with concerts at 3, 5, and 9 30 p m. The group recently filled a dance engagement here and drew many couples.
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Granada Theatre
Cincinnati Cotton Club Orchestra
Giles American Legion to Hold Beauty Contest
Giles County post no 68 will stage a beauty pageant at Narrows high school on June 14 to crown Miss Giles County. The winner earns a loving cup and travel to Lynchburg for a statewide contest, then may advance to Miami in October for national honors run with the national Legion convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles County
American Legion
the Legion
Narrows High School
Lynchburg
Miami
Fla
National Convention of the American Legion
Tithing Campaign Opens at College Ave Church
The College Avenue Baptist Church begins its tithing period today with plans to report progress weekly from Sunday to Sunday. Officials urge members who do not tithe to give a generous offering today.
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College Ave
College Avenue Baptist Church
Richmond WRVA Manager Visits Bluefield on Way to Bishop
Walter R. Bishop, manager of radio WRVA in Richmond Virginia, traveled to Bluefield yesterday en route to Bishop Virginia to visit his brother Orin Bishop, manager of Pocahontas Fuel company’s store. The Richmond native spoke at the Dublin district Methodist church conference on temperance activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Bishop
WRVA
Richmond
Bluefield
Bishop, Va
Orin Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Floyd
Dublin
Methodist Church
Fairmont Man Taken For A Ride Believed Dead
Police say a Fairmont West Virginia man was found dead under a north hill viaduct and is believed to be the victim of a ride incident. No identifying marks were found on the body.
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Fairmont
Akron
North Hill
W. Va
Specials and notices from local ads and meetings
Classified style notices include CTY and COALFELD items in various colors and prices, a Monday open meeting for carpenters to discuss the building code, gardening ads and Flower Plants, an instruction course at Bluefield Business College, a correction for Pinto Beans pricing, and a weekly ad reminder for Sean Wassum briefs in the Sunset News and Daily Telegraph.
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Wassum
Daily Telegraph
Sean Wassum
Sunset News
Mail order liquor comes to Virginia counties and towns
Richmond Virginia June 2 mail order liquor will be available to Virginians starting Monday under a new ABC board plan. Residents in areas without state liquor dispensaries may order by mail from the central office with a 50 cent fee. Shipments by express and a uniform rate apply for any quantity. The move broadens access across wet and dry counties and is seen as a blow to bootlegging. May 15 to June 2 receipts estimated at 138000 with today’s sales about 12000.
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Richmond
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Express
ABC Board
Latest French Spy Is a Resident of Chicago
Toulon France June 2 Investigators identify the latest spy suspect as Onufri Nikolajizuk born in Chicago June 12 1896 from a German passport issued last December He says he is an independent who loves liberty and declined a French visa An examining magistrate adjourned the formal examination with no satisfactory information The American faces possible one month imprisonment and expulsion from France
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
France
Onufri Nikolajizuk
Chicago
Fairmont Normal Opens Commencement Program
Fairmont West Virginia June 2 Commencement exercises begin with a baccalaureate service at West High School. Dr James Shera Montgomery chaplain of the house of representatives and pastor of Metropolitan Memorial church Washington D C delivers the sermon. Monday exercises will award degrees to 250 students and Dr Frank W Ballou superintendent Washington DC schools will give the address. An alumni luncheon follows at the Fairmont Hotel for former state college students.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Fairmont State College
the West High School
James Shera Montgomery
House of Reprsentatives
Metropolitan Memorial Church
State College
Fairmont Hotel
Trucks for Hire Must Register Properly
Charleston dispatch reports that trucks for hire must display metal registration plates after June 13. Gale F. Young states a $3 authority fee is required per vehicle to secure the insignia, which must be on the left side of load-carrying trucks. Also notes tentative approval of sectional meetings to select entries for state high school band contests.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gale F. Young
State Motor Truck Code Authority
Young
Code Authority
Directors of
West Virnue High School Band Association
Black Diamond Bus Lines Sold to Jack Craft
Welch to Beckley and surrounding towns see a major bus consolidation as Black Diamond Bus Lines are sold to Jack Craft. The deal adds 34 buses, bringing Consolidated lines to 108, with Beckley headquarters and terminals in Welch Bluefield Princeton Roanoke Logan Mullens Beckley Hinton and Lewisburg. Craft, a Welch native turned transportation head, has built a network spanning two states with hundreds of buses and thousands of daily miles. The company traces its roots to early Pocahontas Transportation and has earned a spotless safety record, including a 555,090 mile, accident-free year and a top safety award for intercity service.
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Welch
Pineville
Mullens
Beckley
Hinton
Lewisburg
Lock, Stock and Barrel
Logan Transit Company
Logan
Holden
Omar
Man
Ethel Stallings
Logan County
Consolidated
Pocahontas Transportation
Bluefield
Princeton
Roanoke
Consolidated Bus Lines
Craft
Transportation Eld
Welch- Pineville
Welch-Pineville
Bean
Wyomng County
Craft Bus Line
Gulf Transportation Company
Gulf Field
Consolidated Bug Lines
Black Diamond Lines
Good Roads
McDowell County
Carroll R. Woods
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Pocahontas Transportation Company
Black Diamond
Tug River
West Virginia
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Heiress Helen McCann weds English polo star in Oyster Bay
Helen McCann granddaughter of Frank Woolworth married Winston F. C. Guest in the McCann estate gardens attended by relatives and 1000 guests. Guest, Yale and Columbia Law graduate, polo player and hunter, is son of Frederick Guest and grandson of Henry Phipps. They plan a long honeymoon then polo events at Meadowbrook in September.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Helen McCann
Frank Woolworth
Winston F. C. Guest
McCann
Finn
Miss McCann
Helena Woolworth
Barbara Mdivani
Court of St. James
Guest
United States
Frederick E. Guest
Henry Phipps
London
Yale
Columbia Law School
Joseph Clark Baldwin Ili
New York Board of Aldermen
Wil
Meadowbrook
Weston Insane Murderer Escapes From State Hospital
Weston West Virginia June 2. Harold Brown age 42 escaped tonight from the Weston state hospital after being found insane in 1932 by a Gilmer county circuit court jury for the murder of a Marion county Four-H boy at Glenville. He knotted sheets and dropped to the ground from the third floor. A companion fled with Brown was captured. Thomas, son of Ashby Thomas former Marion county school superintendent, was killed at the Glenville Four-H camp August 18, 1932. Harold Brown wounded when he rushed to aid his brother. County officers and state police organized a search for Brown.
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Weston
W. Va
Harold Brown
Weston State Hospital
Gilmer County
Marion County
Brown
Thomas
Ashby Thomas
Harold
Fletcher Enamel Plant Reopens After Labor Strife
Charleston West Virginia June 2 The Fletcher Enamel company plant at Dunbar closed since May due to labor disputes will reopen Tuesday morning. Solon Fletcher president said many former employees will be rehired as work justifies. The facility normally employs about 430 workers.
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Charleston
W. Va
Fletcher Enamel Company
Dunbar
Solon Fletcher
Fletcher
Teatile Workers Debate Long Range Study Demands
The article outlines a plan for research on production hours needed to meet demand, possible wage increases, wage differentials, and changes in man hour productivity. It notes cooperation with the industrial relations board to study workload and stretch out practices, with Rayburn guiding the measure. The bill would abolish the radio commission and transfer powers to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Planning and Research
Industrial Relations Board
Hopkins outlines plan to aid sun baked West
Washington June 2. A work program to employ thousands of men in drought areas drafted by Harry L. Hopkins. Relief administrator said the law would launch immediately in counties certified by agriculture for emergency action. 11 states allotted for the program and a $200 million appropriation was under consideration to cope with a worsening situation. Projects include water supply development, canning of meat fruit and vegetables, and road work to provide emergency employment.
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Washington
Mid-West
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Relief Administration
Steel and Tin Workers Appeal to Roosevelt for Code Revision
Pittsburgh June 2 4 Titular leaders of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers appeal to President Roosevelt for prompt enforcement of the law for collective bargaining They demand recognition as the bargaining agent and set June 10 as deadline for company replies with a mid June walkout risk.
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Steel and Tin
MR. Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Roosevelt
Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated
Tighe
Steel Industry
Sand Lick Man Held On Drunk Driving Charge
G C Gussett 42 of Sand Lick posted a cash bond of 77.90 after being arrested by Patrolman Webb Linkous on a drunk driving charge and resisting arrest. The incident tied up traffic near Mercer Street on Bluefield Avenue toward Thomas Street yesterday afternoon.
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G. C. Gussett
Sand Lick
Gussett
Webb Linkous
Mercer Street
Bluefield Avenue
Thomas Street
Communication Control Bill Advances in Congress
Washington June 2 Congress moves toward centralized federal control of communications as the House passes a revised Dill Rayburn bill to create a commission to oversee telegraph telephone radio and related services both chambers have backed federal consolidation though in different forms and the bill proceeds to conference.
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Washington
House
Roosevelt
Congress
Congress Hopes to Adjourn Soon
Report from Hugh S Johnson of the National Recovery Administration outlines plans to finish steel negotiations. A three member labor board would settle discrimination claims and ensure proportionate representation among automobile labor factions in a pattern modeled after last winter’s automobile settlement.
Four Presidents Wives Visit White Sulphur Springs
Four wives of U S presidents visited White Sulphur Springs as the presidents cottage museum opened. Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt arrived with Mrs. Henry Morgenthau Jr. Others included Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and Mrs. Thomas Jax Preston Jr former Mrs. Grover Cleveland.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Morgenthau Jr
U. S
Thomas Jax Preston Jr
Princeton, N. J
Grover Cleveland
Fined in Police Court for Hurting Little Boy
Henderson Love, 19, colored, was fined $20 and costs and sentenced to five days in jail after arraignment before Municipal Judge R Reid Harding on a warrant accusing assault and battery. The charge followed an incident in Lawson street where Love allegedly knocked down the four year old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Jones. He reportedly ran carelessly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Love
R. Reid Harding
Love
Carl Jones
Lawson Street
Man Pleads Guilty in Street Incident Involving Injured Child
A man identified as Love knocked a child down, left the scene, and faced a trial with no defense offered. Initially feared to have a fractured skull, the boy later was found to be bruised but uninjured. The same boy previously survived a peanut lodged in his throat after treatment in Philadelphia.
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Love
Lad
Philadelphia
Kanawha Leads State in Paying Sales Tax
Kanawha county leads West Virginia in April consumer sales tax returns and collections. Merchants paid Tax Commissioner Fred L. Fox 58 355.41 in 1 479 reports of the two percent tax. Cabell ranked second with 888 returns totaling 33 506.11 and Wirt last with 106 19 in collections. State totals showed 13 019 reports and 484 373 30 collected.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha County
Fred L. Fox
Cabell
Wirt
Throwing The Harpoon and Sense Talk Snapshot
A quirky column mix notes Barbara Hutton and Prince Alexis possibly moving on to another five and ten. A German scientist claims humans have 15 senses. Wheaton schoolchildren struck after a bet and four teachers were fired. hockey nostalgia referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hutton
Prince Alexis
Monongahela Valley Plans Prepared for Roosevelt
Federal officials have developed a regional plan for the Monongahela Valley in West Virginia to coordinate federal state and local agencies for full use of resources. Dr. W. Lund said the plan will be submitted to President Roosevelt soon after Congress adjourns, with full details released then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongahela Valley
Weet
Vireginia
Roosevelt
W. Lund
Congress
Land Bank Holds Meet to Aid Farmers Debts
Charleston June 2 The federal land bank of Baltimore calls a June 4 meeting in Charleston for all presidents and secretary treasurers of national farm home loan associations within 75 miles of the state capital. The purpose is to discuss speeding up loan closings. The bank is represented by its president ES. Jackson and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
National Farm Home Loan Associations
West Virginia
Federal Land Bank of Balimore
Jackson
Ford Exposition Celebrates a Century of Progress and Artistry
The Ford Exposition centers a ten story tower with a rotating twenty foot globe and a wall mural, tracing a hundred years of mechanical progress. Henry Ford’s Detroit workshop, raw materials to finished parts, and V eight suppliers illuminate the exhibit. Music programs by the Women’s Symphony Orchestra of Chicago and the Detroit Symphony under Victor Kolar accompany daily concerts. A massive light beam from the tower pierces the night, visible for miles. The display emphasizes industry farmer relations and the earth to car supply chain.
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Ford Industries
Ford
Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford Exposition
Michigan
Women’s Symphony Orchestra of
Chicago
Mise Ebba Sundstrom
Women’s Symphony
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Victor Kolar
Detroit Symphony
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Granada
Giles
RADIO
Fretwell's
Dixon’s
Bluefield Business College
Bailey Building
W. H. Cunningham
Virginia
Fairmont Normal
Arlette
Frederic Vitatonic
Eugene
Shampoo
Marcels
Walter C. Gardner
Miss Vada Graham
Miss Ula Slaughter
Ringlette Beauty Shoppe
Roanoke, Va
MY Own Beauty Shoppe
Federal ST
Woolworth
Fletcher Enamel Plant
Warlick Furniture Store
Across the Bridge
Bluefield, W. VA
Harman Electric Co
Princeton, W. Va
Callaways
Bluefield, Va
Cairman Rayburn
Texas
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Radio Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Hopkins
Kanawha
Wheaton
Ie Limited
Ford Motor Company
Ford Building
Barrow Motor CO
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