Bluefield College Holds 09th Commencement with Awards
James R. Bryant of Richmond spoke at Bluefield College graduation. Awards went to Harold E. Stevenson and Peggy Hoff man Cole for declamation and dramatic reading, with top honors to Billy J. Gilpin and Lawrence C. Harrison for two year averages. James C. Garst received the University of Richmond scholarship. two Trustees medals were awarded to sophomores.
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James R. Bryant
Richmond
Baptist Board of Missions and Education of Virginia
Bluefield College
America
Charles Lee Harman
Jerome L. Wells, III
Big Stone Gay
Patsy Romano
Bluefield
Emily R. Greever
Billy J. Gilpin
Bluceld
Dean C. W. Owen
J. W. Waters Company
Jewelers
Harold E. Stevenson
Norton
Peggy Hoffman Cole
George
Greenacre
Bluefield Jeweler
Lawrence C. Harrison
Rocky Gap
John Chapman
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Marvin L. Hill
Martinsville
Prank 5
Easley
Board of
Trustees
Herbert L. Graham
Graham
Gilpin
Harrison
University of Richmond
James C. Garst
Roanoke
Bluefield College Honors Two Graduates With Highest Honors
The highest honors went to one girl and one boy from Bluefield College for completing two full years of studies. The boy, Billy J. Gilpin, received the medal, presented by President Harman with Registrar James E. McCoy assisting. The girl, Mary Catherine Parr, earned the other medal. Ceremony included diplomas by Harman, benediction by Rev. R. H. Wodren, and ushers Patricia Catron, Jean Smith, Cecil Carder, and Thomas Shaw. A reception for graduates, parents, faculty, and trustees followed at College Row.
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Bluefield College
Billy J. Gilpin
Bluefield
Mary Catherine Parr
Roanoke
Harman
James E. McCoy
R. H. Wodren
Patricia Catron
Jean Smith
Cecil Carder
Culpeper
Thomas Shaw
Martinsville
College Row
Tazewell VA Branch Reopens Under New Director
Robert C. Anderson was transferred from Marion VA office to lead the Tazewell branch in the Ward building on Main Street. The office, closed since May 3, reopened yesterday with Anderson as the newly selected contact representative. Anderson, a 1946 veteran office veteran, resides in Bluefield, Virginia.
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Robert C. Anderson
Marion Veterans Administration
Tazewell VA
Richmond
Tazewell
Ward Building
Main Street
Anderson
Marion
Bluefield
Policeman Recovers Eggs in Richmond Theft Case
Richmond. A police officer pursued a theft suspect carrying a crate of thirty dozen eggs. The suspect hurled the eggs at the officer but fled, later captured and later convicted on two egg stealing counts. The article also notes a separate science fact about Earth's early atmosphere being carbonic acid gas.
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Richmond
Dan W. Duling
Duling
Walter N. Mickens
Mickens
Earth
Screen Actors Guild feud nears clash with producers next month
Debora Kerr will appear in Hatter's Castle with Robert Newton as lead man. A. J Cronin story Bette Davis once pursued. Cameron Mitchell seeks Australia in September to star in Liliom with wife Johanna. Harry Hopkins life may become a documentary per son. Orson Welles nicknamed Pookles in childhood. Rita Hayworth named her dog Pookles and seeks a new name.
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Screen Actors’ Guild
Deborah Kerr
Harry Hopkins
Vid Hopkins
Charlie Einfeld
Enterprise
David
Orson Welles
Pookles
Rita Hayworth
Orson
Rita
Truman and Coolidge differed in appointing officials
The piece contrasts how Coolidge used direct public announcements to appoint, while Truman seeks Republican leaders and faces vetoes. It notes Dean Acheson and Marshall interactions with Hoffman, and cites Mark Ethridge as a capable Balkans expert blocked by Senator Vandenberg and Senator George.
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Secretary of
Dean Acheson
Hoffman
Marshall
Truman
Coolidge
Greece
Mark Ethridge
Louisville Courier- Journal
Balkans
State Department
Ethridge
Vandenberg
George
Georgia
Macon
Foreign relations panel OKs Griffis as Poland ambassador
The Foreign Relations Committee approves Stanton Griffis for the Poland post despite Griffis praise of Hitler after Poland’s invasion, while considering the earlier appointment of a former Cabinet official to a No 2 United Nations post.
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Theate Forei
Francis Biddle
United Nations
Stanton Griffis
Poland
Griffis
Hitler
Westbrook Pegler on labor strikes in Cumberland region
The article recalls 1881 strikes sparked by Knights of Labor in Cumberland and two later disputes in 1886 and 1894. It notes wage cuts, company concessions, militia intervention, and the enduring conflicts that followed miners and labor unions.
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Cumberland
Knights of Labor
Federation of Miners and Laborers
Arbitration of a Roaring Forties Era Company References
The text notes aristocratic family life tied to opium fortune and mine income, with Delano and James Roosevelt leaving directorships in 1875 but retaining stock interests. It cites Consolidation properties becoming non union in May 1927, after 40 percent output from union mines prior to 1925, with later resumption under company unions.
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W. B. Wilson
United Mine Workers
Maryland
Delano and
and James Roosevelt
Union Mines
Self Regulation in Action Curbing Local Smog
Town residents complained about smoky fog from Maple Street dump and a canning factory. After an investigation, locals closed the dump, cleaned incinerators, and demanded cleaner combustion units. A tavern discipline precedent mirrors Brewers' Self Regulation program, relying on community action.
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the Clarion
Maple Street
Brewers
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Drew Pearson
Vogane
Federal Street
Savent
Princeton
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