Bluefield Opens Public Farmers Market On Stewart Street
Bluefield launches a curb farmers market on Stewart Street to run Wednesdays and Saturdays from sunrise to noon or 1 p m Farmers may display vegetables fruit cheese poultry eggs and other produce with no stall charges City health officials will supervise to ensure cleanliness and safety About fifty farmers signaled interest via a Chamber of Commerce survey and county agents voiced support for the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hivefield
West Virginia
Stewart Street
City of
Bluefield
City Health Department
C P. Claytor
Chamber of Commerce
Roberts
Mercer County
Fisher
Tazewell County
Indianapolis
Seattle
Baltimore
Washington
Wheeling
Roanoke
Grafton
Harding and Daugherty Attacked by Senator Stanley
Washington reports Senator Stanley of Kentucky attacked President Harding and Attorney General Daugherty in the Senate. He accused Harding of trying to muzzle the press and criticized Daugherty for a Chicago speech that he said warned applicants for the 24 new judgeships not to criticize Daugherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Daugherty
Senate
Stanley
Kentucky
Hoover
Chicago
House
Thirteen-Year-Old Slays Playmate Sentenced to Industrial School
Percy Kiter, thirteen, confessed slayer of Adolph Van Walleghen, fourteen, in St. Louis Michigan. He was sentenced to the state industrial school at Lansing until age eighteen after pleading guilty before Probate Judge James Ress. The crime stemmed from a quarrel over a pipe and the victim was beaten and dumped in a river to feign drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mich
Percy Kiter
Adolph van Walleghen
Lansing
James Ress
Kiter
van Walleghen
Ballon Race Officials Debate Helium Advantage
In St Louis June 3 Lieutenant Commander Norfleet said helium gas for balloons showed no great advantage over coal gas in the national air race. Lieutenant Reed, the last of thirteen starters from Milwaukee, reportedly landed in the Ozark mountains after an official distance range of 445 to 535 miles. Coast guard and aero club officials await final tallies to determine prize money allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Joseph F. Norfleet
Naval Air
Lakehurst
Navy
Milwaukee
Hancock
Wis
W. F. Reed
Wisconsin Aero Club
Ozark Mountains
Missouri
United States Coast Guard Service
Lieut Reed
Geneva
Lieut
Salem
Eminence
Rector
Reed
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau and Aero Club
Aero
Lidl
van Orman
Officials Mine Workers Named
District Judge George W. McClintic issued a sweeping injunction on petition by Raleigh Wy oming Coal Company and other firms restraining United Mine Workers officials from interfering with coal production or company properties in Raleigh County. The injunction targets acts alleged to disrupt electrical systems and boiler valves, and aims to prevent repetition. The order names national and district UMWA organizations and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
George W. McClintrec
United States Court
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Company
Glegora Coal Company
Hazy-Eagle Collieries Company
United Mine Workers
Raleigh County
Marsh Fork
Coal River
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Brown, Jackson & Knight
United Mine Workers of America
McClintic
State Supreme Court Adjourns To September Session
Charleston West Virginia reports the state supreme court adjourned the January term after a full session from January 11. The court issued 172 written opinions and ruled on all petitions motions and applications before adjourning. Judge Harold A Ritz will depart for Chicago next week to lecture at Northwestern University College of Law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Harold A. Ritz
Chicago
College of Law
Northwestern University
Independent coal operators set minimum coal price
A Fayette County meeting of independent coal operators led by Congressman Kendall decided the maximum price per ton should be not less than 4.50 to cover guard costs and security due to dynamite attacks. A five member committee including Parshall Hustead Wihgel Brows and McClernan was chosen to travel to Washington to press the demand with Secretary Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Fayette
S. A. Kendall
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
W. W. Parshall
J. Edgar Hustead
George Wihgel
E.D. Brows
T. J. McClernan
Steel Merger Hearings Turn Heated Over Bankers Role
In New York on June 3 the Lockwood committee hearing on the Republic Midvale Inland to North American Steel merger grew tense as Samuel Untermyer and Mortimer Schiff clashed over Kuhn Loeb & Co. involvement. Schiff denied conflicts, while Untermyer warned of possible jail risk for noncooperation amid accusations of market manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Kuhn
Loeb 5 Co
Consolidation Republic
Midvale
North American
New York
Lockwood Committee
Samuel Untermyer
Anvil
Mortimer L. Schiff
Kybn, Loeb & Company
Untermyer
Schiff
Lockwood
Objections Spotlighted in Hazleton Wage Talks
Hazleton Pa June 3 a sub committee of the anthracite mine workers negotiating for a new wage agreement says the coal company arbitration proposal is objectionable Thomas Kennedy general scale committee chairman says the objections are fundamental and will be explained at Hazleton on Tuesday afternoon the scale committee will review all angles and seek plans in the workers best interests Workers expect to oppose the operators demand for an arbitration commission by President Harding and may submit a counter proposal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Anthracite
Thomas Kennedy
General Scale Committee
General Scale Compontes
Harding
Graduation Number Completes Beaver High School Telegraph
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph presents a special Graduation Number to honor Beaver High School seniors and city pupils. The separate school news section runs from pages thirteen to twenty four for readers to save or remove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver High School
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
School Telegraph
Reinforcements Pour Into Belfast In Wartime Push
British troops flood into Belfast as reinforcements arrive from Birkenhead Guernsey and other ports. Units include Royal Fusiliers Liverpool regiments and Royal Air Service personnel with an 18 ship flotilla. Military activity centers on Enniskillen and Pettigoe with looting warnings issued and traffic restrictions along the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Birkenhead
Manchesters
Guernsey
Royal Fusilliers
Liverpool
Ballykinder
County Down
Ulster
Royal Air Service
Estor
England
Enniskillen
Fermanagh
Belleek Salient
Pettigoe
Balleek
Wallace
Brooke
Warwick
Lough Foyle
Roger Keyes
Zebrugge
Strabane-Lifford
Londonderry-Donnegal
West Virginia coal operators pledge worker protection
The West Virginia Coal Operators Association announced it will shield employees who wish to work from penalties such as suspensions fines or prejudices if an agreement with the United Mine Workers or another labor body is reached in the future. The move aims to reassure employers eager to return to work amid fears of international UMW penalties and to defend miners' interests at all costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia Coal Operators Association
Mude
United Mine Workers
International Organization of the United Mine Workers
Opertators F Association
Ward shooting mystery deepens with three new leads
In White Plains on June 3 three developments emerged in the Ward shooting case. A wounded man in Philadelphia claimed the name John Cienzo, a possible match to Charley Ross. a man named Jack was seen at the Mills hotel in New York near the suspected car. and baker Ward's wife and two servants plus many witnesses were ordered to appear before the Westchester grand jury Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Ward
Philadelphia
John Clenzo
New York
Clarence Peters
Walter
Stamford
Con
Jack
Mills Hotel
Cienzo
Charlie Ross
Peters
Kensico Reservoir
Clenzo
Charley Ross
Westchester Grand Jury
Weeks
New Rochelle
Ima
Greensburg
James J. Cunningham
Kensico
Pete
Cunningham
Baker
John Cicuzzo
Haverhill, Maass
Navy
Mills
Ford proposal reported to House Military Committee
The Ford plan to develop government nitrate projects at Muscle Shoals received conditional approval by the House Military Committee in executive session by a 12 to 9 vote. The committee trimmed the scope removing the Gorgas steam plant and adopted new language on fertilizer manufacture while approving the rest of the offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry F
Muscle Shoals
House Military Committee
House
Ford
Gorgas
W. B. Mayo
J. W. Worthington
Detroit
Amundsen Expedition Sets Sail From Seattle for Nome
The Maud, auxiliary schooner carrying the Amundsen polar basin science expedition, departed Seattle at 3 10 P M for Nome Alaska on the first leg of a five year voyage through the Arctic ice. Roald Amundsen leads the expedition with Oscar Wisting commanding the vessel. The Maud is escorted by the U S Navy tug Mahopac and cruisers from Seattle and Queen City yacht clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Maud
Nome
Alaska
Oscar Wisting
Roald Amundson
United States Navy
Mahopac
Queen City
Acit Clube
Uget Sound
Wartime romance ends in double tragedy in Kansas City
Frank W. Anderson, 33, floor manager at a local department store, and Peggie Marie L. Beal, a Dayton nurse, were found shot in a hotel room. Police say motive may be an "eternal triangle" as Beal lies wounded and Anderson dead. both had lived together as man and wife since Wednesday. Beal’s condition was listed critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank W. Anderson
Peggie Marie L. Beal
Dayton
Ohio
Anderson
Miss Beal
Iaid Anderson
Springfield
Signal Corps
Est
St. Louis
Kirvin Texas Calm After Rumored Racial Clashes
Practically normal conditions prevailed in Kirvin Texas as rumors of race disturbances lingered. Negroes reportedly left homes to avoid trouble while authorities denied reports that the Gibson brothers were burned. one other Negro was shot and remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kirvin
Texas
Allie
Leroy Gibson
Morton Eyes Congress Candidacy in Third District
State Senator E. P. Morton of Webster Springs announced in Clarksburg that he is a Democratic candidate for Congress in the third district. The same arrival day saw A. A. Lilly and C. Frank Edwards competing for Senate nominations and Sam B. Montgomery weighing a run, all arriving in the city on the same train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
E. P. Morton
Webster Springs
A. A. Lilly
Charleston
C. Frank Edwards
Huntington
United States Senate
Sam B. Montgomery
Pemble White Again Heads W V U Alumni
Morgantown West Virginia June 3 Kemble White of Fairmont was re elected president of the West Virginia University Alumni Association at the annual meeting Other officers re elected were Houston G Young Charleston vice president Robert D Hennen Morgantown treasurer Frank Roy Yoke Weston full time secretary the class of 1896 was chosen to host the 1932 meeting of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Moonshine Stills Found in Tent Colony Raided
Moonshine stills, corn whiskey, and mash were found in five tents of the Lick Creek tent colony in Mingo County maintained by the United Mine Workers. Major Tom B. Davis reported the raid to the governor's office tonight, with Sherri Pinson and Captain Brockus leading the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Lick Creek
Mingo
United Mine Workers
Tom B. Davis
Sherri Pinson
Brockus
Massive wreck capsizes car. trooper killed in WV crash
A Maxwell sedan driven by J Hall left Lick Creek while a Norfolk Southern train approached. Engineer S L Ballengee braked and stopped the engine, saving passengers. Trooper Howard A Bean died. Mrs R H Sper of Welch seriously injured. Miss Parlee Tatfield and H F Hope plus James Hall lightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard A. Bean
Packer County
R. H. Sper
Welch
Williamson
Parlee Tatfield
James Fall
Matewan
Maxwell
Hall
Lick Creek
Norfolk and Western Railway
L. Ballengee
Bluefield
Plac
Hope
Muse
Ther
Cone
O.sa Matfeld
J. Ballengee
Mice Warfield
Hatfield
Bean
Tucker County
Suit for 50000 for Assault on High Seas
George Broadhurst, NY dramatist and Wright producer, sues San Francisco businessman John J. Symon for 50000 alleging a May 24 assault aboard the steam ship Columbia near Havana after leaving the Pacific coast on May 5. Broadhurst says he was badly beaten and his life endangered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
George Broadhurst
New York
Wright
John J. Symon
San Francisco
Columbia
Symon
Pacific Coast
Havana
Confess to Robbing Church Collection Box
Fremont Nebraska June 3 three boys aged sixteen to eighteen confessed that they robbed the Presbyterian church collection box in Mount Pleasant Ohio. They implicated women Emmett Wilford Leslie Coan and James Hatcher and will be held awaiting Ohio officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont, Neb
West Coast
Presbyterian Church
Mount Pleasant
Ohio
Emmett Wilford
Leslie Coan
James Hatcher
No Undue Advances In Chicago Coal Prices
Washington June 3 preliminary Commerce Department report found no undue price advances by Chicago coal merchants after reports from Chicago claimed price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
Commerce Department
Former Banker Now Is Sorry He Ran Away
Homer H. Dean alias H D Holt, former vice president of the First National Bank of Sutton West Virginia, is under guard in Cincinnati awaiting transfer to Charleston to face an indictment. He is charged with embezzling over 25 000 dollars from the bank in 1914 and expressed regret at fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Homer H. Dean
H. D. Holt
First National Bank of
Sutton
W. Va
Charleston
Dean
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Morton
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Pemble White
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