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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1932
Page
8
The Telegraph states discontinuances must be made in person at the office or by letter. Phone cancellations are not valid and the blind keying was kept strictly confidential with no information given out.
Legal notice details a northern portion of Lot 1 Block M with a described boundary and area of about 3.6 acres. Terms require cash payment with sale time set for June 28, 193%, at 10 o'clock a.m. at the front door of a bank building in Bluefield.
Ms W G Williamson and Mrs J Clark Killey of Vivian attend niece Anna O Keeffe Beaver high school graduation. Mrs Charles B Neal and daughter Virginia of Norton visit Bluefield. former residents of the city. James Perkins VPI student leaves with sister Mary Gordon Perkins to attend VPI dances. Mrs Sam Evans of Camden and Mrs George Stupaleky of Glen Ridge visit the Wittons Raleigh Terrace. Elizabeth Cornett arrives from Duke University to spend summer with Dr B F Cornett Memorial Avenue. Mrs J A Sterne arrives from Camden for a visit with her parents.
The mayor and all city staff in Martinsburg face a five percent wage reduction to save about $3,000 annually.
Trustee to sell lot parcels 10 11 and south half of lot 9 block C containing 7.23 acres in Beaver Pond District Mercer County West Virginia as described in Carland Development plat. Sale June 28 1982 at 10 am cash at front door of the First Bank Building Bluefield West Virginia. George Richardson Jr trustee.
The Mercer County Circuit Court will auction Lot 11 Section 916 Bluefield WV on June 11 1932 at 2 PM. Sale requires one third cash and two later notes secured by vendor lien. Clerk I L T Reynolds notes bond filed by Albert S Kemper Jr as Special Commissioner.
Walter Irving Bailey of Bluefield seeks discharge from all provable debts after bankruptcy adjudication on January 19, 1932 with July 4 hearing set in Bluefield. Jipsy B. Croy of Princeton requests discharge with June 8 order for notice issued to creditors. Claude D Shewey announces partial purchase of L B Wilson interest in Sheweys Tire & Radiator Shop Bluefield and assumes share of bills since April 2 1932.
Default on a trust deed prompts trustee Robt Baker to auction on July 5 1932 at 11 A M at the Law and Commerce Building Bluefield WV. The sale covers Lot 9 Sec 887 Lyndale Ave area and a parcel in Beaver Pond district Mercer County, with deeds by B W Tilley and others.
Federal Judge William H. Baker named ancillary receivers for the Consoli dation Coal company in the northern district of West Virginia. The appointees are Robert C. Hill Frank A. Lyn and W Koch who will receive court instructions and post a $100000 bond. The assets include coal lands seven operating mines and mining properties.
Captain Frank M. Hawks, recovering in a Boston hospital from a crash in April, will soon fly a new Northrop plane built in California with a 14 cylinder engine. The aircraft aims for a cruising range over 2,500 miles at over 200 mph as Hawks seeks new speed records and to regain marks from rival Major James H. Doolittle.
Reports to the farm board say about 30 000 farmers earned more by cooperative selling of their 1931 wool crop than by private sale. National Wool Marketing corporation and stock holders reported 11 139 490 pounds of wool sold for a premium from a fraction of a cent to nearly 4 cents per pound. They estimate area growers would have gained about 1 302 461 more if they sold through cooperatives.
Julia B. Foraker, widow of Senator Joseph B. Foraker, at 84 faces the possibility of attending the Republican national convention as an Ohio delegate. Once a behind the scenes figure, she may participate for the first time if she travels to Cincinnati.
In Chicago 1884 she attended her first convention and in 1888 delegates swarmed the Foraker hotel room forcing her into hiding. They offered her husband the presidential nomination while Foraker stayed loyal to John Sherman. She pledges loyalty and supports the administration as debates over prohibition continue.
Fire sparked by lightning destroyed a tipple and about 5000 tons of coal at the Brier Hill Coal company plant near Keté in Butler Pennsylvania. The blaze began last night and burned through today forcing about seventy miners off work until the tipple is rebuilt. Damages estimated at $20000 by operators.
Knoxville Publishing company led by Nat and Blaine Taylor has acquired the Knoxville Journal from East Tennessee Printing and Publishing. The sale followed a foreclosure bid by Canal Bank and Trust of New Orleans. The paper will resume the Republican policy of the Rule era with no staff changes.
Alessandria Italy Carmelo Caterinicchia aged 72 after four decades behind bars recounts how little has changed since his imprisonment He recalls streets cars and phonographs as devilish but finds church life familiar He was pardoned by the king for a murder committed in Sicily despite long confinement.
Ogden Utah June 3 The Utah State Agricultural College reports pure bred bulls cannot digest safety pins. Silver Plate the outstanding Short Horn herd bull died after eating an open safety pin. Post mortem showed the pin pierced the stomach and pericardium. The bull descended from a famed American strain.
Amarillo Texas June 3 Through humane society efforts Boss the lion has been reunited with his sweetheart Queen after a year apart. Boss and Queen spent six years together at Oklahoma City zoo before Boss was taken to Amarillo for a younger mate to replace him.
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