Many Crippled Tots Examined at Bluefield Clinic
Thirty five children were examined at the crippled children clinic held under the Bluefield Kiwanis club. Dr Randolph L Anderson of Charleston led the orthopedist team with sessions starting at 9 AM. Some children were hospitalized while others will be treated and arrangements for transport to institutions with reduced rates were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Children
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Huntington
Randolph L. Anderson
Charleston
State Department of Public Welfare
Mercer County
Wyoming County
Randolph
Mae S. Stratton
Crippled Children’s
Virginia Guthrie
M. Day
Mattie Clark
H. G. Steele
Colonial Theater
Herbert Pearse
Princeton
Mercer County Crippled Children’s Society
Ingersoll Revival Nears End At Union Mission
The Ingersoll revival at the Union Mission nears completion as spiritual interest grows. Last night many responded to the invitation with hands raised for prayer. Mr. Ingersoll delivered a forceful message themed Jonah's experiences with God. Mrs. C. W. Dicky sang solos for the evening, and tonight Mr. Hammond will deliver a message in song. Ingersoll plans to close his series Sunday night sharing his life story. he formerly worked as a Pere Marquette conductor between Detroit and Chicago and was led to Christ by Mel Trotter of Grand Rapids City Rescue Mission. For twenty five years he has been active in Christian work as pastor, mission superintendent, and evangelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingersoll
Union Mission
Mr. Ingersoll
Jonah
God
C. W. Dicky
Hammond
Pere Marquette Railroad Company
Detroit
Chicago
Mel Trotter
City Rescue
Mission
Grand Rapids
Miah
Amato Pizzini Buried at Woodlawn in McComas
Funeral services for Amato Pizzini 61, a laborer for American Coal, will be held at 3:30 this afternoon at St. Johns Catholic Church McComas. He died Tuesday at Bluefield Sanitarium and will be buried at Wood Memorial Park. Survived by wife and eight children including Amedea Albert Vittorio Tony Annie Moretto Elizabeth, all of McComas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Catholic Church
McComas
Amato Pizzini
American Coal Company
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Wood Memorial Park
Pigzini
Italy
Amedea
Albert
Vittorio
Tony
Annie Moretto
Elizabeth Pizzini
Condition of Mrs White Critical at St Luke’s Hospital
Mrs W F White, a Bluefield resident and daughter of Mrs A B Thompson of Walton avenue, is reported in very critical condition at St Luke’s hospital with considerable doubt as to recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. White
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
White
A. B. Thompson
Walton Avenue
City and Coalfield Items Burst of Local Services
Village notes list beauty shop ads and services from Mary Lee Beauty Shop with dyeing waves and a fast drying system and Carl Henderson cleaning and pressing. Stewart Fuel offers sand. Dr Mayer’s Dental plans a summer vacation closing. Fretwell’s advertises blister crepe yard sale. Binefield College enrollment options. W H Cunningham longtime manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Funeral Rites Today for Frank A Kitts Bluefield Player
Last rites will be conducted at 8 30 this afternoon for Frank A Kitts well known Bluefielder who died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at his room in the home of H R Robinnette Bluefield avenue of heart attack. The services will be held at the home of his sister Mrs R H Morgan 2114 Wythe avenue and will be in charge of Rev M A Stevens pastor of Bland Street Methodist church assisted by Rev E W Hughes Episcopal minister of Bluefield Va Burial will be in Walnut Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Kitts
Pre-Convention Delegates Fights Across States Rise
Continued from page one, the GOP confronts fights over delegation seats. Debates focus on whether Negro delegates should be seated, with contests in states including Ida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alaska and the District of Columbia.
Civil War Report Claims Chinese Conflict Escalation
The report states troops march in the south west as Nanking denies fighting and Japan claims gains in Lingling and Ichang. Canton authorities accuse Nanking of planning to force union, while Chinese sources say Japan spreads such reports to mask smuggling and garrison reinforcement in North China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Kwangtung
Kwangsi Province
Canton
Hunan
Ichang
Chinchow
Inchang
Hongkong
Eswangi
Shanghai
Lingling
Japan
China
Parker Indicted in Wendel Case Continues Page One
The article recounts Parker from Brooklyn detained until his confession in the Lindbergh kidnapping. It notes his claim of being kept as a guest at a New Jersey state colony for the feeble minded until shortly before Hauptmann faced execution for the Lindbergh baby murder. The grand jury declined to indict Wendel, clearing him in the Lindbergh case as Hauptmann died in the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Parker
New Lisbon
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Wendel
Lind- Lee
Hauptmann
Goodwill Tours Revival Discussed At Meeting
The group reaffirmed reviving goodwill tours under by laws and constitution with H E B Jones of Bristol Lee Long of Dante Hudson Huffard of Bluefield and W Kels of Gate City in strong favor. Secretary Bowen gave a brief oral report on cooperative territory matters and new factories being placed. Resolutions of respect were adopted for Dr H T Smith while Herbert Markle was absent due to his son’s Kentucky military academy grace. Guests included Mrs Kels and her son Mrs H E Jones Mrs Patterson Bristol and Mr Gray bear, Dr McConnell’s grandson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. EB. Jones
Bristol
Lee Long
Dante
Hudson Huffard
Bluefield
H. T. Smith
Herbert Markle
W. Va
Kentuckyilitary Academy
Kels
Gate City
H. E. Jones
Patterson
Graybear
McConnell
Bnai B’rith Lodge to Hold Regular Meeting Tonight
Bluefield chapter of B n ai B r ith schedules its regular meeting this evening at 8 at the Matz hotel. Members are urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bnat B’rith
Bluefield Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Matz Hotel
Commencement Exercises At Concord College Held In Athens
Dr Chauncey Boucher of West Virginia University gave the main address at Concord College sixty ninth annual commencement in Athens on June 3. Diplomas were awarded to 45 graduates with more than 60 standard normal graduates honored. Notable high honors went to Eva Marchitellie and Romaine Kanade. A long list of graduates received teaching certificates, led by Sam Akers and Ethel Arbrister, among others. The day’s events closed Alumni Day activities and the play Seventh Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W. Va
Chauncey
Boucher
West Virginia University
Concord College
W. W. Trent
A. B. Moore
J. Frank Marsh
D. L. Haught
Carl Hensley
Eila Holroyd
W. A. Carr
Betty Carr
Madge Rasnake
Iris Dudley
Harry Parker
Elizabeth Thornton
Sam Akers
Ethel Arbrister
Ruby Atwell
Darcus Bailey
Ira Bennett
Larry Bleau
Ina Bowles
Elsie Bowman
Sybil Cartwright
Hazel Carver
Ted Clay
Edith Courtney
Theda Crotty
Anna Ferguson
Gladys Fox
Mildred Fuller
Luther Green
Virginia Hannah
Mary Harvey
Virginia Heffner
Ida Horne
Ruth Jarrell
Elizabeth Jones
Betty Junkin
Lawrence Kessler
Margaret Kessler
Mary Leedy
Douglas Lilly
Jessie Mae Lilly
Fordie Lucas
Mildree McClung
Adelaide McDarmont
Drexal McMillion
Edmund McMillion
Phyllis Marsh
Jean Mayhew
Kewpie Meador
Samuel Meadows
Hazel Morgan
Schley Moye
Judith O'neal
Rosalie Oxley
Clara Parker
Garland Richmond
Ida Richmond
Edna Robinson
Maycell Rogers
Pat Santy
Margaret Scott
Daisey Short
Anna Shrewsberry
Edwin Sibold
Louise Spangler
Herschel Stewart
Roy Stickler
India Tabor
Ada Tucker
William van Camp
Elva Walace
Kenneth Wheeler
Woodrow Wyant
Concord
Details of Poole Slaying Before Inquiry in Jackson
Army reserve officer trained Black Legion night riders in Jackson Michigan. Grand jury evidence ties Glenn Finkel to the Black Legion as a guiding hand. Witnesses describe Poole’s purported beating and planned execution during a meeting where a handlot baseball club pretext led to his abduction and shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Legion
Jackson
Mich
Owen Dudley
Glenn Finkel
Dudley
Finkel
Jackson County
Dean
John Harvill
Davis
Ervin Lee
Poole
McCrea
Andrews named likely chairman of state exec committee
Charleston dispatch reports Sheriff R C Andrews of Kanawha county is likely to be elected Democratic state executive committee chairman. The committee will meet in Parkersburg Saturday. Andrews has been mentioned as a leading candidate in capitol corridors. Robert G Kelly, the present chairman, said he is not a candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Gazette
R. C. Andrews
Kanawha County
Parkersburg
Andrews
Capitol
Robert G. Kelly
Winning Contract A Revealing Double High Card Values
Mrs. Oswald Jacoby, wife of a teammate, excels at Four Aces and joined a club match against Stearns Cunningham and Jules Wetzlar. After a precise bidding sequence and a bold slam invitation, she proved her hand by defeating a double, fulfilling the contract with strategic play that exposed the doubler's trump length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Jacoby
Jacobys
Stearns Nningham
Jules Wetzlar
Cunningham
Wetzlar
Joseph M. Bryan Dies Unexpectedly Speaker of House
Joseph M. Bryan known as Uncle Joe and a shrewd parliamentary strategist died unexpectedly. A Nashville lawyer and longtime Democratic leader, he served from 1909 in Congress, led war and postwar appropriations, became House speaker in 1933, and directed the party's 1929 campaign to regain control. He married Julia Woodward in 1898 and shared a law practice with his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Joe
Bryns
Weilder
Burns
Pivotal
Woodrow Wilson
Byrna
House
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Wilson
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
National Democratic Congressional
Cedar Hill
Robertson County
Tennessee
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
State Senate
Davidson County
Congress
John Wesley Gaines
National House
Julia Woodward
Joseph W., Jr
Conquerine health tonic promises vigor and digestion aid
An advertisement touts Conquerine a vegetable based remedy from Lynchburg Virginia for digestion nerves and sleep. It claims regular bowels improved appetite and clearer complexion with no habit forming drugs and offers a three day money back guarantee if no benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conquerine
Conquerine Co
Lynchburg
1000 Men Fight Rest in California Fire Report
Assistant Forester C. M. Granger notes eastern regions east of the Mississippi averaged 1000 fires yearly from 1931 to 1935. From January 1 to June 1 this year there have been more than 5800 fires in the East. Conditions were favorable overall with a medium of low hazard cited for the eastern United States including Virginia Kentucky and the White Mountain area. Some danger appeared in eastern Tennessee western North Carolina and northern Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Virginia
Kentucky
White Mountain
Tennessee
North Carolina
Georgia
C. M. Granger
Mississippi River
Storm cancels Bluefield midweek skeet shoot
A storm forced the Bluefield Gun club to cancel the first midweek skeet shoot. The club will keep weekend skeet and regular traps as planned, serving members who prefer Saturday sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
No arrests in Van Meter case continues probe
Welch West Virginia June 30 state police shifted the inquiry into the beating and strangling of 28 year old Lucille Van Meter to her Northfork hometown while she remained non committal in hospital. Sergeant Sites reported no arrests and no one under suspicion as the investigation into the Sunday discovery of her on a Welch lawn continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. A. McCulloch
van Meter
J. Newt Akers
Akers
French
Flood control measures head to White House for approval
Washington June 3 Congress cleared omnibus flood control legislation authorizing over half a billion dollars. The House approved the Senate conference agreement 295 to 52 and the Senate followed on the Overton bill for lower Mississippi Valley works. Original authorizations spanned 370 million to 700 million, later cut to about 310 million with 10 million for Army Engineers surveys. Reservoir projects were dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Army Engineers
Vacation Bible School At Bland Street Methodist
The daily Vacation Bible School at Bland Street Methodist Church starts Monday June 8. Hours are from 9 to 11 each day and all children aged four to sixteen are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Street Methodist Church
Uplift Class to Host Friday Evening Supper at Trinity Church
Trinity Methodist will host a class supper for the Uplift Men at 6 30 PM Friday. All men and friends are invited. Supper served by church ladies. H S Shott will speak with Henry Fortune and Stuart Odell as performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Methodist Church
H. S. Shott
Henry Fortune
Stuart Odell
Auxiliary Prayer Band meets at Mrs Bowles home
The Nation's auxiliary Prayer band will meet with Mrs. H. J. Bowles at 326 Fourth street this morning at 9 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Bowles
Fourth Street
Pre-Nuptial Affairs for Miss Eliza Williamson Thirteen
Miss Eliza Williamson of Bluefield Virginia and her sister Mrs Altamont Bracey of Welch receive multiple pre nuptial parties this week. Mrs Henry B Frazier Jr hosted six bridge tables at the Virginia Side with a green and white scheme and spring flowers. Williamson is to be honored again this afternoon at Mrs C A Ralston s Bluefield home with Miss Mamie Lee Baldwin. eleven tables planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Williamson
Robert Williamson
Bluefield
Barnes Gillespie
Boissevain
Henry B. Frazier Jr
Virginia
Altamont Bracey
Welch
Local Personal News Ties Gilmer Street Trip and Welch Visits
Mrs. J. W. Mosby and son Henry left Tuesday for Washington to visit relatives for several days. Little Misses Helen and Catherine Hinton of Bluefield Va are guests of their grandmother Mrs. Sara Payle in Welch this week. Emily Scott Wade junior high school teacher was weekend guest of cousin Mrs. Sam Hunt in Welch. Mr and Mrs H C Jordan Fair view apartments leave Friday for Detroit where they will reside. Jordan formerly assistant manager at Kresge dollar store is transferred to Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Mosby
Henry
Gilmer Street
Washington
Helen
Catherine Hinton
Bluefield
Sara Payle
Welch
Emily Scott
Wade Junior High School
Sam Hunt
H. C. Jordan
Fairview Apartments
Detroit
Michigan
Mr. Jordan
Kresge
State Secretary race totals and Republican delegates named
The results list George B. Crown A. D. Daly M. R. Hersman and others with vote counts, alongside Republican-Harvey A. Hall and several Democrats. It names alternate delegates to the Republican national convention by district, listing individuals and towns from Wheeling to Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Crown
A. D. Daly
M. R. Hersman
Harvey A. Hall
BE. S. Humbrey
G. H. Duke
Harry R. May
William H. Bardall
Jess Lee Toler
J. B. McLaughlin
Hal Depue
Andrew L. Campbell
J. C. Harmar
Edward Salade
Austin W. Wood
Wheeling
R. G. Bush
Elkins
J. O. Henson
Martinsburg
George E. Hurd
Pearl Louise Smiley
Clarksburg
William H. Carter
Parkersburg
W. E. Somerville
Plymouth
Perley
Harman
Yukon
Luther G. Scott
Bluefield
Rosalie C. Mulier
Raleigh
N. E. Steele
Logan
Trio Returned to Kentucky After Car Theft Suspect
Two Kentucky officers arrived in Bluefield to extradite three men held since last Sunday after an automobile wreck on the Princeton road. The car, owned by a physician, had been stolen from in front of Harlan hospital. In custody were Dave Woods and L B Williams of Harrah, and Dewey Thompson of Pikeville. They will be returned to Harlan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Bluefield
Harlan
New Princeton
Harlan Hospital
Dave Woods
L. B. Williams
Harah
Dewey Thompson
Pike Ville
Senate Tax Debate Faces Hold Ahead of Next Congress
The Senate weighs delaying the tax bill with a motion by Senator Lewis to send it back to committee. Robinson cautions about tough house conference fights over the Black-LaFollette amendment, while a life insurance tax exemption draw debate. Byrd has floated a similar holdover idea with limited backing as talks continue. The piece notes extreme geographic points West Quoddy Head and Cape Alva as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Illinois
Senate
Robinson
King
Chamber
Byrd
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Kiwanis Clinic
Woodlawn
Bluefield Supply CO
Nixon Paint & Paper Co
DuPont
Carl Henderson
Stewart Fuel & Supply Co
Dr. Mayer
Fretwell's
Bland Street
Binefield Business College
Baily Building
W. H. Cunningham
GOP
C. S. Boucher
Trent
BY James Stinnette
Mr. Jacoby
Oaki
Mr. Wetslar
Mrs. Jacoby
Mr. Cunningham
Jacoby
Joseph M. Bryan
Storm
Northfork
Vacation Bible School
Bluefield Supply Co. “Distributors
United States
West Quoddy Head
Eastport
Cape Alva, Wash
Talon
Bluefield Ice & Cold Storage Co
Poplar Street
R. W. Dnoff
Elkhorn Valley Grocer
Ease As Welch
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