Concord College to graduate 1937 class today
Dr. William A Shimer editor of the American Scholar will address Concord College commencement at 10 AM for the sixty first annual exercises. West Attorney General Clarence Meadows presided at alumni banquet and new officers were chosen for the alumni association.
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Athens
W. Va
William Allison Shimer
American Scholar
Concord College
Clarence W. Meadows
West
Ker
J. Frank Marsh
Dean Haught
Ella Holroyd
Andrew Kozak
Margaret Lively
Joan Hatfield
Jack Gallain
Dr. Shimer
Meadows
Alumni Association
Jay League
Elmer Archer
S. L. McGraw
Fred J
Westie
Concord Band
NaziVessels Reach Spain Amid Frontline Dispatches
Dispatches describe Nazi vessels moving toward Spain and strategic fronts at Zoria and Madrid. General Quiepo De Liano leads southern armies with Lt Col Pozas. Doval, linked to 1934 Asturias suppression, among the wrecked. Bilbao officials mourn enemy chief foe calling him harsh, May mercy on his soul. Also a river bank body found in Charleston reports Mikel Hogue, 60, with a long petty-crime record.
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Madrid
Quiepo de Liano
Mola
Pozas
Doval
Asurias
Philippine Islands
Burgos
Bilbaoue
Guernica
Durango
Valencia
Charleston
W. Va
Mikel Hogue
Kanawha
Duce Demonstrates War Might in Italy Parade
Duce shows off military strength with bomber salvos and land fortification targets. Naples notes report 500 wounded black shirt legionaries from Madrid civil war, praised as heroes for fascist cause.
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Tl Duce
Naples
Madrid
Redecorated Bland Street M E Church Reopens
The Bland Street Methodist church will worship in a newly decorated auditorium this Sunday announced by Rev. W. P. Eastwood. The church has been repaired painted and redecorated and is in fine condition for fall when Holston conference meets in the city and church boundary changes are anticipated.
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Bland Street Methodist Church
W. P. Eastwood
Holston
Bluefield
City Board Finishes Primary Registration Review
The city board completed the registration correction for the municipal primary set for Tuesday. Six voters were added and one transferred, closing the books until after the election. A total of 11,007 voters are qualified to vote.
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City Board of Directors
Bluefield School Musicians Shine In Public Concert
Bluefield area students from Beaver high school and feeder graded schools performed a unified concert in Ramsey auditorium. The Beaver band in uniform impressed with two sections and solo numbers by Patsy Small, Guy Brown, and Robert Meadows.
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Ramsey
Bluefield Blic
Beaver High School
Ramsey Auditorium
Memoriad
Preston
Whitehorn
Sybil Cartwright
Thherine Comer
Fairview
Wade
A. Emberger
Beaver
Emberger
Therr
Patsy Small
Guy Brown
Robert Meadows
Frankie Small
A. J. Cole
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield
Cole
R. J. Co
J. Toy Nelson
Nelson
Ward Womack
James Nelson
Walter Cregger
Harold Zimmerman
Pillip Lawson
Eugene Davis
John Smith
Gene McDonald
Virginia Lawson
Ralph Griffith
Pairview
John Lester
George Palmer
Billy Rudder
Pop Roger
David Kesee
Billy + Speed
Richard Moore
Ade
Harold Bone
Louise Brady
Bernard Collins
Jack Counts
Clarence Dodson
Raymond Dodson
Wallace Dunning
Jean Ann Ferrell
Buddy Mays
Frank Pearson
Maurice Rierson
D. C. Steele
Russel Young
Joe Guy Brown
Richard Clark
Carr
Charles Cahill
Carl Davis
Jack Duncan
John Huston
Tom Lawson
Paul Probst
Archie Thompson
Randolph Whitaker
Charles Clark
Jimmie Dunn
A. B. Armentrout
CIO Moves To Shut Off Iron Source From Mills
The dispute pits John L. Lewis against Republic Steel Corporation over strikes and picket threats. Officials claim 21 percent of workers remain on regular jobs in public plants, while Republic asserts far more are idle.
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CIO
John L. Lewis
Republic Steel Corporation
Es . O
Ublic
Murray
Republic
Virginia Side Council Delays Meeting to Name Speed Successor
The Virginia Side council postponed its session originally set for last Wednesday to address filling the vacancy from Mayor W. H. Speed’s death. The council will name a member to finish Speed’s term and elect a new mayor from among its members.
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Virginia Side Council
Speed Sucessor
W. H. Speed
Speed
Joan Bennett Divorces Husband Gene Markey
Los Angeles dated June 3 4 Sad eyed actress Joan Bennett testified that Gene Markey a scenarist urged divorce four months after their 1932 marriage. She was awarded custody of daughter Melinda Markey and a property settlement was approved by Judge Charles Hansa details not announced.
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Los Angeles
Joan Bennett
Gene Markey
Bennett
Melinda Markey
Charles Hansa
Samuel V Woods Dies in Charleston Former WV Senate Chief
Samuel V Woods 81 longtime Charleston attorney and former West Virginia Senate president died in Charleston. A Democrat he served in the Senate 1910 to 1914 and presided over the chamber in 1913 14 He was a delegate to the 1900 Democratic National Convention and twice Democratic nominee for Congress from the second district. He was born in Philippi and began law practice in 1881.
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Charleston
W. Va
Samuel V. Woods
West Virginia Senate
Oods
Senate
Chamber
Congress
Woods
Philippi
Samuel and
Isabelle Nelson Gods
West Virginia University
Shepherdstown Woman Victim of Monoxide Gas
The body of Mrs. Lewis J. McDonald was found today in the family car parked in a garage behind the residence. A physician said she died from inhaling carbon monoxide fumes. Mrs. McDonald was the wife of Lewis McDonald, a leader in the Eastern Panhandle orchard industry.
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Shepherdstown
W. Va
Lewis J. McDonald
Edward and Wallies start on honeymoon in private train
Edward and Wallis reach honeymoon after a royal wedding at Chateau de Cande. They depart by private car on the Simplon Orient Express toward Wasserlootburg, amid cautious official reception and church nonrecognition of the ceremony.
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George VI
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Crew
Cashea
Englis
Laroche-Migennes
France
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Department of Yonne
Austria
Chateau de Cande
Italy
Paris
Wallis Warfield
Wasserloonburg Castle
Remar
Ladbrooke
Cardew
Ham
Putham
Moose rally to feature Loyal Order of Moose speaker
Brother William Anderson will be the main speaker at a Moose rally in the City Auditorium Friday at 8 o clock with a post meeting move to the Moose hall on South Mercer street. Banquet and entertainment follow, with W G Peck as secretary and class initiation for members. Regular Bluefield conclave elects officers this evening at 7 30.
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William Anderson
Loyal Order of Moose
City Auditorium
Moose Hall
South
Mercer Street
W. G. Peck
German naval moves raise questions on Spain reinforcement
The report notes conflicting statements about torpedo boats Tiger and Sitis departing while German submarines head toward Spanish waters. A Kiel Canal movement near Malmo signals westward marine reinforcement, with plans to bring two 10,000 ton armored cruisers and two 6,000 ton cruisers to the Iberian peninsula as part of ongoing flotilla movements.
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Sitis
Germany
Iberian Peninsula
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Sweden
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North Sea
Spanish
Admiral Scheer
Deutschland
Leipzig
Koeln
Spain
Mrs. Nannie Tickle Dies at Shannondale Home
Mrs. Nannie C. Tickle, 76, of Shannondale, died at her home last night from age related causes. A Tazewell county resident for many years, she will be buried in the family cemetery after funeral services Saturday at 2:30 at the home with Rev. M. C. Hughes officiating. Grandsons to be pallbearers and granddaughters to be flower bearers.
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Nannie C. Tickle
Shannondale
Roosevelt Presses Plans for National TVA Style Projects
President Roosevelt seeks laws to create nationwide TVA like authorities to build small and large dams on all tributaries, restore forests, and fund farm practices to cut runoff. Norris advocates unified authorities to generate and sell power, while Mansfield proposes separate power agencies. utilities condemn a centralized system as federal overreach. Republican critics say the scope consolidates too much power in Washington.
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Norris
House
Mansfield
Texas
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Philip H. Gadsden
Committee of Utility Executives
Roosevelt protests merit system exemptions to civil service
President Roosevelt sent a letter to Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead urging that all but policy forming positions be placed under the civil service. He notes Congress has not acted on reform and protests grow as bills exempt civil service workers, including NRA AAA and other agencies, while about 300000 jobs have already been exempted since 1933.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Garner
Bankhead
Joint Congressional Committee
House
Senate
Guffey
NRA
AAA
Ore Owners Loan Corporation
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Lebanon Skeeters Invade City Saturday for Match
Lebanon skeet shooters travel to Bluefield this Saturday for a match with the Bluefield Gun Club. The event replaces a previous Appalachian skeet shoot and will be hosted under improved conditions. A large crowd is expected as the 16 yard traps will be in operation.
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Lebanon
Bluefield
Ing
Appalachian Eet Association
Ex-Police Chief Held for Grand Jury Charge
W V June 3 F J G Ludin resigned this week as Burnsville police chief and was held for grand jury action on a felonious assault charge filed by Francis Bennett. Justices Will Davais and J L Fox presided.
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