All Names Placed On City Ballots For Municipal Primary
Ballot commissioners Raymond Sanders P J Asdworth Republican and W K McDowell Democrat met to print ballots for the municipal primary. All twenty one candidate petitions certificates of acceptance and expense accounts were reviewed and placed on the ballot. Eleven will be eliminated in next Tuesday's primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Sanders
P. J. Asdworth
W. K. McDowell
D. M. Easley
Repu N
Sttees
W. Lewis
Church to Continue Merger Negotiations
Pittsburgh June 4 The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church voted to continue negotiations for union with the Southern Presbyterian Church and authorized the closer relations committee to pursue a stronger push for a Union with the Presbyterian Church. The assembly rejected a proposal to have the Southern church merge with the United Presbyterians at this time. The United States Presbyterians will extend negotiations for at least another year and a new committee will open talks on union with the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church
Southern Presbyterian Church
Committee On Closer
Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterians
United States Presbyterians
Cleveland crew aims to beat endurance refueling record
Pilots H. R. Reitz and Byron K. Newcomb plan a Cleveland flight to refuel midair and remain aloft for eight days or longer chasing the endurance record set by Pilota Reg Robbins and Cowboy Jim Kelly in Fort Worth. The Stinson aircraft and supply crew Louis Dryer Sergeant William Smith and Dale Dryer will support the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reg Robbins
Jim” Kelly
Forth Worth
Texas
H. R. Reitz
Byron K. Newcomb
Cleveland
Ohio
Stinson
Louis Dryer
William Smith
Dale Dryer
Community notices list sales events and dances in Bluefield
Summer School begins Monday June 10 with all business courses offered at West Virginia Business College Honaker Building Bluefield. Ads promote furniture paint wholesale district savings and a range of plants and produce with prices. Dance events feature Chester Andersons orchestra and Chap erone for Friday June 7 in Shanondale and Lobins Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hegina
West Virginia Business College
Honaker
Bluefield
Confederate Veterans Hold Annual Reunion in Charlotte
The thirty ninth reunion of the United Confederate Veterans opened in Charlotte with color music and speeches. Senator Pat Morrison of Mississippi Governor O Max Gardner and Mayor George Wilson spoke on stage as former mayor F M Redd attended. Senator Harrison declared the war was fought for states rights not slavery and urged a rebaptism of the South defending southern sentiment against industrialism.
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Charlotte
N. C
United Confederate Veterans
Pat Norrison
Mississippi
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
George Wilson
F. M. Redd
Harrison
Veterana
South
Plans Complete for Swedish Transatlantic Flight to U S
Stockholm confirms plans for a Swedish air crew to fly to the United States via Iceland and Greenland. Capt Albin Ahrenberg, Lt Axel Floden, and radio operator Robert Ljunglund form the team awaiting favorable weather to start.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Iceland
Greenland
Albin Ahrenberg
Axel Floden
Robert Ljunglund
Lindbergh Honeymoon Cruiser Sighted In Provincetown Harbor
Coast guard officials believe a cabin cruiser seen entering Provincetown harbor is the same boat that left Woods Hole today and is the Lindbergh honeymoon craft. The vessel was about a mile and a half offshore with its pilot seeking anchorage tonight.
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Provincetown
Coast Guard
Wooda Hole
Charles A. Lindbergh
London King dissolves government and invites Ramsay MacDonald
June 4 London reports King George the sixth accepted the Conservative cabinet resignation from Stanley Baldwin. On advice of Baldwin the king summoned Ramsay MacDonald by telephone to form a new Labor ministry. The public fears a Labor government echo past anxieties as Derby at Upcom Downs looms tomorrow.
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London
George
Stanley Baldwin
Windsor Castle
Haldwin
Ramsay Macdonald
Labor Party
Macdonald
Upcom Downs
Soucek Bars Alley on Seaplane Altitude Attempt
Apollo Soucek, holder of the land plane altitude record, attempted to break the seaplane mark of 37,995 feet in a night flight. His barograph readings suggested a peak near 39,000 feet, but calibration may lower the height to below 38,223 feet, falling short of Champion’s record under international rules.
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Washington
Apollo Soucek
Bureau of Standard
C. C. Champion
Soucek
Accidental Death Verdict in Batavia Bus Crash
Cincinnati June 4 coroner Dr Joseph Curis of Clermont county ruled accidental death after an inquest into the deaths of Lacy B Schoyer 60 widow of a Pittsburgh attorney and two others in a bus and automobile crash near Batavia Ohio. The verdict found no one responsible. The bus collided with a car driven by the coroner’s son Edward Curtis on a hill. The other victims were Dr and Mrs Edward Treton of Marathon.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Curis
Clermont County
Lacy B. Schoyer
Pittsburgh
Batavia
Ohio
Edward Curtis
Edward ©. Treton
Marathon
Flying squirrels may aid pine rust fight in Maine study
In Augusta on June 4 a Maine study notes diseased pine bark fed to flying squirrels may destroy rust spores. Researchers led by W. O. Frost say the sweet, infected bark attracts the squirrels which remove spores, potentially protecting currant and gooseberry bushes up to 100 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Airrelis
W. O. Frost
Maine
Mine Purchased by Continental Coal Co in West Virginia
Fairmont June 4 The Parker Run mine of the Monongahela Coal Company was bought today by Continental Coal Company for an undisclosed sum. Located near Rivesville the 1000 acre property includes coal land a modern town and mining equipment. The mine with a 3.0 ton daily capacity has operated steadily and will continue under Continental. Howard W Showalter of Fairmont is president of Continental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Parker Run
Monongahela Coal Company
Continental Coal Company
Rivesville
Monongahela Company
Howard W. Showalter
Continental Concern
Man Rescues His Three Children From Fire in Sisteraville
In Sisteraville West Virginia on June 4 John Eddy 38 saved the lives of his three young children and Willard Smith Jr. as flames engulfed the Eddy home. Eddy dashed in as volunteers fought the blaze and brought the semi conscious youngsters to safety two at a time.
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Sisteraville
W. Va
John Eddy
Willard Smith Jr
Eddy
Lindberghe
Block Island
Newport
R. L
Lindbergh
Long Island Sound
Oil Executives to Share in Profits Under New Plan
Stockholders of Standard Oil of New Jersey ratified a management profit sharing plan. Directors and executives of the parent and affiliates will benefit when net annual earnings exceed 7 percent of net assets, up to a 5 percent allocation of such excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Ol Company of
New Jersey
Education Seen as Patriotism Link at West Liberty
West Liberty West Virginia June 4 Dr Robert A Armstrong head of West Virginia University English department called education a requisite to patriotism in his address at the fifty eighth commencement exercises of West Liberty Teachers College. Diplomas were presented to fifty eight graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
W. Va
Robert A. Armstrong
West Virginia University
West Liberty Teachers’ College
W K Field 63 Coal Leader Dies in Columbus
W K Field, 63, longtime head of Pittsburgh Coal Co and dominant figure in the coal industry, died in Columbus. He led Pittsburgh Coal for sixteen years before resigning in 1926 due to ill health and also served as president of Sunday Creek Coal Co of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W. K. Field
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Governor Conley Urges Law Observance at WVU Graduation
Morgantown June 4 Governor William G Conley urged law observance as a citizenship mark at West Virginia Universitys graduation exercises in the field house where 478 degrees were awarded Honorary doctor of laws were given to Conley former Governor Howard M Gore and University of Chicago president elect R M Hutchins More than 5000 people attended Judge K G Smith presented the honorary degrees and Dr Anne L Darby led the procession An informal talk followed by J Allame Cummins president of the University Alumni Association capped the day
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Morgantown
W. Va
William G. Conley
West Virginia University
University Field House
Conley
Howard M. Gore
R. M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Anne L. Darby
K. G. Smith
Cleeksburg
University Board of Governors
John Roscoe Turner
J. Allame Cummins
University Alumni Association
Butler assails tariff as nationalism gone mad
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University condemned the tariff policy as nationalism gone mad at the 175th commencement. He spoke to 25 000 and handed out degrees to more than 4500 graduates while recuperating from a recent illness. He warned the doctrine forces governments to secure profitable domestic markets for influential producers and claims international trade and finance are harmed by tariff waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Butler
Rate on Water for Beer Pumps Is Cut
Harrisburg June 4. Saloonkeepers in Mauch Chunk Pa will save $1 a year on beer dispensing costs. The Public Service Commission filed a tariff showing the rate for beer pumps reduced from $5 per annum to $1 per quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Mauch Chunk Pa
Public Service Commission
Upper
Work resigns as Republican national chairman in Washington
The Day In Washington notes Dr. Hubert Work resigns as chairman of the Republican national committee. A Senate flare up accuses stock market speculation. the House nears final vote on the censue reapportionment bill. Leaders back a half billion for price stabilization with farm relief. Dr. James Ewing of Cornell outlines a cancer control program to health officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Senate
House
James Ewing
Corneil University
London's Lovers Use Museums to Woo Amid Fossils
In London courtyards and museums, young couples seek sequestered spots to be together among mummies and dinosaurs. Museums, though crowded with history and love stories, are mostly open from 10 in the morning to 6 at night, shaping discreet meetings in the quiet halls.
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London
Youth Problem Foreseen At Lutheran Youth Meeting
Duluth Minnesota June 4 church leaders seek signs of tomorrow's religious trends as the Young People's League of America closes its June 5 meeting. Two thousand official delegates from the United States and Canada attend with mission workers from South Africa Madagascar and China and thousands of laymen. Dr Martin Hegeland of St Olaf College Northfield Minnesota is president. Governor Christianson of Minnesota will address the society and a concert by the Lutheran choral union of 1000 voices is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Young People’s Lutheran League of America
United States
Canada
South Africa
Madagascar
China
Martin Hegeland
St. Olaf's College
Northfield
Christianson
Minnesota
Lutheran Choral Union
Barber claims vote casts jinx on three governors
Shreveport barber J. K. Shearer says his votes have jinxed three state governors. He backed Ferguson in Austin to become governor and later impeached, moved to Oklahoma City to support Walton who was impeached, and voted for Huey P. Long who faced impeachment charges but was cleared. He vows to vote against a candidate he dislikes next time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
J. K. Shearer
Shearer
Jim Perguson
Austin
Ferencon
Oklahoma City
Jack Walton
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Bluefield Chamber Prepares for Primary Board Elections
James E. Mann acting secretary mails ballots for the primary nomination. Seven directors to be elected to two year terms. retiring members cannot run. Fourteen highest named on final ballot, seven win. Primary ballots due by 7 p.m. June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Mann
Bluefield
Long Controversy Over Debts Ends
Paris reports a ten year clash over Germany reparations ends in a compromise cutting the 1919 claim of 125 billion to about 9 billion. The accord fixes 33 billion in 1923 terms, aided by Locarno pact mediation, with France receiving funds to pay Britain and the United States while aiding reconstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Reparations Commission
Wilson
Clementege
Lloyd George
United States
France
Great Britain
Project International Bank
Hearings Start in Wheeling Equity Terms
A special term of the United States district court opened in Wheeling West Virginia with equity hearings set in 15 cases. Judge William E. B. Baker announced the schedule as the session began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling W. Va
Equity
United States District Court
William EB. Baker
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