Temperance Rally Lines Up Fight Against Dispensaries in Tazewell
Bluefield Virginia hosts a large temperance rally as organizers plan to oppose liquor dispensaries in Tazewell county. Petition drives will target the Virginia liquor board, with future rallies at Tazewell courthouse. A temporary leadership slate is named, and speakers note rising drunkenness in Richmond after dispensaries opened.
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Bluefield
Tazewell County
Pocahontas
Virginia Liquor Board
Tazewell
Tazewell Courthouse
H. A. Willis
H. C. Broyles
T. S. Gillespie
Vera Wright
W. B. Greer
Cliffield
Tazewell-Russell W. ©. T. U
Richmond
Virginia
Sundey
Danville
Graham High School Senior Charles Peters Buried in Kentucky
Charles Peters 17, a Graham high school senior, was buried in Inez Kentucky after a funeral at Graham Methodist Church. He died from injuries in a Falls Mills road crash when his running board struck a coal truck. Peters would have graduated next Tuesday. ministers and coaches led the funeral procession with many classmates in attendance.
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Charles Peters
Graham High School
Old Kentucky
Inez
Graham Methodist Church
Charles H. Williams
Young Peters
Falls Mills
C. H. Williams
Elmer W. Dean
H. Graham Keyes
Ted Fix
Z. T. Kyle
Charley Peters
Forty Men Start Two Local VERA Projects
Forty men began work Monday on two local VERA projects the West Graham sidewalk and Ridge road. Foremen are provided by the town. Workers are to log 48 hours before a new list is posted, with the program expected to run most of the summer. Examinations at Graham High School run through June 12.
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West Graham
Ridge Road
Clarification on Town Council Election Method
The article explains the town council race rules. Three candidates will be elected: one in West ward, one in East ward, and one at large. A higher vote total in one ward does not move a candidate from another ward into office.
Copperhead Snake Menace at Nemours Powder Plant
Abb's valley reports a copperhead infestation at the Nemours du Pont Powder plant with high explosives on site. Management seeks safe measures and will consult Wilmington technical staff to remove the reptiles without risking the magazine.
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Nemours
de Nemours du Pont Powder Company
Wilmington
Monster
Abb's
Funeral Services Held at Grundy for Mrs Looney
Funeral services were conducted at Grundy Monday for Mrs J P Looney a prominent woman and mother of Mrs H C Davis of Bluefield Virginia. She died Saturday at Richlands hospital after an operation the previous Thursday. Surviving are her husband six children plus another daughter Miss Gladys Looney who lives with Mrs Davis. A son Paris Looney attends West Virginia Business College Bluefield. Mrs Looney a native of Buchanan county. She had seemed to be recovering until a relapse Saturday. The family had been in Bluefield the previous Sunday with relatives.
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Grundy
J. P. Looney
H. C. Davis
Bluefield
Looney
Richlands Hospital
Gladys Looney
Davis
Dr. Davis
Paris Looney
West Virginia Business College
Well Known Citizen of Elk Garden Dies
John Denny, 70, longtime Elk Garden mill operator and prominent resident, died at Lebanon hospital. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 11 at Saltville, his native home. Relatives from Bluefield plan to attend as bark shipments bound for Pearisburg tannery move in solid carloads amid a favorable turkey season.
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John Denny
Joe Denny
Bluestone
G. W. Pyle
Bluefield
Five Oaks
Pearisburg Tannery
Virginia Sidelights Tan Bark Shipped in County Revival
The tanbark industry shows a revival in Tazewell county as shipments resume, signaling renewed activity for local suppliers. Strong demand from regional mills supports a rebound after a slow period.
Callaway Invents Wooden Home Awning for Patent
Norfolk and Western dispatcher G. C. Callaway, inventor of a wooden awning, considers patenting the design after applying it to his Virginia avenue home. The piece notes a new architectural idea and mentions weather impacts on local areas and corn growth in drought-affected Tazewell County.
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G. C. Callaway
Norfolk and Western Dispatcher
Mr. Callaway
Virginia Avenue
Turkeys Guarded as Showers Hit Clinch Valley
Clinch Valley housewives hurriedly shielded turkeys from昨日 rain showers that swept through the region. Local chatter hints at a possible fall code or market impact linked to the poultry.
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Clinch Valley
Virginia Side Personalities In Washington And Supree
Mrs. Alderson Sexton visits Washington D C. Mrs. J B Mathews stays in Supree New Hampshire, the old home of her husband C B Bailey who has been ill for several weeks and is still unable to leave his room.
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Ann &. Pleasant
Huey P. Long
Mrs. Pleasant
Washington
Senate Committee
Louisiana
Bluefield Kiwanis Hear Talks On College Future
Dr. T B Vass and B J Wagner addressed the Bluefield Kiwanis club as part of a vocational guidance program. Mark Reid was elected new association president with Crocket Hughes VP and W A Sutherland secretary. Dr Wade, newly installed Bluefield College president, urged alumni cooperation and outlined plans for social life, more scholarships, campus improvements, and publicity.
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T. B. Vass
St. Luke's Hospital
B. J. Wagner
Bluefield
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
J. R. Cameron
Mark Reid
First National Bank
Marvin L. Williams
Bluefield College
Crocket Hughes
W. A. Sutherland
Robert Jesse
Kathryn Smoot
Williame
Dr. Wade
Mercer County School
Wade
Frank S. Easley
Easley
Charles R. Oder
United States Geological Survey
Ed Hughes
United States Experimental Station
Florida
Graduation guests honored by law school association
Four honor students from West Virginia University Law School were guests of the association. They include Alfred Edmont on, Katherine Cook, Herman Hill and Martha Jeter Lazenby, with Miss Trixie Peters listed as an honor student.
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Trixie Peters
West Virginia University Law School
Alfred Edmonton
Katherine Cook
Herman Hill
Martha Jeter Lazenby
Merger Proposed for Chicago and Eastern Illinois with New York Central
Washington report to the Reconstruction finance corporation proposes merging the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad with the New York Central system rather than the Van Sweringen lines. The C and E I is in receivership and owes the corpora tion, with bankruptcy blamed on overcapitalization excessive plant investment and deficient freight traffic return.
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Washington
Chicago and Leastern Illinois
New York Central
van Sweringen
Reconstruction Corporation
Railroad Division
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Ilinois
B C Relieves Headache in Minutes
A pharmacist prepared remedy named B C offers quick relief for violent headaches. It claims to calm nerves, ease muscular pains, colds, and neuralgia without narcotics, available in 10 and 25 cent packages at drugstores.
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B.C
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
D. Wiley
Kingfish
Toonerville
Horace
Elk Garden
Cedar Bluff
Turkeys
Kiwanis
Vocational Guidance Committee
New York
B. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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