Illiteracy Decline Sparks New Preschool Education Plan
Dr. R P Sims at Bluefield State Teachers College presided over 37 BS degrees and 35 standard certificates as G C Wilkinson DC high schools official urged that illiteracy is nearly conquered. He outlined future school roles including preschool training, adult retraining, and civic education to adapt to a changing social order.
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R. P. Sims
Bluefield State Teachers College
Mahood Hall
G. C. Wilkinson
District of Columbia High Schools
Wilkinson
Birth control tops program at women’s clubs convention
Detroit June 4 Birth control was a major issue at the triennial convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Eight proposed resolutions include endorsing legislation to disseminate scientifically regulated birth control information. Grace Morrison Poole national president declined to predict approval. Two candidates for president are Roberta Campbell Lawson and Josephine L. Pierce. Other topics include anti lynching law child welfare the world court universal fingerprinting and opposition to Communism and Fascism.
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Detroit
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
Hot Springs
Grace Morrison Poole
Brockton
Mass
Ohio
Sandlick Cemetery Beautification Effort Planned
Persons with kin buried at Sandlick cemetery are asked to report at 10 oclock Friday June 7 to beautify all plots. The event was delayed from Memorial Day due to owners absence. Ed Hicks leads the effort as chief promoter.
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Sandlick Cemetery
Ed Hicks
Former Residents of City Visit Friends
Mr and Mrs C W Moss of ois Ala are in Bluefield on a brief visit to friends en route home from White Sulphur Springs where Mr Moss attended a convention of agents of Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York. He left Bluefield in December 1909 and earlier worked as an agent for Travelers Insurance Co here.
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C. W. Moss
Ois Ala
Bluefield
Moss
White Sulphur Springs
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
Travelers Insurance Company
Bluefield Ministers Postpone Meeting
The Bluefield Ministerial association meeting set for 11:30 at the Y W C A was postponed to 8 p m June 17 at the First Presbyterian church, announced last evening.
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Bluefield Ministerial Association
First Presbyterian Church
Butcher knife slayer linked to two deaths in L A report
Detectives tying two deaths together, murder and death by own action, seek the killer of Dolores Dufoe, 26, found near the body of George Booth hanging from a tree. Manuscript notes mention a Smith name common in World War I, with over 54 000 Smithe serving in the American expedition.
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Los Angeles
Dolores Dufoe
George Booth
Smith
Smithe
Rotarians Seek City Consultation on 1933 Finance Committee
Bluefield Rotarians yesterday endorsed a petition urging city directors to consult the five man committee appointed in 1933 to study the city’s finances. The petition seeks to place financial problems at the feet of the committee and directors, joining other groups in backing the move. The 1933 committee members are C. E. Lilley, S. J. Sublette, C. I. Cheyney, George Dunglinson Jr., and W. H. Thomas.
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Bluefield Rotarians
Business Men's Association
Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Automobile Club
Kiwanis Club
C. E. Lilley
8. J. Sublette
C. I. Cheyney George Dunglinson Jr
W. H. Thomas
Edwin L. Kingsley
Parkersburg
International Association of Lions Clubs
Kingsley
Harold F. Porterfield
Lions Club
Parkersburg Lions Quartette
Marden Wilson
Charles E. Tuttle
Perry Clayton
Paul L. Summers
George Simpson
Parkerenbrg
W. H. Mader
Wheeling
Lions
A. P. Herold
Milwaukee
Charles FE
Wood and Atkinson Named to Scout Leadership Roles
Wood of Cincinnati deputy regional Boy Scouts executive and Charles H Atkinson of Bluefield Southern West Virginia council executive appointed to leadership positions reflecting regional scouting expansion and organizational management.
Major musical show booked at Colonial on Sunday June 9
The Marcus Revue Continental will appear at the Colonial on Sunday June 9. After a 25 year run in the United States the Marcus company of over sixty sailed for the orient last spring and returned with three dozen oriental pulchritude representatives. The show is a large revue with girls, songs, dances, comedy, and spectacle aimed at broad audiences both in the west and east.
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Marcus
United States
Marcus Company
Orient
Far East
North America
Canada
Antipodes
Northland
Mercer County Liquor Stores Set to Open This Morning
Bluefield state liquor store will open at 10 o clock this morning and Princeton store at 10 o clock Thursday morning. Mercer county dispensaries announced by M. G. Gilmer district representative of the state liquor commission. Hours likely 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. as in other stores. Oak Hill store to open Friday.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County
M. G. Gilmer
Matoaka
State Liquor Commission
Oak Hill
Cyanamid declares 10 cent dividend on common stock
New York June 4 directors of American Cyanamid company today declared a dividend of 10 cents a share on class A and B common stocks payable July 1 to stockholders of record June 15. This follows a similar payment on April 1 this year.
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New York
American Cyanamid Company
India Irrigation Crops Reach One-Eighth of Land
A report notes that about one in eight of India’s 244 million cultivated acres rely on canal irrigation. The figure highlights the scale of canal systems in supporting agricultural output across regions.
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India
Drunken arrests double in Bluefield under liquor control
Bluefield Virginia reports a sharp rise in drunkenness since Virginia's liquor control system began. Police say fines for drunkenness rose from 51 in 1933 to 104 in 1934 after the ABC board established its dispensary locally. Police justice T A Osborne notes a policy of clemency and sending intoxicated individuals home when possible.
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Bluefield
Virginia
ABC Board
T. A. Osborne
Bluefield College Shows Marked Growth
Bluefield College displayed steady progress from its beginnings to now as graduates received diplomas on Monday evening at commencement. Observers noted the institution becoming well established and poised to rank among the outstanding schools of the two Virginias.
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Bluefield College
Bluefield School of
Virginias
17 Year Locust Worries Farmers And Sparrows May Aid
Farmers fear the 17 year locust as it damages limbs and trees. Old-Timer notes the English sparrow feeding on locusts could help reduce the pest. The piece muses on sparrows as possible natural control and even hints at a providential purpose.
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Pharoah
Scout Eyes Local Ball Players From Bluefield Area
The Bluefield News reports a major league scout from the Giants visited Bluefield and Pocahontas, viewed Wallace Averille, A Joyce and Ray Short in action, and indicated the three local players may be given a chance in higher levels. Joyce is a pitcher with Boissevain, Arville is a first baseman, and Short is a shortstop.
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Bluefield
Wallace Averille
A. Joyce
Ray Short
Joyce
Boissevain
Arville
Short
Moore
Giants
Pocahontas
Fear Coal Strike Seen As Prolonged Conflict in Region
Visitors in Bluefield from the Clinch valley warn of a long coal strike. They foresee a protracted shutdown possibly lasting until late fall. The memory of the 1898 troops stationed at Graham is recalled, but today both West Virginia and Virginia coalfields have enjoyed decades of relative peace.
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Bluefield
Clinch Valley
Richmond
Graham
West Virginia
Virginia
Ebeneezer Church Bluestone Hosts Big Box Supper Saturday
A big box supper is set for Saturday night at Ebenezer church on Bluestone. The event invites community members to share a meal and support church activities.
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Ebenezer Church
Bluestone
Virginia Sidelights Birth and civic notes from Graham area
Virginia Sidelights reports a baby girl born June 2 to Mr and Mrs Cubine Britten of West Graham. Olga Kidd of Bluefield W Va is noted as the bride prior. Local church officers were ordained at Pocahontas Presbyterian including A R Fox John Mullin deacons J B Hurley Norman W Hughes. Plan to install H J Davis as Sunday school superintendent pending illness. Gov George C Peery urged increased employer payrolls by radio. Tolbert of West Graham farms seven acres with a seven man crew and berry cultivation. Town council discussed bonded debt and funding bonds with a decision expected soon. Graham High School 1934-35 term closes with class night today diplomas awarded tomorrow and large commencement crowds.
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Cubine Britten
West Graham
Britten
Olga Kidd
Bluefield
W. Va
Pocahontas Presbyterian Church
A. R. Fox
John Mullin
J. B Hurley
Norman W. Hughes
H. J. Davis
George C. Peery
Virginia
Tolbert
Graham High School
Beautify Wagner Cemetery Work Effort Planned
Attention is again called to the request for those who have relatives buried in the Wagner cemetery near Bailey to assemble at the cemetery Thursday morning for the purpose of ridding the grounds of brush and briars and to arrange for fencing the grounds.
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Wagner Cemetery
Bailey
June bug bait aids trout catch on Clear Fork
Bluefield railroad officials R. H. Smith and J. R. Derrick used the new June bug as bait for a trout fishing trip on Clear Fork. Anglers report a big trout will strike a June bug, and Derrick recalls discovering last year that trout love the June bug.
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R. H. Smith
J. R. Derrick
Bluefield Railroad
Clear Fork
Mr. Derrick
Virginia Side People Line Up In Local Business Outlook
Prilliman of Hinton visited on business Tuesday afternoon. Maggie Heldreth returns from Bluefield sanitarium after a two week stay. Walter Graham shows improvement and can visit town. W P Wyatt recovers from ten days illness. Grat Gillespie returns from Aflex and Logan to North Tazewell. Simpson, once a Bluefield auto salesman, now in Orlando with wife to join soon. Mrs Simpson leaving Bluefield and Va home about June 15. Charles Sowers returns home from Berea College with strong record.
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W. P. Wyatt
Grat Gillespie
Aflex
Logan
W. Va
North Tazewell
N M
Simpson
Bluefield
Orlando
Fla
Charles Sowers
Berea College
Local youths named for service academy admissions
Representative Kee designates James McCorkle of Hinton for West Point and Joseph M. West of Anjean Greenbrier county for Annapolis Naval Academy admission. Carroll Worrell of Mullens and Thompson Burgess of Bluefield named as alternates for West Point.
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Washington
Kee
West Virginia
James 8. McCorkle
Hinton
West Point
Joseph M. West
Anjean
Greenbrier County
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Carroll Worrell
Mullens
Wyoming County
Thompson Burgess
Bluefield
Appointment list notes alternates for polia
The fragment names Robert P. McQuail of Bluefield Samuel J. Young Jra of Williamson and Randolph Shelton of oe as alternates for Anna polia.
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Budweiser Ing
Bluefield Coca-Cola Bottling CO. Distributors
Bluefield Ave
Clubfield
Virginia News
ABC
Mother
Law
Bruce Bosley
Ft. Worth
Tex
BOX Supper
Licostr & Myzas Tosacco Co
Peery
Virginia Side
Walter Graham
LEE Theatre
Bluefield, VA
RUE c . Cau
Mariners
Elf
Saturday Evening Post
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