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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1931
Page
1
WHIS will broadcast a 26 week Sunday morning series at 10 o clock titled Watch Tower. Judge Joseph H Rutherford will discuss leading Bible topics and answer common questions. The program is organized by Dr. Bird of Rock Creek.
A musical festival and community meeting are set for late August at Mountain Lake Park Maryland under the Allenghenny Tablet and Monument association. Representatives from Fayatte and Somerset and Preston Tucker Monongalia and Mineral counties in West Virginia are invited. Plans were formed at a recent Oakland Maryland meeting to make the event annual with Nat J. Frome and Mica Sara Huff directing arrangements.
Charles Edwards an 18 year old resident of Cogburn Virginia was struck by a freight train near Bluefield Virginia and dragged under a wheel. He sustained a mashed left leg and head injuries but was not seen by any train crew. He was taken to Bluefield sanitarium as authorities investigated the incident and possible family connections.
The American Federation of Labor announced an estimate that wage losses, including wage due, part time work, and unemployment costs, could exceed 2.5 billion dollars in early 1931. Officials Green and Doak Raid cautioned the figure stems from wage cuts not solely caused by big employers, affecting over 125,000 factory workers.
Alex Holley was arrested yesterday on Mahe mountain McDowell county and will face Judge George W McCliintic in June for operating a moonshing still. Prohibition agents with local help destroyed a 50 gallon still and purged 60 patrons of mash and two gallons of liquor. Holley was held on $4000 bail. J C Brown, 25, was also arrested for possession of five gallons and one quart of whiskey and jailed awaiting Magistrate McNeal’s trial.
Washington June 5. National Broadcasting Co and subsidiaries of RCA filed suit in DC Supreme Court to restrain the Radio Commission from denying their 1409 channel license renewals. They challenge the constitutionality of a portion of the Radio Act under which the commission operates, linked to a prior ruling on a Clayton act case.
Notal Main Barber Shop lists weekday hours from 7 a m to 6 p m with Saturday until midnight. Children’s haircuts are 25 cents daily. ladies’ haircuts 25 cents Tuesdays and Thursdays. Toy Chappell is manager and experienced manicurlist. At Ryan’s Ayatve grocery 210 Bluefield Avenue, Saturday specials include fresh cabbage 2 cents per pound Libby’s apple butter 20 cents Carnation milk three cans for 27 cents plus other deals. call 89 and 89 for details.
The obituary for Dudgeon, a former president of the National Legion Auxiliary, notes his expert accounting, meticulous books, and distinguished service in McDowell County civic and political life. His body is being brought to Welch for burial preparation.
Robbers entered the Norfolk and Western Cedar Bluff Virginia station during lunch, rifling the ticket office and escaping with $16410 from an unjocked safe. The thief crawled through the ticket window. B D Humphreys and XK Kiner are named in reports. Cedar Bluff Police Chief Dan Taylor leads the investigation.
The general synod of the Reformed Church in America voted against a resolution to authorize negotiations for a union with the Presbyterian church. Debates preceded the defeat while another measure to dismiss the committee on closer relations with other denominations failed.
Fidelity & Surety Company sues J Frank Phelps of Bluefield in the U S district court seeking to stop further insurance collections. The policy, taken December 1923, paid 8571 20 after an auto crash. Last payment was February 1931. April 1931 demand for more money is denied. Case likely not heard at Bluefield term opening June 18.
A successful first aid school sponsored by a newer company concluded with an exam in June. Thirty eight enrolled and thirty two earned the standard American Red Cross certificate, while two advanced certificates were awarded to those who had prior standard certificates.
Wayne County News editor Herman P. Dean travels to Atlanta to attend the Editorial Association convention and receive a national prize for the best newspaper headline. The award honors a Genesis based head epitomizing creation acts, with a gold and onyx fountain pen as the trophy.
Church notices list Sunday school times and pastors for First Christian, Church of God, Ridway Christian, Calfee’s Chapel, Trinity Methodist, College Avenue Baptist, Christ Episcopalian, and First Baptist. Highlighted are service times, sermon topics, evening programs, midweek prayer meetings, youth activities, and upcoming church board and deacon meetings with notes on Children’s Day programs and summer worship plans.
E J Meinhardt, renowned rupture specialist, will demonstrate the Meinhardt Shield in Bluefield West Virginia Wednesday June 10 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Mars Hotel. Men invited for inspection with no charge. focus on white attendees only. warnings against imitators and unsafe methods.
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