Mountain Empire to Honor Visitors in Bluefield Event
Visitors from the mountain empire will be welcomed in Bluefield for the eighth annual Southwestern Virginia celebration. Hugh The Shott, Daily Telegraph and Sunset News publisher, will give the welcoming address, with Dr. J. N. Hillman of Emory and Henry College replying. Prominent regional leaders from industry commerce and agriculture will attend the all day program at the stadium. One highlight is the Miss Mountain Empire selection presented by Col. R. A. Gilliam of the state conservation and development commission. Attendance is expected near three thousand as an amplifying system ensures full audibility across the field.
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Mountain Empire
Bluefield
Southwestern Virginia
Great Bluefield
Hugh the Shott
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
J. N. Hillman
Emory and Henry College
Eld
Miss Mountain Empire
R. A. Gilliam
Virginia State Commission On Conservation and Development
Kump Briefly Stops at Jacksons Mills Camp
Governor H G Kump visited the state Four-H camp at Jacksons Mill en route to Charleston from Morgantown. He told about 200 volunteer Four-H workers that the county unit school system will gain broader approval than expected, countering opposing false reports from the legislature debate. Three of the governor’s daughters Frances Elizabeth and Margaret and his son Benjamin registered as club members before the party headed to Charleston.
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Jackson's Mill
H. G. Kump
Charleston
Morgantown
Benjamin
Frances
Elizabeth
Margaret Kump
Freakish weather baffles oldsters of north and west
The season brought sub zero temperatures in February droughts in March and April and record May rain and snowstorms. Minnesota and Nashville posted rare totals while Illinois endured almost daily rain from late April to mid May. Temperatures plunged across the U S in February and a 69 degree 24 hour drop occurred in the Adirondacks with light snow in eastern New York on Memorial Day. Volcanic activity in Alaska and a meteor over Arizona added to the extreme weather, a Dallas hailstorm caused damage, St Louis saw twice its usual thunderstorms, and Pacific shipping suffered gale impact.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Indiana
Tennessee
Nashville
Illinois
Philadelphia
United States
Adirondacks
New York
Memorial Day
Alaska
Arizona
Dallas
Texas
St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Boston Police Battle Invaders in Roxbury Church
Two Boston officers and two men clashed at the foot of the main altar in a Roxbury church early today. William Dorsey, 29, was edged in front of the altar while Jobam Robinson, 32, was pulled from beneath a sanctuary bench. Dorsey said he hails from Syracuse and Robinson from Philadelphia. all four faced breaking and entering and attempted larceny charges.
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Boston
Roxbury
William Dorsey
Jobam
Dorsey
Syracuse
N. Y
Robinson
Philadelphia
Home Town Girl Marries King of Wall Street
Monnie O’Dare rushes home from Europe after a delayed letter from her former fiancé Dan Cardigan only to find him dying from injuries in an auto crash. Dan had just married Sandra Lawrence, a designing siren who made Monnie seem uncaring. Monnie takes a job with Dr Waterman while confronting Charles Eustace, who provokes a kiss and a bitter rift. Arthur Mackenzie may offer a new path as she faces gossip about a London wedding and her uncertain future.
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Monnie O'Dare
Europe
Dan Cardigan
Dan
Sandra Lawrence
Monnie
O’dares
Bill
Anstice Corey
Arthur MacKenzie
DR. Waterman
Charles Eustace
Monica
Charles Buelace
Charles
London
Paris
New York
Chicago
Mackenzie
Ellen Willard
Sandra
Kay
Wall Street
Buddy Hicks Breaks Arm Tumbling at Falls Mills
William Buddy Hicks son of Mr and Mrs W B Hicks broke both bones of his left forearm in a fall Monday at Falls Mills while tumbling with Bluefield boys. He received first aid from companions then was taken to St Luke's hospital where the fractures were set. He was reported doing nicely at home on Vineyard street accompanied to the hospital by Gene Studebaker.
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William
Buddy) Hicks
W. B. Hicks
Falls Mills
Bluefield
St. Luke’s Hospital
Vineyard Street
Gene Studebaker
United Day Group Will Hold Rally In Bluefield
A community meeting opposing repeal of the eighteenth amendment is set for Sunday June 18 at 2 30 p m in the Municipal Auditorium with Oliver W Stewart of Chicago Illinois president of the flying squadron foundation as speaker. He is noted for anti prohibition work including aiding West Virginia’s dry status in 1912 and has spoken 140 times in seven days in Illinois. Advanced representative R S Middleton of Indianapolis said West Virginia prospects look encouraging as the squadron plans to visit over 100 towns before June 27.
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Municipal Auditorium
United Dty Forces
Oliver W. Stewart
Chicago
Lll
Flying Squadron Foundation
Stewart
West Virginia
Illinois
Manndeville
Bluefield
Friends of the Cause
R. S. Middleton
Indianapolis
Ind
Golf stars ready for open tourney
Golf stars including Olin Dutra 73 Paul Runyan 75 Ralph Guldahl 75 Leo Diegue 76 and others played with Dutra in an experiment noting they failed to keep accurate scores yet hovered around the 75 mark.
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Golf Stars
Olin Dutra
Paul Runyan
Ralph Guldahl
Leo Diego
Walter Hagen
Ed Dudley
Densmore Shute
Dutra
Maybeury Pythians to hold memorial service next Sunday
The memorial program committee of the Maybeury Pythian lodge has completed plans for a service at Maybeury Methodist church next Sunday morning. W. W. McNeal of Bluefield will deliver the principal address.
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Maybeury Pythian Lodge
Maybeury Methodist Church
W. W. McNeal
Bluefield
Pythian Sisters Prepare Musical Tribute Service
A local Pythian temple committee plans a musical program with community singers to remember Knights F. D. Padbury and R. B. Noell. Members and visiting lodges are urged to participate in the tribute service hosted by the lodge and its sisters.
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F. D. Padbury
R. B. Noell
West Virginian patents fountain playing music
Washington June 6 The patent office granted a patent to Erick O Zynda of Charles Town West Virginia for a fountain device. The artificial plants have leaves and flowers made of resonant material. each leaf or flower sounds a note when struck by water. Water flows over the plants via valves controlled by a keyboard.
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Washington
Patent Office
Erick O. Zynda
Charles Town
W. Va
G A R Vets Gather in Annual Meeting
Parkersburg West Virginia June 6 One by one aged Civil War veterans gather for the fifty first annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Three more boys of 61 report today bringing to twenty two the number present from among the seventy seven veterans still living in West Virginia They will parade through the streets tomorrow led by state commander S W Coffey of Wheeling Sessions close with election of new officers Thursday.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Grand Army of the Republic
West Virginia
W. Coffey
Wheeling
Father of Mrs Denman Died Sunday in Ohio
Mr and Mrs L H Denman of Bluefield college were called to Pleasantville Ohio on Saturday due to the serious illness of Mrs Denmans father Nathan H Miller. Word came Monday that Mr Miller died Sunday night. Mrs Denmans mother died last October.
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L. H.denman
Bluefield College
Pleasantville
Ohio
Directors Amend List of Voters in Bluefield Primary
More than ten thousand eight hundred qualified voters exist in Bluefield per city clerk Muriel Kerfoot as directors amend registration books ahead of the June 13 municipal primary. Registrars submitted 10,799 names while over thirty were added after residents appeared before the board. Seventeen candidates are on the ballot, with most to be eliminated at the primary and five to be elected on July 5. In Bethany, Senator Bennett Champ Clark received a doctor of laws degree at Bethany College during commencement. fifty seniors earned degrees.
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City of
Bluefield
Muriel Kerfoot
Bethany
W. Va
Bennett Champ Clark
Bethany College
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