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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1931

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West Virginia hosts three day institute on child health

Morgantown WV June 10 to 12 WVU hosts an institute on child health in school hygiene. The program features WVU officials and state health leaders, with sessions on diseases social issues nutrition mental hygiene and physical education and a closing discussion on cooperation between state and local health agencies.

Morgantown W.a West Virginia University State Department of Health State Department of Education The University Hart Huddleston Ean College of Education Alde John Roscoe Turner William C. Cook Supare W.J. Henshaw West Virginia Br, & Farrier Monongalia County W. H. McGraw Wilveralty Health Aor Samuel J. Morris J. H. Longwell Misa Campion Nell Nesbitt University Experiment Station Jasper WN. Doall Carl P. Schott Division of Physical Education Burl Huddicnton University College of Education Pr. WT. Henshaw Arthur ¥. G. Upton Joan

Body of American engineer found in Panama Canal area

The body of Joseph A. Clone, an American engineer on the canal project, was found today on his Gatun lake plantation with the head almost severed by a blow. Police investigated but had no clue to the killer. In a separate Panama City report a policeman was shot and two robbers were captured after a bank payroll heist.

Panama City Joseph A. Clone Gatun Lake F Fanna AQ Lior

Rupture expert to visit Mars Hotel Maefield West Virginia

RUPTURE expert on the Melphard Rupture Shield to speak at the Mars Hotel Maefield West Virginia on Wednesday only from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Special notice invites men fitted with the device to call for inspection and others to investigate. No charge for demonstration.

Mars Maefield W. Va Mein Hardi Tits Higie Crawford Ave Chitapa

Prolific toddler Jude Tawlow nears 100 pounds

Three and a half year old ULES THEWLOW resembles a small marvel, close to 100 pounds, with birth weight eight ounces and weekly gains of ten ounces. Jude Tawlow, son of Mr and Mrs Wrank Tawlow of Chicago, may evoke famed authorial comparisons.

Ules 'Thewlow Jude Wrank Tawlow Chicago

Deep sea fish to be housed in new Woods Hole tanks

Washington reports that deep sea fish will be kept in special high pressure, cold water tanks at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts for study and observation. The tanks are being built in a laboratory to simulate their natural deep sea environment.

Washington New Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Massachusetts

Scientists to Meet in Pasadena AAAS Session June 15 20

Scientists from across the United States gather in Pasadena to discuss age of humanity star formation and parity physics at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting June 15 to 20. The California Institute of Technology and Mount Wilson Observatory host with papers on cancer therapy quantum physics photosynthesis earthquakes and ocean life. Nationally known scientists speak daily on topics of popular interest while a symposium on The Impact of Science on Civilization is presented by a historian an iconomist and a scientist. Major Robert C. R. Goetz named American military attaché in Brussels arriving August.

Pasadena Cal American Association For the Advancenant of Science United States California Mount Wilson, Observatory Carnegie Institution of Washington Ocean

Senator seeks national merchant marine for Colombia

Hoxota Colombia June 9 Senator PHogenes Reyes asks congress to form a national merchant marine asserting Colombia loses about 100000 dollars annually by operating foreign ships under foreign flags.

Merchant Marine Hoxota Colombia Phogenes Reyes Congress Marin Hoe

Senator Shipstead Sails for Europe

New York June 8 Senator Henrik Silpatead of Minnesota sails for Europe to study conditions affecting the international market for silver. He serves on the foreign relations committee's subcommittee investigating the silver market.

New York Henrik Silpatead Minnesota Europe United States America Allger Foreign Relations Committee

Former stage dancer King awarded damages in out of court settlement

Jura B Aliss Amend King, 29, a former stage dancer, was awarded 33 000 dollars in an out of court settlement totaling 160 000 dollars against the Chicago Surface Lines and the City of Chicago. The February 2000 collision left her blind after the automobile she rode struck a pole by Western Avenue near the car track.

Chicago Jura Amenda King Miss King Ahe Strick Western Avenue Ught Post

Non poisonous snakes destroy rats and mice

Perth Australia a teading soologist Mr Le Sauef proposes large non poisonous snakes to combat rabbits destroying crops worth millions. He notes small snakes already reduce rats and mice. he suggests importing breeding boa constrictors to be released among rabbits, since a constrictor can swallow a rabbit in one gulp.

Perth Australia le Sauef Bunt le Sauet

Annulment sought in death tied marriage case

In Chicago a suit seeks to annul the marriage of Mrs. Kittle N. Guan Jones to Major George W. Jones, married in Michigan six years ago. The petition claims the union was procured while she was under mysterious circumstances and dead eight months. The case also seeks to settle her estate and exhumation issues.

Chicago Dollar Charles Oakley Jessia Koch Lewiss EB. Thompson Kittle N. Guan-Jones George W. Jones Michigan Major Jones Sha Jones

Condition improves for Princess Marie Louise of Britain

London June report states Princess Marie Louise cousin of King George V shows improved condition after quintessian trouble. Physicians issued bulletin noting gradual recovery and her ongoing medical care. Pikeville Tenn June 8 four men arrested on murder charges tied to Deacon death after suspected poisonous liquor. Suspects Patton Padgett Rothwell brothers Rothwell named. case linked to Saturday night drinking incident.

London Marie Louise George V Pikeville Tenn George Newton Deacon J. A. Patton Maynard Padgett Claude Rothwaoll Sidney Rothwell

Local Businesses and Notices Share Whimsical City Scene

Vaporine refreshes styles at Ideal Beauty Shop and Matt Trotel Beauty Shoppe advertise permanent waves and haircare. French Hat Shoppe offers Boucle and Woolbou items with price tiers. Masonic notice for Cluefield Lodge 83, 7:30 pm at Mesdrle Temple. visitors welcome. Matt Barber Shop lists hours and services. Ray Chappell manages manicures. Lake Shawnee hosts a dance tonight with Mark Goff orchestra and chaperone. Troubadours offer engagements. H O Shorts manager lists address and contact.

Cluefield Tage A. Wf A. M. Tae Tilaht Mesdrle Temple L. M. Carper

New York Man Arrested in Boston for $7000 Library Theft

Harold B Clarke, 29, of New York City, was seized by Boston police with $7000 in stolen books from public libraries. Police say he admitted stripping New England libraries of rare editions worth about $50,000 and carried a notebook listing customers in Paris London Berlin and Buenos Aires along with several dealer houses.

Revere Masa Harold B. Clarke New York City Boston Kla Pos Sesaton Clarke New England Paris London Berlin Buenos Aires Rove Editions

AH Lawson Dies in Huntington

A H Lawson longtime Bluefield Virginia resident died Monday morning in a Huntington West Virginia hospital after a period as a patient. His body will be returned to Bluefield this evening by Norfolk and Western train No 16 and laid to rest at the home of Creed Shelton. Funeral and burial plans were incomplete last night.

A. H. Lawson Bluefield Huntington W. Vit Norfolk and Western Will Beaken Creed Shelton Mr. Lawson Ace

Scientist enters Arctic in hunt for bird egg

Pittaburgh Pa A 6000 mile Arctic expedition led by Dr George Mikach Sutton state ornithologist seeks the egg of the Marria Pattow an eye never seen by man Sutton hopes to bring it to the Carnegie Museum The party travels via Winnipeg and Hudson Bay to the ice east of Canada

Pittabursh Arctic George Mikach Sutton Sutton Carnegie Museum Arctics Canada Wioniper Hudson Bay

New Seminar to Study Political Facts in Asia

Berkeley California hosts a five year seminar by the Institute of Social Sciences to examine historical political economic and cultural factors in Russia China and Japan. The study will trace Russia eastward expansion to the Pacific and Japan's role in northeastern Asia with plans for graduate student and faculty field visits.

Berkeley Cal PSA Russia China Japan

Superintendent Chesteen Smith Named In Baltimore District

The Rev. Dr. Chesteen Smith, pastor of Hamline church in Washington, was appointed superintendent of the Baltimore district of the Baltimore conference, Methodist Episcopal church. The conference session ended with assignments for the coming year listing several station names and assigned pastors, including Frostburg J. Ll. Neff, Harpers Ferry Henry Lamb, Keyser W. M. Hoffman, Martinsburg S. H. Rose, and others such as Old Town O. H. K. Mead and Winchester W. M. Brashears.

Baltimore Chesteen Smith Hamline Washington Methodist Episcopal Church Frostburg J. Ll. Neff Harpers Ferry Henry Lamb Keyser Ww. M. Hoffman Martinsburg S. H. Rose Midland Joseph Young Mineral Williamsaport Karl G. Newell Winchester W. M. Brashears

Merchant xi killed in Lake Forest auto crash

George D McLaughlin a 67 year old coffee merchant and brother in law of Irene Castra Mc Laughlin was killed when his car collided with another near Lake Forest Linus Cunningham Milwaukee the other driver was seriously injured in the crash Also mentions Silver Conference in Washington and a proposed international silver conference and an Irish Free State stamp design for Dublin bicentenary celebrations.

Chicago Suite O George D. Mclangulin Irene Castra McLaughlin Lake Forest Linus Cunningham Milwaukee Dublin Royal Dublin, Society

Honeymooners Fowler McCormick wed on Easthampton beach

A photo shows Mrs. Fowler McCormick and her 32 year old husband on Easthampton beach after her divorce from James A. Stillman. Mrs. McCormick, mother of four including Guy Stillman and James Stillman, wears striped top beach pajamas and bold jewelry as her red hair flies in the wind. The union follows a sensational divorce case from a decade ago.

Easthampton DL. T Fowler McCormick James A. Stillman McCormick Guy Stillman James Bud) Stillman

Marines Reward Snappy Insurance Found to Be

A mixed dispatch reports Marines in northern Nicaragua citing Gunner Broderick that a system awards the cleanest guard member one dollar and the snappiest fifty cents and Saturday night. Other items note church disarmament debates in Asbury Park and a British economist urging unemployment insurance to avert social upheaval amid a global trade slump.

Washington Guardia Broderick Marines Navy Department Asbury Park N. J General Synod of the Reformed Church Today A. M. van Dume Geneva

Farmers Acquitted On Arson Charge In Greene County

Waynesburg Pennsylvania June Richard Pratt a Greene county farmer was acquitted by a jury after half an hour of deliberation on arson charges. He was accused of burning his 125 year old log cabin at Fordyce after a quarrel with his wife on May 12. The landmark home housed many Colonial relics.

Waynesburg Richard Pratt Greene County Fordyce

Local Mian Named to Reserve Corps

Howard C. Welling of 623 College Avenue has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps. Announcement came from Adjutant General Bridges in Washington. Welling, a chief clerk for the Norfolk and Western at Binestone, is active in amateur athletics locally and has served as secretary and treasurer of the Greater Bluefield Basketball League.

Howard C. Welling College Avenue Bridges Washington Welling Norfolk and Western Railway Binestone Greater Bluefield

Also Mentioned on This Page

University of West Virginia Williams MR Stffy Wes Blaah Ilar MS Bivse Et NEA Sevier Laas E. J. Meinhard Brussels Belgium Robert C. R. Goetz E. M. Watson Goetz Senator Shipstead Freckles Detective Steele Culler Nou Hector Binkley Hoboieni Rex Sevice Vaporine Ideal Beauty Shop West Virginian Hotel Phono. Te Marcelle Phono 1830 Matt Trotel Matt Ray Chappell Lake Shawnee Mark Goff H. O. Shorts Bland Strest Formanly Benson Troubadours AH Lawson Huntington Forther Virginia Methodist Merchant xi LEED King Utah Heath Oe Mercer Garage Scott Raleigh ST George Palsh Welfare Council of Great Britain J. S. Compton Steve Brluefield Rialto Norfolk & Western Employe Jack Oakie Granada Theatre Jack Navy Merryland Capitol Theatre NN York
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