Veteran Minister to Leave Pulpit in Southwest Virginia
Rev E W Hughes after more than twenty years as a missionary worker and preacher will relinquish most ministerial activities. He buys Bluestone Mattress and Pillow Co and will focus on the business while still occasional Sundays of preaching. J T Lambert joins as partner. Kathryn Mccain remains secretary.
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E. W. Hughes
Episcopal Church
Virginia
Hughes
Bluestone Mattress and Pillow Company
William Mitchell
Bluefield Mattress Company
Graham Manufaouring Corporation
J. T. Lambert
Lambert
Bluefield
Graham Land and Improvement Company
Kathryn MccCain
Mr. Hughes
Virginia Delegation Likely to Back Allies in Chicago Clash
Virginia leaders plan to support the Allies in the Stop Roosevelt push over the National Democratic convention chairmanship in Chicago on June 27. The state will run Harry F Byrd for the nomination and reportedly prefers Governor Smith over Roosevelt if choosing between Roosevelt and Smith. The exact division of Virginia's delegation remains undetermined.
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Chicago
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Roosevelt
Smith
Old Dominion
Bermuda Mayor Bluck Visits New York on Vacation
A. W. Bluck mayor of Hamilton Bermuda has long led a city known for its tourist appeal. During a 19 year tenure he has avoided downturns in mood and now travels to New York for a vacation.
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A. W. Bluck
Hamilton
Bermuda
Virginia Democrats Convene as Nation Watches Richmond
Two New Yorkers wonder if the contest settles, while Governor Smith lost Virginia four years ago and the state cast its electoral vote for a Republican president for the first time in sixty years. Today Virginians gather in Richmond for the state Democratic convention as national eyes focus.
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Smith
Vireginia
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Side Personal Notes Highlight Roanoke Visitors
Roanoke visitors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker toured Falls Mills, guests of Mr. and Mrs. G W Pyle. T H Lynch, retired Norfolk and Western dispatcher, injured by a fall near Glenwood. Eleanor Anderson returns from Marion with uncle Reese Hash and Myrtle Hash. The Rev H A Willis and others dined with Mrs P W Davis. Birth announced for Bertie Clyde Hall pair Mary Frances on June 6. Thelma Dare Falls to visit Buffalo for the summer with Culley Lee.
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Harry Walker
Roanoke
Falls Mills Road
G.W. Pyle
T. H. Lynch
Norfolk and Western
Glenwoodark
Eleanor Anderson
Marion
Reese Hash
Myrtle Hash
H. A. Willis
Gibson Davis
Beckley
W. Va
W. K. Graves
F. L. Yost
P. W. Davis
Bertie Clyde Hall
Mary Frances
Hazel Falls
Thelma Dare
Brookhart Appeals Crises Dim in Iowa Senate Race
Iowa voters show discontent with Senator Smith W. Brookhart amid railroads disputes as sentiment grows that they can get along without him. The commentary signals shifting views ahead of Senate representation.
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Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Mr. Brookhart
United States
Ice Mountain of Hampshire County West Virginia
An old history recounts Ice Mountain in Hampshire County where ice is found year round except October. A cold spring lies at the mountain’s base and snakes are said to freeze on the slope. The tale places Ice Mountain north of Winchester, from a time before West Virginia separated from Virginia.
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West Virginia
Hampshire County
Ice Mountain
Winchester
Bluefield Election Set For June 14 In Harman Building
Virginia highlights note Bluefield Virginia plans a June 14 election for city treasurer and two council seats. Polls open at sunrise and close at sunset with about six hundred of 1300 votes qualified. Half the electorate is disqualified for failing to pay capitation taxes six months prior.
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Bluefield
Sun-Up
Eunset
Harman
Graham Methodist Church Prepares for District Conference
Members of the Graham Methodist church prepare to entertain the district conference meeting here on June 14. The conference spans several counties of the Clinch valley and invites community participation.
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Graham Methodist Church
Clinch Valley
B M C to Meet Bluefield Business Men on Filtration Plant
The Bluefield Virginia Business Men's club will meet Friday evening at the filtration plant on Bluestone to inspect the facility. The meeting is not public, per the club president. Mrs. R L Poindexter seeks a suitable name for her Falls Mills dam tea room near Mud Fork dam.
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Bluefield
Bluestone
R. L. Poindexter
Falls Mills Dam
Mud Fork Dam
Foxes Win Ruling After Virginia Quail Controversy Over Hunts
In Virginia under a months long investigation, fox hunters secured a key decision amid a clash with quail shooters. The outcome centers on hunting practices and the impact on game birds as officials weigh next steps.
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Virginia
Foxes Exonerated as Quail Predation Suspicions Fade
In Virginia, a study by the department of game and inland fisheries and the U S department of agriculture examined fifty fox stomachs and found only one quail. Fox hunters argued foxes eat mainly rabbits and small non game birds, while the Bluegrass Fox Hunters association followed the results with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Virginia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bluegrass Fox Hunters Association
Democratic Aid Bill 15 Reported and Debated
The Democratic aid plan faces swift passage despite a split on a 2 billion dollar bond issue and a 1.5 billion expansion of the reconstruction corporation for self liquidating loans. The Garner bill stalled after committee action and was sent to the banking panel with uncertain timing. The committee approved the Democratic bill 7 to 4, with Norbeck and Goldsborough among Republicans opposing.
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Reconstruction Corporation
Garner
Senate
Banking
Norbeck
Goldsborough
Maryland
Townsend
Delaware
Carey
Wyoming
Overnight stop for 400 bonus marchers hits Pittsburgh
More than 400 marchers, some paid by the communists, occupied the basement of Pittsburgh with police on hand to greet them. Leader Joseph Pace was not present. A separate group led by a woman neared the city, while Claire B. Cowan was arrested yesterday. The Rev. James R. Cox heads to Washington to present demands to Congress and will address veterans at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier before returning to Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
McKees Rock
Joseph Pace
Beaver Falls
Claire B. Cowan
James R. Cox
Old St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Washington
Congress
Father Cox
Pittsburozh
Highway blast injures state worker near Elm Grove
A 50 year old state highway department truck driver, Howard Eshel, was struck by a rock hurled from a dynamite explosion during repairs on route 91 near Elm Grove. The man was injured today in Wheeling West Virginia.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Howard Eshelman
State Highway Department
Elm Grove
Lord Brentford Dies in London at Sixty Seven
Lord Brentford, known as "Jix" and a former home secretary in the 1924 29 Baldwin cabinet, dies in London aged sixty seven after a long battle against Roman Catholic forms in the Anglican church.
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Lord Brentford
London
England
Jix
Baldwin
Mrs Edison Portrait Taken At Akron Home
A new informal portrait of Mrs Thomas A Edison widow of the late inventor was photographed in the garden of Mr and Mrs Harvey B Firestone in Akron Ohio during a visit with relatives and friends.
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Thomas A. Edison
Harvey
Firestone
Akron
Edison
Mrs. McLean testifies against Gaston Means in Lindbergh case
Washington. Mrs. Ed ward B. McLean, estranged wife of the Washington Post publisher, testifies she paid Gaston B. Means 104000 to recover the Lindbergh baby and alleges larceny and embezzlement. The trial outlines Means trading with Lindbergh connections and his prior prison term. The District of Columbia supreme court hears the case as jurors are sworn.
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Washington
Edward B. McLean
Washington Post
Gaston B. Means
Lindbergh
Means
McLean
Justice Department
District of Columbia Supreme Court
United States
Leo A. Rover
James M. Proctor
Family Stranded Abandon March After Gasoline Loss
Amos Rollason, wife and six children, once marchers for a bonus, are en route home to Martins Ferry. In Waynesburg their money and gasoline ran out. The American Legion supplied fuel and began seeking compensation for Rollason’s wartime eye loss.
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Waynesboro
Amos Rollason
Martins Ferry
Rollason
Washington
Waynesburg
American Legion
MacArthur urges nation to prepare for next great war
General Douglas MacArthur called for national readiness as the United States faced a future conflict. He addressed 1,362 graduates at the University of Pittsburgh commencement, urging defense of government and ideals. Police broke up antiwar demonstrators. three students were detained for investigation.
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Pittsburgh
Douglas MacArthur
United States Army
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning
General McArthur
General MacArthur
Believe Safe Crackers Caused Cleveland Fire
Cleveland officials say evidence from the Millington apartments ruins points to amateur safe crackers as the fire’s likely cause. Death toll reaches ten with three residents still missing and four unaccounted for as investigators probe tampering at the Cleveland Savings and Loan safe. Local Safety Director Frank Merrick cites nitro glycerin blast hints.
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Cleveland
Millington Apartments
Frank J. Merrick
Cleveland Savings and Loan Company
Union Head Sanctions Picketing at Mine in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, June 8. District president P. T. Fagan of the United Mine Workers officially sanctioned picketing of four mines including Monotaur No. 10. Miners were told to avoid violence as negotiations for a wage agreement were dropped.
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Pittsburgh
Amise
Pittsby Terminal Coal Corporation
P. T. Fagan
United Mine Workers of America
Fagan
Local Colored Man Held On Rum Charge
Richard Davis, 32, of 200 Peck Street, hobbling with a peg leg, was arrested at his Peck Street home after police found ten pints of moonshine during a liquor raid. Patrolmen Bond, Land and Houchins led the raid. Davis confessed ownership of the hootch and will be tried today.
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Richard Davis
Peck Street
Davis
Bond
Land
Houchins
Davie
Missing Witnesses Plague Egan Case in San Francisco
San Francisco June 8 two key witnesses against Frank J Egan suspended public defender and two followers in murder case against Mrs Jessie Scott Hughes disappear Prosecutors say arraignment held but pleas withheld until June 14 A man named Edward J Cook shouted in court claiming to be a victim Police note Cook as a widower whose wife was a client of Egan and last February died from alcohol related causes Cook demanded Mar 10000 from Egan for his wife’s death claim
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San Francisco
Frank J. Egan
Jessie Scott Hughes
Egan
Aw Gan
Hia Cel
Edward J. Cook
Egan's
Cook
Federal agents breach Woburn Pillbox find large still
Twenty federal agents led by Rev Jonathan Lewis move into the Woburn Pillbox a buried concrete shelter and uncover a 39000 gallon still The structure which resisted searches for days was opened by a hidden electrically operated steel door officials say the largest and most elaborate still found in New England stands 40 to 60 feet underground and 30 feet above ground on leased Massachusetts Refining Co property Efforts to contact the company officers failed.
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Woburn
Mase
Jonathan Lewis
New England
Lewis
Massachusetts Refining Company
Society Notes on WHIS Program by Wartlick Clark
From 12 to 1 today Miss Elizabeth Wartlick and Jack Clark perform solo pieces and the group Musical Cookies featuring Blanche Armentrout Earl Hurt and James Elmer Brown present a program over WHIS.
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Elizabeth Wartlick
Jack Clark
Blanche Armentrout
Earl Hurt
James Elmer Brown
Wil
Local Social Notes Highlight Bluefield Visitors and Travel
Bluefield社 area hosts a parade of visitors and singles out residents traveling to towns like Richmond Steubenville and Raleigh. Elizabeth Warlick plans study at Cincinnati Conservatory while Ben McMahan journeys from Blacksburg to Louisville. Other relatives and guests from El Paso Davidson County and Ohio drop in or depart for summer engagements.
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Elizabeth Warlick
W. C. Warlick
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Ben McMahan
V. P. I. Blacksburg
Phil Clark
Louisville, Ky
J. C. Hensley
el Paso
Texas
Bluefield
B. E. LeNoir
LeNoir
Child Revived After Death Rumor Surfaces
Walter Green, a Pittsburgh truck driver, believed his newborn son was dead after a sudden collapse. The infant, saved by a hospital incubator after being rushed to an undertaker, began crying once en route to burial, prompting new life in the tale.
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Pittsburgh
Walter Green
Philadelphia
Kohler Nominated for Governor at Wisconsin Republican Convention
Madison June 8 Walter J Kohler a manufacturer and former governor was nominated for the governorship by the conservative Republican state convention Kohler will contest for the Republican nomination against Philip La Follette the progressive Republican who defeated him in 1930 and seeks a second term.
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Madison
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Republian
Philip Lafollette
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