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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1922
Page
8
The Chamber of Commerce reports the postmaster general will fund keeping the local post office force after a five year growth in work without new additions. Postmaster Gray travels to Washington to argue for restoring two clerks and adding two more to meet demand amid service delays. Washington officials face telegrams demanding action to improve service.
In France bricks made from pressed straw are being used with Hecht wooden frames. The combination is highlighted as a construction innovation aimed at light, inexpensive building materials. The report notes the collaboration of manufacturers and builders adopting the technique.
In this item the Bluefield Daily Telegraph notes a McDowell Bureau report with W. A. Mills serving as manager and providing regional news coverage. The brief item situates Mills as the overseeing editor for the bureau's activities.
George Wolfe of Beckley, secretary of the Winding Gulf Coal Operator Association, was a business visitor in Welch yesterday. A B Mingen of Abingdon Virginia also visited Welch on Friday. Miss Bessie Levinson, recently at Peabody Institute Baltimore, returned to Welch with her cousin Mrs Abrahams and her young son from Baltimore.
Associated Press correspondence from Moscow notes Russia reverts toward czarist social order with merchants middle class, nobility at bottom, workers in high posts. It cites lack of press freedom, secret police continuity, and warnings against political dissent under the soviet regime.
Ruth Cody of Memphis plans a flying circus tour after two years as a barnstorming trick rider. She climbs the airplane, handles wings and tail, and intends to tour the nation over the areas once haunted by Buffalo Bill’s adventures with buffaloes and Indians.
Welch Rotary Club featured Abingdon visitors and local members in a lively session led by John Blakely and BE Womack. Dr. B K Downs spoke on What the Druggist Means to a Community, noting drug store evolution and licensing for safety. Delegates Kermit Epling and James Rice discussed Hi Y conference goals and school athletics. H K Barbe outlined industrial rehabilitation work aiding disabled workers and a local job placement plan.
The Welch baseball club travels to Pocahontas this afternoon to avenge an early season defeat. A tough game lies ahead as they aim to win, then face Tug River Tigers of Marytown tomorrow hoping their first victory versus this team.
Dearborn resident Mrs. Henry Ford, wife of America's wealthiest industrialist, shuns public life and society. She owns a third interest in Ford Motor Co. but concentrates on philanthropy, family, and outdoor life, valuing Henry Ford and her son Edsel above social circles.
Westchester County authorities rounded up more witnesses to appear before the grand jury next Tuesday as the Ward murder investigation into Clarence Peters continued. Five new subpoenas were issued targeting individuals including Walter S. Ward's relatives George Ward and Ralph Ward and Mme Ward among others.
Zeigler a French maid nicknamed Fill and two Ward acquaintances attended the card party the night Peters was killed. Sheriff Werner said deputies were sent to Syracuse to question two men believed to be Charle Ross and Jack, seen with Peters, as search efforts continue to locate them in Watertown or Auburn with a remote possibility of Canada.
Judge Albert A. Doub signed an order directing ninety eight striking miners to show cause by June 17 why they should not be restrained from violence threats and hindering Piedmont and Georges Creek Coal Company employees from working. The petition cites demonstrations at Franklin mines near Westernport where workers were allegedly assaulted.
A report notes increasing socialist tendencies in Germany's country districts. The remark highlights a shift in political sentiment away from traditional rural norms as parties gain influence among farmers and laborers.
The Smylie Bible class plans a Sunday meeting with each city fraternal group asked to provide a speaker on Bible study aims. Big Sandy voters will decide today on 150000 road bonds for roggis district improvements. J Hoagland French returns to Welch after WVU law degree, planning to practice with James A. Strother. Judge MacClintic names Floyd Waldron as U S commissioner replacement, to begin soon. The Christian Endeavor Society of First Presbyterian sets a June 11 meeting at 7 pm in Theater Building, topic Helps and Hindrances, Miss Angel Jordan leading. all welcome.
Telegraph Want Ads note a long standing statue of King William IV at London Bridge will be inscribed after eighty years without markings. Residents expect a suitable commemorative plaque to mark the landmark.
Alfred Barker of 1061 Avondale St E Liverpool reports Foley's Honey and Tar relieved his boy's seven to eight week bronchial cough. He says the remedy has done wonderful good and plans to recommend it.
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