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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1924
Page
3
City and Coalfield short items list services auctions rentals plants flowers and tailor work. Shrine dance June 13 and a college team call to action. Death notice for Mack L. Shepherd and a city board meeting on Bland street paving plans.
The Bluefield visitor in hotel registers is the farthest from home today, identified as Ft. Wilson of Canterbury, Connecticut.
Property owners are urged to attend today at 2 p m before city directors to voice wishes on two projects including the curb market relocation. Also a First Christian Church Section 4 meeting is set at C H Smith's home on Waltom avenue Tuesday at 2:30 p m. THE MARKET advertises fresh Virginia strawberries and vegetables with daily shipments and lower prices.
Washington June 9 The Supreme Court held that a strike by workers against manufacturers using illegal picketing or intimidation to halt production does not restrain interstate commerce The decision delivered by Chief Justice Taft supports the United Leather Workers International Union case against Herbert and Meisel Trunk Company and others Refers to Coronado coal precedent on strikes and interstate shipment implications.
The Senate Daugherty committee decided it can proceed with summer investigations despite not securing a prior authorized resolution. Chairman Brookhart invited Secretary Mellon to testify next Monday and notified Attorney General Stone. Special assistants and assistant attorneys general will be heard on actions in federal litigation cited by witnesses.
Sixty Klan representatives led by Imperial Wizard H. W. Evans and Indiana grand dragon Walter Bossert opened offices in Cleveland and vowed to stay until the platform committee acts on an anti Klan plank. Bossert said the plank would not be adopted. A senators statement endorsing James E Watson for vice president was repudiated as unauthorized and part of a malicious scheme.
Major O. W. Clark of the Veterans' Bureau will oversee bond distribution under the bill. He is currently organizing the machinery needed to implement the provisions.
Sixteen year old Qaka T Faulkner died after being struck by a car driven by BE R Rogan of Graham in a heavy Sunday storm near John Brown tabernacle on Bluefield avenue. He died at St Luke's Hospital two hours later from chest injuries. Funeral at parents home in Delph at 1 30 this afternoon.
Rescue efforts at Crane Creek followed a deadly hillside slide that swept a house from its foundation and buried Amelio Premiveno in a second slide. Rescuers described screaming victims including mothers and children, while authorities expect days to recover bodies and assess debris.
Flood waters eroded bridges and roads at Landgraff and McDowell, washing away the east coke ovens bridge and threatening rail lines. Princeton and Welch suffered heavy flood damage to basements, garages, and stores, with numerous homes evacuated and vehicles lost or stranded.
Captain S. B. Avis a prominent attorney of Charleston and William Altizer a well known local businessman were killed by a lightning strike while playing golf at Edgewood Country Club in Charlestown on Sunday afternoon according to reports received here.
A report describes drivers entering ditches yesterday as vehicles attempted to navigate a flood overflowed highway. The incident highlights hazardous road conditions and the challenges faced by motorists in deteriorating weather.
Chicago June 9 1930 Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb millionaires sons who kidnaped and killed Robert Franks will enter pleas of not guilty when arraigned on indictments charging murder and kidnaping for ransom Their counsel announced today Robert E Crowe state attorney received presentation of certain angles of the case to the grand jury with a view to combatting a possible insanity plea The grand jury may still indict the youths for conspiracy to kidnap for ransom and to murder
Cleveland June 9. The new national committee selections include Virgil L. Highland from Pennsylvania George W Pep from Ohio Maurice Maschke and Richard P Ermst from New Jersey. State caucuses also chose resolutions committee members Virginia Joseph H Gai Kentucky William Heyburn Pennsylvania William S Ware Ohio and Simeon D Fess.
Huntington police released Marie Clevenger and William Cummins, both 27 and from Columbus, after questioning in the death of Orville Wallace at Edgington. Wallace was found with wrist slashes and stab wounds near his heart.
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