Bluefield's Early Coalfield Roots and Pioneers
A survey recalls the Wilson Cary Nicholas grant lands linking Bluefield to the coalfields era. It notes Kimball Pocahontas Summit and Bluefield names, the 1896 Daily Telegraph special on town growth, prominent local leaders and enterprises, and the perilous frontier life including the Davidson family’s Indian attacks.
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I. A. Welch
Kimball
Pocahontas
Lacy
Summit
Bluefield
Old Man Summit
Hattie Hannah
Daily Telegraph
J. W. Magann
Steel workers to decide on eight day board scheme
Washington reports say steel workers will decide in a Pittsburgh convention on June 14 whether to accept the neutral labor board plan. Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery administrator, met with Amalgamated Association leaders and the international president Mike F. Tighe. Spang of Duquesne, Pa., left Johnson's office in anger, saying he was disgusted with the situation as divisions shown among workers persisted. Johnson indicated he would press the convention in Pittsburgh to back the plan, with June 16 discussed as a possible strike date if they reject it.
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Washington
Hughs. Johnson
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Mike F. Tighe
Johnson
Amalgamated Convention
Pittsburgh
Spang
William J. Spang
Duquesne
Tighe
West Virginia Officials to Inaugurate Airmail Route
Governor Kump and state officials with Charleston representatives plan tomorrow to inaugurate West Virginia’s first airmail service. The east west route will run from Washington to Chicago via Charleston. Postmaster Julius W. Singleton says 3,000 letters are ready for mailing on the first flight.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
West Virginia
Washington
Chicago
Julius W. Singleton
Price Fixing in Codes Clarified
Washington reports on the administration stance toward price fixing in coded industries. NRA will move slowly, negotiating with code authorities and tailoring changes to industry conditions. Johnson aims to phase remaining nearly 500 industries into group codes while seeking neutral reporting and rapid price adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Hughs. Johnson
Allied Lines
Johnson
Planta
Mercer county Republicans urge Hatfield and Short runs
The Mercer county mass meeting at Princeton adopted resolutions urging Senator Hatfield to seek re election and Hugh Ike Shott to run again for the house. The group endorsed the Chicago declaration of policy, lauding labor and opposing centralized bureaucratic control. The resolutions condemn Democrats over veterans policy and praise tax limitation and prudent government.
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Mercer County
Princeton
Fred Hawley
Jim Shott
Kyle McCormick
E. S. Baker
E. H. Rich
Hugh Ike Shott
Harvey Rice
J. H. Martin
R. C. Lilly
Harold Porterfield
T. H. Scott
S. R Anderson
Abe Williams
James S. Kahle
Jos. M. Sandcere
John Hampton Hoge
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Hatfield
House of Representatives
National Committee
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Wei
Sudbury Doctor Claims Hemostatic Fluid Stops Bleeding
Sudbury Ontario June 9 Dr Luigi Pancaro a local physician and surgeon announced a fluid he says will stop bleeding even from major vessels The clear colorless hemostatic is described as a development after two years of work Experiments included dogs and rabbits and the doctor used the preparation on himself before treating patients
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Sudbury
West Virginia bankers elect officers at White Sulphur Springs
John J. Cornwell warned against radicals and demagogers as the West Virginia Bankers Association met in White Sulphur Springs. J. L. Sydenstricker became president, succeeding Mason Crickard, with J. L. Fish as vice president and R. M. French named treasurer, as plans for 1935 were discussed and banking public faith urged.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
Bankers’ Association
John J. Cornwell
Cornwell
J. L. Sydenstricker
First National Bank of Marlington
Association
Sydenstricker
Mason Crickard
Charleston
J. L. Fish
First Tyler Bank of
Sistersville
R. M. French
Bank of Raleigh
Beckley
Convention City
W. C., Given
Etate
Bride of Slayer Will Go On Trial in Norfolk Jail
Norma Brighton Millen, 19, daughter of a Natick clergyman and wife of Morton Millen, awaits trial as an accessory in the murder spree tied to her husband and two allies. Millen and accomplices Morton and Irving Millen and Abraham Faber were convicted of killing Officer Forbes McLeod during a Needham bank holdup and related crimes. Judge Brown set June 20 for preliminary hearings on the girl’s case.
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Dedham
Mass
Norma Brighton Millen
Morton Millen
Norfolk County
Murton Millen
Irving
Abraham Faber
Needham
Millens
Faber
Massachusetts School of Technology
Natick
Forbes McLeod
Frank Haddock
McLeod
Norma
Wrentham
Boston
Nelson P. Brown
Judge settles fight for possession of tot
Akron Ohio June 9 Judge Arthur W Doyle settles a three cornered battle for custody of seven year old Kathleen Rush ruling she will stay with her mother for three years The girl was led from the courtroom as the father Ruel Rush of Cuyahoga Falls and mother May bee Jackson of Jackson Alabama contend The judge said when the child is 10 she may choose where to live
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Akron
Arthur W. Doyle
Kathleen Rush
Ruel Rush
Cuyahoga Falls
Maybee Jackson
Jackson
Ala
Rush
Ruth Vaughn
Franklin
W. Va
Storm devastates El Salvador with heavy death toll
San Salvador reports indicate a high death toll and extensive property losses from Thursday's hurricane. Six provinces La Paz Canbanas Usulatan San Vicente Miguel suffer major damage while roads and railways are disrupted. The army aids road and rail repairs as reconstruction begins and typhoid fears grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Salvador
Pan-American Airways Wireless
la Paz
Canbanas
Atlan
Usulatan
San Vicente
Tugwell Questioned in Senate Inquiry on Fitness for Undersecretary
Senate agriculture committee prepares to grill Rexford Tugwell over his fitness to serve as undersecretary of agriculture. Senator Byrd leads opposition citing ideological concerns, amid a party row over confirmation and questions about Tugwell's ties to liberal farm policy.
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Byrd
Virginia
Tugwell
Washington
Senate Agriculure
Rexford G. Tugwell
Senate
Smith
Congress
Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt seeks big sum for drought relief
The Associated Press reports President Roosevelt asks Congress for 525 million dollars in a special message to fund drought relief efforts. Other items note difficulties delaying a steel strike, a union convention to address the issue, golf champion Olin Dutra's national open win by one stroke, and various political and international developments.
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Washington
Congress
Philadelphia
Olin Dutra
California
Washington—Senate
Rexford Tugwell
St. Washington
NRA
Nashville
Luke Lea
London
America
Britain
Vienna
Earl of Lonsdale
San Salvador
American Airways Liner Overdue From Newark
Albany June 9 state police across five states sought the overdue American Airways plane that left Newark at 4 p m bound for Kingston and Syracuse with seven aboard and United States mail. The craft, carrying four passengers, a pilot, co pilot and stewardess, has not reported since leaving Newark.
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Albany
N. Y
American Airways
Buffalo
Newark
N. J
Hudson Valley
Kingston
Syracuse
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Upstate Airways
New York
Absent Juror Triggers Mistrial In Slaying Case
In Clay West Virginia on June 9 a mistrial was declared in the case of W L Shelton 60 charged with killing Clem Rogers 28 after a juror was left behind during a walk and not recalled. The judge ordered a new trial to begin Monday as the jury had reached the argument stage. The incident followed a quarrel between Rogers a constable and Shelton's son after New Year’s Day.
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Shelton
Rogers
West Virginia law school alumni to meet June 11
The West Virginia University law school alumni association will hold its annual meeting on June 11 after the general University Alumni meeting. President Robert J. Riley of Wheeling issued the call for participation.
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Charleston
W. Va
Alumni Association of the Law School At
West Virginia Universty
Robert J. Riley
Wheeling
University Alumni Association
Plan to Adjourn Goes Into Reverse
Washington reports uncertainty over congressional adjournment with leaders predicting long sessions beyond June 16. Quick actions on communications regulation and steel strike labor decisions could reverse the course, while the Wagner labor disputes bill remains under consideration but may be scrapped if a steel compromise emerges. The proposed national labor board would police employer interference and domination of unions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
National Labor Board
Drought Relief Efforts Amid Storms Hit Iowa Farmland
Wind hail and flood damaged Iowa crops while rains continued across northern and central states boosting outlook for improvement if rainfall persists. Typhoid fears and evacuations surged in Sioux City as doctors inoculated 1500 people. Wheat conditions lagged nationwide, with North Dakota wheat at 29 percent and other wheat at 27 percent of normal. central Illinois and northern Indiana received general rains easing drought. President Roosevelt sought authority to spend 526 million for relief if Congress forfeits time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Roosevelt
Congress
Missouri
Kansas
Cartier
Iowa
Sioux City
Atlantic
Ben Kienholtz
Fargo
North Dakota
Illinois
Indiana
Bank Robbery Ends In Firefight At Magnolia Bank
Sleepy Magnolia bank woke to a dawn gun battle as two masked bandits seized $836 from the Bank of Magnolia. The raid wounded J. N. Horne and T. M. Rogers while fleeing in cars, one possibly with a machine gun. Officers pursued tracks and found a stolen car wrecked five miles away, tracing the bandits toward Clinton, twenty five miles distant.
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Magnolia, N
Bank of
Magnolia
J. N. Horne
T. M. Rogers
John Croom
Virginia
Clinton
Roosevelt seeks 525 million drought relief from Congress
President Roosevelt asked Congress to approve 525 million dollars for drought relief, outlining provisional allocations for special work and human relief, livestock purchases, loans to farmers, emergency buyouts of sub marginal farms, seed purchases, and work camps. He noted rain showers reducing drought in parts of the West and Midwest but warned of possible future dry spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Floyd
Big Sioux
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Farm Administration
West
Midwest
Legislators Drive for Passage of Sales Tax
Frankfort Ky June 9 administration leaders in the general assembly plan a drive toward passage of a three percent sales tax bill as the house held a short session. The budget bill is being revised to fit a new state financial code effective July 1. The senate faces a stiff fight on the sales tax when it reconvenes, and will also consider the house approved income tax bill next week.
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Frankfort
General Assembly
House
Senate
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Joseph M. Sanders
A. J. Hearn
Burk
Ash M. Prince
Wm. Hicks
Bluefield Hardware Company
W. C. van Doren
J. W. Ruff
I. C. van Doren
Bluefield Tron Works
Wm. A. Cather
Shenandoah
Flat Top Grocery Company
David E. Johnston
Geo. R. Dabney
First National
John Cooper
Isaac T. Mann
G. M. McCulloch
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G.C. P. Cowenes
Short
Sate Bank Unit
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Bride OF Slayer
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