Teachers' Examination Sees High Applicant Quality and Pay Raises
Eighty-one applicants sit the county teachers exam with three-fourths being women many of whom are first-timers. Examiners praise fairness and merit as the county anticipates 150 hopefuls and notes salary boosts in Best River and Rock districts to attract teachers for rural and graded schools ahead of a July exam.
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E. B. King
Alonzo Clark
Jess Gore
Athens
Grace French Bowling
Matoaka
John Holston
Kegley
King
Best River District
Board of Education
Rock District
Bramwell
Draft board ruling links deferred status to navy enlistment
A new draft ruling states that an applicant for a navy or marine corps certificate waives deferred classification and is reclassified to class one if eligible. An example shows a deferred class four registrant applying for a certificate, with order number 355, moving into class one if called. The piece notes other draft actions, Tube failures darkening parts of the city, and personnel movements including Camp Lee dispatch for Ford Wiggans and Captain Breckenridge Jones transfer to Washington.
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Draft Boards
Navy
Marine Corps
Camp Lee
Ford Wiggans
Silas Green
South
Chaiman Merrill
Stas
Wiggans
Alabama
Rudolph Makes Good Start For Boston In 1 0 Victory
Rudolph pitched his first season game holding Cincinnati to one hit as Boston won 1 0. Batteries Bressler and Allen Rudolph and Wilson. Oeschger driven from box as Chicago defeats Philadelphia 6 1. Vaughn Killifer Oeschger Main Davis Adams. Cooper holds Brooklyn to two hits but Grimes doubles with two on to give Brooklyn 2 0 win over Pittsburgh.
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Rudolph
Boston
Cincinnati
Chase
RH &E
Bressler
Allen
Wilson
Brooklyn
Cooper
Grimes
Pittsburgh
Rhe Puedb
Schmidt
Miller
Oeschger
Philadelphia
Chicago
Virginian Railroad Workers Challenge Wage Order Reach
Virginian railroad men argue their boosts since 1915 reflect reduced hours under the Adamson act, not wage increases, claiming they should not receive the Director of Railroads McAdoo’s new wage schedule. The issue, first of its kind among southeastern lines, is watched by both sides for broader railroad impact.
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McAdoo
Southeastern
Enlistments Limited by Local Draft Quotas In Navy
The local draft board will release only a small portion of selective service registrants for navy or merchant marine service. Class one limits and special inductions cap eligible enlistees to roughly twenty to thirty five or forty, making the Navy and COTP enlistments highly restricted. The article notes Princeton’s prominence and a related city blackout due to air raid concerns.
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Princeton Power Company
Philadelphia
Navy
Marine Corps
Merchant Marine Corps
La Creole Hair Dressing Restores Natural Color
The product claims to be the original hair color restorer not a dye, reviving color glands and gradually darkening gray or faded hair. Easy to apply by combing or brushing, it promises dark soft lustrous hair and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by Central Pharmacy Bluefield W Va with mail orders. regular price $1.20.
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Central Pharmacy
Bluefield
W. Va
Sour Stomach Advice From Mabie Detidet Bicestion
A short medical note explains sour stomach as mild indigestion from fast eating or unsuitable food. It urges eating slowly and lightly and taking Chamberlain's at Mabie Detidet bicestion when symptoms occur.
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Chamberlain
Mabie
Cemetery inquiry over patriotic litter on graves
The cemetery committee faced an inquiry after litter hauled from city streets was dumped on graves and sprinkled with beans from a passing farm wagon. Friends of the departed rushed to "pick the crop."
Marriage Licenses Granted in Bluefield Area
Yesterday marriage licenses were issued to Harry W. Payne and Mary H. Ashworth from Wide mouth and Matoaka respectively. Also licensed were Richard T. Dickerson and Queenie Harvey from Pageton and Bluefield, John Ellis and Sophonia Williams from Bluefield and Graham Virginia, William A. White and Sadie Brown from Princeton, John Blake and Amanda Franklin from Bluefield, and Jesse A. Wallace and Mary M. Cowan from Bluefield.
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Harry W. Payne
Widemouth
Mary H. Ashworth
Matoaka
Richard T. Dickerson
Pageton
Queenie Harvey
Bluefield
John Ellis
Sophonia Williams
Graham
William A. White
Sadie Brown
Princeton
John Blake
Amanda Franklin
Jesse A. Wallace
Mary M. Cowan
Misidentified Welch arrest linked to Boyd slaying
A man arrested near Welch was misidentified as Cleveland Boyd, the suspect in the Matoaka killing of Squire H. E. Cook. Sheriff Elliott and constable Cecil found the error after checking with Zack Godfrey, who had accompanied Cook at the time.
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Welch
Cleveland ‘Boyd
H. E. Cook
Matoaka
W. J. Elliott
Zack Godfrey
Squire Cook
Alex Cecil
Boyd
Local Board Posts One Installment for 241 Men
A dispatch notes the local board has been asked to furnish an installment of 241 men, with eighty men to be called at a single point. The record references earlier dispatches confirming the total and the staged conscription plan.
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Camp Lee
Merrill
Wreck Delays Virginian Traffic East of Fagg
A freight train wreck east of Fagg delayed Virginian traffic yesterday. The engine and a car derailed disrupting a main line as crews worked to clear tracks and restore service. No injuries are reported, and officials investigate the cause of the incident.
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Fagg
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