Injunction Sought Over Whitethorn Street House Plan
A temporary injunction restraining Rhea Blake and partners from continuing work on a new house near Whitethorn Street was extended by Circuit Judge Howell M. Tanner for further testimony and argument. Plaintiffs claim the project would block an alley closed by the city in 1916 and seek a mandatory injunction to remove already set foundation and parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhea Blake
Whitethorn Street
Howell M. Tanner
Mr. Blake
C. F. Linsenmeyer
Lloyd D. Feuchtenberger
Whitethorn
Tanner
Government officials study mortgage system for federal bank
Washington reports that government officials examine foreign models to gauge a federal mortgage bank. Senator Fess met with President Hoover to discuss home financing, which Hoover has criticized, especially second mortgages. The discussion included France and Germany's mortgage systems as potential reference.
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Washington
Fess
Ohio
Hoover
Fees
France
Germany
End of State Church Difficulty Nears After Pizzardo Resigns
Rome June 10. Monsignor Giuseppe Pizzardo resigned as a director of the Catholic Action organization indicating a possible Vatican concession to Italian government demands. Mussolini's government seeks to reopen 1000 Catholic clubs by purifying them removing political elements and installing acceptable officers.
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Rome
Monsignor
Giuseppe Pizzardo
Catholic Action Organization
Mussolini
Vatican
Monsignor Pizzardo
Girls Plunge 100 Feet. One Dies Other Rescued
Susanne Crowell aged 12 slipped from a steep cliff and fell 100 feet to rocks and died. Helen Busha aged 13 clung to a ledge 25 feet below and was rescued by firefighters. The girls chose to cling to a rope and slope rather than use steps.
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Selsath
Susanne Crowell
Helen Busha
Boulevard of the Allies
Fire victim 1a buried at Penvir
Milton Newlin a 37 year old Giles County farmer died from severe burns after his clothing caught fire while smoking a cigarette on the porch of the post office at Shumate near Narrows. Neighbor Thomas Anderson found him unconscious. a doctor arrived too late. He is survived by his widow, a small daughter, and his parents Mr and Mrs Andy Jack Nowlin of Shumate.
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Milton Newlin
Giles County
Penvir
Mr. Nowlin
Shumate
Narrows
Thomas Anderson
Jess Lambert
Nowlin
Andy Jack Nowlin
Objections Filed Over Lowther Murder Trial
Jefferson Ohio June 16 Twenty one objections to the conduct of the Mrs Julia Maude Lowther murder trial are in a motion for a new hearing. The verdict of first degree murder carries the death penalty. Defense alleges judge abused discretion in jury impaneling and venue change. Arguments to be held Friday with potential sentence Friday or Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Ohio
Julia Maude Lowther
Clara Smith
Ashtabula
Frank Marvin
James Oglevee
MacDonald Rules Out British War Debt Conference
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald declared that Britain will not pursue an international war debt conference. He dismissed speculation linked to German leaders Bruening and Cardule about mutual cancellation of obligations, saying such action would not be useful under current conditions.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Bruening
Cardlue
Germany
MacDonald
Padlock Order Against Gotham Club Entered
New York prohibition authorities won approval to padlock the Waverly club after five years of raids and failed efforts since 1926. The club, cited in the Wickersham commission report, faced forty raids in five years, including six in one day last year. Prohibition agents finally identified the owner recently.
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New York
Waverly Club
Wickersham Commission
Princess Marie Louise Improves Despite Illness
London reports a further slight improvement in Princess Marie Louise cousin of King George as royal physicians announce her condition stabilizes after an intestinal infection.
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London
Royal
Marie Louise
George
Criss Cross Curtains and Beauty Offers Advertised
Local page lists sale prices on curtains at Fretwell's and a dance at Lake Shawnee with music by Mark Goft orchestra. Also notes Masonic special communication at Bluefield lodge No 85 tonight and beauty shoppe offers for permanent waves at Ideal Beauty Shoppe with operator-only work and appointment phone number.
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Lake Shawnee
Mark Goft
Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
L. M. Carper
Eugene
Frederic
Ideal Beauty
West Virginian
Weatherford in City Bastile Surrender Over Fatal Wounding
James Weatherford, a colored man, surrendered to Bluefield justice H. B. Kitts after a fight near the colored Elks hall left Robert Waldron mortally wounded. Waldron died in a local hospital as Weatherford faced a murder warrant issued by Deputy Sheriff S. F. Bowling. Weatherford had earlier fled and then briefly surrendered before an error delayed jail time.
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James Weatherford
Robert Waldron
Prinepher
H. B. Kitts
Bluefield
Waldron
Weatherford
Colored Elks’ Hall
Kitts
W. W. McNeal
S. F. Bowling
Pantages and Co Defendants Face Acquittal Bid in Conspiracy Case
In San Diego on June 10, Alexander Pantages and three co defendants argued the state did not prove a conspiracy to violate juvenile court law. Defense motions sought to strike much of the prosecution testimony, asserting key witnesses were accomplices with no corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Alexander Pantages
Jerry Geisler
Pantages
Young Republican delegates named from West Virginia
Fred M. Hawley chairman of Mercer county Republican committee and Miss Katherine Stahlman daughter of state fire marshal will represent the section at a Washington conference today and tomorrow. Miss Stahlman was announced by Mrs. Thomas H. Scott state vice chairman of the Republican national committee. Other West Virginia delegates include Margaret Nutting Wheeling Margaret Car specken Morgantown Mrs McGinnis Hatfield Welch Alma Simmons Spencer Hazel Dunlap Richardson Charleston Andrew Northcott Huntington John S Walker Huntington Marjorie Bowman Morgantown Anita Highland Clarksburg Ruth Smiley Clarksburg Mrs Cc N Byron Shepherdstown Lucy McKnight Charleston Mrs BE Wyatt Payne Huntington R W Breece Huntington and Frances Inslee Parkersburg.
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Fred M. Hawley
Mercer County
Republican Executive Committee
Katherine Stahlman
C. O. Stahlman
Washington
Stahlman
Thomas H. Scott
Bluefield
Republican National Committee
West Virginia
Margaret Ogden Nutting
Wheeling
Margaret Carspecken
Morgantown
McGinnis Hatfield
Welch
Alma Simmons
Spencer
Hazel Dunlap Richardson
Charleston
Andrew Northcott
Huntington
John S. Walker
Marjorie Bowman
Anita Highland
Clarksburg
Ruth Smiley
Cc. N. Byron
Shepherdstown
Lucy McKnight
BE. Wyatt Payne
R. W. Breece
Frances Inslee
Parkersburg
Lindberghs’ plane equipped with synchronizers for machine gun use
New York June 10 The Lindberghs’ upcoming Asia flight features synchronizers on their aircraft allowing a machine gun to fire between propeller blades. Casey Jones says the engine is a military type and the Spirit of St Louis successor boasts 610 horsepower, but the couple has no plans to arm the ship.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Casey Jones
Lindberghs
President Hoover hosts garden party for disabled vets
The President and Mrs. Hoover welcomed over 800 disabled veterans at the White House garden party. Cabinet members and officials attended with their wives, along with Red Cross workers and state representatives, bringing total guests to 1,064.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Red Cross
Thelma Greene of Mullens Dies at 20
Thelma Greene, 20, Mullens high school graduate and niece of D. D. Moran Wyoming County prosecutor, died Wednesday morning at St Luke's hospital after stomach disorder complications. Funeral from home today with private burial near Mullens. Survived by parents Everett and Mrs Greene and siblings Baby Everett Jr William Robert Gilbert Mabel Dorothy Betty June all of Mullens.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Thelma Greene
Mullens
D. D. Moran
Wyoming
Mise Greene
Mullens. Miss Greene Was A Native of Mullens
Miss Greene
Everett Greene
Baby
Everett Green Jr
William Robert Greene
Gilbert Greene
Mabel Dorothy
Betty June Greene
Hampden-Sidney Exercises Noted by Bluefield Trustees
Three Bluefield area residents on Hampden-Sidney college board returned home after closing exercises. Trustees Dr Samuel W Moore Joseph M Crockett and Judge A C Buchanan attended from Bluefield Welch and Tazewell. Hubert G Clark presented medals and trophies to contest winners at the literary event. Three local youths Frank Hancock Fred King and Arthur Kendon left Hampden-Sidney after finishing the term.
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Bluefield
Hampden-Sidney College
Samuel W. Moore
First Presbyterian Church
Joseph M. Crockett
Welch
A. C. Buchanan
Frank Hancock
Fred
Arthur Kingden
Hampden-Sidney
Demnes
Three Wounded in Mine Strike Area Reported
Three workers were wounded in a mining strike area as stones were thrown near five coal mines where over 1,000 workers are on strike. The Fairport mine of M A Hanna Coal company joined the action. No violence had been reported. The miners, allied with the National Miners union, demand an eight hour day an end to the average system and re employment of men said to have been dismissed for union ties.
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Fairport
M. A. Hanna Coal Company
National Miners’ Union
Radio Programs and Station Listings for June 11
Radio schedule with Edison address from Fort Myers and multiple stations in New York and beyond. Lists include programs from 4 p m to 11:30 p m with news, talk series, music, and orchestras. Highlights include Hyacinth Ringrose talk at 2:15 p m and Robin Adair dramatization at 9 p m.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Fort
Wildey
Van
WJZ
NBC
Hyacinth Ringrose
American Medical Association
Philadelphia
Morton Downey
Anthony Wons
Wabccbs
Rosamond Johnson
WEAF
Crumit and Sanderson
Jack Shilkret
Robin Adair
Irene Beasley
WABC
CBS
Breen
de Rose
Jack Pepper
Uice
Radio Schedules and Station List for Evening Programs
Aanto bylines list broadcasting times from 5:00 to 10:30 with programs like Jim Corbett Dinner Music Rudy Vallee Orchestra Birthday Party and Calloway Orchestra. Stations include WGY WBEN WHAS WSM WJAR WCSH CFCF WFI and many others, noting multiple overlaps across networks.
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WIZ
NBC
van Steeden
WBAL
John B. Kennedy
WBZ
WGAR
Topica
WLW
KDKA
WJR
Amos
Andy
WHAM
WRC
CKGW
WPTF
WJAX
WIOD
WCKY
WFLA
CFCF
WRVA
Jesters
Phil Cook
WSB
WHAS
Pickard Family
Clara
Willard Robison
WJZ
Breen
de Rose
WJZ Chain
Kemp
Jim Corbett
WGY
WBEN
WCAE
WSM
WEAF
WWJ
WJAR
WFI
WSYR
Rudy Vallee Orchestra
WEEL
WTAG
WCSH
WSAI
WSAL
WTAM
B. A. Rolfe
WPHI
Wben Wiod
Bertie
Gene Austin
KSD
Calloway Orchestra
North Pole Submarine Near 1000 Miles At Sea
New York June 10. Sir Hubert Wilkins and the Nautilus are more than 1000 miles at sea en route to London and the North Pole. The expedition plans a 42 day voyage under the Arctic ice as crews report high spirits and radios and telephone working splendidly.
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New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins
London
North Pole
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Young Republican
West Virginia Business College
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Honaker
Bluefield, West Virginia
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Agnew
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WHP
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WXYZ
WBT
WBCM
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WDOD
CFRB
Ray Welch
Crime Club
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WNAC
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Kate Smith
WHEC
WLBZ
WORC
Dance Orchestra
WWNC
Daddy and Rollo
WGR
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WCAO
WADC
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WJAS
WMAL
WTAR
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WCAH
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WTOC
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WORO
WSJS
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WHAN
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H. V. Kaltenborn
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Story of Time
WHK
WGST
WDBC
WDRE
WLAP
WREC
WLAC
WBRC
Denny’s Orchestra
WPG
CFRC
Nelson Orchestra
Ann Leaf
Ben Alley
WPG Wcau
WBOCM
Ie Orchestra
Sonttwin' S Orchestra
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Associated Press
WTIC
Tamea
Dandy Entertainment
Guarles Rogers Victor Moors
Boots
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Sin
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Rial
Justice
Broadway
Richa and
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