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Newspaper

Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1937

Page

2

Blubber Bergman Featured On Local Radio Schedule

Sunday programming centers on Blubber Bergman, the garage mechanic entertainer, with Rubinoff and Musical Moments Revue guest vocalists. Radio lineup includes Your Home hints, breakfast club, morning devotions, and a noon audience vote contest awarding $10 to the daily winner. Programs air from 6:15 pm for Blubber Bergman and 4 pm for Musical Moments Revue on Bluefield stations.

Rubinoff Stradivarius Kirbery Ja Network Mary Chevrolet Lilly Land Company Warlick Furniture Com THE Jolly Bakers Barney Butternut Leo L. D. Feuchtenberger Bakeries Red and Stooge Adj. K. E. Moss Salvation Army Purity Maid Bakers Mountain and Co Rhythm and Roe Belle and Martha Cole Baking Com JFG Coffee Boys Bluefield Hardware Company Rock Cliff Bluefield Coca-Cola Bottling Chicago House Furnishing CO Ed McConnell Sunrise Bottling CO Norge Loman Music Company Bluefield Supply CO Ney Lynn Honey Krust Ann, Sue Southerning Corporation Ford Bluefield Bluefield Furniture

Evening Radio Schedule of Mercer County Programs

A Mercer County station lists 6:25 Bluefield Produce and Pro vision com 6:30 Evening Shadows Mercer Gay 6:45 Variety 7:00 Shoppers Program 7:30 Dance Melodies 8:00 Black Diamond Four 8:15 Dick Shanklin 8:30 Vocal Melodies 8:45 Mercer County Safety Council 9:00 Dance Time 9:45 The Witching Hour.

Bluefield Evening Shadows Mercer Gay Black Diamond Four Dick Shanklin Mercer County Safety Council

Radio Network Schedule Friday Evening June 11

NBC and CBS radio network listings show a full prime time lineup across East West and Midwest regions including Don Winslow of the Navy Orphan Annie Amos n Andy Waltzing by Abe Lyman and The Three Caballeros plus various news and musical programs with station lists and cast notes for the 4:30 to 11:30 pm window.

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West Virginian Earns Rotary Club Honor in France

At the International Rotary convention in Nice France governors of American districts were elected today. The roster includes Robert R Ban and other newly elected Rotary International directors from the United States such as Allison G Brush James S Long James M Walker Herbert K Walker and Bruce W Williams with their respective home cities.

Nice France Rotary Robert R. Bana Rotary International United States Allison G. Brush Laurel Miss James S. Long Seattle Wash James M. Walker Tenn Herbert K. Walker Rafael Calif Bruce W Williams Joplin

Boughner Honored at Buffet as He Plans Retirement

Friends and business associates honor Claude Boughner at Employees Country Club in Black Wolf as he retires as general superintendent of United Supply Co. He will move to Bluefield around June 15 and his successor John C. Howard, longtime Lynch Ky store manager, is welcomed. Speakers include Moses of U S Coal and Cake, J L Sullivan of U S Coal Coke, Dr A K Walker, G C Sledge, and others.

Claude Boughner Black Wolf United Supply Company Boughner Bluefield John C. Howard Lynch, Ky J. Boughner Moses U.S, Coal and Cake Company J. L. Sullivan U. S Medical Department A. K. Walker Beer G. C. Sledge

Man Held for Inquiry Into Typewriter Theft

Frank Robertson of East Radford Virginia was arrested after trying to pawn a typewriter as police investigate a theft from a Norfolk and Western Railway paper train. The victim, an Ashland Kentucky passenger, reported the loss. Robertson claimed he received the item from a relative and had a railway ticket receipt dated the theft day.

Frank Robertson East Radford Norfolk and Western Railway Ashaiid Robertson

Pair Charged With Stealing Cow In Browns Creek

Irvin Mullins and Jess Hunt of Browns Creek were arrested by Constable Lonnie Mitchell for allegedly stealing a cow from J. B. Shannon Branch. The pair reportedly killed the animal to sell it, Hunt posted a 500 bond and Mullins was jailed. A hearing is set for Tuesday before Magistrate James A. Henchey.

Irvin Mullins Jess Hunt Browns Creek Lonnie Mitchell J. B. Shannon Hunt Mullins James A. Henchey

Welch Residents Face Health Crisis and Local Moves

George M. Daniel of Welch lies in critical condition at a hospital after two months of illness. Walter A. Buchanan of the Appalachian Electric Power plans to lease and move to a Powhatan fence property by July 1. Larry O'Toole and family will occupy the O'Toole property on Virginia Avenue, with ties to Col. Edward O'Toole and the Logan laundry. William Taylor, 25, Welch, fractured his jaw after a fall and was treated at Welch Emergency Hospital. Plans emerge for more night baseball games as the Welch Miners, on a road trip, resume play in Welch on June 15 against Williamson.

George M. Daniel Welch Powhatan Walter A. Buchanan Appalachian Electric Power Company O'Toole Virginia Avenue Buchanans Larry O'Toole Logan Laundry Peerless Steam Col Edward O'Toole William Taylor Welch Emergency Hospital Williamson

Night games wrap season as schedule under lights

Burial in Virginia for George Stone 72 of Northfolk after death Tuesday. Funeral held Thursday. burial in Chatham, Virginia. Speeding count shows Alverez fined $10 and imprisonment before Magistrate W R Lockhart as by Gonstable M Day.

Virginia George Stone Northfolk Chatham Alverez W. R Lockhart Gonstable

Roderfield Man Wrecks Auto While Distracted Driving

Roland Deel, 35, of Roderfield, careened off a mountain road when he looked away from the highway to check for a parked car. Deel suffered cuts and bruises, treated at Grace Hospital. a 14-year-old boy, Billy Price, escaping with slight bruises, was taken to Welch Emergency hospital and later released. Deel works for Carter Coal at Coalwood.

Roland Deel Roderfield Deel Billy Grace Hospital Young Price Welch Emergency Hospital Dee Carter Coal Company Coalwood

Welch Personalities Head to Young People's Conference

Graham Sale Jr a George Washington University student spends summer with Mr and Mrs Graham Sale Sr. The Rev Smiley Williams pastor of Welch Presbyterian accompanied by Norman Williams and Miss Helen Cooper left Welch to attend the annual Young People's Conference in Lewisburg.

Graham Sale, Jr George Washington University Washington, D. C Graham Sale Smiley Williams Welch Presbyterian Church Norman Williams Welch Helen Cooper Elbert Lewisburg

Synod Representatives and Local Clergy Actions

Miss Cooper and Norman Williams represent the local church while Rev. Williams joins the faculty. Mrs. C. E. Murrey and daughter Virginia Lee travel to Rochester New York for several days of visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. A Sizemore of Fairmont visit Welch and Kimball. Sizemore formerly managed the G C Murphy store in Welch and now manages the Murphy store in Fairmont.

Scrapyard Cars Move After Strike Pickets Block Plant Tracks

Four teen loads of scrap iron were moved after strikers halted rail traffic at the plant. A conference led to an agreement with the company as six Ashland scrap metal firms strike for recognition of a CIO affiliate as their bargaining agent.

Pany Ignpre Las Sighs Ashlahd C.il.o

BC Pain Relief Ad Promises Quick Headache Relief

An old advertisement touts BC as fast relief for headaches neuralgia and muscle pain from colds and tension. It claims relief within minutes and notes 10c and 25c sizes or dose options, with mentions of use by women for menstrual discomfort.

Body found in Ohio River near Ft Purnace identified as Alma King

Huntington police recovered the body of a 40 year old woman believed to be Alma King in the Ohio river near Ft Purnace Ohio. Detectives say King had been missing since Wandall Marks 31 died at a local boathouse while trying to rescue a woman who fell overboard.

Huntington W. Va Alma King Ohio River Ft Purnace

Physicians defend immunization law in Charleston

Dr. Thomas A. Blake, head of maternal and child hygiene, argues schoolchildren need compulsory vaccination as proof by higher smallpox deaths in early 1937 supports the law. He notes parents’ doubts and emphasizes children's right to protection.

Charleston W. Va Thomas A. Blake State Health Department Blake United States

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