State lawmakers clash as capital bill falls in vote
The session saw a heated roll call with 36 against and 31 in favor of a capital-building measure as delegates debated reconsideration. Adjournment until Monday blocked further action while leaders Dr L M Robinson and L Heaberlin saw changes in posts and their resignations filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
House
L. M. Robinson
Clarksburg
Senate
L. Heaberlin
Beckley
Finance Committee
Workmen's Compensation
E. M. Keatley
Leather motor coat guards rider against wind
A new motor coat fashioned from leather with a high neck keeps wind out at high speed. In a separate item thieves stole a London physician's medicine case containing eight tubes of typhoid and anthrax germs but were later found with the case intact.
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London
Landing Place in Spreewald the Wendish Refuge
Readable bulletin describes Klinge and Kottbus in the Spreewald region near Berlin as the landing area of Clarence Chamberlin and outlines the Wendish people. It portrays the region’s eel traps cucumbers and wooden geese, and notes seasonal travel, weddings by boat, and long standing folk beliefs.
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Klinge
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Kottbus
Fall River
Prussia
Washington, D. C
Natonal Geographic Society
Spreewald
Europe
Oder
National Geographic Society
Roosevelt Field
New York City
Bellanca
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Leipzig
Whiteman Plans Global Jazz Tour With Two-Year Itinerary
Paul Whiteman known as King of Jazz will tour for two years with his synccpaters across Egypt India Japan China England France Germany Australia and other nations. The troupe starts in New York then performs in 454 U S. cities with one night stands and longer stops in major cities.
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New York
Paul Whiteman
Egypt
India
Japan
China
England
France
Germany
Australia
Mr. Whiteman
United States
All Churches Will Merge, Says Divine Vision
New York June 11 Robert KE Speer moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America says he hopes all Evangelical Christian churches will unite one day. He spoke at the thirtieth annual conference of the board of foreign missions noting some groups lag but expressing belief the ideal will be reached, though not in his time.
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Burg
Kottbus
Venice
Spreewald
Thom
New York
Robert KE. Speer
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
Board of Foreign Missions
Sudden Death of Little Miss June Fairchilds
June Fairchilds ten year old daughter of J L Fairchilds of 136 Larch street died yesterday afternoon at St Luke's hospital after a typhoid illness. Funeral services are set for Monday at Grace Methodist church with interment in Walnut Grove cemetery. The Wade School student was beloved in the West End and survived by her parents and sister Mary. Pallbearers include Wade Farmer Raymond Farmer Fred Davidson J J Long J H Hicks J R Helton. Flower bearers listed with several young girls and honorary pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June Fairchildy
J. L. Fairchilds
Larch Street
Velock
St. Luke’s Hospital
Grace Methodist Church
Walnut Grove
Frank Y. Jackson
Wade
West End
Mary
Wade Farmer
Raymond Farmer
Fred Davidson
J. J. Long
J. H. Hicks
J. R. Helton
Virginia Ryan
Zoa Ryan
Louise
Lois Long
Mildred Ball
Edith Borge
Dot Lawrence
Aldra Lawrence
J. P. Carter
Sid Hale
M. Stevenson
Local figures named in open list
Grim Pettry, Thomas Ryan, C. W. Dunn, William Bowser, Joe Mowles, BR. H. Anderson, Lee Landrum, C. D. Hale, Wayne Farmer, R. Davidson and Sam Webb are noted as participants or members in the readable portion of the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grim Pettry
Thomas Ryan
C. W. Dunn
William Bowser
Joe Mowles
BR. H. Anderson
Lee Landrum
C. D. Hale
Wayne Farmer
R. Davidson
Sam Webb
Two Couples Observe 65th Wedding Day in Berlin
In Berlin on June 14 two couples marked their sixty fifth wedding anniversaries. Herr and Frau Roeder of Frankfurt on the Oder are 95 and 89, both in good health, while Heinrich and Friederike Matthiessen of Pellworm also report perfect health. Frau Auguste Spellerberg, 79, has served with a Berlin firm dealing in lobsters and crabs for 65 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Frieda Hempel to Press Damage Suit in Europe Trip
Opera singer Frieda Hempel said she will diligently press a damage suit against philanthropist August Heckscher. She abandoned her career after agreeing to sing only for charity with Heckscher, who was to pay her a fixed annual sum.
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New York
Frieda Hempel
Europe
August Heckscher
Heckscher
April Rain Record Tops May in Bluefield Weather
Government records show April 1926 was the wettest month on record with 6.93 inches of rain, while May brought 3.99 inches on average and 1.15 inches in a single day May 29. Through May the first five months exceed 1926 figures by 4.89 inches, totaling 19.27 inches in Bluefield.
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C. C. Keeney
Bluefield
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Detroit
Mich
Evangline Land Lindbergh
Charles H. Lind
Paris
Lindbergh
Bregh
Little Falls
Minn
Charles
Belgium
America
Keatley
Shoe Market
McDowell County
Welch
Rose TU Mai
National Geographic Bulletin
Kling and
June Fairchilds
May
Cavon
Berkey & Gay
Saturday Evening Post
Avon
Bluefield Furniture Company
Crinceton Ave
Raleigh
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