Holo Pet Show on Bluefield Playgrounds
Bluefield playgrounds announce first annual pet shows on June 19 and 20 with each ground hosting a separate event. Shows run one hour, welcome children and families, and feature pets from dogs to goats.
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Bluefield Playgrounds
End Playground
West End Playground
North Side Playground
Sous
Bluefield Playground
Yager
West End
East End
Northside Playground
South Bluefield Playground
Federal
Scott Streets
Randolph Terrace
Russell
Tazewell
Patient Kyle Anderson Undergoes Stomach Ulcer Surgery
S. H. Anderson Kyle patient in hospital. Kyle Anderson submitted to an operation at St. Luke's hospital early yesterday morning for a ruptured ulcer of the stomach. The operation was performed at 3 a.m. The condition yesterday appeared very favorable, physicians said.
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H. Anderson
Kyle
St. Luke's Hospital
Anderson
French aviatrix Maryse Bastie aims endurance flight record
Maryse Bastie, a noted French aviatrix, attempted to break the women's endurance flight record by taking off from Le Bourget near Paris in a 40 horsepower monoplane. She planned to fly at least 356 hours and 46 minutes, the mark set by Lene Bernstein, the Russian flyer.
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Maryse Bastie
le Bourget
Paris
Lene Bernstein
Smoot Declares Mellon Approves Pending Levy Bill
The Mississippian said Smoot claimed Mellon approves the levy bill after entering the senate. He warned the tariff defeat could be sought through treasury channels and Pennsylvania senators, noting Need and Grundy oppose rate reductions. Lafollette attacked the bill as betraying President Hoover and expanding tariffs beyond the Payne-Aldrich act.
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Smoot
Mellon
Senate
Mississippian
Secretary of the Treasury
Pennsylvania
Grundy
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Independent
Hooter
Survivor recalls fiery tanker disaster and rescue efforts
A survivor describes chaotic moments as life belts were scarce and doors broken to escape flaming oil. The tanker sank rapidly while a sister ship Gloucester was expected. Boston nurse Mrs N A Dayton gained medical supplies and provided relief to the injured.
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Gloucester
Farrell
N. A. Dayton
Boston
Ourse
Bluefield Virginia voters adjust after lively council race
Bluefield Va residents returned a seasoned mix of candidates to the town council after a brisk election. R L Longworth emerged successful for at large, with C W Pierce Harman Broyles and S Sheb Dudley among those continuing or returning to office. A new charter and forthcoming September swearing in frame the political shift.
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Bluefield
R. K. Crockett
Bank of Graham
Abraham
Crockett
C. W. Pierce
Pierce
Mr. Crockett
Harman Broyles
J. S. (Sheb) Dudley
R. L. Longworth
Roanoke
Councilmen to Meet With New Officers Over Water Plan
Kenneth C Patty suggests the current administration invite the newly elected council to a conference without delay to discuss water needs. A joint committee from both groups would oversee details for installing a filtration plant and other improvements.
Russians in France settle into new lives after exile
Paris hosts more than 200000 white Russians who fled after the Bolshevik seizure ending WWI. Many are aristocrats now toiling in agriculture clerical work and other manual jobs in France.
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France
Paris
Russia
Double Check Presented for Canadian Army Sweepstakes Win
Col. William Wood presents a $149 262 check to Edward Dougherty, a $20-a-week New York clerk, for his Canadian Army sweepstakes victory in Quebec. Edward shares the prize with his brother Daniel who held a 60 cent stake in the $1 winning ticket.
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MIPCK
Edward Dougherty
New York
Quebec
Canada
Dougherty
Daniel
Col
William Wood
Edward
Justice of the Peace Opens Offices Here
A. S. Peery, long time justice of the peace, has leased the old mayor’s office and hung out his shingle as magistrate after moving from Pocahontas months ago.
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Justice OF the Peace
A. S. Peery
Pocahontas
Squire Peery
Business Men's Club Moves Meeting to Monday Evening
The Bluefield Virginia Business Men's Club will meet this evening in Palmer Hall instead of Friday. The change avoids conflicting with the Boy Scout banquet at the West Virginian hotel Friday night. Ten members expect to attend the banquet, with more likely to join.
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Bluefield
Palmer Hall
West Virginian Hotel
Miss Sutton to Teach in Tennessee College
Miss Margaret Sutton daughter of Dr and Mrs A B Sutton has gone to Johnson City Tenn where she will occupy the chair of professor of fine arts in East Tennessee Teachers college for the summer term This winter she will go to Georgia to be assistant professor of fine arts in Georgia State college for women at Milledgeville Ga Miss Sutton recently received her Master s degree from Columbia university New York
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Margaret Sutton
A. B. Sutton
Johnson City
Tenn
East Tennessee
Teachers’ College
Georgia
Georgia State College For Women
Milledgeville
Sutton
Columbia University
New York
Captain Jennings Ill in Kansas City Hospital
A card from Mrs. C. M. Jennings of Kansas City Mo reports Captain Jennings underwent a serious operation last Thursday and is thought to be progressing well given his illness. She notes his first request after surgery was the Bluefield News and friends hope for his speedy recovery.
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C. M. Jennings
Kansas City
Captain Jennings
Masons to Entertain at Tip Top Lodge Event
Keystone lodge A F and A M Tip Top prepares to entertain visiting Masons Friday night with a speech by District Deputy Grand Master Sol Raach of Pocahontas. Laurie Saunders notes crops better despite drought and stock fattening. An N&W crew tests high tension insulators to improve radios. Presbyterian Sunday scholars and church members are urged to meet 1:30 pm at Graham Pharmacy with car transportation coordinated by J F Galloway, superintendent.
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Keystone Lodge
A. F
A. M
Tip Top
Sol Raach
Pocahontas
Laurie McTeer Saunders
Laurie Saunders
The
Presbyterian Church
Graham Pharmacy
J. F. Galloway
Weather note on warmer days as moon shifts south
Local weather brief notes warmer conditions as the moon returns to a southward position. Forecast context remains cautious with scattered patterns likely to influence daytime highs and evening lows.
Weather Signs Predict Heat and Satans Rain Joke
The bureau forecasts warmer weather and the writer notes likely heat soon. A humorous weather sign claims if it rains while the sun shines, Satan is whipping his wife, and it will rain the next day.
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Bureau
Satan
Local Social Roundup Highlights Weekend Visits
Williamson residents Mrs. T. H. Brown and daughter Mary Belle hosted Mrs. P. W. Davis on Walnut Street. Margaret Parris and brothers Carl and Clayton toured Artrip Virginia, Buford Tabor from Faraday stayed with relatives, and sisters Josephine and Irene Dean visited their aunt in Tazewell. Patrica Joan Barrett born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barrett. Mrs. A. P. Buchanan treated at Bluefield sanitarium. Jack Herndon of Shannon Branch plus Ray and family moved from Fort Worth to Graham for summer. Paul Cundiff returns from ministry studies. J J Stevenson and daughter Lou visited. Mrs. Robert Repass from Norton visited her parents at West Graham. Gay Cook, former New Mexico teacher, returns home from Mul llens after teaching in New Mexico. Gretta Warden, daughter of the Wardens, graduates from Emory and Henry with BA in Latin after Graham High and Bluefield College.
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T. H. Brown
Mary Belle
Williamson
P. W. Davis
Walnut Street
Margaret Parris
Carl
Clayton
Artrip
Buford Tabor
Faraday
Josephine
Irene Dean
Tazewell
Edward Barrett
Patrica Joan
A. P. Buchanan
West Graham
Isa
Bluefield Sanitarium
Jack Herndon
Shannon Branch
W. Va
Ray Pruett
Fort Worth
Texas
Paul Cundiff
J. J. Stevenson
Lou
Jimmie Ferguson
Welch
Blair Bruster
Robert Repass
Norton
C. L. Alexander
Gay Cook
Ruth Williamson
Mullens
Cook
Local Commencement Attendees and Visits Noted
Two brothers Robert and Embro attended the commencement. Miss Pearle Elaine Davia returns home to 36 Walnut Street Bluefield after a week with Mrs. W. W. St. Clair Pageton W. Va. Louise St. Clair accompanies her. Miss Alice Baldwin of Montrose Street is home from Bristol after attending Virginia Intermont College. Miss Baldwin graduated last year from Graham High School. Mrs. J. D. Farmer of Baptist Valley is recuperating in Mattie Williams Hospital Richlands after a serious operation. Her husband is a Norfolk and Western bridge foreman. Miss Katherine Strickland expects to return home soon to spend the hot season with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Strickland.
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Robert
Embro
Pearle
Elaine Davia
Walnut Street
Bluefield
W. W. St. Clair
Pageton
W. Va
Louise St. Clair
Alice Baldwin
J. C. Baldwin
Montrose Street
Bristol
Virginia Intermont College
Miss Baldwin
Graham High School
J. D. Farmer
Baptist Valley
Mattie Williams Hospital
Richlands
May fire death toll in state set at nine
Nine persons died and seventeen injured or burned in West Virginia fires during May according to state fire marshal C. O. Stahl man. Fatalities included eight adults one boy and a girl with four deaths from kerosene use or gasoline explosions. Deaths occurred in Marshall Monongalia Kanawha Hancock Harrison Mercer and Wood counties.
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West Virginia
C. O. Stahlman
Marshall County
Monongalia
Kanawha
Hancock
Harrison
Mercer
Wood
Train Loads Of Spuds On Way To The West
Pacific shipments from Bluefield pass through with eighty aging cars daily. Norfolk and Western hauls spuds eastward toward the coast with rates of 75 to 80 cars per day and up to 129 cars in a single day. The potatoes travel on time freight No. 99 toward western destinations.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Virginia
North Carolina
Norfolk and Western
Train service adjusted for potato shipments out of Colum bus
The railroad reports a close connection with fast manifest trains from Colum bus and will run three sections on two days due to heavy potato shipments. The early corn crop is not ready for market in the Middle West cities, and shipments are expected to continue for about three weeks.
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Columbus
Middle West
New Trend Uses Sugar to Flavor Wholesome Foods
The Sugar Institute reports a simple method to improve bland vegetables and stewed fruits by adding a dash of sugar with a pinch of salt. Doctors and dietitians endorse this for children who shy away from vegetables, noting it preserves vitamins minerals and roughage while enhancing taste.
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The
Sugar Institute
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