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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1931
Page
10
A. G. Heller and colleagues in New York report progress on miniature television. A six inch scanning disk with 60 holes drives a crater lamp system to project images from quarter inch to larger screens. They aim for a one foot square home set this fall and larger theater size pictures.
Three Pittsburgh business men rode a coast to coast flight in 14 hours 8 minutes after breakfast in Los Angeles and belated lunch in Pittsburgh. Pilot Harry Taylor landed at Bettisfield at 2 03 am eastern daylight time. The travelers were C. W. Forcier J. S. McGill and W. R. Yahner. Stops included Kingman Albuquerque Oklahoma City St. Paul and Columbus. The trip demonstrated comfort and safety at 170 to 175 miles per hour.
An advertisement promises quick corn relief with END-O-CORN, claiming no pain and no suffering. It urges readers to purchase at Goodykoontz Drug Stores or write to END O CORN Laboratories in Chicago for prompt delivery.
In Youngstown Ohio the trial of Rudolph Sholan and Jay Anyon on rioting charges stemming from a Memorial Day disturbance was recessed until next Monday. Judge Mark Moore ordered the delay after Police Prosecutor W B Spagnola collapsed. Patrolman Henry E Foley testified he clouted and kicked demonstrators and fired two shots.
Watertown New York detective bureau reports Addison F Wardwell a retired banker traveled to Ashtabula Ohio after receiving a postal card claim about his daughter Mary Elizabeth Wardwell 24 missing from her Watertown home for more than a week Police say the card writer may be the last person seen with Mary Elizabeth before her disappearance in Hobart Indiana authorities pursue leads from Ashtabula and Hobart reports indicate the card sender left the woman and moved on.
Mr and Mrs George Billings reported that none of their three companions saw him exit the boat, investigators were told. The statement indicates uncertainty about the last moments aboard the vessel.
Moundsville West Virginia June 11 Charleston has extended an invitation to entertain the 1932 meeting of the West Virginia Christian Endeavor society Now in session here Acceptance regarded probable Reelection of Miss Elizabeth Jackson of Jane Lew as president seems assured with no opposition in a partial nominating committee report The convention closes tomorrow with final action on next meeting place and officers elected
Heidelberg university students built a glider that was baptized by the university rector. He poured a glass of liquid air over the bow and expressed hope the craft would behave well in its element.
James O Dunlap and Kathryn Wall wed behind bars at Shelby County jail after a five month sentence keeps Dunlap jailed. The couple married several months after Dunlap offered his blood to save Wall’s life.
The Welch city council named C Frank Wright as police judge and city clerk to fill the unexpired term of the late Gail T Dudgeon. Wright, formerly Bank of War cashier and Mc Dowell circuit court assistant clerk, gains the post amid local interest. The council also enacted a peddlers and hawkers ordinance requiring tax and license.
A small car with an allegedly intoxicated driver collided with a midget automobile and a truck carrying a crate of strawberries near Clarksburg West Virginia An ambulance rushed to the scene for Mrs Price L Ward who was splattered with strawberry juice Deputies arrested W G Adams of Pittsburgh on a charge of driving while intoxicated
The ad claims Dr J Leonhardt's Hemroid internal remedy cures itching bleeding and protruding piles by healing and restoring affected parts and relieving blood congestion. It asserts salves and cutting fail and offers a money back guarantee via Goodykoontz Drug Stores or Hemroid Tablets.
Sheriff Frederick Elliott led a Belknap county posse of 150 at dawn to Timber Island in Lake Winnipesaukee seeking Connecticut state senator Chelsa Arrigoni who vanished from a motorboat near Horse Island May 31. Divers found no trace of Arrigoni as an intensive lake bottom search continued.
London reports in the Daily Express that British motor car makers have beaten the United States to a market edge with fewer American cars sold in Britain than in a decade. Official trade returns cited but not conclusive.
Dealers say certain American car makes are a drug on the market, noting weak demand and rising inventories while urging model mix adjustments and pricing strategies to restore sales momentum.
The national executive committee of the Women's Christian Temperance Union decided to hold a national educational conference in Washington D C from December 4 to 6. Mrs Ella A Boole announced it as the first in a series of gatherings in various parts of the country with presidents of state organizations and delegates. The conference aims to promote law observance study law enforcement problems and discuss how the United States may receive full benefits of its prohibition laws.
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