Belcher Escapes Camp After State Penitentiary Sentence
New details place Hays Belcher, Princeton youth, under state police search after escaping from the Hackers Valley road camp. He had been committed to the penitentiary for a forgery conviction and had prior escapes from the Pruntytown industrial school. Authorities posted a $50 reward as changes loom in county school boards and city administrations effective July 1.
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Hays Belcher
Princeton
State Penitentiary
Belcher
Hackers Valley
Pruntytown
J. Otis
East River
W. B. McNutt
John PD. Gott
R. W. Brown
O. B. Campbell
Fast River District
J. B. Shrewsbury
FE. B. King
Bee Peck
A. S. Fortune
A. C. Joineon
Morrell Family Visit and Local Notables
Dr and Mrs W M Morrell and family were visiting Bluefield Thursday. Fred Sawyers of Hinton West Virginia was in the city Wednesday. Mrs W Palmer and daughter Miss Virginia Palmer of Haston were noted residents in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.M. Morrell
Bluefield
Fred Sawyers
Hinton
W. Va
W. Palmer
Virginia Palmer
Haston
Cleo Shelton
Hazel Bowling
Burnice Bowling
Effie Gadd
Oma Roy
Mildred Bradley
Wavy Rogers
Princeton
P. A. Graham
W. W. Stafford
Violet
Buford
Tobie
Audrey
Virginia Lee Chambers
Jimmy Prillman
Radford
Fred Stafford
Bane
Dora’ Hermanson
New York
Edith B. Williams
W. W. Williams
Dorothy Holbrook
Crumpler
Billy Mitchell
Herman Mishrach
Agnes Gordon
Sybill Gordon
Kyle
Grace Hospital
G. Hancock
Wilson Harris
Wilson
Gilbert
I. C. Herndon
Stanley Crigger
Hemphill
Six Day Excursion From Princeton to Norfolk
Travel notice for a six day excursion from Princeton to Norfolk departing 2 50 p m and returning by 10 00 p m Monday June 22 1931 Children half fare offers from points east of Princeton Tickets usable on Pullman sleepers with charges including surcharges but no baggage checked R C Sutherland ticket agent Princeton W Va
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Princeton
Norfolk
R. C. Sutherland
Princeton W. Va
Funeral notices and visits listed for local families
Md arrived yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. John R Gott's mother at the First Methodist church. Family members and friends from Charlestown Hinton Bluefield Abingdon Oak Hill and Joplin are noted in the itinerary of visits and condolences with several travelers returning from trips to Norfolk Philadelphia Pittsburgh and beyond.
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Palmer
John R. Gott
First Methodist Church
EF. Fred Gott
Billy
B. L. Ballard
Charleston
John Rott
C. Fredeking
Hinton
John L. Fredeking
L. F. Stafford
Louise
Bluefield
Mr. Roberts
Hugh G. Woode
Radford
J. S. Eakin
Fred Bolton
East Radford
Cecil Byrd
Moulder
Jewel Moulder
Hattisbore
Ted Mann
Alderson
W. Va
New York
Shony Boweda
Hazel Coburn
Oakvale
J. H. Shufflebarger
Memorial Hospital
Harrison Street
W. H. Barton
Abingdon
Misa Elouise Barton
Mark Barton
Willard Johnston
Mary Sue Shufflebarger
Oak Hill
J. W. Boyd
Stella Boyd
H. S. Goode
Walnut Street
Joplin
Bessie
Bertha Hale
Lexington
Harriet
Virginia Woolfolk
Norfolk
New York City
Pennsylvania
George Woolfolk
Spring sales and local notices fill Princeton page
Fashion Shop offers spring coats and summer dresses at half price. A lawsuit in chancery involves Hazel Gibson and Edward J. Giboe. Pisgah church hosts annual home-coming with dinner and evangelist Rev. Belcher. Princeton baseball faces Bramwell. Army and Navy store runs a fire sale. Boy Scout jamboree plans for Welch. Mercer county courthouse under construction aims to open by August. Local graduates and constables noted alongside county board of equalization meeting and new members Massie and Farley.
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Pisgah Church
W. B. Belcher
Massie
L. E. White
Farley
Charles Wheeler
Time limit set for Bluefield gas work in Princeton
The Bluefield Gas and Power Company must begin installing the gas system in Princeton by July 19, six months after the January 19 franchise grant. A miscalculation led many to think June 19 was the deadline. The company has not yet started work or informed city officials of a start date.
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Bluefield Gas and Power Company
Princeton
Fire destroys cottage north of Princeton
Fire destroyed a frame cottage on rural route two north of Princeton about 3 a.m. Thursday. The fire department could not save the building. No one was home. the owner Co D Croy and family were in Mullens. Origin undetermined. Damage about 1500 dollars, insured.
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Route Two
Princeton
Co. D. Croy
Mullens
Assault charge leads to fine and short jail term
R J Nicholson was fined 15.40 by Magistrate John E Bailey at Matoaka for assaulting Goldman Davis. In default of payment, Nicholson was jailed by Constable A McKinney for ten days. The report also notes a Lake Shawnee social with a Mark Goffe orchestra and a Glenvar picnic attendance list.
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Goldman Davis
R. J. Nicholson
John E. Bailey
Matoaka
Nicholson
A. McKinney
Lake Shawnee
Mark Goffe
Thorpe
Simpson
U. S
J. Hoagland French
United States Court
R. H. Powell
Pdr
Lincoln Memorial Interior Rebuilt in Springfield to Re-dedicate
A new interior of the Lincoln Memorial in Springfield Illinois will be re dedicated by President Hoover on June 17. The original dedication was by President Grant. The sarcophagus of the emancipator is of red Arkansas marble and notable for simple dignified beauty.
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Lincoln Memorial
Springfield
111
Hoover
Grant
Arkansas
Ancient Aztec Bathing Tubs Found Near Mexico City
Excavations near Mexico City reveal well preserved remnants of bathing places used by the Aztec aristocracy. The tubs are carved directly from solid rock, offering a rare glimpse into elite bathing practices.
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Mexico City
Lincoln marriage ceremony reenacted in Pioneer Memorial State Park
Harrodsburg Kentucky June 11 officials dedicate the Lincoln marriage temple in Pioneer Memorial State park. Secretary of Labor William N Doak will give a dedicatory address broadcast nationwide. The old cabin where Tomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks wed is now a permanent church reproduction built by Mrs Edmund Burke Ball of Muncie Indiana. Transylvania college stage crafters will dramatize the ceremony tomorrow.
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Harrodsburg
Abraham Lincoln
Pioneer Memorial State Park
William N. Doak
Tomas Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
Edmund Burke Ball
Muncie
Ind
Transylvania College
Ambassador Edge Pleased With Job in France
Paris June 11 The American embassy said Ambassador Walter K Edge is very happy with his work in France and has no present plan to resign He declined to comment on reports he might retire and said the question is not yet on his mind
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Paris
Walter K. Edge
France
Edge
United States
Nat Hurler
Washington
Irving
Bump” Hadley
Washington Senators
Walter Johnson
Funeral Service Today For Victim Of Accident
Little Noah Edgar Sigler two year old of Hemphill died after a ball of candy lodged in his throat during a porch fall. He was rushed to Welch hospital where surgeons removed the obstruction but he died shortly afterward.
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Noah Edgar Sigler
J. W. Sigler
Hemphill
Welch Hospital
Byrd bronze sundial honors notable flights
A bronze sundial dating to 1691 will be presented June 14 by Wright Aeronautical workers to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. A cast stone pedestal by Julio Kilemyi features medallions marking Byrd's life milestones including birth and key air ventures.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Atlantic
Julio Kilemyi
New York
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Mays Belcher
Auguste Piccard
Charles Kipfer
Austrian
Tyrol
Piccard
Kipfer
London
America
Hazel Gibson
Edward J. Giboe
Bramwell
Army and Navy
Mercer Street
Princeton-Athens
Welch
Troop No. 1
Mercer County
Princeon Army and Navy
S. J. Evans, Jr
North Carolina State College
Paleigh
Evans
S. J. Evans, Sr
Erma Riner
George Dagnovan
I. C. Damewood
Mr. Donovan
D. E. Price
Princeton, W. VA
Don and
Tom Bohon
Herbert Harris
Mies Roxie Bohon
Roanoke
B. M. Bohon
Lafayette
EB. Veritt Bohon
G. B. Bohon
Glenvar
Lincoln
Army & Navy Store
Mercer St
Sigler
F. W. Harvey
Coney Island
Elizabeth Ann
Elizabeth Ann Harvey
Mary Lewis Straub
Carrol French
Lois Rosenweig
Billy Reeves
Marjorie Nicholson
Katherine Buchanan
Virginia Lee Strickler
Malcolm Wilkinson
Grace Ann Keyeer
Ann Johnston
Betty Garrett Cox
Sonny Cor
Charlie Gearhart
Ben Hancock
Julius Bell
John Davie
Billy Morgan
Lila Lee Compton
Jackie Compton
Mary Jean Hammer
Jimmy Bennett
Clara Martin
Julia Mitchell
Junior Ostrander
Wilson Wedgewood
Jimmy Haynes
Ril
L. J. Brindley
Etch
Pail Telegraph
Sunset News
Boy Scouts
West Virginia
McDowell County
F. Geiger
Welch High School
Eva McCoy
Stevens Clinic
Peterstown
H. G. Camper
Harry
North Carolina
J. J. Brewster
Pageton
BE. Vermillion
Vermi
Robert Simpson
Freckles
BY Blosser
Hector
Oscar
Anteers
Admiral Byrd
Fred
Freeman
Northfork
Lewis Stone
Buck Jones
Texas Ranger
Fox News
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