City to raise beer licenses and hear condemnations in Bluefield
City board votes to increase beer licenses at start of fiscal year with public retail rising from 50 to 100 and club licenses from 25 to 50. The meeting also opens hearings on condemnation of a frame building on Barger street and notices to appear before the board on Allen street occupancy. Building permits are issued for multiple homes and repairs as bills are approved and a May financial statement is presented by M. S. Stupolsky.
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Grover Hedrick
Raleigh County National Bank
Beckley
Barger Street
Hedrick
Huntington
Health Department
W. A. Bennett
Allen Street
E. L. McClure
Bluefield
McClure
W. 8
Dickerson
Park Street
R. J. Oliver
Mary E. Lankford
Cumberland Road
Miss Snow Caffee
Walton Avenue
Julius Land
Shenandoah Avenue
Lillian D. Merrick
Mount View Avenue
G. A. Browder
Fairfield Avenue
Stupolsky
Reid Calloway lead East West as Princeton bridge hosts
The Princeton Appalachian Power rooms hosted the li cate Bridge club tournament with Reid and Calloway winning East West and Cum mings and Turk top North South. Flynn Hosmer led North South runners up with Dennen Porter strong in East West. Two more Monday rounds are planned inviting all bridge players.
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Ing
Princeton
Mark Reid
Everett Calloway
E. W. Cummings
Max Turk
Mike Flynn
Marold Black
Dean Hosmer
John Dennen
Herbert Porter
Appalachian Power Company
Joker Threatens Jump From Hotel Window Sparks Crowd
A caller claimed to be staying at a West Virginia hotel and threatened to jump in three minutes. Police and a Daily Telegraph photographer were alerted but no jump occurred as a crowd of over a hundred, including Chief Newt Wilson, gathered outside before leaving.
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West Virginian
Hawkins Undertaking Company
Daily Telegraph
Newt Wilson
Aged worker at White will retire after 69 years service
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia June 11 enfeebled Arthur James ends 69 years at the Greenbrier hotel with retirement on savings to a Virginia farm near Lexin the scene of his birth into slavery He started as a busboy in 1871 and will take wife Alice a 91 year old maid married in 1878 to the farm where he hopes to live out his days James believes he is 87 and still active enough to finish his last day as steward at the Greenbrier
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Arthur James
Virginia
James
Alice
Lexin
Greenbrier
Building Permits Rise in Bluefield This Month
City Clerk Ralph Shupe announced 42 building permits issued in Bluefield last month with a total value of 90 400, up sharply from 27 760 the prior year. Permits include 12 000 for a new store on Commerce Street, 25 000 for a garage under condemnation by Consolidated Bus, eight new residences totaling 37 300, and May repairs and alterations at 13 625.
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Ralph Shupe
Bluefield
Commerce Street
Consolidated Buses
Judge Imposes Death Sentence for Criminal Assault
Judge Robert McV Crane sentences Paul Tross, 41, Negro, to death for criminal assault of a Piedmont school teacher. Tross pleaded guilty on the eve of trial. The ruling, Mineral county’s first, sets execution for 60 days hence.
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Keyser
W. Va
Robert McV. Crane
Paul Tross
Piedmont
Mineral County
Tross
Guard of Honor Watches Kaiser at Doorn
Surrounded by a guard of honor of former imperial army men, former ruler receives tribute at Doorn Netherlands as June 11 events mark his visit. The ceremony underscores lingering reverence for the emperor and his era among attendees and officials.
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Guard OF Honor
Kaiser
Doorn
The
Netherlands
Kaiser Wilhelm Observes German Push Toward Paris
Reports note Kaiser Wilhelm in exile as Berlin forces press toward Paris with advancing German units. A Nazi official met the former ruler at a Dutch occupied castle where attendants say daily walks and garden mappings continue despite the war’s progress.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Paris
Holland
Postmaster Nomination for Raleigh West Virginia
The senate received the nomination of Roscoe B. Holmes for postmaster at Raleigh West Virginia.
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Washington
Senate
Roscoe B. Holmes
Raleigh
W. Va
Engineers Form Group On Aid To Defense Requests
A national SAE committee to handle defense requests was created. B B Bachman of Ardmore Pa will head the SAE coordinating group to align standardization and research with military needs. Col E E Macmorland urged solving tool shortages and skilled labor issues. Col H W Alden led the defense session and pledged industry support if the army specifies needs.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Society of Automotive Engineers
B. B. Bachman
Ardmore
SAE
Bachman
Autocar
Timken Detroit Axile Company
High Court Upholds Plane Damage Verdict in WV Collision
The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a $773.38 damage verdict from the first airplane collision case. The ruling held local airport rules cannot override federal and state air commerce regulations. The Randolph County suit named Percy L. Rinehart and others against Woodford Flying Service and Carl B. Woodford.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
West Virginia
Randolph County
Percy L. Rinehart
Woodford Flying Service
Carl B. Woodford
Rinehart
Woodford
Air meet at Elkins sparks aviation regulation dispute
Plaintiffs testified they landed under air commerce rules during the Elkins air meet. Defendants argued an agreement governed takeoff and landing procedures for the event, claiming a special landing method was required for the duration of the meet.
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Elkins
Weissenburger reports campaign expenses in Fourth district race
Charleston West Virginia June 11 campaign finance figures show Republican nominee C O Weissenburger of Point Pleasant spent 43 dollars and 4 cents in the race for Congress fourth district.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. O. Weissenburger
Point Pleasant
Beaver High Band to Hold Special Rehearsal
Beaver high school band members will conduct a special rehearsal at the high school annex this afternoon at 2 oclock. Members owning uniforms are urged to attend.
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Beaver
Beaver High School
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