Former Pastor to Conduct Revival in Tazewell
Dr. John M. Crowe of Nashville will lead evangelistic services at North Tazewell Methodist Church starting June 15 for the rest of the month. Crowe previously served as pastor of the Tazewell North Tazewell charge and is a noted Southern Methodist Church member. Prof. John R. Smith will direct the choir and Rev. C. B. Dickenson will assist.
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J. M. Crowe
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Tazewell
John M. Crowe
Nashville
Cc. B. Dickenson
Tynes Meade Riddle to Wed in Norfolk July 21
Invitations issued for the marriage of Dr. Lacy Tynes of Staunton, grandson of the late Major A. J. Tynes, to Miss Bess Meade Riddle of Norfolk. The couple will reside in Fort Worth Texas where Dr. Tynes has a government hospital appointment.
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Lacy Tynes
Staunton
A. J. Tynes
Bess Meade Riddle
Norfolk
Fort Worth
Texas
Tynes
Government Hospital
Colored man in suicide attempt at Kislet Street
Roy Randolph of 229 Kislet street shot himself Friday night just above the heart in an unsuccessful effort to end his life. He is a patient at Providence hospital on Scott street and expected to recover according to attending physicians. Randolph said poverty and inability to provide for his wife and children drove the act. Police report the incident occurred at his home about 6 pm and he was rushed to the hospital.
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Roy Randolph
Kislet Street
Randolph
Providence Hospital
Scott Street
Friends and Foes of Proposed City Tax Weigh Merits
Citizens debate a draft ordinance regulating transient peddlers and distant dealers in Bluefield. Council advocates registration and higher license fees to fund city regulation, while preserving farmers markets and local commerce. The measure targets nonlocal sellers and promises broader market access for local farmers and established businesses. Travel time for air mail between Paris and Bucharest is cut to 23 hours with daily service except Sundays.
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Bluefield
Tazewell
Wytheville
Narrows
Peterstown
Summers
Raleigh
M.llens
Welch
Paris
Bucharest
Tariff debate shapes West Virginia campaign prospects
The Political Listening Post notes Senator Hatfield’s tariff message as pivotal to West Virginia interests and previews the coming campaign. It lists prominent Republican contenders for U.S. senator and local offices, noting a crowded yet concise election landscape with few offices to fill and a shorter off year cycle.
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Senate
Hatfield
West Virginia
Westirginia
Congress
Hoover Dinner With Prestes Highlights US Brazil Ties
Washington June 14 Allan Hoover, son of the president, greeted Fernando Prestes on arrival and attended a Pan American Union dinner honoring President Hoover. Allan will also meet Pres tes and spend time with his convalescing mother at the presidential camp in Virginia. He plans to work for the American Radiator Co before returning to Harvard. Air mileage data show U S scheduled flights adding 3 011 miles daily at year start.
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Hoover
Washington
Allan Hoover
Fernando Prestes
Brazil
White House
Eugene Meyer
Pan-American Union
Prestes
Fernando
Virginia
Moher
American Radiator Company
Harvard School of Business Administration
Pocahontas District Plans Second Annual First Aid Safety Meet
Preliminary plans were discussed in Welch for the August 16 event with over fifty mine managers and superintendents. W. B. Koepler was named temporary chair, W. P. Perfater secretary, and John J. Lincoln treasurer as a permanent setup forms. Winners receive practical trophies with cash awards and a new accident prevention work plan will be featured.
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Pocahontas
Welch
W. B. EB. Koepler
West Virginia Department of Mines
W. P Kearns
Elbert
Mr. Perfater
John J. Lincoln
Elkhorn
West Virginia
Bluefield Officer Nabs Robber Suspect
Steve Brink an 18 year old wanted at Taze well by county authorities in connection with the robbery of Farmers Supply bureau was arrested last night by Patrolman R C Bond and turned over to Virginia police.
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Steve Brink
Tazewell
Farmers Supply Bureau
R. C. Bond
Virginia Side
Missionary Rescue Ordered for Father Clifford J. King
Shanghai reports the foreign office ordered an attempt to rescue American Catholic missionary Father Clifford J. King, held in captivity. The June 14 briefing gave no further details on captors or location or timing of the operation.
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Shanghai
Foreign Office
Clifford J. King
Peters Seeks Democratic Primary Support for Mercer County Commissioner
Political notice announcing F. M. Peters as a long term candidate for Mercer County commissioner asking voters in the Democratic primary for support. Also a separate republication from M. K. Harmon announcing candidacy in the Republican primary.
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F. M. Peters
M. K. Harmon
Mercer County
Hobart M. Young
Bluefield
W. Va
House of Delegates
Ballard
Princeton
Prince Takamatsu and Kikuko Arrive in Paris on Honeymoon Tour
The couple, visiting European capitals, are shown in Paris after their wedding tour. The prince, brother of the Japanese emperor, is linked to the Mikado Taisho and was reportedly seized in Honan province two weeks earlier. Authorities report a high ransom demand and limited prospects for rescue.
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Takamatsu
Japan
Princess Kikuko
Paris
Emperor
Mikado Taisho
Honan
Peiping-Hankow
Sinyangchow
Father King
Loyalist Armies in Full Retreat Across China Battles
Nationalist government forces were reported defeated and retreating on two battlefronts. In Hupeh, Kwangsi rebels crushed government troops 40 miles south of Wuchang and pushed toward Wuchang Hakow and Hanyang on the Yangtse. In Shantung, 60,000 Northern Alliance rebels crossed the Yellow River toward Tsinan, while Hankow dispatches noted some gains 100 miles south of Chéngchow in Honan as Nationalist aviators bombed rebel trains.
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Shanghai
Kwangsi Province
Wuchang
Hupeh
Hakow
Hanyang
Yangtse
Northern Alliance
Yellow River
Shantung Province
Tsinan
Hankow
Chéngchow
Honanrovince
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Tazewell Personals
John E. Pearce
Pineville
J. A. Leslie
Pearce
Tazewell Avenue
Ella Bowen
Dorothy Scott
Banner Elk
N. C
Appalachian Synod
Mary Crockett Bowen
Daisy Litz
Salem College
Winston-Salem
New York
Pennland
Red Star Line
Holland
Oberammergau
J. Thompson
B. Thompson
Mary Gray
Baltimore
The
Plains
Harry Elmore
Charlottesville
Elmore
University
T. C. Bowen
Little Lucy Genand
Meek Hoge Bowen
Bland
Haden
Richmond
Ralph Wade
Tazewell High School
Hiwaesee College
Roanoke
F. M. Shelton
Vulcan
Rees Whitley
McTeer Saunders
Tip Top
John D. Farmer
Baptist Valley
John Baker
Cleveland
A. G. St. Clair
Ollie Kate Brittain
Bethany
Bethany College
George W. Brittain
Gordon Beech
Nancy
Jimmie
Herbert Ward
Mattie Thompson
Pine Street
Richlands
John G. O'Keeffe
Jessie O'Keeffe
Lathrop O'Keeffe
Emory and Henry College
John Jeter O'Keeffe
E. R. Umbarger
Sowers
Fincastle Turnpike
Umbarger
North Tazewell
Carter Creameries
E. P. Moore
Ruth
Virginia Belchee
Theodore Pobst
Gildersleeve
Broadford
T. E. George
Clifford Fuller
Walter E. Thompson
Freckles
BY Blosser
Clancy
India
Wadala East Works
WM. C. Snyder
United States
D. A. Burt
Herschel C. Ogden
Wheeling
James Ellwood Jones
McDowell
Presi
Criminal Court
Julio Prestes
G. E
Martin Princeton
J. C. Brennan
Oakvale
W. R. Hatcher
Thorities
King
Student de Mission Crusade
Colorado
Captora
Kwangsi
Amos
Andy
SILK
Jersey
Roseville Pottery
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