Bluefield Elects Officers in Virginia Municipal Vote
Incumbent C. P. Painter was reelected treasurer of Bluefield Virginia, defeating three challengers. R. C. Anderson won the west ward council seat and R. K. Crockett won in the east ward, with 579 of 608 voters participating and about half the poll tax payers disqualified.
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C. C. Painter
Anderson
Broyles
West Ward
Co. P. Painter
Bluefield
R. C. Anderson
R. K. Crockett
C. P. Painter
Virginia Harman
James F. Galloway
B. D. Litz
West
H. C. Broyles
H. C. Broyles, 182. Councilman
C. S. Pippen
Hoover Speech Sparks Rally as Ideologies Clash at Convention
Senator from Iowa TTokes the stage at the quadrennial gathering praising farm cooperatives under the Farm Board, lauds the Republican tariff, and backs Hoover for re election while slamming Democratic obstruction. Delegates drift in, bands play, and order is restored before committee assignments are approved.
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Farm Board
Republican Party
Fees
Iowa
Congress
Forgery Arrest Shocks Steubenville Worker in Pittsburgh
Robert Burkhart of Steubenville Ohio was arrested in Pittsburgh on charges of forgery. He is accused of forging for the New York Chemical Company where he is employed.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Burkhart
Steubenville
Ohio
New York Chemical Company
Tennessee Democrat Eslick Dies After Speech on Soldiers Bonus
The Day In Washington reports Representative Eslick of Tennessee died after a heart attack while arguing for soldiers' bonus payments. The Senate pressed Hoover for economy recommendations. The banking committee swapped a $2 billion Democratic relief plan for Garner's $2.3 billion bill. It approved a home loan bank bill and Harvard economist Professor William Z Ripley urged public corporate books.
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Associated Press
Eslick
Tennessee
Senate
Hoover
Senate Banking Committee
William Z. Ripley
Harvard
City and Coalfield News Item Roundup
Small ad style page lists services and sales in Bluefield area including barber shops with 25 to 35 cent haircuts, a Elks' Dance event June 16 with music by Fred Murff, bargain hats at French Hat Shoppe, a $25 000 loan offer for home projects, used furniture and store fixtures for sale, Rainbow Cleaners services, and a lost black mare pony with a reward. Includes multiple shops, items and notices.
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Fred Murff
Knoxville
Child Dies In Highway Fire Collision
A car fire near Glenville West Virginia kills four year old Monoke June as her parents, en route to a funeral, battled the flames. The driver H F Daniels, from Buckhannon, was cleared of blame. The child dies in her father s arms on the way to Clarksburg hospital. A double funeral is planned in Grantsville for the child and her great uncle.
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Glenvile
W. Va
Milliard Stump
Philipip
Monoke June
H. F. Daniels
Buckhannon
Clarksburg
Grantsville
Sheriff Barrette Brown Survives Ambush in Christian County
Hopkinsville Kentucky June 14 a roadside ambush on the Crofton Mannington road fired several shots at Sheriff Barrette HK Brown of Christian county as he drove by none struck the officer A posse pursued suspects after the attack.
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Hopkinsville
Crofton
Mannington
Barrette HK. Brown
Christian County
Sheriff Hints at Lead in Mannington Mining Killing
Sheriff Brown reported a shooting near Empire mine No 6 connected to coal field labor unrest that previously left Deputy Wallace Myers dead last week. An anonymous caller promised aid in the Mannington investigation if the sheriff came there.
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Brown
Empire Mine No. 6
Wallace Myers
National Guard
Mannington
Myers Kiling
No Defense Plea to Jury Fixing Count in Pittsburgh Case
A woman and two men in Butler Pennsylvania pleaded no defense to charges they tried to fix jurors for the trial of Mayor Charlies H. Kline of Pittsburgh. The pleas were filed by Mrs. May Scott Bert Dougherty and William H. Cook. They will be sentenced next week. Earlier Howard Gross a Pittsburgh city employee was convicted of embracery in the same case and Lee Orrin was acquitted but ordered to pay the costs.
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Butler
Charlies H. Kline
Pittsburgh
May Scott
Bert Dougherty
William H. Cook
Howard Gross
Lee Orrin
Costa
Allegheny County
Buy Season Tickets For All Programs Now
Tickets go on sale with season passes priced at $2.50 for adults and $1.25 for children. Evening admissions are 75 cents, matinees 35 cents, with extra child pricing.
Wisconsin Delegation Protest At Convention Credentials
The conservative Republican faction of Wisconsin challenged the progressive group at the convention credentials committee. They called actions un American and un patriotic for refusing to rise when the president’s name was mentioned and for not pledging support to the presidential nominee and platform.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Convention Credentials Committee
ca@dentale committee
Convention
Urge Advertisers to Include News in Copy
Pittsburgh on June 14. F A Weston urged retailers to add news value to ads. He said customers seek practical information on saving energy, reducing bills, and extending with affordable updates. Directors named for the controllers' congress include John Lang of Huntington, W Va.
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Pittsburgh
F. A. Weston
Congress
John Lang
Huntington
W. Va
Florida Candidate Named for Vice Presidency
June 14 report lists J Leonard Replogie a wealthy steel manufacturer as a serious vice presidential contender for the Republican convention. The item notes Piloride’s uncertainty and mentions Newman T Miller of West Palm Beach in connection with the discussion.
Reach attorney and delegate discuss cross-state support for candidacy
Reach attorney and delegate from the Fourth district announced that the candidacy had been aided by indications of support from several other states. Miller did not reveal which states might join if launched. Replogte, steel administrator under Wilson in World War I, sits on the delegation and hails from Pennsylvania with steel interests in New Jersey and Boston.
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Reach
Fourth District
Miller
Replogte
Ateel
Wilson
Iee
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Boston
Opening of the 1932 Republican National Convention
The Chicago gathering opened under a patriotic mood with little disruption as keynote remarks avoided demonstrations for Dawes or other candidates. President Hoover's name sparked brief applause and Governor Rolph displayed a California bear flag, while leaders urged decorum as Senators clashed with Democrats.
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Chicago
Lawrence Richey
Hoover
Hanford McNider
U. S
Canada
G. O. P. Mens Service League
William Stork
North Dakota
Lower
Hubert Work
Reconstruction Corporation
Dawes
America
Rolph
California
Mirabai Refuses Autobiography Over Mahatma Devotion
Mirabai the former Madeline Slade declines American publishers who want her to write an autobiography. She says she means nothing and that the Mahatma Gandhi means everything to her.
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Mirabai
Bombay
Madeline Slade
Gandhi
Mahatma
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Ile
AMES
Rea
Bluefield Produce & Provision CO
Washington
City and Coalfield News
Fretwell's
Matt Barber Shop
Bailey Lumber Company
T. Frank Mastin
Rainbow Cleaners
Central Barber Shop
Bradmann Building
J. F. Dudley
Kentucky
U. S. District Court Today
Anna Gigesumnd
Paul
Keystone Sand and Gravel Company
Gigesumnd
Redpath Chautauqua Bluefield
Ramsey School
Jan Chiapasso
Udge Yerep G. Bale
George Mulvaney & Company
Vladivoatok
Moscow
Nedra Mintom
Music
George Mulvaney and Co
New York
Alan Stanley
Beasie Andrus
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Reesie Andrus
Florida
National Capital
Lincoln Memorial
Oeen
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Potomac
Arlington House
Robert B. Lee
K” Kelvinator
Clark Hardware & Furn. Co
Bluefield, W. VA
American Coal Co
Mccomas, W. VA
Johnson & Johnson
D. Roscoe Kitts Tazewell, VA
Mill Creek
Geo. Butt
Pocahontas, VA
Kelvinator
Boots
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Simmy
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