Old-Time Fourth Fete Planned at Bluefield Airport
Bluefield American Legion Post 9 plans an all day Independence Day celebration at the municipal airport. Events include three-legged and fat man races, Model T reversals, bicycle contests, pie and watermelon eating, greasy pole and pig, a sham battle with national guardsmen, auto polo, balloon ascensions, parachute jumps, a six foot car leap, a 60 mph suicide jump, fireworks, tug of war and airplane rides. Parade starts downtown and ends at the airport. grounds free for participants, adults 25 cents, children ten cents.
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Bluefield
National Guardsmen
American Auto Polo Company
Rittermine housing project breaks ground with ten homes
E. E. Ritter of Red Jacket Consolidated Coal announces immediate construction of the first ten Rittermine houses. Carpenters expected by mid next week as bridge and grading work continues. N. B. Gurley accompanies Ritter to secure lumber, with portions bought from Ritter plant in Maben. Ties arrive from McClure Virginia for siding as supplies move to Pineville and the mine site.
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E. E. Ritter
Red Jacket Consolidated Coal Company
Ritter
N. B. Gurley
Mullens Lumber Company
Maben
McClure
Pineville
Rittermine
Lace and String Dresses Half Price at Fretwell's
Our Lace and String Dresses are on special for half price with values up to $7.95. Fretwell's advertises the deal and provides a phone for contact. Also announces music courses offered by Gertrude Watts, voice and piano teacher, at Bailey Building on Thursday Friday and Saturday.
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Fretwell’s
Gertrude Watts
Bailey Building
THREE AWAIT TRIAL IN FEDERAL COURT ON LIQUOR CHARGES
Three Bluefield residents B J Jackson Robert Burnett and Adilee Burns were arraigned in U S district court on moonshine possession charges Bond for Burnett was set at 2500 for Jackson 2000 and for Burns 1500 All failed to post bail and were jailed in Princeton The arrests were by Constable J A Tabor and Federal Agent Ryner at a North Side address The men offered no ownership claim and claimed they were buying a goat, and the commissioner quipped about the goat parry.
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Bluefield
United States District Court
Thomas H. Scott
B. J. Jackson
Robert Burnett
Adilee Burns
Burnett
Jackson
Burns
Princeton
J. A. Tabor
Ryner
North Side
Homeowners Learn FHA Benefits Through Direct Mail
Everett Abels of the federal housing administration visits Bluefield to mail letters outlining how to obtain loans for housing improvements under the National Housing Act. The mailings include lists of local banks and loan companies, with Bluefield lenders offering 100 percent cooperation. He will repeat the campaign in Princeton and then Beckley.
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Everett Abels
Federal Housing Administration
Parkersburg
Bluefield
Bamke and Loan
Abels
FHA
Princeton
Beckley
Roosevelt signs measure setting up midget NRA
Raymond Moley reports on a House Ways and Means Committee discussion as Representative Jenkins and Republicans oppose a constitutional amendment. Jenkins says no member on the committee seeks such an amendment, while Michigan Republican Michener calls the process the highest, rarefied gag rule.
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Roosevelt
Raymond Moley
Brain Trusters
Jenkins
Republican
Ohio
House
Ways and Means Committee
Michener
Michigan
Practice shoot at Bluefield Gun Club this afternoon
Shooters in Bluefield and nearby areas have a final chance to practice this afternoon at the Bluefield Gun Club. Traps will be open from 2 o clock featuring both 16 yard and skeet targets as plans move toward a big shoot on July 4.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Keyser
Flag Day Service Draws Large Crowd at Elks Lodge
More than 250 people attended a Flag Day program at the Elks home in Bluefield where Henry C. Callaway of Bluefield Va. gave a principal address on What the Flag Means to You. The event featured vocal selections by Henry Fortune, with Gibson Morrissey as accompanist, an altar ceremony, and a floral Liberty Bell.
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Elks Home
Bluefield Lodge
Henry C. Callaway
Bluefield
Callaway
Henry Fortune
Gibson Morrissey
Albert Bourne Dies At 38 In Abbs Valley Home
Albert Bourne 38 well known Bluefielder died Friday afternoon at Mrs. John Nunnally's Abbs Valley home where he had lived four months. Funeral Sunday 2 30 p m at his sister Mrs J A Swatts 304 Rogers St with Rev E E Wiley. burial Maple Hill West Graham. He was born Sept 11 1897 in Rich Hill Va married 1920 to Sallie Bowling who died 1934. Survived by six children Dillia Effie Jimmy Marie Annie Kate his father Samuel Bourne Gauley Bridge W Va three sisters Mrs Swatts Mrs Annie Tabor Mrs Mary Lewis and one brother Joe Bourne Dayton Ohio. Active pallbearers listed. friends with cars asked to be at Rogers St by 2 p m Sunday.
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Albert Bourne
John Nunnally
Abbs Valley
Bourne
J. A. Swatts
Rogers Street
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Rich Hill
Sallie Bowling
Dillia
Effie
Jimmy
Marie
Annie
Kate
Samuel Bourne
Gauley Bridge
W. Va
Swatts
This City
Annie Tabor
Columbus
Ohio
Mary Lewis
Pocahontas
Joe Bourne
Dayton
Ted Land
T. H. Hickman
T. H. Gilbert
A. W. Thompson
J. N. Utley
Sandy McCloud
S. O. White
G. B. Davis
Rovers Street
Dunning To Broadcast Bible Message Sunday
W S Dunning will discuss Is Christ On Earth Today Is So Where at 12 30 PM Sunday over WHIS. He will present timely biblical commentary on world conditions and Christianity. The public is invited to tune in.
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W. S. Dunning
WHIS
Dunning
Theft Reported of Buick Sedan from Spruce Street
A 1927 Buick sedan owned by Mrs. J. C. Tabor of 220 Spruce Street was stolen from Federal Street about 8 p m last night, according to a city police complaint filed.
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J. C. Tabor
Spruce Street
Federal Street
Governors Urged to Wage a Fight for State Rights
In Biloxi Mississippi Governor Harry W Nice of Maryland urged state executives at the 27th annual governors conference to defend state rights and push for a balanced federal budget lower taxes and constitutional limits. He said NRA codes were invalidated but could still be pursued legally by states. He blamed the past five years for an economic debacle and called for courage and constitutional fidelity.
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Biloxi
Miss
Harry W. Nice
Maryland
Nice
Supreme Court
West Point Grad Indicted for Bombing Threat
Ira Bashein, a West Point graduate now in a district jail for disorderly conduct, was indicted by a DC grand jury for threatening to bomb the White House. The case, the first such indictment for threats against the president, is connected to his May 30 letter to President Roosevelt and may aid his commitment to St Elizabeths hospital. Bashein, born August 30, 1907 in New York, served as a...
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Washington
Ira Bashein
West Point
District of Columbia
White House
Army
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Secret Service
United States
Bashein
Roosevelt
Bodies of blast dead recovered in Reinsdorf village
Police guard a munitions factory area after a massive explosion rocked Reinsdorf causing death and injuries. Residents describe panic as women and children fled the streets while authorities warn locals to stay silent about details of the incident.
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Debria
Reinsdorf
Navy Promotes 433 Junior Lieutenants
Washington June 14 The navy announced 433 lieutenants junior grade have been promoted after a junior selection board. The list includes Co L Smith Huntington W Va R McF Boaz Fulton Ky J A Winfrey Somerville Tenn and T C Aylward Jr Cincinnati Ohio among others. Also promoted are C P Smoot Bowling Green Va J A Jordan Parkersburg W Va M H Hubbard Charleston W Va R J Moore Clarksburg W Va J S Willis Charleston W Va and P L High Charleston W Va.
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Washington
Navy
S Election Board
Co. L. Smith
Huntington
W. Va
R. McF. Boaz
Fulton, Ky
J. A. Winfrey
Somerville
Tenn
T. C. Aylward, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.&. Navy
C. P. Smoot
Bowling, Green, Va
J. A. Jordan
Parkersburg
M. H. Hubbard
Charleston
R J. Moore
Clarksburg
J. S. Willis
P. L. High
Timber Heir Identifies Suspects In Kidnapping Probe
Nine year old George Weyerhaeuser met two alleged abductors in a reported identification at Olympia jail with federal agents present. The boy and a Salt Lake City couple, Harmon and Waley, were questioned about the 200000 ransom case while authorities search for a third suspect, William Mahan, across the Rocky Mountain west.
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Tacoma
Wash
George Weyerhaeuser
William Mahan
Rocky Mountain West
Little Timber
Olympia
Harmon M. Waley
Salt Lake City
Mahan
George
Little George
Woman testifies of catching husband with another woman
Mrs Josephine Beall testified in Rockville that she found her husband and Mrs Annie Lyddane together in a car in their driveway. The case involves Mrs Lyddane accused of conspiring to kill her husband Francis Lyddane and Mrs Beall to gain insurance money. She described the June incident before Beall’s child was born and said she asked Lyddane to leave, with multiple conversations noted by the state. Beall had previously filed then withdrawn a divorce suit naming Lyddane as co respondent.
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Rockville
Josephine Beall
Annie Lyddane
Lyddane
Francis
Slim) Lyddane
Beall
Weather blamed for TWA crash that killed Senator Cutton
The Commerce Department cited bad weather and faulty forecasts by both government and company meteorologists for the May 6 TWA crash near Macon Missouri. Ground personnel errors and pilot decision issues were noted as contributory factors in the accident that killed Senator Bronson Cutton of New Mexico and four others.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
TWA
Macon
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Roper
Bolton
Gresson
United States Weather Bureau
Sky
Albuquerque
Kansas City
Truce Takes Effect in War-Torn Chaco After Long Conflict
A ten day truce began at noon in the Chaco as Bolivian and Paraguayan staffs ordered a cease fire. Peace protocol signed this week moves toward ratification by belligerent congresses and demobilization talks. A neutral military commission, with Capt. Frederick Sharp as U S representative, oversees the halt in hostilities.
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Buenoe Aires
Chaco
Lewis Delays Walkout to June 30 Amid Guffey Bill Push
The article reports Lewis agreeing to postpone a walkout until June 30 while contracts with the union are adjusted. Guffey and Snyder push the bill in Congress with Roosevelt backing rapid passage. Hearings begin Monday as the Senate approves the measure and the White House supports early enactment.
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South
Guffey
Roosevelt
Lewis
Kennedy
White House
Pennsylvania
Representative Snyder
Senate
House
Henry War- Tum
United Mine Workers
Snyder
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Coal leaders deny existence of wage talks committee
Huntington West Virginia June 14 two top coal operators James D Francis of Island Creek Coal and Herbert E Jones of Logan Coal Operators Association say no committee exists to resume wage and hour negotiations with the United Mine Workers. They say districts will continue work at present pay while seeking a conference to negotiate a new wage contract without reliance on Guffey bill legislation.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Herbert E. Jones
Logan Coal Operators Association
John L. Lewis
Mine Union
Duncan C. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lewis
United States
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