Local Band Will Lead NASA Parade in Charleston
The 150th Infantry band of the West Virginia National Guard based in Bluefield and the American Legion Junior Drum and Bugle Corps will lead today's parade in Charleston as part of the state's NRA celebration. Fifty four members of the 50th Infantry band depart early by chartered buses. featured numbers include the recovery tune We Will. Bluefield residents will have many participants and a holiday mood, with Bluefield banks and offices observing today. The Norfolk and Western Railway runs a special train from Bluefield to Charleston for miners from the Pocahontas fields attending the event.
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Westirginia National Guard
Bluefield
Amerian Legion
Charleston
NRA
Anntermary
West Virginia
Govrnor H. G. Kump
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pocahontas
Moose Initiates 15 Candidates in Bluefield Lodge
Fifteen candidates were initiated at Bluefield lodge of Moose during the regular meeting last night. A buffet lunch followed and music by the Serge family of McComas. A big Loyal Order of Moose frolic is planned by Mercer legion No. 136 at Welch Sunday afternoon, with 40 candidates to be initiated. Bluefield members are asked to meet at the Moose hall on Mercer street by 1 PM.
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Bluefield
Melvin Brothers Charged With Assault
Anderson Melvin and Ray Melvin were arrested on a warrant charging assault on Lloyd Davis and his wife Lucile Davis. They posted bond and await a Monday hearing before Magistrate W. W. McNeal. The alleged attack occurred at the Davis home on East Wyoming Street.
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Anderson Melvin
Ray Melvin
Lloyd Davis
Lucile Davis
W. W. McNeal
Davie
Wyoming Street
County Officers Raid City Venues Charge Lottery
More than a dozen arrests were made by Constables Bailey and Tabor and Deputy McMullin in raids on the Sportsman and The Hub on Bland street and Prince ton avenue. Propr proprietors and several sellers and buyers of lottery tickets faced charges and bonds were set for appearances before Magistrate McNeal.
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J. Earle Bailey
J. A. Tabor
J. H. McMullin
Sportsman
Princeton Avenue
Bland Street
Sam Lubliner
John Mundy
Sam Smith
W. W. McNeal
Patsy Mingo
J. H. Holmes
New Seersucker Dresses at Fretwells and Pies on Sale
New shipment of seersucker dresses in green blue red and brown stripes priced at 1.98. Fretwell's offers cakes bread fudge Boston cream lemon and chess pies on sale today at Eureka Hardware Co. Pickwick Tavern sale features fudge cookies. Lost pocketbook on Lower Bluefield Avenue with reward. Phone 1469 J.
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Fretwell’s
Eureka Hardware Co
Pickwick Tavern
Bluefield Avenue
Wreckage at crossing aftermath and mixed notes on diet and crime
A compact fragment notes continued wreckage after a crossing crash despite streamlined vehicles. It mentions Dr Dafoe stopping rum for Canadian quintuplets and the father’s lingering distress. It cites the annual U S crime bill at 13000 dollars with a blunt line about crime not paying.
A Book A Day By Bruce Catton Review of Christman’s Wild Pasture Pine
Bruce Catton praises W W Christman for writing sturdy nature poetry close to home. Christman’s rustic upbringing and craftmanship yield melodic verse bridging traditional rhyme and libre forms. The book, published by Argus Press of Albany, is likened to Thoreau and Burroughs.
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W. W. Christman
Christman
New York
Thoreau and
Burroughs
The
Argus Press
Albany
N. Y
Firemen to End Meet in Wheeling Convention
Wheeling West Virginia delegates of the National Association of Firemen will conclude their eleventh annual convention tomorrow. A number of business and industrial leaders will address the delegates during closing sessions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
National Association of Firemen
Petty Shines Early as Miller Pitcher Posts Wins Over Brewers
Jess Petty, veteran pitcher for the Minneapolis Millers in the American Association, recorded nine victories in his first ten starts this season, including four against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Brewers also dealt him their only loss in that span.
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Brewers
Minneapolis
Jess Petty
Minneapolis Millers
American Association
Milwaukee Brewers
Missing 15 year old Leah Minerva found in bonfire ashes
The city learned that Leah Minerva Dilley, 15, was discovered among ashes after a search sparked by her disappearance. Neighbors and relatives lamented the loss as Mrs. Dilley expressed heartbreak and public officials questioned why the death was concealed. The family, with ten other children, had been active in the hunt. Sanders, once with Weetinghouge Electric, was a local basketball referee and father of four, whose own family tragedies add context to the mourning.
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Leah Minerva
Dilley
Allegheny County
Dilley’s
Sanders
Weetinghouge Electric Company
Turtle Creek
Basketball Referees’ Association
Tough on the Preacher Creates Church Restaurant Drama
In Johnstown Pennsylvania the women of First United Presbyterian church opened a restaurant in the church basement to raise funds. Other Johnstown restaurants forced its closing prompting Rev. F W Davis to take a ten percent salary cut.
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Johnstown
First United Presbyterian Church
F. W. Davis
Versailles Palace Bought for National Museum in France
Madame de Pompadour's private palace Hotel des Reservoirs in Versailles has been acquired by the French government and converted into a museum. Plans aim to establish a carriage museum housing state coaches and other historic vehicles previously kept at the Trianon.
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Versailles
France
Madame de Pompadour
Court injunction bars picket line at Berkeley Woolen Mills
Martinsburg West Virginia A circuit court injunction issued by Judge D H Rodgers restrains Berkeley Woolen Mills workers local from forming a picket line around the plant or hindering entry by employees The petition was supported by 29 affidavits naming FE J Miller as president and H J Lamp as secretary of the union local The mill management commented on the ruling
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Berkeley Woolen Mills Company
D. H. Rodgers
FE. J. Miller
H. J. Lamp
Plan to resume plant operations under injunction
Workers described discrimination against union workers and a push to enforce a stretch out loom system. Management denied the charges. No talks had occurred to resolve the dispute. Picketing lines dwindled after the injunction was issued. The plant has been closed since Wednesday by a strike.
AFL Now Includes Building Trades Unite Nation Wide
Washington PF The building trades department of the American Federation of Labor announced today it has consolidated within its ranks the building trades workers of the nation. M J McDonough president disclosed that bricklayers electricians and carpenters have joined. This solidifies the building trades movement nationally and will help settle jurisdictional disputes.
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Washington
Building Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Building Trades Workers of the Nation
M. J. McDonough
Bricklayers
Electric Workers
Earpentera
Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers International Union
The
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Would-Be Death By Drowning Ends In Rescue
Miss Margaret Bott and her mother planned to end their lives together by jumping into Lake Michigan after the mother died in a mastoid illness. Margaret regained consciousness during the attempt, turned back, reached shore, and collapsed, though she later showed signs of recovery.
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Highland Park, Til
Margaret Bott
Lake Michigan
Miss Bott
Welcome Club Dinner At Bethel A M E Church
The Welcome club will serve dinner today in the Bethel A M E Church dining room starting at 12 o clock. Fossil fish found in rocks resemble sharks more than the varieties of fish living today.
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Welcome Club
Bethel A. M. E. Church
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