Three Injured In Auto Wreck On Bluefield Avenue
Joe Billings 21 of Leckie West Virginia suffered the loss of his left arm and other injuries when a 1937 Plymouth coupe carrying three men left Bluefield avenue, sideswiped a vehicle, and crashed into the sun parlor of 2115 Bluefield avenue. Two unidentified companions were badly hurt. all occupants were described as intoxicated. The wreck trapped the men and required difficult extrication before authorities concluded the car sped at excessive rate.
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Joe Billings
Leckie
W. Va
Bluefield Avenue
Billings
McDowell County
Ms. E. S. Humphreys
R. O. Bond
City Police
P. L. Dye
Smee
Humphreys
Page Five
Democratic Leaders Plan Weekend Retreat To Heal Rift
Washington June 16 Democratic leaders seek to mend intraparty rifts by inviting President Roosevelt and all House and Senate Democrats to a June 25 27 weekend at Jefferson Island club. Cabinet members will join, with no topics barred, but Senator Burke of Nebraska opposes the court bill and may skip.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Jefferson Island Club
Burke
Nebraska
Senate Judiciary Committee
Congress
Robinson
Chesa Eake Bay Island
Annanene
Ted
Purge in White Russia Prompts Widespread Arrests
Moscow reports the death by suicide of Alexander G. Cherviakoff head of White Russia amid a massive purge. Hundreds arrested, thousands removed from Communist rolls, and eight generals executed for a plot to dismember the Soviet Union. White Russia, Minsk, and other centers cited.
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Communist Party
Moscow
Alexander G. Cherviakoff
Soviet Union
Joseph N
White
Russia
Minsk
White Russia
N. M. Goloded
White Russian Council
Cherviakoff
I. P. Uborevitch
Red Army
Ukraine
Union
Germany
W C Fields Ordered to Pay Doctor's Bill
Riverside California June 16 Judge O K Morton ruled W C Fields must pay Dr Jesse Citron $12,000 for 25 days of treatment during Fields critical illness in a Riverside hospital last year. The judge denied Fields damages of $25,000 for alleged narcotic administration.
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Riverside
Calif
W. C. Fields
Jesse Citron
O. K. Morton
Morton
Citron
Fields
Riverside Hospital
Philippine headhunters go on warpath again
Manila June 16 two dead and five Kalinga tribesmen jailed after a second headhunting outbreak in Isabela province northern Luzon. Reports from San Antonio say the Kalinga tribe rose to celebrate harvest leaving two Filipinos headless near the town. Five Kalingas were arrested and charged with murder.
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Manila
Isabela
Luzon
San Antonio
Upstate School Official Dies After Heart Attack
Wheeling West Virginia June 16 S 8 Jacob 65 assistant superintendent of the Ohio county schools died tonight after a heart attack suffered a week ago He was treasurer of the state educational association and a longtime member of its state executive committee He is survived by his widow a son Dr S Sprigg Jacob an incepta drug in Ad elphia a drug s bert Miller of Fairmont
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Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob
Ohio County Schools
State Educational Association
Association
Sprigg Jacob
Bert Miller
Fairmont
Bilbao Defenders Counter Attack Amid City Devastation
From Hendaye to Durango reports describe a brutal aerial and artillery bombardment of Bilbao. Many buried under shell wreckage, thousands flee as 12 inch shells devastate homes likely from German guns. Basque forces counterattacked but were repelled, refugees report destruction and fear throughout the city.
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Hendaye
Bilbao
Franco
Ye de Las Arenas
St. Jean de Luz
Literary Digest Sale Merges With Review of Reviews
The Literary Digest is sold by Punk and Wagnalls to the Review of Reviews Corporation and will merge with the Review of Reviews as a weekly. Albert Shaw Jr. says a combined title will debut July 17 with Albert Shaw Sr. as editor in chief. The price is not disclosed.
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New York
Punk and Wagnalls Company
Review of Reviews Corporation
Review of Reviews
Albert Shaw, Jr
Shaw
Albert Shaw
Indianapolis
America
Om Est
Morgenthau to Name Tax Dodgers in Capital Inquiry
President Roosevelt approves a major tax dodging probe by revealing wealthy Americans suspected of evading taxes. Secretary Morgenthau plans to list individuals and explain schemes like yacht and racing-boat loopholes as lawmakers prepare the first hearing with Doughton and Harrison leading.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Morgenthau
White House
Treasury
Doughton D. N. C
Fish
House
Doughton
Harrison
D. Miss
Senate Finance Committee
Magill
Coughton
Congress
Plans to Enlarge Panama Canal At 150 Million Cost
Washington reports Panama Canal officials disclosed plans to enlarge the Big Ditch at an estimated cost of 150 million dollars. Officials said the larger canal is needed for rising traffic. work could begin in ten years with another decade for construction and new locks not in service before 1960.
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Washington
Big Ditch
Plains
Workers Strike Delays Virginian Railway Branch Line
About 200 workers in Wyoming county stage a strike for eight hour days and 50 cent hourly pay on the Virginian Railway's 16 mile Elmore to Gilbert branch. Sheriff Lon F Byrd cites AFL organizer E J Preston as the strike call initiator. Construction is halted during the action.
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Elmore
Gilbert
and Leach
James Fillinger Receives Seventy Year Giles County Sentence
James Fillinger, 38, an electrician from Narrows Virginia, was sentenced to 70 years in the state penitentiary after being found guilty in Giles County Circuit Court at Pearisburg of murdering his landlady Lula Corvin 37. The jury returned a swift verdict after supper and recommended the lengthy term.
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James Fillinger
Narrows
Giles County
Pearisburg
Lula Corvin
A. C. Buchanan
J. Livingston Dillon
Commonwealth
W. H. Malcolm
Princeton
W. C. Dillon
Corvin
Searchers uncover cabin of lost plane with no bodies found
Searchers dug into a snowbound cabin of a Western Express plane that crashed on a mountain east of Salt Lake City on December 15. No bodies were found among seven aboard. Mail and baggage recovered. most cargo saved. rescue plan set to retrieve remaining wreckage from the cliff and ridge top.
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Salt Lake City
Western Express
Here
Eastman
Western Air Field
Orange Olsen
Forest Ranger
Mercer Centennial committee maps three day pageant in Princeton and Bluefield
The Mercer centennial executive committee met in the First National Bank room with strong attendance to outline a three day program for August 12 to 14. A grand parade through Princeton and Bluefield with hundreds of floats bands and marching groups is planned with float displays from many firms and organizations and potential participation from Mercer county’s 17 000 school children. Citizens groups and organizations are urged to assist by writing the Mercer Centennial committee in Princeton.
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Mercer
First National Bank
E. G. Otey
Bluefield
Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer Centennial Committee
Memorial Building
Senate Committee Proposes $105 Million Flood Control Fund
Washington June 16 The senate committee recommended a $105,000,000 appropriation for flood control in the war department supply bill. The panel proposed the overall civil and military appropriation at $663,322,495 for the next fiscal year, doubling the House vote of $52,500,000 for flood control.
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Washington
Senate Station Committee
War Department
Senate Committee
House
Earhart Takes Off From Karachi for Calcutta Flight
Amelia Earhart launches from Karachi at 7 25 am on the world flight toward Calcutta with a possible stop at Allahabad after a strenuous Tuesday from Africa. She rested in Karachi yesterday.
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Karachi
India
Amelia Earhart
Here
Calcutta
Allahabad
Miss Earhart
Africa
State Route 10 Wyoming county bid for road upgrade
The West Virginia State Road Commission called for bids to place a stone base and road mix for five miles of State Route 10 in Wyoming county. The move comes after months of pressure from Mercer and Wyoming counties, led by the Bluefield chamber of commerce with Rock district and county citizens, seeking highway improvement this year. Local officials and delegations pushed for the project amid earlier hesitations to act this year.
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Mercer
Wyoming Counties
Charleston
State Road Commission
Wyoming County
Bluefield
Road Commission
Mother on trial for slaying girl in Riverhead case
In Riverhead New York on June 16 Mrs Helen Tiernan appeared for the first time in court. She is accused of plotting to kill her two children for the love of a man and faced the charge in a trial途中.
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Riverhead
N. Y
Helen Tiernan
Stucchi
Appalachian Consolidation Wins PSC Approval in Charleston
The Public Service Commission approved a simplification of Appalachian Electric Power's corporate structure to gain financing at lower rates. It transfers Kingsport Utilities Corporation, West Virginia Power, and Kentucky West Virginia Power assets back to Appalachian in exchange for title to the properties. Under the plan Appalachian will operate in four states, up from two, with listed assets of 2.66 million, 15.39 million, and 1.10 million respectively.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kingsport Utilities Corporation
Tennessee
West Virginia Power Company
Summers
Mercer Counties
Kentucky West Virginia Power Company
Kentucky
Appalachian
West Virginia
Virginia
Kingsport Corporation
Kentucky-West Virginia Power
West Virginia Power
End of Steel Strike Hopes Rise After Picket Violence
Violence flared at Bethlehem Steel Cambria works in Johnstown as two pickets were stabbed. Mayor Shields appealed to President Roosevelt for intervention, while workers discuss a CIO affiliated agreement. The incident followed ongoing calls to end the strike amid tensions on the steel front.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Cambria Works
Bethlehem Steel
Roosevelt
Daniel J. Shields
Bethlehem
Franklin Gate
Cambria
John Babik
Burgess Michael J. Sewak
Sewak
Thomas Sims
Shields
White House
Steel Workers Committee
CIO
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
D. Aes
Pee Agement
Philip Murray
SWOC
Grave hunted in Parsons mystery
Police Lieut Stacey Wilson said odors near the Parsons home in Stony Brook New York suggested a hidden grave within 2000 feet of Mrs Alice Parsons missing residence. Night digging occurred before dawn and daylight search resumed with floodlights planned but postponed to avoid spoiling clues.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
Stacey Wilson
Alice Parsons
Wilson
Brookhaven
Parsons
Lindsay Henry
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lieut. Wilson
Earl Seagate
Appalachian Power valued at 100 million in public hearing
Charleston, June 18. An engineer for Appalachian Power testified the firm should be valued at 100 million dollars. going concern value and tangibles argued for. J Donald Murray rebutted criticisms of valuation methods as seven volumes of appraisals were entered. The hearing nears end as data from field work and Appalachian's materials are submitted. Rate reductions in 1934 reduced consumer costs by an estimated 1.2 million dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
Appalachian Power Company
Public Service Commission
Charles B. Cook
J. Donald Murray
Commission
Pany
Appalachian
Apalachian
Publi Fey
First Sons Born to Bulgarian Rulers
Sofia June 16 A 100 gun salute announced the birth of an heir to the Bulgarian throne. Queen Giovanna wife of King Boris gave birth to a son at Vrana palace. The royal couple already have four year old Princess Maria Louisa who is not in direct succession due to constitutional succession rules.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Giovanna
Boris
Vrana Palace
Maria Louisa
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