China Drive Climaxes With Dance and Tag Day
Greater Bluefield's civilian relief drive in China peaks today with a Colonial Theater benefit from 11:00 to 1:30. Proceeds go to the campaign. meals and a West Virginian hotel event run 9:00 to 2:00. Activities feature J Taylor Frazier appeals, Ten Dollar club, and radio addresses by Rev. C. H. Patterson.
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China Drive
Greater Bluefield
China
Harry W. Biggs
J. Taylor Frazier
Max Matz
Ten Dollar Club
West Virginian Hotel
J. J. Phillips
Arnold Peterfield
Phillips
Dick Morgan
Matz
C. Gyler
Ray Evans
Mack Taylor
Joe Cofer
Godwin
A. H. Hoge
Millner Mitchell
Cofer
Milinor Mitchell
M. B. Postlethwait
Bluefield Better Service Club
Graham High School
Greater
Bluefield
Chicago House Furnishing Company
Luther G. Scott
C. L. Jefferies
C. H. Patterson
Tazewell
Patterson
Piano Tuning in Town Monthly and Masonic Notice
Harry Haffen of Francle will be in town at least one week every month. Phone 2633 L or write to 15y1 Bland Street, care BE. K Bailey. Special-means lodge 85 meets Friday June 17. P D Falti of Sixteenth district presiding. Work in second and third degrees. 6 p m. By order of W M Carper, secretary. Satin and taftta lace olien sale at Fretwell's.
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Harry Haffen
F.rancke
Bland Street
K. Bailey
Means Lodge
Ye A
Priday
P. D. ‘Alti
M. W
Oginia
West Virginia
W. M. Carper
Campaign funds urged to be paid promptly
Chairman Biggs urged that all campaign funds be remitted at once to W. C. Pollock, treasurer, as the close of the campaign nears and pledges be paid as soon as possible.
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Biggs
W. C. Pollock
Beckley Honors Local Figures as Centennial Citizens
Beckley designates several residents as honorary citizens in a centennial celebration marked by events on June 19 through 22. A formal certificate was issued by the city, signed by Mayor A K Minter and centennial committee chair G D Hedrick.
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Beckley
Bec
A. K. Minter
G. D. Hedrick
Uniform Firm Warns of Unauthorized Agent
The Universal Uniform company of Van Wert Ohio warns no representative named C B Ellsworth. The man allegedly operated in Florida and Kentucky taking orders for uniforms and a local firm was claimed to have been approached by an unauthorized salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Uniform Company
van Wort
Ohio
C. B. Ellsworth
Florida
Kentucky
Universal Company
Genoa School Plans Approved at June Board Meeting
The Genoa Board of Education approved tentative plans for a new senior high annex beside the Genoa colored school. The county superintendent H. Archer was instructed to proceed with filing and site details. Other actions included property value assessment at 1 926 597 and a staff decision not to rehire Judd at Beaver High School.
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Genoa
Board of Education
Princeton
Qapertakentent
Les H. Archer
Beaver High School
Peppost Cr
W. Jackson
Beaver
Ellison
Jumping Branch
CIO Industrial Council
Princeton High School
Bluefield
Drum and Bugle Co
Aw McGlothin
Senate dean threatened leads to Taylor County jail hold
Fragmentary text describes a Senate dean threat case with handwriting comparison and a suspect held in the Taylor county jail in Grafton on a 10 000 dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Smith
Sikine
Taylor County
Grafton
False alarm fires up at Bland and Wilson streets
Central and South Side firemen responded to a false alarm near Bland and Wilson streets around midnight. Firefighters reported the alarm box had been tampered with and could not be trusted for mhe alarm.
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Central
South Side
Bland and
Wilson
Mining Prospector Kills Wife and Himself in Va
Clintwood Virginia June 16 a mining prospector shot his wife then killed himself by a 38 caliber pistol. Deputy Fleming said the couple left for relatives and indication Mullins had premeditated the killings. Jealousy was blamed as the motive. Mullins died instantly and his wife died later in hospital from a brain injury era bullet wound. A grazing bullet also struck her head.
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Clintwood
Deuuty Fleming
Mullins
Central State Section 19 Hit by Heavy Storm
A West Virginia storm floods Doddridge Gilmer and Lewis counties. West Union washout halts B and O trains for hours while 3.5 inches of rain falls in Weston. Roads reopen after a slide cleared near West Union. Farmland damage reported across the region.
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Central State
Clarksburg
W. Va
Doddridge
Gilmer
Lewis
West Union
Baltimore and Ohio Main Line
Weston
Britain on arms cure report to be officially issued
The article notes that the official wording of the report will be released tomorrow and is likely to be adopted by gallery reports tonight. Reuters and other British agencies transmit parliamentary news to the United States and foreign agencies because foreign press galleries lack access in the House of Commons.
Senators Hint At Halting Arms Race In Ambiguous Move
Washington reports that several prominent senators voiced support for a possible pause in the global arms race, though no sign the Roosevelt administration deems timing right. Hull says the US hasn't approached other nations. some see his remark as a trial balloon. Congress adjourns after a frenzied session with farm policy, a monied demotion, and a $289 million demon bill compromise in sight.
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Washington
Hull
House of Commons
United States
Nashville
Tenn
International Affairs
Minton
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Congress
Masonic Meeting Opens This Afternoon in Bluefield
Bluefield hosts the Sixteenth West Virginia district Masonic gathering with Grand Master presiding at 4 pm in the Masonic temple. Bluefield Lodge 85 and Mercer Lodge 160 will assist as Fellowcraft and Master Mason degrees are presented, followed by a banquet at 6 pm planned by the Eastern Star. Parking arranged for over 100 out of town guests.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Masonic Temple
Acc
Ie Ees Piel
Rock
Matoaka
Pineville
Mullens
Princeton
Athens
Order of the Eastern Star
Bluefield Lodge No
Mercer Lodge No
Lawmakers Vote to Overrule Veto on Lending-Price Bill
The Senate and House approved a veto over ride on a two year extension of mortgage lending rates and land bank loan terms. The measure would raise artes charges if extension failed. Debate touched on Japan relations and civilizaton, with Kings urging severed ties until reforms. The anti bombing resolution drew little support.
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Mly
House
Senate
Japan
Kings
Utah
Greenbrier Festival Kicks Off 160th Anniversary Events
Lewisburg West Virginia June 6 160th Greenbrier festival opens tomorrow with a 30 scene pageant tracing county history from the 1774 Battle of Point Pleasant to the 1864 Battle of White Sulphur Springs. Loren Johnson of White Sulphur Springs to open the anniversary events. Minnie Frazier Preston of Lewisburg to be crowned queen tomorrow evening by Governor Holt.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Cornstalk
Redskins
Greenbrier
Greenbrier On
Point Pleasant
Andrew Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Loren 8. Johnson
Versary Group
Minnie Frazier Preston
Holt
Funeral for Drowning Victim Paul R. Graham Held Near Washington
Funeral and burial services were held Wednesday at Merrifield near Washington D C for Paul R. Graham 43 a former Turkey Gap Coal and Coke commissary clerk at Dott who drowned with three children when their boat capsized in the Potomac river Graham a longtime Merrifield resident lost his life while trying to save a child Surviving are his wife five children and his father Edward Grimm of Dott with brothers and sisters in West Virginia and nearby towns.
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Merrifield
Washington, D. C
Paul R. Graham
Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company
Dott
Potomac River
Graham
East Radford
West Virginia
Seekeets
Bam
National M Cemetery
Edward
Grimm
Mark
Princeton
Mason Grimm
Robert Grimm
Winding Gulf
J. F. Kaylor
Saeger
C. C. Carroll
H. C. Price
Turkey Gap Coal Company
Price
Minnie Mehen Chooses Tennessee Over WVU
Bernard Minnie Mehen, Wheeling high school star and state champion, announced he will enter the University of Tennessee at Knoxville next fall on a Tennessee scholarship, instead of West Virginia University. He is 6 feet 3 inches tall and starred in both basketball and track.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Bernard
Minnie” Mehen
West Virginia
University of Tennessee At Knoxville
West Virginia University
Mehen
Wheeling High School
Tennessee
Five Believed Dead In Swollen Texas Stream
A Texas accident left five people unaccounted after a bridge collapse on the Salt Fork near Wellington. A family of three the Freemans and their three year old son were presumed dead. Searchers recovered only a car, shoes and trousers as swift currents hindered ongoing dives. Two railroad workers, M W Riggs and C E Burton, were believed lost after a Fort Worth and Denver train plunged 60 feet through the washed out bridge. Local highway crews battled the flood while seeking three sunbiles feared washed away.
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Denver
Salt Fork
Wellington
Cumberland Park Funding Hopes in Forest Acquisition Bill
Washington reports a $3,000,000 deficiency bill funds forest land acquisitions including Cumberland Park in southwest Virginia. Rep Peg Mat A Ry and Sen ior advocate for the projects authorized last year as part of the package.
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Washington
Reppeg Mat A
Forest Acquisition of Land Service
To Ee
Cumberland Park
Virginia
Workers Return To Parkersburg Plant
The first group of Viscose company workers returned to the Parkersburg plant after a ten day shutdown over labor trouble. The meat section that makes the fluid for rayon yarns resumed duties, with full production likely a week to reach pre shutdown levels.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Viscose Company
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