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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1931

Page

7

Mrs Jane Dennen dies in Pocahontas Virginia

Mrs Jane Dennen died at her home in Pocahontas on Wednesday morning after a months long illness. Born in Treverton Pennsylvania November 19 1857 she lived in the Pocahontas coalfield for forty one years and leaves two daughters and four sons, a sister and several grandchildren. Funeral from the Catholic church at 10 Friday with interment at Vista Park cemetery. pallbearers listed.

Jane Dennen Pocahontas Dennen Treverton Thomas B. Dennen J. ©. Payne Glendale Cal BH. A. Renkin A. V. Dennen Bishop, Va C. A. Dennen Vista Park J. M. White C. C. Hindley W. L. Sexton Jn J. H. McNeer Jr Andrew Geisen Julius Goodman Morris Magrill Grady Carper F. C. Ellett

Markers Unveiled for Peters Town Pioneers in West Virginia

A Peters Town ceremony honored decades of local history with markers for Christian Peters and Henry Hull. Hull, a Revolutionary soldier born in 1760, settled near Cashmere and later near Peterstown, dying in 1836. Peters and Hull shared a birth year, linking two rival West Virginia frontier lineages.

Christian Peters West Virginia Henry Hull Peter Thomas Hull America Palatine Germany Philadelphia Lancaster Augusta County Rockingham County Harrisonburg Stribling Guilford N. C Camden Salisbury Monroe County Cashmere Peteratown Giles County Henry Raleigh County John Gap Mills Sweet Springs Peterstown Hull Peters

Miners and Owners Clash as Strikes Ripple Across West Virginia

In Wheeling and northern West Virginia, arrests rise as miners and owners clash amid a National Miners Union strike. Evictions mount as 11 families are moved out. 26 eviction actions target miners said to be discharged for refusing work. UMWA gains momentum with new locals forming at Panama mine and Finn Valley and Elm Grove Mines. Frank Leitch, a NMC official, among those arrested while attempting to speak.

Kelley’s Roek Collieries Company Todd Olie Woods Charleston Uv. M. W Wheeling W. Va United Mine Workers of America Tri-State Moundaville Panama Ben Franklin Coal Company Finn Valley Costanza Coal Company Elm Grove Mining Company Elm Grove No. 3 National Miners Union West Virginia Frank Leitch National Miners’ Cation U. M

Elm Grove workers meeting leads to arrest for inciting riot

Charleston June 17. Trooper Arthur S. Harney of Fairmont resigns effective July 1 to take a federal prohibition agent post. R. L. Osborn, head of the state public safety department, announced the resignation today after Harney was arrested for inciting to riot following a Wheeling meeting.

Wheeling Elm Grove Charleston W. Va R. L. Osborn State Department of Public Safety Arthur S. Harney Fairmont Harney

Bruening and Curtius Prepare for Parley

Berlin reports Chancellor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius readying for talks with German ambassadors to creditor nations. They aim to seek revisions of reparations amid cautious home support and a steadier political mood.

Berlin Bruening Curtius

Viewpoints of Governments Surveyed Thoroughly

A statement notes that the viewpoints of the various governments concerned will be thoroughly surveyed. The announcement emphasizes comprehensive consultation across administrative levels to assess positions, implications, and potential policy directions.

Police Cleanup In Seattle Public Bath Incident

Seattle report details a police decontamination scene as two officers brought in a suspect nicknamed Erickson. Officials described him as so dirty that his face was obscured, while the night watch reportedly gave him a bath, struggling to get him into a tub.

Seattle Erickson

Manufacturers point to improvements in planes

Dayton Ohio June 17 recommendations for refinements and improvements in airplanes and equipment submitted by manufacturers representatives during a conference of the engineering committee of the aeronautics division of the United States chamber of commerce are to be submitted to the department of commerce for consideration and approval. The conference closed this afternoon and while stating nothing radical was suggested members of the committee declined to enlarge on suggestions offered.

Dayton Ohio Engineering Committee The Aeronautics Division United States Chamber of Commerce Department of Commerce

Court to review sabotage decision in Ohio case

The Ohio Supreme Court on June 17 accepted the state’s appeal from Judge Walter Wana maker of Akrom, reversing a sabotage ruling and ordering review of the decision. The action raises questions about jurisdiction and legal standards applied in the lower court ruling.

Columbus Ohio State Supreme Court Walter Wanamaker Akrom

Kaesay Case Tests Criminal Syndicalism Law

In a case linked to an alleged sabotage plot against the navy airship Akron authorities await a September convening to determine if Paul F Kaesay must stand trial under the criminal syndicalism statute or be released due to possible invalidity of the law.

Paul F. Kaesay Navy Akron Kassay

Judge Threatens To Silence Court Interruption

In Tit-Bits humor, a stern judge warns the next interrupter will be sent home while a prisoner cheers. The exchange captures a playful courtroom moment and public theater tone.

Toledo Convents Karl Alter as Diocesan Bishop in Toledo

In Toledo Ohio on June 17 Dr Karl J Alter was consecrated bishop of the Toledo diocese amid ceremony befitting a Roman Catholic hierarch. Archbishop John T McNicholas of Cincinnati officiated with assistance from Father Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland.

Toledo Ohio Karl J. Alter Diocese of Salendor Dignity Alter John T. McNicholan Cincinnati Joseph Schrembs Cleveland

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