Security Act 10 Passes Today Amid Budget Strain
The West Virginia legislature advanced the security measure with three accepted changes including support for indigent relatives and negro representation on county boards. The bill would fund pensions up to 30 dollars monthly for the aged and blind, aid dependent children, create advisory boards, and establish county welfare structures. Debates featured Sen Sandridge opposing the indigent-relatives clause as potentially litigation-prone.
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Extend Planning Board
Ladies Dresses In Bastiste and Voiles at Fretwells
City and Coalfield Items lists Ladies Dresses in Bastiste print and voiles sized 14 to 52 with regular 1 price 68 cents at Fretwell's. Also Mercer Lodge No 160 A F and A M announces Stated communication for election and installation of officers this Thursday at 7 30. Day and Night School at Bluefield Business College advertises courses. Mary Lee Beauty Shop promotes perms dyeing shampoos and waves with a new fast unit drying system. Carl Henderson offers cleaning pressing and laundry services with bachelor bundles.
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Mercer Lodge No
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
West Virginia planning bill expands board and boosts welfare debate
Delegates clash over pension payouts and welfare aid while a planning bill proposes enlarging the nine member board to eleven with no salaries and a $25,000 expense appropriation. The board would include agriculture labor health roads a geologist and a schools superintendent plus a WVU faculty member and governor appointees.
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R-Clay
Watts
R-Wood
Jones
D.mcdowell
Russek
D.mingo
Senate
Agriculture, Labor, Health
West Virginia University
Charleston
West Virginia
Funeral services for George W. Davidson
Funeral services for George W. Davidson 48 Norfolk and Western railway brakeman killed when struck by a passenger train at Bluefield yards will be held at Grace Methodist church at 10 30 this morning. The Rev. E H Cassidy will officiate. Burial follows at Mt Mitchell cemetery near Wytheville. Active pallbearers listed.
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George W. Davidson
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield
Grace Methodist Church
E. H. Cassidy
Mt. Michell Cemetery
Wytheville
W. A. Wallace
G. W. Rolen
John Counts
H. W. Davidson
Gordon Cameron
Jack Clark
Lee Clark
L. B. Eades
P. D. Deshazo
E. G. Palmer
Walter Forlines
Local Bnai B’rith Lodge to Meet Today
Bluefield lodge of B'nai B'rith will hold its final meeting before summer adjournment Thursday evening at the Matz hotel at 8 o'clock. Several candidates will be initiated at this meeting and an interesting program and entertainment has been arranged. All members are urged to be present.
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Bluefield Lodge
B'nai B'rith
Matz
Bluefield Gun Club Cancels Wednesday Skeet Shoots
Officials report low turnout at the skeet field for midweek shoots and cancel Wednesday afternoon sessions for now. Regular Saturday shoots will continue, with skeet traps opened alongside regular traps, and Saturday attendance remains strong.
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Bluefield Gun Club
Kump Receives Honorary Ranger Membership in Texas
Governor Kump received an honorary ranger commission with a white 10-gallon hat in Charleston. Jack D. Love, a former ranger, conferred the honor and asked that West Virginia be designated as a West Virginia day at the Texas Centennial.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kump
Texas Rangers
Jack D. Love
West Virginia
Five Men Die in Auto Crash Near Cleveland
Five men were killed and another seriously injured when a car crashed into a bridge abutment in Maple Heights, throwing six occupants onto railroad tracks five feet below. The deceased were Steve Lysarato 34 Melvin Wysopal 24 James Stolar 26 Frank Tokorsny and William Petrikowski all of Cleveland. Lloyd Orlikowski 25 suffered severe head injuries and was hospitalized.
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Cleveland
Maple Heights
Steve Lysarato
Melvin Wysopal
James Stolar
Frank Tokorsny
William Petrikowski
Lloyd Orlikowski
Pontiff Pius III Declared in Good Condition by Doctors
Vatican City report states Pope Pius XII, 79, underwent a lengthy medical exam and was deemed in relatively good condition for his age. Doctors say he tires easily and walks short distances, blood pressure back to normal, with no fear of death from paralysis if his condition continues. Pilgrim tercentenary stamps note irrelevant wording about United States postage.
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Vatican City
Pius
Sentences Handed Down in U5 Court Here
A roundup of sentences from U5 Court includes Woodrow Hill of Bluefield getting 18 months in Atlanta for National Motor Vehicle Theft Act violations. Others from Bluefield and surrounding counties received prison terms in Chillicothe or Atlanta, with several fines and jail terms for liquor and forgery offenses. The cases involved Webb, Nash, Woolridge, Quesenberry, Lewis, Arnold, and multiple defendants across Mercer, Raleigh, McDowell, and Pocahontas counties. Trial slates and practice admissions were noted as the session continued.
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Atlanta
Woodrow Hill
Bluefield
George Nash, Jr
Clarence Woolridge
Chillicothe
Wiley F. Quesenberry
James Lewis
Avery Dunford
Paul King
Mercer County
Eddie McBride
Raleigh County
France Wade
McDowell County
Lee Hall
Florabelle Arnold
Alderson
Wesley Agee
Wyoming County
Ed Jackson
Thomas Cooper
Isaac Murray
Henry Houston Payne
Fred Perkins
Ernest Peery
Putnam County
Tom Smith
James Hughes
Troy Davis
Henry Clay Adams
Pocahontas County
Dorsey Lee Bowling
Ruben Thomas Burger
F. K. Day
Fine field drawn for state trapshooting meet at Fairmont
Trapshooters from eight states including current and former champions gather in Fairmont West Virginia for a three day state tournament opening tomorrow at the Fairmont Gun club About 50 will compete in single target double target handicap and all around events John K Sanders of Keyser and his wife the current national titles holders are a standout mixed pair Joe Hiestand of Ohio and Walter Beavers of Pennsylvania the national champions are expected to enter E P Smith Jr known as June a Fairmont marksman will join the senior division J Sloan Arnold Keyser and other officials will judge tournament records will be filed with the national association.
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W. Va
Fairmont Gun Club
John K. Sanders
Keyser
United States
Joe Hiestand
Ohio
Walter Beavers
Pennsylvania
E. P. Smith Jr
June
Eiley P. Smith
Alaska
Sanders
J. Sloan Arnold
Marion Cunty
John F. Phillips
Ernest H. Wolf
Charleston
Ray K. Loring
Amateur Trapshooting Association
Vandalia
National Association
J C U A M Elect Officers This Evening
Twin City council 149 Junior Order United American Mechanics will nominate officers for the ensuing year at tonight’s meeting. A large attendance is expected and the class initiation set for Saturday night has been postponed. The note also mentions St. Peter's in Rome as the largest Roman Catholic church and describes its vast, corridor filled layout across four acres.
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Twin City
St. Peter's
Rome
Growth of Bluefield Told by Col Thomas Address
Col William H Thomas, pioneer Bluefielder, recalls Bluefield’s growth from farm land in 1879 to a 22 000 population city. He notes railroad arrival 1880, early streetcar and bank roots, naming origins and local boosters, and hails pioneer cabins as the backbone of West Virginia’s rise.
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William H. Thomas
George P. Bailey
Hale
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western
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F. J. Kimball
Rocky Mountains
Hattie Hanna
John Higginbotham
Princeton Avenue
Raleigh Street
Federal
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Hanna
Red Brush
Kentucky
Russell Street
Bland Street
Methodist
Presbyterian
Scott Street
Gravely Ridge
Mercer Street
Red Brush Hill
Dublin
Wyhtevill
The
Miner
Walter Graham
Graham
Philadelphia
John R. Peck
John R. McCullough
Young Republicans to Meet Tonight in Bluefield
The Bluefield Young Republican club will hold an informal meeting at 7 30 this evening on the mezzanine of the West Virginia hotel. The gathering aims to formulate plans for organizing a party unit and all club members are urged to attend.
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Young Republican Club
Bluefield
West Virginian Hotel
New Labor Union To Meet At Red Men’s Hall
The Bluefield local 194 International Brotherhood of Teamsters will hold a meeting at Red Men’s Hall on Bluefield Avenue. Central Labor union representatives will attend and discuss important matters. All truck drivers chauffeurs and teamsters in Bluefield and surrounding areas are invited.
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Bluefield
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Red Men's
Bluefield Avenue
Central Labor Union
Shipwreck and Pursuit Near French Guiana In Distress
A fishing vessel sent a distress signal off French Guiana on June 10. The Girl Pat lacked fuel and food and fled when asked for papers. She stopped for fresh water at Lea Iles Du Salut and sailed without clearance. Government orders an investigation by the justice of the peak at M guana Island as details unfold.
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French Guiana
Pat
Lea Iles du Salut
Devil’s Island
M Guana Island
Miles Noutheast
Samana
Father and daughter clash at state capitol payroll clash
Atlanta woman Ellen Parker lands a job in the comptroller general's office and hours later her father Homer C. Parker is appointed comptroller and fires her, prompting nepotism concerns at the Georgia State Capitol.
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Atlanta
Ellen Parker
Comptroller General
State Capitol
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