Mrs J H Cromer Dies at 49 in Bluefield
Mrs Maggie Cromer 49 wife of J H Cromer longtime Norfolk and Western employee died at Bluefield sanitarium from complications after a spell there last February. Born in McDowell County she was a daughter of Charles Cundiff and had two children Helen and May. Survivors include sisters and brothers. No funeral arrangements announced.
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Maggie Cromer
J. H. Cromer
Norfolk and Western
The
Bluesone
Bluefield Sanitarium
Cromer
Wilcoe
Perkins Warns Emergency Exists In Steel Strike
In Toledo the board chair urges presidential intervention after Gov. Davey appeals. Senate probes steel conflict as leaders name executives for subpoenas and back-to-work plans collide with armed camps and possible sit-downs in the Mahoning valley. A Canton picket is wounded during rail shipments to Republic Steel.
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Davey
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
iMss Perkins
Senate
Murray
Chicago
Republic Steel
Youngstown
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Senate Post Office
Don Ae
Tom Girdler
Harry
Black Brothers
Eugene Grace
Im Conan
John Owens
Ohio Mahoning Valley
Owens
I. O
Johnstown
Bethlehem
White House
C. I. O. and Steel
Clinton 8
Golden
Lance
United Mine Workers of America
CL Oo
Canton
Stephen Mann
Canton Republic Steel
Masonic Notice and Hat Bargains Announced
Bluefield brings a special Masonic communication on Friday night June 18 with visitors welcome. Also Bradleys promotes hat sales with spring hats on sale Friday and Saturday and new Panamas and linens advertised at reduced prices.
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Masonic
Bluefield E
A. FP
A. M
W. M. L. M. Carper
Secre
Eee 'S
45 Area Boys to Attend Jamboree
Forty five area Scouts will attend the jamboree in full uniform with their own equipment. The Jamboree Journal will be sent home daily to parents and local contingent coverage will run in the Daily Telegraph and Sunset News. The list includes Chauncey White Northfork John Feller Mullens Grover Asbury Bishop Carter Wade Bluefield Frank Tucker Welch John Lyons Caretta James Dotson Caretta Vaden Bennett Algoma Ralph McCue Bluefield George Lee Keystone Herman Dunn Ball Ivan Moore Jr Northfork William Powers Ashland Jimmy Nunnery Northfork Walter Buchanan Jr Welch Nick Harris Northfork Richard Stephens Bluefield Joseph Cofer Jr Bluefield John Warden Bluefield Stelia Corte Kimball Clarence Harold Kimball Morris Daniel Horsepen Charles Pletcher Northfork Joe Elliott Keystone James M. Jones North Tazewell Richard Booth Welch Don W Henthorn Gilliam Harry Camper Jr Welch Louis Pais Keystone James Nelson Bluefield Jennings W H Jr Bluefield Jenkins Scott Bluefield Robert Dixon Bluefield James A French Welch Clem Monely Coalwood Jimmie McDarmont English Frank O Brian Bluefield Francis P Claytor Jr Bluefield L Douglas Mattox Jr Bluefield Charles B Pletcher Alderson Emmanuel A Greene Welch Wm A Creager Jr North Fork Jack Vincent Worth James A Davidson Worth Fred Troy Bluefield
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Jamboree Journal
Oe Dally Telegraph
Sunsetews
Southern
West Virginia Council
Chauncey B. White
Northfork
John W. Feller
Mullens
Grover Lee Asbury
Bishop
Carter Wade
Bluefield
Frank Tucker
Welch
Jenkins Scott
Robert Dixon
James A. French
Clem C. Monely
Coalwood
Jimmie McDarmont
English
Frank O'Brian
Francis P. Claytor, Jr
L. Douglas Mattox, Jr
Charles B. Pletcher
Alderson
Emmanuel A. Greene
Wm. A. Creager, Jr
Jack Vincent
Worth
James A. Davidson
Fred Troy
Blueefild
Mrs. Hendricks Explains Railroads' National Role
Mrs. Hendricks of Bluefield Va explains railroads mean tax value and national service in a 25 minute talk at the Municipal auditorium for the Bluefield Better Service club. The event drew about four hundred attendees with reading by Eleanor Anderson and tap dancing by Jo Ann Fields.
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Bluefield
Hendricks
Holston
Methodist Church
Jack Prilliman
Better Service Club
Eleanor Anderson
Jo-Ann Fields
Dorothy Carter
Jack Fields
L. 8. Nichols
Henry Booker Sentenced on Rum Count in County Court
Henry Booker was arraigned last evening on a charge of possessing liquor. He was found guilty, fined 100 dollars with costs, and sentenced to 60 days in the county jail. Arrest followed by city police.
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Henry Booker
W. W. McNeal
Booker
Condition of Barrie Reported Very Grave
London June 18. The condition of Sir James Barrie has become very grave, his physicians announced early. The famous playwright novelist creator of Peter Pan is critically ill of bronchial m...
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London
James Barrie
Peter Pan
Mr and Mrs McKinstry Visit Los Angeles Trip
Mr and Mrs McKinstry of Seattle Washington have been guests of Mr and Mrs T J Jackson on Augusta Street and have gone for a visit in Los Angeles California before returning home. Mr McKinstry is a brother of Mrs Jackson.
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Mrs. McKinstry
Seattle
Wah
T. J. Jackson
Augusta Street
Los Angeles
Cal
Mr. McKinstry
Mrs. Jackson
Brazil Restores Citizens Rights Amid Vargas Push
Brazil restores citizens rights against President Vargas. Exiled former minister Jose Americo De Almeida regains influence with administration support. The move signals shifting power and political maneuvering in the capital.
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Brazil
Vargas
Jose Americo de Almeida
Foreign visitors reach jamboree after 8000 mile Caracas hike
The first foreign guests for the upcoming Boy Scout jamboree rested today after an 8000 mile trek from Caracas Venezuela. Embassy officials greeted them outside the city yesterday offering transportation. Caracas pair Mene and Rafael Angel Petit are among the party.
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Washington
Caracas
Venezuela
An Carmene
Rafael Angel Petit
Seattle coed loses two engagement rings in theft
Alice Holland, a University of Washington co ed, reported her first engagement ring was stolen and then her second ring vanished. She says she may lack nerve to face her fiancé after the double loss.
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Seattle
Wash
Alice Holland
University of Nheom
Virginia Rhododendron Fete Sets July Norton Dates
Norton Virginia prepares for the third annual Virginia Rhododendron Festival July 1 to 3 with a 2000 seat outdoor amphitheatre designed by T Beverly Campbell. The program includes King Coal Jubilee on opening night and Queen Rhododendron III coronation Friday, followed by Barter Players performances and boxing and wrestling finales.
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Norton
T. Beverly Campbell
Punch
Rhododendron III
Annette Baird
Howie Fisher
State Chamber of Commerce
Five Occupants of Car Sentenced by Justice
T B Pearcy driver of the coupe convicted of drunken driving by Magistrate W W McNeal and fined 50 dollars plus costs with 30 days in jail suspended for 30 days to finish a contract. Raymond Farmer Wayne Farmer J H Neel and Byron King also convicted of drunkenness. each fined 25 dollars and 30 days jail suspended for good behavior. Deputies Dye and Cooke arrested them Wednesday. four men sat on the fifth at arrest.
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T. B. Pearcy
W. W McNeal
Raymond
Wayne Farmer
J. H. Neel
Byron King
Pearcy
Quintette
P. L. Dye
L. H. Cooke
Wheeler to Lead Court Bill Fight
Navy of Oregon will speak for the Republicans who oppose the legislation setting the stage for a GOP led battle over the court bill.
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Wheeler
Bill Fight
Navy
Oregon
Liquor seized near Cedar Bluff by Tazewell sheriff
Sheriff R L Hilton and deputies seized 129 gallons of bonded liquor and arrested H T Lester of Christiansburg Va after a truck was stopped by gunfire when heading east from Catlettsburg Ky. 43 cases were found on board and another suspect escaped. Lester posted a 500 dollar bond. case to be tried in Tazewell circuit court.
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Cedar Bluff
R. L. Hilton
Tazewell County
H. T. Lester
Christiansburg
Lester
Hilton
Catlettsburg
Tazewell
Bilbao Siege Evokes Mass Refugee Flight Across Nervion
Refugees flee Bilbao as Franco loyalist forces tighten grip along the Nervion River. Thousands from outlying towns flood into the city, swelling its population, and women and children suffer on the march toward Santander. Insurgent troops reportedly cross the river north and south of Bilbao while attempts to breach by sea continue.
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Bilbao
Franco
Onte
Biscay
Santander
New Basque defense council seizes control of Bilbao
Dispatches report Basque resistance tightens under a four man defense junta as the government flees Bilbao after eleven weeks of insurgent pressure. Reports describe heavy fighting on Mount Archanda with insurgent losses and pursuit planes operating over the city.
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Bilbao
Archanda
18 Die As Explosion Strikes Spanish Battleship Jaime I
A major blast in drydock at Cartegena aboard the Jaime I killed 18 sailors and wounded over 100 during repairs. Defense Minister Indalecio Prieto rushed to the scene and ordered an immediate investigation as crews and hospitals aided the disaster response.
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Jaime I
Carterens
Indalecio Prieto
Valencia
Cartegena
Westminster Men to Meet Tonight
The Westminster Presbyterian church Men’s club holds a June meeting this evening at Dr. H. G. e’s cabin in Bland County. About 50 people are expected to attend while students affiliated with the church who are home for summer join the gathering.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Population Starves at Bilbao as Franco forces encircle
Refugees fleeing the besieged Basque capital Bilbao say more than 500000 civilians starved as food supplies halt. Insurgent sources claim Generalissimo Franco's forces have nearly encircled the city suburbs. Refugees report houses being looted amid the crisis.
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Hendaye
Bilbao
Francisco Franco
Theatre Burns in Ravenswood Fire During Show
A fire in the projection room during a performance destroyed a theatre owned by J. W. McCoy in Ravenswood West Virginia. Dewayne Mills the machine operator suffered burns to his hands and arms and McCoy estimated the loss at several thousand dollars.
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Ravenswood
W. Va
J. W. McCoy
Dewayne Mills
McCoy
Criminal docket cleared as judges sentence several offenders
The United States district court held a brief session as the criminal docket was cleared. Keyston e resident Sea of guilty to violating the Mann White Slave act and received eighteen months in Atlanta. Other liquor cases produced long terms including Elsie M Spencer two years six months Alderson prison Mary Cadle Raleigh County Evelyn James Bluefield Cap Hamlet Bluefield and Henry C Ayers Oak Hill all sentenced in Atlanta.
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United States District Court
McClintic
Keystone
Atlanta
Elsie M. Spencer
Alderson Women's Prison
Mary Cadle
Raleigh County
Evelyn James
Bluefield
Alderson
Cap Hamlet
Henry C. Ayers
Oak Hill
Trio Improves After Car Wreck In West Virginia
Brock Billings of Anawalt and Bruce Dowell of Gary remain patients at the hospital after a Wednesday night crash that sent their car into the sun parlor of Mrs. E S Humphreys home at 2115 Bluefield Avenue. Dowell may leave soon. Billings will likely stay longer. Officials have not determined the cause of the accident.
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Brock Billings
Anawalt
Bluefield Saninao Billings
Brock
Bruce Dowell
Gary
Dowell
Billings
E. S. Humphreys
Bluefield
House Flood Committee to Hear Rep John Kee on Bluestone Dam
Washington reports the House flood control committee will hear Rep. John Kee of Bluefield West Virginia on the proposed Bluestone dam on the New River. Kee plans to urge construction appropriations for the dam which would cross into Virginia to impound water aiding flood control on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. The piece notes the Drake well of 1859 at 69 12 feet deep and contrasts with today’s wells reaching 10 000 feet.
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Washington
House
John Kee
Bluefield
W. Va
New River
Kee
W .Va
Virginia
Kanawha
Ohio
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