Slemp Set to Reveal Stance in Virginia Race at Big Stone Gap
District politics in ninth Virginia heats up as C B Slemp plans to meet Republican leaders at his Big Stone Gap home on Saturday June 21 to state his position on the fall congressional race. The event could confirm acceptance of the party nomination or trigger a second convention with other contenders ready to challenge Democratic nominee J W Flanagan.
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Virginia
C. B. Slemp
Big Stone Gap
Slemp
J. W. Flanagan
Local notices from Knoxville and area travelers
Miss Willie Lee Stowers teaches in Bramwell and studies at Knoxville during vacation. Mrs. B. D. Litz and Sally Frances return from Burkes Garden to visit the Davie and Graves families. Betty Wyatt comes back from Broadford after a Wyatt reunion. Mary and Margaret Briggs of Portsmouth visit their aunts the Grahams. Nannie Livingston of Pulaski visits the Graves and James households with Annette. B. D. Hawks of Switchback visits his parents. J. P. Wilson, 76, retired Norfolk and Western agent, plans to accompany veterans to Norfolk tomorrow night. Weather lore warns of rain after distant lightning, with Brushy Fork flashes signaling approaching rain.
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Willie Lee Stowers
Knoxville
Tenn
Portsmouth
Jessie
Sally Graham
Nannie Livingston
Pulaski
Annette
W. K. Graves
James
B. D. Hawks
Switchback
F. M. McCreary
East Street
J. P. Wilson
Tin Top
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk
Americas Janu tolo Not in Car at Time of Crash
A report claimed Americas Janu tolo was in the car during a machine's attempt to climb a telephone pole at No Man's Land. The claim proved erroneous as Janutolo was not an occupant and learned of the accident only hours later.
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Americas
Janutolo
Americas Janutolo
No Man's Land
Sculptor George Bergeron Works On Lee Statue Hat Brim
George Bergeron, a local sculptor, has been at Stone Mountain Georgia carving a new hat brim for the General Robert E. Lee statue. He previously worked for Wright and Mathews and remains a resident of the area with his family.
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George Bergeron
Stone Mountain
Robert E. Lee
Bergeron
Wright and Mathews
Mammoth Fish Sighted in Beaver's Hole
Reports from Buchanan county describe a five foot long mammoth fish in Beaver's Hole on the Levisa Fork of the river. Sawmill workers and local anglers estimate its weight over a hundred pounds and speculate it might be a carp grown to enormous size rather than a bass. The bass season opens July 1 and next year may start in June under a revised bass fishing law.
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Buchanan County
Beaver’s Hole
Levisa
Tue River
Clinch
Little Rivers
General Assembly
Virginia Sidelights From Memorial Baptist Meetings
Attendees fill Memorial Baptist church as Rev. H A Willis teaches clear messages nightly this week. The Christian church hosts a father and son banquet Friday at 6 30 PM under Christian Endeavor. Local Billy Sunday club rallies draw large crowds in Lindside and Bluefield. Floyd Neal wed Donnie Cable at the Cable home with families present. Mrs Mullin notes India salt war insights and optimism for eventual normalcy.
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Memorial Baptist Church
H. A. Willis
Baptist
Christian Church
The
Christian Endeavor
Billy Sunday Club
Lindside
Bluefield
S. R. Ashworth
F. M. Starling
Terry Tiles
M. C. Hughes
Floyd Neal
Donnie Cable
D. M. Cable
Highland Avenue
Ham High School Student Joins Foreign Mission Field
A Ham High School student, niece of Miss Amy Mullin of Fal Mills, is working in the foreign mission field under the auspices of the Christian Church of America.
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Ham High School
Amy Mullin
Fal’ Mills
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Christian Church of América
Hens Steady Rise in Clinch Valley Output
Quotations from Artrin Wednesday show a slight advance in the exit market with Clinch valley hens stacking up in production during the week. Artrip Finney and Castlewood are key produce centers for Russell Buchanan and Dickenson counties as Kes rise two cents a dozen amid hens strike threats.
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Artrin
Clinch Valley
Artrip
Finney
Castlewood
Russell
Buchanan
Dickenson
Senator Borak flexible provision test continues in tariff action
The piece reports on anticipated pushes for a flexible provision to adjust tariff rates, with Hoover planning to forward nominations to the Senate next month or possibly next week. It notes Ambassador Edge’s Paris briefing downplaying immediate impact, citing a 3.35 percent increase if applied to 1928 French exports and the president’s power to adjust rates up to 60 percent for fairness, amid French exporters’ skepticism about potential rate increases.
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Hoover
Senate
Tariff Commission
Garner
Texas
Democratic House
Democratic National Committee
Hawley
Wave Ard Means Committee
Paris
Walter E. Edge
United States
Edge
Luxuriously equipped bus touted by astrologer owner
A. F. Seward, an astrologer, claims his bus is the most luxuriously equipped in the United States. The interior features drapes and upholstery imported from India and China, with a value of 35000 dollars.
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Hat
United States
A. F. Seward
India
China
Italy urged to raise duties on American exports
The piece argues Europe will remain behind the United States in production costs and urges Italy to organize to expand exports while curbing American goods. It calls for revivals to halt influx of U S products and asks the government to raise duties on principal American exports to Italy.
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Europe
United States
Tariff Commission
Italy
Latin America
Il Sole
Swiss press decries Hoover tariff as Europe faces rift
Berne papers united in condemning Hoover Hawley Smoot tariff. Editors warn of economic war with the United States and a June 27 Berne meeting of Swiss exports and industries to study remedies. Milan comments on Popolo D Italia editorial criticizing the tariff law.
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Berne
Switzerland
Hoover
Europe
United States
Old World
Committee On
Italy
Milan
Arnaldo Mussolini
Popolo D’ Italia
Miner Killed by Train Near Morgantown
In Morgantown West Virginia on June 18 Ray F Weaver 18 a miner was fatally injured after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train while leaving work He stepped from behind empty cars into the train path officials said
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Morgantown
W. Va
Ray F. Weaver
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
Weaver
House Advances Wagner Measures in Unemployment Plan
Washington reports the House Judiciary Committee approved the Wagner bill to plan and regulate public works and establish employment agencies under a federal aid plan. The companion bill's fate moved to a subcommittee for study, with a third measure seeking a labor statistics index.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Wagner
New York
S Senate
Labor Committee
Graham
Pennsylvanian
White House
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hoover
House Judiciary Committee
Green
Census figures on unemployment versus job seekers
The 3,600,000 unemployed count includes people laid off for seasonal shutdowns sickness and other causes. The census bureau figures, however, would mainly reflect those out of work and actively seeking employment.
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Census Bureau
Edison Voice Thrills Berlin Audience at Conference
About 3,000 filled the Berlin sports palace to hear Thomas A Edison speak by wireless from Orange New Jersey to the world power conference delegates. The transmission linked with the National Electric Light association in San Francisco with figures Owen D Young Matthew Sloan and Guillermo Marconi also contributing from London and the Earl of Derby.
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Berlin
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
World Power Conference
Orange
N. J
United States
Mr. Edison
National Electric Light Association
San Francisco
Owen D. Young
Matthew Sloan
London
Guelielmo Marconi
Farl
Derby
Publix Chain To Distribute Fox Films Nationwide
New York June 18 An announcement said the largest single contract for sale and distribution of motion pictures has been signed. The entire Fox Film output for the coming year will be shown in Publix chain theaters numbering 1 031 locations. The deal, involving millions of dollars in rentals, is said to guarantee record grosses for Fox Film.
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New York
Fox Film Corporation
Publix
Washington Restaurant Closed for Back Rent
Wheeling West Virginia constables shut a Washington restaurant on a dietress warrant after the Wheeling News Publishing Company, owners of the building, claimed more than 10000 dollars in past due rent.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Washington
Wheeling News Publishing Company
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