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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1929

Page

2

Official Primary Results Revealed With Minor Vote Shifts

Municipal primary canvass by TV board shows small changes from Daily Telegraph tally. J E McMullen loses four votes and R W Honaker gains seven. O C Keeney loses three with several candidates eliminated. Official totals list Bratton Dillon 19 percent Keeney 241 McCue 178 Smith 75 Enoch 577 Phelps 1207 Davidson 455 Gill 104 Lilly 461 McMullen 532 Sublett 599 Graham 487 Lilly 1173 Wright 405 Akers 662 Massie 185 Newton 557 Walk 754.

Ori Tv Board of Directors Daily Telegraph J. E.cMullen R. W. Honaker C. Keeney J. D C. Gills P. D. Bratton Dillon Keeney McCueie Smith Taylor Enocha Honaker Phelps Davison Gilla C. BK. Lilly McMullen Sublett Graham Wright Akers Massie Newton Walk

Judge Mclintic sentences large number in liquor cases

Judge Mclintic handed long terms in a batch of prohibition cases. The docket included numerous defendants indicted under section 3296 with sentences ranging up to three years and fines. A separate Buffalo theft case saw a defendant arrested in Wheeling by Commissioner Scott. Frances Zupano, 18, of Bellaire Ohio, was badly injured in a three car crash, with two others seriously hurt.

National Training School Ashington D. C Harley Hender Isaac Farley James Richie Kenneth PD Johnnm Tter Johnson Buffalo N. Y Thomas H. Scott Lliam Underwood Carl Rosenblack Charleston Howard W. Meadows Sam Robinson Harley Stapleton Robert H. Simpson Frank Sereno Robey B. Spencer Margaret Smith Fred K. Hurt Eorge P. Clay Kent Chariton J. O. Bowling Ted Fox Forrest Harman John H. Howell Charles W. Howell Robert L. Howell Booker C. Houchina William Cook Alex K. Collison Wyoming Donald Carmack Chillicothe Edward W. Burgess McDowell County Aes Joe Burton Atlanta Eddie Cleveland Brice Arthur Dehaven Paris Goodson Milccit Henry R. Harlowe Seymore Hubbard Wilbur Lloyd Cirnelia Jenkins Raleigh Leonard Kessinger William H. Sparks Tye Prater Pearl Queasenberry Charlie Wolf Richard Rogers Wheeling W. Va Frances Zupano Bellaire Ohio Ines

Eckman Mine 13 to Resume Work

The Eckman mine and coke ovens of the Pulaski Iron company near Pulaski Virginia are being prepared for resumption. About 800 workers across all company operations will be affected with a restart anticipated around September 15 and earlier work beginning at the mines and ovens in the Pocahontas field.

Pulaski Eckman Pulaski Iron Company Pocahontas

Congress adjourns as farm groups press tariffs

Congress began its summer recess while farm organizations urged higher tariff rates before Senate sub Committees. Prohibition debates echoed across legislative and executive branches. Congress backed delaying the French war debt maturity date, pending ratification of the Mellon Berenger plan. Alabama Power officials denied involvement in financing the Mobile Alabama sale.

Congress Senate Alabama Power Company Mobile Ala., S

Sunbaths for cows mean better teeth

Cleveland report notes Dr. Weston A. Price, a dentist, links sun exposure in dairy production to human dental health. He explains calcium absorption and bone building depend on vitamin D from butter and milk, which in turn rely on sunlight.

Cleveland Weston A. Price

Harvard professors receive eighteen grants for varied humanities study

Cambridge June 19. Fifteen grants totaling 26900 from the General Education Board aid Harvard professors across six languages and many works. Gurney professor George Shittredge heads grants for witchcraft Shakespeare notes and a Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature volume.

Cambridge Mass INS Harvard University General Education Board University Hall Crants George Shittredge Gurney J. M. Carpenter Harvard Studies Giher Louis Allard Robert P. Blake University Lbrary Walter E Clark Wales Harvard Jeremiah D .M. Ford Smith Widner Charles B. Gulick Eliot O. J. Todd University of British Columbia Farnest Cary Aristophanes Harold Murdock Harvard University Press University Press Rollins’ Stion Kenneth G. Murdock

Practice Shoot Canceled Amid Appalachian Trap League Friday

Bluefield Gun Club calls off its regular Saturday practice at Cumberland Weights trap ground due to the Friday league shoot at Tazewell. All Bluefield shooters are expected to take part in the league event.

Appalachian Trapshooting League Tazewell Bluefield Gun Club Cumberland Weights Bluefield

Idaho lieutenant governor reports bandits tied him after robbery

W. K. Kinne identifies two men as the outlaws who robbed him near Orofino Idaho and left him tied to a tree before escaping. Authorities hold the suspects on eight thousand dollars bond as they investigate the assault on the lieutenant governor.

W. K. — Kinne Leutenant Idaho Bandito Orofino Kinne

Congressmen End Special Session The Day Issue

Washington reports June 19 details from a special session where the census reapportionment bill passed, the national origins immigration quota proposal was rejected, and Mellon’s treasury tenure faced debate. Prohibition debates roared as lawmakers clashed over enforcement and the law's reach.

Senate Hoover Lenroot Senate Judiciary Committee Andrew W. Mellon

Congress Closes for Summer Holiday Amid Vacancies

Washington reporters note a summer recess after both houses adjourned with many seats empty. House leaders paused one bill for twenty minutes to secure a quorum as senators sparred over issues including prohibition in a lively, habitual fashion characteristic of the Senate.

Washington Houses Congress House Senate

American Indian Last Stand in Land Claim Battle

Rapid City reports a grand council of leading chiefs to seek congressional recognition of longstanding land claims. The gathering runs July 30 to August 2 with regalia, buffalo hide tepees, and outdoor sessions. Vice President Curtis and former President Coolidge were invited to attend.

Rapid City S. D Rapid City Chamber of Commerce

Mail carrier marks 132000 miles in twenty seven years

Walter Thomas of Trenton Missouri has logged a mail pouch 132000 miles over twenty seven years as a mail carrier on a fourteen mile daily route. He estimates he has carried 945000 pounds of mail on those runs and serves the town with steady service.

Trenton Walter Thomas

French debt postponement bill stalls as 217th vote sought

The floor quorum was reinforced by telegrams calling back members to reach the necessary 217 votes. The French debt postponement measure was held up for twenty minutes while two members were summoned to join the roll call.

Ultra Modern Cowboy Bulldoggers Take Flight

Ponca City Oklahoma June 19. The art of bulldogging steers from aircraft decks is growing popular with Western spectators. Buck Hoover, a modern cowboy, tries bull dogging from a plane in his first effort the steer won and Hoover was injured. He plans a ladder leap from an airplane undercarriage. Hoover believes the risky sport offers a future for young men.

Ponca City Okla Buck Hoover Hoover

Knights of American Protestantism denounce White House affair

In Norfolk Virginia on June 19 the national convention unanimously adopted a resolution disapproving the presidents wife entertaining the wife of a Negro congressman at a social function.

Norfolk National Convention of Knights of American Protestantism Today United States

Big Day for Smiths in St. Joseph Wedding

Miss Audrey Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith, married William E. Smith of Rock Island Illinois in St. Joseph on June 19. Rev. Stanley E. Smith officiated with Mrs. Stanley Smith as matron of honor and Sidney Smith as best man.

Smiths St. Joseph Audrey Smith C. C. Smith William E. Smith Rock Island, Ill Stanley E. Smith Stanley Smith Sidney Smith

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