Ten Boys Arraigned In Princeton Juvenile Court
W Payne former district road engineer turned consultant arrives in Princeton to assist the city for about ten days. He will organize a long list of municipal relief projects for presentation to the relief administration. Payne’s services were secured by a committee including Dr B T Bird Mayor M G Harper and Virgil Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Payne
Ineer
The
Road Commission
Princeton
Relief Administration
Payne
8. T. Bird
M. G. Harper
Virgil Bailey
Court Sentences Man in Mixed Race Assault Case
A judge sentenced a man in a court for a colored individual assault case tied to a vehicle and a powder incident. The report mentions a surface rogers and a wire to powder, with details unclear.
P R Martin Dies of Heart Attack at 74
P R Martin 74 died suddenly at his home on Fifth Street Princeton at 6 am Wednesday from heart trouble and complications. He was father to C C Martin of Princeton and J Martin of Beckley. Born December 21 1860 in Floyd County he lived with his Princeton son for twenty years. He leaves seven grandchildren and a brother in Pembroke Virginia. Funeral at Princeton Presbyterian Church at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev W R Smith Jr interment Oakwood Cemetery pallbearers named J E Williams Wilbur Jackson W L Sarver J H Mandeville C C Keatley Hampton Robinette.
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P. R. Martin
Fifth Street
C. C. Martin
Princeton
J. & Martin
Beckley
Floyd County
Pembroke
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Watterson Lodge 472 Meets and Athena Club Plan Friday
Watterson Lodge No 472 will hold an evening meeting at 7 30 in Walker al The Athena Womans club with Mrs Smith Bradley Friday at 7 30 will hear reports from state and national conventions Royal Arch Chapter meets this evening at 7 30 and officers not yet installed are requested to attend MRS Harry Karnes to 4 pm phone 118 L MRS listed for contact.
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Watterson Lodge
Watterson
Walkeral
Athena Woman's Club
Royal Arch
Church Auxiliaries and Eastern Star Installations Report
The Woman's auxiliary of the First Presbyterian church meets at 3 PM at the church. The Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church gathers tonight at 7 30 with tea served for R A A after the meeting. Grace Tiller installs as Worthy Matron of Princeton chapter No 53 Order of Eastern Star with a full slate of officers. social hour and refreshments follow. Kiwanis speaker Mayor Harper discusses Bluefield highway construction. Mercer and McDowell county schools undergoing a state supervised survey to assess building needs and plan a program under Works Progress Administration funds.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
W. M. Poston
R. A/a
Grace Tiller
Princeton
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Oscar Baum
Eupha Eastburn
Joe Tomchin
Clara Meadows
Berthy Gay
Mayme Johnson
Mamie Keaton
Abbie Hart
Mary Green Bowling
Kiwanis
M. G. Harper
Princeton-Athens Kiwanis Club
Bluefield
Mercer
McDowell County
State Department of Education
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Concord
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Virginian Shopmen Rally Planned at Mercer Street Hall
Six federated shop crafts of Virginian shops announce a big rally at the crafts union hall on Mercer Street next Tuesday night at 7 30. Refreshments will be served and officials say the event will cover important business including ongoing A F L versus Virginian Railway case with a decision expected by June 24 or soon after in federal court at Norfolk.
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Crafts’ Union
Mercer Street
A. F. of L
Virginian Railway
Norfolk
Actors Billy Carr and Polly Dawn Star in School Days at Royal Theatre
Billy Carr and Polly Dawn appear on stage at the Royal Theatre with seventy five local children in School Days. Carr plays the schoolmaster and, with Dawn, trains the children for the day’s program, following a week of rehearsals and prior roles in Acree productions.
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Billy Carr
Polly Dawn
Royal Theatre
Carr
Dawn
Acree
Mercer county teachers meet high standards in 1934 35 term
Mercer county schools employed 534 teachers during the 1934 35 term and 94 percent held standard normal or better qualifications. Elementary staff included 2 masters 57 college graduates 258 standard normal graduates 16 short course and 16 first grade certificates. High schools counted 1 PhD 25 masters 143 AB degrees and 16 specialists.
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Mercer County
Board of Education
Bridge Tourney Kicks Off With Olympic Players
The fourth contract bridge tournament for Olympic players begins with an initial meeting tonight at 8 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Rich on College avenue. Several tables are occupied and more are expected.
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J. R. Rich
College Avenue
Princeton Woman's Club Holds June Meeting at Memorial
The Princeton Woman's Club met Tuesday afternoon at the Memorial building with Mrs. Herbert Brown presiding. The group voted to donate $5 to the Salvation Army. A reading contest entertained the attendees, featuring Mrs. Guy Ritter, Mrs. Early Robertson, and Mrs. F. S. Tinder.
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Princeton Woman's Club
Memorial Building
Herbert Brown
Salvation Army
Guy Ritter
Early Robertson
F. S. Tinder
Sixty eight federal prisoners held in Mercer County jail
Sixty eight federal prisoners are incarcerated in the Mercer county jail awaiting action of the district federal court in Bluefield next week. Most are held for illegal liquor offenses, with a few charged with operating moonshine stills. Jim Stacy and Walker Blankenship are charged with breaking into a United States post office. There are now 175 prisoners in the facility.
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Mercer County
District Federal Court
Bluefield
Mercer
Jim Stacy
Walker Blankenship
United States
Hoagland French
Welch
United States Post Office
Princeton Personal Harbors News From Bluefield and D C Trips
Miss Julia Covey and Miss Martha Lee Jackson visited Bluefield Virginia with Mr. and Mrs Freddie Amato Jr. A B Croy and wife will visit Washington DC two weeks and be joined by daughter Kitty. W D Shuff and Mary Elizabeth plan Roanoke trip after Beckley visit. Nellie Nash of Lewisburg visits Princeton. Mrs W V Peck and Emma Peck visit relatives in Washington. Baptist convention attendees include Mrs Hartley Sanders Mrs T M Johnson Mrs Jim Crotty and Miss Alfreda Fry. Mrs W E Oney and William Edward Jr visit Richmond relatives two weeks.
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Martha Lee Jackson
Bluefield
Freddie Amato Jr
A. B. Croy
Highland Avenue
Washington, D. C
Kitty
W. D. Shuff
Mary Elizabeth
Beckley
Roanoke
Nellie Nash
Lewisburg
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Emma Peck
Washington
Buchanan
Hartley Sanders
T. M. Johnson
Jim Crotty
Alfreda Fry
W. E. Oney
William Edward Jr
Mies Sue Oney
Richmond
Radio Program Schedule Listing
The schedule lists performances and time slots including Harold Stern Orchestra Amos and Andy, Tony and Gue, Ink Spots Negro Quartet Eddie Duchin, Shandor and his Violin, Gibbonse west repeat Don Lopez and Orchestra and a Twin Cities dance segment with various bands and acts.
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Amos 'N' Andy
Tony
Gue—weet
Ink Spots
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Shandor
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West
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Twin Cities
Local court actions including fines and civil suits
Thurman E. Hodges fined $100 and jailed twelve months for family neglect after Matoaka magistrate finds non support. Bob Shrader fined $100 and thirty days in jail for check with insufficient funds in Athens. civil suits filed by Mrs. Lillie Agnew against Claude L. Aliff for $10,000 and Leonia Thaxton against Asa Thaxton in chancery. Justice C. E. Susong appointed to East River district duties to replace the late W. T. Bivens with bond posted.
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Hodges
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Bob Shrader
Magiagrate J. W. Wirtz
Athens
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Lillie Agnew
Claude L. Aliff
Leonia Thaxton
Asa Lee Thaxton
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East River District
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Fiduciary Order Appoints W. R. Duncan
A fiduciary order appoints W. R. Duncan as fiduciary in a probate matter. The appointment specifies duties and responsibilities under the court’s directive and outlines the scope of authority granted. The filing records the order and names the court overseeing the case.
Don't let your name appear as delinquent for 1934 taxes
Public notice from J. C. Fanning, Sheriff and Treasurer, warns residents to avoid delinquency on 1934 taxes. See further details elsewhere in the paper for the official notice and filing deadlines.
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J. C. Fanning
Fiduciary Order Appoints Estate Appraisers
The estate of J. H. Duncan is placed under a fiduciary order in the county clerk's office. A bond of $600 is provided. C. E. Bradberry Carper Collins and Ra leight Belcher are named as appraisers of the estate.
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C. E. Bradberry
Carper Collins
Raleight Belcher
Will of Annie L. Hutton admitted to probate in Bluefield
The will dated February 14 1924 of Annie L Hutton of Bluefield was admitted to probate yesterday in the county clerk's office. The estate goes to her husband Walter J Hutton. Benjamin F Creech extension animal husbandman WV University will visit Princeton tomorrow to help Col EB Shaw sheep specialist grade wool in the Mercer county wool pool with demonstrations starting at 10 am.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Princeton
Lowery G. Bowling
Mercer County
State Association of County Clerks
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Bluefield
Walter J. Hutton
Benjamin F. Creech
College of Agriculture
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Colonel Shaw
Trawler Skipper Bitten by Shark
In Mammoth Cave Kentucky the trapped body of an ancient Floyd Collins was guarded while chemically treated to preserve it. Archeologists fear sightseers may damage the site before identifying who he was and how he came to the cave. Botanists note celestial fig trees start hearing the third year after planting.
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Floyd Collins
Mammoth Cave National Park
Columbus
America
Welch and McDowell County News Briefs
Reports detail the McElroy shooting in War with Waters missing after a confrontation with Elroy's wife. McElroy, a Carter Coal employee and United Mine Workers vice president, died from gunshot wounds amid tense local sentiment. Also noted are a Havaco fatal shooting and a state welfare plan to open a two month relief camp near Japper to aid undernourished children in McDowell County their housing and care details.
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Carter Coal Company
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United Mine Workers of America
McDowell County
Roy Roop
Havaco
Dave W. Wolf
Wolf
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Surrey
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Charleston
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Harman
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Turner
Colored Children's Camp to Open in McDowell County
The first camp in West Virginia will establish a health center for colored children in McDowell County. The effort aims to provide medical services and support within the newly organized facility.
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West Virginia
Body of Ancient Explorer Found
Manuel Chalor, 31, skipper of a fishing trawler near North Wildwood New Jersey, reported being bitten by a 15 foot shark that leaped into his open dory and seized his arm.Crewmates threw wood to fend off the shark as it slipped back into the sea after the attack.
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N. J
Manuel Chalor
Tennis Peril: Henrietta Jung Aims for National Women’s Title
A young Chinese-American prodigy named Henrietta Jung, aged 11, rises as a national women’s tennis contender. Trained on San Francisco playground courts, she has emerged as a future star with early signs of top-level performance.
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United States
Henrietta Jung
San Francisco
Court adjourns after deliberations in Payne estate suit
After an hour of deliberation the circuit court adjourned yesterday afternoon and will resume this morning in the dam ére case of Belle Payne administratrix of W H Payne deceased against Ray Buckberry and W T Rye to seek a verdict. Closing arguments ended about 5 o clock and Judge B F Howard adjourned court. Mr Payne, a prominent English merchant, was killed several months ago in a crash between an automobile and a truck at English.
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W. H. Payne
Ray Buckberry
W. T. Rye
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Payne
Welch Personal News Highlights Local Families Abroad and Visits
Welch notes include Mr and Mrs John C Summers and children traveling to their Abingdon Virginia country home for weeks. Miss Eliza Williamson of Bluefield arrives to visit sister Louisa Williamson at Welch Emergency hospital. Frankie Lafolle returns from Williamson after a dance and visiting friends. Betty Smith, formerly of Welch now in Erwin Pennsylvania, visits for several weeks. she attended Carnegie Tech last term. The Kentucky Reformatory at Frankfort recently housed 3000 inmates though it was built for half that number.
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Jack
Eugenia
Abingdon
Eliza Williamson
Bluefield
Welch
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Welch Emergency Hospital
Frankie Lafolle
Williamson
Betty Smith
Erwin, Pa
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Carnegie Tech
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Frankfort
War Man Held for U S Court on Liquor Count
Police in War arrest Ernest Perry for untaxed liquor as part of the Mose McElroy murder investigation. Perry, arraigned before U S Commissioner Hoagland French, was ordered held for federal court in Bluefield next week, unable to post 1000 bond. McElroy was slain Tuesday night in Perry's home. officers, including State Trooper Crit Hall and Deputies Clyde Bruce and Bellany, seized the liquor during searches.
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Ernest Perry
U. S
Hoagland French
Perry
Federal
Bluefield
McEory
Crit Hall
Clyde Bruce
Bellany
Roop Funeral Rites Held For Local Victim
Last rites were held today in North Wilkesboro for Bob Roop of Havace slain Monday noon after an argument with Dave W. Wolf who is jailed on an open murder charge. Funeral services were to be followed by interment.
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N. C
Bob Roop
Havace
Roop
Dave W. Wolf
Wolf
Ple County
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Home Drug Co Ad Promotes Liver and Gall Bladder Remedies
Local advertisement urges avoiding surgery for gall stone colic by at home treatment. It promotes a recognized practitioner’s prescription on liver and gall bladder troubles from Home Drug Co at 189 No Fourth St Minneapolis. Claims 30 years of literature based treatment with money back guarantee. Clip this out.
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Fourth St
Minneapolis
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