Glipper Flight Completes 42 Hour Transatlantic Crossing
The clipper flight by Air France linked New York to Marseille via Lisbon in a 42 hour 650 mile route. Captain Culbertson steered the winged ship through Tagus waters and over Portugal’s farms before heading toward Marseille for the return flight to America.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
Prance
New Y
Lisbon
New York
Air France
America
Biarritz
Libson
Ae ‘Ork
Horene
Provisions To Extend Tax Bill Face House Opposition
The Ways and Means Committee proposed an amendment to extend the profits tax and other excise measures but was defeated. The bill predicts an annual government loss of 635 million dollars if enacted while claiming the changes would boost business activity. It preserves or renews nuisance taxes such as securities issues stock transfers lubricants electrical energy tires and matches among others with various expiration dates.
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Ways and Means Committee
The
and Means Committee
Treasury
North Charleston votes down incorporation
Citizens of North Charleston, a suburb of Charleston, rejected incorporation in a special election by 555 to 109. The community comprises about 540 homes near the state capital.
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Charleston
W. Va
North Charleston
Weather Forecast for West Virginia Showers and Warmup
Local showers and thunderstorms expected in West Virginia with a slight warmup. Outlook calls for showers Tuesday and Wednesday with a modest rise in temperatures especially in the northeast portion.
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West Virginia
Naval inquiry opens in Squalus disaster
The inquiry questions if a signal light could read closed while the main induction valve stayed open. Lt Naquin is to testify tomorrow and give his first sworn account of the Squalus loss on May 21 as the crew reenacts the final dive under officers monitoring with a stopwatch.
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Mckee
Naquin
Sculpin
Sorenen
Japanese blockade raised amid war tensions
A Japanese military spokesman denounced a British concession as a branch office of the Chungking government and warned other nations against aiding Britain in possible reprisals tied to London’s economic measures. A mediator suggestion for Tokyo was noted in the dispatch.
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Jentsin
Tokyo
Chungking
London
Britain Delays Reprisals Over Japan Tientsin Crisis
London reports Britain will defer retaliation against Japan until Tokyo clarifies its China policy. Cabinet foreign affairs committee weighed measures after Japan blocked the British concession at Tientsin. Chamberlain, Halifax and ambassadors discussed settlement, with Britain maintaining close contact with France and the United States.
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London
Britain
Japan
Tokyo
China
Foreign Affairs Committee
Cabinet
Tientsin
Chamberlain
Halifax
Mamoru Igemitsu
Robert Sae Craigie
Foreign Office
Sovernmans
Hancock Returns Home From London Visit
Witt Hancock, London AP Bureau member, is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs C B Hancock in Bluefield after attending the New York World's Fair and visiting Albany New York. He plans a six week vacation and has covered major events in England including royal abdication coronation and the Munich crisis.
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Hancock
England
Edward
George VI
Munich
Bicycle Safety Parade to Highlight V F W Encampment
The Southern Pioneer Post Bicycle Safety club will sponsor a bike division in the V F W encampment parade set for June 23 to 25. Riders must wear white, decorate their bikes, and arrive at least ten hours before the start. Entries are collected at the Bluefield Automobile Club near the West Virginian hotel.
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Southern Pioneer Post Bicycle Safety Club
T. R. Snider
Allentries
Southern Pioneer Post
Bluefield Automobile Club
West Virginian Hotel
Concord State Teachers College News Summary
Summer enrollment reaches 697 at Concord State Teachers College with classes starting June 5. Many students are teachers seeking certificates, while others continue winter session work. staff include Cecil Gibson and Professor Richard Nebinger. Notable appointments include Glenna Gott at McComas High and Ramona Bresnahan as Thorn School music teacher. Harvey Shumate takes car education at Springton.
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Concord State Teachers’ College
Anngeaa
Concord
Glenna Gott
Princeton
McComas High School
Gladys West
Athens
Bramwell
John Hurley
Meadow Bridge
Barger School
Juanita 5
Weyanoke
Ramona Bresnahan
Thorn School
Ann Forlines
Henrietta Mahoood
Luise Lentz
Bluefield
Harvey Milton Shumate
Springton
New Instructors Join Concord Faculty for Summer
Six new instructors join Concord for the summer session. Dr Boris Dressler from City College of New York exchanges places with Dr Woodrow Eckard. Jackson E Guernsey of Wilkesboro Pa substitutes for Professor Ovid M McMillion. Harvey Rice, a former Concord student, teaches in history at Ohio State and now conducts classes in history. Miss Mary Chedister and Miss Faye Cooper also join as teaching staff with other new hires and graduate credentials noted.
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Concord
Boris Dressler
City College of New York
Woodrow Eckard
Jackson E. Guernsey
Wilkesboro
Ovid M. McMillion
Wilkesboro Academy
Seebee
Harvey Rice
Ohio State
Mary Chedister
Joseph T. Vochon
Vochon
West Virginia University
Reunion marks Dr. Robertson class president at Amherst 1929 group
Dr. Robertson head of the English department returned from the Am herst Agricultural College tenth reunion in Amherst Massachusetts. He is permanently president of the class of 1929. Elizabeth Orton, a University of Corseas dramatics major, Chapel Concord alumna and Concord players member, is connected to the event. Twelve members of the summer session realism class toured the Beckley newspaper plant. The group included Norine Holston Marjorie Bird Onal Robertson Virginia Wilder Jack Tracktir Charles Miller Harry Cooper Lucy Kate Bradley.
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Robertson
Amherst Agricultural Oowens
Amherst
Massachusets
Gumus Teres
Elizabeth Orton
The
Univers of — Coreiin
Ee Chapel
Beckley
Becklevy Post Herald
Norine Holston
Marjorie Bird
Onal Robertson
Virginia Wilder
Jack Tracktir
Charlies Miller
Harry Cooper
Lucy Kate Bradley
Deaths and Funerals Ida Mae Cole
Ida Mae Cole 5 daughter of Mason D. Cole and Bertha Quesen died after two year illness. Funeral held at Nazarene church yesterday at 3 PM with Rev. C B Hail and Rev. W D McGraw officiating. Burial at Monte Vista. Pallbearers were Carl Jones Walter Cassidy Ira Neal Jr Emmett Stewart. Ida Mae born November 14 1933 in Bluefield. Her parents and four brothers J D Jimmie Mason and Jackie survive.
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Ida Mae Cole
Nazarene Church
Mason D. Cole
C. B. Hail
W. D. McGraw
Monte Vistark
Carl Jones
Walter Cassidy
Ira Neal, Jr
Emmett Stewart
Ida Mae
Bluefield
Bertha Quesen
Pulaski
J. D. Jimmie
Mason
Jackie
FDR Seeks House Vote on Neutrality Plan This Term
A broad group of senators endorses compromise on repeal of the arms embargo. The Hull neutrality bill may advance in the House next week with aim to start Senate consideration around July 1. House leaders plan three day recesses as the neutrality debate continues.
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Pos
Hull
Adistration Press
House
Senate
Holston Orphanage Homecoming Set for June 23
The Holston Orphanage at Greenville Tennessee will hold its annual homecoming on June 23. All friends and former students of the Methodist institution are invited to attend the all day event hosted by the orphanage superintendent.
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Greenville, Tenn
Methodist Institution
Bowers Nomination Confirmed by Senate
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Bowers as ambassador to Chile. The chamber also confirmed C. Wilson of Florida as ambassador to an unspecified post and Douglas Jenkins of South Carolina as minister to an unnamed country.
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Bowers
Senate
Washington
Nomin
New York
Chile
Ae C. Wilson
Florida
One
Doulas Jenkins
Carolina
Convict Refuses to Testify in Kramer Murder Trial
Kingwood West Virginia June 19 a convict Arthur Raymond Teets formerly of Moundsville refused to testify against Raymond Dale Kramer in a five year old murder charge. Teets had been sentenced to life in 1934 for the killing of 12 year old James Gillis a greenhouse keeper near Terra Alta on November 16 1934.
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Kingwood
W. Va
West Virginia
Moundsville
Raymond Dale Kramer
Pt. Margion
Arthur Raymond Teets
James Gillis
Teets
Kramer
Gillis
Herve
Terra Alta
Virginia mine gas heard at Norton case before commission
The Virginia unemployment board heard that miners did not return to work due to a labor dispute. About 1.6 million dollars is involved as compensation and the commission plans to select three real cases: union men, non-union miners, and company men affected by suspensions.
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H. M. Bandy
C. Peery
Virginia Coal Operators Association
Wisconsin posse hunts badman fugitive Olson after killings
Olson, sought for car thefts and liquor store robberies, fled after escaping a traffic officer with his wife. He shot and killed deputies Carl Johnson and Fred Scott during a cabin arrest attempt, exchanged fire with posse members, and escaped by boat down the Chippewa River leaving a suicide note.
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Olson
Carl
Dolly) Johnson
Fred Scott
West Fork
Chippewa River
Virginian Clerks Deny Union Affiliation at Princeton
A delegation of Virginian Railway clerks visited Daily Telegraph Bureau manager E W Anderson at Princeton to deny ties to Mercer lodge of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. They asserted most Virginian clerks there had not joined the brotherhood and were not affiliated with the lodge.
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Princeton
E. W. Anderson
Daily Telegraph
Ly Telegraph
Institution of
Lodge
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Anderson
Mercer Lodge
The
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Bradley's offers deep discounts on coats dresses and suits
Cotton crepe gowns and pajamas sold up to 1.95 with some soiled items 75c at Pretwell's. Forty jackets at 1.95 all wool hides. Sixty six dresses and twenty seven wool jackets at Bradley's plus thirty five tailored and dressmaker suits reduced for quick clearance. Hair tuning by Harry Haffen of Roanoke available by appointment. Enter Bluefield Business College 603 Bai 474 W H Cunningham.
Auto Club Begins License Tag Service Expansion
The Bluefield Automobile club inaugurated its annual 24 hour license service, a program started 14 years ago enabling owners to order plates and receive them in 24 hours. With new facilities and full time staff, the club expects to more than double this service, and applications can be left at several parking locations for daily processing and delivery by train No. 3.
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Bluefield Automobile Club
Bluefield Club
Princeton Avenue
Monroe Street
Vencill and
Ball Esso
Bluefield Avenue
Hoge Street
Snserinm
Roomie Ot
Assu
Report of Tommy Smith Will Be Investigated
Bathurst New Brunswick June 19 Canadian Press Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they would investigate a farmer's report of an airplane motor and explosion the day Thomas K Smith took off from Old Orchard Maine on May 28 no word has been heard of the pilot since.
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Bathurst
N. B
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New Brunswick
Thomas K
Smith
Old Orchard
Burke Warns Third Term Threatens Democracy
Burke asserts a third term would weaken democracy and cites Jefferson and Jackson as founders of the tradition against third terms. He rebukes calls for re-election by Ickes and cautions the Democratic Party against abandoning Jeffersonian and Jacksonian ideals.
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Burke
Ickes
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Jefferson
Jackson
Police Fraternity Represented at West Virginia Meet
Mercer Lodge No. 80 of the Fraternal Order of Police is represented by three delegates at the grand lodge meeting opening in Clarksburg West Virginia. Delegates include R. B. Son Jr and Charlie Fox from Bluefield Police Department and K. L. Richards, former Princeton police officer.
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Mercer Lodge No. 80
Fraternal Order of Police
Grand Lodge of
West Virginia
Clarksburg
R. B.son, Jr
Charlie Fox
Bluefield
K. L. Richards
Princeton
Outbreak of Bombs Shocks Haifa Port Area
Nine men died in explosions in Haifa with six more killed in July 1926 and Arabs crowding the government hospital morgue tonight. Bombs believed to be from outlying districts hidden in vegetable baskets caused the blast spree around the German consulate. An unidentified Jew was beaten in a street fight as new bombs exploded near the Jaffa Tel Aviv border with no reported injuries.
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Pision
Market Place
Ernment Hospital
Haifa
Jaffa
Tel Aviv
Wreck Victim In Grave Condition In Virginia Farm Incident
An eye witness reports a crash near Ceres Virginia where a vehicle was wrecked. Victim in grave condition was examined along with others by Wytheville doctors after the collision involving the International machine. No other injuries were confirmed and the farm at the scene lies seven miles from the county home.
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Wytheville More
Dix
May
Boy
Scott
Ceres
Breaks the Bank: Gambling Spin Ends in Tragedy
In Bucharest on June 19 Isidore Thal a 40 year old store owner went on a gambling run at Sinaia to win big, turning 35 cents into 7000 dollars before collapsing and dying across the room.
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Bucharest
Isidore Thal
Sinaia Asino
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