Norfolk and Western Veterans Hold Fifth Annual Meet in Roanoke
About 1500 Norfolk and Western Railway veterans gathered in Roanoke Virginia for the fifth annual Norfolk and Western Veterans Association convention. A diamond insignia was awarded to eight 60 year plus members, and officers were elected as Col Robert Henry and I Cheyney addressed the assembly and a New York Chatterbox revue entertained attendees.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk and Western Veterans Association
A. C. Needles
New York
Robert 8. Henry
Washington, D. C
Association of American Railroads
I. Cheyney
Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Needles
H. C. Weller
Norfolk
Samuel §. Henry
Treasury Department
Charles M. Lawhorn
Adam A. Grubb
East Radford
Henry F. Greenwood
W- B. Moss
Thomas D. Wright
Arcadia
Chas. H. Wright
N. W
R. J. Snapp
Elkton
L. C. Ayers
R. Yr. Phenix
W. C. Kelly
M. E. Jones
Floyd E. Chabot
Association
W. B. Carter
Veterans
Chabot
Two Hurt in Route 61 Crash Near North Tazewell
In Tazewell County Virginia a Friday afternoon crash on Route 61 near North Tazewell left Mrs. Walter Peery with severe cuts and bruises and Mrs. Martha Rash with minor injuries. Driver John Alton Howery fled the scene and faces a driving while intoxicated charge after being arrested in Liberty. The group from Liberty had gone to the courthouse to obtain a marriage license for Howery and Mrs. Rash before the wreck to Bluefield en route to Liberty for the ceremony when the car hit a pole and was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
North Tazewell
Walter Peery
Bluefield
Martha Rash
Liberty
John Alton Howery
Howery
Rash
Bluefield Lions Club Ranks Third in West Virginia
Bluefield Lions Club is the third largest in the state. Delegates to the state convention at Charleston reported last week that the Bluefield club led in state achievements and was praised for work among the blind. Total state growth in membership last year reached 76. D. E. Templeton spoke on business sessions and Dick Bowman on social aspects.
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Bluefield Lions Club
West Virginia
Charleston
D. E. Templeton
Dick Bowman
Bluefield Club
Harpers Ferry
House
Senate
Funeral for Kin in Williamsburg
Mrs. H. G. Steele and Mrs. W. S. Penn travel to Williamsburg Virginia to attend the funeral of their cousin Herman Graybeal 35 who died Friday in Moundville West Virginia. Graybeal a guard at the West Virginia penitentiary is survived by his wife and two children. Funeral service and burial take place in Williamsburg today.
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H. G. Steele
W. S. Penn
Williamsburg
Herman Graybeal
Moundaville
W. Va
Graybeal
West Virgina Penitentary
Akron Liquor Raid Roundup Nets Dozens In City
Federal agents and plainclothes officers rounded up about 50 people in Akron for a vice and bootleg liquor cleanup. One city patrolman and a wrestling promoter were arrested at beer gardens they operate. Newsmen were barred from the scene and identities or charges were not released.
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Akron
W. K. Bruner
Beer Gardens
Local Retail and Service Notices From City and Coalfield
Fretwell's offers traveling salts in brown black and fuchsia sizes 14 to 20 at 2.94 on Monday. Mary Lee Beauty Shop promotes permanents hair dyeing and tinting with graduate specialists and a fast drying system. Bradley's on Bland Street promotes new cotton dresses hosiery and sheer dresses with various sizes and a Woodmen of the World meeting on June 22. Warlicks advertises trade in old coal ranges for new.
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Fretwell's
Bland St
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Fight over Two Thirds Rule Divides Party Powers
Farley predicts a near unanimous party backing while acknowledging likely floor debate over abandoning the two thirds rule. Opponents are strongest in the south as Roosevelt forces push for majority rule amid a historic struggle to empower northern and western states.
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Farley
South
Roosevelt
British leaders seek US join in League to curb aggression
War seemed impractical due to the United States stance. A plan urged inviting the United States and other non members to join the League of Nations to prevent further aggressions.
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United Stas
United States
Llague
Napo
Local Society Notes and Family News from Powhatan Kyle
June 20 Powhatan Kyle reports a Lad ies Aid meeting set for June 26 at Mrs W F Leedy s home. New baby girl Etta Matilda born June 12 to Luther Lemon and his wife formerly Eva Yates. Various visits and social news include relatives from Tip Top Saltville Roanoke Princeton Henry Clay and Cincinnati. swimming director Bessie Lawton to Camp Roland. music studies in Cincinnati. and travel to Rock and Winding Gulf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Leedy
Lewis Campbell
Loretta
Saltville
W. M. Lunsford
Will Glover
Roanoke
John Armstrong
Sue Cole
Princeton
James Richardson
Margaret Courtney
Henry Clay, Ky
David Richardson
John Richardson
Jolo
George Richardson
H. M. Dickereon
Craig Healing Springs
Marquess of Crumpler
H. B. Sheets
W. Openshaw
Son Allen
Vivian
J. Lawton
Frances Galvin
Carlos McPeak
J. M. Yates
Elkhorn
Wee Bee
Cincinnati
Ohio
Conservatory of Music
Ida Cole
Bluefield
P. H. Leedy
Pittsburgh
Charles Allen
Rock
Bessie Lawton
Camp Roland
Cather Miles
Winding Gulf
Sanders Named to Head Committee
A local meeting featured Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield promoting organization and registration integrity. Speakers included W. Cody Fletcher J Sam Bennett Claude S Bailey Fred M Hawley Kyle McCormick Howell M Tanner and W L Morrison. The committee thanked Hawley and Jim Shott for retiring.
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W. L. Morrison
Fred M. Hawley
Jim H. Shott
Third Party Plans Meet Amid North Dakota Faction Clash
Charleston West Virginia June 20 the new Union party led by Representative Lemke North Dakota may seek ballot access in West Virginia for the presidential election. Secretary of State OBrien notes state law requires a petition by 1 percent of voters before the general primary and that primary voting has closed. He cites potential fixes but doubts feasibility for a state wide entry.
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Charleston
W. Va
New
Union Party
Lemke
North Dakota
West Virginia
William S. O’brien
Secretary of State
National Union For Social Justice
Roosevelt
Landon
William Lemke
Boston
Thomas Charles O'Brien
The
Union Party of the United States
Virginia Side ABC Store Sees Holiday Rush After West Virginia Birthday
Consumers flocked to the Bluefield Virginia ABC store as West Virginia celebrated its birthday. The Virginia Side shop faced long lines and heavy patronage, with sales described as possibly the strongest since Bluefield WV liquor outlets opened. No official sales total was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virgina
ABC
Virginia
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia Legislature Passes Major Security Act
Lawmakers push through a $6 million yearly security act with three key changes including race based appointment rules in counties with over ten percent Black population and broad pension clause exemptions. Conference report also outlines liens on property and automatic shutdown if federal funds disappear.
Railroad Service Tied Up by Anti Japan Row
Shanghai June 21 Chinese students in an anti Japan protest blocked rail to Nanking demanding transport to the city They shouted for General Chiang and war against Japan causing the line to halt on orders from the national government Local defense patrols guarded rail properties and warned trains could be forced to stop The authorities expected service to resume within hours
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Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kak-Shek
Japan
Railroad taxes reduced by board public works
West Virginia railroads cut their tax assessments by 2 617 500 dollars in a decision by the board of public works. The move affects rail operations statewide and signals a notable tax relief for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board Public Works
Charleson
W. Va
West Virginia
Board of Public Works
Jimmy's Cafe Serves Shad Dish with Lemon Rice
A reader reports enjoying a meal at Jimmy's Cafe featuring broiled shad with melted butter, chopped relé, salt pepper and lemon rice, highlighting the flavors of the dish in a casual dining setting.
Lemke Coughlin Ticket Emerges Amid Broad 1936 Political Realignments
Rep. Lemke and Boston Democrat Thomas C. O'Brien announce the Union party ticket as Father Coughlin endorses them. The story also covers tax and ship subsidy bills, to adjournment fights, and La Follette, Smith, Landon, Knox strategy amid campaign realignments and veteran bonus payments.
Rush Holt Readers Fables In Filibuster Talk On Farm Debt Bill
Rush Holt cites Aesop fables during a filibuster as Congress debates Frazier Lemke money to refinance farm debts. Senate rejects the plan 34 to 17, attached to the coal bill, while chambers echo with charges of fraud and forgeries in AAA Texas. House clock midnight marks retirement of Samuel B. Hill from tax appeals board.
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White House
Senate House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Frazier
RND
Congress
Treasury-Post Office
Byrd
Id- A
Gerry
R-Ri
Treasury
Hastings
D-Del
Lafollette
House
Frazier-Lemke
R-Nd
Steiner
Rore
AAA
Texas
Oregonian
Whn
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Samuel B. Hill
D-Wash
Board of Tax Appeals
Hill
GOPS SEEK GLUE TO TRIPLE DEATHS
Report details a murder case in which a temple was pierced and Mrs Feely was stabbed in the chest. Detectives note no struggle and discuss the sequence of killings among victims and suggest how relatives observed the victim’s handedness might indicate a sequence of events. Detective Ralph Barton weighs possible motives and timing.
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Feely
Ralph Barton
Visiting relatives highlight Fort Snelling sergeant
Staff Sergeant E. A. Woodyard and Mrs. Woodyard of Minnesota are visiting at their aunt Mrs. M. Journell's home at 213 Spruce Street. Woodyard serves as communication chief at Fort Snelling, Minnesota Army Post.
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E. A. Woodyard
Woodyard
Minnesota, Minn
M. Journell
Spruce Street
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Jimmy's Serves Fried Soft Shell Crabs
An ad notes Jimmy's offers delicious fried live soft shell crabs as a devised dish for diners seeking seafood.
Switchback Siblings and Mine Foreman Injured in Separate Crashes
In Switchback West Virginia Little Tommy King ten son of Mr and Mrs King fractured his left wrist after a tree fall. Dr Peters treated him then he was sent to Bluefield sanitarium where the fracture was reduced and he returned home by evening. Dayton Belcher Pocahontas Fuel mine foreman sustained a deep head cut when his car wrecked near Angletipple Maybeury while returning from Bluefield and is recovering.
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W. Va
Tommy King
Dayton Belcher
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Angle Tipple
Maybeury
Belcher
Bluefield
Wampum Tribe initiates five at Sunday class meeting
Wampum Tribe No. 67 Red Men held a special class meeting Sunday at the Maybeury lodge hall. Five candidates were initiated and three were reinstated. Visitors attended from Bluefield and Bramwell Crumpler and Davy lodges.
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Maybeury Lodge
Bluefield
W. Va
Bramwell
Crumpler
Davy
Barnes Gillespie honeymoon trip ends in Maybeury
Mr and Mrs Barnes Gillespie return from their honeymoon and head to housekeeping in Maybeury. Mr Gillespie serves as superintendent for Pocahontas Fuel company, based locally.
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Mrs. Barnes Gillespie
Maybeury
Mr. Gillespie
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Births in Bluefield area announce two newborn sons
Mr and Mrs Jim Copolo welcome a son born June 16 weighing 13 pounds. Mr and Mrs Jim Stevenson report a son born June 16 at Bluefield Sanitarium weighing 6 pounds 14 ounces.
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Jim Copolo
Jim Stevenson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Series of Workplace Accidents Reported at Local Mines
Andrew Fastone injured at work on Wednesday with a badly hurt hand. Newt Bowman bruised and shaken after being struck by coal at work on Wednesday. John Shoda’s foot mashed in a mining accident at the Norfolk mine Wednesday.
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Andrew Fastone
Newt Bowman
John Shoda
Norfolk
Pythian Sisters Attend Tenth District Meeting in Crumpler
Members of Maybeury Temple 107 Pythian Sisters attended the Tenth district meeting at Crumpler West Virginia on a Wednesday. Names listed include Anna Noel M Hutchinson Ethel Callaway Sarah Shaw Rosa Shapard Elizabeth Little Lois Neal Caudil Annie James Florence Duff Sarah Slate Eva Shufflebarger Amelia Norris Coburn Flora Atkinson Nannie Dillon Lacy Hale Margaret Clemons Oscar Duff W C Myers of Upland Billie Padbury Ethel Sherman Gertrude Kirk Stella Bensey and George Carroll.
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Pythian Sisters
Maybeury Temple
Pythian
Tenth District
Crumpler
W. Va
Anna Noel
M. B. Mattie Hutchinson
P. C
Ethel Callaway
Sarah Shaw
Rosa Shapard
Elizabeth Little
Lois Neal
Caudil
Annie James
Florence Duff
Sarah Slate
Eva Shufflebarger
Amelia Norris
Coburn
Flora Atkinson
Nannie Dillon
Lacy Hale
Margaret Cl
Maybeury Methodist Church Board Meeting and Vacation School
The May buery Methodist church board of stewards met Monday evening at the parsonage. After business Mrs. Logan served an ice course. The two week vacation church school directed by Mrs. C. H. Spencer and Mrs. O. H. Logan closed Friday with a program to be presented Sunday at 4 45 p.m. at the church.
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Maybuery Methodist Church
Logan Sert
Maybeury Methodist Church
C. H. Spencer
O. H. Logan
Church meetings announced for Thursday and Friday evenings
The auxiliary meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 2 30 p m at the church. The Board of Christian Education will meet Friday at 7 45 p m at the home of Mr and Mrs C H White.
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Board of Christian Education
C. H. White
Footnote Care and Nurse Return Highlight Local Brief
Chester Tabor received treatment at the Bluefield sanitarium on Monday for an injured foot. Misses Helen and Agnes Foots, student nurses at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, have returned to duties after visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Foote. Roy Cook of Keystone, West Virginia, is continuing his local plans.
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Chester Tabor
Bluefield Sanitarium
Helen
Agnes Foots
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
A. T. Foote
Roy Cook
Keystone
W. Va
Local Social Notes Include Illness And Visitors
A series of social items reports illness and improving conditions at the Bluefield sanitarium Mrs Herman Gibson expected home next week plus Be A James age 73 a mumps patient. Many visits and weekend guests are listed including families and friends from Athens Spa N C Anawalt Matoaka and Huntington with several trips to North Carolina and Virginia suburbs.
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Herman Gibson
Bluefield
B. B. Roope
B. C. Poe
Bluefield Sanitarium
Mollie Hardy
Anawalt
J. R. Roach
Helen
Rowena Roach
W. H. Merriwether
Beckley
H. EB. Pudge
Dale Swisher
Harry and
George
W. F. Murray
Matoaka
W. Va
Cora Murray
T. J. Jenkins
Virginia Hearn
Charleston
L. A. Wilson
Elmer Bowman
Powhatan
W. D. Boone
Bessie
North Carolina
B. Moore
Eggieston
Ruth South
Dorothy Turpin
Kingsport
Tenn
C. G. Adams
I. T. Peters
Betty
Huntington
G. L. Counts
Jatlor Watson Whyte
Welch
Agnes Minnick
Chilhowle
J. A. Lesser
Floyd England
Maitland
Regale Jackson
Jackson
State Supreme Court Ends Work on Unfair Competition Claim
The Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co wins a new trial in a damages suit by Anthony Ross Allen who argued the employer intended to cause his injury. Allen had been riding a mine trip when a wooden trap door over the track caused damage. the court requires a specific intent to recover in such cases. Other decisions include Barbour reversing a ruling on drilling a second gas well and remanding royalty computations, Roane affirming $7,500 to Asbury Webb in a collision case, and Kanawha reversing an intermediate court verdict on receiving stolen goods due to a faulty indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Anthony Ross Allen
Raleigh
Allen
Barbour
Hope Natural Gas Company
Hoffman Trimble
Roane
Asbury Webb
O. F. Batten
J. D. McGraw
Batten
Kanawha
Carson Lewis
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Mary Lee Beauty Ship
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M. F. Thompson
Warlicks
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W. Forbes Morgan
National Democratic Committee
Philadelphia
Ayor W. A. Light
T. O'J. Wilson
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William Langer
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John J. Pelter
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Howard
Wood
Spillers
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Tucker
House of Delegates
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A. G. Mathews
Alexander M. Mahood
Public Service Commission
New State Racing Commission
Jimmy
Lily
Britain
Coughlin
Father Coughlin
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Lemke-Coughlin
Francis E. Townsend
Huey P. Long
Gerald L. K. Smith
Washington
la Follette Progressives
Bob
la Follette Progressive Party of
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Phil
Philly
Alfred EB. Smith
Tammy Elate
Frank Knox
Topeka
Icage
Kansas
James A. Farley
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Kammer Furniture CO
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