Bailey Lumber Model Gold Key Home Opens to Public
The Bailey Lumber Company's Model Gold Key home, “The Home of Today and Tomorrow,” opens June 25 on Albemarle Street in Trene Manor South Bluefield. Visitors see 20 points of superiority, with first showing unfurnished until July 2 and second showing furnished with floors and appliances. clip a free inspection coupon to gain admission.
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Bailey Lumber Company
Albemarle Street
Trene Manor
South Bluefield
Lumber Company
Bailey Lumber
City moves to adopt zoning to protect real estate values
Bluefield officials authorize a city zoning program led by Morris Knowles Corp with Wilfred Jupeniaz as charge. The plan aims to prevent depreciation of property values from improper use and follows a validated standard from prior referendums. Work starts, plans for a new swimming pool PW A project are to be prepared, and traffic measures include a stop sign at Bland Road and Oakhurst Avenue with a slow sign for incoming traffic.
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Board of Directors
Municipal
Bluefield
Mitchell
PWA
Bland Road
Oakhurst Avenue
Oakhurst
City and Coalfield Items of Local Meeting Notes
City board discusses softball lot improvements on East Princeton avenue and use of chain gang labor. Protests against a gasoline station, building permits approved for eight applicants, road repairs urged on Graham road, light installation requested, and various licenses and payrolls approved. Missing directors noted. James H. Martin presided.
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National Park-o-Graf Corp
Sidney J. Kwass
A. C. Chambers
Bluefield Avenue
Hale Land Company
White
Heawa
James H. Martin
Farmer Victim of Accidental Shot at Rocky Gap Farm
Oliver Wynn Crabtree aged 59 died yesterday morning at his Rocky Gap farm when he fell and accidentally shot himself. He was a resident for years and leaves a wife Lula Davis Crabtree and children Wm. J. Crabtree of Charleston, Mrs. T. R. Gregory of Rocky Gap, plus brothers and sisters including Tom Crabtree Bethany, John Crabtree Poolsville, George Crabtree Tazewell, and Mrs Lee Buchanan. Funeral services are set for Kinser's chapel at 2 PM with burial in Crabtree cemetery.
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Oliver Wynn Crabtree
Rocky Gap
Crabtree
Gabriel
Susan Crabtree
Tazewell County
Kinser’s Chapel
Lula Davis
Wm. J. Crabtree
Charleston
W. Va
T. R. Gregory
Tom Crabtree
Bethany
John Crabtree
Poolsville
George Crabtree
Tazewell
Lee Buchanan
Stowers of Cove Creek Dies of Heart Attack
W H Stowers a Cove Creek farmer died suddenly at his home yesterday afternoon from a heart attack suffered while working in the harvest field. He was a native of the area and well regarded by neighbors. His wife Mrs Stowers had died years earlier. Surviving children include Henry and Gratton Stowers of Bluefield West Virginia and Wiley and Reynolds Stowers of Cove Creek.
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W. H. Stowers
Cove Creek
Puneral
Stowers
Henry and
Gratton Stowers
Bluefield
W. Va
Wiley and Reynolds Stowers
McColgan Rites At Norton Today
Last rites will be held at Norton this afternoon for Harry McColgan 18, a widely known retired Norfolk and Western Railway worker who died last Monday after a brief illness. Burial will follow in a nearby cemetery. McColgan was a brother of Mrs. R. C. Blackstock of Bluefield.
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Norton
Co. Ves
Harry
Norfolk
Noree Olgan
R. C. Blackstock
Bluefield
Mrs Harvey Mullens Dies In Princeton
Mrs. Harvey Mullens 79 died at 2 30 yesterday at her home 319 Mercer street after illness. Funeral 2 30 this afternoon at Pentecostal Holiness church led by Rev Bane Underwood. A Pineville native, she lived in Princeton 30 years and was a Holiness church member. Survived by husband one sister Mrs Elizabeth Cook of Pineville two brothers Theo Sizemore and John Sizemore both of Kegley one son W F Mullens of Princeton.
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Harvey Mullens
Mercer Street
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bane Underwood
Mullens
Pineville
Princeton
Holiness Church
Elizabeth Cook
Theo Sizemore
Sizemore
Kegley
Lester Brenn- M. F. Stone
Shilo
W. FP. Mullens
Prisoners Held Distant From Mercer County Court
Judge M clintic blasts Washington for denying jail funding and forcing prisoners to be moved to Logan or other distant facilities. He argues prisoners lose rights to legal counsel family contact and witness access, with limited time to arrange bonds or consult local lawyers.
Prisoners rights argued in Mercer County court
Judge McClintic decries federal jail restrictions harming defendants and their access to counsel and witnesses. He warns the system curtails due process and calls for proper defense before a jury. Beasley chairs the grand jury with a diverse slate of members from Bluefield, Welch, Princeton and surrounding areas.
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Washington
Mercer County
Federal Court
Grand Jury
Ore
McClintic
G. H. Crumpecker
Chance
Prison Board
R. F. Beasley
Jake Lester
Hanover
Wyoming County
E. E. Cooke
Windom
W. F. Pennington
Matoaka
Fred A. Harris
College Avenue
Bluefield
Arthur Sarrett
Arnette
Raleigh County
R. L. Martin
Anawalt
J. Taylor Frazier
Heatherwood Road
J. T. Evans
Beckley
G. 8. Miller
Bramwell
Wm. Law
Welch
J. P. Cofer
Dearborn Street
Dom Castrodale
Conley
Emer
Oscar Board
Kimball
G. W. Francisco
Brush Fork Road
Frank McKenzie
Princeton
E. R. Cantley
East Beckley
E. G. Cook
Jesse
Oliver Beckner
Elkhorn
Japanese Campaign Aims to End Interference in Central China
Officials report ongoing talks with Japanese authorities in the Central China occupied zone to secure withdrawal from American properties and to permit missionaries to resume posts. Lockhart and his staff hold daily discussions to press for these objectives.
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Central China
Lockhart
Fire damages home on Third Street. losses estimated
A morning fire at 301 Third Street caused damage estimated at 35 dollars to a residence occupied by Mr and Mrs Edward Brown. Local firefighters responded but there were no reports of injuries. Authorities continue to investigate the blaze.
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Third Street
Edward Brown
New
Fire Rips Through Home Owned by Mrs J R Rammage
Tenants attempted to start a fire in the kitchen stove but the stove pipe was not connected to the flue. Sparks shot out and ignited the room as the home owned by Mrs J R Rammage burned.
No One Held Blame for Wreck of Milwaukee Train
A coroner jury in Miles City Montana found no one responsible for the Milwaukee Railroad Olan wreck as rescued workers continued sifting twisted steel. A body later pulled from the Yellowstone River at Sidney was identified as P F Schultz a Milwaukee passenger aged 63 of Illinois. Sheriff Edgar Taylor reported another man and woman were found in the Yellowstone near Fallon bringing total identified to 26 of 34 known victims with 16 still missing.
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Miles City
Mont
Milwaukee Railroad
Yellow Stone River
Sidney
Custer Creek
P. F. Schultz
Edgar Taylor
Yellowstone River
Fallon
Lehman Seeks Democratic Nod for U S Senate Seat
New York Governor Herbert Lehman said he would accept the party nomination to succeed Senator Royal Land if the Democrats want him to run. His surprise announcement follows the late senator's death and reshapes New York politics with a potential wide open gubernatorial battle and Republican planning.
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New York
Senate
Royal S. Copeland
Herbert H. Lehman
United States
Royal Land
Oncer
Washingon
Lehman
Roosevelt
Senator Land
Roosevelt notes 1937 national income rise and PWA partnership
In a news conference at his home, President Roosevelt said the Commerce Department reported 1937 national income slightly above earlier estimates. He highlighted that average full time wages fell 9 percent since 1929, while the 1937 cost of living was 15 percent lower, supporting a relatively better wage picture. He described PWA as a growing public works partnership, noting cities and public bodies could fund over half of total improvements with federal help.
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Commerce Department
Roosevelt
United States
PWA
PWA payroll reallocates funds to workers nationwide
Roosevelt marked PWA's fifth anniversary noting 25,000 projects nationwide and $2,000,000 in material releases. He described two and a half workers employed per project and that 36 cents of each dollar goes to payroll while 64 cents funds production elsewhere.
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PWA
Roosevelt
Settlement Ends Mellon Tax Case Involves Art Treasures
Washington reports a 660000 settlement in the three million dollar income tax dispute over the estate of Andrew W. Mellon. The accord closes litigation over valued art treasures once housed in czarist palaces and a 1913 McClintic Marshall stock share. Mellon died last August and had denounced the suit as political persecution.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
McClintic-Marshall Corporation
Secretary of Treasury
Government ii
Mellon
Hague Trial Adjourned After Injunction Request
Plaintiffs rest in the Hague Trial as the court adjourns to Thursday for argument on several points including the validity of a blanket subpoena directed at Jersey City counsel on high C. 1 A. C. L. U. officials.
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Jersey City
Legion Outing Set for Thursday at B'nai B'rith Camp
Plans are complete for a legion jamboree sponsored by Bluefie Post No. 9 in honor of the ladies auxiliary at the B'nai B'rith camp on Wolf Street. The Legion and auxiliary committees, including G T. Leslie and John Cahill, will assemble on Raleigh Street in front of Lowman's Rooms at 5 15 PM with transportation provided for those without cars. Captain C E Prazee will supply music for dancing and assist with the program despite weather concerns.
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B’nai B’rith
Bland County
Legionnaires
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Bluefie Post No. 9
Wolf
American Legion
Auxiliary
Raleigh Street
Lowman's
C. E. Prazee
Awaive
G T. Leslie
John W. Cahill
John C. Hall
Trubie R. Fox
H. P. Walters
L- E. Poe
Ray Elliott
Jewish Persecution Trial Echoes on Stock Floor Protests
Yesterday's order barring Jews from stock exchange floors triggered a drop in activity. The German press spoke out on the anti semitic campaign with Voelkischer Beobachter calling opponents “an unseen swamping force.” The passage mentions Hitler and Austria and notes the public mood in Berlin.
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Adolf Hitler
Voelkischer Beobachter
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