Dairymen hear Kump and officials at Lake Shawnee gathering
Governor Kump and top officials spoke before 500 dairy industry representatives at Lake Shawnee near Bluefield. The event, tied to the West Virginia Virginia Dairymen's Cooperative Association, highlighted farm taxes, home markets, and trucking regulation impacting Mercer McDowell Tazewell and Bland counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persens
Bluefield
H. G. Kump
Lake Shawnee
West Virginia-Virginia
Dairymen's Cooperative Association
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Bland
Kump
J. B. McLaughlin
W. C. Given
Ernest L. Bailey
Hugh Ike Shott
Pocahontas Coal Field Linked To Civil War Battle History
Early history notes Dr. Thomas Walker's 1750 sighting of Flat Top coal beds near Pocahontas Virginia. Confederate General Wharton noted the coal vein in 1862 63 and the region’s military actions connected to Pigeon Roost. Postwar figures and railroad interests, including Mahone Wharton Johnston and Roane, propelled the New River Railroad development culminating in the 1883 completion to Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David KB
Johnston
Thomas Walker
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Pocahontas
Rogers
Virginia
Daily Telegraph
Rufus B. Bird
Princeton
Gabriel C. Wharton
Montgomery County
Flat Top Mountain
Wharton
Lewis van Blessing
Pigeon Roost
John Carbaugh
Bratton
Straley
H. W. Straley Sr
Mr. Straley
Wythe and
Raleigh
New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company
William Mahone
G. C. Wharton
Mercer County
David E. Johnston
John A. Douglass
R. B. McNutt
James M. Bailey
A. Gooch
New River Company of Virginia
West Virginia
East River Company
Norfolk & Western
Railroad Dreams and Family Memories in Bluefield Area
The article recalls surveys from the New River to the coal fields near Bluefield, detailing routes via Ingleside Green Valley and Falls Mills. It notes local opposition to planks and hubs, a dramatic tale of a surveyor’s rod and a grandfather who read Washington papers while the dream persisted, and mentions a railroad built up East River by Black labor with oak bridges.
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Bluefield
New River
East River
Ingleside
Rocky Hollow
Green Valley
Brush Creek
Falls Mills
Bluestone River
Laurel Creek
Pocahontas
Ada
Washington
New York Tribune
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
Fort Ballivian Holds As Paraguayan Drive Is Stopped
Thousands dead dot the Chaco battlefield as Bolivian defenders unleash heavy artillery and mortars to blunt Colonel Brizuela leading a Paraguayan division. Casualties may reach a thousand, with fortifications at Condado holding under intense bombardment.
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Buenos Aires
Ballivian
Chaco Boreal
Red
Brizuela
Condado
Pilcomayo
Europe
Canada
Canada el Carman
Canade el Carman
Lovell Tennant Sentenced in Burning of Price Hill Boarding House
Lovell Tennant of Price Hill was sentenced to 18 years in prison for setting fire to a boarding house run by Mrs. Mattie Withrows. The state said he acted after a dispute and intent to harm Mrs. Withrow.
Roosevelt Scans Rail Pension Bill for Old Age Study
Washington reports President Roosevelt weighing the Hatfield Wagner rail retirement bill as an experimental social program. The measure would create a funded pension for railroad workers with employee two percent and employer two to one contributions, retirement at 65 after five years, or after 30 years any age, with a board to oversee funds and government bond investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Hatfield-Wagner Railway
Baruch urges wartime dictatorship to control industry
Bernard M. Baruch, former War Industries Board head, urged strict federal control of all industry in future wars. He called for virtual conscription of resources and citizens, a ceiling on prices and profits, and widespread price and wage controls to prevent profiteering and postwar economic chaos.
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Bernard M. Baruch
Washington
War Industries Board
Army Industrial College
Baruch
Beruch
Lawson Trial Delayed to October in Corruption Case
Beckley West Virginia June 23 A continuance until October was ordered for the trials of Edgar C Lawson former state auditor and two associates charged with conspiracy to defraud in the sale of securities He headed the Guaranty Investment Company Lawson's counsel argued the alleged conspiracy centered in Kanawha County where the company offices were located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Edgar C. Lawson
Harley M. Kilgore
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Lawson
Guaranty Investment Company
Kilgore
Kanawha
Eee Company
Roosevelt visits Hyde Park home from New London trip
President Roosevelt arrives at the family residence in Hyde Park to meet Elliott Roosevelt and his wife and see their six weeks old son. He plans work before departing for Washington while monitoring the Pacific coast longshoremen strike, with Frances Perkins ready to intervene if needed. The couple enjoyed an informal stop at a Brewster hot dog stand during the trip.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Elliott
New London
Frances Perkins
Brewster
Food sales lead West Virginia tax receipts in April
Charleston reports that groceries drive most two percent sales tax returns, with general merchandise topset due to grocery sales. April totals show $484,373.30 in collections, $441,688.04 from tangible goods and $42,685.49 from services. food sectors include groceries $88,629.25 and restaurants $29,080.96.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
H. Isaiah Smith
Revenue Bureau
Smith
Wheeling Newspapers Merge to Form News Register
Wheeling West Virginia June 23 merger announced by Malcolm Brice and Robert Plummer of the Wheeling Register creates the Wheeling Sunday News Register. The combined paper will be non political and printed at the Wheeling News plant under publisher H C Ogden. Daily issues of the Register and the Daily News remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Sunday Register
Wheeling Sunday News
Malcolm T. Brice
Robert L. Plummer
Wheeling Register
Wheeling Sunday News-Register
Wheeling News
H. C. Ogden
Register
Daily News
Two Gibbs Brothers Die in Farmhouse Gunfight
In Norfolk County on a farm near St. Bride's two brothers Charles and Cliff Gibbs, aged 40 and 29, were killed after a money dispute escalated into gunfire. Officer J. W. Peoples witnessed the fatal duel as Charles and Cliff exchanged shots and Claimed both men fired before collapsing.
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Norfolk
St. Bride's
Here
Norfolk County
Charles
Cliff Gibbs
J. W. Peoples
Charles Gibbs
St. Vincent's Hospital
Peoples
Cliff
Tragedy Strikes In Charleston Auto Crash
Mrs Janet Munchback aged 37 formerly of Boston was killed when an automobile rolled down an embankment near Charleston. Her companion Charles Lucas of Mill Creek, aged 30, sustained serious injuries in the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Janet Munchback
Boston
Charles Lucas
Mill Creek
Holden Youth Dies in Pool Dive Accident
Logan West Virginia June 23 Ted Mercuzzi fourteen Holden youths diving at a pool near Logan led to a fatal accident when a girl reportedly stepped into his path as he left the diving board causing a swerve and a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
Ted Mercuzzi
Holden
Bottle smashes at coast guard Nike launch in West Virginia
In Point Pleasant on June 23 a bottle shattered on the nose of the Nike as it slid into the river during christening. The Nike is the first of three patrol boats built by the Marietta firm, with Triton and Nemesis to follow. Delivered to the coast guard in Pascagoula, Miss., September 1.
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Ohio River
Nike
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Charles
Weissenburger
Coast Guard
Pascagoula
Miss
J. P. McGowan
Rewards Offered in Dillinger Gang Case by Attorney General
Attorney General Cummings announced a $10,000 reward for John Dillinger and $5,000 for Lester Gillie alias Baby Face Nelson. He also offered $5,000 for information leading to Dillinger’s arrest and $2,500 for information on Gillis. The rewards follow a justice department conference planning a nationwide campaign against federally punishable violent crimes.
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Washington
Cummings
John Dillinger
Desperado
Lester M. Gillie
George
Baby Face
Nelson
Dillinger
Gillis
Justice Department
Pegora 19 Slated for Board Berth
Washington reports strong belief that James M. Landis George C. Mathews of the trade commission and Ferdinand Pecora counsel for the senate banking committee will form part of a proposed stock exchange control board. The debate centers on whether the panel should be run by the trade commission or a separate, independent body with room for business pleadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James M. Landis
George C. Mathews
The
Trade Commission
Ferdinand Pecora
Senate Banking Committee
Stock Exchange
White House
Congress
Federal Trade Commission
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchanges
House
Trade Commissions
Senate
Glass
Young enters Republican race for state senator seat
Frank A. Young, manager of the Review Publishing Co in Sistersville, announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state senator in the Second district. He seeks the seat held by Democrat D H Null of Hundred, with Tyler Wetzel and Marshall counties comprising the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistersville
W. Va
Frank A. Young
Ou Review Publishing Company
D. H. Null
Hundred
Tyler
Wetzel
Marshall Counties
El Paso Releases Singer After Kidnaping Report
El Paso officers released Mrs. Sibyl Fidanque a 39 year old San Jose radio singer after investigations cast doubt on her claim of kidnapping. She travelled with son Jack and planned to return home to California. Sheriff Fox had earlier withheld release pending further inquiry into her story.
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Sibyl Fidanque
San Jose
el Paso
Texas
Calif
Siearore
Santa Monica
Fidanque
San Jos
Tragedy Near Camp: Man Killed by Train on B and O Tracks
Parkersburg West Virginia June 23 the body of Orvill Bell age 22 of Vienna was found on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks. He had been struck by a train while en route to a camp on the Ohio river.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Orvill Bell
Vienna
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio River
Silver Urn Allegedly Holds Mrs. Scollard Ashes in Brown Estate Saga
Mrs. Reese Bowen Brown arrives in Yakima with a silver casket said to contain Mrs. Sarah B. Smith Scollard ashes known as the Hetty Green of La Salle Street. She asserts Scollard died in Montreal in 1932, while defending her late husband’s estate amid five million dollar lawsuits. Brown, born in Burkes Garden Va, built wealth in the West and had ties to Tazewell county pioneers. He re acquired farm property formerly owned by boyhood friend Mose, later recording deeds after Brown’s death.
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Sarah E. Smith - Scollard
Hetty Green
la Salle Street
Reese Bowen Brown
Tazewell County
Yakima Valley
Washington
Brown
Yakima
Sarah B. Smith Scollard
Seattle
Wynn
Will Mose
Tazewell
Mose
Missouri
Mystery of Yakima Heiress Solved by Ashes in Urn
In Yakima the long mystery of Sarah E. Smith-Scollard ends as an urn of ashes reveals the missing heiress. Her vast fortune, estimated at five million dollars, may be tied to Reese Brown, a Yakima capitalist killed in a spring car crash. Katherine Kirkpatrick, her sister, survives and faces protracted litigation. Brown’s widow may challenge the estate. Smith-Scollard died of pneumonia in Montreal on July 24, 1932. Brown, her advisor, attended the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yakima
Wash
Sarah E. Smith-Scollard
Reese Brown
Katherine Kirkpatrick
Oakland
Calif
George Rummensé
Brown
Sarah E. Smith
Remmens
Montreal death of Mrs Sarah E B Scollard in 1932
Mrs Sarah EB Smith Scollard, a wealthy U.S. real estate investor, died at the Mt. Royal hotel in Montreal on July 24 1932 after four days of bronchial pneumonia. Dr W E B Johnson at the hotel issued a death certificate. She had said attorney Reese Brown would handle expenses and correspondence. Another item notes Sarah Smith Willard Scollard being called a shrewd businesswoman in Chicago with later reference to Yakima, Washington.
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Montreal
Sarah EB. Smith Scollard
United States
Mt. Royal Hotel
W. EB. Johnson
Johnson
Reese Brown
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Given
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West Virginian
Misees Peggy
Elizabeth Kump
Will C. Easley
J. L. Alexander
Dairymen’s Association
P. D. Singleton
Homer Holt
J. Taylor
Fayetteville
United States Senate
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Beaver High School
America
Chief
Alexander
C. G. Gunn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Shott
John Kee
McLaughlin
Bailey
J. C. Webber
State Agriculture Department
W. G. Given
Central Union National Bank of
Cleveland
Ohio
W. A. Light
State Purchasing Department
George Richardson Jr
Counsil
DaCosta
Ghagg
Chaco
Firebug
Hatfield-Wagner
Prince George
Edgar Lawson
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Pegora
Hout
Chicago
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