Legion Outing Draws 1000 Youth to Bland Celebration
About 1000 young members of the junior drum and bugle corps traveled from Bluefield to Bland county for an Independence celebration. The event featured swimming, softball, dancing, and a communal supper. Commander Lowman led the group, aided by G. T. Leslie and Jimmy Rantis, with a stop at the Casino atop East River Mountain.
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Macedon
Bluefield
Stad- Smith
Lowman
Booker
The
Commander Lowman
Post and Auxilary
Bland County
G. T. Leslie
Jimmy Rantis
East River Mountain
Legionnaire L. E. Poe
License plates extended for one week amid July 4 demand
The Bluefield club and state officials backed a one week extension for license plates as many motorists prepare for July 4th. Charleston bureau notes the 24 hour service handles about fifty license applications daily and urges drivers to prepay fees.
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Bluefield A
State Bureau
Charleston
Bluefield Club
Sunshine Needed Says Weather Bureau Report
Parkersburg West Virginia June 23 The Weather Bureau says farmers need more warmth and much sunshine to let crops grow Corn is described as fair to late rye and oats are generally fair along with meadows Stone fruit is only fair at present
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Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
U. S Weather Bureau Bureau
Train wreck near Seattle recovers 41 bodies
In Seattle on June 23 41 bodies were recovered after Sunday's train wreck near Geers Swaukee St Paul and Pac. The disaster details a major loss of life with rescue efforts ongoing.
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Seattle
Geers Swaukee
Banks and Markets Clash Over Securities Regulation
The column critiques the SEC and its long history of inquiries as overbearing and potentially flawed. It argues that reliance on bureaucratic methods and fear of fraud should not override practical market protections or risk stoking monolithic power.
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SEC
Commission
Chinese forces recapture areas near Chengchow amid Yellow River floods
Chinese armies, fighting through mud and floodwaters, report recapturing large areas east and south of Chengchow near the Sunghai railway junction. Japanese forces retreat from two prior positions as floods in the Yellow River basin hamper advance.
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Hankow
Yangtze
Kiukiang
Tikang
Taiho
Tokyo
Shansi Province
Sunghai Railway
Shensi
Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Chengchow
Sunghai
Peiping-Hankow
Chungmow
Giles Youth Freed in Angle Slaying
In Giles County Circuit Court on Wednesday 19 year old Harry Ray Thompson of White Gate was acquitted of murder in the death of his uncle Bane Gusler 26 shot December 23 at the home of Gusler's mother Mrs Dear White Gate.
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Harry Ray Thompson
White Gate
Giles County
Bane Gusler
Editors Tour Opens With Debate on Fair Coverage
Report notes discussion of newspaper policies during a tour. Editors claim to present both sides of every question while addressing press independence. The party travels along the New River gorge toward Charleston with a dinner and dance attended by local figures.
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Democratic Chamber of Commerce
Senate
Charlies E
Conrad
New River Gorge
Charleston
Hige
Dawson
Aldrich
West Virginia Bus Association
Arthur Koontz
Haney Eyu UN
Dave Gideon
Huntington Hear -Dispatch
Col. J. H. Long
Huntington Publishing Company
Ohio Velo
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Loyalists claim rebel offensive halted in Valencia region
Dispatches from Hendaye report the insurgent assault against Valencia failed to break government lines. Fronts near Castellon de la Plana and Teruel held as rebel forces under Gen Varila occupied a fortified position near Sarrion after capturing Onda, with fighting continuing in harsh heat.
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Hendaye
France
Valencia
Spain
Castellon de la Plana
Teruel
Onda
Jose Varela
Sarrion
Varela
Seven Die In Oil Field Blast Near Monument New Mexico
Seven men were killed southwest of Monument New Mexico in the Rich Monument oil field. The Two-state No 2 well, drilled by Two-state Drilling company, allegedly triggered a blast after the nitro device was removed from a truck. Authorities assess the explosion as a possible misfire with shifting underground pressure.
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Monument
N. M
Senensene Sas
Roosevelt Campaign Speech Signals Policy Reassertion
The article notes Roosevelt using foreign policy remarks to reinforce the Good Neighbor doctrine during a world’s fair speech. It analyzes how the address could influence relations and naval policy amid looming war threats and affect political fortunes within the party and in the November election.
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FR Sires
Cee
Roosevelt
al Populari
Drawings Made for Albemarle Tennis Club Championship
The Albemarle Tennis Club opened its championship with a 1 00 pm start today and a 35 cent entry fee. Eight seeds include George Richardson and Rives Jones. First round fixtures list Dudley Bernard Kaylor Duncan Stone Bowling Slosser Foes Jones Akers Harman Louthan Repass Feuchten berger Jones and additional entrants receive byes into the second round with matches Richardson Grayce Wooldridge Alters Jones Steele Bu itenberger Feuchten os Jones for doubles. A large aerial photo taken in 1935 over South Dakota covered 37 000 square miles.
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Albemarle
George Richardson
Rives Jones
Jack Dudley
Bill Bernard
Owen Kaylor
H. H. Duncan
Blair Stone
Bobby Bowling
Mark Slosser
Junior Foes
Frank Akers
Mack Harman
Mack Louthan
Clint Repass
Liyed Feuchenberger, Jr
Kermit Jones
Jim McMullin
Grayce
Page Wooldridge
J. Calters
Ed Jones
Leabran Steele
Biu Htenberger
Stuart Stra
Goodman
Jack Feuchtenos
Eugene Jones
West Virginia Closed Tennis Meet Chooses Finalists
In Charleston on June 23 Eddie Blickle of Huntington and Lawrence Smith of Parkersburg won third round matches to reach the state finals. Blickle beat V C Klug 6 2 6 3. Smith defeated Bill Bell 8 6 6 3. Sam Cohn of Beckley beat Bob Skinner 6 3 8 6 to face Charles Gore of Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Eddie Blickle
Huntington
West Virginia
veBlickle
V. C. Klug
Parkersburg
Lawrence Smith Tomorow
Smith
Bill Bell
P. Arkle
Wheeling
Ae Ear
Bob Skinner
Aubrey Smith
Beckley
Phil Mahood
Bluefield
Sam Cohn
Charles Front
Cohn Finnally
Charles Gore
Jimmy Allen
Deacon Parsons
Riggs and Hunt Head Seeded Stars in Clay Courts Meet
Chicago June 23 seven seeded players reached singles quarter finals of the national clay courts tennis tournament led by Bobby Riggs and Joe Hunt. unseeded Junior Coen remained among the title contenders after Riggs won a three set match 6-1 4-6 6-3 over George Toley and Hunt advanced 6-3 6-2 after earlier tests.
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Riggs
Hunt
Chicago
Bobby Riggs
Joe Hunt
Los Angeles
Junior Coen
Kansas City
George Toley
Miami
Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Robert
Yee
Ernest
Ernest Seen An’ Bhoreh After Earlier Urphy
King and Queen Postpone France Visit
London June 23 The state visit to France by King and Queen Elizabeth is postponed to July 19 due to the death of the queen mother the Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Funeral planned for Glamis Castle in Scotland as mourning is observed. King George still hosts a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Elizabeth
Roosevelt Approves Civil Aeronautics Authority Bill
President Roosevelt signed a civil aeronautics authority bill creating a five member board and a twelve thousand dollar administrator to regulate non military aviation. The agency will license air lines set rates approve mergers and transfer some functions from the commerce and interstate commerce departments. Other bills signed included maritime commission ship purchase subsidies and seven vetoes focused on minor appointments.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Civil Aeronautics
Washington
Passore
Aeronautics Authority
Bureau of Air Commerce
Commerce Department
Interstate Commerce
Maritime Commission
Countess and Lance Heir Born Amid Court Proceedings
The countess married the Woolworth heir on May 14 1935 the day after her Reno divorce from Prince Alevis. Lance was born February 24. Lawyers and Lord Horder were consulted about the boy's education with aims for Denmark or England. Guards and plain clothesmen guarded the Regent's Park estate where the countess paced nervously with a companion.
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Lance
Woolworth
Prince Alevis of Lance
Lord Horder
Denmark
Evea
Regent's Park
Five Sentenced in Atlanta Penitentiary Case Details
The report details multiple liquor and theft convictions. James A. Robertson of Egeria received four years for moonshine operations. Grady Massie John Permelia Kenneth Cline of Glen White drew three-year terms for stealing from Chesapeake and Ohio freight cars. Cline sent to Chillicothe, others to Atlanta. Additional liquor sentences include William Neece Ray two or three years. Andrew Harris McDowell county two years. Pete Hairston Raleigh county two years Petersburg. Osby Terrell Raleigh county two years Petersburg. Tedt county two years Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Glen White
Grady Massie
John Permelia
Kenneth Cline
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cline
Chillicothe Aes
James A. Robertson
Egeria
William Peter Neece
Ray
Andrew Harris
McDowell County
Pete Hairston
Raleigh County
Petersburg
Osby Terrell
Tedt
Atlan
Bluefield Masonic Notice Promotes Officer Installation
City and Coalfield Items report a Masonic notice from Oneagien in Bluefield. The event Friday night June 24 at 7 30 features installation of officers with L M Carper as secretary. Also contains retail ads for sport dresses blouses hats and greases at local shops.
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Oneagien
Bluefield
Sg No
A. F
A. M
L. M. Carper
Testimony Ends in Suit Against Hague in Jersey City
Federal court heard closing arguments in the free speech injunction case against Mayor Frank Hague and city officials. CIO and ACLU contends Hague waged a war on Reds and radicals while the defense rests. briefs will follow to Judge Williams Clark. A court recess issued a press statement on excluded issues. A separate line notes a child born in the United States every 14 seconds.
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N. J
Free Ee
Frank Hague
Jersey City
CIO
American Liberties Union
Williams Clark
Saas
Ieca
Hague
Democratic National Committee
U. S
Flood Waters Sweep Montana Towns After Cloudburst
Nine people drowned and a baby missing as floods from the Milk River and Gravelley coulee pour through Havre Malta Harlem. Searchers found eight bodies near Gravelley coulee. Havre a city of 16 000 and Malta 1200 battle rising river levels unseen in a decade. Homes and farms evacuated as bulwarks rise against the flood.
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Havre
Mont
Montana
Malta
Harlem
Gravelley Coulee
Laredo
Child Dies After Long Sleeping Sickness Spell
Eight year old Beverly, daughter of the Miles Johnsons from Barnesville Ohio, died in a Wheeling West Virginia hospital after ten months of sleeping sickness.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Beverly
Miles Johnsons
Barnesville
Hogan couple welcome eight pound baby girl in Pocahontas
Mr and Mrs Charles L Hogan of Pocahontas are the parents of an eight and three quarter pound baby girl born last night at their home in Pocahontas. The child's name and further details were not disclosed in the notice.
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Charles L. Hogan
Pocahontas
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Albemarle Tennis Club
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