WorshamDies in Bluefield After Heart Attack
Dita B Worsham 58 longtime Bluefield resident and Superior Supply shipping clerk died suddenly yesterday of a heart attack. Found on a couch in his Scott building apartment after lunch. Funeral arrangements pending arrival from Pennsylvania of wife and daughter Catherine. native of Farmville Virginia he lived in Bluefield thirty years and worked at Superior Supply twenty three years. Survived by widow and one child.
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B. J. Worsham
Bluefield
Superior Supply Company
Mr. Worsham Wen
Scott Building
Rites Held Friday for J. M. Asbury
Funeral services were held at Mercer Funeral Home Bland Street for Mrs. Moody Lilly 60 fatally injured Friday night in a fall at her Fifth Street home. Dr. Stanley W. Hayne officiated and burial was in Maple Hill cemetery West Graham. The Tuesday Daily Telegraph noted an omission of Mrs Don Patterson of Roanoke from the surviving children list. Active pallbearers were J. W F. K and R. C. Pearman and Chester Bowers with flower bearers Ethel Grace Pearman and Mrs John Pearman.
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Mercer Funeral Home
Bland Street
Moody Lilly
Fifth Street
Stanley W. Hayne
Bland Street Methodist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Lilly
Daily Telegraph
Don Patterson
Roanoke
J. W
F. K
R. C. Pearman
Chester Bowers
Ethel
Grace Pearman
John Pearman
Federal coal price plan details demand uniform rules
The article outlines tentative codes for pricing with 10 directors and Johnson, showing wide variance on fool proof prices. It calls for public price posting, open coal prices, standardized sizes, uniform sales contracts, and credits while operators push for field based minimum prices and strict production allotments.
City and Coalfield Items
Kickory Girdles, Elastic Back Bone front, sizes 26 to 35, reg. $1, 68c Monday at Fretwell's. Kent: first class six room house with hardwood floors and basement, reasonable rent. call 1868 F or see Joseph F. Shelton after 4:30 p.m. Typewriters repaired by EK H. Looney and Co. 209 Bailey Bids. Midway Fruit Co. State Line offers cantaloupes from South Carolina and fresh produce, open all day Sunday.
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Kickory
Joseph F. Shelton
Stenographic Courses Offered Mondays at Bailey Building
Stenographic or bookkeeping courses available on any Monday morning afternoon or evening at the Bailey building Bluefield. Manager W H Cunningham arranges classes and provides contact via phone 474.
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Bailey Building
Bluefield
W. H. Cunningham
Mrs. Al Yost of Tazewell Passes Away
Mrs. R Le Yost 67 known Tazewell resident died Friday at Bluefield sanitarium after three weeks illness. Funeral 2:30 PM at Tazewell Methodist. burial in new Tazewell cemetery. She lies in state 2 to 2:30 PM. Survived by husband four daughters and one son. Active pallbearers from Men’s Bible class. flower bearers from Ladies Bible class. Native of Tazewell County.
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R. le Yost
Tazewell
Bluefield
Tazewell Methodist Church
New Cemetery
Princeton
R. C. Wepong
Jewell Ridge
Franklin May
Mullens
Mies Pauline Yost
W. R. Yost
Beckley
Recognition of Soviet Russia Urged by Two Sides
Washington listeners debated Russia's status as the United States faced possible shifts at the London economic conference. Senator Norris warned of Moscow seeking to buy American meat cotton and machinery, while the U S board of trade urged restoration of full diplomatic relations with the Soviet government.
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Washington
Russia
World Economic Conference
Norris
Nebraska
America
United States Board of Trade
Rudolph Spreckels
California
Roosevelt
Brookhart
Farm Administration
Tent Meeting Opens at Glenwood Park Tonight
A two week tent meeting begins tonight at Glenwood park with Rev. W. M. Ellis of Glenwood Methodist church in charge. Evangelist Rev. D. F. Wyrick of North Tazewell Methodist church will lead services starting at o o'clock.
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Glenwood Park
W. M. Ellis
Glenwood Methodist Church
D. F. Wyrick
North Tazewell
Anti-Repeal Workers to Attend Prayer Service
A mass meeting called by United Dry Forces invites workers in the campaign against repeal of the eighteenth amendment to attend a prayer service at 8 p m Monday at the First Christian church. The public is invited as the election on Tuesday nears and this may be the final city meeting before the vote.
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United Dty
First Christian Church
Fair contestants shift positions in local race
The piece lists many candidates with vote tallies and mentions neighbors and friends aiding campaign efforts. It notes the challenge of a candidate running solo against one with broader vote sourcing during World Fair season with state displays and many attractions. It also includes a long roster of names and accompanying vote counts.
Sharkey Receives Crank Threats During Camp Ride Home
Three threatening letters demanding 5000 dollars were mailed from New Jersey to Jack Sharkey's camp near Orangeburg. Trainer Jack Conway said the alleged cranks prompted Sharkey to rush home to protect his family while denying disruption of his title bout preparations with Primo Carnera in Long Island City.
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Boston
Jack Sharkey
Johnny Buckley
Jack Conway
Orangeburg
N. Y
Newton
Sharkey
Conway
New Jersey
United States presses for simultaneous removal of trade barriers
American negotiators argue price rise worldwide reduces the need for high tariffs and import quotas. They contend obstacles to trade can be dismantled even as price lifting proceeds, with efforts to set a common basis for removal during the parley.
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Hull
United States
Vacation Bible School Opens in Peterstown Methodist Church
Peterstown West Virginia June 24. A vacation Bible school will be taught in the Methodist church starting Monday for all community children. The Presbyterian circle No 3 auxiliary of Centerville Presbyterian met at the home of Mrs Housie Pleshman with Mrs KE H Peck as joint hostess.
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Peterstown
W. Va
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Circle No. 3
Centerville Presbyterian Church
Housie Pleshman
KE. H. Peck
Car Crash on Narrows-Rich Creek Road Leaves Driver Injured
Lewis Williams lost control of his vehicle on the Narrows Rich Creek road and went over the bank. The car lodged against a tree. Williams suffered a dislocated shoulder and additional injuries.
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Lewis Williams
Narrows-Rich Creek
Williams
State School Head Names Members of 05 County Boards
Democrats and C. W. Connor of Nellis Republican. Cabel Dr Lt J Kail Huntington P A Vallandingham of Barboursville and John Blackwood of Milton all Democrats. Fayette O FE Crandall of Gauley Bridge Judge W L Lee of Fayetteville George Dever of Divide and Dr J E Hugart of Landisburg at
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C. W. Connor
Nellis
Cabel
Lt. J. Kail
Huntington
P. A. Vallandingham
Barboursville
John Blackwood
Miltor
Fayette
Keith Lilly Convicted of Criminal Assault in Raleigh County
In Beckley West Virginia on June 24 a Raleigh County jury found Keith Lilly 23 of Blue Jay guilty of criminal assault. Judge Harley M Kilgore set July 1 for defense motion arguments to set aside the verdict which carried a mercy recommendation. Also noted is a mention of indigenous signal methods using hollow logs and water vibrations.
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Beckley
W. Va
Raleigh County
Keith Lilly
Blue Jay
Harley M. Kilgore
Clinic to Hold Two Day Chest Examinations in Charleston
Miss Mary Virginia Gills of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association announced a two day chest clinic at the municipal building on Monday and Tuesday with few appointments left. Patients may fall into four categories for examination: referred by doctors, suspicious past cases, examination cases including those treated in sanatoriums, and contacts of tuberculosis. Appointments will be by call to the public health department and Dr. Dorsey P. Ketchum will lead the examinations with support from Miss Gills, Miss Sarah Switzer, Dr. David Lepper and staff.
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Mary Virginia Gills
Charleston
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mies Gill
Publi Health Department
Dorsey P. Ketchum
Gills
Sarah Switzer
David Lepper
Keep Goldbrickers Off Veterans List
Louis Johnson national commander of the American Legion urged removing "goldbrickers" from the veterans list to protect the truly disabled. He spoke at a community center in White Plains New York stressing that the parade of claimants harms public respect for genuine veterans and urged vigilant review of eligibility.
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White Plains
N. Y
Louis Johnson
American Legion
Veterans broadside on economy and tax exempt securities
A speaker denounces "gold brickers" in America not on the veteran's list and blasts tax exempt securities as a wartime crime. He accuses wealthy elites of soaking wealth into exempt securities and urges legionnaires and posts to rally against graft and extravagance in high and low places.
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America
Johnson
Legion
Watchmaker E F McKinney Re-enters Bluefield Business
E F McKinney announces return to watch making at the Central News Stand near Cox Department Store in Bluefield West Virginia. He states he has discontinued narcotics after treatment at St Albans Sanatorium Radford Virginia and seeks former customers support while pledging reliability and health.
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Bluefield
W. Va
St. Albans Sanatorium
Radford
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