Chamber Names New Directors At Bluefeld Chamber
The Bluefeld chamber of commerce elected seven members to two year terms on its board in last night's final election. The seven are I Cheyney Lamar Epperly G L Purr B Lilley Geo Richardson Jr R H Smith and J T Jon. The previous slate listed fourteen nominees with seven holdovers J L Alexander Geo Dunglinson Jr A B Mahood Herbert Markle EB G Otey Lon Rish and L E Tierney Jr. will serve the coming year. The election committee led by Y F Devis W A Anderson B L Phillips and K B Ruff certified results. The new board will meet in a week to elect officers and set a work program.
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A. B. Mahood
Herbert Markle
EB. G. Otey
Lon Rish
L. E. Tierney, Jr
Uefield Chamber of Commerce
Y. F. Devis
W. A. Anderson
B. L. Phillips
Labor Delegation Debates New Deal Platform Details
The group labs over platform lines with Wag ner guarding White House drafts as Sen Green urged a constitutional amendment to curb Supreme Court power. Expected planks include collective bargaining higher wages shorter hours social security agenda and judicial settlement of disputes without explicit world court reference.
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Wagner
White House
Supreme Court
World Court
Then of Nations
William Green
American Federation of War
Congress
Giffey
New York
Revival at Boissevain Church Draws Workers and Choir
The Rev Roy E Warly and Rev EB Gilmer lead a three week revival at Boissevain Methodist Church with many conversions. The United Mine Workers and its Women's Auxiliary plan group attendance. a children’s chorus trains under Mr and Mrs Howard Sier from Cooper, W Va. The revival continues through Friday night with music that may aid those who are deaf and dumb in hearing.
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Roy E. Warly
Methodist
Pocahontas
EB. T. Gilmer
Boissevain Methodist Church
Boissevain
Mine Workers’ Union
Ts. Howard Sier
Coopers
W. A
United Mine Workers Union
Speech by Senator Robinson at Democratic National Convention
The address critiques Republican platform flip flops and praises Roosevelt policies. It details Depression-era woes, New Deal programs, and emergency measures from 1933 to 1938, arguing for continued federal relief and public works while warning against excessive dole and fiscal strain.
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Philadelphia
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Cleveland
Federal Treasury
America
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Civil Conservation Corps Organization
Civil Works Administration
the Conservation Corps
Emergency Conservation Corps
Hoover
Dole
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Sound Money and Gold Standard Debate in 1932 Platform
The excerpt argues for sound money and critique of returning to the gold standard. It discusses Britain and others moving to managed currency, the US reducing gold content to protect trade, and warns against inflation. It notes the Republican platform at Cleveland endorses sound money despite Democratic parallels.
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Great Britain
United States
Cleveland
Idaho
JF. Borah
Cleveland Conention
Coolidge
Nesters
Republicans Attack Landon Platform and Monetary Policy
The document analyzes the Cleveland convention plank opposing Landon and criticizing his stance on the gold standard, tariffs, and World Court. It argues for balancing the budget with continued relief, defends Roosevelt era policies, and critiques supreme court decisions affecting labor rights and national recovery.
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William Allen White
Landon
White
Kansas
United States
Orld Court
Harding Coolidge
Hoover
Cleveland
World Court
Agath Guttotin
Morehead
Tipaldo
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Morehead Va
Corey
Hughes
Stone
Brandeis
Cardozo
Democratic Party
Congress
Senate
House of Neeteecie
Fretwell's and Mary Lee Beauty Shop Ads in City Area
Local ads promote Ladies Corded Jersey Slacks at 1.66 today and Sport Knit Dresses with price drops. Beauty salons Mary Lee and Danlas offer perms, dyeing, and waves. Also Pittsburgh Paint financing, Citizen Coal and Supply Co listings, and housing/part time help requests.
Roosevelt Leadership and 1936 Campaign Resolve
A close friend defends the candidate by detailing demands to the platform committee in Cleveland and subsequent plank fulfillment. The piece praises Roosevelt as generous and effective, arguing against critics who call him a dictator and urging voters to support a proven, gallant leadership in 1936.
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Republican Party
Roosevelt
Congress
Committee On Platform
Cleveland
Oo Department
Mrs M B Grove of Waynesboro Dies at 89
Mrs M B Grove 89 former Bluefield resident and mother of Mrs W L Fleshman of this city died yesterday in Waynesboro Virginia from injuries after a fall two weeks ago Grandmother of Mrs C M Cruise of Bluefield Funeral services held in Waynesboro today burial Friday morning in Louea Virginia
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DR. M. Grove
Bluefield
W. L. Fleshman
Waynesboro
Grove
C. M. Cruise
Durial
Loulea
Brother of S. H. Meem Dies in New York City
J. C. Meem subway engineer of New York City and brother of S. H. Meem of Bluefield died in New York yesterday. He helped build the Clinch Valley branch of the Norfolk and Western Railway under chief engineer J. C. Rawn and will be buried in Brooklyn today.
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S. H. Meem
New York City
J. C. Meem
Subway
H. Meem
Bluefield
New York
Mr. Meem
Clinch Valey
Norfolk and Western Railway
J. C. Rawn
Brooklyn
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London “Brain Trust
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Mercer County
Dillard
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
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Cincinndti Rede
Tris
Mercer Street
Princeton, W. Va
By D. B. Cele
Bluefield Business College
Bailey Building
W. H. Cunningham
Mercer Wave
Acratic
Margaret Nicely
Mair
Sreeere
Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Carl Henderson
Mary Lee Beauty Ship
Pittsburgh
Citizen Coal and Supply Co
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Bluefield Supply Co
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