Bluefield presses ahead with WPA street paving plan
Bluefield moves on with nine of fourteen streets paved in the first WPA project as City Manager Emory P. Mitchell announces a second ordinance to extend the program to about thirty more streets. Approximately 130 WPA workers are on the job with grading base laying and paving progress reported on Wythe Avenue Essex Street Walters Avenue Hancock Street and others. New asphalt bids are awaited to surface current under construction while widening and repair work continues across several districts and city projects including a proposed market auditorium and park plans.
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Morris Nowles, Inc
Pittsburgh
City Planning Commission
Appers
Public Works Administration
Bradley's Offers Summer Dresses and Hats at Bargain Prices
City and Coalfield Items advertise cotton dresses shanting and batiste in sizes from 1 to £ 1, 1.98. Pretwell's urges shoppers to Bradley's for dress values. Rack of Dresses priced 2.95 to 7.95 and hats at 1.95. Government aid may cover 45 percent of costs with 55 percent grant if approved.
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Batiste
Bradley’s
Practice shoot draws large crowd at Bluefield Gun Club
Local followers gather at the Bluefield Gun Club traps and skeet range for a weekly practice event this afternoon. Roy Callaway aims for a 100 straight after last Saturday’s skeet trap high of 99, with other shooters seeking to improve scores and challenge him. Traps open at 2 o'clock and visiting shooters are invited to join.
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Bluefield Gun Club
Roy Callaway
Givi Callaway
Maybeury Pythians to Hold Memorial Rites
Maybeury lodge No. 46 Knights of Pythias plans a memorial service Sunday at 11 in the Maybeury Methodist church. N Clarence Smith of Bluefield Va will deliver the main address with Rev. O H Logan and local Pythian Sisters No 107 participating. Fifteen deaths have occurred since the lodge formed in 1909, including N C Vawter who died December 10 1935. The service will honor J R Young of Pocahontas Lodge and John W Brown past grand chancellor of West Virginia, who died May 23 this year.
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N. Clarence Smith
Bluefield
United States
Western District of Virginia
Maybeury Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Maybeury Methodist Church
O. H. Logan
Pythian Sisters
Maybeury
N. C. Vawter
J. R. Young
Pocahontas Lodge No. 60
Pocahontas
John W. Brown
West Virginia
Indictment details in Paris case linking letters to murder
The article outlines the state case after arraignment claiming Francis M. Carroll’s morals charge and the death of Dr. Littlefield stem from letters Dwyer possessed. It posits the letters reflected on Carroll and that a meeting at the Dwyer home involving Dwyer and Carroll led to the physician’s murder.
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Francis M. Carroll
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Paris
Littlefield
Paul Dwyer
Ingalls
Civil Service Orders Extend Protections to 130000 Federal Workers
The civil service orders prohibit political management by federal employees and bar interference in elections. They move about 130000 workers into the classified service, with 533000 already in the system, leaving 200000 not yet covered. Examinations will no longer be required for Schedule A staff.
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Civil Service
Classified
Community rally funds relief for China in Bluefield drive
A local drive to aid civilian relief in China raises about 1300 dollars as churches in Bluefield plan Sunday collections. Contributions from Bluefield Virginia and Pocahontas, plus donations from individuals, boost totals ahead of a final committee meeting to send funds to the United Council for Civilian Relief chaired by Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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Bluefield
Biggs
Sid Angle
Longworth
Wm. C. Snyder
Virginia
United Council For Civilian Relief
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Chiang Kai-Shek
Moonshine cases yield multiple guilty pleas in federal court
Federal Court heard pleas and verdicts in a moonshine spree. Defendants including Eugene Vaughn Grover Montaigne and several McDowell County residents faced juries or changed pleas to guilty. Sentences ranged from two to five years with fines up to $500 in Atlanta Charlottesville Petersburg and Chilliothe.
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Grover Montaigne
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Llcothe
Montaigne
Atlanta
Panther Creek
McDowell County
James Henry Blankenship
Buck Blankenship
Chillicothe
Matthew Church
Church
Charles Patton
Herbert Justice
Lize Blankenship
Patton
Hobert
Claude
Petersburg
Winning Contract in Vanderbilt Cup Hand Analysis
The Vanderbilt Cup tournament produced many notable hands as eight teams in a section used identical boards. A six board match tested defense with East players holding chances to shift for victory. South faced a four heart contract needing careful play while declarers aimed to draw a final trump and manage discards for the best score.
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Comas
Darlin and the Idle Hands Teach Child Training
A mother learns to guide a curious child through early training in usefulness and independent play. The piece argues that structured self amusements prevent mischief, and highlights teaching through hands on tasks, with a note about Mr. Angelo Patri’s arithmetic leaflet.
Swinging Card Play Grants Extra Chance in Bridge Hand
The article describes a bridge hand where South cashed three clubs and trumped a fourth, creating an extra chance if South is the dealer and vulnerable. With long clubs and trumps, East players bid three spades after North’s second raise to three hearts. South then advanced to four hearts and West bumped to four spades, incurring a small penalty of about 100 points.
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Father
Darlin
Mother
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North
South
West
Harpoon Throwing Pane Moves as Forge Sparks Fly
A chaotic snippet describes a pane moving and an oil-burning forge for blacksmiths. It mentions a Chicago concert violinist debut and a hair length remark, with scattered references to science and a parrot aging. The text is fragmentary and lacks a clear cohesive event.
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Chicago
Strike Bound Circus Ordered Out of Town
Scranton officials pressured Ringling Brothers circus to move amid a two day wage dispute. In the dispute two Tribune photographers died when their plane crashed near the deserted grounds as workers debated dismantling gear and tents for relocation to Sarasota Florida.
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Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Fred J. Huester
Scranton Tribune
Bob Raine
Arthur Young
Sarasota
Florida
Roosevelt urges voters pick liberal candidates in primaries
President Roosevelt argues voters should distinguish liberal from conservative schools and favor candidates aligned with progressive Democratic principles. He warns against revival of gold standard and old policies while praising government as a tool for cooperative reform. He notes unfinished congressional work and urges scrutiny of candidates’ stances before November.
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Roosevelt
America
Roosevelt Seeks Unified Front in Economy and Law
The president outlined reforms expanding federal judicial power and age limits, allowing direct Supreme Court appeals in federal statute cases, and creating more judgeships. He urged cooperation between capital and labor to curb spending and support wage and price stability while stressing honesty in tax and corporate money use. He noted lessons from the past year and launched a monopoly probe at the White House.
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