Philco dealers discuss sales at Bluefield banquet
More than a hundred Philco radio distributors from southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia attended a banquet at the West Virginian hotel. Bluefield Supply executives, led by Lon MM, announced sales exceeded quotas by over 200 percent last year while executives outlined expansion plans and new models were showcased to guests and dealers from multiple towns.
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Phico
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Bluefield
West Virginian Hotel
Myles
Philco
Lon MM
Blusfield Supply Company
Philco Radios
Togatmaster
Howard A. Carney
J. H. Mills
Huntington
Walter Hutching
Stanley G. Rogers
Bluefield Supply Company
HR. Lynch
Wyeo
Moyer Martin
Miles Stafford
Milton Landreth
Metiomas
W. B. Morefield
M. H. Woodworth
Killarney
H. J. Huddington
Widamouth
F. H. Cline
Davy
S.J. Kincer
Wytheville
Spratt
Felix Barley
Welch
L. C. Nicewander
H. 7. McNutt
Thomas B. White
J. K. McNutt
C. ¥. Shrewsbury
Mullens
J. Hudson Huffard
C D. Bowers
Olney H. Tohrn
J. N. Scott
W. C. Witten
H. C. Howery
Sam W. Hylton
Tomas A. Armes
A. G. Datley
D. T. Keatley
Mead
W. F. Clark
East Gulf
RN. Smith
Hast Gulf
M. Reinhorn
Phil Reinhorn
Williamson
Guy H. Dunn
Bland
G. J. Graybeal
Nemours
R. T. Porter
Galax
W. F. Olivar
W. Ll. Porter
Roger Brown
Matoaka
F. B. Henley
Alpaca
R. N. Matson
McComas
Hoy Fox
A. G. Fox
Gilbert
W. W. Lowa
George T. Harris
William McClaugherty
Bradshaw
Tt. B. Cheatwood
L. H. White
Athens
W. J. Bateman
W. W. Greer
Ashland
J. C. Dose
W. R. Dunman
Frank Hugert
Mullena
J. S. Harper
Willard Casey
Raven
I. C. Perkins
Cedar Bluff
Garland Easterly
Lebanon
R. W. Umberger
J. W. Linkous
W. B. Brown
Ripley's Cartoon Explains Venice Secret Tribunal
A retro cartoon explainer recounts how Venice’s Doge era hid power in the council of ten. Secret denunciations moved via underground passages to secret trials. Estimated 100000 victims vanished, never learning their sentences, framing the feared ominous "man enter" in Venetian lore.
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Ripley
Venice
Council of Ten
Hon I
Judge criticizes bootlegger tricks in court ruling
Federal Judge William E Baker in Elkins West Virginia June 26 denounced prohibition administrators for trying to trap sympathetic bootleggers. He also mocked defendants who pleaded illness to obtain liquor from friends calling them good pigeons.
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Elkins
W. Va
William E. Baker
Community radio plans Kiwanis hour series
A planned Kiwanis hour will feature fifteen minute talks each week starting next week. Luther G. Scott chairs the committee with Spiller Hicks and George P. Crockett, and local citizens will share histories of their towns including Abb valley, Pocahontas, Princeton, Welch, and Bluefield.
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Focahontas
Luther G. Scott
Kiwanis Committee
Spiller Hicks
George P. Crockett
Bluefield Kiwanis Plan Radio Program
Bluefield Kiwanis club will sponsor a series of radio broadcasts over WHIS station. The program aims to promote community service and local events.
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Bluefield Kiwanians Plan
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Vacation Bible school program pleases at First Presbyterian
A Daily Vacation Bible school program last evening delighted an appreciative audience. Miss Regina Brown led the event with department showcases from beginners to intermediate pupils, including recitations memory work and Bible history, plus songs under Miss Pollock Mrs Rogers and Gibson Morrissey. Notable features included the flag salutes the stories of David Livingston General Booth and Martin Luther and boys making toys for the Davis Stuart School. pastor Rev S W Moore praised teachers for their volunteer service and faithful study.
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First Presbyterian Church
Regina Brown
Isabel Pollock
Sutire
Hiva Brown
Mary Ethel Noredsick
Johnnie Young
Gertrude Steele
Mra. BR. R. Rogers
Paul
Gibson Morrissey
Misa Marie Sarver
Dan Bradshaw
James Young
General Booth
Honey Leg Walker
David Livingston
Africa
Johnnie Clark
Martin Luther
W. Moore
Robert Rantage
Charles Smith
Davis-Stuart School
Lewisburg
WO Bros receive heavy sentences in district court
Judge MacClintle handed down sentences in several cases including Robert Lusk 18 months, Gerald Wimmer two years, Charles Morgan 4 months, Kenneth Moran two years, Clayton Moran two years, James Cooper fined 26 dollars, Edward S Clark fined 25 dollars, John Peters one year and one day, Howard Peters two years. Howard Peters to begin federal term after Raleigh county jail sentence. civil trials to start today.
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Raymond Gordon
Charlestay
MacClintle
Fallty
Robert Lusk
Wyoming County
W. Va
Chillicothe
James Cooper
McDowell County
Edward S. Clark
John Peters
Raleigh County
Howard Peters
Progress in Wah Bert plan Stimson to sail
Former United States Senator George Wharton Pepper urged all Americans to back President Hoover's international moratorium proposal at the Pennsylvania Bar association banquet in Bedford Springs Pennsylvania. Pepper praised Hoover's debt holiday plan as a moral reset, likening it to an officer rallying troops with a drawn sword.
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Bedford Springs
United States
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
Hoover
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Pepper
Pepper warns of new danger as leadership faces crisis
The passage describes a leader recounting past failures and the collapse of morale. It notes a shift from timidity to bold action and warns that political opposition may grow, fearing the president’s actions and demanding justification for the emergency.
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Pepper
Roanoke Man Club Speaker Rev R Homer Anderson
The Rev R Homer Anderson of Roanoke Va spoke at the Bluefield Terminal Better Service club meeting in the Norfolk and Western auditorium. He recalled his time as a timekeeper at Bluefield yards and urged a square deal for railroads, praising Hoover's economic steps and stressing railroad prosperity for national balance. He is president of the Bynod of Virginia and a Roanoke college trustee. The event featured musical numbers and a reading by Eleanor Anderson and a performance by Uncle Jack Lambert’s quartet. Sonny Anderson, the speaker’s son, sang.
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R. Homer Anderson
Roanoke
Bluefield Terminal
Better Service Club
Norfolk and Western Auditorium
Bluefield Avenue
Anderson
J. R. Anderson
Pioneer Railroad
Pocahontas Division
Bluefield
William Doak
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Hoover
Bynod of Virginia
Roanoke College
Salem
G. W. Collings
Misa Eleanor Anderson
R. G. Anderson
Rinefield
Graham High School
Marion College
Jack Lambert
Sonny Anderson
Liza Jane
Oakvale High School to See Auditorium Expansion
Garry and Sheffey announce bid opening next Monday for Oakvale High School improvements including auditorium enlargement and six added classrooms. Estimated cost about $20,000.
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Garry and Sheffey
Oakvale High School
Playground Pet Show To Be Held
The Bluefield Playground Association will stage its second annual pet show this evening at 7 on local playgrounds. Cars dogs birds and ponies will parade as part of a standout summer entertainment program with each site hosting its own event. Entries welcome for all children regardless of pet type as pets are judged on merit with awards for largest most unique and ugliest.
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Bluefield Playground Association
Playgrounds Association
Elephanta
Eli
Pet Show Posters and Banner Award Contest
A school grounds competition features a largest pet division with posters on display and a playground banner to be awarded for next week. Last year’s event drew 846 spectators and many pets including dogs cats chickens rabbits mules drabs mice. A separate item explains why native Japanese are shorter in stature due to floor sitting habits.
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Fr. Sakihara
Medical School of
Toxic Imperial University
Hogaya
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