West Virginia federal building projects chosen for emergency program
Secretary Morgenthau and Postmaster General Farley selected five West Virginia projects for the 95 million emergency federal building program. Wheeling, Huntington, Parkersburg, Logan, and Richwood each receive specific funding for postoffice and courthouse remodeling or construction. Several other WV offices remain on the eligible list but were not chosen now. The treasury will commence land acquisition and planning immediately to speed contracts and construction. Morgenthau and Farley also cited four additional WV projects with funds from other sources to be expedited: Keyser, Alderson, Welch, and Montgomery post offices.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Farley
West Virginia
Wheeling
Huntington
Parkersburg
Logan
Postoffice
Richwood
Charleston
Bluefield
Weirton
Treasury Department
Morgenthau and
Keyser
Alderson
Welch
Montgomery
Crawford Declares Independent Candidacy in Labor Voice
The editor announces an independent bid, arguing for tax-backed government backing of currency, expansion of the Tennessee Valley project, and a rehabilitation program to boost wages and farm markets. He criticizes rival Flannagan for labor policy and coal ties, recounting miners’ struggles and his own long support for workers, vowing a vigorous, nonapathetic campaign.
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Tennesee Valley
Virginia
Flannagan
Labor
Brush
Flannagan Ie
Dante
Clinchfield Coal Corporation
New Deal Faces Test in Courts
Washington observers expect the Supreme Court to rule on Roosevelt's recovery program this fall and winter. Key issues include the National Industrial Recovery Act, petroleum code, and oil production curbs. Cases under AAA and gold payment suspensions also loom, with a Texas indictment quash ruling already on file.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Texas
AAA
Agriculture Department
Gall Stone Colic Cure Ad Promises Home Relief
An advertisement from a Speeches Practicing Specialist promotes Home Drug C. at 189 No Fourth St Minneapolis for liver and gall ladder trouble with literature and treatment claims, asserting 28 years of gratifying results and a money back guarantee. Clip this out now.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Services and talks planned for local churches and clubs
News of the Colored People reports a Bible lesson by Mrs. Mattie Slaughter and remarks by Bishop C F Kyle at 200 Wilson Street. He will preach at Princeton church Wednesday and Maybeury church Thursday night. A women only service at Bluefield church Thursday at 3 pm features Mrs Slaughter on The Great Green Monster. A program at 332 Reese Street Church of God at 8 pm features Mrs Hazel Lawrence and Lardin with a string band. The Goldy Star club meets tonight at Rev. J A Walker’s 33 Belcher Street hosted by Dee Numer.
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Wilson Street
Mattie Slaughter
C. F. Kyle
Princeton Church
Maybeury Church
Bluefield Church
Church of God (Apostolic
Reese Street
Hazel Lawrence
Lardin
Goldy Star Club
J. A. Walker
Belcher Street
Dee Numer
Funeral services held Sunday for Austin Shumate
Funeral services were held at Pageton Sunday for 21 year old Austin Shumate an employee of Page Coal and Coke who was killed Saturday by a motor in the mines. The Rev Mr Davis officiated and the committal at Woodlawn cemetery was in charge of the United Mine Workers of America. He is survived by his parents his widow and a seven weeks old child two sisters and his wife before marriage Thelma Hendricks of Pageton. The services were largely attended.
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Pageton
Austin Shumate
Page Coal and Coke Company
Mr. Davis
Pageton Methodist Church
Woodlawn
United Mine Workers of America
Shumate
Sayers Shumate
Raymond G. Cochran
Helen Shumate
Thelma Hendricks
Woodlawn Cemetery
Trace of Missing American Woman Leads to Boston
Boston reports positive identification by a cleaning shop employee of Miss Agnes C. Turverson as the missing central figure in a international mystery. Police compare New York missing persons photos with shop records while noting her husband Captain Ivan Poderjay fled to Europe after their December London wedding.
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Boston
Agnes C. Turverson
Vienna
Leopold Bestermann
Margueriate
Susanne Ferrand
Turverson
Miss Ferrand
Ivan Poderjay
London
Miss Tulverson
New York
Poderjay
Europe
Stephen J. Flaherty
Ruth F. Hall
New York City
Missing Persons Bureau
Mary L Trigg dies after long illness at home
Mrs Mary L Trigg wife of Eddie Trigg dies at her Wilson street home on June 25 after a prolonged illness. Born December 6 1891 she was a daughter of the late H Mason and Julia Mason. Funeral at Tabernacle Baptist Church Wednesday at 1 30 p m with Rev J A Palmer. Pallbearers listed.
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Mary L. Trigg
Eddie Trigg
Wilson Street
Pauline Boyd
Lorraine Perry
Thelma Perry
Nellie G. Mason
Angles
French
Wade
Buford
Wilbert
Wesley Mason
Tabernacle Baptist Church
J. A. Palmer
Charles Richards
Fred Ward
Lacy Robinson
Reed Moore
Hobart Boyd
Lee McGhee
Kittye J. Johnson
Kinnie Palmer
Isabelle Wetherspoon
Eva Saunders
Myrtle Tributary
Alice Owens
Mount Zion Baptist church hosts daily vacation school opening
Daily Vacation Bible school opened yesterday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with strong attendance. Directress Mrs. W. O. Moore leads assistants Miss Lucille Hendricks Mary White Ophelia Tabb Cathrine Townes and George A. W. Carey amid dedicated instructors. Special departments include music by Ouida Farrow manual arts by William Hendricks sewing handwork and basket weaving by Clara Bundy and Nannie B. Fitch. Rev. A. L. Polk leads morning devotions with Rev. L. Dabney as guest speaker today. Pupils are urged to register at once and late registrations will be accommodated.
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Mount Zion Baptist Church
W. O. Moore
Lucille Hendricks
Mary White
Ophelia Tabb
Cathrine Townes
George A. W. Carey
Ouida Farrow
William Hendricks
Clara Bundy
Nannie B. Fitch
A. L. Polk
L. Dabney
Young Ladies Bible Class Meets at Walker Home
The Scott Street Baptist Church Young Ladies Bible class will meet tonight at 7 o clock at the home of Miss Frances Walker 317 Belcher Street.
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Young Ladies’ Bible
Scott Street Baptist Church
Frances Walker
Belcher Street
Mrs Bertha Howard visits Roanoke relatives
Mrs Bertha Howard of Roanoke spent the weekend with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Cleatus Barnes at 225 Jones street staying as their guest.
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Bertha Howard
Roanoke
Cleatus Barnes
Jones Street
Searcy Files for 24th Consecutive Term in Blue Rapids
Maryeville veteran politician John W. Searcy, aged 87, files as a candidate in Blue Rapids township. If elected, it would mark his twenty fourth consecutive term in the stable of local office.
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Maryeville
John W. Searcy
Blue Rapids Township
Baltimore Livestock Prices Report June 25
Baltimore livestock market bulletin shows cattle trade steady with slaughter steers 7.00 to 8.00, good heifers 5.50 to 6.50, cows 3.75 to 4.50, bulls 3.50, veal 5.50 to 6.25. Hogs slow with 140 to 160 lb at 5.00 to 5.25, 180 to 200 lb at 5.30 to 5.60, 220 to 250 lb at 5.20 to 5.50, 250 to 290 lb at 5.00 to 4.40, packing sows 3.25 to 4.40, pigs 4.00.
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Baltimore
State Troopers to Check Trucks in Bluefield Area
Lieut. F. C. Crawford leads a state police detail in Bluefield and nearby areas this week to inspect trucks and weights and to enforce the livestock quarantine, focusing on hogs. Troopers H. H. Gribbon, C. A. Spradling, S. C. Ballard, and Walter Hampton join Crawford, with 8000 pounds per wheel on agricultural highways and a load ometer to verify loads.
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F. C. Crawford
Bluefield
Charleston
Crawford
H. H. Gribbon
Beckley
C. A. Spradling
Welch
S. C. Ballard
Walter Hampton
Princeton
Indo-Vin touted as new medicine in Bluefield
An advertisement claims Indo-Vin, a liquid remedy from 29 medicinal plants, aids kidneys and overall health. It promises diuretic relief and cleansing action for stomach liver and bowels, with nightly rising and rheumatic symptoms improving, at a few cents daily.
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America
Bluefield
Goodykoontz
East End
Princeton Avenue
Local Ads and Lodge Notice Roundup
Classified blurbs advertise 86 inch printed batiste and plaids at 15 cents today from Fretwell's with phone 334, White clothes cleaning at New Rainbow Cleaners phone 1020. Bluefield Lodge No 85 A F and A M holds stated communication at 7 30 pm with installation of officers, L M Carper secretary. Eureka Hardware echoes seed beans Kentucky Wonder and Green Pod. Joyce Company Jewelers offers Catholic religious articles at reasonable prices.
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Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
L. M. Carper
Joyce Company
District Manager for Dodge Visits Bluefield Area
J. E. Conley district manager for Dodge Brothers Corpora tion is visiting Bluefield and nearby areas. Based in Cincinnati his territory covers parts of Ohio West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky. He reports a 790.1 percent gain in Dodge truck business in the first quarter of 1934 over the same period last year.
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J. E. Conley
Dodge Brothers Corporation
Bluefield
Mr. Conley
Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Dodge
Kansae Enacts Port Entry Fee Law for Truck and Bus Traffic
Kansae imposes registration fees and milenge taxes on interstate trucks and buses as they enter the state under a new port of entry law. The measure targets overland freight and passenger carriers applying at border checkpoints.
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Kansae
Sheppard Liquor Plan Credited to Bishop Cannon
Washington report says Senator Sheppard faced pressure from Bishop James Cannon and Dr. F Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League regarding a proposed amendment to regulate liquor. Canon William Sheafs Chase of Brooklyn said Cannon and McBride urged withdrawal, citing potential evil effects and constitutional limits under the twenty first amendment.
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Washington,pi
Sheppard
Texas
Congress
William Sheafs Chase
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Cannon
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Chase
Bon Sheppard
Bishop Cannon
McBride
The
Washington
Texas Dry State Overrun With Alcohol Despite Webb Kenyon Act
An article asserts a corrupt political alliance supports rampant liquor despite Texas being legally dry. It argues Congress and the president fail to enforce the Webb Kenyon Act as mandated by the twenty first amendment.
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Texas
Congress
Butter Prices and Carrot Figures in Chicago Market
Butter quotes show uneven movement with fresh 93 score at 24 percent to 25, then 92 at 24, 91 at 22, 90 at 23, 89 at 22, and 88 at 22 percent. Centralized carrots hold at 90 with 24, 89 at 23, and 88 at 22 percent.
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Chicago
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Warlick Furniture Store
Bluefield, W. VA
Callaway
News OF the Colored People
Church OF God IN Christ
Seattle
Bible School
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Clinton
Penn
31St Street
W. Ramsey, Je
Public Service House
Sherwin-Williams
Georgia Lumber Company
Bobby
Daily Telegraph
Woodmen of the World
West Virginian Hotel
J. B. French
Howard L. Weeks
College Avenue
W. A. Light
BE. . Enright
Bradshaw
Company EH
Reese
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bluefield Automobile Club
Eureka Hardware Co
Cvon
American Medical Association
Nature
PET Milk Company
Arcade Building
St. Louis
Missouri
Mary Lee Taylor
WHAS
WBT
E.S.T
Columbia Broadcasting System
Pet
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Esso
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