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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1931
Page
16
Classified column notes cemetery anniversaries and expressions of gratitude for community support. Public notices seek taxicab transfer requests and automobile related service inquiries, reflecting routine civic listings and small ads from residents.
On July 1, 1931 at 7:00 a.m. at the W. R. Keesee & Company garage in Bluefield West Virginia the undersigned will auction to the highest bidder a 1927 Whippet Sedan serial 122551 motor 123969 formerly sold to O I Hurst Freeman WV on March 29 1930 under a note and Conditional Sale Contract due to default.
New York June 26 A new basis for the merger of Vacuum Oil Co and Standard Oil Co of New York into a 1 000 000 000 unit has been reached. Vacuum stockholders will receive two and one half shares of the merged company for each of their shares while Standard Oil stockholders exchange on a share for share basis. The merged entity will be named Socony Vacuum Corp replacing the earlier General Petroleum plan.
Frank Keeney, president of the West Virginia Mine Workers, said replies from forty seven of the union’s sixty seven Kanawha locals show solid support for a strike. The ballot asks to call a strike in the Kanawha field and to make it effective statewide to prompt a joint conference with operators for a wage agreement. A union executive board meeting is planned next week as ballots from the remaining twenty locals arrive.
East Radford Va June 26 The Methodist district meeting at Wesleys Eggleston charge at 10 am July 6 plans revival across the district in July and August Rev W M Ellis preaches 1130 am Prof W K Barnett speaks laymen’s role in revival multiple brief talks by ministers on revival prep reports on progress and personal commitments. A wood paneling alternative to wallpaper is mentioned as permanent.
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