Chamber Elects New Directors in Bluefield
Bluefield chamber of commerce completed its final election with seven new directors for two-year terms. New board members are J. L. Alexander George Dunglinson Jr Herbert Markle Alex Mahood EB. G. Otey Lon Rish and L. E. Tierney Jr. They will join seven holdovers in guiding the oldest civic group. The group aims to finish a West End bridge project and a 20 foot concrete road reducing Bluefield Princeton travel distance from 12 to eight miles.
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Roy
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B. L. Philips
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West End
Princeton
Funeral services this afternoon for Arthur B. Glenn
Funeral services will be held at Narrows Methodist church at 3 30 this afternoon for Arthur B. Glenn 78 a Giles county resident who died yesterday morning after a five week illness. The Rev Clarence W Taylor will conduct the service Burial will be at Birch lawn cemetery Pearlsburg Glenn lived in Narrows since 1895 worked at Snow Flake cannery before retirement Surviving are his wife Rose Robinson and children John Pag vee A B Glenn and Mrs H Preas all of Roanoke Also surviving are brothers and sisters David Glenn Ocean Side Cal Mrs M P O Flaherty Washington Mrs Emily Ashenfelter Edinburg Mrs Josephine Marshton and Miss Julia Glenn Lost City W Va Active pallbearers are Dr E S Carr W C Coburn James M Orr Br F P Kelley T H Hale and Ralph Hale
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Arthur B. Glenn
Giles County
Narrows
Clarence W. Taylor
Tazewell
Tenn
Birchlawn Cemetery
Pearlsburg
Frederick County
Virginia
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Washington
Emily Ashenfelter
Edinburg
Josephine Marshton
Julia Glenn
Lost City
W. Va
E. S. Carr
W. C. Coburn
James M. Orr
Br. F. P. Kelley
T. H. Hale
Ralph Hale
City and Coalfield Items Bulletin
Henderson's Cleaners and Mary Lee Beauty Shop offer services on South Bland and Raleigh streets with specials including Croquignole permanents. A dance at Robin's Club on Princeton road features Fred Pendleton's orchestra. Bluefield Lodge No. 85 A F and A M holds funeral rites for Bro. D B Cruise with Masonic temple gathering. Fried chicken dinner with reservations at Vineyard street.
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Mary Lee Beauty Shop
Raleigh Street
Princeton Road
Fred Pendleton
Funeral rites today for Earl Maurice
Funeral services for Earl Maurice of McComas, popular radio artist, who died Monday in Charleston, will be held this afternoon at 2 30 in McComas. Burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery on the Bluefield Bramwell road. The piece adds note that the whippet is a cross between greyhound and terrier.
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Charleston
Woodlawn
Bluefield-Bramwell Road
Delinquent 1934 Taxes Notice Mentioned by Sheriff Fanning
A sheriff and treasurer J C Fanning urges readers to avoid having their names appear as delinquent for 1934 taxes and directs to see the notice elsewhere in the paper.
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J. C. Fanning
Coal Bill Sparks Union Rift and Industry Worries
Testimony before a subcommittee on the Guffey bill highlights producer concerns over pricing and regional coal varieties. Francis says uniform pricing would disrupt markets, raise costs, and may require a special session to ensure winter coal supply. He warns production and earnings could fall amid regulatory changes while unions and producers negotiate new wage contracts ahead of expirations.
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Civil War veteran John W. Moyer dies in Parkersburg
Parkersburg West Virginia June 26 John W Moyer a 90 year old Civil War veteran died today leaving only five members of the G A R in Parkersburg He is survived by his daughter and son.
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New Deal Agency Proposes Youth Job Training Plan
The White House outlines a nationwide youth program to train 16 to 25 year olds with state and municipal advisory boards. It calls for mobilizing industry and education to provide employment, using schools and private factories, with work relief and $15 monthly pay, plus aid for college and postgraduates.
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British secretary faces tough stance over Ethiopian crisis
The British League of Nations secretary failed to sway Il Duce from accepting only a complete solution for Ethiopia. Italy would seek a mandate or protectorate, or use force to compel Haile Selassie. Eden left for Paris to resume talks with Laval as crisis looms and Italy’s League membership is debated.
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J E Wagner Critically Ill At Stowers St Home
Bluefield resident J E Wagner is critically ill at his Stowers street home after a cerebral hemorrhage reported at 10 30 Sunday morning. Unconscious since, little hope is given. A longtime Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co employee, he retired five years ago. He is father to J E Wagner cashier Morton Wagner assistant prosecuting attorney and William M Wagner, all of Bluefield.
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William M. Wagner
Fresh clashes spark tensions on Jehol frontier
A Tokyo dispatch reports four outer Mongolian cavalrymen entered Manchoukuo and fired on a Japanese survey party on the northeast border. A Japanese engineer and a white Russian teamster were kidnapped, with instruments and horses stolen. Japan protests and seeks swift release of captives and a settlement to end the flare up. Ambassadors Yureneff and others continue to watch the wider Soviet Manchoukuo line tensions.
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Diplomatic Protest Reiterated After Foreign Minister Visit
It was disclosed that officials visited Foreign Minister Koki Hirota yesterday and repeated a formal protest.
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Senators Decline Attend Meeting Amid Factional Talks
A report notes senators decline to attend a meeting while Bennett says his group supports the Democratic party. tension involves Kamp Neely and Holt factionalism over Beehler's successor. Also a line on monkeys and apes that some can swim.
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Neely
Confusion Marks Tax Wealth Bill Plans
Charles F. West, White House liaison, announces that the House leadership will consider the president’s tax program soon. Senate leaders vow no adjournment until action is taken, with a nuisance tax resolution quickly adopted and sent to conference on differing extension terms.
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Fingerprints Taken of War Veteran Seven Months After Burial
Charleston West Virginia June 26 Seven months after William Orfield of Charleston was buried state police identification experts today took his fingerprints for use in checking on his World War I record. The prints were obtained at the request of his widow who said she sought to collect his war risk insurance and was advised that his name won t shown in war department records. She believed he may have served under a different name and that the fingerprints might help determine his record.
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William Orfield
War Department
Holt Makes First Speech in Senate
Washington June 26 Senator Holt Democrat West Virginia delivered his first Senate speech. He spoke briefly and nonpartisanly urging galleries to refrain from remonstrations. Vice President Garner presided as Holt called for order during Senator Longs remarks amid gallery laughter.
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Jury Trials Underway in U S District Court
In Atlanta and Chillicothe various defendants from Raleigh Greenbrier Mercer Summers and Pocahontas counties receive prison terms ranging from two years to five years with some two counts run consecutively and fines up to $200. The court also noll ed the case of Paul King and tabbed James Russell in the same Green case.
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Robert Cooper
Raleigh County
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Greenbrier
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Raleigh
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Kanawha
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Marion King
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McDowell County
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Pocahontas County
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Small Crowd Attends Midweek Skeet Shoot at Blue Field Club
A small turnout at Blue Field Gun Club for a midweek skeet shoot saw R. KE. Callaway post a top score of 41x50 while R. R. Smiley took second at 39x50. Visitors W. A. Wilson and J. C. Newman from Carswell Gun Club joined the event, noting handicaps due to unfamiliar trap layout.
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