Holbrook charged in Brush Fork Road fatal crash
Claude Holbrook of Tazewell faces separate warrants for manslaughter and drunk driving after a night crash on Brush Fork Road killed his passenger Jamie Hawley 24 of Brushfork. Hawley died from a crushed chest and multiple fractures when their light coupe hit a concrete bridge. Hawley’s funeral is set for 2 pm at his grandfather J W Hawley’s Brushfork home with burial in Woodlawn cemetery.
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Claude Holbrook
Tazewell Road
Brushfork
Jamie Hawley
W. W. Meeal
Holbrook
Bluefield
Hawley
J. W. Hawley
G. W. Collins
Abe Williams
Woodlawn
J. M. Hawley
Mrs. Wilson
Chicago
May Jennings
Blanch Hawley
Brushfork Methodist Church
Barberie Davidson
Clayton Perdue
Virgil Francisco
Jack and Crockett Poe
Charles Gul- Non
Lester McCalton
Bessie
Blanche
Vernie Poe
Orpha Peters
Tearlie Faulkner
Atkinson
Wallace
Hollis Sanders
Clara Dawson
Guida Saunders
Tierney Named President Of Bluefield Chamber
Laurence Tierney Jr. elected unanimously president of the Bluefield chamber of commerce by the new board of directors after nominating committee recommendation. J. T. Thornton named vice president and J. L. Alexander re elected treasurer with new directors Overstreet and Rish filling vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurence ©. Tierney Jr
Flat Top National Bank
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
J. T. Thornton
J. L. Alexander
Herbert Markle
Chamber
United States Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Overstreet
Lon M. Rish
Public Affairs Committee
James E. Mann
L. E. Tierney Jr
George Dunglinson Jr
C. E. Lilley
Conrad Brevick
C. H. Goodykoonts
Well Known Prohibition Agent Shot and Killed in Bradshaw Store
The article profiles Watkins a veteran prohibition officer in southern West Virginia who had long raided moonshine operations across twenty nine counties. He faced multiple acquittals in federal and McDowell county courts and was involved in the deaths of other agents during the crackdown. He was shot in the hand and face during a raid near Lerena Mercer county, with several prior captures and arrests noted.
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West Virginia
Watkins
Bluefield
Big Boy
Wise
McDowell County
Harman
Mack Day
Day
Lerena
Mercer County
Man Dies After Volley of Shots In Bluefield Shooting
Sometime ago Watkins filed a $10,000 libel suit in federal court at Bluefield against the Washington Times. Service was made on an agent in Bluefield and Judge McClintic weighs jurisdiction. Watkins, born June 6 1880 in Chambers Kentucky, veteran, widower, survived by a brother, funeral plans pending. Robert Hawkins, former Bluefield resident and pharmacist, now in War and Bradshaw, widow died in 1922 and has a 14 year old daughter.
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Watkins
Bluefield
Washington Times
Washington, D. C
Service
George W. McClintic
Chambers
Manfee County
Kentucky
Nelson
Mary Watkins
Order of Eagles
First Presbyterian Church
Lura Crawford
Northfork
Charley Watkins
Johnson City
Tenn
Robert Hawkins
Princeton
Tazewell County
War
Bradshaw
Charleson
Scientists hunt relics in Africa uncover ancient grave
In South Africa the team moves through Jensburg foothills seeking Berg buehmen relics amid palm and yellow-wood groves dating back two millennia. They unearthed a cairn grave with a skeleton in a crouched pose and a fractured skull. Clay pottery and other artifacts were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Jensburg Mountains
Buey
Senate honors pilots with flying crosses for Istanbul flight
The Senate voted to award distinguished flying crosses to John L. Polando and Russell N. Boardman for their nonstop flight from the United States to Istanbul Turkey. The measure, revised on Senator Reed’s motion, advances to conference after amending a house bill awarding distinguished service medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
John L. Polando
Russell N. Boardman
United States
Istanbul
Turkey
Reed
Pennsylvania
House
Local ads highlight shop sales and services in Bluefield area
West Virginian shoppers see 35 cent children's haircuts at a barber shop and a first annual clearance sale starting June 30 with voile dresses priced at 89 cents. Hawley’s promotes Enna Jettick Blond shoes at 3.95 while Lewis Furniture, mispriced at 50 cents, announces going out of business in Bluefield with deep discounts. Masonic notice invites Bluefield Lodge 86 A F and A M members to a 7:30 pm meeting at the Masonic Temple. Special beauty offers at Earle’s Beauty Shoppe include discounted facials and perms.
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Lewis
Lewis Furniture Company
Bluefield
Bittner wires Doak on miners operators conference
Van A. Bittner chief of the United Mine Workers in northern West Virginia wires Secretary of Labor W N Doak protesting lack of reply to a union proposal for a conference of miners and operators. He notes six miners badly wounded and one killed by mine guards and says 12 coal companies invited have not responded. Delegates voted to strike at mines of non responding companies.
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Fairmont
W. Va
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
W. N. Doak
Ben
Cena
Bittner
United States
District 31
Companis
Hitler's Organizer Sets Oratory Mark
Strasser, chief organizer for the National Socialists, has spoken at over 1400 public meetings in two years. He is spokesman in the reichstag and supports his wife and two sons with income from a Munich drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
G . Strasser
Adolf Hitler
National Socialists
Strasser Eyes Hitler Line if Nazis Win Power
Gregor Strasser a leading Nazi, born May 31, 1892 in Bavaria, age forty. He joined the Hitler movement in 1921 and sits in the Reichstag since 1924. He has a history of arrests and fines for violent acts against opponents and enjoys mountain skiing when politics pause.
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Strasser
Otto Straaser
Nas
Black Front
Hitler
Gregor Strasser
Bavaria
Havings
Landsberg
Dresden-Bautsen
Alfred Hugenberg
Otto Braun
Heinrich Hirtsiefer
Propellor of Airship Kills One Hunter Boy
In Rosedale Mississippi on June 27 John Hunter, famous in Chicago two years earlier for a world endurance record, was killed when the ship's propeller struck him while he untied the vessel from the dock. His brothers Walter and Kenneth were nearby with three Amphibian airplanes bound for New Orleans as part of a southern air mail plan. the planes had been set down by a heavy rainstorm the previous day.
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Rosedale
Miss
John Hunter
Chicago
Walter
Kenneth
New Orleans
John
Alfred B. Smith
Roosevelt
Permanent Organisation
Ely
Massachusetts
Smith
Walsh
Montana
Smith and Tammany
Ritchie
Maryland
Barkley
Kentucky
Albany
James A. Farley
Alan
North Carolina
Maine
Woodring
Kansas
Asue
Glass
Virginia
Harry
John J. Raskob
Anton Cermak
Raskob
Republican Party
United States
Avangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Farley
Indictments Returned Against Tony Bell in Donohoe Case
In Uniontown Pennsylvania two perjury indictments were returned today against Tony Bell former county detective and chief witness for the commonwealth in the Donohoe murder case Bell testified against R C Bledsoe and Cosmo Stengoni who were acquitted on the murder charge Bell recently confessed to the crime and implicated Bledsoe and Stengoni John Donohoe a constable was found shot to death on a secluded highway in 1929
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Uniontown
Tony Bell
Commonwealth
Donohoe
Bell
R. C. Bledcoe
Cosmo Stengoni
Bledsoe
Stengoni
Ohn Donohoe
Roosevelt Declines Convention But Keeps Informed
Roosevelt refuses to attend the Democratic convention and uses a direct wire to brief his lieutenants in Chicago. Officials express optimism as plans unfold, asserting outcomes align with earlier forecasts.
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Albany
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Roosevelt Rule Fight Roils 1932 Democratic Convention
Delegates debate a proposed majority nominating rule amid roiling tensions over Roosevelt’s bid and the party’s two thirds tradition. Alfred E. Smith and Tamany figures pivot between support and opposition as Barkley and others press for repeal and reform.
Gates Mixture Offered to Cure Backaches and Bladder Pain
A druggist promotes Gates Mixture as a remedy for backaches and bladder discomfort. The ad claims immediate relief and a money back guarantee, urging readers to purchase a dollar bottle at listed local pharmacies in Bluefield Princeton Athens Fairview and nearby towns.
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Goodykoontz Drug
Fairview
Bluefield
East End
Goody's
E. H. Jennings
Athens
W. Va
Hale's
Princeton
Gates
Woman Leaps to Death From Liberty Bridge
A 26 year old Washington Pennsylvania woman Leota G Johnson was identified as the migrant who leapt to her death from the Liberty bridge. Velma Robb of Washington said the victim was her sister and the two lived together. Robb said Leota left home Sunday saying she would seek work.
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Pittsburgh
Liberty Bridge
Leota G. Johnson
Washington, Pa
Velma Robb
Washington
Gasoline Alley in Winchester Reveals Washington Surveyors Office
In Winchester Virginia the building used by George Washington as his surveyors office is highlighted as the place where he later lived while erecting Fort Loudoun to protect settlers. The fragment notes the frontier connection with Native tribes and the early defense efforts.
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Washington
Fort Loudoun
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Snow
Boots
LE. Tierney
Bradshaw Store
Africa
Gity and Coalfield News
Smart Shop
Fretwell'’s
Bland Street
Hawley’s
Enna
Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
L. M. Carper
Eugene Permanent
Fredric
Earle’s
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Princeton Avenue
Automobile
Bailey Lumber Company
Dave Lowell
Peerless Flour & Feed CO
Glenwood High School
Glenwood Park
Byrd
Cover
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Alabama
Wilson
al Smith
New York
John W. Davis
Jimmy” Walker
Murray
Farm Board
Lydia
Plakhem
SHELL
Bluefield Ave
Winchester
Thearapet
Foxy
Wish the Alley Rangers
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