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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1935
Page
16
Bluefield Virginia police fingerprint expert George Sarver concluded the revolver believed used to kill Edward Fe well, 19, bore prints only from one person. He compared trigger prints with those on the grip and found a match. While speculation exists that the youth may have acted from despondency, no conclusion is stated.
The Bluefield Virginia Business Men's Club will discuss a refunding bond issue to balance the municipal budget after a recent town audit. Memorial Hall hosts the meeting this evening with Miss Lucy Temple Willis as soloist.
News from Bluefield reports the death of J B Rice a longtime Peterstown resident in Pearisburg hospital Wednesday night He leaves a widow formerly Miss Clementine Chambers and several children Rice was born and raised in Peters Valley and was a farmer Funeral services were expected to be held today
The first whopper copperhead reported this summer attempted to cross a motor car operated by Tom McClintock near Tip Top on the Norfolk and Western. McClintock halted to inspect a signal and ran over the snake, paralyzing its spinal column.
The Bluefield Virginia postoffice and several others in the state revert to second class on July 1 after revenue declines and a 15 percent cut with the 8 cent stamp adoption. Receipts have increased over the past year. Roanoke resident John W. Holliday reports a large turnout expected for the Norfolk and Western veterans’ July 13 outing at Lakeside near Salem. Wheat harvests begin in Tazewell with strong yields. stone seed wheat shows heavier yields on Neel and Harman farms in Bluestone valley.
Special fifth Sunday services planned at Graham Presbyterian on Sunday morning and Pocahontas Presbyterian on Sunday evening with additional worship.
Miss Theresa McMullin returned from Radford State Teachers College to attend the marriage of her sister Miss Hettie McMullin to Mr. Charlton Hailey. The ceremony took place Thursday evening at the bride’s parents home, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. McMullin. Miss Virginia Charlton of Chris-
Tiansburg hosts visitors including Miss Dorothy Hughes with a relative, Mrs. Eugene Lampton from Mullens and her children Shirley and Robert. The Rev George Forbes and family come from Dundas to visit kin, former Bluefield residents. H L Dean and G Cundiff attend Tumbling Creek meeting. Martha Morris attends the Virginia Christian Endeavor convention in Lynchburg.
Virginia congressman John W. Flannagan of the Ninth district endorses the Roosevelt era plan to share wealth and soak the rich. He is quoted I favor it. Roanoke representative Woodrum calls for a halt to further legislation and objects to being gagged. Washington dispatches say eight of Virginia’s House members along with two senators back the plan. Flannagan campaigned on supporting the New Deal though he voted for the soldiers bonus, a measure Roosevelt opposed and vetoed.
Dramatic motion pictures of the Quetta earthquake that destroyed the city and killed about 20,000 are featured in the Daily Telegraph and Sunset News Universal Newsreel with Grahan McNamee as talking reporter. The Granada theater opens a two day run. Aerial footage shows native homes flattened across the desolation.
The Lee Theatre presents a matinee at 2 p m featuring the mystery squad Ron and a Terrytoon titled Black Sheep for 10 cents.
The current issue reports a damaged hangar and wrecked aircraft at a British air base site. It covers political events in Washington with Senator Wagner praising unemployment and old age insurance legislation, the NRA board meeting under James L. O'Neill, and reactions to new tax proposals aimed at wealth redistribution. It also notes a fire incident at Ocean City and a dramatic crash involving two Portuguese nobles at Floyd Bennett Field while attempting a trans Atlantic flight to Rome, plus Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's notable horse.
Discovery captures the Brooklyn handicap at Aqueduct racing in a world record pace for the mile and a eighth course. The victory marks a historic performance as the colt claims the prestigious title.
Mrs. Nannie BeCraft mother of Ben A. BeCraft manager of the Western Union office here died yesterday at her Wytheville home after a year of illness. At her bedside when she passed were two other sons George BeCraft Jr and Edwin BeCraft both of Wytheville. Surviving also are a sister Mrs Liszie Markrader of Row Avenue and two brothers including Will Harkrader of Wytheville.
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