Mercer County East River Mountain road praised by official
E R Bradley assistant state road engineer told Bluefield Chamber of Commerce and Daily Telegraph that the East River mountain road will be first rate, meet state specs, and be state over time. A full time inspector John Blankenship will monitor construction loaned by state highway commission.
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Mercer County
East River
E. Bradley
Huntington
Bluefield
Bradley
Mercer County Court
State Highway Commission
John Blankenship
Blankenship
Virginia Side
East River Mountain Road
East River Mountain
Snow melts before use in Crimean cooperative effort
In Yalta on June 28 the Stepovik cooperative offered three rubles for every forty pounds of snow brought to its premises. Men women and visitors hauled snow from Al Petri but at 100 degree heat the supply melted before any refrigeration project could be utilized.
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Yalta
Crimea
Dniepropetrovek Cooperative Society
Stepovik
Al-Petri
Rotary Fellowship Report Highlights Friendship X Plan
Bluefield Rotary heard a report on the Friend X fellowship stunt in progress four months. Rev. J. W. Hobson gave the keynote address on friendship and fellowship as new officers were introduced for the coming term. New member J. F. Callahan was welcomed. about fifty Rotarians and several visitors attended.
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Bluefield Rotary Club
Friend X
J. S. Dudley
J. W. Ho
J. F. Callahan
Western Union
J. Anderson Fitzgerald
University of Texas
Austin
W. 8. Long
Chicago
L. L. Alexander
Westminster Church
C. C. Campbell
Bluefield
John Pickeral
Salina
Kan
W. B. Warhurst
Passaic, N. J
Anna Shumaker
June Grim
Rachel Barclay
Change Kilocycles To Meters Easily
Chicago June 28 Radio fans can translate kilocycles to meters by multiplying kilocycles by 300 and dividing by 1, giving the station length in meters. For example 1000 kilocycles equal 300 meters and 670 kilocycles equal 447.7 meters. The Bat tery at Manhattan’s southern tip traces to the Whiteside Battery with 92 cannon built late 17th century.
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Chicago
Manhattan
Coroner's jury clears inventor in Miami crash case
A coroner's jury in Miami Beach exonerated Fred Osius of blame for the deaths of Mrs. Bertha Miller and her six year old son who drowned when his car plunged through the Miami Beach causeway into Biscayne Bay. The verdict called the incident an unavoidable accident after witnesses described a loss of control at high speed and a vehicle passing ahead.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Fred Osius
Racine
Wis
Bertha Miller
Miami-Miami Beach
Biscayne Bay
Osius
Miller
H Bain Miller
Coral Gables
Osius @ Miller
Lami
Railroad Open After Washout
Salt Lake City, June 28. Traffic over the Denver and Salt Lake City resumed late today after slides and washouts in Price Canyon 136 miles east. Five trains were tied up. one released, two more expected tonight. About 200 motorists were stranded and may stay a day or more. Highway damage will take months to repair and three towns faced water shortages. A pipeline washed away by a slide will take at least a week to replace.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Denver
Price Canyon
Here
Highway Commission
French Doctors Debate Professional Secrecy
Paris June 28 The Academy of Medicine forms a special committee to study professional secrecy for doctors after Dr Lutulle urged absolute medical secrecy in his report to the society.
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Paris
Academy of Medicine
Lutulle
Learned Society
Paris wine tester wins in Paris tasting event
Paris June 28 Marcel Le Cudennec, hailed as the best wine-taster, correctly aged and described twelve wines in a test judged by 86 wine stewards. He won 5000 francs a loving cup and two bottles of ancient brandy. Le Cudennec, a young Breton, impressed restaurateurs with his precision.
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Paris
Marcel Lr Cudennec
le Cudennec
Tasters Identify Wines Under Ministry Supervision
Contestants, overseen by ministry of agriculture officials, had thirty minutes to name six white and six red wines. Each participant received twelve glasses and spent two and a half minutes per wine, with water offered to cleanse palates though met with doubt. One steward admitted tasting once and not liking it.
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Ministry of Agriculture
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