Woman Held on Bigamy Charge in Williamson
Mrs. Elsie Pitts Smith 25 was arrested on a bigamy charge after Thomas J. Hutchinson 47, a railroad worker, killed himself following injuring her at her home. Smith posted 500 bond for grand jury action. Hutchinson had duplicitous marriage claims and prior drinking issues surfaced in interview with Officer Keesee.
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Elsie Pitts Smith
Thomas J.hutchinson
Williamson
Hutchinson
Smith
Chamberlain preaches defense amid German aggression
Chamberlain questions Hitler's assurances and warns against further territorial ambitions while urging Britain and the empire to stand firm. He calls for a broad review of national safety and public readiness, stressing the need to resist domination by force and to seek peace with vigilance.
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Hitler
Germany
Sudetenland
Hurone
Chamberlain
Czecho-Slovakia
Britain
Europe
Cham
Law Signings Expand State Tax and Labor Rules
President signed multiple statutes including shifting tax payment to April 15, extending child labor protections, amending workmen compensation, and enabling continuing contracts for teachers with retirement plans. Also codifies state license law and allows an eighth royalty tax on oil and gas, plus property assessment changes and waterworks and sewage system micination.
Weather forecast for Virginia coast and south
A weather forecast notes fair and continued cold conditions across Virginia Saturday and Sunday with increasing cloudiness and a gradual rise in temperatures. In southern areas slightly cooler Saturday and Sunday as temperatures edge upward slowly.
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Virginia
Women and church notices fill Bluefield pages
Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs. Lyle Bell Saunders in Lakin West Virginia and Mrs Theressa Pleasants of New York city. Church announcements cover Jones Street Christian and several Princeton and Pocahontas congregations with services, speakers, choirs, and women s day events scheduled across the week.
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Pleasants
Bluefield
Theressa Pleasants
New York City
A Pleasants
H. Pleasants
Bluereia
Trinity Bible Class Holds Annual Meeting
Trinity Methodist church hosts the Men’s Bible class annual gathering with about 125 attendees. James Kahle presided at the dinner, Fred W. Udy organized the program, and performances by the Wengen brothers and Bluefield State teachers college quartet highlighted the event. St. Patrick’s Day decor accompanied the dinner and program remarks by pastors Hugh Kelso and E. E. Wiley.
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Trinity Methodist Church
James 8. Kahle
Fred W. Udy
Wengen Brothers
Bluefield
Bluefield State Teachers College
C. D. Reece
Hugh 5. Kelso
First Methodist Church
Princeton
E. E. Wiley
City and Coalfield items and shopping ads
A collage of items lists Roanoke piano tuner Barry Haffen visiting monthly, local Bradley's clothing ads for skirts blouses jackets and suits, and an assortment of in store prompts. It also includes a brief political note on Prague deadlock and U.S. stance, plus tariff actions on Czechoslovakia provinces.
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Barry Haffen
Roanoke
P. O
P.O
Exce...ons Filed In Celanese Road Gases
Mrs J B Givens and C French contest the highway right of way award for eight acres to the Celanese plant site on New River. Commissioners fixed damages at 6000 after an initial 10250 claim. Hearings by Judge A C Buchanan planned in coming days.
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J. B. Givens
C French
New River
A. C. Buchanan
Sunday Business Openings Prohibited Ordinance
An old city ordinance prohibits keeping any store open on Sunday for buying or selling except for butchers and bakers who may open until 9:00 a.m. on Sundays. Offenders face a fine of five to ten dollars per offense. The ordinance was adopted February 6, 1890 and is not in effect now.
Senator Pittman Warns Against Delays In Defense Efforts
The Senate Foreign Relations chair urged immediate action against Nazi moves and warned that Germany Italy and Japan are acting in concert. Czech legation in the U S resists German orders as Minister Vladimir Hurban declares the Berlin March 15 agreement invalid and vows to uphold Czecho-Slovak law.
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Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hitler
Chamberlain
Germany
Italy
Japan
Czeh
Vladimir Hurban
Reich
Prague
Chyalkovsky
Hacha
United States of America
Berlin
Westminster Church to Open Nursery for Young Children
Westminster Presbyterian church to run a nursery during the 11 oclock Sunday service with older girls supervising under Mrs T J Jackson and Miss Virginia Jackson. Beginning this morning at 10 oclock Rev C G Gunn leads a special class for those seeking full communion at Easter. Youthful attendees urged to arrive on time.
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NEW Century M. E. Princeton
Charles 5. Webster
J. W. Hobbs
New Century Quartette
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Mable Poe
Virginia Dean
Westminster Presbyterian Church
T. J. Jackson
Virginia Jackson
C. G. Gunn
Trigg elected president of West Virginia Negro Parents and Teachers
Mrs. Lilian M. Trigg of Bluefield was elected president of the West Virginia Congress of Negro Parents and Teachers at its two day meeting in Charleston on March 17. State college President John W. Davis spoke as a key figure in both branches of the Texas legislature.
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Charleston
W. Ve
Lilian M. Trigg
Bluefield
West Virginia Congress of Negro Parents and Teachers
John W. Davis
West Virginia State College
Texas
Olan R. Vanzandt
Lonnie Alsup
House
Tariff Order Sparks Debate Over German Rates
W R Johnson, a customs bureau attorney, argued that the latest order does not sever the trade pact with Czechoslovakia which granted tariff concessions to Czechoslovakia and other nations but excludes Germany. The dispute centers on whether higher tariffs now apply only to Germany and how this affects existing agreements.
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Washington
Treasury
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Nazi Reich
State Department
United States
James H. Moyle
Customs
Bohemia
Moravia
Slovakia
W. R. Johnson
Customs Bureau
NO AGREEMENT in Appalachian Area prompts shutdown fear
After adjournment miners and operators debated a March 31 shutdown risk. Murray warned of a forced shutdown while O'Neill argued operators want peace and refuse to extend a contract. Miners seek 50 cents daily wage gain. operators want 50 cents cut. A Swiss cheese factory in Star Valley, Wyoming, produces 100 million pounds yearly.
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Appalachian
Murray
O'Neill
Star Valley
Wyoming
Colored Churches Missionaries Meet at Soott Street
The Missionary society of Soott Street Baptist Church met Wednesday with large attendance. Rev. E. T. Brown led song and prayer. Mrs. L. J. Wright led the program with Little E. Sullivan, Mrs. H. Crawly, and Mrs. M. Robinson taking part. The next meeting will be April 5 with Mrs. Mac Rorton hosting.
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Blakes Chapel
W. H. Blake
Eva George
Christian Endeavor
the Missionary Society
Darcus Craige
Church Street
Missionary Society of Soott Street Baptist Church
M. A. Allen
A. Callaway
E. T. Brown
L. J. Wright
Little E. Sullivan
H. Crawly
M. Robinson
Brown
Mac Rorton
M. K. Crockett
LITTLE ZXON_ BAPTIST Goodwill
R. M. Harris
E. Brown
Junior Missionary Society
Betaceton Church
Logal Man Dies in Bridge Fall
Oscar Montague Semones, 43, a Kings ton Pocahontas Coal employee at Hemphill, died after falling from a Norfolk and Western bridge near Welch. Found by two youths, he died five hours later from a severe head injury and exposure. He lived in Hemphill since 1937, survived by his widow Audrey Ramones and several children. Body to be taken to Willsville, Va for funeral Sunday at 2 PM.
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Oscar Montague Semones
Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company
Hemphill
Frederick Street
Norfolk and Western Railway
Flat Iron
Welch
Semones
Vance Spangler
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Audrey Ramones
Willsville, Va
Bluefield twin cities plan park center with shared trustees
Recreation drive plans clear pending word to start work. Bluefield Virginia and Bluefield West Virginia officials agree to acquire Sanders estate land to expand baseball fields and open a new road linking College Avenue. Trustees from both cities will co oversee land transfers as Bluefield College funds are raised. A revived park commission will represent both sides and strengthen cross city ties. A 1937 Texas highway fatality count is noted, with four deaths in 1938 after patrols began.
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Hon
College
Sanders
Bluefield College
Snyder
College Avenue
Bluefield
Mt. Otey
Virginia Side Council
Virginia Side
Bluefields
Carl Creasy
W. Va
Bluefield Park and Recreation Commission
Twin Cities
College Parkung
Chamber of Commerce
Two
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Ghamberlan
Holt
Weather Bureau
Korsos
Hv Rauneers
Matoaka P. T. A
Bradley's Drug Store
Aeraat
Matoaka P.T. A. Father and Son
Matoaka High School
Charles E. Wood
Cincinnati
Boy Scouts of America
D. M. Easley
Mercer-Wyoming Circuit Court
P.T. A
Association
News of the Colored People
Saunders
Lyle Bell Saunders
W. M. Saunders
A. M. E. Church of Goodwill
Lakin State Hospital
Lakin
Julia L. Skinner
Parkstrreet
Jones Street Christian
P. E. Carter
C. G. Jompson
Marie Nowlin
Dinior
C. C. Carter
R. E. Keeling
John Stewart
Hubert C. Jones
G. H. Sinkford
Bethel A, M. E
D. F. Little
C. A. Rogers
Hallie Whitehead
Mamie Lyles
MT. Calvary Baptist Princeton
Othella Jefferson
Bluefield State
Teachers’ College
W. C. Penn
R. V. Coger
J. W. Harris
Martha Young
Union Baptist
Doney Street Hall
M. R. White
Pilgrim Baptist Crystal
EB. C. Holcomb
Hazel Reynolds
Jesus
United Holy Pocahontas
Eugene Aaron
W.M. Littlejohn
At & P.m
Pocahontas
First Baptist Church
Williams
Trinity Bible Glas
Bradley's
Bradley
National Assembly
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
State
Welles
Westminster Church
Lillian Trigg
Gallilee Baptist
R. H. McKay
Effie Dudley
Jenkin Jones M. E. Freeman
Huston Tiffany
George Woodson
Bethel M. J. Bluefield
J. W. Manning
Painter
Tabernacle Baptist
J. A. Palmer
W. J. Saunders
East Graham Christian
T. G. Brooks
Luther Bailey
North Side United Holy Rev. Mary
W. D. Green
Secott Street
Andrew Walker
Q. A. Connolly
Mount Zion Baptist
Alexander Gregory
J. C. Hicks
B. U
Frayer
Church OF God (Apostolic
T. J. Cox
ent _BENNE
Paik Tal Shin
Joan Davis
Charles Farrell
Jane Wyman
Kane Richmond
Hal Kemp and His
Popeye
Cagney
America
Humphrey Bogart
Rosemary Lane
Donald Crisp
Lloyd Bacon
Warmer Bros
Max Caslngy
Warren Dutt
Robert Butier
Edward
Fommare
Edward E Formwors
Wal; Dale
Walt Disney
the Practical Pig
Tom Wallet
Glen
Logal
Hillsville
Dallas-Fort Worth
Charlie Chase
Rialto
Harry Carry
Tombstone
Ney
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