Bluefield Post Office Extends Carrier Service In City
Bluefield residents will gain early morning collections and extra parcel post delivery daily except Sunday as the Post Office Department approves improvements. Window hours increase and new carrier routes require properly numbered houses and mail receptacles before service begins, expected by early April.
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Bluefield
Postoffice Department
Washington, D. C
J. T. Akere
Akers
Mountain View Avenue
Gilmer Street
Said
Eldridge Street
Greenbrier Street
Maple Street
Cedar Street
Hale
Bluefield Avenue
Mulberry Street
Willow Street
Alder Street
Rock Street
Said Street
Akeré
Page
Huntington
James A. Hughes
Congress
Notable Events Reported Across Cities in Brief
Washington Mercer county nears elimination in vet hospital site contest. New York Europa docks near the harbor as radio describes the arrival. Norfolk and Western reports record gross revenue in 1929. Miami Governor bars Capone from establishing headquarters in the state. Chicago Walter Eckersall dies. Risko defeats Campon in ten rounds at Madison Square Garden. Richmond labor conference examines prison problems. Welch: one man held for Blackstone shooting. Charleston joint committee revises taxation laws. New Orleans track feature race investigation. jockey suspended. Baltimore Jennie Byrd dies, grandmother of two Virginians.
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Risko
Campolo
Madison Square Garden
New York
Richmond
New Orleans
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Baltimore
Jennie Byrd
Mellon Celebrates 75th Birthday in Pittsburgh
Ronan W. Mellon, custodian of the nation's finances, marked his seventy-fifth birthday yesterday at his home in Pittsburgh.
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Ronan W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Mellon Observes Quiet Birthday in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Andrew W. Mellon marking his seventy fifth birthday with congratulatory messages from around the world. He praises the era as civilizational progress and says he would choose to live the next three quarters of a century in America and in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh Country Club
Mellon
America
Alienation suit for 100000 entered in Clarksburg
Ogle E. Yerkey of Salem sues John Ansley Darnell of Smithton for 10090 damages in circuit court alleging alienation of his wife affections. Yerkey says Mrs Yerkey, now Mrs Darnell, and Darnell divorced in Nevada without his knowledge and married on their return. Darnell 54 and former Mrs Yerkey 30.
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Clarksburg
Ogle E. Yerkey
Salem
John Ansley Darnell
Smithton
Yerkey
Darnell
Nevada
Wallace Beery Plane Crash Kills Three Near Los Angeles
Wallace Beerys biplane crashed near Alhambra California at about 2 p m killing three people instantly. Pilot George Maves age 23 and Lynn H Hayes 26 died. Mrs Cynthia Maves wife of the pilot also perished. Beery was not aboard.
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George Maves
Los Angeles
Wallace Beery
Alhambra
Lynn H. Hayes
Cynthia Maves
United Airport
Burbank
Here
Hayes
Westwood
Maves
Senate approves tariff merger by oct to 21 vote
The Hawley Smoot tariff bill passed the Senate 53 to 31 and heads to conference with the House. It carries 1 253 amendments and changes farm duties and many industrial rates. Support came from 46 Republicans and 7 Democrats. Twenty six Democrats and 5 Republicans opposed. House delays conference to Monday for study.
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Washington
Senate
House
Capitol
435 House
Simmons- Norris
Hoover
Simmons
North Carolina
Smoot
Utah
Watson
Indiana
Shortridge
California
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Walsh
Massachusetts
Industry
Mrs Jennie Byrd Dies in Baltimore at 91
Baltimore, March 24 Mrs Jennie Byrd grandmother of Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd and former Gov Harry Flood Byrd died after a short illness at the Maryland Hospital for Women She was 91 and had lived with her daughter Mrs J Lester Shipley Jr for eighteen years Funeral services are planned for tomorrow and burial will be in Winchester Virginia Her grandson was returning from Antarctic exploration and she had actively followed the campaign of Alfred E Smith.
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Baltimore
Jennie Byrd
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Winchester
Byrd
Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Boiler explosion injures twelve aboard Minas Geraes
A Santos dispatch reports twelve men seriously injured and others wounded in a boiler tubes explosion on the cruiser Minas Geraes during a practice cruise. Officials of the American naval mission say none of its members were aboard.
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Rio Janeiro
Santos
Minas Geraes
Martha Farley Dies Mother of Four Sons in Prison
Mrs. Martha J. Farley 64 died at her Princewick home of pneumonia. Her four sons include Mingo and Matherly serving life for a 1928 Stonecoal slaying, Manderville for a 1929 Mercer county murder, and Maitland in Atlanta for liquor violations. Survived by husband and one daughter.
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Beckley
W. Va
Martha J. Farley
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundaville
Princewick
Here
Mingo
Matherly
Benjamin Caudel
Stonecoal
Manderville
Robert Tipton
Mercer County
Maitland
Atlanta
Farley
Taxation Law Restored by Joint Committee in West Virginia
Charleston reports the joint central legislative committee restored key tax statutes to the code, including inheritance tax rates and poll tax collection fees. The panel rejected moves to cut revenue and defended rather than trimmed financial provisions. Debate touched elections, corporate attorney fees, and life insurance agent designation, with further tax provisions postponed to midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Joint Central Legislative Committee
Harry P. Henshaw
Berkeley County
Mont Z. White
Senate
J. William Cummins
House of Delegates
Wickersham Sees Improvement in Dry Enforcement
Chairman Wickersham told the senate that prohibition can be measurably enforced with a trial under the justice department. He praised city enforcement gains, urged softening of the Jones act terms, and cited leaks from industrial alcohol as the hardest problem.
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Senate
Justice Branch
Washington
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Treasury
Congress
Prohibition Bureau
Tle
Norris
Judiciary Committee
Mitchell
Commission
Dity
Chicago Pilot and Two Passengers Hurt in Crash
Reports from Carrollton Miss indicate Chicago airplane pilot John Templeton, 23, and two passengers were injured when their plane crashed near Carrollton. Templeton suffered a broken hip. passenger W. O. Rutledge, 25, of McComb, had an arm broken, and F. W. Adriance, possibly from New Jersey, was bruised. The aircraft had departed Gulfport bound for Chicago this morning.
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Memphis
Tenn
Carrollton
Miss
John Templeton
Chicago
Templeton
W. O. Rutledge
McComb
F. W. Adriance
New Jersey
Gulfport
Norfolk and Western Reports Best Year Yet in 1929 Rail Revenue
Norfolk and Western shows 1929 net income of 41.8 million and gross operating revenue of 117.63 million, with freight up 10.47 percent to 59.71 million tons. Coal accounted for 80.24 percent of freight, while passenger revenue fell and taxes rose sharply amid a decade of higher federal and local charges.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Norfolk & Western
Government Picks 75 Mile Circle For Veterans Hospital Site
The United States Veterans Bureau announces a 75 mile radius around Pigeon Roane County as the site area for a 125 bed veterans hospital to be built in West Virginia. Mercer county sites offered by Bluefield and Princeton are eliminated. The board will determine exact location after hearings.
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United States Veterans’ Hospital
West Virginia
Pigeon
Roane County
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Washington, D. C
Princeton
Bluefield
Mercer County
Peace Springs
Salt Sulphur Springs
Monroe County
Beckley
Lewisburg
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Charleston
St. Albans
Huntington
Tophet
Speedway
Spanishburg
Widemouth
Elkins
Martinsburg
Morgantown
Wheeling
Hospital Board
Parkersburg
Ohio Line
Roane
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Prison labor debate tightens Hawes-Cooper rules
Richmond officials report a four year outlook on Hawes-Cooper impact as eleven states and the District of Columbia join an Eastern Southern conference on institutional labor to study prison work strive for gainful inmate employment. Leaders urge state use of convict labor for public works while noting overcrowding and social reintegration concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Hawes-Cooper
Eastern-Southern Conference On
John W. Snook
Atlanta
Col
J. D. Sears
New Jersey
Calvert L. Estill
West Virginia
Walter N. Thayer
Maryland
James S. Lakin
Couple Present Marriage License Ten Years Later
New York March 24. John C. McDonald 50 and Alice M. T. Lewie 60, both of Archville New York, obtained a marriage license ten years and four days ago and were married today in the municipal chapel. The license was issued in Westchester county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John C. McDonald
Alice M. T. Lewie
Archville
N. Y
Westchester County
Trial of Irene's Pal Moves Slowly
New Castle Pa March 24 court adjourned after day one of the murder trial of W Glenn Dague. Nine jurors remain to be seated as the panel faced complex questions about accomplice liability in a killing tied to the Butler robbery and the earlier Schroeder murder case. Dague sat nervously as jurors were questioned and attorneys prepared for continued proceedings. custody issues for Irene Schroeder's son were discussed as the court moved toward selecting evidence jurors.
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New Castle
W. Glenn Dague
Dague
Brady Paul
Irene Schroeder
Dickey
Jarrett
Jack Dunlap
Lawrence County
Donnie Schroeder
Harry Stoner
Slippery Rock
Della M’cracken
Scott Township
May Locke
Joseph
Japanese Accept Plan Aimed at Naval Limitation
Tokyo reports strong indications the Japanese government will accept a tentative London naval conference accord setting total Japanese tonnage at 69.6 percent of the American total. The expected parity with Britain and a broader Japan United States Great Britain treaty are anticipated, despite Franco Italian disputes and external criticism.
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Tokyo
Japan
London
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Stimson
MacDonald
Death of Eckersall, famed University of Chicago gridiron star
Walter Eckersall, 46, legendary Chicago athlete and Tribune sports writer, died of a heart attack at 2 30 pm in the Chicago Athletic Association. A star at Chicago from 1903 to 1906, he earned All American honors and later became a noted referee and writer. Burial set for Oakwood Cemetery after services at Holy Cross church.
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Chicago
Walter Herbert Eckereau
Chicago Athletic Association
Charles W. Dunkley
The
Associated Pross
Eckersall
Dunkley
Bekersall
Beckersall
Hyde Parkigh
Reerustine
University of Chicago
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Eckie
Maroons
Walter Camp
Will Hogenson
Cap. Andson
Colts
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth
Holy Gross Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Parker bill places busses under I C C regulation
Congress passes the Parker bill giving the Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction over interstate motor bus traffic. The house vote was 215 to 118 with a move to amend rejected 236 to 104. The measure goes to the senate and grants regulation of rates schedules and certificate of necessity plus required surety bonds for passenger protection.
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Washington
Congress
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Federal Commission
Search Continues for Body of Melvin Horst in Ohio Pond
In Wooster Ohio authorities postpone the search for four year old Melvin Horst in the Orville Country club pond amid remaining water at the north end. Charles Hannah indicted for first degree murder in connection with the disappearance said the body had been dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
Ohio
Orvilis Country Club
Melvin Horst
Charles Hannah
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South Bluefield
Veterans’ Hospital
Norfolk and Western Railway
Miami
Capone
Walter Eckersall
Welch
Blackstone
Page Five
C. H. Berryman
Sherman Bradley
Bachrach
Secretary of Treasury
Wallace Berry
Bill
House Conference
Ned
Martha Farley
Mileague
E. M. Keatley
Kanawha County
Ralph M. Hiner
Pendleton County
Walter S. Hallanan
Norfolk and Western
Veterans
Mercer
Institutional Labor
Irene
Gungirl
West
Flash
Parker Bill
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