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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1925
Page
6
Chicago manufacturer B G Dahlberg told a Chicago convention that synthelic lumber made from spiny bagasse forms dense, low heat conducting cells. Tests show strong, durable boards with superior insulation reducing heating needs by up to 25 to 33 percent and dampening external noises for quieter homes.
Bankruptcy hearings disclose E. G. Lewis borrowed about 12 million dollars from friends nationwide to run mining, land development, and other ventures. Referee W. P. Butcher Jr. resumes accounts as creditors claim losses run into thousands. A. R. Rutherford of Los Angeles named trustee. final claim date set for December 5.
New York March 26 A peace treaty was signed today between the Qu Leong and Shig tonga clans, ending the warfare that yielded deaths across the country in recent months. Over 100 policemen patrolled Molt reat and neighboring areas during the conference. The meeting closed with a banquet led by Guy Landig of Chattanooga as the chief speaker. Meanwhile in Akron Ohio plans for the Oliv in International convention proceeded as Paul Kron presided. Separate boxing notes reported Gene Tunney preparing for a decisive bout as he and Greb completed training activities.
London March 26 The Daily Mail reports Labour MP David Kirkwood has received numerous threatening letters following his attacks on the Prince of Wales in Parliament and elsewhere The Hastingsgow branch of the National Union of Trailwaymen has asked the home secretary to investigate The home secretary reportedly promised a full inquiry and offered police protection which Kirkwood declined.
James H. Farmer aged eighty six, a veteran of the Evil War, died in Knoxville after a fire he started to clear underbrush spread. He became entrapped in a thicket and burned to death. Survived by one daughter in the city and seven sons scattered across the country.
London March 26 Nine women have been elected associate members of the British Society of Engineers for the first time. Miss Annette Ashbury of Fulham, a former munition worker who rose to head a department making large shells, later started a company manufacturing machinery parts and wireless apparatus.
Ohio senate approves replacing horsepower with hundred weight for motor truck taxation. bill now goes to Governor Donahey. Also includes brief notes from Paris and Cleveland on dancing partners, a coaching change at Tech High School, and long service of Helen Cope as organist. British army doctors reject about two of every hundred applicants.
Fire alarm from Bluefield Fire Department details multiple fire stations and streets including Southside Plane 1444 Newthelde Plane 72 12 City Hall 13 Princeton Ave Russell St 14 Bluefield Ave Mercer St Apedald Ave 16 Bluesheld Ave Thomas St 11 Hinefield Ave Cheatnut St 18 Hiulefield Ave Spruce St 19 Bluefield Ave Spruce St 21 Federal Rinleigh St 22 Raleigh Biewart St 28 Wyoming Monroe St 24 Giles St Princeton Ave 23 Leo Franklin Sts 26 Talbert St Princeton Ave 31 Fire Station 82 Roasa Marshall Sta 2 Allen Powell Sts 84 Puluskanid Park Sts 41 Bland Joes Sts 2 Bland Williams Sta 44 Blandule Sta 44 Bland North Sts 40 South Jemergon Sts 46 Ponnegar Ave Frederick 3b At-Ba at River College Ave 48 Collage Ave Walton Ave 2 Roanoke Clarke Sts j'iturdy Orangela 2 2 236 South Midway 188 North Midway 212-Hunry Greenbrier Sta 9214 Greenbrier Logan Sta 412 Upper Jones Bt 419 Forest Union Sts 4 18 Oakhurst Ave Bland 8b SMeana phone alarming alarms from Central Station.
Cheyenne Wy Mar 4 Judge Kennedy of the United States court for Wyoming is described as a gentle soul with a knack for humor on the bench. He oversaw the Teapot Dome investigation era, handling oil land cases during Wyoming’s boom, with millions at stake.
Judge Kennedy, 49, born Commerce, Mid 1874, trained at Franklin College and Syracuse, practiced with R N Mutson, moved to Cheyenne in 1900. He served as bankruptcy referee, led Laramie Republican party, then state chairman. Noted for Horn defense, he ruled for defense on law when rightful. He enjoys golf, billiards, bridge, and poker. married Anna Lyods in 1908, no children. He ranks as a Presbyterian and member of Mason, Elk, Woodman of the World.
Norfolk and Western Railway directors approve a 26,000 investment in seven percent preferred stock at the new Virginia Beach hotel. The board action, taken in Philadelphia, raises total hotel stock subscriptions to over 500,000, reflecting community investment rather than traffic projections. N. D. Maher, ex-president and chairman of the planning committee, helped push the effort alongside Eresient Reedley and Mr. Needles.
Washington March 6 A appeal may be filed with the College of Methodist Bishops over an adverse Baltimore conference report on unifying the Northern and Southern church branches. Leaders say Chandler allowed only one fifth of delegates to consider age and a new role. The issue will go to the May Nashville meeting, may not affect yesterday’s ballot but could influence forty Southern canvases. Bishop H H Sherman of Nashville called the ruling surprising and unwise noting the general conference ordered a secret ballot and the body had voted to fix its procedure by a majority.
Washington May 26 A warning against promiscuous settlement of Mohave desert lands in California was issued by the interior department amid a flood of applications for homesteads and land entries. The Mohave lands are largely sandy and not easily cultivated. most of the heat lands are already entered and attempts at homesteading may prove expensive and unprofitable.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor postponed a conference with the Virginia State Federation of Labor and the Central Trades and Labor Council of Richmond due to other business. The next annual Virginia Federation meeting location will be announced, with a rescheduled conference set for next Monday morning in Washington.
In a move toward an ateliable settlement, the national organization's secretary Frank Morrison will meet Virginians as the representative of Mr. Green. The talks are set to formalize terms and seek a workable agreement.
Norfolk detectives halted another liquor ring shipment between Norfolk and Baltimore. At Merchants and Miners wharf 200 gallons were seized in 5-gallon cans packed in corrugated cases marked for the Norfolk Jobbing Company and shipped from Baltimore.
Washington March 26 Frederick Sutherland an auditor in the bureau of internal revenue has been arrested here in connection with alleged attempts to reduce taxes by misrepresentation. Sutherland appointed from Connecticut was arrested several days ago but kept secret during the investigation. James C Clifford and John F Mc Carran former bureau employees were arrested in Milford Conn yesterday. The investigation continues but officials say the end is near Sutherland is free on a $3000 personal bond and two more arrests are expected.
Spartanburg South Carolina March 26 Migg Tenle Ray sixty of Wellford Spartanburg county died from burns received late yesterday while she was skinching fire in the yard to do the family washing. The aged woman rolled over and over in the dirt trying to extinguish the flames before being found by a neighbor who returned from the fields. DISCOVERS COMET London March 26 The Morning Post reports that Professor Richard Schorr director of the Hamburg University observatory at Bergedorf on Monday discovered a comet of the eleventh magnitude near the constellations Leo and Virgo.
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