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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1925
Page
53
Bluefield College completed a deal to take over the 108 acre Bluefield Fair Grounds on both sides of the state line making the expanded campus extend from Tazewell road east past the grand stand. The grounds will be converted into a park and athletic field with a new gymnasium planned near the site.
The junior class of the secondary department staged the annual play Contents Unknown a Lindsey Barbee comedy drama before a large audience. Warren Carl Hazzard played Craig Rutherford the collector of rare kings and led the cast with Miss Katie Vaiden understudying Machiavell. Marcella Moors portrayed Judith Shelby with great skill as the unwilling accomplice, while Keith Winthrop John Hekman and Thelmore Hayden filled supporting roles as the customs official Kenneth Gordon and rivals for Judith.
A cow named Winnall in England owned by Harry Waters produced 2.165 gallons of milk over a 365 day period according to the report.
Heintz Mueh nickel, a German aviator, was acquitted of murder for shooting a mortally wounded Russian during the 1920 Polish Russian conflict after landing between lines due to a defective motor. The Russian, an agent with the Red Army, begged for relief and was shot to end his suffering.
A distressed man, fearing capture by the enemy, shot another, then buried the victim and reported the incident to his superiors. The terse account notes the chilling sequence under wartime strain and the immediate official report.
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