Local Baseball Opens at Fair Grounds Today
Bluefield’s season debut at the fair grounds features a strong home team effort against Bramwell Indians. Fans expect good weather and a strong lineup with Price, Foley, Jeffries, and Hall shaping the infield, while Mayor Patty will throw opening ball after a high school girls’ street sale tickets and a big parade.
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Bramwell Indians
York
Lilly Clothing Company
Bluefield
N. & W. Diamond
Roundhouse
Roy Hall
Blakey
Foley
Keystone
Jeffries
Haywood
Tom Clark
Chick Smith
Price
Jeffrieson
Johnson
Sorrell
Fair Grounds
Patty
Virginia
Hartranft and Sekine Break Conference Shot Put Marks
Hartranft and Sekine, both standout athletes, set new Pacific Coast Conference marks in the shot put with scores near 49 feet and 48 feet respectively during today’s meet.
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Eet Weaeee
Ed Hartranft
Sekine Ainestney
Malone to Box Flowers at Open Air Arena Debut
Jack Malone the St Paul middleweight has been picked by the East Chicago Athletic Club to face Tiger Flowers of Atlanta at the club’s new open air arena opening on June 6. Malone has agreed to the bout.
Discoveries Reported in Gobi Desolate Skeletons and Eggs
Rey Uhagmne Andrews announces finds in the Gobi desert including stone age human and animal skeletons, dinosaur eggs, charred bones, ostrich eggs, and sand polished stones. Age estimated at ten to twenty thousand years. All discoveries to be handed to the Mongolian government in good condition after an American expedition faced deep snows and vehicles trapped in drifts.
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Mongolia
Rey Uhagmne Andrews
Peryx
Centra Asia
Aes
Gobi Desert
Amny
Welch Club Meeting Highlights A Musical Evening
At Welch the Rotary Club meeting featured Ill A E Jennings as guest, plus a performance by Helen Reyburn who sang several selections to warm applause. Visitors included J Logan Hill, M A Watkins, Rotarian Dick Woods of Bluefield, Pat Grady, George A Swope, Charles Farrington, A Vawter, C M Whittaker, D L Cook and George Miller of Washington.
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Dick Woods
Bluefield
Pat Grady
Seorge A Swope
Charles Farrington
A. Vawter
C. M. Whittaker
D. L. Cook
George Miller
Washington
Kingston Pocahontas Coal to Move Headquarters to Hemphill
The Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company will relocate its main offices from Huntington to Hemphill on July 1. The move includes the vice president in charge of operation chief engineer and staff, purchasing, and auditing departments to centralize administration near operations.
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Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company
Huntington
Hemphill
Welch
Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Co
Kingston
Kin Creek
Westerley
Marytown
Big Sandy
Orkney
Warrick
Harvard
Exter
Pond Creek
Kentucky
Woman Slayer of Two Is Held Without Bail
Manuel alias Friday Valentine a color woman shot and killed her husband William Valentine at their Thorpe home. Dora Valentine died next morning in Miners Hospital after four shots fired in a dispute. one bullet severed an artery. Laurie Hufford ordered her held without bail for the July grand jury term. Deputies Cravens and Wilkerson made the arrest. she attempted suicide on the way to jail.
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Laurie A. C. Hufford
Laurie Hufford
Henry Cravens
Walter Wilkerson
Munn and Lewis Set for Title Bout in Michigan City
Ed Strangler Lewis and Wayne Big Munn completed training in Michigan City Indiana and are ready for tomorrow's sky blue arena match. The bout will settle the rivalry from Kansas City where Munn tossed Lewis from the ring and will decide ownership of Lewis belt and a $30 000 purse. Walter Bates will officiate as referee.
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Michigan City
Ind
Strangler
Lewis
Wayne
Big) Munn
Floyd Fitzsimmons
Sky Blue Arena
Kansas City
Munn
Walter Bates
Mountaineers Beat Pittsburg Collegians In 12–2 Victory
Morgantown May 29 The West Virginia University baseball team routed the Pittsburg Collegians in the opener of a two game series 12 to 2. Carmody Kay Williams Tall man and Hawley pitched and batted for WVU as the Collegians managed two runs on 15 hits.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pittsburg Collegians
West Virginia University
RHE Collegians
West Virginia
Carmody
Kay
Williams
Tallman
Hawley
Brother Seeks Slayer Of His Sister Florence Kane
New York detectives search for the killer of Florence Kane a 30 year old found slain near her Brooklyn home. Her brother Detective James A Kane led the daybreak investigation and a pair of chauffeurs gloves, plus evidence of a violent struggle, are key clues. Neighbors heard screams and two men fled in an automobile. The crime scene mirrors a past murder in the same lot.
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New York
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
James A. Kane
Kane
Miss Kane
St. Matthews’ Church
Manhattan
Elizabeth McDonld
Bluefield Fire Alarm Stations List and Contact Notes
An itemized note lists Bluefield fire alarm stations across Southside Northside City Hall and nearby avenues with phone claims reportedly sent from Central Station. The document names street pairs such as Bluefield Ave Mercer St Princeton Ave and Raleigh St plus numerous cross streets and intersections for station locations. Means phone lines and alarm claims originate from Central Station.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Ave
Thomas
Chestnut St
Spruce St
Federal
Raleigh St
Raleigh and
Stewart
Wyoming
Monroe
Giles St
Princeton
Lee and Franklin
Talbert St
Reese and
Marshall
Allen and Powell
Pulaski and
Park
Bland and Jones
Williams
Ellis
Bland
North
South
Jefferson
Penn-Mar Ave
Frederick
East River
College Ave
Walton Ay
Roanoke and
Clarke
Hardy and
Orange
South Midway
North Midway
Henry and
Greenbrier
Greenbrier and
Logan Sts
Upper Jones St
Forest and Union
Oakhurst Ave
Bland St
Central Station
World’s Foremost Drivers Ready for Indy 600 Mile Classic
At Indianapolis May 29 drivers prepared for the thirteenth annual 600 mile race with a 10 am start. Pietro Bordino leads Italian cars while Ralph De Palma and Corum shift roles in a tense team change. Prize money near $100000 with $10000 shared by non top ten finishers.
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Indianapolis
Ralph DePalma
DePalma
Corum
India
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Harry Greb
Tommy Burns
Detroit
Tommy Milton
Ralph de Palma
Benny Hill
Earl Cooper
Frank Eliott
Pietro Bordino
Italy
Antoine Mourre
Red Shafer
Harry Thicksten
A'Soteras
Guy Merton
Clarence Pete de Paolo
de Palma
Leon Duray
de Paolo
Harry Hartz
CliCe Dassel
L. L. Corum
Joy Boyer
Lee
Memorial Day in France Decorated Graves Across A E F
Memorial Day in France will be celebrated with American and French delegations paying homage at graves in Thiacourt and Bony cemeteries in the St Mihiel sector. A New York state war veterans group and a gold star mother delegation will arrive tonight aboard the Leviathan to lead ceremonies with flags.
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Paris
France
Gold Star
Leviathan
Thiacourt
St. Mihiel
Bony
Planders
Milk Fund Bouts Postponed By Rain In New York
Promoter Tex Rickard shelved the milk fund boxing show for one night due to rain marking his first such postponement since 1906. Mike McTigue defends the world light heavyweight title against Pat Berlenbach with both fighters weighing 170 1 2 pounds at the boxing commission offices.
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New York
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Gans-Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Mike McTigue
Pat Berlenbach
Boxing Commission
Nine of Twelve Indicted Men Released on Bail
Williamson West Virginia May 29 Nine of the twelve men named in indictments arising from the trolley case were released on bail. The action affects defendants tied to the ongoing legal proceedings related to the incident and its aftermath.
Cross-Word Puzzle Honors War Heroes and National Symbols
Crossword clues honor veterans and national themes with entries for courage priestly roles and natural symbols. The grid includes terms for decay injury battle gear and maritime birds while noting a murder charge against Munsey tied to Sherman Parsley and a placeholder prize range amid unfinished text.
Nine men arraigned after Kermit shooting in Mingo court
Two killed and three wounded at Kermit were arraigned in Mingo circuit court and released on bond to await the July term. Slick Justice and George Damron failed to appear, warrants issued, Ken Chapman wounded and hospitalised in Huntington. The nine men were released on bond, with the heaviest bond posted for Jas.
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Kermit
Mingo
Slick Justice
George Damron
Kaplases
Ken Chapman
Buck Kirk
Huntington
Jas
Hair for Temple Belief Sparks Shrine Cornerstone Ritual
Ninety girls in Tokyo bobbed their hair and placed the cut tresses in a temple cornerstone in a superstition to prevent fire destruction. One girl offered herself as a human sacrifice to be buried alive in the cornerstone, inspired by legends of an older temple spared by earthquake due to a similar act.
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Tokyo
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Pune
Roscoe
Mark
Nou
Ploscor
Middle Atlantic League
Fairmont
Wheeling
Johnstown
Cumberland
First Baptist
B. Ogle
R. C. Sutherland
Jim Vermillion
Vermillion
Lady Ruth Ogle
Jesus
Lord
Mattie Bowling
Methodist Episcopal
Z. B. Randall
Junior Missionary Society
Epworth League
Presbyterian
C. H. Phipps
Christ
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
C. BE
Coal Company
Kimball
Big Munn
Mountaineers
Didter
Princeton Ave
Russell St
Mercer St
Boggs & Goodat
Saucern
Harbord
Belleau Wood
America
Quentin Roosevelt
Seriiges
Department of the Aisne
Epoch Sea Eagle
Ocean
Munsey
Sherman Parsley
Bob
Henry Rodgin Company
Henry Rodgin
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