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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
2
Classifieds and notices from Bluefield Virginia and nearby areas list coal prices and suppliers, piano care, rentals, rummage sales, dances, bulb sales, meetings, and social events. It also notes criminal arrests, lunacy holds, and fire calls amid a busy community page.
A brief notice advertises a 50 cent lunch at the Appalachian Power Co offices from 12 to 2 today and tomorrow hosted by the American Legion Auxiliary. A big football game is promoted with New River State facing Bluefield at 3 p m today.
Detroit to day the first regular session of the National Council of Women opened with leaders from social educational and industrial fields urging closer union among the forty allied national organizations. World peace loomed as a major theme with calls to petition for world court participation and peaceful dispute settlement.
The article reports a debate on reducing the maximum surtax rate while preserving the estate levy. A commission studied simplification and suggested replacing numerous personal exemptions with a flat 25 percent deduction on gross income, applying tax to the remainder. Representative Treadway of Massachusetts said he would push for a commission appointment.
Bluefield National Bank showcased its directors and officers in a meeting led by Senator French. Vice President Parrish outlined the bank’s history and future aims while officers and directors pledged cooperation. Clerical staff were introduced and stockholders offered suggestions to boost business and deposits.
In Sofia on October 29 the Greeks began withdrawing at 1 am obeying League of Nations orders. A bugler signalled the start while allies and attaches met Bulgarian colonel Selateff to prevent disturbance. About 90,000 troops reportedly engaged in the operation and damage in evacuated areas is being assessed.
The program for the next week will showcase the bank’s new banking rooms. Mr McIlhaney praised the service to customers and the public while Mr Alderson noted the officers and clerical staff enjoyed delivering prompt courteous service. Senator French urged effort for the bank’s upbuilding and lauded its growth at the pleasant gathering. The dinner menu cards featured a clever diamond-shaped table arrangement as a sign and emblem of the bank.
A historic settlement in Washington ends a sixty million pound British debt tied to a six million pound original loan. Honduras agrees to pay 1.2 million pounds in semi annual installments without interest over five years funded by a 3 percent tax on consular invoices. First payment due January 31 1927.
Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves declared at the Advertising Club in Clarksburg that aviation must be integrated into naval operations. He argued that airplanes are as essential to the fleet as masts and conning towers were to ships, noting the lookout now operates from the sky but remains a sailor with the same duties.
The Sioux Falls conference closed with resolutions on protecting agriculture within the American system, expanding governors’ powers to curb expenditures, backing Great Lakes St. Lawrence project action, and urging farm relief. A notable demand aims to let farmers sell grain by protein content and use Missouri River floodwaters for rainfall supplements and hydro power.
Pittsburg October reports Hubbard Pressed Steel Company president John W. Hubbard denies in federal court he proposed marriage to actress Miss Anne Caldwell in her breach of promise suit seeking 500000 dollars. He says she left New York in 1924 for California with a motion picture producer. Caldwell contends Hubbard made the proposal earlier in 1922.
An oral understanding was reached regarding a significant event involving a woman, planned for September 10. The parties discussed terms informally, with no written contract or formal ceremony documented. Further details remain unspecified in the record.
In Clarksburg, Walter B. Wilson was re elected president of the Central West Virginia Hardware Club. F D Powell of Salem and A Shannon of Buckhannon were named vice presidents. R H Johnson of Clarksburg became secretary and H E Crane of West Union treasurer. An executive committee includes C B Glasscock Fairmont C Flesher Morgantown and B E Snyder Phillips. The group plans a large delegation to the January 1921 state hardware convention in Charleston.
The Bureau of Coal Economics reports weekly bituminous coal production for the week ending October 24 reached a high total for the year, with preliminary estimates around 000 net tons. Output compares with 11,767,000 net tons from the Bureau of Mines and 11,681,000 tons from the Department of Commerce. Government orders cap Behring Strait seals at 100,000 annually.
D. E. French, president, will sit at the desk in front of the new banking room at the corner of Federal and Raleigh streets. R. B. Parrish, vice president, at the entrance from Federal street. Paul S. McIlhany, cashier, at the fourth lobby window handling notes and collections. Keil Alderson, assistant cashier, at the second window for commercial checking. No railing to bar access to officers.
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