Fellow Workers Honor Rail Man At Bluefield Banquet
James N. Utley a Norfolk and Western boilermaker at Bluefield shops retired August 31 at age seventy was honored at a banquet. About 160 people attended at the Norfolk and Western freight station with Walter Bailey presiding. T. L. Brown delivered the principal address, music by Nelson's Night Hawks, and Frank Forrest presented Utley a traveling bag as a token of esteem.
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James N. Utley
Third Street
Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Bluefield Escope
Nuffolk and Western
Walter I. Bailey
Ceramonies
Mr. Utley
T. L. Brown
Pocahontas
Nelson
Night Hawks
Frank R. Forrest
Utley
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Lindbergh Kidnapping Case Developments Stun Nation
New York reports Hauptmann admits access to the Lindbergh home area lumber yard while Curtis confesses the long ransom negotiations were a hoax. Gaston Means heads to Leavenworth for a $104000 ransom hoax conviction and Roosevelt's gold policy aids police in tracing the ransom via a suspicious $10 gold certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New -York
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Hopewell, Ay, Ale
Hauptmann
Washington
Roosevelt
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Thomas Gillespie Dies of Wounds in Personal Safety Incident
Thomas Gillespie, 27, a Black resident of Bluefield Virginia, died at 4 AM yesterday at his father Moses Gillespie's home from two gunshot wounds to the chest described by relatives as personal safety related. He had just returned home from Bluefield West Virginia when he drew a pistol and fired twice, dying instantly. he leaves a father, four brothers, and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ghllespie
Bluefield
Moses Gillespie
Mosers Gillespie
Teagan
W. Va
Thomas
Gillespie
Custard Coal Co. Advertises Coal Bin Services
The City and Coalfield page features Custard Coal Co offering coal bin services with phone 106. They tout best quality full weight and reasonable prices for coal delivery and storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custard Coal Co
Craig resident of Bramwell remembered in funeral services
Craig of Bramwell was remembered by a wide circle of friends. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Sunday at the colored Baptist church in Bramwell, with burial in Simmons cemetery. He is survived by his wife, one son Hubert Craig Jr., two brothers James of Springton and Turner of Matewan, and one sister Nora Robertson of Bramwell. active pallbearers include Bowling Calibre, Victor Davis, Lester King, James Palmer, J F Saunders, and C B E Pigman. Flower bearers are Ethel Saunders, Matie Mounds, Mrs Mary Clark, Marie Brandrum, Lena King, and Mrs Lucy Phelps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Bramwell
R. H. McCoy
Simmons
Mle
Hubert Craig Jr
James Craig
Springton
Turner Craig
Matewan
Nora Robertson
Victor Davis
Lester King
James Palmer
J. F. Saunders
C BE
Ethel Saunders
Matie Mounds
Mary Clark
Marie Brandrum
Lena King
Lucy Phelps
Foster Lincoln Rine Ex.Legislator Dies at 64
Foster Lincoln Rine former Marshall county representative and Moundsville leader died at his home aged 64. A Moundsville native, he once worked as a penitentiary guard and taught in county schools. He served in the Legislature in 1925-26. survived by widow Katherine 11 children a brother and four sisters. One son John Rine is deputy U S clerk at Elkins.
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Moundeville
W. Va
Foster Lincoln Rine
Marshall County
Moundsville
Rine
Katherine
John Rine
U. S
Elkins
Ward Line crewman recalls effort to stifle Morro Castle testimony
George I. Alagna, Morro Castle first assistant radio operator, testified before a federal board that a Ward Line representative urged cooperation and silencing him. He said Stanley R. Wright offered protection and funds after the cutter Tampa landed. Alagna also described attempts to persuade Acting Captain Warme to issue an SOS.
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New York
George I. Alagna
Morro Castle
Alagna
Stanley R. Wright
Ward Line
Coast Guard
Tampa
Dickerson N. Houover
Federal Steamship Inspector
Wright
Connecticut
W. F. Warme
Two Miners Hurt In Slate Fall At Upland Mine
Hall 41 of Elkhorn and Sexton 57 of Anawalt are patients at Bluefield sanitarium after a slate fall in the Upland Coal and Coke Co mine injured Hall’s thigh and legs and left Sexton with fractured ribs and scalp wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Elkhorn
Hiaa Aa
Anawalt
Bluefield Sanitarium
Upland Coal and Coke Company
Sexton
Mammoth Whale Exhibit Heads Here Next Week
A giant whale will be shown for four days next week at the Norfolk & Western freight depot on Bluefield avenue. Captain Lew Nichols will accompany and describe the whale. A five family of penguins from Little America will also be on display. The whale car arrives from Clifton Forge, Va, late Sunday night and the exhibit runs daily from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Norfolk & Western Freight Depot
Norfolk & Western Railway
Bluefield Avenue
Lew Nichols
Ameica
America
Antarctic
Clifton Forge
Mistrial Declared in Breach Promise Suit
In Creenshburg Pennsylvania a breach of promise suit by Kathryn Sloan against Dr Theodore Leatherman was halted and declared a mistrial after closing arguments featured an insult by counsel. Judge William T Dom ordered a juror withdrawn and the trial moved to a later term as Leatherman testified he never promised to marry Sloan and denied alleged past intimacies.
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Creenshburg
Kathryn Sloan
Theodore Leatherman
Westmoreland County
G. H. McWherter
Johnstown
William T. Dom
Adam B. Shaffer
Leatherman
Miss Sloan
Philadelphia
Mammoth Whale Exhibit to Ship by Rail Next Week
A giant whale, pictured here, will be placed on display near the N. and W. freight station four days next week. The mammoth creature is being moved on a specially built railroad car for the exhibition.
Man’s claim of relationship with escort cited in Johnstown case
In Johnstown a man described his view of a relationship with an escort based at her home. He quoted the woman as saying she and he had been “going together three years and we are going to get married,” with the exchange occurring as they were found together in the residence.
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Means
Washington
Gaston B. Means
Alcatraz
Justice Department
Meana
Evalyn Walsh McLean
McLean
Serge
Pst
Meanng
Leavenworth
Johnstown
Miss Sloan
Sittee
Missionary Shown To Have Been Agent For Gas Bomb Plant
Senate munitions investigators asserted that an American missionary acted as both preacher and gas salesman in a controversial tear gas bomb case. Senator Clark claimed two babies were gassed during the 1932 eviction of the Bonus Army in Washington. B C Goss denied the assertion, defending Lake Erie Chemical Co. and United States Ordinance engineers.
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Washington
Senate
Clark
eDmagerat
Missouri
B. C. Goss
Lake Erie Chemical Company
United States Ordinance Engineers
Cleveland among other things gas bomb controversy described
A heated debate labeled Paul Young a gas bomb maker and missionary, as Senator Bone described him as a man with a tambourine and gas bomb. The witness objected, arguing gas bombs can replace bullets, amid revelations from a 1932 letter showing Young’s dual role with Federal Laboratories and missionary work in Ecuador.
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Cleveland
Bone
Democrat
Washington
Paul Young
Christian Alliance
John W. Young
Federal Laboratories, Inc
Ecuador
Paul
Clarence Boggs Wins National Short Story Contest
Clarence Boggs, son of Mr and Mrs E B Boggs of Wythe Avenue, a notable Bluefield amateur writer, has won another national short story contest as his parents are advised of the award.
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Clarence Boggs
E. B. Boggs
Wythe Avenue
Bluefield
Blue fielder wins 75 prize for toy rifle article
The Danny Manufacturing Company of Plymouth Mass offers a 75 prize for the best article on its products. A young Blue fielder wrote the winning entry on the toy rifle. Last year Clarence Boggs won several national contest prizes and paused his studies at Marshall College Huntington, returning this year.
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Danny Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Mass
Clarence Boggs
Marshal College
Huntington
Gas Explosion in Mine Kills Three Workers at Ben Franklin
In New Kensington Pennsylvania a gas explosion in the Ben Franklin Coal Co mine killed Campbell Woods 42 and Giuseppe Barckone 40 and Dominick Bertocki 10. Eight others were endangered with several injured and rescued by firemen and workers. The blast likely occurred when a cutter pierced a pocket of deadly methane fire damp and the gas exploded.
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New Kensington
Ben Franklin Coal Company
Campbell Woods
Guiseppe Barcka@ne
Dominick Bertocki
J. J. Forbes
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Dave Brooks
Andrew Nesbit
Sam Fantasio
Primo Bertock
Dominick
Louis Shantomil
Xavier Lorenz
Frank Warnowski
Arnold
Young Democrats to Ally Tonight Rally Formed Beaver Pond District
State Auditor Edgar B. Sime of Charleston and Robert H. Kidd editor of the Grafton Press will headline a rally at the Municipal auditorium sponsored by the Beaver Pond district Young Democratic club. Kidd is Rush Holt campaign speakers bureau chair and former House of Delegates clerk. ALS Lean, club president, will preside. The event is open to the public with Congressman Join Kee of Bluefield and several Democratic candidates attending and being introduced.
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Edgar B. Sime
Charleston
Robert H. Kidd
Grafton Press
Municipal Auditorium
Young Democratic Club
Beaver Pond
Kiddig
Rush D. Holt
House of Delegates
Als. Lean
Join Kee
Blue«field
Challenge to Labor Board Act in U S Court of Appeals
Richmond Va Sept 20 The constitutionality of the act creating the national labor relations board was challenged in U S court of appeals by Earl F Reed Pittsburgh attorney for Amos Baldwin Wyoming Co of Parkersburg WV He questioned the authority of the old board and today’s move is the first to contest the new one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Court of Appeals
Earl F. Reed
Pittsburgh
Amos Baldwin Wyoming Company
Parkersburg
W. Va
E. T. Weir
Weirton Steel Company
Reed
Old Labor Board
Bramwell Jailer Hubert Craig Dies After Sudden Heart Stroke
Hubert Craig, a long time Bramwell jailer and a well known resident, died suddenly yesterday at age 57. He had served Bramwell for over eighteen years and had a career spanning more than thirty one years in public service. His death was attributed to a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Craig
Bramwell
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Jersey
New Jersey
Curtis
Thomas Gillespie
Chance For
Bluefield Automobile Club
He City and Coalfield
TEMS
Ward Line Crew
Thedford
Clarence Boggs Cops
Buford Plumbing and Heating Co
Spike ST
Burtone
Ady
Sims
R. H. Kidd
Grafton
City Auditorium
OF Labor Board Act
Aire
Ne Burns
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