Orator to Get Change for Prize Ten counties eligible for $15000 contest
Youthful orators ages 16 to 24 in Greenbrier Mingo McDowell Mercer Summers and Wyoming counties may enter a national oratorical competition for 15000 in cash prizes announced by Ralph E. Shupe. Contest chairmen will be named in each county in West Virginia's Fifth District.
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West Virginia
Young Republican Federation
Ralph E. Shupe
Shupe
Fifth Congressional District
Russell G. Nesbitt
Young Republican League of
Greenbrier
Mingo
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
Young Republican National Federation
Bluefield
W. Va
Mrs. Nannie Merchant Dead in Bluefield
Mrs. Nannie Merchant mother of Eddie Merchant died at her High street home last evening at six. Funeral services will be held at New River Virginia on Thursday. Also notes on Gracie Gunn funeral arrangements and local church notices follow including meetings, rehearsals, and receptions across Bluefield and Williamson communities.
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Gunn
Gracie Gunn
Frank Gunn
Lawson Street
North Side
United Holy Church
Mary L. Glenn
Daniel Gunn
South Bluefield
Bluefield
League
John Stewart Epworth
J. T. Jones
Dorothy
Roger
Ronnie Mack
Fairystone Park
Virgina
Bertie Setliff
Killarney
G. W. Scott
Goodwine Ferry
Roy Linkous
Linkous
Betty Ruth Linkous
Robert Herndon
Oak Hill
Gauley Bridge High School
Hitler Delivers Berlin Speech At Reich Rally
Adolf Hitler spoke to a vast Berlin crowd at the Sportpalast, praising unity, disarmament proposals, and a hard line toward Czechoslovakia. He claimed a strong German army and air force, attacked Benes and the Allies, and urged Germans to rally behind him as he outlined the final memorandum on territorial claims. The address closed with fervent chants of Fuehrer.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Hitler
Reichstag
Reichsparty
Nazi Party
Nurnberg
Czechoslovakia
Eduard) Benes
Germany
Mussolini
Fuehrer
Francé
Alsace-Loraine
Bar- Hort
Ceschoslovakia
Benes
Versailles
Europe
Austria
Hingland
America
Benito Mus
Henes
Britain
France
Russia
Chamberlain
England
Ler
Prague
Jones
International Control Commission
Roco
Cllmas
Voramon
S. T
KIWANIANS BACK FOOTBALL GAME IN BLUEFIELD
Bluefield Kiwanis members backed the Emory and Henry Hampden-Sydney football game to be played October 15 at Municipal Stadium. A special committee, led by Merriman Smith, will handle details with the general committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Kiwanians
Emory and Henry- Hampden
William Greenspon
Emory and Henry Hampden-Sydney
Bluefield
Kiwanis
Parkersburg
Paul C. Thomas
Hudson Huffard
Bob Peters
Eddie Steels
Bill Bruch
H. H. Stuckman
Worth W V church reports and amateur program
Worth West Virginia reports from McDowell charge quarterly conference at McDowell church led by Rev C G Eastwood. Officers elected for next year include wardens stewards and district officers. Jail cross directors and Christian education committees named. Financials show assessments met. Amateur program at Rolfe school auditorium drew strong attendance with local performers from Gilliam Worth and Rolfe communities.
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Ben Davis
B. B. Fulcher
P. C. Gray
Huff
Clarence Bughes
N. B. Mangus
R. A. Tosh
W. R. Carter
H. P. Reynolds
C. E. Parnell
J. W. Marshall
A. E
Lena Keesling
W. BR. Carter
Worth Church
Ernest Reynolds
R. 5B. Herndon
H. B. Reynolds
Coal Commission Asked to Approve Marketing Agency
Stephen P. Burke president of Fairmont Coals Inc asked the bituminous coal commission for provisional approval of the organization as a marketing agency. The agency would sell coal from 14 producers in district 3 northern West Virginia who joined, collectively mining about 43 percent of the district total in 1837.
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Washington
Stephen P. Burke
Fairmont Coals, Inc
Fairmont
Bituminous Coal Commission
Burke
West Virginia
Spanish War Deadlock Fears European Crisis Widens
Hendaye France Sept 26 The Spanish Civil War stalled into a new deadlock as European powers near a broader conflict. Local skirmishes were limited with fronts at the Ebro river and the Córdoba line easing. Spanish commanders watched the international crisis for signs affecting campaigns. American condensed milk sales to Czechoslovakia surged 300 percent in the first half of 1938 vs 1937.
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Hendaye
France
Ebro
Spani
Cordoba
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Republican National Federation
News of the Colored People
C. W. Tiffany
Bechtel A. M
Bland Street
Silver Star
John Stewart M. E
Cecil Richardson
A. M. EB. Church
Williamson
J. W. Manning
Bethel M. E. Church
Blake's Chapel
Wilson Stret
Queen of Sheba
Huntington
State Health Department
Department
Jong
Poland
Geneva
Fuherer
Great Britain
Italy
Amd
Faherer
Saar
Mr. Chamberlain
Anita
Zechoslovaks
Beckley
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
Beckley! College
Raleigh County
Holt
Charleston
Fayetteville
C. W. Dillon
Oklahoma City
Kiwanians
Capitol District
Roanoke
Rolfe School
George Carroll
Gue
George, Jr
Northfork
Bernard Hughes
Nellie Conk
Jimmy Hughes
Gilliam
B. H. Aker
Sibyl Hashbarger
Lotspeich
Mary Ann
Jane Lotspeich
Edith Cheate
A. C. Davidson
Clarence Dalton
Worth
J. E. Powers
Mabel Reece
Ashland
Southerland Brothers
Rolfe and
Gillam
Gilliam Community
Consolidated Bus Lines
Sleeprite
Warlick Furniture Store
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