Buc Dust and Riverside Encounters on Prince Street
A local columnist recalls a mild altercation on Prince Street near the court house. Tales include a whiskey fragrance in the court house rest room, youths at a New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute meeting, and a playful note about the St Francis de Sales Parish Hall chicken dinner. The piece also mentions Price Hill's Skillet Lickers performing at the Mine Inspectors Institute banquet.
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Court House Square
Calvin Sarrett
Court House
Mr. Sarrett
New River
Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute
Mt. Hope
Walter Summers Jr
Bobbie Summers
Harvey
James Mathews
C. L. Mathews
Prudence
St. Francis de Sales Parish
Price Hill
Mine Inspectors Institute
Old-Time Music and Dance at Black Knight Club Night
At Black Knight Country Club 11:30 and 12:30 tonight old-time music for dancing. Otto Cook confirms the hour. Shriners and Master Masons will dance earlier, with Gill and Schadel from Charles ton providing music. A good time, late refreshments, Boosters' Night praised in Akron. Beckley fares modestly amid large bleacher crowds.
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Black Knight Country Club
Otto Cook
Shriners
Messrs
Gill and
Schadel
Shrine
Charleston
Mathews Services Held Today for 13 Month Girl
Funeral rites for Dora Mathews of Mead are set for this afternoon at 5 in Grose cemetery Rhodell. Foster undertakers direct burial. Dora died yesterday afternoon in her home and is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Mathews and a brother Everett.
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Dora Mathews
Robert Mathews
Mead
Grose
Rhodell
Foster Undertakers
Everett
Civil air travel in the United States tops one year totals
Civil airplanes in the United States carried 1,859,031 passengers in the last year with 461,743 traveling on scheduled air lines.
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United States
Vision drives preacher to seek Hollywood evangelist endorser
Inspired Minister Mrs. Irma Harmon of Hopedale Ohio claims her vision led Rev. Samuel Williams to go to Hollywood to persuade Clark Gable, a Hopedale native who achieved fame, to become evangelist to the film colony.
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Irma Harmon
Hopedale
Samuel Williams
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Associated Press
Italians See Moslems As Aid In Ethiopian Fighting
Rome June 21 The Italian high command hopes religion will aid their war plans in Ethiopia centering on Moslem groups in the outlying regions. They note Galla Somali and Sidama loyalties to Moslem Eritrea and Somaliland and foresee a large native army. Official speeches seek Moslem support while criticizing Ethiopian Christianity. The Crown Prince of Hedjaz visited Rome as Italy pursues Islamic ties in Africa. Indian women on Crow Creek reservation contribute willow branches for dam riprap.
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Associated Press
Rome
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Somaliland
Addis Ababa
Italy
Galla
Somali
Sidama
Menelik
Lessona
Arabia
Hedjaz
Ibn Saud
Saadian
Victor Emmanuel
Mussolini
Arnaud Robert Liveoak Trunk Measured Near Cecilia
The trunk of the famous Arnaud Robert liveoak near Cecilia Louisiana measures 3 feet 4 inches in circumference.
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Arnaud Robert Liveoak
Cecilia
Jolson Sued By Summit Hotel Company
The Summit Hotel company filed a $100,000 damage suit in common pleas court against the National Broadcasting company and Al Jolson. The suit claims Jolson injured the hotel’s good name by asking Sam Parks Jr where he was first employed after leaving college during a radio interview. The hotel near Uniontown, Pa, previously employed Parks as a professional golfer. Leo L. Heyn, president, cited that many prominent figures, including Warren G. Harding, are connected to the case.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Summit Hotel Company
Common Pleas
National Broadcasting Company
al Jolson
Jolson
Uniontown
Sam Parks Jr
Parks
Natonal Broadcasting Company
Sam Parks, Jr
Summit Hotel
Leo L. Heyn
Warren G. Harding
John J
Bride Asks Freedom Dawes Ford Dawes Visit Hotel
A bride asserts freedom and mentions visits by Pershing General Charles Dawes Henry Ford and the late Thomas Edison during the hotel’s 19 years of operation. She says a protest will be filed with the Federal Communications Commission and asks Senators Davis and Guffey of Pennsylvania to demand an immediate senate investigation of commercial broadcasting.
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Pershing
General Charles Dawes
Henry Ford
Thomas Edison
Federal Communications Commission
Davis and
Guffey
Pennsylvania
Senate
Stolen Car Found in Tennessee City
Deputy sheriffs were returning from Bristol, Tennessee, with the Graham Paige car belonging to Nathan Pickus used by 19 year old Thomas, a Negro youth wanted for questioning in his father J. W. Thomas slaying. No trace of Thomas was found.
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Howard George
L. A. Green
Bistol
Tennessee
Herman Thomas
J. W. Thomas
Beckley
Graham-Paige
Nathan Pickus
Bristol
Thomas
Pharmacists Given Exam At Morgantown
Morgantown West Virginia June 21 pharmacists undergo professional examination as part of state licensing procedures.
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Morgantown
Eleven candidates seek pharmacist registration in West Virginia
Eleven candidates appeared for examinations before the West Virginia board of pharmacy yesterday. They include Fred D. Bernhardt Martins Ferry Ohio G E Poole Keystone E M Deem Parkersburg R O Shrout Parsons J B McChesney Fairview R H Richardson Pulaski Virginia P H Kelly Jr Montgomery and G W Robey Shinnston. Results will be announced next week.
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West Virginia Board of Pharmacy
Fred D. Bernhardt
Martins Ferry, O
G. E. Poole
Keystone
E. M. Deem
Parkersburg
R. O. Shrout
Parsons
J. B. McChesney
Fairview
R. H. Richardson
Pulaski, Va
P. H. Kelly, Jr
Montgomery
G. W. Robey
Shinnston
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Prince Street
G. R. Spindler
Prince- Heber Street
Bobbie
Institute
Robbie
W. E. McDougle
Bluefield Supply Company
A. E. Condon
Columbus
Ed Wynn
Keenan
Skowhegan, Me
Will Rogers
Mary
Miss Rogers
India
Quetta
Boosters
Akron
Mathews
Snyder
D—Pa
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Alessandro Lessona
Chamber of Deputies
Africa
Crow Creek Reservation
South Dakota
Geneva Mitchell
Venus
Broadway
Keyser Funeral Home Funeral Directors
Oakwood Ave
Lena Andre
Los Angeles
Edward Norris
King’s Place
Prince
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Opposite Baptist Church
Neville St
Mississippi
Tennessee City
W. Va
Chuck Roast
Piggly - Wiggly
S. C. Ballengee Co
Kanawha Street
Berman
Beckley National Exchange Bank
South Fayette St. Beckley
Thorne Smith
Hicht Life
le Ss
Universal
Alan Mowbray
Florine McKinney
Peggy Shannon
Richard Carle
Wesley Barry
Henry Armetta
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Win
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