Sentiment Grows For US Led Atlantic Military Command
Washington reports strong sentiment among NATO nations for a supreme western European defense command with an American commander. French officials seek more U.S. troops while Britain and others back the idea. Leaders push for non Communist European unity amid Korean crisis tensions.
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Washington
Europe
Britain
United States
West
Atlantic
European Consultative Assembly
Winston Churchill
Assembly
Belgium
Paul Henri Spaak
North Atlantic
Republicans open remarks rally in West Virginia race
Delegates in Charleston hear nominees Arnold Porterfield and Latelle La Follette for Congress, with Francis Love absent. State candidates Ritch ie, Morris, Bardin introduced as supporters pledge war effort cooperation. Brewster denounces Spain loan and Washington left wing influence, urges full Chinese charges inquiry and criticizes administration policy for Korea war outcome.
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U. S
Chapman Revercomb
Charleston
Walter S. Hallanan
Brewster
Hallanan
Senate
Spain
Korea
Washington
Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield Area District
Mrs S W Bennett of Bluefield died at St Luke's after a lingering illness. Surviving are husband two daughters and three sisters. Funeral Monday at Trinity Methodist Church with burial at Monte Vista. Also rites for Charles Felix Stevenson in Bassett. Bessie Topolsky of Gary WV dies. Glen Stevenson funeral in Beckley with sha be service. Doris Phillips dies at Roderfield home. funeral at Saeger Memorial Cemetery site.
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S. W. Bennett
Fairfield Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Bennett
Bluefield
Trinity Methodist Church
United Daughters of the Confederacy
A. A Angle
Daughtery
Monte Vista Cemetery
J. W. Perkins
P. I. Dudley
L. C. Fowlkes
J. S. Kahle
Harry Garber, Sr
S. H. Belcher
Frank Comins
W. M. Currie
Mrs Minnie Lester Dickerson Dies After Long Illness
Minnie Lester Dickerson 80 died at the home of her niece Mrs J W Sutphin in Princeton RFC after a lengthy illness. She is survived by three brothers Bruce Lester Zenith West Virginia Jack Lester and Jim Lester of Princeton and was preceded in death by seven sisters and five brothers. Funeral services set for Monday at 2 pm from the Goodwin chapel with Rev Roy Akers officiating. Pallbearers and flowerbearers will be nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lester Dickerson
J. W. Sutphin
Princeton Rfc
Bruce Lester
Zenith W. Va
Jack Lester
Jim Lester
Princeton
Ella Curran
Liza Edwards
Anne Whithrow
Jna Lawhorn
Ida Kirby
Oma Akers
Ada Hill
John
Frank
Philip
Peyton
Tobie
Goodwin Chapel
Roy Akers
Funeral service for Donald M. Terry Matoaka 17
Funeral services for Donald Monroe Terry 17 of Matoaka will be held Monday at 2 p m at Matoaka Methodist Church with Rev. Tommy Williams and Rev. Z F Maybeury officiating. Burial will follow in Rest Haven Cemetery Princeton. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Terry six brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Monroe Terry
Matoaka
Matoaka Methodist Church
Tommy Williams
Z. F. Maybeury
J. R. Belcher
Resthaven
Princeton
Charlie Terry
Cecil of
Mullens
Lawrence
Frank
Ralph
Herbert
U. S. Army
Basil
Bluefield
Frank Bailey
Re Eee Johnson
Carbondale
Bailey Funeral
Death of Charles Harman Jr. in Charlottesville Hospital
Charles Lee Harman, son of Charles L. Harman and Mrs. Harman of Bluefield College, died at University Hospital in Charlottesville Virginia after six weeks of treatment for a brain tumor. He would have turned seventeen in October and was a Graham High School senior active in youth groups. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. in Lynchburg Virginia with Rev. Cecil Cook and doctors T. T. Harmon and B. F. Bray assisting.
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Charles Lee Harman
Charles L. Harman
John
Lynchburg
West Lynchburg Baptist Church
Cecil Cook
First Baptist Church
Bluefield
T. T. Harmon
B. F. Bray
Death of Harland Phillips at home of parents in Roderfield
Harland Phillips died Friday at the home of her parents Mr De James Flippen in Roderfield. Survived by two sons W O Johnson of Pineville and J J Johnson in the U S Navy a daughter Mrs Katherine Martin of California two brothers James T and Roger Flippen of Roderfield and two sisters Mrs Alomia Collins and Mrs Ruby Artis both of California.
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Harland Phillips
Doris Phillips
de James Flippen
Roderfield
California
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Rites Held for Kemper E. Charlton at Narrows Va
Funeral services for Kemper Earl Charlton 38 may be held at 3 30 this afternoon from First Methodist church Narrows Va with Rev C E Wilson and Rev C F Thompson assisting. Interment in Fairview Cemetery Narrows Va.
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Kemper E. Charlton
Kemper Earl Charlton
Philadelphia
First Methodist Church
Narrows
C. E. Wilson
C. F. Thompson
Kimball
Fairview Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Mackie Devers in Princeton
Funeral services for Mrs Mackie Devers take place at 11 this morning at Memorial Funeral Directory chapel Princeton with Rev Seal officiating. Neighbors and friends serve as pallbearers and flower bearers. Interment follows at Page Cemetery in Flat Top Yards Virginia.
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Mackie Devers
Memorial Funeral Directory
Princeton
Seal
Page
Flat Top Yards
Mrs Rebecca Whitt Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Rebecca Alberta Whitt 30 of Oakvale died in Memorial Hospital Princeton after a long illness. Funeral service today at 2 p m from Kellysville Church with Rev Opie Thomas and Rev Hollingsworth officiating. Interment in family cemetery near Hale's Gap. Body removed from Johnston Funeral Home Oakvale to residence.
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Rebecca Whitt
Rebecca Alberta Whitt
Oakvale
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Kellysville
Opie Thomas
Hollingsworth
Hale's Gap
Johnston Funeral Home
MRS ELMETTA GARLAND DIES AT 92 IN BLUEFIELD AREA
Mrs Elmetta R Garland 92 died Saturday at her son P H Garland's home 901 College Ave after a stroke left her paralyzed and unconscious. Born 1858 in Floyd County Virginia she lived in Bluefield Bramwell and Rocky Mount NC and moved to Bluefield seven months ago. Survived by two sons a daughter twelve grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Funeral services scheduled Monday in Rocky Mount with interment in Pine View cemetery.
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Elmetta Garland
Elmetta R. Garland
P. H. Garland
College Avenue
Garland
Floyd County
Virginia
Ferdinand and
Lavinia Huff Radford
Bluefield
Bramwell
Greensboro
N. C
Rocky Mount
Pine View Cemetery
North Carolina
Death of Cyril C Agee in Washington D C
Cyril C Agee aged 60 of Washington D C died last evening at his home after twenty years in the city. He is survived by his wife Virginia R Agee his mother Ada Agee Memphis Tenn one sister Lamie Thompson also of Memphis and two brothers Ellis Agee Flint Md and Douglas Agee Memphis. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon with burial in Cedar Hills cemetery Washington.
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Cyril C. Agee
Washington, D. C
Agee
Alex Mahood
Bluefield
Virginia R. Agee
Ada Agee
Memphis
Tenn
Lamie Thompson
Ellis Agee
Flint
Mds
Douglas Agee
Cedar Hills Cemetery
Washington
Jubal E. Stultz 88 Dies at Orchard Heights Bluefield
Jubal Early Stultz died at his daughter’s home in Orchard Heights Bluefield Virginia after a lingering illness. He was 88. Body sent to Wagner Hawkins funeral home. Funeral plans are not yet set and viewers may call after 4 p.m. today.
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Jubal E. Stultz
Jubal Early Stultz
Foy G. Utt
Orchard Heights
Bluefield
Wagner-Hawkins
Walter R. Steele Dies at 51 in Stephenson
Walter Reed Steele 51 assistant store manager for Buckeye Coal Co died at his home in Stephenson Raleigh county at 4 pm Friday after two months illness. He was born September 3 1899 in Mercer county son of Mrs W F Steele and the late Dr W S Steele of Princeton. He had lived in Stephenson nine years and is survived by one son Garna Graham Steele and William Sherman Steele at home, six brothers B H R C Fred Norman all of Princeton and the Rev W S Steele Dublin Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Steele
Walter Reed Steele
Buckeye Coal Co
Stephenson
Raleigh County
Mercer County
W. F. Steele
W. S. Steele
Princeton
Steele
Garna Graham Steele
William Sherman Steele
B. H
R. C
Fred
Norman
W.S. Steele
Dublin
Mrs. Mamie Pritchard Dies in Mullens at 52
Mamie Dewey Cox Pritchard 52 of Mullens died yesterday afternoon at her home in South Mullens. She is survived by husband Roy F. Pritchard two sons Roy Jr and Howard of Mullens five sisters all of Oak Hill one brother Glen Cox of Marion Virginia. Funeral services will be Monday at 2 pm at Mullens Baptist Church conducted by Revs Chandler Mitchell Burial at Highland Cemetery Oak Hill Body to be moved to the home today from Robertson Fogeson funeral home.
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Bessie Topolsky
Gary
W. Va
Grace Hospital
Welch
Topolsky
Freeland
Omar Hale Phipps
Clintwood
Stanley Topolsky
Mike Maskello
Princeton
Maxie Roberts
Logan
Lakie Copley
Sidney
H. H. Kidd
Grape
Mamie Pritchard
Mamie Dewey Cox Pritchard
Mullens
South Mullens
Roy F. Pritchard
Roy, Jr
Howard
B. B. Blake
Kegley
G. W. Martin
Erma Blake
P. D. Ford
L. W. Woolwine
Oak Hill
Glen Cox
Marion
Mullens Baptist Church
Chandler
Mr. Mitchell
Highland Cemetery
Robertson-Fogeson Funeral Home
Mrs Edith Hollins Dies After Four Months Illness
Edith Sizemore Hollins 23 of Alpeca died yesterday afternoon in a Beckley hospital after a four month illness. Survived by husband Everett Hollins and son Harry Paul, brother William Sizemore with U S Army in Japan, father Lewis Sizemore of Wolfpen, and stepmother Relia Sizemore. Body at Robertson Fogle song funeral home Mullens pending completion of funeral arrangements.
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Edith Hollins
Edith Sizemore Hollins
Alpeca
Beckley Hospital
Everett Hollins
Harry Paul
William Sizemore
U. S. Army
Japan
Lewis Sizemore
Wolfpen
Relia Sizemore
Robertson-Foglesong Funeral Home
Mullens
Clyde V Jenkins World War II casualty funeral today
Funeral services for Clyde V Jenkins, World War II casualty, will be held at 1 30 p m today at Midway Christian Church. Burial follows at Maple Hill Cemetery. The body was recently discovered and identified on European battlefields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde V. Jenkins
Midway Christian Church
Maple Hill
Memorial for Charles Spencer French in Eckman
Charles Spencer French 82 of Eckman died Friday after a long illness. He came from Vermont 54 years ago and worked for several coal firms including Eureka mine Pocahontas Fuel Co. Survived by wife Carrie Zell Fitzgerald and many children. funeral at Northfork Presbyterian Church with burial at Woodlawn.
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Charles Spencer French
Eckman
McDowell
French
McDowell County
Vermont
Eureka
Pocahontas Fuel Co
First Presbyterian Church
Northfork
Luther H. Clark Lodge
A. M
Wfe
Carrie Zell Fitzgerald
Radford
G. T. Roberts
M. C. Viers
Falls Mills
Martin Vaughn
Charles
Arthur
James
Edsel Kirby
George DeBoard
Marion
Clint Prince
Kimball
George Williams
Boissevain
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
Keystone
North Korean Offensive Halts At Naktong Front
U S and South Korean forces hold the Naktong river line as North Korean fourth division reinforcements swell their numbers to 60 000 70 000. Reds probe with tentacle like tactics seeking a weak spot while defending units fight to protect Taegu Chinju and the Pohang airstrip.
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Taegu
U. S
U.S
Naktong River
Waegwan
Changnyong
MacArthur
Naktong
24Th Infantry
Hal Boyle
United States
Chinju
Reds
Pohang
Mrs Minnie J Corell Dies at 71 in Local Home
Mrs Minnie J Corell, 71, died late last night at her daughter Mrs M M Williams home on Fourth street. Funeral arrangements are not yet complete.
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Minnie J. Corell
M. M. Williams
Fourth Street
Welfare funds and dues questions raised for miners
WELFARE FUNDS warrant assumption of further obligations since it would be unable to meet them under present conditions. When conditions permit, we hope to broaden the 1950 welfare program given the unfortunate circumstances of those we cannot help now. Cline asked Lewis about disabled miners paying $1 monthly dues to the UMW when not receiving benefits. Lewis replied that current good standing membership is a key eligibility requirement for welfare and retirement fund benefits and urged dues stay paid.
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Cline
Lewis
UMW
Porterfield Reports Primary Election Expenses
Arnold G. Porterfield former Bluefield police chief and Republican nominee for Congress in the fifth district filed a report to the secretary of state detailing $38.45 in primary campaign expenses and a $15 contribution. The totals sum to $53.45. The report was filed from Charleston West Virginia dated August 12.
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Charleston
W. Va
Secretary of State Today
Arnold G. Porterfield
Bluefield
Father of 15 dies under pickup truck in West Virginia
Dewey A. Coleman aged 49 from Mohawk near Ishban was killed when a pickup wrecked and pinned him beneath it. Driver Mack F. Justice 21, escaped injury. Coleman’s 14 year old son Mayford injured. Justice waived involuntary manslaughter hearing. case to grand jury in October. Funeral planned at Mohawk home with burial in Coleman cemetery.
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W. F. Line
Isaban
Mingo County
Coleman
Justice
Mayford Coleman
Mohawk
Alfa Hurley
Argo
Walter Coleman
Hurley
Claude Coon
Paw Paw
Robert Hurley
Mohawk Fanning Funeral Home
Hutchinson Rejection Spurs Virginia Political Friction
Richmond attorney Martin A. Hutchinson’s defeat for the Federal Trade Commission prompts mixed political readings in Virginia. Democratic leaders aligned with Byrd oppose the nomination, while anti Byrd factions see it as campaign fodder. Hutchinson vows another forum to challenge Byrd’s influence.
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Richmond
U. S. Senate
Martin A. Hutchinson
Federal Trade Commission
Virginia
FTC
Truman
Harry F. Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
Byrd
Hutchinson
Francis Perkins
Welch Guard Unit Called Up in West Virginia
Welch West Virginia Aug 12 The 480th Negro transportation trucking company of Welch called in to federal service effective Sept 11 has about 68 enlisted men two officers and a warrant officer The unit is part of the 126th transportation truck battalion headquartered in Charleston Capt A C Cunningham of Welch is company commander The men report Sept 11 for a week or two of duty at home before being sent to a training camp
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
480Th Negro Transportation Trucking Company
126Th Transportation Truck Battalion
Charleston
A. C. Cunningham
McDowell County Reports Eighth Polio Case
McDowell county reports its eighth case of infantile paralysis. Five year old Roy Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Lee Smith of Roderfield, was treated after his illness was diagnosed as polio at a Welch hospital and he was admitted to Morris Memorial hospital in Milton West Virginia.
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McDowell County
Roy Smith
Lee Smith
Roderfield
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
W. Va
Welch Hospital
Meadows Family Reunion Canceled in West Virginia
The Meadows family reunion scheduled for August 20 in Willowton, West Virginia, has been canceled due to the polio epidemic in surrounding areas.
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Willowton
W. Va
Safety inspectors named from multiple counties and towns
A list of safety inspectors is given with ages and hometowns across Virginia and West Virginia. Names include Marytown Thornton Giles 64 Al goma, Jolo J D Brown 67 Worth, Maitland Daniel Oberson 66, Pocahontas Peter Kovacs 64, and Raleigh county trio Moses Lewis 65 Steph enson, R A Adams 69 Stotesbury, Robert Smith 78 Stotesbury, among others from Tazewell Buchanan Kanawha and Raleigh counties.
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Marytown
Thornton Giles
Algoma
Walter Eller
Jolo
J. D. Brown
Worth
John Dillard
Maitland
Daniel Oberson
Keystone
John Wesley Jones
Liva Wingfield
Crumpler
Grat Hawthornes
Scales Reed
Jesse A. Ford
Newt Dinkens
Anawalt
Earl Webb
Welch
J. H. Faucett
Berwind
John Patterson
Kimball
W.H. Sebastian
Jaeger
Fugate Nance
John Hodge
Ashland
James Nisbet
Abraham H. Brown
Wolfe
Tazewell County
Samuel McCloud
Pocahontas
Peter Kovacs
Kanawha County
W. Va
John Stapleton
Alley
Raleigh County
Moses Lewis
Stephenson
R. A. Adams
Stotesbury
Robert Smith
Adkin Masonic Club Set for Sand Lick Outing
Gary West Virginia August 12 members of the Adkin district Masonic club plan an outing at Sand Lick Sportsman's club tomorrow afternoon at 2 oclock. H A Reynolds secretary said widows of Masons and members of their families are invited.
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Gary
W. Va
Adkin District Masonic Club
Sand Lick
H. A. Reynolds
McDowell Jurors Named for September Circuit Court Term
Jury commissioners in Welch West Virginia have drawn petit jurors for the September term of McDowell circuit court. Jurors report September 11 under Judge Ira J. Partlow. Names include Clarence Justice English John Lockhart Panther Willard Pishop Lex Carlos Honaker Vuxon Fred Adams Welch and many others from Welch Jolo Gary Keystone and surrounding areas.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell Circuit Court
Ira J. Partlow
Clarence Justice
John Lockhart
Panther
Willard Pishop
Lex
Carlos Honaker
Vuxon
Fred Adams
John Earnest
William Robertson
Berwind
Spencer Jackson
Northfork
Roger M. Collins
Ralph Forbes
Howard Clark
Bishop
Grady Elmore
Keystone
Fred Prentiss
M. B. Gregory
Bradshaw
Amos McCormick
Calloway Lester
Mohawk
Sam Rosen
L. E. Rogers
William McGlacthin
Bartley
Milton Butler
A. D. Mulkey
Gary
A. H. Callahan
Wilcoe
Goldie Gunn
Clay Eldridge
Charles Burns
G. A. Bryant
Owen Baldwin
Jenkin Jones
S. J. Frost
Kimball
Mitchell Muscatello
Superior
E. D. Gibson
Roderfield
Claude Agenew
Switchback
R. P. Liddls
War
George W. Keith
Havace
William Hamilton
Filbert
Cecil Pettit
Walter Laxton
Carswell
D. C. Bradberry
Jaeger
Bryant Agnew
Coalwood
George C. Cheecks
C. A. Bailey
Squire
Lawrence York
McDowell
Vernon Hale
Newhall
Early Yaynes
K. D. Leslie
Fred Perkins
Warriormines
H. Flear
English
Charlie Davis
Canebrake
Navy Permits Whistling to Avoid Confusion with Bos'n Pipe
The note states whistling is not prohibited in the U S Navy and may be practiced since it could be mistaken for the Bos'n pipe, which is used aboard ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Summer and fall fashion sale at Stella Jones and The Vogue Shop
Stella Jones offers discounts on all summer dresses and hats with clearance pricing and sizes up to 52. The Vogue Shop promotes Kerry Cricket coord outfits in velveteen corduroy and wool, a complete fall line, and a velvet framed antique fan framing by Nabors Framing Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Jones
Kerry
Vogue
Nabors Framing Shop
Fashionable fall lines at The Vogue Shop and Koret
Mary Muffet and Jonathan Logan dresses arrive for students and teens. The Vogue Shop features Corduroy, wool jersey, and velveteen outfits including skirts blouses jumpers jackets and dresses. Koret of California carries the fall line with plaids checks and solid colors. Swansdown and Jaunty Jr. suits and coats are shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Muffet
Vogue
Jonathan Logan
Vogue Shop
Koret
California
Dresses at Bradleys Offer Deep Discounts
Three racks of dresses priced at 6.95, 8.95, and 10.95 attract shoppers seeking value. Wonderful values touted as bargains in a store display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley
Bradley's Fall Merchandise Ad Teaser
Fall hats and coats arrive daily at Bradley's. See new colors and discounted coats on one rack. Get dresses veils halos and mitts for weddings with cashmere and nylon sweaters also available.
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Bradley's
Bradley’s
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