Water From Blocked Creek Dams Midtown Virginia Area
Flood waters from Whitney Branch flooded Bluefield Virginia side and Midtown areas after heavy Sunday rain. Basements and basements of businesses including Thomas Taxi stand and Virginia Appliance Co. were soaked. water peaked between 2 and 3 am Monday, with several inches in streets and gutters while traffic continued.
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Blocked Creek
Virginia
Midtown
Whitney Branch
Bluefield
Damo
Walnut Street
College Avenue
Thomas Taxi Stand
Virginia Appliance Company
Mission Seeks Home For Six Destitute Family
The Union Mission seeks a clean warm house near a school for a destitute family rescued from a one room shack after heavy snow. Two adults and four children aged 12 days to eight years need stable shelter with rent underwritten by a church group. The father, a former farm hand, is disabled by a spinal ailment and will receive state aid. children lack shoes and clothing and have relied on church food assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Mission
Monroe Dotson
State Department of Public Assistance
Seventeen Leave Welch For Induction
Welch West Virginia December 4 seventeen teen young men left Welch for Beckley for final induction into the armed forces. The group includes Herman Kenneth Redd Jack Price Turner William Sherman Stelle Gordon Wayne Rife Eugene Lloyd Anderson Herman Steve McGrady Ernest Lee Reeves Willam Garfield Anderson Joe George Palko Edgel Harold Dudleson Harold Vance Carlo Valentino Colombo Dorsa Mitch em Willis Mullins William Andrew Penn Charles W Callaway and Thomas Jefferson Timmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Beckley
Armed Forces
Herman Kenneth Redd
Jack Price Turner
William Sherman Stelle
Gordon Wayne Rife
Eugene Lloyd Anderson
Herman Steve McGrady
Ernest Lee Reeves
Willam Garfield Anderson
Joe George Palko
Edgel Harold Dudleson
Harold Vance
Carlo Valentino Colombo
Dorsa Mitchem
Willis Mullins
William Andrew Penn
Charles W. Callaway
Thomas Jefferson Timmons
Ohio Wife Finds Quick Relief with Hadacol Cure
Mrs. Arthur Heber of Cincinnati credits Hadacol with restoring her appetite and nerves after nervousness and poor digestion. She reports strong energy, improved mood, and now enjoys meals again, having used seven bottles. Prices: trial $1.25. large or hospital size $3.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Heber
Hays Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Deaths and Funerals in Kermit and Narrows Areas
J A Shewey 72 prominent Mingo county businessman and former coal operator of Kermit dies after a lingering illness. He helped found Kermit State Bank and held multiple local posts. Also listed are deaths of Mrs Bessie Ellen Palmer 68 and Mrs Victoria Thomas Robertson 91 with funeral details and survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Alexander Shewey
Mingo County
Kermit
Shewey
Chafin Branch Coal Company
Gray Eagle Construction Company
T. A. Shewey and Son
West Virginia
Kentucky
Kermit State Bank
Grant University
Tennessee
Mae Pettrey
Ohio
C. F. Shewey
Frank Flanigan
Gainesville
Fla
Dunn Shewey
Bluefield
P. A
Death of John Eldridge Wyrick at brother's home
John Eldridge Wyrick, 49, died Monday at 1 am at his brother J W Pat Wyrick’s home 928 Frederick St after a short illness. Born April 23 1901 in Bluefield he was a son of the late Pat Wyrick. He leaves brothers J W Pat Wyrick Mrs C R Crowell and Mrs C W Burton Bluefield Ky Mrs A C Carter Prestonsburg Ky and G F Wyrick Huntington Park Calif. A Grace Methodist member he had friends in the area. The body will remain at Hawk-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eldridge Wyrick
J. W. Pat Wyrick
Frederick Street
Mr. Wyrick
Bluefield
Pat Wyrick
C. R. Crowell
C. W. Burton
A. C. Carter
Prestonsburo
G. F. Wyrick
Huntington Park
Calif
Wyrick
Grace Methodist Church
Hawk
Dowell Woman Struck By Car In West Virginia
Welch West Virginia December 4 Special Mrs Bill Pruett 35 of Junior Poca is hospitalized at Grace Hospital with back injuries after being struck by an automobile this afternoon in Junior Poca State police trooper H D Thompson investigated the accident
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Welch
W. Va
Bill Pruett
Grace Hospital
How Much Is a Small Mal In Korean Units
In Seoul, Marcus Scherbacher explains local measures used in Korea. A hop equals one third of a pound and fifty hops equal one small mal. One hundred hops make a large mal, five large mal equal one Kamani, and two Kamani equal one suk. Seven suk equal one ton. How much is a small mal?
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Seoul
Korea
Marcus Scherbacher
Los Angeles
Civil Assistance Command
Free Book on Arthritis and Rheumatism
Excelsior Springs Missouri December 4 a free book offers information on rheumatism and arthritis from The Ball Clinic. The book explains drug therapies provide only temporary relief and details a treatment system used for over 31 years to help thousands. Send requests to The Ball Clinic Dept. 5106 Excelsior Springs Missouri with no obligation.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball
Ball Clinic
Missouri
Obituary: Mrs Roxie Phillips 61 Dies in Oakwood Virginia
Mrs. Roxie Phillips 61 died Sunday at her daughter Mrs Clarence Potter's home in Oakwood Virginia after a three week illness and hospital stay. Survived by three daughters and four sons with relatives in Kentucky and Virginia. Funeral will be Wednesday at Marrowbone Kentucky with Reverends Hess and Mullens officiating and burial at Coleman Cemetery Wolfpen Virginia. Body moved from Grundy funeral home to daughter's home and then to Mrs Potter's and finally Bishop home in Marrowbone.
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Roxie Phillips
Clarence Potter
Oakwood
Phillips
Grundy Hospital
Nora Thacker
Mouthef Card
Thelma Cook
Phyllis
John Phillips
Keen Mountain
Homer Phillips
Charleston
S. C
Junior Saunders
Deel
Willie Stump
Willie Adams
Catlettsburg
Mary Thompson
Huntington
Ortha Bishop
Marrowbone
Bishop
John Hess
Bruce Mullens
Coleman
Wolfpen
Grundy Funeral Home
Potter
Funeral services for G G Clem ent Welch resident
Funeral services for G G Clement 60 of Welch are at 10 this morning at Fanning funeral home Welch with Rev H L Stevens officiating. Interment will be at Lynchburg Virginia. Pallbearers listed include A D Cruse S E Marshall J N Dickson W B Lovett Amous T Marshall and W M Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Clement
Welch
Chapel of Fanning
H. L. Stevens
Pineville Baptist Church
Lynchburg
A. D. Cruse
S. E. Marshall
J. N. Dickson
W. B. Lovett
Amous T. Marshall
W. M. Ball
Jews Arabs Clash on Negev Desert Road Dispute
The Jordan Israel armistice commission failed to settle a Negev road dispute after a clash near Elath. Two Arab Legion armored cars were knocked out by Israeli forces in the brief engagement. UN representative Col Bennet De Ridder ordered a cease fire and withdrawal. Jordan said it would not fire unless Israeli forces molested its traffic. Israel also agreed to cease fire but did not mention withdrawal terms.
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Jerusalem
Israel
LSU Declines Bid To Petroleum Bowl
Shreveport Louisiana December 4. LSU announces it will not play in any post season game after being invited to participate in the proposed Petroleum Bowl set for December 30. Athletic Director T P Heard stated LSU will not enter postseason competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LSU
Shreveport
Louisiana State University
T. P. Heard
Rangoon Sees Rise in Elephant Rustling
Commerce Minister Kyaw Myint warns Rangoon of a growing elephant rustling racket in Burma. Elephants are driven across the Indo Burma border and sold for high profit. He calls for nationwide elephant registration due to their value to the timber industry.
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Rangoon
Burma
Kyaw Myint
Indo-Burma
John Flynn retires at 71 after founding flying doctor service
Sydney reports Arthurian nurse? No. John Flynn, Australia's famed flying doctor founder, retires at 71 after four decades establishing air medical service for remote ranches and communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
John Flynn
Mrs Gertrude Keiser Crumpler Resident Dies After Stroke
Mrs Gertrude Keiser 75 of Crumpler died Monday in a Welch hospital after a stroke on November 25. Born July 25, 1875 in Mechanicsburg Virginia, she married Joseph Henry Keiser August 25, 1892. Survived by a daughter Mrs Hedrick two sons Edd J O and Woodrow seven grandchildren one great grandchild and a sister. Funeral arrangements set with removal to Crumpler and service at Crumpler Methodist Church, interment Woodlawn cemetery.
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Gertrude Keiser
Crumpler
Welch
Keiser
Mechanicsburg
Mary
Joseph Powers
Joseph Henry Keiser
Goodwill
Carl
Lee
R. B. Hedrick
Edd
Northfork
J. O
McComas
Woodrow
I. S. Benn
Bennett Funeral Home
Hedrick
Crumpler Methodist Church
C. B. Dickinson
Woodlawn Cemetery
Muncy Atkins Sexton 69 Died After Stroke At Welch
Muncy Atkins Sexton 69 of Worth died Monday in Welch hospital after a stroke Saturday night. Born Independence Virginia September 23 1881 he worked 31 years for Pocahontas Fuel and was fire boss at Rolfe mine. Survived by wife Nellie Warner Sexton four daughters Virginia Taylor Nannie Elizabeth Betty and two others four sons Charles Joe Pershing Carl a brother Fred Sexton six grandchildren. Funeral 2 PM Wednesday at Worth Methodist Church Rev H W Gillespie officiating burial Woodlawn Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. residence visitation noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncy Atkins Sexton
Worth
Welch
Mr. Sexton
Independence
Charles
Nannie Sexton
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Rolfe
Nellie Warner Sexton
Virginia Taylor
Elkhorn
Nannie
Elizabeth
Betty
Abbs Valley
Joe
Pershing
Carl
Fred Sexton
Worth Methodist Church
H. W. Gillespie
Woodlawn Cemetery
R. H. Shrader
H. L. Young
W. L. Pennington
G. L. Matthews
Oscar
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
Infant Sharon Caldwell Dies. Rites Scheduled
Sharon Teresa Caldwell two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy E Caldwell died yesterday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by parents a sister Karen Alicia paternal grandparents E M Caldwell Elm Street and maternal grandparents F M Dix Lyndale Avenue. Brief rites set for today at 2 pm in Monte Vista Cemetery conducted by Rev H H Mauch.
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Sharon Teresa Caldwell
Roy E. Caldwell
Carolina Avenue
Moening
Bluefield Sanitarium
Karen Alicia
E. M. Caldwell
Elm Street
This City
F. M. Dix
Lyndale Avenue
Monte Vista
H. H. Mauch
Five Deer Taken As Buck Season Opens in Wilmore-Roderfield
Hunters outnumbered game as opening two day buck season reports five deer killed in the Wilmore Roderfield area. Notables include Jesse Murphy Iaeger 12 point 200 pounds. Edison Vance Paynesville six point 125 pounds. Kim Jordan Roderfield eight point 130 pounds. Bobby Blevins Gary No 6 four point 150 pounds. Billy Morgan Davy six point 150 pounds.
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Kim Jordan
Roderfield
Welch
Bobby Blevins
Gary No. 6
Pinnacle Creek
Wyoming County
Billy Morgan
Davy
Virginia reports record deer kill west of Blue Ridge
Virginia hunters killed 2,253 deer in the region west of the Blue Ridge for the season ending November 22 an all time high. Bears totaled 48 so far in the same area. The bear season closes January 5 with no totals yet for the east of the Blue Ridge as the season ends in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
I. T. Quinn
State Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
Blue Ridge
Commission
Quinn
Welch Service Clubs Meet in Appalachian Room
Welch West Virginia December 4 Rotary and Kiwanis clubs hold their regular meetings today in the Appalachian community room. The Rotary club meets at noon while the Kiwanis gathering starts in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Service Clubs
Welch
W. Va
Welch Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Appalachian Community Room
Rotary Club
Kiwanis
Pocahontas of Monoxide Victim Poised to be Buried
Cpl. Daniel Eugene Armstrong 22 of Pocahontas and Pfc. Edward W. Hart 29 of Remington died in Petersburg Va when carbon monoxide fumes entered a parked locked car, police said. Armstrong reenlisted last October two weeks ago and leaves a large Pocahontas family. Rites set at 2 p.m. today at St Elizabeths Church with Pocahontas Post No 14 American Legion in charge of committal rites.
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Cpl
Daniel Eugene Armstrong
Bernard Armstrong
Pocahontas
Petersburg
Fort Lee
Cpl. Armstrong
Pfc
Edward W. Hart
Remington
Armstrong
Germany
Anna Jeffrey
Clarence
Robert
Thomas
Nancy
Betty
Judy
Brenda
Obituary for Catherine Arthur Johnson Mother of Louis Johnson
Mrs Catherine Arthur Johnson aged 89 widow of Marcellus A Johnson Sr dies in Roanoke VA She was active in church and civic life and served on the original board of trustees of the Memorial and Crippled Children hospital Her sons Dr Marcellus A Johnson Jr Gordon E Johnson and Paul S Johnson and other relatives survive Funeral is set for tomorrow at Greene Memorial Methodist Church with interment in Evergreen Cemetery
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Roanoke
Louis A. Johnson
Catherine Arthur Johnson
Johnson
Memorial and Crippled Children’s Hospital
Greene Memorial Methodist Church
Marcellus A. Johnson, Jr
Gordon E. Johnson
Auto Spring and Bearing Co
Paul S. Johnson
Marcellus A. Johnson, Sr
Benjamin Lewis
Starkett
Roy Snyder
Altavista
James Louis A. Arthur
Big Island
Louis Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Cr. C. Bell
Evergreen
Chinese Push Threatens Key Korean Fronts
U S divisions withdrawing from the frontier as Chinese forces surge. The Seventh division reports near frontier areas while the Third division fights along Hamhung to WonSan. MacArthur notes 1,018,000 Chinese attackers plus 100,000 uplifted by Red Koreans. UN airpower counters with B 29 strikes on Sinanju and Kunu marshalling yards.
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U. S
ROK
Soviet
Siberia
Hamung
Hamhung
Wonsan
Korea
Wosan
Mason
MacArthur
United Nations Army
Eack
China
United States
U. N
Britain
Australia
Phillippines
Turkey
Thailand
Sinanju
Kunu
Chongchon Line
Governor Battle Dedicates Giles Memorial Hospital
Governor John S. Battle dedicates Giles County Memorial Hospital in Pearisburg describing it as a landmark in Virginia hospital construction. He highlights popular-vote bond approval and county funding shares while praising heating innovations and community leadership led by Dr. W. C. Caudill and Clifford Doolittle, with the facility presented to local boards.
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Giles County
New Memorial Hospital
John S. Battle
Virginia
Pearisburg
Battle
Old Dominion
Giles
Commonwealth
Giles Institution
W. C. Caudill
Hospital Board of Trustees
Western
Clifford Doolittle
Hospital
Giles Board of Supervisors
Doolittle
J. L. Dillon
Narrows
Aid Sought For Stricken War Lad
A 12 year old boy, Raymond Hampton of War West Virginia, suffers rheumatic fever and a weak heart. His family cannot afford three dollars a day for his medicine after his father, a mine accident survivor, has been unable to work for eight years. Gifts or medicines may be sent to Mrs Jay Hampton Box 175 War West Virginia.
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Raymond Hampton
Raymond
Jay Hampton
Hampton
Telelife
War
W. Va
Attlee and Truman Plot Common Stand on Korea and China
The meeting opened with Attlee pledging that Communist propaganda will not split Britain and the United States. U.S. officials said Washington would not recognize the Chinese Communist regime or admit Communist China to the UN as a price to halt the Korean offensive. Bradley warned of a gloomy Korea military picture as Britain and U.S. officials outlined views on Far East and Europe while delaying concrete agreements until tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Attlee
U. S
China
U.N
MacArthur
Bradley
Far East
Europe
Bramwell OK's Rent Controls Continues Through 1951
Richard E. Bailey reports Bramwell council passed an affirmative resolution to continue Federal rent controls through June 30, 1951. With Bramwell, sixteen area municipalities have acted to protect tenants from inflationary rents. Bluefield Princeton have not yet acted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Bailey
Bramwell
Bailey
Bluefield
Princeton
Baileysville Man Wounded in Deer Hunt Accident
Welch West Virginia December 4 Dewey Bailey aged 51 of Baileysville was admitted to Grace Hospital with a bullet wound in the left knee. He says the injury occurred when he was accidentally shot by a boy while deer hunting near Wolf Pen in Wyoming County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Dewey Bailey
Baileysville
Grace Hospital
Bailey
Wolf Pen
Wyoming County
Bristol Returns Prisoner To Bluefield
Ballard Smith, about 33, was returned to Bluefield by Bristol police after being cleared of suspicions of breaking and entering and burglary in Bristol. He was taken to Bristol for questioning about a safe robbery on November 28 and is held in Bluefield with Lewis Shinnault of 313 Nash Street on a shoplifting charge at the Bluefield Optical Service last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard Smith
Bristol
Smith
Lewis Shinnault
Nash Street
Bluefield Optical Service
Fund Campaign Starts Sunday at First Presbyterian
The First Presbyterian church will launch a fund drive Sunday to improve and expand facilities. Projects include converting a parking lot into a non sectarian playground and enlarging the choir loft with a new organ costing about 14438, with over seven thousand subscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
H. H. Gordon
Gordon
Welch City Bids Close Tonight on New City Hall
Bids close at 7 30 tonight for the three story Welch city building on McDowell street as the city aims to sell it to fund purchase of the Callaway building on Virginia avenue to convert into a combined city hall police and fire station. City council convenes at 7 30 to review bids and handle routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Welch City
McDowell Street
Callaway
Virginia Avenue
Welch C of C Sets Special Meeting for Holiday Hours
Welch West Virginia December 4 members of the Welch chamber of commerce and prospective members are urged to attend a special meeting at 10 am tomorrow in the American Legion club. President J J Moses says gains in membership and decisions on store closing hours during the holiday shopping season will be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Welch Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Club
J. J. Moses
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis With Creomulsion
An old advertisement warns that untreated coughs can lead to chronic bronchitis and promotes Creomulsion as a potent remedy. It claims Creomulsion targets the lung area to loosen mucus and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes, blends beechwood creosote with trusted cough medicines, contains no narcotics, and offers a money back guarantee after widespread use.
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J. A. Shewey
J. B. F. Yoak, Jr
Monte Vista Cemetery
Gene Thomas
Ernest Harry
Charles Harris
C. R. Mahoney
B. E. Davidson
H. J. Perkins
P. W. Crouch
J. W. Whitaker
Bessie Palmer
Bessie Ellen Palmer
S. J. Peter
Bluewell
Palmer
Kegley
L. C
Sarah Caldwell Holston
George W. Palmer
J. Earl Lilly
L. A. Tysor
Norfolk
Louis C
Henry H
Paul J
U. S. Army
John M. Holston
Montcalm
H. C. Holston
Elkins
Peters
Pine Grove
Rufus Peer
D. B. Gillespie
Mercer Funeral Home
Tom Patrick
Rich Valley Cemetery
John T. Robertson
Victoria Thomas Robertson
John Thomas Robertson
H. H. Harmon
J. E. Wyrick
M Dowell
Mrs
William J. Nuckolls
Laymans Chapel
Richlands
Mabel Grace Nuckolls
V. M. Ross
Negev Desert Road
Muncy
A. Sexton
M Dowell Rifles
Pocahontas of
Sheezes
St.Joseph
St. Joseph
Governor Battle
Giles Memorial Hospital
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Truman-Attlee
Reds
Fed
Law and
Federal ST
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Leon
Bramwell OK
Welch C of C
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Atlantic
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Rockland
Docks
New Bedford, Mass
Boston, Mass
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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