Deputy Beaten by Gang Near Bramwell in Mercer County
Oscar L. Bennett a Bramwell deputy sheriff was attacked while investigating a disturbance near Hollow. He was knocked unconscious and left in water for about 30 minutes after four men seized him. Five Allen family members and three others were arrested and later bonded awaiting Magistrate Parsons' Wednesday morning appearance.
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Oscar L. Bennett
Bramwell
Mercer County
Simmons
Rosing
Hollow
Bennett
Parsons
J. M. Rrnaon
Leslie Gadd
Allen
Reese
Moranmette
U. S. Amateurs Talk by Radio to Seventy Countries
Washington reports 8994 licensed amateur radio operators in the United States up from prior year. More than 2,000 new stations joined the field with some stations communicating with as many as 70 foreign countries. W. D. Terrell of the Commerce Department lauds amateur skill, public service, and training value while noting new high frequency bands and exploration of ultra high frequencies beyond 23,000 kilocycles.
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Washington
United States
W.D. Terrell
Department of Commerce
Nise
Rector Develops Radio Audience Through Travelogue
Asheville North Carolina Reverend Clarence Stuart McClellan Jr rector of Calvary Episcopal church at Pletcher has built a radio following with an eight lecture travelogue that has run for two years. He began with customs of the Holy Land and the Nile then Greece and the Greeks and plans Italy. The talks include occasional historical character sketches.
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Asheville
N. C
Clarence Stuart McClellan
Calvary Episcopal Church
Pletcher
Here
Holy Land
Land of the Nile
Greece
Italy
The Longest Name Cartoon Explained Sunday
The piece explains a Sunday cartoon about a long name. It discusses cast iron properties and a religious tale of Ramakrishna crying for 41 years and Yoghit Haridas suspending life for 40 days. The Hindu yogis seek focus through extreme acts.
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Ramakrishna
Max Muller
Six People Hurt in Bluefield Car Accidents
A series of motor accidents in Bluefield and vicinity from Sunday night to Monday evening left six people injured. Among them were Josephine Williams and Norman Stephens, both hospitalized, and Leonard Tabor with injuries from a truck crash on Bramwell road.
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Bluefield
Bracbfork
Bland
Federal Streets
Josephine Williams
Norton
Norman Stephens
Simmons
Leonard Tabor
Freeman
Bramwel
Tabor
Williams
Stephens
Brown Hospital
Gladys Doyle
Greenbrier Street
Princeton Avenue
Grant Street Bridge
F. D. Fields
Mss Doyle
Gladye Doyle
Sampone
Vine
Rita Washington
Mary Herrmann
Albemarle Street
Russell Street
Lena Morris
Federal Building
Miss Morris
R. H. Fleshman
Bland Street
Robert Ryan
Elks Christmas Dance and Local Sales Announced
Elks hold a Christmas dance Friday December 19 with music by the West Virginians and dancing from 9 30 to 1 80. City ads note men broadcloth shirts for a dollar at Fretwell's and coal prices reduced for cash from Service Coal Company with contact at phone 844.
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Fretwell's
Sammith
Elka
Ada F Ball Dies Suddenly at Bramwell Home
Mrs Ada F Ball 41 widow of Thomas G Ball died suddenly at 7 30 PM at her home on the KE H Harry farm Bramwell road She died after a brief illness following a Monday afternoon episode She leaves six children Edith 18 Ruth 16 Earl 14 Lucille 11 Alfred 9 Roy 8 Virginia 6 Her parents Mr and Mrs Rufus Wright of Matoaka and three sisters and a brother survive Funeral plans not yet set A Florida inventor is making weatherproof statuary and outdoor furniture by grinding palmetto roots with cement
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Ada F. Ball
Thomas G. Ball
KE. H. Harry Farm
Bramwell Road
Masked men stage weekend robberies in Bluefield area
Two masked robbers halted at the Mollie Hopper service station eight miles west of Tazewell, taking thirty cents and two pop bottles after tying up Marvin Buskill and Buford Russell. A post office in Twin Branch yielded about $100 from a mail sack. A Ford sedan owned by Bluefield officer Bryant and a 1929 King coupe owned by H W Bailey were stolen before dawn Monday.
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Tazewell
Twin Branch
MacDowell County
Greater Bluefield
Marvin Buskill
Buford Russell
Buskill
Eilher
Stig
Twin Branch Postoffice
Fordsom Coal Company
H. D. Bryant
Bluefield
H. W. Bailey
Wayne Street
Youths Sentenced Eight Hours After Robbery
In Scranton Pa three Archbald youths Louis Maneuso 20 Albert Taldo 21 and Chris Tomainu 21 were sentenced at 5 30 pm to ten to twenty years in the eastern penitentiary for holding up and robbing a Hum bert Coal paymaster of a 1400 payroll eight hours earlier. All but 7 51 of the payroll was recovered by authorities.
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Scranton
Humbert Coal Company
Jessup
Eastern Penitentiary
Louis Maneuso
Albert Taldo
Chris Tomainu
Archbald
Budget estimates grow for state penitentiary and hospitals
State officials reviewed funding across penal institutions and training schools. Proposals include expanding penitentiary walls with 200000 dollars and financing for new hospitals and medical clinics to support expanded attendance and care programs. The plan also tackles prison labor income declines and seeks a two year appropriation framework.
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Penitentiary
West Virginia Training School
West Liberty State Normal Eclwol
Board of Control
James & Lakin
Pricon
Dirmitoyio
George W. Sharp
Budget Commission
FP. W. McCullough
McCullough
Welch
McKendree
Fairmont
Huntington State Hospital
Lakin
Conley
Budge Commission
McKendree Hospital
Howard B. Lee
Commission
West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association
Control Board
State board of control includes increases in WV public homes funds
The record shows changes in West Virginia funding with decreases of 7 000 for the West Virginia children's home and increases of 24 000 for the West Virginia colored children's home. The West Virginia home for aged and infirm colored men and women remains 24 000, with the state total at 123 800. An additional 7 200 is shown for the purchasing agent at 3600 yearly.
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Ue State
Tuberculogia Association
Hopemont
Rutherford
Denmar
Potomac
Cook
Lee
Schoal
Turner
Board of Governors
State University
Commission
Board of Control
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Alleged Slayer Surrenders After Texas Shootings
Colquitt Davie, sought in the fatal shootings of Amarillo grocer Harold McCarick and deputy Sheriff Don Keirsey of Wirt Oklahoma, surrendered to officers in Hereford Texas after being found on foot and alone. His brother D I Davis was reportedly in Wichita Kansas following a downtown gun fight in which Davie was alleged to participate.
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Hereford
Texas
Colquitt Davie
Harold McCarick
Amarillo
Don Keirsey
Wirt Okla
D. I. Davis
Wichita
Kansas
Colquitt
Shoe Price Cuts Announced by International Shoe Co
International Shoe Company headquarters in St Louis announced immediate reductions in factory price of shoes ranging from 5 to 35 cents per pair. The move affects various footwear lines and aims to boost sales.
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St. Louis
International Shoe Company
Rites Set for Mrs Irene Durkin Jones
Funeral services will be held at 10 30 this morning at Sacred Heart church for Mrs Irene Durkin Jones wife of James P Jones coal ion engineer for Appalich Electric Power company who died Sunday afternoon at 617 Union Street Burial will be in Monte Vista Park cemetery She died after a six week illness Surviving are her husband and one daughter her parents four sisters and two brothers all residing in the West One sister Mrs Georgia Durkin of St Paul Minn was at the bedside.
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Sacred Heart Church
Irene Durkin Jones
James P. Jones
Appalich Electric Power Company
Jones
Union Street
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
M. Durkin
Perham
Minn
West
Georgia Durkin
St. Paul, Minn
Sugar Cane Becomes New Florida Everglades Crop
Palm Beach Florida reports sugar cane as a new crop in the Everglades. More than 23000 acres of muck land have been cultivated successfully forming a sea of green this year. The crop adds a new industry for the region and offers Florida farmers an additional harvest.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Everglades
Florida
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