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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1950

Page

2

Telephones Reported Tapped In Chicago Kefauver Probe

Chicago Tribune reports private lines in the Kefauver crime probing committee office were tapped and two men and a woman are under surveillance. Hearings are set for Chicago tomorrow at the Morrison Hotel and Loop federal courthouse.

Chicago Kefauver Chicago Tribune Today Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee the Tribune Conpa Poe Senate Committee

Marion Man Killed In Korean Fighting

The Department of Defense casualty list from Korea reports Private First Class Herbert H. Williams of Marion Virginia killed in action. The Virginian was one of the three listed as KIA with other personnel wounded missing or injured on December 17. Williams was son of Mrs. Nannie C. Williams of Marion Virginia.

Washington Department of Defense Herbert H. Williams Nannie C. Williams P.O. Box Marion

Hoover Group Urges Reforms for Better Government

Citizens committee behind the Hoover report calls for further government reorganization to withstand economic and military strain. It cites 50 percent of Hoover commission recommendations approved with potential annual savings of 2 billion dollars. Dr. Robert L. Johnson lists six major remaining steps to achieve billions in savings without cutting essential federal services.

Washington Citizens Committee For Hoover Commission On Herbert Hoover Robert L. Johnson Johnson Temple University Hoover Commission Veterans Administration Army Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation Department of the Interior Department of Agriculture

Father In Law Held In Man s Slaying

Cecil Herbert Lambert Jr 26 was shot and died at his home on Bob s branch near Huntington. George Samuel Corsey the victim s father in law was held on a murder charge after a dispute. Corsey was wounded in the elbow and hospitalized while Lambert died from .22 rifle head wounds. The dispute’s cause was not learned.

Huntington W. Va Cecil Herbert Lambert, Jr Homer Pelfrey Wayne County Lambert Bob Wayne Carsey

Welch Rotary Club to skip meeting during Christmas week

Welch West Virginia December 17 special report members of the Welch Rotary club will not meet Tuesday December 27 as part of an annual Christmas week practice.

Welch Rotary Club Welch W. Va

Virginia Jewelry Repair Guarantee in Bluefield VA

All watch repairs at Virginia Jewelry in Bluefield Virginia come with a full guarantee. No sales tax applies and customers save 20 percent on every dollar spent.

Virginia Ann Jewelry Bluefield

Prominent Texas Businessman Mace Stewart Dies

Mace Stewart a 54 year old attorney banker and philanthropist dies in Galveston after a party near the artillery club He led Stewart Title Guaranty Stewart Oil and steered several boards including Guaranty Federal and Galveston News Publishing He died at 11 40 p m while en route to a hospital with his wife and friends Survived by two sons Mace Jr and Willis at Princeton University.

Galveston Tex Mace Stewart Texas Stewart Stewart Title Guaranty Company Guaranty Federal Savings and Loan Association Stewart Oil Company American National Insurance Company Galveston News Publishing Company Gulf Marine Wave Marine Corporation State Board of Education State

31 Killed In Andes Mountain Air Crash

The Avensa DC-3 crash atop El Palmar mountain near Merida killed 31 people including 27 students aged nine to eighteen. The flight chartered by a Catholic school carried quarrelsome families home for the holidays. Search parties recovered all bodies after the crash shortly after takeoff.

Caracas Venezuela Merida Defense Ministry Avensa el Palmar Mountain

John M. Jamison Coal Company Leader Dies at 86

Greensburg Pa Dec 17 Former State Senator John M Jamison 86 founder and longtime chairman of Jamison Coal and Coke died after a long illness. A Princeton graduate and Westmoreland County lawyer he helped start the firm in 1892 and led it to extensive West Virginia operations. Survivors include his widow and three daughters Mrs Lynch Mrs Cote and Mrs Euwer of Greensburg. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.

Greensburg John M. Jamison Jamison Coal and Coke Company Ireland Jamison Princeton University Westmoreland County West Virginia Republican County Committee Senate Thomas Lynch Joseph Cote Paul Euwer

One Killed Five Hurt In Leesburg Wreck

A Leesburg Virginia crash killed Henry Starr Wattles about 30 of Alexandria and injured five others including Mrs Wattles, their two year old daughter Mary, Dr L C Stuart 65, his son Michael 25, and Curtis Waggoner 40 all of Rome New York.

Leesburg Here Henry Starr Watles Alexandria

Man Of The Year In Farm Work

C W Holdaway head of the dairy husbandry department at VPI has been named man of the year in Virginia agriculture by The Progressive Farmer magazine. Born May 24 1880 in New Zealand he joined VPI in 1905 and has led his department since 1921. His work on dairy cattle nutrient needs shaped protein levels in rations for decades.

C. W. Holdaway V.P.I Virginia Progressive Farmer Magazine Professor Holdaway New Zealand Holdaway Australia Samoa Hawaii Canada Carrie Ernestine McTavish

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