Winter Weather Hits West Virginia With Warm Spell
The state saw spring like warmth on Tuesday with temperatures mostly in the 50s while some eastern towns reported light snow. Elkins and Petersburg had an inch, Martinsburg eight inches, and Parkersburg reached 36 to 50 degrees. The Weather Bureau forecast colder conditions with flurries and more snow later in the week. Six times in 1948 Michigan State coach Clarence Munn used the full bench in a game.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Elkins
Petersburg
Martinsburg
Panhandle
Will
Huntington
Charleston
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Wheeling and Martinsburg
Michigan State
Clarence
Biggie) Munn
Armed Fugitive Sought After Spencer Attempted Robbery
Police warn to watch for an armed fugitive driving a 1942 black Buick with a bullet hole in the windshield. Beckley and Bluefield officers were alerted, but the suspect description remains unavailable and local checks found no trace. Details of the Spencer attempt are scarce.
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Spencer
Bluefield
Beckley
AHL Teams Set To Play 68 Games This Season
The 11 teams in the American Hockey League will play 68 games each this season with 34 at home and 34 on the road, shaping the schedule across the league.
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American Hockey League
C G Taylor Heads Bluefield Executives Club
The Bluefield Executive club public officers election elected C G Taylor president Cecil Lilly vice president Sammy Sublette secretary and Clyde E Elliott treasurer. Directors plan fewer dinner meetings but feature outstanding speakers. The San Francisco 49ers visiting New York failed to receive a kickoff in the All-America Conference season.
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Bluefield Executive Club
West Virginia
C. G. Taylor
Cecil Lilly
Sammy Sublette
Clyde E. Elliott
San Francisco 49Ers
New York
Over Half Million Pieces Of Mail Handled In One Day
Charleston West Virginia postmaster Julius Singleton reports 593323 pieces passed through cancelling machines in a 24 hour period, with precancelled mail uncounted. He notes the peak surpasses last year’s 422784 on a December day and outgoing parcels and incoming parcel post run higher than 1947 figures.
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Charleston
W. Va
Julius Singleton
Singleton
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F. K. Knack
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Coal & Coke
Ony Aebee As
Bee
Fiberglas
Mealmaster
Chicago
Bluefield, Va
Dersouth
PT Adit
Housewives
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
R.iniers and Engravers
Bland Street
Bluefield, W. VA
Yale
Frank
Bluefield Avenue
Frank H. Ernst
Geneva Gilley
Eugene Ferrone
Eula Borich
Marvin Gibson
Jimmy Lowder
Harold K. Ernst
William O. Hall
Richard Gibson
George Belcher
Cohen Drug Store
Federal Street
Executives Club
Karl H. Frye
Roanoke St
Cary
Curus Dress Shop
Grundy, VA
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