Explosion Triggers Welch Building Fire Injuring Man
A Welch gasoline fumes explosion and ensuing fire damaged the six story Dor company building in downtown Welch around 1 pm. Ralph Forbes and E G Moore narrowly escaped. firemen faced smoke but prevented tank involvement. Damages estimated at 1200 dollars. Police units begin investigation.
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Welch
W. Va
Dor Company
Welch Fire Department
Consc”ited
Hugh B. Hartinger
Ralph Forbes
E. G. Moore
Hartinger
Perjury trial of Alger Hiss delayed to February twenty fourth
The Alger Hiss perjury case in New York was postponed to Feb 24 with motions due by Jan 24. The 44 year old ex state department official by stipulation with Edward C. McLean and Raymond P. Whearty will also post a $5,006 bail. He faces two perjury counts alleging he lied about passing secret documents to Whittaker Chambers.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Edward C. Mclean
U. S
Raymond P. Whearty
Whittaker Chambers
Auto Mishap Victim Improves
Ted Ray Irvin of Beaver remained unconscious five days at Bluefield sanitarium after being struck by a car last Friday. Driver Ernest S. Lambert appealed a $100 fine or 90 days in jail for reckless driving. Irvin, son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin C Irvin, suffered fractures, head injuries and multiple cuts. Lambert, a McLain’s Business College student from Bluestone, appealed in Mercer county criminal court.
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Ted Ray Irvin
Bluefield Sanitarium
Irvin
Benjamin C. Irvin
Bluefield Avenue
Ernest S. Lambert
Bluestone
McLain’s Business College
Lambert
L. B. Sutherland
Criminal Court of
Mercer County
Duggan death tangled in espionage probe theories
Police report ties Laurence Duggan’s death to an espionage inquiry but some family members dispute suicide. They say he fell ill and died from a freak accident after a day of work and planned travel, noting his loving family and steady job at the institute.
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National Authority
Duggan
Chambers
Stephen Duggan, Jr
Laurence
Washington
Institute
City and Coalfield Special Notice at 7 Tonight
Mercer Lodge No 160 AF&AM will hold a special communication at 7 oclock tonight December 93 for work in several degrees Visiting Master Masons invited Refreshments served J M Pritchett WM R E Thompson Secretary
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Mercer Lodge No. 160
Af&am
J. M. Pritchett
R. E. Thompson
Military Court Weighs Woman's Killing in Germany
In Marbure Germany a U S military court weighs whether Wilma Billie Ybarbo killed her husband in self defense or maliciously. The trial marks the first for an American woman under a U S military government court with verdict possible tomorrow. Her attorney argues self defense to acquit and spare mother and child Christmas. Prosecution contends she pursued and shot him during a party in the hall.
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Marbure
Germany
Wilma
Billie) Ybarbo
U. S
John Ybarbo
Goliad
Tex
Stanley H. Gaines
Brookline
Mass
Malden
Hugh L. Hinchcliffe
Palm Beach
Fla
Cleveland
Holl
Anglo-Americans Launch Quiet East Asia Anti Red Drive
Anglo-American plan to halt communism in southeast Asia moves forward quietly. Officials avoid comment while sources describe aims to guard Malaya Indonesia Siam Indo China Burma and other key areas from Communist influence amid unrest and economic stake in raw materials.
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East
Singapore
Southeast Asia
China
Malaya
Indonesia
Siam
Indo- China
Burma
Bluefield Man Dies After Fight Fractured Skull
Berry Hess Jr. of 1001 Wayne Street Bluefield died from a fractured skull after a fight in McDowell County Northfork hollow. Hess, a railroad laborer, was admitted December 16 to Bluefield Hospital in critical condition. State Trooper Burner Deputy Sheriff Cook and Northfork state police investigated but no arrests were announced. The body rests at Hawkins Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Berry Robert Hess, Jr
Wayne Street
Ethis City
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway
Bluefield Hospital
Northfork Hollow
McDowell County
Hess
R. O. Burner
Princeton
State Police
Lewis Cook
Northfork State Police
Hawkins Funeral Home
Tojo and 24 Co-defendants Prepare for Execution
Final letters were written by the condemned after notices of the Supreme Court rulings and MacArthur order. Prisoners, including Tojo, spent their last day in a cell block shrine, with limited visits and basic amenities, while guards supervised daily searches and medical exams.
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Tokyo
Supreme Court
Hirota
Doihara
MacArthur
Public Information Office
Tojo
Army
Deaths and Funerals In Relatively Brief Notices
Pvt. Berlin Owens killed in action on Saipan in 1945 will have his body arrive Thursday at noon in Grundy. Funeral Friday at 11 a.m. at Greenbrier Baptist church with burial in the family cemetery. James W. Rakes 22 of Eckman died from burns in Welch hospital. services set for 1 p.m. Thursday in Eckman Methodist church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. John Lester Love 37 of Elkhorn died of lobar pneumonia. final rites at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Roarin River Baptist church with interment there. Love formerly worked as a mine breakman for Copper’s Coal near Keystone.
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Pvt
Berlin Owens
Saipan
Grundy
Greenbrier Baptist Church
Heyward Coller
Emory Neal
James W. Rakes Eckman
W. Va
James W. Rakes
Welch
John Lester Love
Elkhorn
Baptist Church
Roarin River
N. C
Hettie Love
Bobbie
Lawrence
Eugene
William W. Love
Robert
Evie
Hazel Holman
Love
Coppers Coal Company
Keystone
Miner Killed in Slate Fall at Caretta West Virginia
Nora Arthur Keene a 43 year old machine operator at the Caretta mine was killed instantly by a slate fall. He lived at Jolo born in Buchanan County Virginia son of Mr and Mrs Whitten Keene. Funeral services will be held Christmas Day at 1 o clock from the home with Rev Kennedy and Rev Smith in charge. Interment Maple Grove cemetery on Brawshaw mountain. Survivors include wife four sons four daughters five brothers two sisters and three grandchildren.
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Caretta
W. Va
Nora Arthur Keene
Keene
Jolo
Buchanan County
Whitten Keene
Slate
Richard Kennedy
Noah Smith
Maple Grove
Brawshaw Mountain
Mandy Keene
Cruman
Lawrence
Frank
Edsel
Marty
Anna Mae
Betty Jean
Matty Frances Keene
Earl
Edwin
Landgraff
George
Ruby Brown
Slate, Va
Lily Bier
Paines
Christmas Carolers Visit Bluefield Papers and towns
Beaver High School A Cappella choir led by Miss Elizabeth Shelton sang for Hugh Ike Shott at the Daily Telegraph office on Bland Street as part of Christmas activities. A second group, the Junior Elite Club of Fairview High School, caroled in South Bluefield along Oakhurst Avenue.
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Beaver High School
Chior
Elizabeth Shelton
Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Yale
Mr. Shott
Bland Street
Fairview High School
South Bluefield
Oakhurst Avenue
Youth Battles Sharks After Friend Killed
A Sacramento boy relives a sea ordeal off Guantanamo Bay in which sharks killed his friend and attacked 13 year old Russell Ant Honey Latona. He survived after nearly two days in the water and fought off sharks and barracuda. Admiral Phillips reported Latona is recovering well in Cuba.
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Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Sacramento
Calif
Russell Anthoney Latona
Russell
W. K. Phillips
U. S. Naval Operating Base
Merriest Christmas Gift Ad for Underwood Typewriter
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co advertises a portable Underwood Typewriter as a perfect Christmas gift. The display notes the model and calls Bluefeld West Virginia location at 314 Bland Street for purchaser contact.
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Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefeld
W. Va
Adv
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Dallas Times-Herald
KRLD
Garland
Affiliated Fund, Inc
INDE
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Jim Twohig
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P. C. Twohig, JR
Law & Commerce Bldg
Kodak Cameras
Nelson Photo Supply CO
Federal ST
Bluefield, W .Va
Poinsettias
Cyclamens
Gladiolus
Cole’s
Bland ST
DIAL
Bluefield, W. VA
City and Coalfield
Eckman Methodist Church
A. H. Roe
E. P. King
Eureka Church of God
Kelford E. Crisco
Harold E
James Cordle
Tommy Cordle
Bill Caffee
Oscar Boyd
Jack Christie
Woodlawn Cemetery
Board of Education
Rakes
Oe Northfork High School
John L. Love
Dix
Wyatt - Dekker
Theatre Coupon Books
Whitman
Old Dominion
Country Store
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bland
CassvenosIucoan
Fresh Rap
Paper Supply Company
Lee
Virginia Side
Ens
Matinee
Johnity Weissmuller
Brenda Joyce Cinna Gatistun
Cartoon - News
Pera
Blair
Musical News
Rod Cameron
Forrest Tucker
Columbia
TEX Ritter
MGM
Edmund Ana By
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Fred M. Wilcox
Robert Silk
William Ludwig
Ian Maclaren
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