Christmas Eve Shooting Ends in Death in Mingo Tavern
In Bill Robinsons beer tavern at Delorme two men died from gunfire after a poker dispute over winnings. O. O. Howard and W. H. Dotson were killed. Clell McCoy and J. R. Smith were detained for questioning as part of the investigation.
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Mingo County
Williamson
W. Va
Thurman Chambers
O. O. Howard
Merchant
Delorme
W. H. Dotson
Bill Robinson
Here
Dotson
Howard
Chambers
Clell McCoy
Pikeville
Pike County
Lacy Goodman
West Virginia
J. R. Smith
Smith
McCoy
West Virginia Girl is National Finalist
Marty Been of Randolph county reached the national talk meet final at the 32nd annual American Farm Bureau federation meeting in Dallas Texas. She won the northeast regional title in preliminary contests and represented West Virginia as state meet winner.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Marty Been
Randolph County
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dallas
Tex Miss Been
West Virginia
George Hunt
Wetzel County
Betty Hathaway
Barbour County
Rural Youth Department
Federation
Miss Hathaway
Eugene P Alderson Dies At Summersville
Summersville West Virginia December 25 Eugene Peck Alderson 51 Summersville attorney and former youngest state senator died at his home yesterday He was born in Summersville and was elected to the state senate in 1924 at age 25 as a Democrat from Clay county serving until 1929
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Summersville
W. Va
Eugene Peck Alderson
State Senate
Alderson
Clay County
Twenty Three WVU Faculty Available for Spring Speeches
Morgantown West Virginia December 25 News release from the committee on off campus contacts states that Twenty three West Virginia university faculty members will be available to high schools as commencement speakers next spring. It notes that twenty eight faculty members spoke at 55 high school commencement exercises last spring.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Committee On
NBC Drama Big Town Names Walter Grenza Lead Editor
NBCs Big Town enters its eighth year with Walter Grenza as managing editor Steve Wilson replacing Edward Pawley. Fran Carson remains Lorelei Kilbourne. mystery urn plot leads to three murders and a life threat.
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NBC
Walter Grenza
Steve Wilson
The
Ilustrated Press
Edward G. Robinson
Greaza
Edward Pawley
Fran Carson
Lorelei Kilbourne
Wilson
St. Paul, Minn
Grise
Ontario
Walter Greaza
WHIS
Italy
Lorelei
Big Town
John Gart
Dwight Weist
Lee Bowman
America
Chickamauga
Robert Tallman
Alfred Leland Crabb
Chattanooga
Nichol
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Major Network Lineup
A detailed listing shows 18 minute newscasts and hour long programs across ABC CBS NBC and mutual networks. Notable items include Beulah Jack Smith Show Bob Crosby Club You Can Top This Mr and Mrs North Life with Luigi Truth or Consequences and Treasury Show along with Capitol Cloakroom and News & Variety among others.
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Uemu Wu
Rex
Eleanor
Rise and Shine
News
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Hitshes
Nash
Warlick
ABC
Philco
NBC
Welcome Travelers
The
Procter & Gamble Co
Shopper's Guide
Break the Bank
Jack Berch
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Three Suns
Owl Dial
Owl Cleaners
First Nationa Bank
Eddie Arnold
Crowley's Inc
Dave Garroway
Armour
NBAC
Pepper Young
NHC
Sterling Drug Co
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
First National Bank
Just Plain Bill
Whitehall Co
Farrell Whitehall Pharmacal Co
Newa—Bowling Furniture Co
Sparta News
CRB. Beer
Organ Melodies Paper Supply Co
Fibber McGee & Molly
Pet Milk Sales Corp
Lever Brothers Co
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co
Nbc—News
George Sawtelle
Cbs Network
Aebc
Mbs
Abe
Weat
Cbs
Abc News
Beulah
Cbs News
Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Cbs Armatrong
BBS
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Cbs Ewening Newareel
Cbe
Monte Cristo
Mrs. North
Cbs Opera
Luigi
Cba
Abec
John Breele
Treasury
Asbc
Capitol
Abc Orchestra
Variety
All Nets
One Killed Seven Hurt In Fort Dix Auto Crash
A fatal Christmas dawn crash near Fort Dix New Jersey left a 19 year old WAC dead and seven other army personnel injured. Pvt Joycie M Miller of Basile Louisiana died from neck and head injuries after a head on collision on the Wrightstown Pemberton road. Police reported the trio of WACs had just left midnight mass in Mount Holly.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Wac
Wrightstown
Pemberton Road
Robert Lee
Daniel Murphy
Miss Miller
Mount Holly
Ten Virginia Christmas Deaths Highlight Holiday Toll
Virginia reports 18 violent holiday deaths over three days with 15 traffic fatalities. Among the victims are 13 year old George Wheeler of Staunton, 14 year old William Stuart Fitzhugh of King George, and 23 year old Jane Presgraves of Rileyville, with several Roanoke and Martinsville residents among the injured or killed. A 93 year old man Wilbur Ashlock died in Toano from a stove fire.
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Virginia
George Wheeler
Staunton
Staunton Street
Gordon Floyd
Agricola
Martinsville
Henry County
Waverly Mitchell
Roanoke
Nelson James Foutz
L . Leflore
Hollins
William Stuart Fitzhugh
King George
Fredericksburg
Shiloh
King George County
John H. Mason
Wiliam H. Green
Washington
Corbin
Caroline County
Benjamin Stockton
Jane Presgraves
Rileyville
Pare County
Luray
Norfolk and Western
Virgil Pregraves
Man Rescues Family From Flaming House in Newburyport
Charles C. Withers, 46, leaped from a second story window with his mother Una, 76, onto a lilac bush after guiding his wife Margaret, 42, and daughter Josephine, 13, to safety as fire gutted a 150-year-old home. Both Una and Margaret were treated for shock at Anna Jaques Hospital, described as not serious. Damages rough estimated at $15,000.
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Newburyport
Mass
Charles C. Withers
Una
Withers
Margaret
Josephine
Ana
Anna Jaques Hospital
Staunton Youth Injured Fatally
In Staunton Virginia on December 25 a 13 year old boy riding a new bicycle was struck by a car and died en route to Charlottesville hospital. The youth was identified as George Wheeler. The driver was Clarence W. Obie 53 of route 3 Staunton a Negro. Police say the boy rode downhill into an intersection and Obie could not stop in time.
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Staunton
George Wheeler
Charlottesville
Clarence W. Obie
Route 3
Obie
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Mason Ayers
BOR
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Alarm Clock Club
Robert Hurleigh
Old Village Choir
Ceri] Brown
Kate Smith
Lanny Ross
Cederic Foster
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
New York City
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Toano
James City
Ashlock
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Wis
Jolly
Guernsey
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Roadmaster
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