Princeton Autoists Injured In Holiday Crashes
Multiple injuries reported from accidents near Princeton over the holiday. Bert Blake and family were hurt in a collision with a truck driven by Mason Hurst. Hurst faced hit and run and drunken driving charges with bond set at 500. Jess Nelson charged with reckless driving after an early evening crash on Route 219 near Princeton. Memorial Hospital treated Hazelwood and Bodell among others. Bodell and Karnes suffered minor injuries.
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Bert Blake
Mullens
Blake
Mason Hurst
Matoaka
Lashmeet
Blakes
Mullins
Jess Willard Nelson
Elgood
J. E. Childers
Corney White
Princen
Frazier Hazelwood
Memorial Hospital
Nelson
D. T. Carr
Reckess
Helen Elizabeth Bodell
Dominic Romano
Bluefield
Bluefield Road
Princeton
Kathleen Karnes
Mike Hofsetter
Miss Bodell
Miss Karnes
Mrs Hamilton of Princeton Dies at 60
Mrs Margaret Ellen Hamilton widow of W W Hamilton and former Mercer county sheriff died at 1 40 am Friday after leaving hospital Thursday noon She had been ill for months Born near Charleston West Virginia November 23 1872 she was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Fauber Her husband was W W Hamilton.
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Margaret Ellen Hamilton
W. W. Hamilton
Mercer County
Woman Hurls Rocks At Cars Near Princeton
A colored woman on Christmas night along Beckley road near Princeton threw stones at passing cars, enjoying the mischief until stopped by Troopers G T Davis Mike Hofstetter and Constable C C Christian. She was fined $5 on a drunkenness charge by Magistrate C C Elmore yesterday.
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Beckley Road
Princeton
G. T. Davis
Mike Hofstetter
C. C. Christian
C. C. Elmore
Bramwell Postmaster and Sheriff dies at Bramwell
The obituary notes a former Bramwell postmaster and sheriff who died years ago. Mrs. Hamilton long served in the Baptist church and moved to Princeton in 1912 from Bramwell. Survivors include a daughter in Los Angeles and relatives in Camp Belvoir Virginia Charleston West Virginia and Baltimore. The body rests at home then moves to the church for funeral services led by multiple ministers. Burial at Monte Vista cemetery with church flower bearers and local pallbearers listed.
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Bramwell
Hamilton
The
Baptist Church
Princeton
J. C. Mabe, Jr
Los Angeles
W. W. Mabe
Camp Belvoir
Margaret Mabe
Beckley
Oscar Fauber
Henry Fauber
Charleston
W. Va
Ida Riggs
Baltimore
Edward Stubblefield
D. D
T. E. Peters
E. L. Grose
Monte Vista
T. E. L. Class Baptist Church
Aubrey Martin
Paul Pack
Pete Lentz
Hinton
Earl Gott
Frank Shumaker
Roy Hylton
Davy White
Carl Baugess
Funeral Services for L. G. Walker
Funeral service for L. G. Walker, a widely known shoe man, will be held at the Primitive Baptist church on Seventh street and Harrison at 11 o clock this morning, Elder Eugene Nichols of Sophia officiating. Burial follows in Oakwood cemetery. The body lies in memo rial Funeral Service chapel until the service. Pallbearers: Everett Bailey, Edward Flummer, Paul Mander ville, John Bridges, Charles Bridges, J. J. Shelton, Opie Hylton.
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L. G. Walker
Primitive Baptist Church
Seventh Street
Harrison
Eugene Nichols
Sophia
Oakwood Cemetery
Everett Bailey
Edward Flummer
Paul Manderville
John Bridges
Charles Bridges
J. J. Shelton
Opie Hylton
Paul Mills Awaits Grand Jury Action
Paul Mills is charged with breaking and entering a house and held under $500 bond to await grand jury action by Magistrate E. L. Davidson at Matoaka yesterday. He was fined $25 and costs on a drunk charge and posted bond. He is accused of stealing a radio.
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Paul Mills
E. L. Davidson
Matoaka
Mills
Thrills of Parachuting Marines Embrace Jumping
U S Marines describe parachute jumping as an exciting experience and say they would test any man who does not feel a thrill when dropping to earth by parachute.
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U. S
Earth
Warrants Issued for Rock Throwers in Wolfe Neighborhood
Alleged rock throwers named in peace warrants by Wolfe residents sworn out Friday before Magistrate C. C. Elmore. Kyle Strupes and Joe Strupes were arrested. Nathan and Elbert Strupes not yet taken. Hearing set for next Tuesday at 2 o clock.
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Wolfe
Kyle Strupes
Joe Strupes
Nathan
Elbert Strupes
C. C. Elmore
Kyle
Joe
Elbert
Fire damages shed behind Virginian hotel in Princeton
Fire department respond 10 30 Friday morning to a blaze in a shed behind the Virginian hotel alley sparks from a wastebasket ignited rags. Firemen extinguished the fire with water from the booster tank. Melvin M Sifford of Goodwin's Ferry Va fined 25 dollars and costs for driving an automobile while drunk by Magistrate C C Elmore. His license was suspended six months and car impounded.
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Virginian Hotel
Melvin M. Sifford
Goodwin's Ferry
C. C. Elmore
Sifford
Rawhide Rangers at Royal theater stars Brown and Knight
Johnny Mack Brown headlines Rawhide Rangers at the Royal with Fuzzy Knight in top supporting role and Neil O Day and Kathryn Adams in lead female parts. Knight Miss O Day and the Texas Rangers provide musical numbers alongside the Pikard family.
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Johnny Mack Brown
Princeton Churches Weekly Schedule and Christmas Program
The notice lists services at First Church of Christ and other Princeton churches with times for Sunday school worship and special programs. It notes preacher names, sermon topics including The Year Ahead and Public Enemy No 1, choir and musicians, watch night service, and a Christmas program at the Sunday school.
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First Church OF Christ
Frank L. Stuck
Church Board
O. E. Mercer
C. F. Hill
Public Enemy
Mary Miller
R. L. Johnson
Choir Practice At First Baptist Church
The Young People's choir of the First Baptist church will meet for regular practice this afternoon at 4 o clock at the church building.
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The
First Baptist Church
PRINCETON PERSONALSH E Kelso Visit in Abingdon
The Rev and Mrs H E Kelso visit their daughter Mrs Carl Moore and Mr Moore on Honaker avenue Princeton. They spent Wednesday in Abingdon visiting the Rev.
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H. E. Kelso
Carl Moore
Mr. Moore
Honaker Avenue
Abingdon
Local Notes and Holiday Visits Across Virginia and Ohio
Air Corps Slogan senior in Virginia Medical College. Mrs. Cora Cook of Wheeling visits son W F Cook and family. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert White of Walnut Street visit relatives in Bellaire Ohio. Miss Norma Garrett of Pikeville Kentucky spends Christmas with parents S P Garrett. Dr and Mrs L J Pace visit relatives in Harrisonburg Virginia and will return to Princeton Monday. STORAGE TEMPERATURES advises housewives on safe food storage amid rising prices with a general temperature table for frozen foods milk meats vegetables butter leftovers and specific humidity notes.
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Virginia Medical College
Cora Cook
Wheeling
W. F. Cook
Walnut Street
Herbert White
Bellaire
Ohio
Norma Garrett
Pikeville
S. P. Garrett
South Avenue
L. J. Pace
Harrisonburg
Princeton
Mrs Eleanor Kloman Dies in Asheville
Eleanor Marshall Trapnell Kloman, native of Charles Town West Virginia, wife of Rev. Henry Felix Kloman, died yesterday in Asheville. Her husband serves as chaplain of St Marys School in Raleigh North Carolina.
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Asheville
N. C
Eleanor Marshall Trapnell Kloman
Charles Town
W. Va
Henry Felix Kloman
St. Mary’s School
Raleigh
Local residents trek home for holidays in Buckhannon and beyond
Mr. Kelso's mother and brother plan to return to Buckhannon West Virginia today. Meal Budrow of the coast artillery service in Norfolk visits his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Edward Lockhart in Brown apartments Main street and he will go to Fort Moultrie today. Jack Miller spends holidays with relatives in Roanoke while Fredeking of Hinton visits Mrs Jeking and children on Center street. Mr and Mrs Marvin Miller and two daughters Vernie and Betty Gay visit relatives in Monroe county Christmas day. David Gatherum, who has spent Christmas with his parents in Athens, will leave this morning for Richmond.
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Mr. Kelso
Buckhannon
W. Va
Meal Budrow
Coast Artillery Service
Norfolk
Edward Lockhart
Brown Apartments
Main Street
Fort Moul
Jack Miller
Wee
Roanoke
Fredeking
Hinton
J Eking
McDowell County Christmas Crash Injures Eight
In Kimball on Friday morning eight people were injured in a head on collision on the Kimball Bottom Creek stretch bringing Christmas highway injuries in McDowell County to fourteen. White men Charles Combs and Elwood Combs were seriously hurt along with six Black passengers. Police investigated and said speed and curve location contributed.
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Kimball
Charles Combs
Havace
Elwood Combs
Havaco
Combs
Jim Lacey
Hubert Evans
Booker Norris
Ernest Dalton
William Howard
Katherine Lacey
Capell
Howard
L. K. Cruise
W. L. Mills
Kimball-Bottom Creek
Combs Brothers
Landgraff
Stevens Clinic
Welch Paragraphs Child Hurt J. Thomas Aged 9
A nine year old boy from Sneger suffers injuries after his B B gun misfired one day. The incident details are limited in the fragment, but describe accidental harm linked to a firearm-like toy. Authorities and family assess the event and its circumstances.
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J. ¥. Thomas
Sneger
Cnsick
Driver jailed on DUI charge from Hemphill
Anton Robusky of Hemphill was jailed Wednesday night by city police on a driving while intoxicated charge. He is to be arraigned before City Police Judge Hobart E. Payne.
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Anton Robusky
Hemphill
Hobart E. Payne
Welch Personal Notes Reflect Christmas Visits Across Town
Mr and Mrs John B Hurley of Pocahontas spent Christmas with M W Hutson and family. Mr and Mrs Robert Kilgore of Huntington visited daughter ae Ralph E Grimmett and family. Mr Beckleheimer and family move near Peterstown from Beckley for work at Celanese near Narrows. Frank Barnes family and Ann spent Christmas in Grundy Virginia. Charles Martin spent Christmas in Roanoke with relatives. Jack Beamer visited relatives in Kimball. Walter Woodie and Morris spent Christmas in Bluefield with Rev J T Browning family. Pvt Reed Lawson of Camp Lee spent Christmas in Welch visiting friends. Miss Theresa Drosick spent Soret in Huntington visiting.
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John B. Hurley
Pocahontas
Camp Lee
Welch
Theresa Drosick
Huntington
Christmas stirs string of injuries send seven to area hospitals
Seven persons were treated for wounds over the Christmas weekend with one in serious condition. Willis Lemons, 26, of Yukon, was stabbed in the chest with the knife missing his heart and lodging in the left lung. Joe Woods, 45, of Kimball, suffered knife wounds to neck and face after a street fight. Harrison Redd, 39, of Kimball, was shot in the right leg and fractured a leg after an accidental shooting at home. Police investigated but no suspects yet identified.
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Willis Lemons
Yukon
Joe Woods
Kimball
Harrison Redd
Woods
Redd
James T Bales of Near Laeger Dies in Local Hospital
James Thomas Bales a native of Russell County Virginia died Thursday in a local hospital after a long illness. He had lived in Sandy River district 15 years and was a carpenter. Survivors include his wife and children Bascomb Bales Joh P T Bales Bradshaw John Bales in the U S Army Watertown NY Charles Bales Bradshaw Mrs Mary Quacroie Welete and Mrs Flora arrels Welch. Funeral services will be held Sunday at Richlands.
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James Thomas Bales
Tager
Russell County
Virginia
Bales
Sandy River District
Bascomb Bales
Joh
P. T. Bales
Bradshaw
John Bales
Theu. S. Army
Watertown
N. Y
Charles Bales
Mary Quacroie Welete
Premier man charged after Christmas break-in attempt
Roosevelt Gaines of Premier was jailed after state police observed him attempting to break into a residence on Christmas Day. Troopers arrested him following the incident.
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Roosevelt Gaines
Premier
Attempted Break-In Reported After Thursday Morning Incident
A person tried to enter a residence by throwing a rock Thursday morning, triggering a security alert and prompting police response. No injuries reported, and investigators ask for any witnesses to come forward.
W M Fritz Learns Son Russell Wounded in Hawaii
War department informs W M Fritz that his son Russell has been slightly wounded in action in the Hawaiian Islands. Parents notified of the injury through military channels.
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W. M. Fritz
Big Creek
Russell
Hawaiian Islands
War Department
OFFICERS PROBE BLAST AT BRIDGE NEAR GALLIPOLIS
An Ohio highway patrol officer said investigators probe a dynamite blast under a bridge near the Gallipolis dam. Authorities consider the blast possibly a prank, but report a stolen box of dynamite from a southeastern Ohio camp and continue the inquiry. Footprints and tire tracks were cast, with the dam lights and power house across the Ohio River in view.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Highway Patrol
Ohio DC
Nate Childers
Ohio River
West Virginia
Would Force Interest Charge on Coal Sales
Washington December 26 division examiner Edward J Hayes recommends revising the bituminous coal division marketing rules to require producers to charge 5 percent interest on past due coal sales accounts if payment is not made within 10 days after the due date. The proposed rule applies regardless of any extension agreement.
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Washington
Edward J. Hayes
Hayes
Coach Insists on System Fundamentals for Players
The coach says for his system to work he must enforce its fundamentals. Players arrive from across the country and are skilled, but changing their college habits is difficult.
Navy warns of obstructions to mines at harbor entrances
The hydrographic office warned shipmasters that obstructions to mines have been placed in entrances to many U S harbors and territories. Vessels should not enter ports without permission or instructions from station or patrol vessels at harbor entrances.
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Washington
Navy
Hydrographic Office
United States
Habor
Richmond Highs Dominate: Joan Marshall and Dick Esbeck Lead Unbeaten Run
Richmond reports two year football records for Joan Marshall of John Marshall High and Dick Esbeck, former Virginia Tech athlete, who coached Schoolboys to state titles since 1940. Marshall posted ten straight shutouts in 1940 and extended to sixteen in 1941 season before Maury High of Norfolk broke the streak 19 to 12.
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Richmond
Joan Marshall
Dick Esbeck
Virginia Tech
John Marshall
Maury High
Norfolk
Credit terms on coal sales shift to 20th of following month
The notice explains that interest applies only when due dates are extended by agreement or when payment is made by note, trade acceptance, or other indebtedness. Accounts now become due on the 20th day of the month after the coal shipment.
First Year Pro Coach Vows Tough Stance
Cleveland December 26 Bill Edwards says his first NFL season taught him a coach must be tough. Speaking at a Cleveland banquet for the Detroit Lions he vowed to crack down next season with a $100 fine for any player drinking hard liquor and to use salary leverage to persuade players.
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Cleveland
Bill Edwards
National Football League
Detroit Lions
More Pure-Bred Dogs Reported Record Year
New York December 26 The American Kennel Club reports 1941 as the greatest year in pure-bred dog activities. For the first 11 months the total registrations reached 179 425, about 4 000 more than the same period in the prior year.
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New York
The
American Kennel Club
Basketball Mentor Goes Behind A Cage
Monticello Indiana December 26 Alva Stages a 27 year veteran high school basketball coach in Indiana is quitting coaching to become postmaster of the city.
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Monticello
Ind
Alva
Indiana
Victim of Ambush Shooting Succumbs
Leander Dempsey 65 a Trace Creek store keeper and distant relative of Jack Dempsey died in a Logan hospital after an ambush Christmas eve. A suspect is detained for questioning according to Mingo Jailer R E Clifton. Dempsey was walking with a friend to his Myr tle home when shot. widow four sons and two daughters survive.
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Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Myrtle
Williamson
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Young Peoples Choir
Margaret Goode
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C. G. Eastwood
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Frinceton
ROYAL
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Janet Blair
John Howard
Robt
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Altman
Cash Feed Stores
Cottonseed Meal Ltd
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Camay
Chipso
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
McDowell County
Crash
Ross Dalton
Grace Hospital
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Near Laeger
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