Trains Collide in 20-Below Winter, One Dead, Forty Hurt
A Canadian Pacific collision 95 miles southeast of Calgary in 20 below weather killed Reid B. Heffern, 23, and injured more than 40, six seriously. Rescue teams, aided by a relief train, battled winds and heavy snow to reach the wreck on the main line near Southesk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Alta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Here
Jay Turner
Niagara Falls
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Southesk
Vancouver
Turner
Brooks
Reid B. Heffern
Post Office Withdraws From Otsego Theft Pry
Post office inspectors end their probe into the Otsego Brule Smokeless Coal store robbery. Five guns and about $50 vanished after the safe was found wrapped in bed clothing. A cap for explosives fired but failed to explode. Police seek suspects in a separate theft at Peterfish Sales, sighting possible links between the burglaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
Post Office
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Otsego
Post Office Department
Coal Company
Brule Company
Peterfish
Guyandotte Avenue
Fire destroys Pennington Gap apartment injuring two children
Pennington Gap Virginia December 29 two Culbertson children William nine and Kester seven suffered second degree burns when a fire gutted their first floor apartment. Mrs Culbertson escaped with minor burns while daughter Jo Annen sixteen and Mary Lou thirteen also survived uninjured or with minor injuries. The family resides in Big Stone Gap where the parents work, and the blaze prompted windows to be smashed to aid escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennington Gap
William
Kester
William Culbertson
Ex Bluefielder Gets N and W Promotion
J W Wade retires after thirty years as general storekeeper of the Norfolk and Western railway January 1. George P Butcher, now assistant general storekeeper, will succeed him. A D Stewart becomes storekeeper at Williamson then Bluefield and Portsmouth before coming to Roanoke in 1933. Stewart lives at 1814 Mount Vernon Road Southwest Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Wade
Norfolk and Western Railway
George P. Butcher
Portsmouth
Ohio
Williamson
Bluefield
Roanoke
Stewart
Mt. Vernon Road
Southwest
Youth To Be Buried On Planned Wedding Day
Robert Kemp twenty one will be buried tomorrow the day he planned to wed Miss Tillie Walker sixteen in Newport News after a truck he was driving was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train near Belle Haven Virginia Kemp lived with Edward Fitchett here and his funeral goes to Newport News where his parents and seven siblings reside
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melia
Robert Kemp
Kemp
Belle Haven
Cape Charles
Edward Fitchett
Tillie Walker
Newport News
R. F. Kemp
Speeding Charge Against Robert Lowder Cited
Robert Bowen Lowder of 210 Balsam Street received a summons to appear tonight at 7 p m before Municipal Judge James H. Martin on speeding charges. Patrolman C P Creggar reported Lowder traveled 38 miles per hour in a 25 mph zone on Bluefield Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bowen Lowder
Balsam Street
James H. Martin
C. P. Creggar
Lowder
Bluefield Avenue
Strange Flying Object Streaks Across Carolinas
For 200 miles a mysterious object moved southwest across the Carolinas from Fayetteville to Hamlet Greenwood and Chesterfield as witnesses described a vertical neon tube a dirigible standing on end and a smoke trail. Four pilots failed to overtake it while residents and officials reported sighting the object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
N. C
Carolinas
Fayetteville
Chesterfield
S. C
Greenwood
A. H. Woodle
Mullens Yuletide Lights Landed
Mullens West Virginia December 29 the Mullens Garden club held its annual judging of outdoor Christmas decorations. This year 1943 homes were decorated an increase over prior years. Prizes awarded to A D Burcham and others on Guyandotte, Broadway Moran avenues with several honorable and special mentions noted including Sam Strton Eddy Pryor and Howard Wikes home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
A. B. White
Moran Avenue
Curtis Crotty
M. H. Lusk
W. R. Richardson
Farley Avenue
Vernon Dailey
Paul Martin
Jeff Goode
Sam Foglesong
William Good
Ray Bowling
Sam Strton
Eddy Pryor
C. G. Rose
William Elliott
Howard Wikes
W. T. Davis, Jr
Earl Stearts
Edward T. Haslam
R. G. Bennett
Postoffice Site Bids Urged By January 3
Mullens West Virginia December 29 bids for the local post office site are urged to be submitted on or before January 3 1950. Bids must be delivered to Mullens postmaster Curtis Crotty. Congressman John Kee said funds are available for site purchase and architectural work ahead of further building appropriations at the next session of Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
D. Grover Moler
Barbers Union Local 693 Elects New Officers
Riley J. Justus of War was elected president of Barbers Union Local 693 at a meeting in Welch Welch County West Virginia. E L Douglass of Kimball was chosen secretary-treasurer H L Freeman of Welch recording secretary Daniel Robert May guide and Denny A Rice custodian. Installation set for January 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Riley J. Justus
War
Barbers’ Union
E. L. Douglass
Kimball
H. L. Freeman
Daniel Robert May
Denny A. Rice
DeMolay Chapter to Install Officers at Welch
Public installation of officers for Black Diamond Chapel will be at Luther Memorial Hall Welch West Virginia Friday night at 7 30 o clock The public is invited and parents of members are specifically invited to attend
Itmann Coal Worker Injured
George Kessner a 30 year old Itmann miner employed by Pocahontas Fuel company suffered a fractured spine in a mine accident between Itmann and Pineville. He was taken to Mullens General Hospital and will be placed in a cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Itmann
W. Va
George Kessner
Mullens General Hospital
Pineville
Kessner
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Virginia Lutheran Synod Adopts 1950 Budget
The Virginia Synod of the United Lutheran church in America adopted a 116000 budget for 1950 at Roanoke. The plan was prepared by Rev. M. L. Minnick James P. Miller and Dr. A B Greiner. Dr Franklin Clark Fry USCA president will attend the Feb 7 to 10 meeting and address a February 9 rally at Roanoke College. A home missions planning session led by Dr Luther W. Strickler outlined the 1950 state mission program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Virginia Synod
United Lutheran Church In America
M. L. Minnick
Salem
James P. Miller
Pulaski
A. B. Greiner
Franklin Clark Fry
USCA
St. Mark's Church
Fry
Roanoke College
Home Missions Committee
Luther W. Strickler
Norfolk
Lutheran Church
New Editor Named To Beckley Paper
Eugene L. Scott 37 named editor of the Beckley Post-Herald succeeding Ted G. McDowell who died in Charleston. Scott is a Republican state senator from Raleigh County since 1946 and has worked for Beckley newspapers since 1937 with a stint as Mullens Advocate editor in 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Eugene L. Scott
Beckley Post- Herald
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Scott
Raleigh County
Charleston
Ted G. McDowell
Beckley Newspapers, Corporation
Morning Post-Hearth
Evening Raleigh Register
Mullens Advocate
Post-Hearth
McDowell
Armed Services
Washing Machines Hurt Two Mullens Residents
In Mullens West Virginia on December 29 two residents were treated at Mullens General Hospital after their hands were caught in washing machine wringers. Mrs Basil Martin of Guyandotte avenue suffered a contusion to her right hand and forearm. Roger Dale Bassah two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Roy C Bassah also sustained a hand injury from the wringer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
Mullens General Hospital
Basil Martin
Guyandotte Avenue
Roger Dale Bassah
Roy C. Bassah
2 County Youth Rally At Welch
A Mc Dowell Wyoming Youth For Christ rally is set for 7 30 p m Saturday in the Memorial building Welch W Va The principal speaker is Dc S Thompson Jr a senior at Asbury College Wilmore Ky recently elected student body president Russell Burns of Welch a Davis and Elkins College student will also speak Special music features David Kipsinger Kimball violin and Alma Jefferies Charleston at the piano
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Youth For Christ
Memorial Building
Dc. S. Thompson, Jr
Kimball
Asbury College
Wilmore
Asbury
Russell Burns
Davis and Elkins College
David Kipsinger
Alma Jefferies
Charleston
Hope Tops Crosby as Nation's No 1 Movie Earner in 1949
Hollywood December 29 Bob Hope surpasses Bing Crosby to claim the top money making spot for 1949 as exhibitors vote in the Motion Picture Herald poll. Crosby had led for five years, while Hope's Paleface and Sorrowful Jones boosted his take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Motion Picture Herald
Hope
Palm Springs
Crosby
Sorrowful Jones
Abbott & Costello
John Wayne
Gary Cooper
Cary Grant
Betty Grable
Esther Williams
Michael Wilding
Danny Kaye
Jane Wyman
Alan Ladd
John Mills
Jean Simmons
Miss Grable
Mills
Miss Simmons
Two Top Admirals To Retire February 1
The navy announced that Admiral W. H. P. Blandy chief of the Atlantic fleet will retire February 1. He will be succeeded by Vice Admiral William M. Flehteler. Also announced are changes for four other high ranking admirals including the retirement of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid who will be replaced by Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger. Blandy cited partial disability for retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
W. H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
Blandy
William M. Flechteler
Naval Operations
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Eastern Sea Frontier
Kinkaad
Oscar C. Badger
Western Pacific
Louis E. Denfeld
Denfeld
U. S
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Adm
Richard M. Conolly
Blaney
Naval
Norfolk
Jacket theft reported from Smoke House pool hall
L. M. Lumpkins of Weems Val. reported a brown nylon jacket worth 20 dollars stolen from the Smoke House on Princeton Avenue while he was shooting pool around 11 25 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Lumpkins
Weems, Val
Princeton Avenue
Lumpkins
Mullens Stabbing Hearing For Johnny Lilly Set
Johnny Lilly 20 of Mullens faces a 10 am hearing today before Justice W P Wilson on a pocket knife stabbing death of Robert Ford Farley 20. Farley from the army was stabbed five times at the White Kitchen beer parlor on Moran avenue Mullens Friday night and died Saturday morning after admission to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
Johnny Lilly
Robert Ford Farley
Itmann
Justice of the Peace
W. P. Wilson
Pineville
Lilly
Hattie Lilly
W. N. Elliott
Yale Season Sales Jump Across Nation in Holiday Week
Department store sales in the last week before Christmas rose 14 percent from the year-ago pace, lifting four week totals to match 1948 levels. The gains varied by district with Kansas City up 25 percent and Atlanta 22 percent, while New York Chicago and St. Louis each rose 12 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Kansas City
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Boston
Richmond
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Highwayman Robs Bus Driver Near Huntington
An Ohio Valley Bus Co. driver was robbed by a highwayman with a sawed off shotgun in Ceredo near Huntington. It is the third such holdup in 10 days with police linking the incidents to the same suspect. About $50 to $60 plus his cash box were taken from driver Paul Hall. earlier robberies yielded $80 cash $40 tokens and $125 from other drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Ceredo
Kenova
Wayne County
Homer A. Pelfry
Paul Hall
Ohio Valley
John J. Hall
West End
Earl Stone
Police Investigate $500 Jewel Theft Here
Police seek suspects after a Bland Road home was broken into Tuesday night. A window was smashed and a chest of drawers rifled, with more than 500 dollars in jewelry taken including two dozen earrings compacts and gold pieces. Detective Lt. Leon French says two or more people were likely involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bland Road
Emma McGilliard
Leon French
French
Stubborn Danville Fire Subdued After Citywide Blaze
A major Danville fire in Virginia lasting about two and a half hours gutted Mack's 10 and 25 cents store on Main Street. Losses were put at 60 000 for stock and fixtures, with the building owner's damage pegged between 65 000 and 70 000. Police officer Patrolman R S Hall discovered the fire in a basement, as nearby theaters evacuated amid a disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Mack
Glen More’s
H. Leo Gooch
Mack's
I. Schuster
Mack’s Oy
R .S. Hall
Deaths and Funerals in Maybeury and Welch
Mrs. Duke Gibson 37 of Maybeury died after a lingering illness. Survived by husband Duke Gibson III Randolph James Barbara Jennifer. mother Mrs. Cora Little. numerous siblings. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. Maybeury Methodist Church. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. Body at Pocahontas Union Funeral Home. Frost in Welch obituary notes: Frost family, Welch resident for four years, survived by parents two sisters six brothers. Funeral plans pending at Fanning Funeral Home, Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Gibson
Maybeury
III
Randolph
James
Barbara
Jennifer
Cora Little
Bramwell
Thomas E. Davis
Springfield
Harve Gibson
Bramwell Road
Frank Davis
Franklin Bell
Bluefield
E. W. Freeman
Walter Little
Gary
Robert Little
John
James Little
English
Charles Little
Logan
Thurman Little
Maybeury Methodist Church
Carl Looney
Willard Barbery
Woodlawn
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Om Frost
Big Sandy
Hensley
Welch
Lola Dickerson
Dayton
Margaret Bush
Kent
Ira Frost
Wilcoe
Harold Frost
Rudy Frost
Walter Frost
Saeger
Therman
Jessie Frost
Ohio
Death of Kelly Campbell from Ingleside Road visit
Kelly Campbell 69, of Ingleside road Route 1 Princeton died Thursday noon at his nephew Cecil Campbell’s home on Bluefield Princeton road where he was visiting. A retired hoisting engineer formerly with Lake Superior Coal and member of UMW Local 6029 he was born August 23 1880 in Virginia. Survivors include widow Reva Collins a brother Sepheus Campbell Saltville Va three sisters Ida Price Catherine Snow of Kentucky and Elizabeth Billings of Ohio plus nieces and nephews. Funeral Saturday at 2 p.m. from Cecil Campbell’s home with Rev Z F Maybeury. Interment Monte Vista cemetery. Body to be moved from Mercer funeral home to the Campbell residence at 10 a.m. today.
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Kelly Campbell
Ingleside Road
Route 1
Princeton
Cecil Campbell
Bluefield
Mr. Campbell
Lake Superior Coal Company
UMW
Virginia
William
Martha Ann Lurber Campbell
Reva Collins
Mercer Funeral Home
Campbell
Princeton Road
Death of Billy Frost in Welch Hospital
William Edward Frost twenty from Welch dies after a lingering illness in a Welch hospital. He was born December 22 1929 at Hensley, son of Mr and Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward
Billy’ Frost
Welch
Hensley
Death of Harry B. Dean at 47 in Virginia
Harry B. Dean 47 died Thursday morning at his son Cornell Deans home in North Tazewell after a two year illness. He was bedfast two months and recently hospitalized in Bluefield. Survived by widow Elizabeth Johnson and a large family including Cornell Cecil Joe Madge Peggy Bobby Ella Mae Beulah Gladys. siblings Everett Charlie Arch John and a sister. Funeral at Everett Deans Castlewood home Sunday at 1 p.m. Burial in Keith Cemetery near Castlewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Dean
Cornell Dean
North Tazewell
Bluefield
Mr. Dean
Toms Creek
Ellis Dean
Mary Dean Asbrooke
Castlewood
Elizabeth Johnson
Cornell
Cecil
Bill
Ella Mae
Beulah
Gladys
Joe Madge
Peggy
Bobby
Everett
Charlie Dean
Arch Vance
Elizabethton
Tenn
John Vance
Appalachia
Everett Dean
Keith
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Dean
Bland Road Project Contract Award Set
The State Highway Commission announced a $140 945 contract to Wiley N. Jackson Company for hard surfacing the last unimproved section of Route 42 in Bland County. Federal approval and early spring work are planned with drainage, bridge upgrades, and a stabilized base to be installed without winter traffic disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Bland County
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Department
Wiley N. Jackson Company
Roanoke
Bland
Smyth County
Auto supplies stolen from parked car on Reservoir Street
Approximately six dollars of auto supplies vanished from Oden King's car, parked at 627 Reservoir Street, Wednesday night. Missing items include a two gallon can oil, tire patch kit, a jack and pump, a glass of screws, and several wrenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oden King
Spring Street
King
Reservoir Street
Transformers Set For Mullens Sub-Station Upgrade
Appalachian Electric Power plans four transformers at Mullens sub-station in Wyoming county costing 148,500 to boost output from 13,800 to 44,000 volts for new Itmama coal operations and surrounding areas. A 5.3 mile line to Itmann will cost 66,700. Pocahontas Fuel runs the Itmann mine for a tipple and cleaning plant using most of the power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wyoming County
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Itmama
Itmann
Pocahontas Fuel Company
New Patrolman Appointed to Bluefield Police
City Manager Emory P. Mitchell announced Cleland Henry Mace as a new Bluefield patrolman, effective January 1, joining Homer Rodeheaver Tabor for a total force of 24. Both are World War II veterans with six months probation before final appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emory P. Mitchell
Bluefield Force
Cleland Henry Mace
Route 1
Bluefield
Homer Rodeheaver Tabor
Mace
Oregon
Madison Street
Princeton Road
Police Civil Service Commission
Mitchell
Wilson
Saunders Warren West
Robert Richard Gibson
Pen Mar Avenue
Jack David Bailey
Princeton Avenue
Theodore Pickett
Theodore Pickett, 23, Route 3
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bluefielder
Jacque Mercer
Douglas Cook
Litchfield Park
Ariz
Mrs. Cook
America
J. B. Ostergren
Jerry Lewkowitz
Bride
Arthur Mercer
la Dean Hadaway
Philip Gibbons
Air Force
Barbers’ Union Local
Itmann Coal
Virginia Lutheran Synod
Muroc
Calif
Mrs. Dune Gibson
Fanning Funeral Home
Whittaker of
Davy
William L. Blankenship
William Lee Blankenship
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Blankenship
American Coal Company
Ingleside
Jim and
Olie Palmer Blankenship
Glacial Bird
Clarence Sizemore
Warner Charlton
Francis Catron
Columbus
Clarence Jones
George Shrader Boissevain
Jesse
Lonnie Blankenship
Roby
Crystal
Ellis Blankenship
Hobart Riggs
Montcalm
Pentecostal
Calvin R. Dean
Gunton Park
Max Meadows
Lefayette Dean
Betty Lee Alley
Gunton Park Church
William E. Frost
Transformers
Bluefield Police
Flako
Underwood
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
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