Wrecks Mark Chase For Federal Theft Charge in Virginia
Walter Henry Gage, held for federal authorities on motor vehicle theft charges, eluded Virginia and West Virginia officers in a high speed pursuit from Richlands to Princeton. A collision near Crumpecker Hill left one police car damaged and no injuries to officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Henry Gage
Princeton
Virginia
West Virginia
Rich- Innda
Gage
Kenneth Oberley
Rich- Tends
B.D. Bazzle
New York
A. E. Andes
Bluefield
E. D. Batsie
Bob Byrd
Bluefield Avenue
Banzie
Crumpecker Hill
Ander
Bazzie
Bagtte
Byrd
Kesselring Denies Italy's Help Wanted
Former German commander Albert Kesselring said in a London interrogation document that Italy joined the war against Germany’s will. He claimed Italian forces fought weakly, sowed hatred, and divided partisans into two groups, calling one “scum” and arguing reprisals were proportionate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vince
Itsy
Pleld
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Bria
Germany
London
Chinese civil war updates and naval withdrawal talks
Reports from Nanking describe a Chinese government victory in the civil war and plans to seek international help to enforce new emergency economic measures. Admiral Cooke flies to Washington amid rumors of U S naval withdrawal from Ching and possible changes in Peiping Tientsin deployments. Peng Haueh Pei cites two communist armies defeated near Linzi, while Beijing drafts asset surrender rules pegged at 12 000 to 1 to stabilize foreign holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Adm
Charles M Cooke, Jr
U. S.navy
Western Pacific
Washington
Ching
Cooke
State Department
Peipins
Peiping- Tientsin
Tsingtao
Peng Haueh-Pei
Lini
Shantung
Peng
China
Liquor Sales Debates Highlight Senate Rules Clash
The debate centers on a rules calendar provision allowing bills opposed by the rules committee to advance only by a two thirds senate vote. Eddy argues for majority rule while Boreman sees no reason to return the measure to committee. The division vote on the reconsideration tipped 16 16 as other bills advanced, including a state apple commission finance plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eer Nied
Rules Committee
Senate
Johnston
Mercer
Eddy
Chamber
House
Apple Commission
Mingo County
Kentucky
Monogalia
Ohio County Intermediate Court Jnduze
Board of Public Works
Senate Finance Committee
Buchanan Slaying Goes To Jury In Circuit Court
Mrs. Mary Hall, about 35, faces a jury in Buchanan circuit court at Grundy charged with the shotgun slaying of her husband Estil Hall. She testified she met him accidentally when she fired at the ground to stop a fight involving him and his three brothers outside the Hall home near Hussey on November 3. Commonwealth's Attorney R. F. Williams and defense attorney George C. Sutherland completed arguments yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hall
Estil
Buchanan
Grundy
Delay On Secondary Roads Plans Hit Weston
West Virginia legislative delay on secondary road proposals draws critique from delegate Rush D Holt who laments that politicians will take the money while farmers receive mud. Holt, at home but set to return to the house, says rural residents will hear talk and promises, noting roads were better in horse and buggy days and urging action ahead of 1948 politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
W. Va
Rush D. Holt
D-Lewis
Holt
Huntington Park Group Wins Revenue Share Measure
In Charleston West Virginia on February 19, the Cabell County House approved a bill to give Huntington park commissioners a share of state alcohol revenue. The plan, now heading to the Senate, would add about 6800 dollars to park funds while offsetting police protection costs attributed to liquor sales. Debate featured Delegate Henry F White opposing the tax revenue split as improper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Woodyard
Hansbarger
McDowell
Public Assistance Department
Moore
R. Wood
Mansburger
State Education Department
Legislaion
Charleston
W. Va
Cabell County
Huntington Board of Park Commissioners
Senate
Del'erate
Henry F. White
Cabell
Haquor
Joe Gentry
D-Cabell
Park Commission
Brady
Casey
Christian ¢R-Cabell
Gentry
State bills seek autopsy rules and tax payment options
The house sent to the governor two measures, one allowing a city to extend water service up to 18 miles beyond its limits and another letting a prosecuting attorney order autopsies without relatives consent while raising coroner fees from two to five dollars. It also sent a bill for tax payments by check or money order up to 100000 to the state, counties, and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Board of Education
Huntington Board of Park Commissioners
Britain's Stormy Commons Session Over Palestine UN Move
London reports a stormy Labor MPs session as Britain's plan to defer a Palestine settlement to the United Nations draws fire. Foreign Secretary Bevin blames American pressure for not reaching a settlement while Zionist leaders criticize the move and the US demand for a large Jewish immigration increase. The US presses for immediate admission of 100,000 European Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Palestine
United Nations
Ernest Bevin
United States
Bevin
Laborite
Dews
American Zionista
Holy Land
73 Year Old Man to Wed 18 Year Old Bride
A 73 year old retired businessman and his 18 year old fiancée, La Verne Andersohn, plan a wedding in Englewood Evangelical United Brethren church. They obtained a license and will wed Saturday with Andersohn’s father Herman presiding. Honeymoon is slated for California as they face a notable age disparity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cornelius J. Boldt
la Verne Andersohn
Englewood
Boldtowns
Prices Present Wide Variation in Meat and Groceries
The survey across 22 cities shows round steak priced 20 to four cents per pound below last year's peak after the OPA ended. Prices ranged about 63 cents a pound with lows 58 in several cities and highs near 79 in Miami and 76 in New Orleans. A witchball glass globe once symbolized home warding against disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
New York
Chicago
Des Moines
Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
N. M
Miami
New Ore Bay
University funds itemized for extension and buildings in West Virginia
The Board of Public Works sent detailed amendments to the biennial budget listing West Virginia University extension projects across agricultural, mining and industrial programs. Planned disbursements include 11 thousand dollars annually for the state water commission stream gaging effort and 1 million for a university building program including health center, auditorium at Jackson's Mill camp, and expansions at Kearneysville and Reymann Memorial farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia University
Board of Public Works
State Water Commission
the & Geological Survey
Billy
Public Service and Conservaton Commissions
Agriculture Department
Treasury
Jackson's Mill
Agricultural Experiment Station
Kearneysville Farm
Reymann
Oglebay Institute
Gas and Petroleum
Kearneyaville Farm
Reymann Memorial Farm
End Reedsville Farm
Julian Street Dies at 67 Noted Novelist and Essayist
Julian Street, 67, novelist and essayist, died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Lakeville Connecticut home. He had been working on a motion picture script and was in good health. A Chicago native, he attended Ridley College in Ontario and began newspaper work with the New York Mail and Express. His works include Abroad at Home, Mysterious Japan, Rita Coventry, and Where Paris Dines. Private funeral services will be held Friday in Lakeville, with burial in Princeton. He is survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jullian Street
Lakeville
Conn
Julian Street
Chicago
Street
Ridley College
St. Catherine's Ontario
Canada
York Mail and Express
Japan
Rita Coventry
Paris
Princeton
N. 1
Murray Heard on Labor-Management Clash and AFL Unity Talks
The piece discusses labor-management tensions as workers’ incomes fall while profits rise. Murray suggests lowering prices to spread benefits, not raising wages. AFL leaders pause, with Green set to convene a unity committee to review Murray’s reply on consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tait
AFL
CIO
Ian
Green
Unity” Committee
Murray
United
Hal E Christie Dies Brother Of Local Man
Hal E Christie 85 died in Raleigh North Carolina after a heart attack. His body arrives in Bluefield for funeral services at Hawkins Funeral Home with interment at Maple Hill Cemetery. He was born June 13 1901 in Princeton and survived by his brother Pred Christie of Bluefield a daughter Mrs Roger Morris of High Point NC and a granddaughter Mary Morris of High Point. He was a traveling salesman for Swift and Company and Washburn Crosby and a Baptist Church member in Brodhead Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal E. Christie
Bluefield
Hawkins Funeral Home
Maple Hill Cemetery
Mr. Christie
Pred
R. Christie
Raleigh
N. C
Princeton
Pred Christie
Roger Morris
High Point
Mary Morris
Richinson Co
Christie
Elizabeth Pearris Christie
Awift and Company
Washburn-Crosby Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Baptist Church
Brodhead
Royal Family Attends Cape Ball Amid Cloak Room Stampede
At Simonstown near Cape Town the British royal family visited the naval base while a disorder in the cloak room of a civic ball erupted last night. Attendants left posts to watch the royals and a stampede ensued as women grabbed coats, with police and army units restoring order after nearly two hours. A coat valued at £2000 was reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capetown
South Africa
Simonstown
Admiralty
Naval Base
Housing Conditions Survey Starts by Rent Board Team
A force of 18 men from the Cincinnati rent control board arrived in Welch yesterday and began a four door to door survey of housing conditions. They aim to determine levels of compliance and violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
The
Rent Control Board
Welch
Sudden Riches Of Col Durant In Hessagem Case
Maj. Joseph Robinson testified Col Jack Durant showed sudden enrichment as an army officer, enabling lavish purchases including a 1946 motor car, despite a bank balance usually under $2,000. Evidence included a gold wire ball hidden by Durant’s brother and a fruit jar containing $28,000, tied to the theft of Hesse royal jewels from Kronberg castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maj
Joseph Robinson
Maj. Robinson
Col. Durant
Thomas R. Smith
Army
James
Virginia
James Durant
Welch Rotary to honor Angell at 25th anniversary
Roanoke businessman Frank Angell will speak at Welch Rotary’s 25th anniversary and Ladies Night tomorrow at King Coal. Angell is a noted composer and humorist. About 200 planned for dinner with a larger crowd for the dance, music by the V. P. I. Southern Colonels. Club officers: Don R. Brandon president, Rit Lewis vice president, G. C. Sexton treasurer, Duke C. Wright secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Angell
Roanoke
Welch Rotary Club
King Coal
Here
Angell
V. P. I. Southern Colonels
Don R. Brandon
Rit Lewis
G. C. Sexton
Duke C. Wright
Eldridge Triplets Showered By Gifts
The Eldridge triplets born Tuesday morning near Vivian received a year’s supply of milk and bundles of clothing including full layettes plus a lathe bed. Father unemployed due to ill health. family has six other children. Dr. J H Murrey attended. Salvation Army Red Cross and public assistance aided, with many individuals donating. One unnamed man gave three complete layettes valued at 85 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldridge
Sherman Eldridge
Vivian
J. H. Murrey
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Department of Public Assistance
Norman Trevellian Dies From Heart Condition
Norman Trevellian of Vecellio and Grogan Beckley died Tuesday night in a Welch hospital from a heart condition. He was stricken in the afternoon and his death shocked friends. The body was taken to Charleston for burial, his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Trevellian
Vecellio and Grogan, Beckley
Welch-Pineville Road
Welch Hospital
Mr. Trevellian
Charleston
Governor To Give Reports on Radio
Governor Meadows will launch a monthly radio series with a 6:45 p m broadcast from the executive offices. WGKV says the governor will speak using permanent equipment, carried by WGKV WENA WTIP and WCAW in Charleston and WLPH in Huntington, with later rebroadcast on other West Virginia stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Meadows
West Virginia
John 8. Phillips
WGKV
WENA
WTIP
WCAW
WLPH
Huntington
C Douglas Improves in Hospital After Sudden Illness
C Douglas head of Consolidated Brokerage, struck Sunday night at his College headquarters, is hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium since Monday morning. Mrs Douglas, visiting Fort Meyer, flew home via Jacksonville to Bristol after the incident.
Six More Recruits Sought For Company K West Virginia Guard
The West Virginia National Guard's Company K, part of the 180th Infantry, seeks six additional men to reach 24 on the rolls before next Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Cart Jack Moses, company commander, announces the unit will be inspected for federal and state recognition. Lt. Francis W. Pendleton will attend the armory at 7:30 p.m. to receive new recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Cart
Jack Moses
H0th Infantry Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
Francis W. Pendleton
Nathan Schechter Dies At Home In Weston
Nathan Schechter, known locally as a tailor for mordi pee, died Tuesday night at his Weston, Virginia home. He was about 40 years old and had worked in Welch in a tailoring business with the late Josef Hertbrun for over 20 years. There are no known relatives. the body was expected to arrive tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Schechter
Weston
Josef Hertbrun
Welch
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chase
Kesselring
Dial
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Bland &J
Guy
Coalfield Navy
Western Electric
G. T. Puckett
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Bland & South Streets
Merie Lodge
O’clark
W. E. Hoback
W. M
BR. B. Chompson
Secy
G. E
W. H. Harry Co
Huntington Park Group
Norfolk
A. M
A.M
Suffolk
Richmond
Petersburg
Crews
Lynchburg
P.M
P. M
Christianabusg
Ceass
Williamson
Tiaide
Kenove Eeenne
Ironton
Portemouth
Beyond
Tevanue
Potppeburg
Tason's Mill
Heard
Ee Ogy
Welch News
Roanoker
Rotary
C. Douglas
Owens & Minor
Cadv
NeeMow
Howard Camp
AL Birest
Bluefield, W. VA
Goga-Cola Company
Bluefield Goga-Cola
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!