Two Rookie Cops Nab Fayetteville Desperado in Murder Probe
Fayetteville North Carolina February 27 two rookie officers captured a suspect tied to a murder case. A father charged Pvt Eldridge G Wood 25 of Fort Bragg with first degree burglary and criminal assault after his 20 month old daughter Georgia was harmed. The suspect was arrested at Fort Bragg and a wallet found with his possessions.
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Fayetteville
N. C
George Masarouraf
Eldridge G. Wood
W. Va
T. Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Masarouraf
Bonnie Doone
Fort Bragg
Georgia
Idridge
George Neaman
Eldridge
Bank Robbery Call Confused with Dry Goods Fire Alarm
Police headquaters received a call claiming a bank robbery at Tenth and Main as fire crews were sent to a dry goods store at 1001 Main after a sprinkler was triggered. The bandits reportedly fled across the street, prompting a chase with ladders to the bank.
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Lynchburg
Tenth
Main Streets
Fire Department
Main Street
No Bread In New York as Bakeries Close Down
Six major New York baking firms halted operations after AFL Local 550 urged a midnight strike against Continental Baking Company. The closures cut 70 percent of the city’s wrapped bread and cake supply and affected about 1,500 drivers and 6,000 inside workers.
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New York
New York City
AFL Teamsters
Continental Baking Company
Continental
Safe Crackers Break Through Virginia Road Block
Two men believed by state police to be Davidson county Tennessee escapees broke through a central and western Virginia roadblock after an attempted safe theft from a Hurt post office and merchandising store near 12:30 a.m. Patrols and inspectors from state police divisions and U S post office were mobilized to trace an automobile with North Carolina plates.
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Lynchburg
Davidson County
Tenn
Virginia
U. S
Hurt
Pittsylvania
North Carolina
U. S. Post Office
28 Suspicious Fires Noted In Two Months
State Fire Marshal C. A. Raper reported 28 suspicious fires investigated in December and January. His office also inspected 269 schools and multiple facilities including Weston State Hospital Pinecrest Sanitarium State Prison at Moundsville Huntington State Hospital Spencer State Hospital and hospitals in Cabell and Kanawha counties.
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Charleston
W. Va
C. A. Raper
Weston State Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Moundsville
Huntington State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Cabell County
Kanawha County
Red Cross Lunch Noon Notice at Pinnacle Restaurant
Red Cross workers are invited to a complimentary lunch at the Pinnacle Restaurant. Event kicks off Tuesday at 12:15 PM on March 1 with contact via phone 9193.
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Red Cross
Pinnacle
U S Cuts Down Export of Coal to Europe in January
The United States shipped 631000 metric tons of coal to Europe in January, the UN Economic Commission for Europe reports, the lowest monthly total since the war. European production rises, Britain and Belgium see higher mine employment, Ruhr hits a postwar record.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Europe
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
The
Commission
Britain
Belgium
Germany
Poland
United Kingdom
Ruhr
Dog Is Only Casualty In Huntington Blaze
Huntington West Virginia February 27. Downtown Huntington saw a second blaze in five days damaging a three story building housing a barber and beauty supply store room a lodge room and several apartments. A small dog named Prisky died but was revived by Robert Herndon who performed CPR for 15 minutes. Fire Chief Floyd L. Crouse estimated 3000 dollars for the building and 5000 dollars for the contents with probable cause by defective wiring. All residents escaped safely. Last Tuesday Sears Roebuck & Co store in Huntington suffered a 100000 dollar fire.
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Huntington
W. Va
Prisky
Robert Herndon
West Huntington
Huntington Barber and Beauty Supply Co
Floyd L. Crouse
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Weather Triggers Two Auto Wrecks in County
State police at Princeton report two weekend accidents with minor injuries. Chester Linkous of Kegley faces a leaving scene warrant after his car skidded into a 1940 Plymouth driven by Wilbur Ritter of Sullivan on route 1921 between Kegley and Shawnee Lake. Ritter and his wife sustained injuries. Linkous fled. A second crash near Camp Creek on route involved a 1948 International truck and a Hennis Freight trailer. no injuries, $1,200 damage. Roads were wet from heavy precipitation and some snow noted in high areas.
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Princeton
Chester Linkous
Kegley
Linkous
Wilbur Ritter
Sullivan
Shawnee Lake
Ritter
Camp Creek
Austin Pevitt
Coal City
W. Va
Hennis Freight Lines
Winston-Salem
N. C
Guy L. Kerley
Reedsville
West Virginia Coal Dominates U S Utilities
Fairmont West Virginia February 27 More than 30 million tons of West Virginia coal were used for electric power last year. A C Spurr president of Monongahela Power company said WV mines produced about a third of all coal used for power nationwide. He noted nearly 70 percent of U S electric power is from coal burning plants and that utilities will add about 8 000 kilowatts in generating capacity in two years.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
A. C. Spurr
Monongahela Power Company
Spurr
United States
Republicans Attack Truman Economic Plan In Senate Report
Republicans plan to label Truman stabilization measures as a planned economy in a minority Senate Economic Committee report this week. The Democratic majority led by Senator O Mahoney supports the 4 billion dollar tax hike and standby controls, while Senator Taft states Republicans will oppose the president and accuse him of government domination of business and federal power to build plants.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Taft
Ohio
Revolution in Paraguay Uprises as Rolon Falls
Army forces backed a bloodless coup in Asuncion deposing President Raimun do Rolon while most of his cabinet attended a wake. Felipe Molas Lopez, Rolon's Education Minister, assumed the presidency, marking the sixth revolution in 13 months and the second in a month.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Raimundo Rolon
Felipe Molas Lopez
Rolon
Girl Stars Escape Murder Charge After Domestic Incident
Delores admitted the act after an hour, saying she would face consequences for mistreatment that harmed both. The woman had minor injuries and was jailed for preliminary hearing while the man, James, remained in hospital. police describe a blood smeared apartment and used bottles near the scene. Chief Porterfield noted charges to be determined based on James' condition.
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Delores
Arnold Porterfield
James
Desperadoes Gilbert and Schmid Captured Near Needles Shootings
A Phoenix pursuit ends with George Adolph Schmid, 22, captured after resisting in an irrigation canal. Bill Ray Gilbert, 28, remains at large. both are tied to a Needles killings spree that included Florence Chisholm and notable bystanders.
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Lrpie Slagilligz
George Adolph Schmid
Schmid
Arizona
Bill Ray Gilbert
Needles
Gilbert
Tony Jones
Phoenix
Ernest Winsted
Needles City
Frances
Willis Pugh
N and W Announces Ten Promotions
The Norfolk and Western railroad announced ten promotions in its traffic department effective March 1 at Roanoke. Following Cox’s retirement, F K Prosser becomes general coal traffic manager, F H Pitman is general freight traffic manager, C F Keeley is freight traffic manager, S S Hosp is sales and service freight traffic manager, R F Dickson is assistant freight traffic manager, C W Nickless general freight agent, E P Petticrew assistant freight traffic agent, C Hammond moves to assistant general freight agent, H E Davis becomes chief of the divisions bureau, and Einiger rises to assistant general freight agent after serving as chief clerk.
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Norfolk and Western
Roanoke
Cox
F. K. Prosser
F. H. Pitman
C. F. Keeley
Pitman
S. S. Hosp
R. F. Dickson
Hosp
C. W. Nickless
Pittsburgh
Dickson
E. P. Petticrew
C. Hammond
Petticrew
H. E. Davis
Divisions
Hammond
Jeininger
Rites Held For Hutchinson Infant And Local Obituaries
Deaths and funerals area report lists the five day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Luther Hutchinson of Squire who died Saturday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Interment in Hardy cemetery Ingleside. Also obituary notes Henry Mack Lloyd 72 of Princeton died at home and Emma Harvey 48 died at Princeton Pentecostal Holiness church. Funeral details set for 2 pm at the church. Additional notices for E W Shrader John H Dowell Charles Granger Pruett and others with burial at Monte Vista and Resthaven cemeteries.
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Luther H. Hutchinson
Squire
Terry
Rogers Street
Bluefield Sanitarium
Hardy Cemetery
Ingleside
Henry Mack Lloyd
Virginian Railway
Straley Avenue
Princeton
Lloyd
Roanoke
William and
Elizabeth Delong Lloyd
First Christian Church
F. J. Cox
Richmond
Anna Lockhart
Salem
Fannie Heller
Columbus
Memorial Funeral Home
Emma Harvey
J. M. Harvey
Princeton Pentecostal Holiness Church
Mr. Williams
Harvey
Third Street
Fredeking -Seaver
Resthaven Cemetery
Everett Harvey
Arnet Harvey
James Dunn
Buster Harvey
Ted Harvey
Richard Harvey
G. K. White, Jr
John H. Dowell
Norfolk and Western
College Avenue
Hawkins Chapel
C. H. Patterson
L. E. McCorkie
Henley
WW. Vaughn
P. W. Crouch
Sid Lambert
Arthur Perkins
Charlie Davidson
W. L. Johnson
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Charles Granger Pruett
Washington County Hospital
Hagerstown
Pruett
Alice Pruett
Bluefield Avenue
Tri-City Traction Company
Western & Maryland Railroad
Maude Bailey
Princeton- Bluefield Road
Samuel
Charlott
Fred Pruett
Clarence Pruett
Clifton Forge
S. B. McNew
McComas
C. W. Galladay
C. D. Bailey
Mary Alice Pruett
Bluefield
Obituary notices for Johnson Fowler Hardee families
Mrs. Mary Jane Johnson 88 of McComas dies Sunday afternoon at Bluefield Sanitarium. Gordon Jahue Fowler dies at Freeman. services at 2 pm from the home of daughter Mrs Myrtle F Brown with interment at Woodlawn. Miss Alice Hardee 73 dies at Vivian. service at Vivian Presbyterian Church at 2 pm.
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Mary Jane Johnson
McComas
Bluefield Sanitarium
Alice Hardee
Vivian Presbyterian Church
Isaac T. Hardee
Vivian
Charles W. McNutt
New York Not Dead City, Strike Is Off
The 28,000 workers threatning to strike against Consolidated Edison Co. cancelled the walkout after a four hour bargaining session. The CIO union said a city deadlock would have arisen if the strike had begun.
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New York
CIO
Consolidated Edison Co
Girl's Lip Split As Train Hits Bus In Huntington
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck the rear of a Greyhound bus in Huntington West Virginia injuring 17 year old Doris Wortham of Newman Georgia. She received emergency treatment at St Mary's hospital and was released. Police cited brake failure as the bus driver Hailey P Williams stated he could not stop for the crossing. The Band O s freight No 93 from Parkersburg to Kenova was the train involved.
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Huntington
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
Greyhound
Doris Wortham
Newman
St. Mary’s Hospital
Louisville
Charleston
Fred Priddy
Cecil Brewer
Hailey P. Williams
Parkersburg
Kenova
Mental patient found dead after January escape
In Sykesville Maryland a 52 year old woman patient Esther Brennerman who escaped Springfield state mental hospital January 19 was found dead on the Raincliffe farm five miles from the institution. Elmer Seymour a herdsman found the body and state police with Dr James T Marsh Carroll county medical examiner investigated the death.
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Sykesville
Springfield State Mental Hospital
Esther Brenniman
Chambersburg
Elmer A. Seymour
Raincliffe
H. C. Jefferson
James T. Marsh
Carroll County
Charles O'Neill Coal Man Dies at 61
Charles O'Neill a spokesman for soft coal operators and president of United Eastern Coal Sales Corp. and Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers association died at 61. Born in Clearfield County Pennsylvania he later lived in Altoona and at death resided in Scarsdale New York.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Charles O'Neill
United Eastern Coal Sales Corp
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Association
Clearfield County
O'Neill
Altoona
Scarsdale
Virginia Doctor J David Buchanan Dies In Smyth County
The prominent Smyth county physician Dr J David Buchanan died this morning in Lee Memorial hospital. He will be buried at Royal Oak Presbyterian Church where he was a member. funeral set for Monday at 3 p m at the church.
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Marion
J. David Buchanan
Smyth County
Lee Memorial Hospital
Royal Oak Presbyterian Church
Paper mill in West Point shuts down indefinitely
The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia closed its pulp and paper mills in West Point today for an undetermined period. President M C McDonald cited a lack of orders. About 700 workers were employed at the plant, a major producer of sulphate pulp and Kraft paper and paperboard.
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West Point
Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia
M. C. McDonald
Kraft Paper and Paper Board
Royster Death Comes Home for Military Rites
The body of Pvt. J. T. Royster killed in the South Pacific will arrive at Fredeking Seaver mortuary in Princeton Tuesday. Military rites will be observed at committal. James Burks died suddenly at home on Bland Street and funeral plans will be announced.
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J. T. Royster
Pvt
Fredeking- Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
James Burks
James
Jim” Burks
Bland Street
Expectant Mother and Baby Discovered in Virginia Grave
In Falls Church Virginia an expectant mother Mrs Frances Garner Holober 37 of Washington DC and her eight month old daughter June were found in a shallow grave near a nudist colony lodgehouse. Husband Charles Frances Holober 40 reported them missing after their car stalled on the lodge driveway and she walked with the baby.
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Falls Church
Frances Garner Holober
Washington, D. C
June
Charles Frances Holober
Atom power to raise cornerstone at Crowell-Collier building
New York February 27 atomic energy will be used to lift the two ton granite cornerstone of the Crowell Collier Publishing building on Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center. A chain hoist will lift the stone while a magnesium flare ignites a ribbon and starts the motor, allowing the stone to settle into place without human hands. Police issued a general alert as Holober faces murder charges in Fairfax county after the discovery of his wife and child buried at a nudist colony site.
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New York
Atomic
Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
Vanderbilt
51St Street
Fifth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
Crowell-Collier Company
James K. Hunter
Fairfax County
Washinton
Pender Va
Holober
Washington
Liquor Officers Raid Two Places In West Virginia
County and Liquor Control officers raided Bluefield Safe-Way Cab and Dempsey's Montcalm over the weekend for illegal whiskey sales. A night dispatcher at the cab company and Bessie Mae Dempsey were charged and face arraignment and hearings. Officers confiscated several pints of whiskey and released both suspects on recognizance.
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County and Liquor Control Commission
Bluefield
Justice of Peace
Frank Gibson
Matoaka
Cab Company
Clarence Elmore
Roy Sigman
Arthur Jones
Liquor Control
Two Destroyers Crash In Darkness Off San Francisco
The destroyer escort Marsh sustained extensive underwater hull gash and heavy damage in a collision with the destroyer Taussig during night maneuvers about 500 miles west of San Francisco. No fatalities or injuries reported. Both ships at the naval shipyard. Marsh repair could take six weeks. A naval board of inquiry is hearing testimony to determine responsibility while maneuvers remain classified.
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San Francisco
Marsh
Twelfth Naval District Headquarters
Navy
Richmond Man Drowns After Rowboat Accident
A Richmonder named Alex William Fridley aged 62 drowned in the Chickahominy river near Walker's dam after falling from a rowboat. His son held onto his clothes and prevented him from going under as he died. coroner Dr J R Parker could not determine if death was from a heart attack or drowning. Fridley was a machine operator at Standard Paper company.
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Richmond
Three Women Die in Rainy Bennettsville Crash
In Bennettsville South Carolina on February 27 three women were killed when a car collided on a rain slick road near the town. The tragedy occurred during an afternoon drive and follows earlier weather-related hazards reported in the area.
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Bennettsville
S. C
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