Princeton appoints officers at first council meeting
New Princeton city council names full time sanitation officer J. C. Ridenour and other reappointed officials including L. E. Gadd, L. A. Taylor, Isaac Basham, Ira M. Smith, Virginia Wolford, and T. J. Higgenbotham. An ordinance requires permits to start businesses. Debate over a mortuary permit near Honaker and Johnston streets prompts council discussion and a split vote.
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Princeton
John E. Crockett
J. C. Ridenour
Noel Shrewsbury
L. E. Gadd
L. A. Taylor
Isaac Basham
Ira M. Smith
Virginia Wolford
T. J. Higgenbotham
Roland Bailey
Honaker
Johnston Streets
H. E. DeJarnette
Crockett
Smith
Court House
Multiple Deaths and Funerals Trace Richlands Area
Obituary notices detail the deaths of Robert Lee Smith four months old in Richlands Samuel B Mitchell in Pittsburgh Pa Albert J Reedy of Raven Va Zora Durham Columbus Ohio Eleanor Hilton Pembroke Va Lou Pennington Giatto Mabel Carper Bluefield and Sam Zan is Thorpe Frank B Smith Raven Va The notices list survivors and funeral details including dates locations and service arrangements with Hawkins Mortuary in charge where stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Smith
Graham Smith
Richlands
Billy
Jimmy
Nathan
Joe
Hawkins Cemetery
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Driver Injured in Bland County Truck Crash
George Thom as Lodge of Whipple West Virginia suffered a fractured neck in Bland county when his watermelons truck ran off the road and hit a garden belonging to John Short near Bastign. Passengers Thomas Richards and Andrew Thompson escaped uninjured.
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George Thomas Lodge
Whipple
W. Va
Bland County
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lodge
John Short
Bastign
Thomas Richards
Scarboro
Andrew Thompson
Page
Wagner Named To FFA FHA Group In Virginia Drive
J E Wagner of 521 Parkway joins the fund drive committee for the proposed West Virginia FFA FHA conference foundation. Robert Curry of Clarksburg chairs the campaign which begins immediately and aims for a statewide drive across 17 regions ending in November.
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J. E. Wagner
Parkway
West Virginia
Associated Press
Charleston
Robert Curry
Clarksburg
Huge Drug Haul Discovered in Capital Car
In Washington agents seized 193 pounds of marijuana valued at 500000 hidden in secret compartments of a 1947 Buick. The find capped a two week investigation that began June 20 with the arrest of driver John Raymond Weatherbee of New York City and two others. Police also seized eight pounds moved to another vehicle.
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Washington
T-men
Treasury Department
John Raymond Weatherbee
New York City
New York
Thieves Rob Liquor Store Manager in Norfolk
Norfolk police report two Black men attacked 50 year old Robert T. Pargoe as he exited a bus with two bags of receipts amounting to 8282 dollars. He received treatment for facial wounds and the robbers fled in a nearby parked car after grabbing the bags.
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Norfolk
Robert T. Pargoe
Pargoe
Death of P N Dockery of Morven N C
P N Dockery of Morven N C died yesterday at 11 a m at his home. He was father to Nora Tiffany of Bluefield Carrie Wilson of Concord Annie V Jones and Kate Harris all of New York City and James Dockery of Detroit. Funeral services will be held Thursday in Morven.
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Albert J. Reedy
Russell County
Virginia
Raven
Ray Bailey
W. E. Mabe
O. H. Hilton
Christian Church
Pembroke
Eleanor Hilton
O. Hessie Hilton
Pearisburg
Birchlawn
Williams Funeral Home
Lou Pennington
Lou Emy Pennington
Giatto
Giatto Baptist Church
Roger McCormick
Lashmeet
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Home
Sam Zanis
Thorpe
Welch
Zanis
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
James Zanis
Montreal
Canada
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Frank B. Smith
Richlands
Mr. Smith
Tazewell County
Drewey
Polly White Smith
Elbert Stevens
Hadley Edwards
Farmer Funeral
Smith Cemetery
Lydia Osborne
Clint
Red Ash
Winnie Cordle
Doran
Walter
Dorothy Shelton
Freda Shelton
Reba Barnes
Curtis
Viola
Amos
Andy
Raymond
Colonel
Alfred
Willie
James
Fayette
Lane Caleb
Daisy, Ky
Nancy Shelton
P. N. Dockery
Morven
N. C
Dockery
Nora Tiffany
Bluefield
Carrie Wilson
Concord
Annie V. Jones
Kate Harris
New York City
James Dockery
Detroit
Mich
Tax Stamps Rush As New Soft Drink and Cigarette Taxes Go Into Effect
Retailers scramble for stamps as cigarette tax rises to four cents and a penny per bottle soft drink levy takes effect. Distributors place stamps on packs and crowns, while retailers with on hand stock rush tax offices to obtain needed stamps.
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Tax Department
Young Wreck Victim Improved
John Davis 11 of Paynesville showed improvement after a fatal wreck near Roderfield. Three others were injured including Eunice Davis 16, Ray Bolden 23, and Jake Bolden 17. State police said Bolden tried to pass a car driven by a third Davis, sending the auto into a rock wall and down an embankment toward Tug River.
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Welch
W. Va
John Davis
Paynesville
Roderfield
Eunice Davis
John
Ray Bolden
Raysal
Jake Bolden
Ray
Bolden
Davis
Tug River
Treasury retires 2.13 billion debt in 1951
The Treasury paid off 2.135 billion dollars of government debt in fiscal 1951, reducing the outstanding total to 255.222 billion. It added 1.839 billion to its ready cash as defense spending is expected to rise, and warned the deficit could reach 3.0 billion in the next three months due to light tax receipts and heavy military payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Snyder
Paymnet
Warkorea Truce Talks Sought Aboard Danish Ship View
Ridgway suggested meeting aboard a Danish hospital ship in Wonsan harbor to push talks forward. American officials favor advancing the date to end fighting sooner as frontline dispatches report ongoing bitter skirmishes and active allied air operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonsan
Front Line
Korea
Iran Rejects U S Mediation in Oil Nationalization Row
Tehran reports Premier Mossadegh rebuffed American mediation on a temporary solution to the Anglo Iranian Oil Company seizure dispute. U S envoy Grady urged a stop gap to allow AIOC tankers to load, while Mossadegh insisted on no arrangement that halts the Iranian takeover and payment receipts dispute continues.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Britain
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Mossadegh
Grady
AIOC
Europe
Truman
Dean Acheson
Abadan
Iranian National Oil Company
Welch Man Shot in Woodmont Section of Welch
John Jones, 38, of Welch, hospitalized with bullet wounds to the hand and leg after a Woodmont section shooting last night. James Farley, 30, held in jail for felonious assault after arrest by Police Chief Ray McClure. Farley to be arraigned Saturday. Jones says he does not know Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
John Jones
Grace Hospital
Woodmont
James Farley
Ray McClure
Jones
Farley
Justice of the Peace
E. Lonnie Mitchell
King Intervenes In Greek Crisis
In Athens on July 2 King Kirz Paul intervened in the cabinet crisis and warned of dissolving parliament and new elections if leaders fail to form a strong coalition. The dispute follows George Papandreou's resignation over subsidy funding for wheat growers and a stalled ECA financed increase. Venizelos remained premier amid failed talks.
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Athens
Greece
Kirz Paul
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Sophocles Venizelos
ECA
Venizelos
Club 52 Opens Under New Management Tonight
Great News Club 52 opens tonight under new management with a formal opening tomorrow night July 4 eve. Readers are invited to visit Route 52 Bluefield Bramwell Road at Bluewell for A 1 service food and fun and to bring friends to the popular spot.
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Route
Bluefield-Bramwell Road
Bluewell
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Robert Stewart
Bailey
Honaker-Johnston Streets
Barton
Cris Barton
W. K. Umberger
Sanitary Department
George Brown
Main Street
Main
Princeton Avenue
Taylor
Burgess Street
Blake Avenue
E. M. Brown
G. H. Crumpecker, Jr
L. H. White
G. K. White
Ben Pennington
T. W. Spurlock
Mercer Street
National Parts, Inc
Napa
Becked
Eee Millien
W. J. Hausermen, Jr
Pottawatomie
Manhattan
Peery Building
DIAL
Bluefield, W. VA
Samuel B. Mitchell
Frances Compton
North Street
Pittsburgh
Samuel B., Jr
Carnegie Tech
Zora Durham
Zora R. Durham
Columbus
Edgar Sigman
Matoaka Baptist Church
Camp Creek
Mabel Carper
Mabel N. Carper
Preston Street
Z. T. Kale
Lester M. Carper
William E. Carper
Pauline Thomas
Pocahontas
Gene Carper
Portsmouth
Ohio
Marshall J. Carper
Richmond
Lilian Reesor
Atlanta
Eula Meers
Keller
Effie Kale
Elkton
Byrd E. Carper
Carper
Bland Street Methodist Church
Wingfield-Watts
Order of Eastern Star
Hawkins Mortuary Chapel
Glen W. Stewart
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Charles W. Huffman
Henry Co
Fer
William M. Mustard
W. M. Bostic
M. B. Lockhart
E. R. Phelps
F. A. Harris
S. F. Bowling
Wingfield- Watts Bible Class
Bland
J. E Wagner
Ffa-Fha
Colored News
BIG
Steve Wilson
Big Town
Lorelei
Owen
Yeu St
Charles W. Testino
Billie Testino
William W. Quinn
17Th Infantry
Buffalo
Testino
U.S. Army
Hal Randall
Ridgway
U.S
City and Coalfield
E. S
Tenance
Telegraph Printing Co
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Meta Eyota
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Bel
Guaben Geeparer
Gok Teal Camauma
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