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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1949
Page
2
Three Macek sisters wed in a triple ceremony at Uniem Protestant church in Proctor Vermont. Judeth Julia and Helen Macek married Lawrence Keller Cornell Cauley and Donald Howe respectively as test men for each other. The brides, aged in their early twenties, are daughters of Mr and Mrs Andrew Macek.
The case of the beating of Penney H. Crotty, 62, at Bluefield on Sunday, draws conflicting statements from Crotty and J C Stanfield one of three brothers held on bond. Stanfield says Crotty was mistaken for a drunken man in the city jail while Crotty reports that more than one brother struck him during a scuffle. Crotty suffers a severe eye injury with a deep cut and infection, but doctors hope to save the eye as his condition improves. The three Stanfields remain free on 500 bond awaiting grand jury action.
Among 20 appointed to the state police by Supt. W. E. Burchett are three Bluefield area men Charles E. Vincent of Bluefield James R. Lilly of Hinton and Claude M. England of Welch. The troopers were chosen from 68 applicants and will be sworn in by Supreme Court Judge W. T. Lovins at 9 a.m. tomorrow in the state senate chamber. They will begin a 10 week training course once the Institute training school near Charleston is completed, with delays due to the Kanawha Valley building trades strike that began April 1.
Five men, Marcus Smales Johnny Vittakis Nick Chrisagis Walter Collins and Roscoe Collins, were released on $500 bonds each after state police raided Tunnel Inn in Williamson on May 18. They waived preliminary hearing and will appear at the September term of the Mingo County grand jury on charges of illegal possession of whiskey and gambling. The case centers on the raid and ensuing charges. The report also notes the first American mint was at James Town Virginia around 1621, destroyed in the 1622 Indian massacre.
A city ordinance banning parking from 2 a m to 6 a m went into full effect last night. Police Chief Arnold G Porterfield announced signs were placed on all streets covered by the ordinance passed February 23. For a week, cars found on restricted streets during those hours received warning tags. The restricted areas include Princeton avenue between Mercer and Summers, Federal street between Princeton and Bland, Bland between Princeton and Jones, Raleigh between Federal and Stewart, Commerce between Federal and Scott, Bluefield avenue between Mercer and Chestnut, and Ramsey street south side between Bland and Russell.
The Supreme Court heard preliminary arguments and postponed to June 14 a state action by the State Road Commission to force Potomac Light and Power to remove poles and wires from Heskett and Minera streets in Keyser at the utility's expense.
Former state department official Alger Hiss goes to trial on perjury charges in New York. Jury of 10 men and 2 women seated as case opens with government alleging he lied to a federal grand jury about passing secrets to Whittaker Chambers.
The Bluestone Baptist Junior church will be dedicated at 11 AM during morning worship. Mew H.C. Laton of Gary will conduct the ceremony. Junior church members are asked to meet Thursday at 7 PM at the church.
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