Israel Claims New Conquests Amid War Update
A Jewish spokesman announced Israel has taken about a third of Arab Palestine during 19 days of total war against five Arab nations. He said frontiers held and a four week cease fire agreed, noting Israel fought in enemy lands and not in its own. External forces involved include Trans-Jordan Iraq volunteers and Fawzi Bey Al Kaukji’s liberator army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Palestine Arab
Fawzi Bey al Kaukji
Gary Personals Highlights Local Birth and Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Harold Smith announce the birth of a daughter Sunday May 23 at Grace hospital weighing seven pounds two ounces. Mrs R V Shanklin of Bluefield W Va visited Mrs N F Conlon on Wednesday. Several locals and visitors from Blacksburg Bowling Green and Lynch were seen around Gary over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Smith
Grace Hospital
R. V. Shanklin
Bluefield
W. Va
N. F. Conlon
Jack Riggins
Mountain State Business College
Parkersburg
Bruce Riggins
Phillip Coulon
Blacksburg
N. F. Coulon
Julia Franklin
Charleston
J. T. Franklin
Betty Joe McCorpin
Bowling Green University
Bowling Green
M. L. McCorpin
Rose
Lynch
Charles Pendery
Lynch, Ky
Gary
James Reid
H. C. Reid
J. H. Petty
L. E. Crowson
Faith
Wilmore
Patricia
Asbury College
E. Conner
Howard Conner
Virginia
Martha Ann Douglas
Burnwell
Guy Douglas
Catherine Scott
Howardsville
T. J. McParland
Roanoke
Mrs
D. L. Barr
Cincinnati
Gate City Girl Killed By Bull
Katie Sue Ingle seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Ingle of near Wood Virginia was fatally injured when a bull attacked her as she crossed a pasture on the P L Cox farm where her parents are tenants The child accompanied by her younger brother George ran about fifty yards along the highway after the attack before collapsing The brother was the sole eyewitness to the tragedy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gate City
Katie Sue Ingle
Alvin Ingle
Near Wood
P. L. Cox
George
Cox
Calvin Schadel Named Virginia All-State Captain
Freshman pitcher Calvin Schadel of Virginia Tech was chosen captain of the 1948 AP all-state college baseball team. He went 5 wins and 2 losses for the Gobblers. Schadel edged teammate Woodey Slayton of Victoria by a slim vote margin in the state coaches and writers ballot.
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Richmond
Calvin Schadel
Virginia Tech
Associated Press
Schadel
Gobblers
Sufolk
Schader
Woodey Slayton
Victoria
Jailed For Fraud in Baltimore Jerome Weisbrod Sentenced
An 18 month prison term was imposed on Jerome Weisbrod of Philadelphia after he admitted obtaining 3500 from friends through fraudulent car and used army typewriter schemes. He took 500 from three men and 350 from another as down payments for cars, and 850 from two others with claims to buy used army typewriters at list price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Jerome Weisbrod
Philadelphia
Weisbrod
Deaths and Funerals J. B. Underwood
J B Underwood 63 of R R 2 Princeton died late last night at Memorial hospital Princeton from an asthmatic condition. The body remains at Frede king Seaver mortuary pending completion of funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Underwood
R. R
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
Funeral for air force pilot in India crash at Princeton
Lt A R Mason escorts Lt Paul Rader body killed in a plane crash in India on August 7 1945 to Princeton on the Virginia Railway train from Charlotte North Carolina Wednesday morning Services are set at First Methodist church at 2 30 with talks by C R Justice and William Sanders The American Legion Princeton post 54 will conduct a military burial at Resthaven cemetery
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A. R. Mason
Paul Rader
Air Force
India
Princeton
Charlotte
N. C
First Methodist Church
C. R. Justice
William Sanders
American Legion
Resthaven Cemetery
Funeral arrangements announced for Mrs. Robert Louder milk
Funeral arrangements are in complete for Mrs. Robert Louder milk of near Union a sister in law of Miss Effie Loudermilk in this city who died Tuesday evening She is survived by her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Loudermilk
Near Union
Effie Loudermilk
Local notes on visits and health from Beckley area
Mrs. Dewey Johnson underwent an operation this week and is improving nicely. Attendants on visit included Emma June Johnson Nellie June Cabell Roy McCall Curtis Rose Ann Gladwell Calvin Atwell and Mrs Bertha Cabell. Various relatives on hospital and travel visits across Beckley and surrounding towns are listed with health and travel updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Johnson
Beckley
Emma June Johnson
Nellie June ‘Cabell
Roy McCall
Curtis Rose
Ann Gladwell
Calvin Atwell
Bertha Cabell
Arthur Altizer
Pinecrest
Latha Rutherford
Detroit
J. R. Rutherford
Johnnie Johns
Welch
R. L. White
White
Fred Combs
Norfolk
U.S Navy
Milton Gottlieb
Mr. Gottlieb
Clarksburg
Walter Brewster
Huntington
Granville Webb
Portsmouth
Ohio
Orville Wallace
Bluefield
Minnie Henkle
June Coleman
Kansas City
Grover Sprigg
First Baptist Plans Vacation Bible School
Children from nursery age to 12 are invited to attend the First Baptist church daily vacation Bible school starting Monday through June 18. Mrs. Stanley Breckenridge is principal. A parade is planned Saturday at 9 a.m. before registration. The program covers hand work, foreign country study, Bible and character studies, and missionary work, with support from the Sunday school department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Stanley Breckenridge
The
Keystone residents visit kin and travel notices
Keyston e residents and relatives visit families in Virginia Kentucky West Virginia and North Carolina over the weekend. Bobbie Dye returns to Duke University in Durham after time with his parents. Marines private Lester Wiles on furlough will report to Cherry Point after leave.
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Bobbie Dye
Durham
N. C
Duke University
R. C. Matthews
Richmond
Matthews
H. H. Callaway
A. J. Preece
James
Preece
Bowling Green
Fred Ray
Keystone
Katheryn Elliott
Clarksburg
Morgantown
West Virginia University
C. T. Apperson
Alicia
Newburn
Elizabeth French
Davy
Lucy Bernard
R M. Goode
D. H. White
Lester Wiles
Audrey Rose
Lee Wiles
Michigan
Canada
Lester
U. S. Marines
Cherry Point
Mary Scott
Ethel Wood
Roanoke
W. D. McDowall
McDowall
Edith Whitneck
Kenneth
Blake Whiteneck
Kentucky
Health nurse consultant to study West Virginia program
Charleston health commissioner N. H. Dyer announced that Miss Gwen Dekle, Georgia state consultant in industrial nursing, will conduct a study of West Virginia's industrial health program in collaboration with the bureau of industrial hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
N. H. Dyer
Gwen Dekle
Georgia
West Virginia
Bureau of Industrial Hygiene
Navy Funds Get House Approval for Public Works Bill
The House approved a $208,482,903 Navy public works bill including a $12,000,000 Annapolis academy air field training facility and $84,000,000 for Guam installations. The measure, reduced by $1,300,000, moves to the Senate due to House amendments and includes test centers at Point Mugu California, Trenton New Jersey, and Inyokern California. Facilities planned at Little Creek Virginia Bloodsworth Island Maryland Oceana Virginia and Norfolk Virginia are listed in the bill.
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Washington
House
Annapolis Naval Academy
Senate
Navy
Guam
Adak
Alaska
Hawaii
Point Naga
California
Trenton
N. J
Inyokern
Calif
Bates
Rmass
Naval Amphibious Base
Little Creek
Bloodsworth Island
Dorchester County
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Oceana
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsen
Crash Victim's Mother Sues Pennsy Air Line
The estate of Francis A. Georger Jr. sues the U S government for 25000 in federal court in Norfolk Virginia alleging negligence by Civil Aeronautics Administration at the Washington traffic control center that allowed a pilot to violate minimum altitude rules on a flight from Pittsburgh to Washington last June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Pennsylvania Central
Mary Healy Georger
Francis A. Georger
Georger
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
CAA
Methodists Oppose GI Bill Bartender Training Program
The Baltimore conference of the Methodist church urged the president and the veterans administration to stop training mixologists with government funds under the GI bill. The clash over gambling bans followed, criticizing Governor Lane for signing three bills allowing referenda in Anne Arundel Howard and Calvert counties during a four day American University meeting.
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Washington
Baltimore
The
Methodist Church
Veterans Administration
American University
Lane
Anne Arundell
Howard
Calvert
General Assembly
Prison Escapee Nabbed at Welch
Welch West Virginia June 2 John Leonard Milam identified as an escapee from the state penitentiary at Moundsville was arrested yesterday at the home of a sister by local state Police detachment trooper J D Baisden. Milam escaped on April 10 while serving a 1 to 10 year sentence for grand larceny from the McDowell county criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Moundsville
John Leonard Milam
J. D. Baisden
Milam
McDowell County Criminal Court
Thieves Take $1000 From Marianna Coal Company Store
Thieves stole $1000 in cash from the No. 1 Marianna Smokeless Coal company store in Welch West Virginia on Monday night. Entry is believed to have been through the post office section of the store. State police are conducting an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Marianna Smokeless Coal Company
Doctor Stevens Held for July Grand Jury Murder Charge
Dr W Richard Stevens a 36 year old mine physician was ordered held for action of the July McDowell grand jury at a hearing before Magistrate Lonnie Mitchell No bond was set He was captured near Pikeville Kentucky two days after his wife Ruth S Stevens 38 was shot to death at their Bartley home Workers noted his blistered hands after he took a job as a mine carpenter and led to his arrest He has been in McDowell jail since his arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Richard Stevens
McDowell
Lonnie Mitchell
Pikeville
Ruth S. Stevens
Bartley
Bible School Begins at Calvary Baptist Church
Daily Vacation Bible school starts Monday at Calvary Baptist Church from 9 to noon. Mrs. Oscar Neal is principal with department superintendents Miss Janet Doss Garrett, Miss Alice Herndon, and Mrs Akers. Mrs. R. M. Poe serves as secretary and Miss Alice Herndon is pianist.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Oscar Neal
Janet Doss
Alice Herndon
A Garrett
Akers
R. M. Poe
Morgan Named Head Wyoming Schools
Welch West Virginia June 2 Jess W Morgan former administrative assistant became superintendent of Wyoming county schools effective yesterday succeeding W C Bailey Jr who resigned in May Morgan will lead the county system with duties beginning immediately and replacing the outgoing administrator in Bailey’s wake
Boissevain Man Sentenced for Car Theft in Kanawha Jail
Charleston dispatch reports intermediate Judge Cyrus W. Hall sentenced Ed Dixon of Boissevain Virginia to six months in Kanawha County jail for attempted automobile theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Cyrus W. Hall
Ed Dixon
Boissevain
Kanawha County
State merit system to accept public assistance posts
Charleston June 2 The state merit system said it would consider applications for positions in the public assistance department provided they are postmarked prior to midnight June 5. Supervisor T H Coates said salary levels of positions to be filled range from 1920 to 4080 dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Merit System
Cout
Public Assistance Department
T. H. Coates
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Hampton Roads
Mikkok & Glass Finish
First Baptist
Keystone Personals
Pennsy Air Line
City and
Coahfield
Mercer Lodge No. 160
AF & AM
R. E. Thompson
Secy
Telegraph Commercial Printing CO
Vanport City
Ore
Columbia River
Methodists
Marianna
Dr. Stevens
Bible School
Calvary Baptist
Morgan
Wyoming
Paper Supply Company
Dial
Wagoine Briand
Neys
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