Beckley Man Kills Wife Then Fatally Wounds Self
State police say Ed Thompson, 42, a Beckley filling station attendant, shot and killed his wife Nelma Thompson, 18, at her parents home in Glen View, about 13 miles from Beckley, then died at his own nearby residence within an hour. Nelma had left him several weeks earlier. they had been married since October 1947.
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Beckiey
W. Va
Pope
C. C. McGraw
Edeer Lous Thompson
Nelma Thompson
McGraw
Thompson
Glen View
Masonic Official To Visit Cedar Bluff
Cedar Bluff Virginia June 2 Cedar Bluff Masonic lodge No 260 to entertain A Douglas Smith grand master of Masonic lodges in Virginia at 6 o clock All local lodge members from the 45th district including Bluefield Pacahontas Tazewell Richlands Grundy and Cedar Bluff invited Also visiting members from the area expected A meal will be served at the Farmers Inn after the business session The program honoring Smith arranged by C A Woodman Cedar Bluff master of the lodge
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Cedar Bluff
Cedar Bilaf Masonic Lodge
Douglas Smith
Virginia
Masonic Lodge
Bluefield
Pacahontas
Tazewell
Richlands Grundy
Cedar Bullere
Demmer
Farmers' Inn
Smith
C. A
Jake) Oodman
Small Martins Ferry Baby Born Weighing 2 13
A two pound thirteen ounce newborn, one of the area’s smallest, was reported improving in an incubator at Martins Ferry hospital. The infant, born to Mr and Mrs J Charles Meister of Wheel, is their first child.
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Martins Ferry. O
J. Charles Meister
Wheelie
Martins Ferry Hospital
Vaudeville Revival Aims Nationwide After Palace Return
Vaudeville, revived in New York at the Palace Theater since May 19, is slated for a nationwide rollout. RKO theaters plans to stage a full variety show in major cities by next fall after the Palace engagement drew strong crowds and marks the first flesh and blood acts there in 14 years.
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New York
Broadway
Palace Theater
RKO
Palace
Flesh and Blood
Sol A. Schwartz
RKO Theaters
W. C. Fields Cremated in Glendale Service
The body of comedian W. C. Fields was cremated at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale today following his last wish. Fields' nurse Carlotta Monti placed a single rose on the crematory compartment before the casket was moved, witnessed by W. C. Fields Jr.
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Glendale
Calif
W. C. Fields
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Fields
Carlotta Monti
W.C. Fields, Jr
Deaths And Funerals In West Virginia And Virginia
Velmer Curtis Richmond 25 Beaver formerly near Bluefield killed in automobile crash at Cool Ridge. Services at Caffee funeral home Beckley with Rev. Charles E. Walker. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by wife Virginia, parents, three brothers, six sisters. Navy veteran and American Legion member. Henry Preston 84 banker died at home in Tazewell. funeral Friday 2:30 at Presbyterian church. Maplewood Cemetery. Henry C. Whitman 42 Bluefield Va died at Bluefield Sanitarium. service 2:30 at residence, burial Maple Hill. Orvel V. Hurst 66 Dott died at home after four months illness. survived by wife and many children. burial Monte Vista in Bluefield after services at Rich Creek church. Mrs. Nancy Lucinda Shrewsbury 74 Princeton died in hospital. funeral 2 p.m. Silver Springs church. survivors include son Joseph, daughter Mabel Jones, four grandchildren. interment Wyrick cemetery Pipestem.
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Richmond
Velmer Curtis Richmond
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Cool Ridge
Caffee Funeral Home
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Charles E. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
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Dunns
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Flat Top
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Tazewell
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Ray T. Wampler
Tazewell Avenue
Maple Hill Cemetery
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Burt Whitman
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Samuel Tibbs
Stuart Mayberry
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Ralph Leedy
Howard Jackson
Orvel V. Hurst
Dott
Mr. Hurst
Pinoak
Mercer County
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Mattie Hurst
Francis Shrewsbury
Lawrence
Gaylord
Matoaka
Julian Francis
Conwell Bailey
Lashmeet
Amos
Covel
William C. Blevins
Elverton
Claron
van Trevis
Chester
Roy Hurst
Flora Repass
Kegley
Hurst
Turkey Gap
Edsel
Reginald Hurst
Ennal Bailey
Robert, Parker
George Tabor
Nancy Lucinda Shrewsbury
Princeton
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Silver Springs
Z. F. Mayberry
Kee Street Methodist Church
Frank D. Jones
Shrewsbury
W. C. Shrewsbury
Methodist Church
Missionary Baptist Church
Joseph J. Shrewsbury
Mabel Jones
Giles
J. D. Wipperman
M. B. White
W. B. Thomas
Ernest Pettry
R. J. Belcher
Missionary Society of Silver Springs
Service for Ulysses G Cline
Ulysses G Cline 76 died at 5 20 a m Thursday at his home 903 Henry street Princeton. Services Saturday at 2 30 p m with Rev Denver J Davis and Rev L D Row officiating. Survived by wife Ruthie four daughters Mrs Gladis Rule Mrs Clea Archer Mrs Elmer Slater and Mrs Phillip Bailey Princeton Athens road and one son J E Cline Princeton 10 grandchildren four great grandchildren member of First Baptist church Pallbearers listed O H Bolds Clarence Dobins Will Clifton John Fredrick A L Turner and others not named.
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Ulysses G
Cline
Ulysses Grant Cline
Henry Street
Princeton
Denver J. Davis
East Berlin Welcomes Eisler Amid Drizzle
About 400 East Berlin communists greeted Gerhart Eisler in a light rain at unity house, where he spoke from a table and praised an independent Germany. Heembraced Wilhelm Pieck after the speech and is to teach at Leipzig University in the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Unity House
Germany
Eisler
Wilhelm Pieck
East Germany
United States
Prague
Leipzig University
Soviet Zone
Senate Funds Airport Work at Clarksburg West Virginia
The Senate approved an amendment to the deficiency appropriations bill making 234,000 dollars available for several civil aeronautics administration airport projects. At Clarksburg, work focuses on removing a 51 foot bank near the runway end to ease strong air currents, estimated at 120,000 to 130,000 dollars.
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Washington
Clarksburg
W. Va
Senate
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
His Victim's Mistake Is Thief's Slip-Up
In Worcester on June 2 Sarkis Kachadoorian left the car keys in his vehicle near his home. The car was stolen. Two friends visiting in Boston found the car and notified police. With permission they returned the car to Worcester, discovering the thief had also left the keys inside.
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Worcester
Mass
Sarkis Kachadoorian
Boston
Three Boys Start Fire Destroys Grandstand at Presque Isle
Police report three boys ages eight six and four started a blaze that leveled the northern Main fair association property including the judges stand and several concession booths. The $100,000 fire destroyed the race track grand stand and fair grounds buildings.
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Presque, Isle. Me
Watson E. Burlock
Abingdon Livestock Auction Report Totals Hogs Sheep Vealers
Abingdon livestock sale lists hogs light to heavy with prices from 10.10 to 21.90 per hundredweight. Vealers bring 10.10 to 28.75. sows and heavy hogs dominate totals. Sheep and lambs show varied grades with prices from 14.50 to 30.50 and notable weights among 960 head noted.
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South Down
Gas Rationing Ends in France as Price Settled
In Paris a legislative vote ends gasoline rationing. A new price of 67 cents per gallon is set. Priority drivers including farmers doctors and taxi drivers retain small rations at 52 cents per gallon.
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Paris
France
Coal conference moves ahead with wage talks in West Virginia
John Lewis arrives in Bluefield to address miners as talks begin on 1949 output levels. Officials dispute the tonnage base with estimates ranging from 79 to 97 million tons. Crowds greet the labor leader at the Matz hotel and West Virginian as the conference opens. Household tip notes bread kept mold-free by wrapping in moisture proof paper and refrigerating.
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SCPA
Lewis
Moody
John Lewis
Bluefield
Matz
CITY AND COALFIELD Ladies Suits and Coats
Shaman's Ladies Dept on the 2nd Floor at 406 Princeton Avenue offers a range of sizes from 18 to 48 for ladies suits and coats.
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Shaman’s Ladies Dept
Princeton Avenue
Knights Templar Conclave Election and Installation Set
Knights Templar conclave Bluefield commandsery No. 19 holds annual election and installation of officers Friday June 3 at 7 30 PM. Officers bring uniforms. Ben H Williams Eminent Commander Millard F Thompson Recorder.
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Knights Templar
Bluefield Commandery No
Ben H. Williams
Millard F. Thompson
Concord Grads Hear Educator at 74th Commencement
Concord College graduation exercises honored 82 seniors as Dr. Harvey M. Rivers urged loyalty to Christian ideology before national patriotism. He spoke from Athens West Virginia on June 2. Dr. Rice cautioned that two great powers now shape history and America must lead by promoting individual freedom and peaceful unification.
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Athens
W. Va
Concord College
Harvey M. Rivers
Oswego
N. Y
State Teachers College At
Concord
Rice
Barrymore Jr Signs First Film Contract at 16
John Barrymore Jr. won court approval to sign a seven year film deal with Nay Theaters Corp Le May productions worth 7500 for the first picture and potentially 50000 per film in the last year. Dolores Costello is with him in Los Angeles as they proceed.
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Los Angeles
Barrymore
John Barrymore Jr
Dolores Costello
Nay Theaters Corp
le May Productions
John Jr
Hollywood
More people in US have names on church rolls today
The article notes a historic high in the number of Americans whose names appear on church rolls, marking a record level for religious affiliation tracked in the census era. It highlights broader social trends and regional variations in church membership.
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United States
Lawyer Palmer Fined Again in Coplon Espionage Case
Washington June 24 Archibald Palmer defense attorney was fined 190 for contempt of court after prolonged questioning of an FBI agent. Judge Albert L Reeves condemned the conduct and halted the line of questions despite defense objections. The incident mirrors a similar contempt ruling from two weeks earlier.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald Palmer
New York
Palmer
FBI
Reeves
John M. Kelley, Jr
Judge Reeves
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