Harold Renkin Named Ninth District Legion Commander
Harold Renkin of Pocahontas was elected Ninth District commander at the district Legion and auxiliary convention near Pearlsburg Mountain Lake hotel. Jake Odom of Bristol was named vice commander and W E Rector of Saltville second vice commander. delegates to the national convention in Miami were E B Coburn Narrows Ralph Johnson Coburn and Joe Greenberg Pocahontas. Mrs Julius Howell of Bristol was district committee woman with Mrs Rhodes Ely Jonesville as alternate.
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Pearsburg
American Legion
Harold Renkin
Pocahontas
Ninth District
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Mountain Lake Hotel
Pearlsburg
Jake Odom
Bristol
W. E. Rector
Saltville
National Legion
Miami
Fla
E. B. Coburn
Narrows
Ralph Johnson
Coeburn
Joe Greenberg
Julius Howell
Rhodes Ely
Jonesville
Woman Takes Billfold From Red Purse At Vanity Beauty Shop
A patron saw a woman remove a billfold from a red purse at Vanity Beauty Shop on North Street Saturday morning before noon. If the billfold is returned by 4 p.m. Tuesday, no action will be taken. Helen Thomas, manager.
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Vanity Beauty Shop
North Street
Helen Thomas
Mgr
Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield Area
A series of obituaries and funeral notices from Bluefield and nearby towns. Mrs. W. D. Brown 56 dies on the Bluefield Tazewell road, service at Chilhowie Methodist Church this afternoon. Horace Strong Oaks 53, Princeton Observer circulation manager, dies at Memorial hospital. survivors listed. Mrs. Irene M. Ellis 70, Kane Printing owner, dies at St Luke's hospital after stroke. services at Hawkins mortuary chapel Tuesday. Rhoda Jane Hall 88 funeral held at Sandlick Methodist church. William B. Dowdy 71 dies in Bandy. service from his son's home. Pfc Bernard Golding 21 missing then killed in Korea. funeral at Glen Lyn Christian church. J Paris Looney 65 dies in Grundy. rites at Grundy Presbyterian church. Evans Davis Sr 79 dies in Ashland. funeral at Ashland mortuary. Loretta Wilson dies at Old Sweet Springs. funeral arrangements pending. Charlton C. Thompson 65 dies at St Clair's Crossing. rites at Wright's Valley. Mrs Ella Morgan Hines 94 dies near Union. service at Marvin Chapel church. Audrey McGee 41 dies at Richlands hospital. services at Swords Creek. Emma Elswick 45 dies in Raven. funeral plans set for Raven and surrounding area. Several other survivors and burial details listed for local families.
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Horace S. Oaks
Horace Strong Oaks
Princeton Observer
Athens Road
Princeton
Memornial Hospital
Matoaka
Joseph M
Effie Cook Oaks
Lucille Vass
Monroe Counly
David Oaks
Homer Oaks
Jackson
Miss
Peecy Sue Oaks
Freda Nelson
Huntington
Velma Hunt
Phoenix Aziz
Garnet J. Tiller
Bluefield
Freda Taylor
Welch
J. Ray Oaks Casper
Wyo
Frank M. Oaks
Detroit
Mich
Memorial
Irene M. Ellis
Kane Printing Company
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Ellis
Charles Lewis
Phoebe Darland
John A. Kane
James Wesley Ellis
Hershel E. Call
Frederick
Carroll John Kane
U. S. Naval Reserve
Seattle
Wash
H. E. Hopson
L. A. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hawkins Mortuary Chapel
Christian Science Society
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Bernard Golding
Glen Lyn
Korea
J. Paris Looney
Grundy
St. Luke’s Hospital
Grundy Presbyterian Church
D. D. Monroe
C. H. Patterson
Hibbitt Cemetery
Grundy Funeral Home
Evans Davis
Walter Davis
Evans Davis, Jr
Ashland
John
Los Angeles
Mae Waddell
Sam Hunt
Richmond
J. E. Hefflin
Forrest Lawn Cemetery
Loretta Wilson
Frank K. Wilson
Andrew Rowan Hospital
Old Sweet Springs
Wilson
Brookville
Presbyterian Church
Parker R. Wilson
S. E. Ballard
Long Beach
California
Charlton C. Thompson
St. Clair's Crossing
Wright's Valley
Arthur Phillips
Richlands
Kenneth King
Wagner-Hawkins
J. E. Hines
Marvin Chapel
Union
Ella Morgan Hines
Albert C. Hines
Willow Bend
Don Jackson
F. B. Shelton
Green Hill
Broyles Funeral Home
Raven
Elswick
George Ball
Nannie Ball Brown
Nusband
Phillip Elswick
Eugene Snidow
Henry Jutice
C. W. Shouse
Doran
George Bobbette
Floyd Absire
Fred Ball
Roy Ball
Davy
Hurstscott Funeral Home
Abshire
W. T. Millsap
A. H. Salter
Beaver High Band Classes Begin This Week
The Beaver high school band starts its annual summer session with free registration today. It offers instrument classes, a beginner course, and string instruction running from June to July 6, meeting every other day at the Beaver high school annex. A Friday drill replaces class, and a Tuesday 7:30 p.m. meeting invites current and prospective members to plan for Band Night at Bowen Field.
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Beaver High School
Richard P. Wellock
Bluefield
Third
Thomas Streets
Wellock
Beaver Band
Bowen Field
Stymied Salt Cargo Headed For Use
An 8000 ton cargo of salt aboard the Hai Hsuan, a Red China controlled vessel, is to be sent to Japan soon. SCAP in Tokyo arranged for the Foo Hsiang and Kinyo Maru to load the salt for Japan’s ministry. The ship, formerly Spanish cargo and a Nationalist flag, has been at Singapore for 16 months after Chinese Communist crew seized control.
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Singapore
Hai Hsuan
Japan
SCAP
Tokyo
Foo Hsiang
Kinyo Maru
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Spain
Handicapped DPs aided by group in Bavaria programs
In Munich area the IRO runs two large vocational schools for physi- cally handicapped displaced persons. Ingolstadt teaches dressmaking and trades while Neuburg Donau also serves as a rehabilitation center for the blind, amputees, and aged, offering welding typing auto repair and more.
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Munich
Germany
International Refugee Organization
Bavaria
Ingolstadt
Neuburg-Donau
Cafe Nail Filing Sparks Arrest in Long Beach
An outraged restaurant proprietor called police to report a patron who sat, removed his shoes and socks, and filed his toenails. Officers found no ordinance for the act and charged the customer with a drunken offense.
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Long Beach
Calif
Homecoming Set At Holston Home Greeneville Tenn
Holston Methodist Home in Greeneville Tennessee plans Homecoming Day on Sunday June 10. The home serves children and is owned by the Holston conference of the Methodist church founded in 1895 by Mrs. E E Wiley and the Woman's Missionary Society. About 145 children reside there with a capacity of 150. The event includes a campus picnic lunch, parking on the ball field, three services, and a brief campus program at 2 PM.
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Holston Methodist Home
Greeneville
Tenn
Holston
T 0
First Methodist Church of
Walter A. Smith
Martin Says MacArthur Plans Being Adopted
Senator Martin states General MacArthur's proposals are now official wartime policy for Korea. He argues Senate hearings show Truman and Acheson reversed policy, pushing the U.S. into war without allowing military planning.
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Washington
Martin
MacArthur
Korea
Senate
Truman
State Acheson
Bramwell Road Man Hurt In Cycle Mishap
James R. Aliff of the Bramwell road area was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium about 2 PM for treatment of injuries from a motorcycle accident. Details were unavailable. it is believed he was racing with a group when the incident occurred.
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James R. Aliff
Bramwell Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Aliff
Fire Damages Baltimore Defense Materials Site
A four story brick building in downtown Baltimore burned tonight. Damages to materials for atomic energy and a navy contract may exceed 400000 dollars. Heat and Power Corp owner John H. Zink Sr. feared his defense contract items were destroyed but gave few details for security reasons.
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Baltimore
Defense
Navy
John H. Zink
The
Heat & Power Corp
Carolinian Arrested In Auto Mishap Here
Mercer county deputy sheriff Herbert Humphreys arrested J. P. Morgan a 22 year old Negro of Wilmington North Carolina on a charge of reckless driving after an auto accident on East River mountain road Morgan is jailed for a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J A Douglas Bailey set for 10 am Morgan reported the 4 30 pm incident yesterday when he lost control of a 1941 Nash sideswiped a car driven by Herbert Roseclose of Blad county Virginia Both drivers were uninjured Groseclose obtained a warrant Morgan's car damage about 100 Groseclose's about 400
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Mercer County
Herbert Humphreys
J. P. Morgan
Wilmington
N. C
Morgan
East River Mountain Road
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Humphreys
Nash
Herbert Roseclose
Blapd County
Groseclose
Grant Town Coal Strike Ends at Eastern No 1 Mine
Grant Town West Virginia June 3 President James Lake of United Mine Workers local 4047 announced members voted to end their two week walkout at the states largest commercial coal mine. About 1100 idle workers will return to the catere shift tonight at Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates No 1 mine amid a seniority and promotion dispute. The union plans talks with company reps this week to settle grievances with Mine Superintendent Otto Hever saying a meeting may occur late in the week.
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Grant Town
W. Va
James Lake
United Mine Workers Local 4047
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Lake
Otto Hever
Thailand Tin Output On The Upgrade
Thailand's tin production and exports are rising with output reaching 10 363 tons in 1950 up from 7 814 tons in 1949. Mines department officials estimate this year’s production between 13 000 and 14 000 tons, versus a pre war average near 15 000 tons.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Mines Department
Raleigh Woman Held In Slaying In West Virginia
Betty Saunders Parker 33 is charged with murder in the Raleigh county shooting death of Mose Latchett Joyce 40 at his Lester home after an all night drinking party. Investigators say a knife scuffle preceded the gunfire in Joyce’s kitchen around 5 am. Joyce died shortly after the shooting.
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Lester Negroes
Joyce
Winding Gulf Area
Parker
U S Malaya Consulate Moves to New Quarters in Kuala Lumpur
The United States consulate occupies new offices in a seven story modern building in central Kuala Lumpur. The facility offers space for 35 offices and marks a significant upgrade for U S presence in the federation capital.
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Kuala Lumpur
United States
Federation ‘of Malaya
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Bandy
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