Election Winds Up Ninth District Legion Meeting in Virginia
Harold Renkin of Pocahontas chosen district commander with Jake Odom of Bristol as vice commander and W. E. Rector of Saltville as second vice commander. Delegates E. B. Coburn Narrows Ralph Johnson Coe rm and Joe Greenberg Pocahontas to attend the national Legion convention in Miami in September. Mrs Julius Howell Bristol named district committee woman and Mrs Rhodes Ely Jonesville as alternate.
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Pearisburg
American Legion
Harold Renkin
Pocahontas
Ninth District
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Mountain Lake Hotel
Pearlsboro
Jake Odom
Bristol
W. E. Rector
Saltville
National Legion
Miami
Fla
E. B. Coburn
Narrows
Ralph Johnson
Coerm
Joe Greenberg
Julius Howell
Rhodes Ely
Jonesville
Woman pockets billfold at Vanity Beauty Shop
A patron saw a woman take a billfold from a red purse at Vanity Beauty Shop on North street on Saturday morning before noon. If the owner retrieves it 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: Bluefield and Blue Ridge Obituaries
Obituary notices list Mrs. W. D. Brown of Chilhowie dying at 56 with funeral from Methodist church. Horace Strong Oaks of Princeton Observer dies at 53. Irene Ellis, 70, Kane Printing owner, dies after stroke. Other notices include Rhoda Hall 88. William Dowdy 71. Pfc Bernard Golding 21 missing in Korea. J Paris Looney 65. Evans Davis Sr. 79. Loretta Wilson 62. Charlton C. Thompson 65. Ella Hines 94. Audrey McGee 41. Elswick family deaths in Raven and Richlands areas. Funeral arrangements noted for multiple families with services in local churches and cemeteries.
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Horace
Oaks Horace Strong Oaks
Princeton Observer
Athens
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Matoaka
Joseph M
Effie Cook Oaks
Lucille Vass
Monroe Counly
David Oaks
Homer Oaks
Jackson
Miss
Petey Sue Oaks
Freda Nelson
Huntington
Velma Hunt
Phoenix Aziz
Garnet J. Tiller
Bluefield
Freda Tayior
Welch
J. Ray Oaks Casper
Wyo
Frank M. Oaks
Detroit
Mich
Memorial
Irene Ellis
Irene M. Ellis
Kane Printing Company
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Ellis
Charles Lewis
Phoebe Darland
John A. Kane
James Wesley Ellis
Hershey E. Call
Frederick
Carroll John Kane
U. S. Naval Reserve
Seattle
Wash
H. EF. Hopson
L. A. Brown
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hawkins Mortuary Chapel
The
Christian Science Society
Walnut Grove Cemetery
William B. Dowdy
Sam Dowdy
Bandy
Roy
William Purcell
Richlands
Sam
Mary Ann Brady
Foglesong Funeral Home
Raven
Elswick
George Ball
Nannie Ball Brown
Nusband
Phillip Elswick
Eugene Snidow
Henry Jutice
C. W. Shouse
Doran
George Bobbette
Floyd Abhire
Fred Ball
Roy Ball
Davy
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Abshire
W. T. Millsap
A. H. Salter
Beaver High Band Classes Start Today
The Beaver high school band opens its annual summer program from June to July 6 with free registration at 9 a.m. Classes cover all instruments plus a beginners class and a string class. Bandmaster Richard P. Wellock said meetings occur every other day at the Beaver High School annex. A Tuesday 7:30 p.m. planning meeting for Band Night at the local field is announced.
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Beaver High School
Richard P. Wellock
Bluefield
Third
Thomas Streets
Wellock
Beaver Band
Salt Cargo From Hai Hsuan Bound For Japan
An 8000 ton salt cargo tied up in the Hai Hsuan for 16 months moves toward Japan with SCAP Tokyo arranging for the Foo Hsiang and Kinyo Maru to load the salt for Japan’s Ministry of Industry and Trade. The Hai Hsuan, originally from Spain and displaying the Nationalist flag, was seized by Chinese Communist crew in Singapore after anchoring offshore.
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Singapore
Japan
SCAP
Tokyo
Foo Hsiang
Ministry of Industry and Trade
Spain
Hai Hsuan
Vocational Training Aids Handicapped DPs in Bavaria
In Munich area the International Refugee Organization runs two large Bavarian schools for disabled displaced persons. Ingolstadt offers dressmaking, tailoring, welding, typing, auto repair and related trades while Neuburg-Donau also serves as a rehabilitation center for the blind, amputees, the ill and elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
International Refugee Organization
Bavaria
Ingolstadt
Neuburg-Donau
Cafe Nail Filing Sparks Long Beach Arrest
A restaurant proprietor called police over a patron who sat, removed shoes and socks, and filed his toenails. Officers could not cite a specific ordinance and charged him with a drunken offense.
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Long Beach
Calif
Homecoming Set At Holston Home In Greeneville Tennessee
Holston Methodist Home in Greeneville Tennessee announces a home coming day on Sunday June 10. The event includes a campus lunch shared by visitors and residents, a campus program at 2 PM, and services at 9 AM and 10 30 AM with Rev Walter A Smith delivering the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holston Methodist Home
Greeneville
Tenn
Holston
First Methodist Church of
Walter A. Smith
Martin Says MacArthur Plans Being Adopted
Senator Martin of Pennsylvania says General MacArthur's proposals are now the official program for the Korea war. He cites Senate hearings on MacArthur's ouster to claim Truman and Acheson reversed policy and plunged the nation into war without field guidance.
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Washington
Martin
MacArthur
Korea
Senate
Truman
State Acheson
Bramwell Road Cyclist Injured In Suspected Race Mishap
James R. Aliff of the Bramwell road area was admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium about 2 P.M. yesterday for injuries from a motorcycle accident. Attendants said the full extent of wounds was not yet known. Details were unavailable, but it was believed he was racing with others on Bramwell road when the mishap occurred.
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James R. Aliff
Bramwell Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Aliff
Fire Damages Atomic Energy and Navy Supplies Plant
A four story brick building in downtown Baltimore burned tonight damaging materials for the atomic energy program and a separate navy contract possibly exceeding 490000 dollars. Heat and Power Corp owner John H. Zink Sr. feared defense contract items were destroyed and refused to discuss the atomic energy work 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 twenty two of Wilmington North Carolina on a charge of reckless driving after an auto accident on East River mountain road. Morgan was to have a preliminary hearing before Judge J A Douglas Bailey at 10 a m. Morgan lost control of a 1941 Nash sideswiped a car driven by Herbert Groseclose of Blad county. No injuries reported. Damage estimated at four hundred dollars to Groseclose’s car and one hundred dollars to Morgan’s.
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Mercer County
Herbert Humphreys
J. P. Morgan
Wilmington
N. C
Morgan
East River Mountain Road
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Humphreys
Herbert Roseclose
Blaod County
Groseclose
Grant Town Coal Strike Ends After Two Weeks
Grant Town West Virginia June 3 President James Lake of United Mine Workers local 4047 announced members voted to end a two week walk out at the states largest commercial coal mine. About 1 100 idle workers at the federal No 1 mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates will resume work with the caterer shift tonight. The dispute centered on seniority and promotion preferences with talks planned this week between the local committee and company officials. Mine Superintendent Otto Heyer said a meeting is likely late this week.
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Grant Town
W. Va
James Lake
United Mine Workers Local 4047
No. 1
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Lake
Otto Heyer
Thailand tin output on the up grade
Thailand's tin production and exports rise with output at 10 363 tons in 1950 up from 7 814 tons in 1949. Mines department officials estimate production this year between 13 000 and 14 000 tons, near the pre war average of about 15 000 tons.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Mines Department
Raleigh Woman Held In Slaying In West Virginia
Raleigh county authorities charged Betty Saunders Parker 33 with murder after a morning shooting at Mose Litchett Joyce 40 in his Lester County home. The death followed an all night drinking party with Joyce’s brother and others. Joyce allegedly slashed at Parker with a knife during a prior scuffle.
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Lester Negroes
Joyce
Ere Gulf Area
Parker
U S Malaya Consulate Moves to New Quarters
The United States consulate in Kuala Lumpur has taken up residence in newly completed seven story modern concrete building in the heart of the Federation of Malaya. The facility provides offices for 35 staff and is part of a broader expansion of diplomatic presence in the region.
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Kuala Lumpur
United States
Federation of Malaya
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John Hall
Rhoda Jane Hall
Sandlick
Sandlick Methodist Church
Z. F. Mayberry
Kee Street Methodist Church
Ira Conley
Nitie
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Bailey Funeral Home
PFC
Bernard Golding
Glen Lyn
J. Paris
Looney
J. Paris Looney
Grundy
Evans Davis
Walter Davis
Ashland
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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
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8. E. Ballard
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St. Clair’s Crossing
Wright's Valley Chapel
Arthur Phillips
Kenneth King
Wagner-Hawkins
J. E. Hines
Marvin Chapel
Union
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Albert C. Hines
Willow Bend
Don Jackson
F. B. Shelton
Green Hill
Broyles Funeral Home
Clarence McGef
Swords Creek
Audrey McGee
Clarence McGee
Peery Herndon
Grat Horton
Perkins Cemetery
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Emma Lee Elswick
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
Bluefield & Montcalm
W Va
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Bland Street
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McArthur
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POLIT
Raleigh
Brother of Cain
India
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American Medical Association
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Citizens Ticket
J. E. Mitchell
Donald Anello
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J. C. Newbold
Reginald Sexton
John D. Hewitt
C. E. Cumby
Newbold
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Ivan E. Clark
Independent Ticket
George W. Craft
E. Hampton Quick
Marvin A. ‘Tabor
Robson Grainger
Walter P. Clark
E. Paul Haynes
Thomas O'Neil
Bluefield, Virginia
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