Theater Owners Face Film Suits in Federal Court
Two McDowell county theater operators Rogers and Shore are charged in federal court with falsifying box office reports to gain reduced film rentals. Distributors including Columbia Pictures and Warner Brothers seek damages and back fees. Judge Moore set June 18 for production of records and June 7 for filing answers. Rogers serves as Welch mayor.
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McDowell County
Lloyd E.ers
Welch
Man, Davy
Keystone
Mannie Shore of War
War
Holden
Rogers
Shore
Fower
Rogers and
Ben Moore
Columbia Pictures
Loews, Inc
Paramount Pictures
RKO Pictures
Twentieth Century - Fox
United Artists Universal Film Exchanges
Warner Brothers Distributing Corporation
United Artists
Buchanan Coal Land Sold To Pennsy Firm
Huntington West Virginia June 4 A Hamill a Huntington coal operator says Hamill Coal Corp of Buchanan Virginia has been sold to Correale interests of Hazelton Pennsylvania engaged in anthracite strip mining. The firm held extensive Virginia land and Hamill will stay active in coal through other interests.
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Huntington
W. Va
CC. A. Hamill
Huntington Coal
Hamill Coal Corp
Bunchanan
Pennsylvania
Correale
Hazelton
Hamill
Virgina
Funeral service for Henry Clay Smith held near Martinsville
Henry Clay Smith died at home near Martinsville Virginia Tuesday. Funeral conducted Wednesday afternoon at brother John W Smith's home with Rev C M Wales and Rev Meredith Norment Jr. presiding. He was longtime employee of American Furniture company. Survivors include widow Doris Mason six brothers and three sisters. burial in Rock Cemetery. Body moved from Fredeking Seaver funeral home to daughter Mrs Howard Shucks in Kegley.
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Henry Clay Smith
W. D. Easley
Martinsville
John W. Smith
C. M. Wales
Meredith Norment, Jr
Smith
James Reid
Mary Sleton Smith
American Furniture Company
Doris Mason
Ben M
Asheville
N. C
Albert W
Winston-Salem
Thomas S
Preston
James P
John W
Ernest C
Sarah
Fredeking-Seaver Funeral Home
Howard Shucks
Kegley
Funeral services for James B Underwood held at Kegley church
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 1 o clock at the Kegley church for James B Underwood a 63 year old lifelong Mercer county resident who died Monday night at his home near Gardner The Rev Z F Mayberry will officiate.
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Kegley
James B. Underwood
Mercer County
Gardner
Z. F. Mayberry
Death of George V. Hughes Widow of Bluefield Links
Ward reports the death of George V. Hughes formerly of Bluefield at his Norton Virginia home at 5 o clock yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness. He was a brother of Mrs. Mary Richardson and Mrs. Calvin Houchins of Bluefield. Details to follow.
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Mary Richardson
Calvin Houchins
Bluefield
Ater
Death of Mrs Florence S Maye in Princeton
Mrs Florence S Maye of Princeton died at 10 30 last night at her daughter Mrs C M Ellison's home 1101 Princeton Avenue She is survived by her daughter Mrs Ellison a son John and two grandchildren Tootsie Ellison and Emory Maye Funeral services are incomplete
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Florence S. Maye
Princeton
C. M. Ellison
Princeton Avenue
City
Ellison
John
Tootsie Ellison
Emory Maye
Ohio
Calm Before The Storm Quiet Week Ends In Bluefield
Bluefield police report a 26 hour lull with no arrests or complaints and no accidents since Tuesday night. Last arrest tied to a Tuesday 8:30 incident as officers prep for a potentially busy weekend. Described as the quiet before a expected surge in activity.
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Bluefield
Young Miner Killed By Slate Fall
Don Whittington nineteen of Kanawha Two-Mile was fatally injured at a cousin mine in Tupper's Creek West Virginia when slate fell after an explosion. He died on the way to Charleston hospital.
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Tupper’s Creek
W. Va
Don Whittington
Kanawha Two-Mile
Beacon curb service ad prompts drive-in lunch on Cumberland Road
City and Coalfield ladies urged to hop in their car and visit the Beacon on Cumberland Road just east of Leatherwood Farms for car service snacks. Open from 11 A.M. to 1 A.M.
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Beacon
Cumberland Road
Leatherwood Farms
Navy Graduates 98th Class in Formal Annapolis Commencement
In Annapolis Maryland the U S Naval Academy conferred commissions on 410 graduates marking the 98th class. White caps drifted from Dahlgren hall as 410 midshipmen cheered. Navy Secretary Sullivan urged officers to help preserve world peace while Admiral Louis E Denfeld administered the oath for 376 ensigns and 28 marine second lieutenants.
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Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Dahlgren Hall
Navy
Sullivan
Louis E. Denfeld
Naval Operations
AHEPA hears address by national official
John Gevos national supreme vice president spoke last night to Roanoke chapter 137 AHEPA with Bluefield and Lynchburg delegations present Thevos outlined AHEPA ideals stressing Americanism in Hellenism and democracy in America before heading to Raleigh North Carolina for further chapter visits.
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Ahepan’s
West Virginia
James Panopoulos
Pearlsburg
Thevos
Ahepan
Penelope
Roanoke
AHEPA
Chryssikos
America
Reds Restore Czarist Throne Room to Soviet Hall
The Winter Palace hall known as the Georgievsky throne room has been rebuilt and renamed The Hall of the Soviet Union becoming the permanent home for a seven square meter USSR map of precious stones. The map, redesigned with 98 sections of 550 parts each and 430 gold ruby markers, includes Moscow marked by a ruby star with the hammer and sickle.
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Moscow
Winter Palace
Leningrad
Georgievsky
Dawn of the East
Soviet Union
Thermanent
Ussr
Million Added to University Fund for Graduate School
Colgate W. Darden Jr announced in Charlottesville Virginia that the University development fund has increased the goal to 2 million dollars to start a new graduate school of commerce and business administration. The current 1 million goal is retained to avoid a second rate program. The four hour event at Parmington country club included 60 Virginia executives and national corporate spokesmen.
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Charlotesville
University of Virpale
Colgate
Virginia
Darden
Development Fund
South
Parmington Country Club
Grundy Man Held For Grand Jury
Grundy Virginia June 4 Trial Justice C Clyde Dennis ordered David Strunk 35 held for grand jury action on a murder charge in the shooting of John E White 30 of Jewell Valley White was shot early last Monday outside a service station and store operated by Strunk near Oakwood Strunk was freed under 5000 bond Authorities said White and three other men stopped their car to fix a flat Strunk said he fired from his sleeping carters upstairs claiming they tried to steal Strunk and three other men drove White to Grundy hospital where he died within minutes Strunk then reported the shooting to the sheriff s office
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Grundy
C. Clyde Dennis
David Strunk
John E. White
Jewell Valley
Strunk
White
Oakwood
Buchanan County
Carters
Grundy Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Git Along Dogie Takes To The Air
Cornell farmer Fred Greenman reported missing cattle after a rustling scare. His son chartered an airplane from Streator and located the herd three miles from the Greenman farm, prompting a sheriff notification in Pontiac.
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Cornell
Fred Greenman
Pontiac
Greenman
Streator
Pleads Innocent In Night Life Slaying
George Brown also known as George Papademetrio 46 pleaded innocent to murder in the slaying of Sperko a nightclub and hotel operator in Wheeling West Virginia. Patrolman James Frame testified he disarmed Brown after Petrakis was shot while talking with an acquaintance in the Academy poolroom two weeks earlier.
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Wheeling
W. Va
George (the Greek) Brown
George Papademetrio
Sperko Oo 54
James Frame
Brown
Petrakis
Academy
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Bugs Bunny
Dick Tracy
LE Theatre
Roscoe Ates
Ree Necro
Vigilantes—Cartoon
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Cleatus Caldwell
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Black Jack
Hugh Herbert
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Don Wilson
Jean Parker
Vera Vague
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