Deaths and Funerals Mrs Mary S Carr 76
Mrs Mary S Carr 76 widow of J E Carr died at Littlesburg after three months illness from heart ailment. She leaves three sons two daughters along with grandchildren great grandchildren and siblings. Services at New Salem church Sandlick at 2 30 pm conducted by Rev Z F Mayberry and Rev Neice followed by burial in Davidson cemetery. Pallbearers are nephews and granddaughters as flower bearers. Funeral mass at Sacred Heart Powhatan follows.
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Mary S. Carr
J. E. Carr
Littlesburg
Mrs. Carr
Mercer County
Henry
Lucinda Davidson
W. E. Carr
Pocahontas
P. J. Carr
Caretta
O. L. Carr
C. W
Mr. Neice
Davidson Cemetery
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
Tom Cunningham
Obituary notices span two states in midweek rites
John Richard Lynch of Greenwood Pennsylvania dies at home ten weeks after his brother George W Lyach passes. Born Altoona May 4 1874 he leaves a wife three sons three daughters a half sister and a sister in law. Florence Move 68 widow of Robert Move dies at home of a daughter. Burial at Oakwood cemetery. George Cunningham 85 retired coal operator dies in Welch West Virginia. Mary Lillian Henritze 62 wife of Judge Thomas Henritze dies after lengthy illness in McDowell County. Burial at Maple Ree Bluefield service led by Rev L W Pierce. Representing pallbearers include W W Johnson T W Edwards J Harvey Willis Guy Nicholson Hoagland French Welch H Henritze Jr and others.
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John Richard Lynch
Pennsylvania Railread
Greenwood
George W. Lyach
Altoona
Augustus G
Mary Lewis Lynch
M. L. Parret
G. W. Lynch
Bluefield
Florence S. Move
Robert Z. Move
Charles Ellisson
First Christian Church
John M. Dunn
Denver J. Davis
Oakwood Cemetery
Dewey J. Bailey
W. C. Fletcher
L. C. Chambers
Ray Lambert
H. K. Martin
H. R. Harrison
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
Move
Mercer County
Ellison
Princeton
Everett Lilly
Henritze
McDowell Woman’s Club
Red Cross
Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
Sam Pritchard
Logan
Dorothy Henritze
Pulaski
George Hawkins
Welch
Samuel
Thomas Pritchard
W. C. Tupper
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Seevices
L. W. Pierce
Gate City
Maplere Cemetery
Bland Street
Bluefeld
W. W. Johnson
T. W. Edwards
J. Harvey Willias
Guy Nicholson
Hoagland French
Welch H. Henritze, Jr
L. S. Carson
Charleston
Alex Cyphers
War
Auxiliary To Meet No. 39 On Mercer Street
The American Legion auxiliary No. 39 will meet Tuesday at 6 30 PM at the club rooms on North Mercer street. A full attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
No. 39
North
Mercer Street
Bluefield Police Seek Information on Arkansas False Pretenses Trio
Bluefield police said state authorities in Princeton and Arkansas police are linking three men held on false pretenses charges in Arkansas to activities in this area. The suspects William Adair 18 Thomas Dewey 37 alias N Homer Dewey and Reuben Brown allegedly posed as Magazine solicitors and forged signatures on checks. The men drove a 1941 Chevrolet with Alabama plates and Tennessee plates found in the car. Police urge any local victims to come forward.
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Arkansas
R. T. Jones
Bluefield
Jones
Princeton
William T. Adair
Thomas Dewey
N. Homer Dewey
Reuben T. Brown
Alabama
Tennessee
Davy Men Escape Death In Crash
Davy West Virginia June 5 Clyde Edwards 28 and David Craig both of Davy escaped death when their truck left the Welch Davy highway and plunged down a 75 foot embankment near Marine Edwards sustained back and chest injuries Craig had minor cuts both were admitted to Welch hospitals Troopers J D Baisden and H D Thompson arrived first at the scene.
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Davy
W. Va
Clyde Edwards
David Craig
Welch-Davy
Marine
Edwards
Craig
Welch
J. D. Baisden
H. D. Thompson
Welch State Police
Carnival rider injured in Wall of Death accident
Jimmy McNish, 25, a performer with the Cetlin Wilson Shows, was thrown from a motorcycle during the Wall of Death act and suffered a shoulder injury. He is hospitalized at Bluefield sanitarium.
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Jimmy McNish
Cetlin Wilson
Bluefield Sanitarium
State GOP platform urges constitutional convention and reforms
Delegates approved a platform led by H. William Largent calling for a constitutional convention and measures such as using sales tax receipts for schools, reallocating aid to fix inequities, a four year medical school, a state safety council, higher workers compensation, a $50 million road bond, veteran housing and bonus financing, higher public assistance benefits, municipal indirect taxes, and an itemized state budget. The two day meeting drew 200 delegates from 39 counties and ended with a convention ball.
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H. William Largent
Morgantown
Department of Public Assistance
Charleston
Department of Purchases
Department of
Barefoot Dancer Sues Boss Over Tacks Incident
Faith Bacon, a barefoot admirer of dance, sues carnival boss John R. Ward for 44040 in Peoria and Rockford court filings. She claims 6040 back pay and 38000 for remaining contract, plus seizure of two cardinal rides and a 1947 Cadillac. Engagement ends tonight at Love's Park after tack incident last month.
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Rockford
Ill
Faith Bacon
Faith
John R. Ward
Ward
Love's Park
Peoria
Honey Used For Ulcers In Soviet Treatment
In the Soviet Union honey is reported to heal stomach ulcers. About 250 patients at Ostoumov Basman and Moscow garrison hospitals received roughly 250 grams of honey over 14 to 18 days. Pain eased after the first day and about 80 percent healed. The Evening Moscow notes wartime use and ongoing research.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Ostoumov
Basman
Police Change Story In Probe Of Death
In Jacksonville Florida the medical examiner ruled Nancy Jane Ballau died by strangulation not a fist blow. Police earlier described a lethal punch by her 59 year old husband Stephen Ballau who ran Riverside hotel. He was jailed on homicide charges after admitting striking her.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Nancy Jane Ballau
R. Y. H. Thomas
R. B. Whittington
Stephen C. Ballau
Riverside
Ballau
Polish Groups Plan Unity in Major Coalition Move
Polish youth organizations led by the Communist Fighting Youth Association and the left Socialists plan a nationwide merger into a single unit. Peasant and intelligentsia groups will join, with a national congress set to finalize unification. The consolidation includes the Communist Workers and Socialist parties forming one workers party by early fall.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Fighting Youth Association
Intelligentzia
Communist Workers
Socialist
Peasant Party
Stanislaw Mikola- Jezyk
Two Men Injured at Kingston Pocahontas Mine
In Hemphill West Virginia two miners Dan Hurt thirty sustained a fractured back and facial cuts and Herman Blankenship twenty seven of Big Sandy received back injuries and facial lacerations in a heavy slate fall at the Kingston Pocahontas mine this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemphill
W. Va
Dan Hurt
Herman Blankenship
Big Sandy
Kingston Pocahontas
Bluefield Gas Granted 25 Percent Rate Increase
The Public Service Commission approved a 25 percent rate boost for Bluefield Gas in a Charleston hearing, urging leakage reductions. The City of Bluefield petitioned previously without opposition if excess profits fund natural gas purchases. This marks the second increase since 1946, the first aimed at breaking even.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Gas Company
Blic Service Commission
Charleston
Bluefield
King recalls Midway as turning point for naval air power
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King marks the sixth anniversary of the Midway battle noting naval aviation halted the Japanese push and enabled U S attacks. He cites four Japanese carriers and one cruiser sunk versus U S losses of one carrier and one destroyer, emphasizing the mobility and reach of carrier based air power.
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Washington
Ernest J. King
Midway
Hawaii
West Coast
U. S
Coral Sea
United States
Fleet Air Arm
90 Receive Diplomas At Radford College
Radford Va June 5 President David W Peters of Radford College presented diplomas to 90 graduates at college commencement exercises in the college auditorium Dr Ralph McDonald executive director of the division of national education National Education Association told the graduates that the key to the future is the development of human resources He said graduates help redress the balance of civilization regardless of the development of material things
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Radford
David W. Peters
Radford College
Ralph McDonald
Division of National Education
National Education Association
Variety local ads tempt shoppers at The Vogue Shop
A dense page of advertisements promotes The Beacon cafe on Cumberland Road for drive in service from 11 A M to 1 A M. The Vogue Shop offers $0.49 nylon hose 8 1 2 to 9 1 2 and new fur services and wedding dresses, plus vacation wear and sunback dresses. Also listed are local merchants Burgess Electric and others with contact details.
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Beacon
Cumberland Road
Eines Farms
Vogue
Madras
Bradley's Sells Wedding and Vacation Wardrobe
For June brides Bradley's promotes Heavenly Underwear by Fisher and a broad trousseau with cotton slips petti coats and camisoles. Rack of sale dresses priced 4.95 to 12.95 down from 16.95 to 59.95 plus new dresses in cotton silk and linen and daily hat arrivals.
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Fisher
Bradley's
Bradley’s
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Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
Young Republican League
Eugene Scott
Beckley
Genevieve Spiker
Clarksburg
Marilyn Weider
Wheeling
Sistersville
Kenneth H. Martin
Montgomery
John McIntire
Fairmont
A. C
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GOP
Hartley Sanders
William B. Rhodes
Spencer
Commissioner of Agriculture
Russel R. Bell
Herbert S. Boreman
Parkersburg
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
State Supreme Court
Kenneth W. Shaffer
Kingwood
Superintendent of Schools
A. Sweeney Fleming
J. W. Maxwell
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Kimball
Tug River
Thomas F. Henritze
Garrett Graham
Calvary Baptist Church
Highland, Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
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GIVE
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Roosevelt
Abbey
Great West Door
St. George's Chapel
Fosdell
Per Rali
Bluefield Monument
Virginia
Bluefield Gas
Admiral King
Rose Caro
Bland St
Vogue Shop
L. A. Jackson
Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc
First National Bank
Youngstown
Horton
Burgess Electric Co
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Spea
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Mew Oe
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Edward T. Lantes
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