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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1949
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows ward by ward candidate names including Annie Ostinson McCoy Greer Hill and Mary Thompson. The text references Republican committee positions and city executive material but lacks complete context or clear events or outcomes.
Obituary fragment notes a death shortly after birth and mentions individuals and locations including Sureview addition and Bluefield Retainer. It references a Mrs Siener Care and names Arthur. details are partially garbled. The notice indicates a service will be held at a home in Knowles and a burial follows in an area near Mer cot Puree.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 13 to 0 in unanimous approval of the North Atlantic Treaty. Chairman Connally of Texas praised the decision as a major positive step for world peace and predicted ratification by the full Senate. Senator George D-Ga expressed concerns but said he was satisfied with the interpretation of Article 5 and the need for congressional approval.
The West Virginia state beer commission seized 550 cases of beer over a year old distributed by a wholesaler in a southern county. The supplier had sold the aged beer at reduced prices after brewery warnings to stop. The commission demanded pickup and retailer reimbursement within a week or license revocation and bond forfeiture.
Pulaski Tennessee June 6 AP reports charges filed today against nurse Marjorie Barnes 25 and Glenn H Clark 24 after two year old Garry Woodard missing since Saturday was found and returned to his mother Sheriff L A Hagan said the pair are charged with abducting Garry Woodard son of Mrs Evelyn Woodard arraignment set in general session court tomorrow a warrant for their arrest issued by the mother for the case.
The battleship Missouri and a convoy sailed from Norfolk to Portsmouth England with 1200 Naval Academy and Naval Reserve midshipmen aboard. Half of the 1950 and 1952 Annapolis classes are aboard along with 800 midshipmen and 400 reservists en route to Cherdy France.
A committee to amend the charter of Princeton Youth, Inc. was named after a Memorial Building meeting. The group plans the charter change in connection with a proposed transfer of part of the Princeton municipal airport tract to the youth organization.
Moody warned the government may take over the miners welfare fund if no agreement is reached. He critiqued the 1948 contract as one sided and pressed for changes including eliminating a half hour lunch and possible royalty increases. He cited past wildcat strikes and warned the fund could fall into deficit without reforms. If the government assumes the fund, operators fear broader industry takeovers.
The government probe details how decoys collected data from the Bell Company where Mrs Pranev managed the technical library and handed it to Schevchenko in New York. Haas testifies that Schevchenko sought highly secret turbo jet data and that microfilmed documents were passed with FBI oversight from summer 1945 to February 1946.
Princeton council backs a financing plan by airport owners to pave the runway and to put rental income into a maintenance fund. The meeting also hears a Mercer county farmers group request for a cooperative livestock auction market and a transfer proposal for Princeton Youth to use airport land as a recreational center including a pool. A motorcycle for the police was rejected and street improvements for South avenue were approved with cost sharing. Bonding firms plan to bid on sewer system improvements and related projects. a special meeting is set for next Monday at 7 o'clock.
A Da kota passenger plane with 22 dead on board crashed about 7 miles north of Athens after taking off from Kavala at 5 20 p m local time. Police said the craft caught fire in the air and went down, with 18 passengers and four crew among the victims. The flight was overdue before contact was lost. Kavala lies 710 miles northeast of Athens.
In Knoxville Tennessee a seven year old boy found floating on his back at Municipal pool was pronounced dead. Homicide officers identified the victim as David Key son of Herman and Mrs Geneva Key. Lifeguard Bill Bullen found the body and said no distress cry was heard. Fire department resuscitation efforts with manual artificial respiration lasted nearly two hours.
In New York on June 6 the national Father's Day committee announced a winner who will receive a $100 savings bond. The prize includes a seven day expenses paid trip for the winner and his father to historic places.
A case records Alexander Ghive and Judee Bacile with a verdict of sentencing withheld for a widow’s pension and a six year payment plan. The court notes a charge of reckless wrongdoing and a plea of guilty or related admission by the involved party.
An employee of Belcher Lumber, Chaytom Taylor, suffered an incident yesterday while performing duties. He was rushed to St. Louis hospital, treated for injuries, and released.
A Bristol Virginia mother faces murder charges in the death of her infant son. Authorities disclosed the case details noting the infant died after being left in the mother’s care, with investigators describing the incident as an act of rage. The docket shows the hearing set for Thursday as authorities proceed with the charge.
Reporter notesd court session where 31 cases were heard including civil and criminal matters. Details on defendants and outcomes are limited in this fragment.
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