Kiwanis Clubs Unite for Bluefield Horse Show
Twelve area Kiwanis clubs join Bluefield in staging the Southern Appalachian Horse Show at Bluefield stadium July 6 and 7. Prizes total 2500 dollars with top stables entering from the South as Clyde J. Stephens and Jess Willis lead the campaign.
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Kiwanis
Bluefield
Virginia
Bluefield Stadium
Princeton
Bramwell
Matoaka
Bland
Northfork Richlands
Hinton
Welch
Anawalt
Narrows
Grundy
Clyde J. Stephens
Jess Willis
Two Logan Postal Nominations Made
President Truman nominates three postmasters in West Virginia: Carl T. Lee of Ethel Logan County, Edward W. Fitzgerald of Glen Dale Marshall County, and Lillie M. Wintz of Logan County.
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Logan
Washington
Truman
Senate
West Virginia
Carl T. Lee
Ethel
Logan County
Edward W. Fitzgerald
Glen Dale Marshall County
Lillie M. Wintz
Hadacol touted as relief for nagging aches and pains
Mrs. Louise Merritt of Earling West Virginia says Hadacol cured her nagging aches pains and tired feeling caused by lack of vitamins B1 B2 niacin and iron. She reports weight gain from four bottles and plans to continue use while praising the product's liquid vitamins and money back guarantee. Sold at all drug stores with trial size 1.25 and family size 3.5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadacol
Louise Merritt
Earling
West Virginia
Caterpillars Hit Area In Michigan
Millions of furry black and green caterpillars swarm across Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula devouring poplar and maple trees and strawberry blossoms. They cover highways and parked cars creating slick hazards as farmers and foresters struggle to halt the invasion worse than 1923. Downstate Kalamazoo also reports crop damage from a similar outbreak last weekend.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Downstate
Kalamazoo
Johnson City Man Sentenced In Larceny
George Strickland 41 of Johnson City known to police as a safe burglar received a combined 20 year prison term after pleading guilty to two housebreaking and church larceny charges. Judge Perry Sellers ordered 10 years on each count to run consecutively. Police say he was arrested by still watch officers as he returned to a third church to collect burglar tools.
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Memphis
George Strickland
Johnson City
Perry Sellers
Strickland
Supersonic Speed Eyed In Collision
Dayton Ohio reports a FP-86 jet fighter may have been descending too fast to spot two propeller planes below. Aviation editor Herb Shaw cites Lt. Franklin Winters noting the propeller planes appeared to come from nowhere. Wright Patterson base said jets were returning from a high altitude training flight.
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Dayton
Air Force
Herb A. Shaw
Dayton Daily News
Shaw
Franklin C. Winters
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Singapore Youths Adopt U S Ways
Singapore youths and youthful Malays in the British crown colony adopt American fashion and entertainment. They wear American style clothes read American comics and magazines drink American soda and ice cream. The influence comes from American films and magazines with long queues for movies. About 15 000 species of plants are native to the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
United States
Canada
Beef Famine Fears Stir As Price Rollback Looms
The beef eater sits at the center as packing plants cut staff amid fears of a looming meat shortage unless price controls relax. Government assurances of ample beef clash with reports of 10 percent rollback, possible further cuts, and talk of a new meat strike. .
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New York
OPA
Washington
DiSalle
American Meat Institute
Institute
Deadline nears for WWII GI Bill benefits in West Virginia
Deputy Director C Dean Coffey of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs urges ex GIs to apply for education benefits before the July 25 1956 deadline. He notes only about 75000 of WV's 217000 World War II veterans have used GI Bill or Public Law 16 training. Disabled veterans have no start deadline. most must begin by July 25. The first U S Army historically comprised 10 rifle companies from PA VA MD.
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C. Dean Coffey
West Virginia
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James Bailey
James V. Nabors
Eddie Steele
H. H. Stuckman
Clarence Litz
South
John Bowers
Winston- Salem
N. C
Carolinas
Kentucky
Mrs. Merritt
Hadaco
Lou Se Merritt
Donald Duck
Purity Maid
Lonnie Kiefer
Sparta
Ill
Sft
Daniel Moon
Spreckelsville
N. H
Moon
Nea-Acme
Walter Lea
U. S
C. Clwtpomeny Wid
Federal ST
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Bluefield, VA
Lees
Serviset
Paper Supply Company
W. Va
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