14 Year-Old Ruth Honaker Drowns At Maxwell Dam
North Tazewell Va scene of second local drowning this year as 14 year old Ruth Honaker perishes at Maxwell dam while swimming with teens from Baptist Valley. Companion Imogene Anderson survived after help from Hash boy. Body recovered about 90 minutes later. funeral planned in Baptist Valley Holiness church. Arizona football at night slate noted.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Tazewell County
Mill Dam
Maxwell
Tazewell
Ruth Honaker
Graybear Mitcham
Here
Baptist Valley
Imogene Anderson
Honaker
Hash
Anderson
Monaker
Clyde Honeker
Deaths and Funerals Highlight Local Obituaries
John Warden Fagan, 18, of Ossining N Y, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Fagan, dies at home. Twin brother Thomas William Fagan survives. Body to Hawkins funeral chapel with Maple Hill cemetery interment. Dill ard Bailey, 52, dies at Mohawk home. funeral Sunday at 10 from residence with multiple ministers. burial in family cemetery near Mohawk. Mrs Lucy E Kitts, 71, dies in San Antonio Tex. funeral Sunday 2:30 from daughter’s residence in Bluefield W Va with ministers. burial in Maple Hill cemetery.
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John W. Fagan
John Warden Fagan
Thomas A. Fagan
Ossining
N. Y
Mary Jackson
Elkhorn
Thomas William Fagan
Hawkins Funeral
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dillard Bailey
Mohawk
Willie Keen
Roland Globe
Mastin Cline
Callaway Bailey
Lucy E. Kitts
Oscar Hicks
San Antonio
Tex
John W. Miller
Washington Street
Paul Bivenstor
Memorial Baptist Church
Bluefield
Eugene May
First Christian Church
MRS PETER KOVACS Rites Held in California
Last rites were conducted Saturday in Hawthorne California for Mrs. Peter Kovacs 60 of Pocahontas Virginia found dead early Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Michael Leahers home Death was attributed to strangling in what authorities described as a personal safety related incident Mr Kovacs flew to California after being informed of her death She had come to Pocahontas as a young girl married Mr Kovacs 37 years ago and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery
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Peter Kovacs
Hawthorne
Calif
Pocahontas
Michael Leaher
Kovacs
California
Johnny
UCLA
Mr. Kovacs
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Deaths of George Ellis and John Preston Sarver in local area
George Ellis 47 of Lashmeet dies at home after a heart illness. He married Anne Danieley in 1927 and leaves wife and six children. Also noted are rites for John Preston Sarver 28 of Falls Mills with military honors planned and burial at Maple Hill cemetery. Sarver was a WWII veteran and leaves a widow Justeen Wallace and several siblings.
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George Ellis
Lashmeet
Mr. Ellis
Pulaski
Alsey Ellis
Pulaski County
Anne Danieley
Falls Mills
Robert Basham
Lucy
Johnnie
Peggy
Ronnie
David Ellis
Sidney Ellis
Ester Compton
West Graham
Gratton Crigger
Bluefield
Aubrey Sarver
Paul Bailey
Oceana
W. Va
Edith Ellis
Princeton
Bailey Funeral Home
Matoaka
Lashmeet Presbyterian Church
Fred Manning
Ellis
American Coal Company
Widemouth
John Preston Sarver
Yards
Bluefield Sanitarium
Falls Mills Methodist Church
P. C
Paul Mahaffey
Maple Hill Cemetery
J. B. Burton, Jr
American Legion
Odell
June Sennett
Arnold
Charles Wimmer
A. B. Staples
Walter Patton
Charles
Watson Buckland
Justeen Wallace
Rs. J. H. Sarver
F. A
J. R
C. F
E. G. Everett
Break-In Investigated at Bluewell Drug Store
West Virginia state police continue to investigate a Wednesday night break-in at the Porterfield Cut-Rate drug store in Bluewell. More than $400 in merchandise and cash was stolen after entry was gained through a rear window. The store is owned by Arnold G. Porterfield of Albermarle Street.
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West Virginia
Porterfield
Bluewell
Arnold G. Porterfield
Albermarle Street
East Europe Tightens Control on Western Radio Broadcasts
Communists in East Germany and Hungary ordered measures to block western broadcasts and require mass production of Hungarian listening devices. Neuter state outlets push intensified campaigns against listening to Voice of America and BBC, warning party members to avoid western news and radio. The article notes RIAS in Berlin as especially dangerous.
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Berlin
East Germany
Hungary
Neues Deutschland
Budapest
U. S. State Department
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corporation
RIAS
Welch Smoke Eaters Dinner Meet Tonight
Welch West Virginia June 9 members of Welch Post No 1 National Mine Rescue Association hold their spring dinner meeting Saturday night Speaker EF Koepler Bluefield head of Pocahontas Operators Association will address after dinner at 7 in the Appalachian Community room
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Welch
W. Va
Welch Post No. 1
National Mine Rescue Association
EF. E. Koepler
Bluefield
Ened
Pocahontas Operators Association
Appalachian Community Room
Construction Company Employees Injured In Work Accident
Raymond Gillenwater 56 a Junilla Construction employee sustained bruises and minor injuries after a bulldozer control bar struck him He was treated at Stevens Clinic hospital in Welch and released to return home in Newhall West Virginia on June 9.
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Newhall
W. Va
Raymond Gillenwater
Junilla Construction Company
Gillenwater
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Senate quarrel over rent-control vote continues
Sen Cain and colleagues clash over timing of a roll call on extending rent controls. Lucas accuses Republicans of opposing the measure to keep the rent curb in effect. The plan would extend controls until year end with city option for a six month continuation.
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Senate
Cain
Wherry
Lucas
Republican Party
Lumberman Dies At Local Hotel
Herman J. Bayer a prominent lumberman died in sleep Thursday night in a West Virginian hotel room. He planned to leave for Cliffside Park New Jersey for his 35th wedding anniversary. Bayer was 58, survived by wife two sons a daughter and three brothers. No inquest was needed medical officers ruled. He had returned from Nantahala Village Bryson City North Carolina with Thomas Waldron and Frank Davis before death.
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Herman J. Bayer
West Virginian
Cliffside Park
N. J
Mr. Bayer
Thomas M. Waldron
Bayer
Waldron
Frank Davis
Appalachian Lumber
W. J. Lumber Company
Brookyn
E. M. Tanner
R. O. Bond
Mayer
Mr. Waldron
New York
Davis
Crop Production Shows Promise
Washington reports a June crop outlook predicting harvest near the 10 year average, with total crop production only six percent below last year. Winter and spring wheat combined reach 945 million bushels, below 1 billion for the first time in seven years, while corn and soybeans benefit from favorable weather after delays.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Funeral Directors Meet in Charleston for WV Congress
The fifty sixth annual educational congress of the West Virginia Funeral Directors association will convene in Charleston on June 13. State President John D. Altmeyer of Wheeling opens sessions at 9 a.m. with an address by Gov. Okey L. Patteson. Three days of meetings include the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors school of instruction on June 13 and 14.
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West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
John D. Altmeyer
Wheeling
Okey L. Patteson
West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
Panther Man Critical After Snake Bite in Church
Welch West Virginia June 9 Carl Peters of Panther member of a snake handling cult was struck by a rattler during a church service. He remained in critical condition at Welch Emergency hospital with unchanged condition since admission.
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Welch
W. Va
Carl Peters
Panther
Peters
Welch Emergency Hospital
Posthumous Air Medal Honoring 2nd Lt Clyborne Jr
Mrs. C A Clyborne Sr received the Air Medal at a home service for her late son Second Lieutenant Clarence Alfred Clyborne Jr. The award cites meritorious achievement in aerial flight in the Asiatic Pacific theater on December 1, 1943. Presented by Lt Russell C Sherry with Majors O Keeffe and Peters assisting.
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C. A. Clyborne
Lebanon Street
Clarence Alfred Clyborne
Clyborne
Russell C. Sherry
Ninth United States Air Force
Air Force
John G. O'Keeffe
VARTS
Robert T. Peters, Jr
Moonshine Stills Found At Narrows Sawmill
Narrows Va June 9 four men were caught making moonshine at a sawmill in Hungry Hollow West Narrows. A five gallon candy container and a three foot rubber hose formed the still. Three escaped. one intoxicated man was arrested on a moonshine charge.
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Narrows
Pedro Irvin
Hungry Hollow
West Narrows
Irvin
Black Wolfe Mine Idle In Boss Row
The Black Wolfe coal mine in Pageton owned by Nassau Coal remains idle after a dispute involving a section boss. About 160 miners are out of work. William Lester of the UMW said he had no local contact and only spoke with E. C. Luther Jr., general manager of Vivian, who cited the dispute over a section boss.
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Black Wolfe
Pageton
Nassau Coal Company
William Lester
United Mine Workers of America
Welch
UMW
E. C Luther, Jr
Vivian
Luther
Ryukyu University Opens on Shuri Castle Site
The first university in the Ryukyu islands opens to 500 students on the site of Shuri castle, leveled by shellfire in 1945. It has eight classroom buildings and an administration building. Arthur E. Mead says adult extension courses will run throughout Okinawa.
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Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu University
Shuri Castle
Arthur E. Mead
Communist candidate garners 362000 in California primary
In California a registered Communist Bernadette Doyle of San Diego won more than 350000 votes in the primary for state superintendent of public instruction but was decisively defeated by incumbent Roy E. Simpson who led with 896830 votes as the race counted 18,022 precincts. Doyle listed occupation as chairman and education director of the Communist party of San Diego.
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San Francisco
California
Bernadette Doyle
San Diego
Roy E. Simpson
Communist Party of
Republicans and Democrats Unite Behind Donovan for Marcantonio Race
New York June 9 Democrat James G. Donovan 51 a former state senator was chosen by county Democratic and Republican leaders as coalition candidate to oppose left wing Rep Vito Marcantonio Alp NY Donovan passed over two other Democrats assistant U S attorney Thomas F Murphy who prosecuted Alger Hiss and Justice James J Lanzetta of the domestic relations court Marcantonio who is in his 14th year in Congress said he had no comment on Donovan.s selection.
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New York
James G. Donovan
Vito Marcantonio
Alp-Ny
Donovan
U.S
Thomas F. Murphy
Alger Hiss
James J. Lanzetta
Domestic Relations Court
Marcantonio
Congress
Engle Named Penn State Football Coach
Charles A. Rip Engle, formerly head coach at Waynesboro High School in Pennsylvania, is appointed as Penn State's new football coach.
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Penn State
Charles A
Rip) Engle
Waynesboro
C&O Seeks Cancellation of Hinton-Boston Train Service
At public hearings in Charleston West Virginia both the Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio railways sought formal permission to discontinue or consolidate passenger trains. B and O aims to drop The Cincinnatian between Baltimore and Cincinnati with approval by the state commission. C and O requests to discontinue No 14 15 local runs between Hinton and Huntington with a planned consolidation. Officials cited savings of about 165000 yearly and very low ridership during a 21 day test. The commission placed both requests under review.
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Charleston
W. Va
Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Commission
Cincinnatian
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Ohio
Maryland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hinton
Huntington
R. Snell
Richmond
I. D. Irwin
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Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
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Alma
Bluefield, West Virginia
John P. Sarver
Bluewell Drug Store
West
Welch ‘Smoke Eaters
Construction Company
Sen. Cain
Petes Grill
Lower College Avenue
Panther Man
Snake Bite
C. A. Clyborne, Jr
Lester
University
Lacy
R. x
Sylvania
Electric
Distributed Th. Paper Supply Co
Bluefield, W. VA
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Cohen’s
Federal ST
San Diego Red
Gops
Demos
C&o
Dick Powell
Richard
Suns
Dad
Ueno Ae Eldeee
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