Dott Shrewsbury Homicide Reveals Family Abuses
Doyle Shrewsbury a 14 year old of Dott West Virginia told from Princeton jail how he shot and killed his father after alleged beatings of his mother. The confession describes a domestic turmoil including threats with a butcher knife and prior gunfire, and notes the mother is hospitalized. The case draws on long standing family tensions and a county election dispute mentioned later in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Shrewsbury
Dott
W. Va
Princeton
G. H. Crumpecker
Shrewsbury
Doyle
Matoaka
Berkley
Mioe
St. Luke's Hospital
Bird
St. Ta Hospital
Grand Jury Probes Election Petition Effort Across Counties
The grand jury heard requests to investigate a communist party petition aiming for the November ballot. Savage urged a thorough inquiry and the attorney general requested investigations across at least 19 counties to verify actions and facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savage
Grand Jury
Sheasonson
Gen
Morgantown Trainer and Student Die In Mountain Crash
A training plane crash in the Morgantown area killed student Paul L. McKeel Jr. and pilot Harold Lawson. The aircraft reportedly flew at 12 000 feet and nosed into a cornfield after maneuvers. Officials from the CAA and state aeronautics board planned an investigation. airport officials offered no comment on causes. McKeel a Bethany College native and WVU ROTC member was 26. Lawson, 27, was identified as an instructor and West Virginia resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Paul L. McKeel, Jr
Harold Lawson
Lawson
CAA
State Aeronautics Board
Ing Service
Bethany College
McKeel
Dinty
Reserve Officers Training Corps
West Virginia University
Two-Car Crash Kills Hatsel Heisman in Charleston
A two-car collision at a West Side street intersection in Charleston fatally injures Hatsel Heisman 21 of Mount Zion Calhoun county and wounds Den ver and William Hathaway brothers both Calhoun county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Hatsel Heisman
Mount Zion
Calhoun County
Denver
William Hathaway
Winning contract bids and lead choices in bridge play
The article analyzes lead selection in bridge as South dealer, with a detailed example showing how a spade lead stops a cross-ruff and secures ten tricks. It discusses a kill against a cross-ruff and contrasts with diamond and trump leads, concluding spades are optimal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Dummy
West
South
Declarer
North
Business Men to Meet Today at West Virginia Hotel
The Blue field Business Men's association holds its annual meeting with a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the West Virginia hotel. Fred R. Christie will present the secretary's report as 160 attendees hear from toastmaster Hudson Huffard and view a sound film Credit the Life of Business. Five new directors are elected for two-year terms. retiring directors and holdovers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Business Men's Association
Fred R. Christie
West Virginia
Hudson Huffard
National Retail Furniture Association
Chamber
Business Men
Associated Credit Bureaus of America
Christie
J. L. Kirk
G. H. Lawhead
H. C. Lewis
L. A. Jackson
Ray Evans
B. E. Tabor
Ed. McQuail
A. J. Cole
Harry Kammer
Pocahontas Elects Today
Pocahontas voters go to the polls to choose a mayor and eight council members. Incumbents include L. B. Crawford for mayor and J. K. Peters, Ben T. Graham, John Dennen, W Heldreth, George Butt, Junia Ellett, W F Shumate, and M Hammitt for council. Term begins September 1, 1940. Voters urged to use the booths in City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pocahontas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Europe
Wascott
Paris
Oscar Pepper
Frankfort Distilleries, Incorporated
Louisville
Baltimore
Aden Wit
Schenken Yeo Jacoby Barnstone
West Virginian
L. B. Crawford
J. K. Peters
Ben T
L. B. Snidow Farm
Pembroke
Conley Snidow
Pearisburg
Mitchell Bros. of
COLA
Nerous
Med! Corp
Nehi Bottling CO
Virginia Ave
Peter Fick
Camel
NG LI
Pete Fick
aMe
Rapnelle Tobace C Company
Winston
Belam North Coralia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!