Welch native named District 6 American Legion commander
W B Henderson of Welch was elected commander of District No 6 American Legion at a Gary convention. H A Callaway of Beckley was named vice commander. Delegates named for the national convention in Miami include Paul Duncan Gary Bob Perkins Bluefield and Bill Pugate. Beckley alternates were Fleming A Jones Jr Kimball E B Roginson Welch and Thomas Moses Gary. The convention endorsed Don Wilson Parkersburg for national commander and Tommy Jones Beckley for State department commander. It urged faster Defense Department notification of Korea casualties.
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Gary
W. Va
W. B. Henderson
Welch
American Legion
H. A. Callaway
Beckley
National American Legion
Miami
Fla
Paul Duncan
Bob Perkins
Bluefield
Bill Pugate
Fleming A. Jones, Jr
Kimball
E. B. Roginson
Thomas Moses Gary
Don Wilson
Parkersburg
Tommy Jones
State Department
Defense Department
Korea
Two Diplomats Still Missing in Britain France Italy
British diplomats Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess remain missing with scramble to trace them across Europe. Authorities in London cover leads from Rennes Paris Rome Florence and Istanbul with leads limited to three telegrams from mid last week. Officials fear disclosure of confidential Britain United States relations and widen manhunt across France Italy and beyond.
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London
France
Italy
Herbert Morrison
Parliament
Britain
Washington
FBI
Secret Service
Lice
Donald MacLean
Guy Burgess
Rennes
Guy
Rome
Burgess
Paris
MacLean
Il Tempo
Florence
Montmartre
Istanbul
Bucharest
Prague
Strange Markers Found In Wise County By James Taylor Adams
In Wise County Virginia locals recount odd finds along The Pound near Flat Gap. They describe a rock inscribed SWIFT near Bad Branch and reports of old furnaces, a pine knot marker, a beech carving reading Monday Augustus and Gufferson, and a seven springs cliff marker prompting local legends of Swift’s silver mine.
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James Taylor Adams
Big Laurel
Wise County
Virginia
Christopher Gist
Ohio Country
Flat Gap
Virginia-Kentucky Line
Shorts and Bollings
North Carolina
Cumberland River
Jeremiah Bolling
Boyd Bolling
William
Gullett's Ridge
Cumberland
Sam Maggard
Swift
Pound Rivers
Bollings
William and Boyd
Pound
State Line
Bad Branch
Ivory Bolling
Noah Reedy
Pat Mullins
Mr. Bolling
Maggard
Reedy
Daiiy
Augustus
Gufferson
Monday
Pine Mountain
Seven Springs
The
Pakistan Pushes Textile Production in Pakistan
Pakistan advances its textile sector under an emergency development plan begun in 1950. The aim is self sufficiency by 1956 with 1 035 000 spindles. Purchases total 150 000 spindles to date from the United Kingdom and Japan, with a mission in Japan seeking the remainder. Only 21 cotton mills currently operate.
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Karachi
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Japan
Truman returns to Blair House after weekend cruise
President Truman resumes duties at Blair House after returning from a weekend cruise aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg. He arrived at 4 30 p m Eastern Standard time and prepared to resume official engagements.
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Washington
Truman
Blair House
Williamsburg
Fatal Electrocution Claims 15 Year Old Sailor
In Elkton Maryland a 15 year old girl Anne H Price of Kensington was electrocuted when her sailboat mast struck a 2300 volt high tension wire across a cove near Oldsfield Point. Her companion Robert Paris of Rutledge Pennsylvania was not harmed. The coroner reported artificial respiration after the accident but she died after over an hour.
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Elkton
R. C. Dodson
Anne H. Price
Kensington
Elk River
Oldsfield Point
Dodson
Price
Robert Paris
Rutledge
Price Girl
Hollins College Alumnae Elect New President in Roanoke
Hollins College alumnae association elected Mrs. Charlie P. Orr of Wynnewood Pennsylvania as president for two years. She succeeds Mrs. George S. Seackerford Jr of Roanoke. Roanoke’s Mrs. James Izard was named vice president and the board of directors includes Mrs. John E. Jackson Pittsburgh Bernard M Berkeley Roanoke Mrs. James F Hoge New York City and Mrs. O Ragsdale Jamestown I was named to succeed the late Mrs Lamotte Blakely of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Hollins College
Charlie P. Orr
Wynnewood
Orr
Hollins Board of Trustees
George S. Seackerford, Jr
James. Izard
John E. Jackson
Pittsburgh
Bernard M. Berkeley
James F. Hoge
New York City
O. Ragsdale
Jamestown
P. R. Gilmer
Shreveport
Lamotte Blakely
Richmond
Giles County Mines Win Safety Awards
The Bureau of Mines awarded 134 certificates of achievement in safety to mines that logged 30,000 or more man hours in 1950 without a lost-time injury. Among the recipients are two Kimballton lime mines in Giles County Virginia, operated by Standard Lime & Stone Co and National Gypsum Co.
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Washington
Bureau of Mines
Maryland-Virginia
West Virginia-Pennsylvania
Kimballton
Giles County
Standard Lime & Stone Co
National Gypsum Co
Gate City teen dies after dynamite blast near Moccasin Creek Day
A 15-year-old Gate City high school student, Adrian Noel Day, died in a Kingsport hospital after a dynamite charge exploded in his hand late Friday. The accident occurred near Moccasin Creek Day, leaving Day survived by his parents and many siblings.
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Gate City
Kingsport
Tenn
Adrian Noel Day
Front Line Bathers Produce New Gimmick
Marines on the central Korea front devise a novel bath tub from an exploded napalm bomb belly tank. The device, filled with water after being disarmed and cut, serves as a portable bath for troops, offering a cleaner alternative to helmet baths.
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Korea
Methodists announce 13 new Beckley district appointments
The Beckley district lists thirteen new appointments including O. H. Logan at Ansted Station and Homer Elkins on Ansted circuit, with Robert Engle at Barrett and H. E. Shuck at Hatcher. Retained pastors cover Beckley and Summersville area churches, with a wide roster of names across multiple towns.
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Beckley
O. H. Logan
Ansted
Homer Elkins
Robert Engle
Barrett
H. E. Shuck
Rex Henderson
Stephenson
H. C. Wisman
Central
Summersville
Clinton Miler
Beaver-Blue Jay
C. A. Hillman
Emory McGraw
Marsh Fork
O. H. Dorsey
Mullens
C. G. Eastwood
Oak Hill
S. A. Harford
Pineville
T. E. Rutledge, Jr
Powellton
Albert Noe
Scarbro
A. F. Gregory
Summersville Station
Lee Richardson
Tams
Harry Mikels
Van
R. H. Kennedy
Winding Gulf
B. L. Moss
Winona
Convict Wounded After Break From Camp 31
John Kelly, a state convict, lies in serious condition at a Pulaski hospital after being shot with buckshot during a break from cell house camp 31 in the Rocky Gap area between Bland and Bluefield West Virginia. Guard H G Burke reported the incident.
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Pulaski
John Kelly
Camp 31
Rocky Gap
Bland
Bluefield
W. Va
H. G. Burke
Kelly
Rail accident injures 26 near Muncie Indiana
Eleven cars of the New York Central West bound Knickerbocker train derailed near Muncie causing 26 injuries. Fourteen passengers and twelve crew were hospitalized at Ball Memorial with no serious injuries reported. One passenger coach derailed four cars behind the locomotive. The derailment severed the double track for a quarter mile.
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Muncie
Ind
New York Central
Knickerbocker
Ball Memorial Hospital
Bicycle Built For Four Is Located In Calgary
A Calgary shop holds a rare eight foot long bicycle built for four, once from a shop that closed years ago. Matt B. Wolthuts, a lifelong bicycle craftsman, keeps and may ride the relic which requires skill to pilot and could collide with obstacles if mishandled.
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Calgary
Matt B. Wolthuts
Matt
Pioneer Resident Claimed By Death
Obituary notices from Bluefield area detail deaths of Betty Douthat 83 a pioneer resident since 1889 with services at Hawkins mortuary chapel and burial in Walnut Grove cemetery Also listed are notices for Roger Lee Atkins infant son of Rev L Atkins. Vheie Jackson 46 wife of Thomas Jackson. Maggie Hess 68 of Red Ash with services at Red Ash home. John L White 52 former Bluefield resident with service at Raven Assembly of God and burial at Hawkins cemetery Interments include Raven Richlands and Price cemetery with local lodge and union involvement noted.
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Betty Douthat
Bluefield
R. L. Burgess
Monroe St
Douthat
Burgess
Wytheville
Martin and
Elmira Weiser
C. Edward Douthat
Frank
Bland Street Methodist Church
Church Circle
Virginia Asher
Hawkins Mortuary Chapel
Glenn Stewart
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Mercer Funeral
Roger Lee Atkins
Rev L. Atkins
Fourth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Eugene May
First Christian Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Hartwell Church of God
Vheie Jackson
Thomas H. Jackson
Walls Creek
Hartwell
Johnny Davidson
Laudie Vaught
Hartwell Cemetery
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Maggie Hess
Jacob Hess
Red Ash
Richlands
Russell County
Hess
Billy
Katherine Price Rose
Honaker
Alice Price
Angie Stump
Dublin
Zero Hess
W. Va
Nair Hess
van Sant
Gip L
Wesley Lewis
Mollie Bohannon
Mont Miller
Price
Raven
Farmer Funeral Home
John L. White
Pounding Mill
Richard White
Tazewell
Norfolk and Western Railway
Raven - Red Ash Coal Company
Grace Methodist Church
Raven Methodist Church
Grace Steele White
Joe H
George W. White
Jesse White
Alice Maynard
Washington, D. C
Florence Johnson
Baltimore
Thieves Loot Auto on Ramsey Street
Steve Bourne reports a theft from his car on Ramsey Street late Saturday night. A baseball glove valued at 16 and a blue and white sweater were taken. police found no break in evidence and Bourne cannot recall if the car was locked.
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Steve Bourne
Bryant Street
Ramsey Street
Bourne
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Kentucky State Line
Hunter Roberts
Flat Gap Settlers
Kiser
Dewey
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William Bolling
Office of Price Administration
Chicago
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Pomona
Montag Y
Montag
Bluefield Office Equipment Co
Federal Street
Bluefield, W. Va
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Mass
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Rockland, Me
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New Bedford, Mass
Pocahontas Fuel Company
ONE Broadway
Giles County Mines
Tennessee Ladies of
Beckley District
England
Elizabeth
Grenadier Guards
Guards’ Brigade
NEA
Atkins Infant
Mes
Joan L. White
Mercer's
Bluefield & Montcalm
Mercer Funeral Home Inc
Bland Street
Matoaka
Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home
Hawkins
Bluefield, Virginia
Paper Supply Company
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