Princeton businessmen plead innocent in mail fraud case
Two Princeton businessmen Robert Roush and Robert Hartley pleaded innocent to charges of using the mails to defraud customers of a printing firm. Judge Ben Moore set June 22 for trial. Also, G Lowell Lancaster pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a separate case involving Knighton Bostwick Nursery Co. of Newark, New York, with $552.46 in commissions. Eight people were naturalized in a ceremony, and Judge Walter V. Ross urged civic duty and continued education for several others.
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Princeton
Innoce Fedement
Ben Moore
Robert Roush
Robert Allen Hartley
G. Lowell Lancaster
Route 1
Knighton Bostwick Nursery Co
Newark
N. Y
Lancaster
Moore
Donald Ray Dillon
Lewis William Adkins
Bluefield
Martha Kidd
Cumberland Road
Dillon
Adkins
State Abandons Inheritance Tax Claim on Jello Heir Woodward
West Virginia and New York dropped inheritance tax claims against the estate of Frank Woodward 68, heir to the Jello millions. Woodward died January 1952 with an estate valued over 100 million, after living at a Springs hotel and spending heavily with his entourage. New York had sought 17 million. its court ruled Woodward's residence was Reno, Nevada, ending the state's claim.
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Charleston
West Virginia
New York
Frank Woodward
Woodward
O. Leroy
N. Y
Milton J. Ferguson
Ferguson
Croceurist
Ur Springs
State Reme
Reno
New
Korean Vets Warned Last Call To Enroll
Ernest L. Jones of Marshall College urged Korean veterans to enroll in the second summer term under the Korean GI bill. The term begins July 12 and veterans must start by August 29 to qualify for GI training.
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Huntington
Ernest L. Jones
Marshall College
Jones
Deaths and Funerals Round Bluefield Zips
Funeral notices list Mrs Myrtle E Douglas of 1220 College Ave with services at Bland Street Methodist Church and burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Also named are Mary Belcher, Harvey L Shilling, William L Broyles and Isaac Wilson with details on survivors and burial sites.
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8. C. Douglas
Myrtle Emma Douglas
College Ave
Bland Street Methodist Church
Clyde Hensley
W. P. Eastman
Monte Vista
Douglas
Woman's Society For Christian Service
Wingfield Watts Bible Class
Town and Country Garden Club
Bluefield Woman's Club
Woman's Christian Tempe Union
Canteen Corps
Lions Club Auxis
Samuel
Susan
Virginia Addington
Billie
Kathy
Larry Douglas
Lynn Douglas
C. W. Matheny
Bundy Harvey
Cecil Bond
F. Morton Wagner
Fred Harris
Fred Edwards
P. I. Dudwy Percy Gillie
Jack Lazeny
Woman's Societ For
Christian Service
Mary Belcher
Bluefield Ave
Hawkins Funeral Home
Walnut Grove
William Lee Broyles
Princeton
Bluefield Sanitarium
First Ch
Resthaven
Gunman Slugs Robs Pittsburgh Messenger in Oakland
A gunman slugged and robbed Tom Tucker Beverage Co messenger Paul Gainer Jr. of 4134 dollars in Pittsburgh today. Gainer, 24, told police the assailant forced him back into the truck, then struck him behind Pitt Stadium and fled with an accomplice in a following car.
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Pittsburgh
Tom Tucker Beverage Co
Paul Gainer Jr
Mellon National Bank
Oakland
Gainer
Pitt Stadium
Westinghouse Workers Vote Return To Jobs
Some 385 production workers at Westinghouse Derry plant voted to return to work Monday after a Wednesday strike over furloughing a worker. Company officials said the worker spoiled 30,000 pounds of casting clay and was negligent. Twenty seven night shift workers protested and received one day suspensions amid a United Electrical Workers Local 612 strike.
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Latrobe
Derry
Westinghouse Electric Corp
United Electrical Workers
Transit Strike Set Monday Cancelled in New York
Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced the planned city transit strike for next Monday was cancelled after talks between the City Transit Authority and the CIO Transport Workers Union. The union had planned a one minute stoppage that would have halted subway, bus, and elevated lines, risking millions of riders.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
City Transit Authority
CIO Transport Workers Union
Two Men Held on Whisky Charge
Two North Side men identified as Arthur mene aged 40 and Raleigh Bran were jailed last night for possession of moonshine whiskey. Constables C J Harvey and Lewis Perdue made the arrest and confiscated 15 gallons of white lightning.
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North Side
Arthurmene
Raleigh
C. J. Harvey
Lewis Perdue
Spectator Sports Dominate United States Attendance
The article notes that basketball draws an estimated 75 million attendees annually to rank as the leading spectator sport in the United States. Softball attracts about 130 million, but only 8 million pay admission.
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Ctator
Uni
Mrs Kee Opposes Trade Extension In House Speech
Mrs Kee of West Virginia urged delaying action on extending reciprocal trade laws, criticizing Republican leadership for political expediency. She cited unemployment in mining towns and called for open hearings to let affected Americans voice their case before any new program is enacted.
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Washington
Elizabet Kee
West Virginia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Keeseman
Congress
Republican Party
Governors’ Fuel Conference
William C. Marland
Kee
Weather Outlook Maryland to Ohio with heat and possible storms
Maryland and Virginia see mostly fair conditions with a chance of scattered afternoon thundershowers in the mountains and along the coast. Temperatures peak near 80 along the coast and in the 80s inland, with warm humid Sunday and more scattered activity. West Virginia and Kentucky Tennessee regions stay warm with 80s to near 90 highs and scattered thundershowers likely Saturday and Sunday. Western Pennsylvania reports partly cloudy skies and isolated thunder showers, 78 to 85. Washington weather bulletin notes temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 p.m.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Suit Involving Title To Doddridge Co Land To Be Heard In August
A suit over title to 12 lots and parcels in Doddridge County including the site of a new 105000 grade school will be heard in August. Bernard Duckworth and others sue Sophia Z. Duckworth and others over 35.5 acres in N. E. Duckworth estate, involving properties on West Union’s Wasbash Addition. The 16 petitioners and 51 defendants are descendants of Duckworth, heirs of four children. Plaintiffs claim will passes to children and heirs on widow’s death, contending some deeds were improper.
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West Union
W. Va
Doddridge County
Bernard Duckworth
Agiinstophia
Z. Duckworth
N. E. Duckworth
Duckworth
Wasbash
N. E
Richwood JP Dies From Auto Mishap Injuries
Joseph R. Goheen 31 year old justice of the peace in Richwood died in a Montgomery hospital from injuries after a car crash on U S 60 near Hughes Creek yesterday. Police said he lost control and struck a telephone pole.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Joseph R. Goheen
Richwood
Goheen
U. S. 60
Hughes Creek
Tazewell Man Dies In Wreck Involving Timber Truck
Joe C. Monk 64 of Tazewell died when a pickup collided with a timber truck on Hanover VA. 8 52. Three Hanover residents including W. E. Morgan 53 Estil Morgan 22 and Ervin Morgan sustained injuries. Monk survived by wife, two daughters Ith Morrison and Carolyn Peraldo, and a son Dilmer. Funeral at Amonate Methodist Church with interment at West Hill Cemetery Lebanon. Gilbert Funeral Home in charge.
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Joe C. Monk
Tazewell
Hanover
Welch
W. E. Morgan
Estil Morgan
Ervin Morgan
Morgene
Ry Jacket Coal Co
County
Monk
Thomas
Ith Morrison
Chester
Carolyn Peraldo
Princeton
Dilmer
Amonate Methodist Church
G. W. Fox
West Hill Cemetery
Lebanon
Gilbert
Speedup in Security Checks Ordered by Navy
Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas announced the security clearance for three midshipmen at the U S Naval Academy whose commissions were withheld at graduation. Harold Pollack Paul Shimek Jr and Peter Yadlovsky are now eligible to become officers. The move follows a push to speed up loyalty investigations and tied to defense funding debates and McCarthy era hearings.
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Washington
Charles Thomas
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Thomas
Harold Pollack
Hartford
Conn
Paul Shimek Jr
Hazen
Ark
Peter Yadlowsky
Jersey City
Senate Appropriations Committee
Defensement
One Term May Be All She Will Ask
Sherman Adams said one term might suffice for Eisenhower if a Democratic Congress would block the president’s program. He warned a midterm Democratic majority could drift politics leftward and end key proposals.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Congress
Uniontown Man Sought On Charge Of Raising $1 Money Orders
Uniontown man Alexander Mounagar 24 of Uniontown Pa is charged with buying a $1 money order at Geneva on Nov 10 1953 and cashing it for $100 under a fictitious name at Morgantown First National Bank. He waived hearing and was ordered held under $1 000 bond awaiting U S District action. The other suspected accomplice remained at large.
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Wheeling
Uniontown
Alexander Mounagar
Pennsylvania
U.S
Neil Moran
Mounagar
Geneva
Firsts National Bank
Morgantown
U. S. District 1T
Five barbershop quartets win SPEBSQSA medalist nerves
In Washington five top barbershop quartets won spots in the SPEBSQSA championship to be decided tomorrow night. The Lytle Brothers The Toronto Rhythmaires The Statesmen The Four Hearsemen and The Orphans earned medals after eliminating 35 groups. The Toronto quartet drew big applause with Last Night Was the End of the World and Way Down in Georgia, while The Four Hearsemen drew laughs in mortician garb. The Orphans offered Stephen Foster songs and Wait Til the Sun Shines Nellie. The Statesmen impressed with Hello My Baby and They're Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine. The Lytle Brothers showcased I'm Chock Full of Love For You and For Me and My Gal. The crowds and restaurant patrons along with Interior Department diners enjoyed impromptu harmonies throughout the day.
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Washington
Spebsqsa
Lytle Brothers
Sharon
Toronto Rhythmaires
Yorktown
Ontario
Sacramento
Calif
Four Hearsemen
Amarillo
Hearsemen
Wendell Henry
Deane Watson
Dwight Eliott
Dick Gifford
Bud Bigham
Bob Groom
Pete Tyree
Jay Bond
Stephen Foster
Nellie
Elmer Schulz
Don Machado
Harry Duval
Jack Gilstrap
Bob
Paul
Matt Lytle
Interior Department
Constitution Hall
Wound proving fatal for Grundy man dies by his own hand
A 56 year old Grundy Virginia man died at a Grundy hospital two hours after shooting himself in the head with a 32 caliber pistol. Coroner Dr J P Sutherland ruled death as by his own action. He had just returned from the Veterans Hospital in Johnson City Tennessee where he had been a patient for two weeks. Survivors include his wife three brothers and one sister. He was a plasterer who formerly lived in Bluefield and burial is set for Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield.
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Thomas Zim
Grubb
Del
Sinkford and Richardson Funeral Home
George Fagons
Bethel Ame Church
Oak Grove
Cripple Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wilmington
Cecil Richards
Blue
Nannie C. Easley
Areo St
H. . Easley
Seeness
Easley
Wythe County
Ellis Sheffey
Martha Jenkins Sheffey
Mercer
McDowell Counties
United Holy Church of America
North Side Holy Church
West Virginia District Missionary Department
Neomia Bryson
Gary
W. Va
Inez Easley
Howard Easley
Rex Easley
Lagos
Grundy
Buchanan County
J. P. Sutherland
Tilden Heldreth
Veterans Hospital
Johnson City
Tenn
Harve
Estel
Bluefield
Elis
Princeton
Maggie Heldreth
Fon Murphy
Profit Murphy
Maple Hill
Med
Grundy Funeral Home
Eden Seeks Means to Break Korean Talks Impasse
British Foreign Secretary Eden said he will explore every avenue to reach agreement on Korea at the Geneva talks but warned the conference may fail to resolve the core differences. He stated if no path to agreement exists, the UN should be informed and negotiations could resume later. Molotov was to meet Eden the next day as Chou En-lai urged continuing discussions.
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Geneva
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Korea
Eden
United Nations
V. M. Molotov
Red
China
Chou En-lai
Molotov
Rais
Centerenes
McDowell Man Held In Slaying Of Man He Said Robbed Him
Robert Barton 51 of Newhall was detained by McDowell County authorities for the slaying of Bill Woods 37 of Newhall. Woods, armed with a revolver, ran about 100 yards before dropping dead after Barton shot him as Woods approached Barton's home. Prosecutor Jack Marinari noted prior trouble and eyewitnesses to the fatal shooting. Barton waived preliminary hearing.
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McDowell County
Robert Barton
Newhall
J. H. Altizer
Bill Woods
Woods
Barton
Altizer
Jack Marinari
J. D. Brown
War
Harrison Co Woman Charged In TV Argument Shooting
Ruth Underwood of West Union is jailed on murder charges after her husband Jack Underwood was shot dead in their home near the Doddridge Tyler County line Tuesday night over a television dispute. She was arrested at her mother’s home in Paden City. arraignment delayed pending causes.
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Clarksburg
Ruth Underwood
West Union
Harrison County
W. A. McMorrow
Jack W. Underwood
Doddridge - Tyler County
Tyler County
J. L. Henderson
Three Youths Held In Bluefield State Canteen Break-In
Three youths about 20 years old were jailed on warrants for breaking and entering the Bluefield State College student canteen late Wednesday. Identified by officers as Richard Cruthers, French Bannister, and Jimmie Lowe, Bannister was arrested Wednesday night by Patrolman R E Lee and Sgt. L H Lilly. Bannister implicated the other two as police found them on Powell Street with a large pile of cakes and cookies, tossing much of the loot over an embankment. One companion fled as officers arrived yesterday, and the third youth remained at large. Police also reported the theft of a typewriter and adding machine from the office of J S Saundle, assistant superintendent of colored schools in Mercer County. Saundle said entry was not forcible, with a window possibly left open by painters.
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Bluefield State College
Richard Cruthers
French Bannister
Jimmie Lowe
Bannister
R. E. Lee
L. H. Lilly
Powell Street
J Bannister
J. 8
Saundle
Colored Schools
Mercer County
Bobby Jones
West Virginians to see warm weekend with showers
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a warm weekend for West Virginia with showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will stay near normal through next Wednesday, with cooler conditions in the north tomorrow and warmer again by Sunday. Most areas expect showers totaling a half inch to an inch.
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Huntington
West
Korean War Vet Hangs Self Near St Albans
ST. ALBANS W Va June 11 Thomas Harold Simmons a Korean War veteran took his own life by hanging himself in the back yard of his father's home State Police said Also mentioned is George Stirnweiss once American League batting champion now managing in Schenectady New York in the Eastern League
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ST. Albans
W. Va
Thomas Harold Simmons
Here
George Stirnweiss
Schenectady
N.Y
Gary Legion Post Names Delegates for Sixth District Meet
Adkin District Post No. 38 Gary selects fifty nine delegates and as many alternates for the Sixth District Convention at Mullens on June 13. Gary Post No. 38 will send the largest delegate group with 1,473 members, part of a district tally of 4,734 members and 195 delegates. The gathering will elect committee members, nominate three delegates and three alternates for the national convention, and choose a district commander. Delegates and alternates listed include Bob Anderson, Jack Avis, Frank Bacho, and many others. alternates include Dewey Allen, Albert Barnett Jr., Carl Billings, and dozens more.
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Adkin
American Legion
Gary
Gary Post
West Virginia
Mullens
Mullens Post No
Washaes D. C
Bob Anderson
Jack Avis
Frank Bacho
William Banner
Luther Bingham
Sam Bingham
John Blasher
William Boardman
Charles Bracken
Frank Boyle
J. G. Brown
Jack Caffrey
G. Campbell
Dick Carter
Herman Cordes
Glenn Miller
R. H. Moore
Ed Murray
Gerald Nieto
Elkins Payne
Tony Pinter
Frank Pisano
Pau Poszich
Don Ragan
H. C. Reid
John Ritter
G. H. Borrer
Charles Sklepovitch
Bill Senter
Don Snyder
Dan Spychala
Ralph Stone
Woods Talman
Lawrence Trivett
Allen Thompson, Jr
Ted Vance
Billy Graham Film Will Be Shown in Wytheville Sunday
Billy Graham’s new film Oil Town U.S.A. will screen at George Wythe High School Auditorium Wytheville on Sunday June 20. J W Fey president of the Men's Interdenominational Club says doors open 7 15 p m and show starts 8 p m with Colleen Townsend Georgia Lee Paul Power and Robert Clarke among Hollywood stars in natural color about 90 minutes long. Admission is free and seating 912 is first come first served.
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Wytheville
Billy Graham
Oiltown U.S.A
George Wythe
Colleen Townsend
Georgia Lee
Paul Power
Robert Clarke
Oiltown
S. A
Fely
Tazewell Board Seeks Bids to Sell and Remove Midway School
The Tazewell County School Board in Virginia invites bids for the sale and razing of the old Midway colored school building between Tazewell and North Tazewell. Bids are due June 28 with rejection rights by the board and buyers must raze and remove the structure by July 15.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
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Angeliki Alexis Alexopoulos
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Mercer County Criminal Court
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Tazewell Board
Midway
Pearisburg Lumber & Supply CO
Pearisburg
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