Indiana Officers Release Neumann in Walker Death Case
James Neumann, once held in Fort Wayne on a fugitive charge tied to Judy Walker's death, was released after authorities found no evidence linking him to the cause. Autopsy delays hampered findings as Dr. Marshall Sinclair noted embalming occurred before examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Neumann
Fort Wayne
Ind
Judy Walker
Bluefield
Arnold Porterfield
Neumann
Walker
Marshall Sinclair
Funeral Planned for Mine Victim Hughie Agnew at Ammonate Church
Funeral services for Hughie K. Agnew 46 of Ammonate Va killed in a mine accident will be held at 1 pm tomorrow at Ammonate Methodist Church. Rev George W Fox will officiate. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Agnew longtime Pocahontas Fuel employee and chief wireman is survived by his wife Elizabeth Stone, a son Clarence, two stepsons Kenneth and Lucian, five Agnew siblings and three sisters in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughie K. Agnew
Amonate
Amonate Methodist Church
George W. Fox
Oodlawn Cemetery
Agnew
Pocahontas Fuel Corporation
John and
Mollie Agnew
Floyd County
Elizabeth Stone
Clarence
Kenneth Stone
U.S. Navy
Lucian Stone
U. S. Army
Seattle
Wash
J. Brown Agnew
E . Agnew
C. S
New Officers to Be Named at Group Four Bankers Meeting
Beckley West Virginia June 13 The annual meeting of Group Four West Virginia Bankers association will name new officers Saturday night Chairman H L Crawford Beckley says 75 to 100 bankers from Kanawha Boone Nicholas and Raleigh counties will attend the session which opens with a reception in the remodeled Raleigh hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
West Virginia Bankers Association
H. L. Crawford
Kanawha
Boone, Nicholas
Raleigh
Funeral for Mrs. Mattie C Jefferson in Franklin County
Mrs. Mattie C Jefferson widow of James T Jefferson of Penhood Va dies at home Thursday. Services set for 2 30 pm at Northfield church Franklin County with survivors son W E Jefferson and daughter Mrs Joe Saunders. Another obituary notes three and a half year old George Edgar Taylor Jr dies at Bluefield sanitarium with services at Duhling residence and interment at Woodlawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Jefferson
Northfield Church
Franklin County
Mattie C. Jefferson
James T. Jefferson
Penhood
Is. Jefferson
W. E. Jefferson
Roanoke
Bluefield
Joe Saunders
Gretna
Duhling
George Edgar Taylor
Bluefield Sanitarium
Taylor
Clara Ethel Kade
John Collins
Montcalm Methodist Church
Woodlawn
Rites Set For Mrs Honaker in Bluefield Memorial Service at 4
Services for Mrs James D Honaker Sr 81 widow of Bland county leader will be held this afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs Harry H Lawson 1000 Heatherwood road Bluefield. She died 545 am yesterday at her daughter's home after a stroke following years of vision impairment. Interment in Monte Vista cemetery. She was born February 4 1866 at Bland courthouse daughter of Newton and Caroline Mustard. Survived by daughter sisters and brothers. husband died 1919. She was a longtime member of Bland Street Methodist Church. Flower bearers and pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Lawson
Heatherwood Road
James D. Honaker
Bland County
Bluefield
J. M. Helm
Bland Street Methodist Church
Monte Vista Cemetery
Honaker
Bland Courthouse
Newton
Caroline Newberry
Bland
J. C. Tuggle
Rocky Gap
Charles H. Mustard
R. J. Mustard
Pulaski
Methodist Church
Bland Street Church
Winfield Watts
Mrs. Honaker
R. L. Bailey
W. L. Lee
John A. Gott
Rufus H. Crowell
J. Mason Claytor
William Mustard
Richard Lawson
Lee Anderson
Former Bluefield Resident Mrs. Berry Dies in Portsmouth
Mrs. L. E. Berry sixty formerly of Bluefield died yesterday morning at Mercy hospital Portsmouth after an illness. Survived by husband a railroad man two sons Ralph F. Berry Bluefield and Robert F. Berry Portsmouth four sisters and one brother. Funeral arrangements incomplete. 235 YARD ACE Peters sinks first hole-in-one in eight years at Sunny Croft No. 11 longest ace on course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Berry
Portsmouth
Bluefield
Mercy Hospital
Ralph F. Berry
Robert F. Berry
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ralph Peters
Clarksburg Glass Firm
Sunny Croft Country Club
Sunny Croft
Strain of Social Climbing Linked to Ills Across Nation
Doctors from California report an AMA centennial paper noting rising chronic disease, ulcers, and thyroid issues tied to stress from striving for fame and social ascent. They warn shifting class and loss of familiar habits fosters isolation and health decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
California
American Medical Association Today
America
Karl
M. Bowman
Jurgen Ruesch
AMA
University of California
Wisehart Dies in Huntington on Barrington Visit
Lloyd L. Wisehart 54 district manager for the Jewel Tea Co. died at Barrington Illinois while visiting his son Robert. The son is editor of the company trade journal based in Barrington and Wisehart previously worked as a Huntington Advertiser reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Lloyd L. Wisehart
The
Jewel Tea Co
Barrington
Ill
Robert
Wisehart
Tea Company
Huntington Advertiser
Helicopter of Airliner Disasters Linked to Hunted Centers
Two major air disasters tied to Hunt Centers killed 95 people. A DC-4 crashed at New York LaGuardia on May 27, then another similar plane failed at Port de posit, Maryland, a day later. Converted from Army C-54s, crews Captain Stark and Creekmore were veteran pilots with Arlington, Virginia homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
la Guardia Field
Port Deposit
Maryland
Washington
Stark
Steelmanville
N. J
Creekmore
Wolfe
Texas
Air Transport Command
Rae
Arlington
Margaret Wall
Guntersville
Ala
Alabama College
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Former Bluefield Pastor Dr Baylord Dies at Early Eighties
Obituary notes the death of Dr. Baylord former presiding elder of the Wytheville district and longtime minister with frequent railroad worker sermons. He retired four years ago after serving Main Street Methodist church Tazewell and spent winters with his daughter in Junalaska before passing. He is survived by his wife, a son Col J W Baylor Fayetteville NC, and daughters Ada Acuff Norfolk VA Henniger Chapel Hill NC Riley Daytona Beach FL Counts Daytona Beach FL an adopted daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylord
Wytheville
Main Street Methodist Church
Tazewell
Baylor
Tilson
Junalaska
Miss X Testifies at British Court Martial in Hamburg
A Danish woman identified as Miss X testified at a British court martial in Hamburg that she spent weekends in a colonel’s quarters and protested military interference in her private life. Col Burgess was acquitted of aiding her to run coffee to Germany for black market trade, while two other charges were left undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
Miss X
Col
R. N. J. Burgess
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Col. Burgess
Beloved leader Hartley urges Truman to back labor reform bill
Hartley advised Mayor O'Dwyer to push Congress to pass a labor reform bill he says would protect workers. He argues the measure guarantees free organization, collective bargaining, and periodic union elections while limiting boss control, despite opposition from labor barons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Hartley
William O'Dwyer
New York
Congress of the
United States
Ship operators optimistic on nationwide maritime tieup
A Gulf and East Coast ship operators spokesman said a nation wide work stoppage may be avoided before the Sunday deadline. Frank J. Taylor, head of the negotiating committee for 39 ship owners, noted renewed talks with CIO unions NMU MEBA and ACA and joint sessions scheduled for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank J. Taylor
American Merchant Marine Institute
National Maritime Union
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
American Communications Association
CIO
NMU
MEBA
ACA
WANTS INVENTORY Plans International Cooperation
WANTS INVENTORY outlines foreign cooperations and asks for the basis of undertakings with reciprocal considerations. It calls for a total balance sheet and proposes a special bipartisan advisory council of distinguished American citizens to coordinate and advise the executive and Congress on Asia and Europe needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia
Europe
State Department
Klan dissolves its charter in Georgia court action
The Ku Klux Klan surrendered its charter as a national corporation in superior court, with Attorney General Eugene Cook promising quick hearings against similar groups. The state dropped counts linking the Klan to subversive acts, while noting the charter's revocation ends its corporate status though unchartered activity remains possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ku Klux Klan
Superior Court
Morgan Belser
Bond Almand
Klan
Belser
Eugene Cook
The
Columbians
Cook
Two Convicted In Municipal Court In Pool Room Case
James Woods and Jess McGlothlin were found guilty in municipal court of operating a pool room after arrests at the Pad Dock on Princeton Avenue on Saturday May 31. Each received a $100 fine plus costs and 60 days in jail. appeals noted. Police reported 20 to 25 people inside. A ticket with horse race results and many run down sheets and vouchers were seized, showing alleged horse bets totaling about $500. The state statute defines a pool room as a place dealing in tickets or vouchers for horse race bets obtained by electronic means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Woods
Jess McGlothlin
Princeton Avenue
Porterfield
Senate moves to vote on Bulwinkle rail bill
Senate ends five days of debate and agrees to a 4 p m Wednesday vote on the Bulwinkle bill allowing railroads to fix rates with ICC approval to avoid antitrust suits. Senator Johnston opposes, accusing the railroads of southern economic oppression and opposing ICC final authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Olin D. Johnston
DSC
South
Johnston
ICC
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Youn
Rep. Bullwinkle
D-Nc
FTC Scores Group For Bob-Tailing Film Of British Col Blimp
The Federal Trade Commission accused Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford and United Artists of peddling a bob tailed version of The Life and Death Colonel Blimp as the full film. United Artists denied the charge and said it would resist the action. The commission cited advertising that cited reviews based on the uncut film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FTC
Col. Blimp
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
United Artists, Inc
United Artists
New York
Edward C. Raftery
Schoolgirl Captures Rabid Dog After Rampage in Pittsburgh
A 14 year old Suzanne Weller from Beechview cornered a small black and white dog blamed for a two day rampage injuring 13 at Lee School and biting or scratching at least 30 people. Police and animal rescue teams hunted the animal before Suzanne captured it and police took custody for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Animal Rescue League
Suzanne Weller
Lee School
Beechview
Suzanne
Transit Strike Paralyzes St. Louis Public Transit
In St. Louis the 3500 street car and bus operators walked out over wage arbitration, halting service for a 1.0 million metropolitan area. Main routes clogged with cars as police set traffic controls. Mayor Kaufmann eyed a new talks session after the walkout began early amid a stormy union meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
St. Louisans
St. Louis Public Service Company
Aloys P. Kaufmann
Improvements Noted In School Papers
Morgantown West Virginia June 13 at the opening of the 13th annual West Virginia Scholastic journalism institute improvements in state high school publications were studied. Dr Irvin Stewart president of West Virginia university welcomed delegates to a two day meeting. The institute is sponsored by the university school of journalism and the West Virginia association of scholastic journalism directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia Scholastic Journalism Institute
Irvin Stewart
West Virginia University
School of Journalism
West Virginia Association of Scholastic Journalism Directors
Party To Challenge Hungarian Elections
Deszo Sulyok, a Hungarian minority freedom party member of parliament, says the elections will be illegitimate unless international supervision and the absence of Russian troops are guaranteed. He warns the September vote could be cost by a boycott and calls the regime a police state curbing press and speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
Deszo Sulyok
Freedom Party
Sulyok
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North Mercer Street
Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
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Hope Natural Gas Company
Party
PLANO
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W. V
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Aun Ae
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Princeton
Dad
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