Court Denies Communist Fund Raising Tour Rights
The government defended the Smith Act as a legal war power tool while allowing 11 convicted Communists to raise funds only within the law. Nine of the 11 sought to travel nationwide to fundraise. Dennis and Stachel did not participate due to health and legal terms. The appeals remain pending in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. Howard McGrath
United States
Eugene Dennis
John B. Williamson
Jacob Stachel
Robert G. Thompson
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
Henry Winston
John Gates
Irving Potash
Gilbert Green
Carl Winter
Gus Hall
U. S. Court of Appeals
Stachel
Dennis
Congress
B-25 Crashes in Allegheny Mountains Near Elkins West Virginia
crash of a B 25 six miles from Circleville in the Alleghenies kills eight crew members at Hill Air Force base lists eight of nine names. The ninth was a passenger from Hamilton Air Force Base California. Pilot Lt C T Economos from Clearfield Utah is among the dead with several others from Ogden Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Virginia-West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Spruce Knob
Timber Ridge
Nathan Strander
West Virginia
Monongahela Forest
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Bolling Air Base
Washington
Olmstead Field
Utah
Offutt Field
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Olmstead
Hill Field
Hamilton Air Force Base
California
Ogden
Hill Air Force Base
Elkins
W. Va
Hamilton Air Base
Calif
Air Force
C. T. Economos
Clearfield
Rry W. Rogers
Neal M. Moss
Ly Robet P. Burt
Kenneth G. Lester
Sahara Village
Sherman J. Barnard
Gerald M. Wheelright
Ogden, and
Corp
John H. Fearn
Demand Fails as Dairy Workers Walk Out in Pittsburgh
Spokeswomen from thousands of families pressed negotiators to end the milk dispute as six day old dairy worker strikes halt deliveries. Three women met with dealers delivering to about 2,300,000 people across seven western Pennsylvania counties. A mother of a four month old and a four year old urged action while dealers said talks are deadlocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Nelson K. Bennett
Visiting Fireman Useless At Blaze
G. W. Worth Jr a visiting fireman from LaGrange Texas volunteered to respond to an alarm at Wichita Falls central station but proved little help in tackling a blaze in a youngster s playhouse with a door only three feet high Worth stands six feet nine inches and claims to be Texas tallest fireman
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Wichita Falls
Tex
G. W. Worth, Jr
LaGrange
Worth
Texas
Indictments Rise as Grand Jury Delays Sentencing
Grand jury returns 44 indictments for the June term in the southern district U S court. Sentencing in several cases was deferred after guilty pleas. Elda Roberts and Charles Walker admitted possession of moonshine. Nellie Grey Johnson pleaded guilty to embezzling 362 83 from a Goodwill post office. Others admitted moonshine operation charges, while Roy Haynes and Jay Ragusa faced six count moonshine or forgery charges respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elda C. Roberts
Charles W. Walker
McComas
Nellie Grey Johnson
Goodwill
Johnson
Aldie W. Gibson
Norman T. Perdieu, Jr
Wilmore
McDowell County
Levi Coe
North Welch
Charles S. Haynes
McDowell
Roy
Huntington
Jay Alfred Ragusa
New Orleans
Pikeville
Tazewell Union Sheep Raisers Take Prizes
Sheep breeders from nine states won placings at the Eastern Stud Ram show in Staunton Virginia as the ninth annual sale opens tomorrow at 10:30 a m. F L Walker and Sons of Union West Virginia claimed the champion Dorset ram while William Gratwick of Pavilion New York showed the champion Dorset ram in another class. Dorset ram and ewe lambs results listed with Burkes Garden and Union Farms as top finishers. Joe Moss of Burkes Garden retained permanent possession of the Bullet Memorial trophy for the owner of the best ram or bloodline.
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Staunton
Alex Meek
Burkes Garden
F. L. Wlaker and Sons
Union
W. Va
William Gratwick
Pavilion
N. Y
Hampshire
Dorset
Ram Lambs
F. L. Walker and Sons
Ewe Lambs
Lawson
Lawson and Moss
Joe Moss
England
Immortal Sneeze in 1889 Motion Picture Claim
Historians note Thomas Edison experimented with early moving pictures in 1889 showing a man sneezing. The fragment suggests brief motion study rather than a full film.
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Thomas Edison
Mercer Lodge to Hold Stated Communication and Officers’ Install
Mercer Lodge No. 160 AF and AM meets at 7:30 tonight with a public officers installation at 8:30 followed by refreshments. W M C W Johnson and Sec R M Thompson sign. Pete’s advertises jumbo Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs and lunch hours from 11:30 to 2 with dining until 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Lodge No. 160
C. W. Johnson
W.M
R. M. Thompson
Chesapeake— Bay
Pete's
Smuts Resigns United Party Leader Post in Ill Health
Johannesburg June 14 A bulletin says Jan Christiaan Smuts 80 a former prime minister leader of the United party resigned tonight as party head amid critical illness from pernicious pneumonia a doctor on duty at his bedside reported he remains in critical condition in Capetown J Strauss 50 elected to succeed him as leader.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Penumania
United Party
Smuts
Capetown
United A
J . Ae Strauss
Police Seek Robbery Trio After Fairmont Engineer Assaulted
L. H. Williams, a Baltimore and Ohio railway engineer visiting the Bluefield area, was assaulted and robbed by three men at the Palace pool room on Stewart Street. He says they drove him toward Davy in McDowell County, stopped near Falls Mills, struck him, and stole money, a 21 jewel Hamilton watch, a pen and pencil set, then dumped him from the car. He returned to Bluefield and reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Williams
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Fairmont
Williams
Palace
Stewart Street
Davy
McDowell County
Falls Mills
Hamilton
Bluefield
Document recalls Citizen Genet episode in Ohio history
A recently surfaced document recalls the 1793 94 Citizen Genet episode in Louisiana and Florida. The French minister Genet enlisted explorer George Rogers Clark to form a frontier legion, but Washington recalled Genet. The commission as captain was issued to John Cochran by Clark. Local dealer Joseph S Callery bought it at a Columbus auction.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Genet
Louisiana
Florida
Washington
George Rogers Clark
Clark
George Washington
France
John Cochran
Joseph S. Callery
Columbus
Pacific Cloud Not Atom Haze Over Pacific
Honolulu reports a large hazy area over Hawaii and 1 million square miles in the Pacific is not radioactive. Scientists suspect volcanic eruption from Mauna Loa as the cause. Two Geiger counters show no radioactivity while air samples will be tested for content analysis. The haze area extends from Wake Island eastward about 2000 to 2500 miles, with the eastern edge near 400 miles east of Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Mauna Loa
R. H. Simpson
Wake Island
India Cuts Grain Imports
India reports lower grain imports in early 1950. During the first four months, about 500000 tons arrived against an annual target of 1500000 tons. A food ministry official says the target is less than half of last year’s imports and the Nehru government aims to stop grain imports after 1950. Last year India imported around 4000000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Food Ministry
Old Strasbourg Paper Transitions to Weekly Publication
The Journal d'Alsace et de Lorraine, the oldest daily in the region, ceased daily issues after 163 years since its 1787 founding. It will shift to a weekly schedule in the future, maintaining French language publication through historical shifts including the 1871 to 1918 German annexation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasbourg
Francé
Journal d’Alsace Et de
Tot Drops Baby From 3rd Story
A five year old girl pushed a two year old stepbrother from a third floor apartment in Detroit. The boy Jesse Hollen was critically injured after falling into an area and was rushed to a hospital. The mother stopped the other infant from being dropped as Pris cilla Ritchie, the five year old, held a one year old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jessedine Hollen
Paul Scott
Jessedine
Squirrel Foiled In Nutty Grocery Heist
In Hagerstown a newspaper carrier caught a squirrel in the act of chewing through a cardboard doughnut container outside Austin L. Horne's grocery. The nimble culprit sprinted up a tree and escaped capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Austin L. Horne
Ed Wynn Stage Name Derives From Real Name
Comedian Ed Wynn adopted his stage name by expanding the middle portion of his given name Isaiah Edwin Leopold to form the identifying moniker Ed Wynn.
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Ed Wynn
Isaiah Edwin Leopold
Deaths and Funerals in Bramwell and Welch
Glenn Scott Sr 51 of Bramwell dies at St Weeps hospital burial at Woodlawn with military honors Pallbearers listed. Aubra Fred Byrd 49 of Elbert dies after brief illness funeral at Gary Methodist Church burial Thorpe cemetery Arminday Matney 76 dies at son Johns home Berwind funeral at Sycamore Jump cemetery McDowell county residents survive with multiple children grandchildren and church membership
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Aubrey Fred Byrd
Aubra
Fred Byrd
Elbert
Welch
Gary Methodist Church
L. E. Crowson
Thorpe Cemetery
Death notices of J Robert Graham and Ed Matheson
J Robert Graham 54 retired miner of Basin Wyoming died after five year illness. Survived by wife Minda, children Carl Bobbie Pearl Opal and others, mother, siblings. Funeral at Basin church with Rev Graham. burial in church cemetery. Time not set. Ed Matheson 54 power company employee of Welch died after a stroke. Services at First Baptist Welch Friday at 2 pm. interment Maplewood cemetery Tazewell Virginia. Surviving include wife, father, three daughters, a son, a brother, two sisters, half brothers, former daughters in Detroit. Burial plans by J Douglas mortuary Welch.
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J. Robert Graham
Basin
Wyoming County
Clara Graham
W. A. Graham
Minda Graham
Carl
Bobbie Graham
Pearl Lilly
Opal Graham
Otis Stephens
Wyandotte
Mich
Jack
McKinley Graham
Herndon
Martha Graham
Louanna McKinney
Melvina Bailey
Crumpler
Daisy McKinney
Page
Robertson and Fogelsong
Mullens
Church In
Philip Graham
ED Matheson
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Welch
Matheson
First Baptist Church
John Roy Wolfe
Maplewood
Tazewell
Power Company
Vilas
N. C
Mott Matheson
Cecil Keene
Lois Matheson
Linda
Eddie Wayne
Gardner Matheson
Sam Saul
Hill Eggers
Obituaries of Mrs Arminta Bunts and Mrs John F Ward
Two local obituaries report the deaths of Arminta Bunts 84 in Wytheville and John F Ward at Bluefield Sanitarium. Bunts leaves a sister, brother, and niece with services at Wytheville Christian church and burial in West End cemetery. Ward, born 1888 in Bland county, leaves a husband and three children with burial at Monte Vista cemetery after arrangements at Hawkins funeral home.
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Arminta Bunts
Wytheville
M.G. Smith
Bluefield
Alec Archer
Beckley
Jim Smith
Freeman
Porterfield
Christian Church
West End Cemetery
G.O. Guard
John F. Ward
Beech St
Bluefield Sanitarium
William and
Elizabeth Bennett
Bland County
Franklin J. Ward
Columbus
William Ward
Mt. Hope
W. Va
John Ward
C. R. Franklin
J. Sam Bennett
Princeton
Robert Bennett
Ira Bennett
First Presbyterian Church
Monte Vista Eaeery
Hawkins Funeral Home
Welch Church Dedicates New Methodist Building
In Welch West Virginia Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke delivered the consecration sermon at the new Methodist church dedication held last night. Dr R H Daugherty Bluefield district superintendent gave opening prayers and benediction. The congregation toured the building in Strickler hall after services with the facility on Virginia Avenue costing about 200000 dollars.
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Virginia Avenue
Driver Sought In Auto Crash Near Bluefield
A hearing on warrants against Bill Fisher of Bluefield for drunken driving hit and run and reckless driving will occur after his capture. Fisher’s 1949 Chrysler crashed into Sebert Gambill’s 1938 Ford on the Bluefield Princeton road killing time speed near 80 mph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Bill Fisher
Bluefield
Fisher
Sebert Gambill
Anawalt
Gambill
Truckola
Bluefield Cab Company
Bluefield Sanitarium
Giles Street
Buddy Peery
Cherry Street
Bramwell Station Operator Fined $50 in Officer Interference Case
Roy Alban of Bramwell, a filling station operator, was found guilty of interfering with a police officer while on duty. He was tried by Justice of the Peace W. T. Jackson and fined $50. The incident stemmed from actions during Gordos Short’s arrest last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Alban
Bramwell
Justice of the Peace
W. T. Jackson
Alban
Gordos Short
Franklin’s Lightning Test In 1752 Thunderstorm
Benjamin Franklin conducted a lightning experiment in 1752 using a kite and a key during a thunderstorm to prove electricity travels through lightning. The event popularized his theory of electricity and sparked a revolutionary approach to electrical science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Wanted salesman with car travels four counties near Bluefield
Help wanted notice seeks an experienced salesman with a car to cover four counties near Bluefield West Virginia. Submit applications to Box 905 care Daily Telegraph Bluefield W Va.
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Bluefield
Care Daily Telegraph
W. Va
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Cen
Smith
Ing
Newton
Mass
Rose Whalen
Margaret Durbano
Betha Seymour
Mary Williams
Alberta Morrison
Eleanor Smith
Theresa de Stefano
Thelma Adkins
Carolyn Blake
City and Coalfield
Pete
Citizen Genet
Pepper Young
Elmwood
Pepper
Paper Supply CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Elks
Bluefield Lodge No. 269
Philip T. Lilly, Jr
Lilly
Beaver High School
American Legion
Raleigh Street
Elks Lodges
Henry Fortune
Men of God
W. M. Jones
Robert Chandler
The
Elks Lodge
Randolph Whittacker
Claude Angel
Welby Thornbert
Ernest Coles, Jr
Wade Hodges
Tot
Glenn Scott
St. Weeps Hospital
Bramwell Methodist
J. S. Jones
Woodlawn
Scott
Andrew
Margaret Perry Scott
United Mine Workers
Duhling
Garnett H. Nicewander
Theodore R. Way
Walter T. Jeffery
Thomas A. Nicewander
Marvin A. Tabor
Robert Creasey
Goode Homes
Arminday Matney
John Matney
Berwind
Sycamore Jump
Buchanan County
Matney
Buchanannty
Abner Vance
Methodist Church
John
Cecil Matney
Canebrake
Ezra Matney
Bishop
Welch Church
Gibson
Gibson Wine Company
Elk Grove, Calif
Cincinnati, O
Jack Frost
Rogers
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