Cop Slayer Dies Of Wound In Kingsport Shootout
Kingsport Tennessee June 14 the slayer of a police man died from a bullet wound suffered in a shooting incident yesterday. George Fuller 49 died in hospital less than four hours after he killed patrolman Ira Burgess 48 with a shotgun blast. Fuller was wounded by Eugene Parker a workhouse guard and deputy sheriff after Burgess and Police Captain L T Anderson went to Fuller home to investigate a complaint that Fuller was armed with a shotgun and threatening his wife. City Safety Director John Gartin said murder charges would be filed against Fuller if he survived.
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Kingsport
Tenn
George Fuller
Ira Burgess
Puller
Eugene Parker
Burgess
L. T. Anderson
Fuller
John Gartin
Graduate H Kahle Jarrell Receives 1950 VPI Class Honor
H Kahle Jarrell agronomy major at VPI graduates with the 1950 class. He serves as secretary of the Student Section of the American Society of Agronomy for 1948 and as president for 1949 50. He belongs to the Agricultural club Student Life Council Alpha Zeta and Phi Sigma, and is the son of Mr and Mrs F H Jarrell of Bluefield Virginia. He and his wife Ella Nash live on the Bluefield College campus with their daughter Nancy Eileen.
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VPI
VPI Agricultural Club
American Society of Agronomy
Alpha Zeta
Phi Sigma
F. H. Jarrell
East Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Jarrell
Ella Nash
Nancy Eileen
Bluefield College
Bluefield, Va
Capt Rickenbacker to Visit Roanoke Airfield
Capt Eddie Rickenbacker president and GM of Eastern Air Lines will visit Roanoke Woodrum field with 24 top airline officials to inspect the station and meet local staff. The stop supports a 40 million expansion plan including new planes to enter service in September 1951, with departure to Winston-Salem at 4 15 p m.
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Roanoke
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
Woodrum Field
Rickenbacker
W. L. Robertson
Eastern
Winston-Salem
N. C
Funds Released For State Institutions In West Virginia
The West Virginia board of public works released 50 000 for a laundry and bakery building at Barboursville State hospital and 57 006 04 for an employer dormitory and staff residences at Pinecrest Sanitarium. An additional 6 000 was approved for improvements to Booker T. Washington state park. Pinecrest work will be overseen by institution officials and will house 45 people in a two story brick dormitory.
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Public Works
Barboursville State Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Booker T. Washington State Park
Institute
Pinecrest
Joe J. Burdett
Board of Controls
Barboursville
Communists Campaign Ahead of Ruhr State Election
In Frankfurt on June 14 Germanys Communist party greets voters in the Ruhr as they announce plans for an eastern guest dignitaries to boost the state legislature election next Sunday 9 000 000 Germans vote in North Rhine Westphalia and a September 1 peace rally in Essen with FDJ youth groups seeking 50 000 attendees as East zone leaders arrive to rally West German supporters.
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Germany
Ruhr
Essen
Berlin
North Rhinewestphalia
Hermann Matern
People’s Congress
East Zone
East
Herbert Heinz
Communist Free German Youth
FDJ
West Germany
Virginia Bankers Close Annual Meet
The Virginia Bankers Association wrapped its annual gathering in Hot Springs Virginia with resolutions opposing deficit financing by the federal government and urging banks to pursue solid retirement systems for employees. Giles H. Miller Jr. of Culpeper was installed as president, succeeding John B. Alfriend of Norfolk, and the group commended Sen. A Willis Robertson for helping defeat Reorganization Plan No. 1, which proposed abolishing the comptroller of the currency office.
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Hot Springs
Virginia Bankers Association
Ting
Virginia
Giles H. Miller, Jr
Culpeper
John 8. Alfriend
Norfolk
A. Willis Robertson
Hoover Commission
Comptroller of the Currency
French use few matches through state monopoly
The French state controlled tobacco authority also monopolizes matches and reports average French use at 1360 per year. This is lower than most European countries where annual consumption runs between 1800 and 2000 per person.
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Paris
Tobacco Administration
West Virginia Delegation Opens 30th J C C Conference in Chicago
A 40 member Junior Chamber of Commerce delegation from West Virginia arrived in Chicago to attend the opening day of the 30th annual national business conference. The event marks a key gathering of young civic leaders.
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Chicago
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ed West Virginia
Army worm outbreak hits Greenbrier county farms
State entomologist F Waldo Craig reports a swarm of army worms has damaged 28 acres in Greenbrier county near Lewisburg. They invaded 8 acres of corn 5 of barley and 15 of meadow with control bait being tested. He warned the larvae stage could turn to moths in a few days and reoccur about four times yearly.
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Lewisbrug
W. Va
Greenbrier
Lewisburg
F. Waldo Craig
Charleston
Craig
West Virginia University Demo Day Slated June 30
Morgantown authorities announce the third annual WVU daily day event on June 30 showcasing home pasteurizers and other demonstrations including hay drying and irrigation techniques.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
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