Court Denies Convicted Communists Travel for Fundraising
The U S court of appeals denied 9 of 11 jailed Communist leaders permission to travel nationwide to raise funds for appeals, while two did not participate due to illness and a contempt term. The government defended the Smith Act as a valid wartime power aimed at preventing violent overthrow, rejecting claims of constitutional error in the trial.
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
B 25 Crashes Near Elkins West Virginia Flight Crew Named
A B 25 crash on Timber Ridge near Elkins W Va four miles from Circleville after takeoff from Ogden Utah base. Eight crew members from Hill AFB Utah and one from Hamilton AFB California killed. Pilot Lt C T Economos of Clearfield Utah and Lt Harry W Rogers among the dead with three Air Force officers and others.
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
Harry W. Rogers
Milk deliveries halted as dairy workers strike in Pittsburgh
Spokesmen for thousands of Western Pennsylvania women demand negotiators end the deadlock as six day old dairy worker protests resume deliveries. Three women meet with dealers serving about 2.3 million people in seven counties. Mrs. Nelson K. Bennett—a mother of a four month old and a four year old—urges action to secure milk. A spokesman says negotiations are deadlocked.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Nelson K. Bennett
Visiting Fireman Useless At Blaze
G W Worth Jr visiting fireman from LaGrange Texas volunteered to help at a fire in Wichita Falls. He is claimed to be Texas' tallest fireman at six feet nine inches. The blaze was in a youngster's playhouse and the door was about three feet high. Worth posed little help.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
G. W. Worth, Jr
LaGrange
Central
Worth
Texas
Orth
Indictments Rise in Southern District Grand Jury
Forty four indictments were returned as the June term closed. Sentences were deferred for several defendants who pleaded guilty to moonshine and related charges. Nellie Grey Johnson admitted embezzling 362.83 from Goodwill post office. others pleaded to moonshine still operations in McDowell county and nearby areas. Jay Alfred Ragusa pleaded guilty to forgery in Huntington with a $187 check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand
U. S
Ben Moore
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 Staunton Virginia as the Eastern Stud Ram show closed with Southdowns Shropshires and Dorsets. The ninth annual sale opens tomorrow at 10 30 a m with Alex Meek of Burkes Garden making sale introductions. F L Walker and Sons Union W Va showed the champion Dorset ram while the champion Dorset ram was shown by William Gratwick Pavilion New York. Dorset Ram lambs first went to F L Walker and Sons. Hampshire class winners included Ewe lambs Lawson and Moss Burkes Garden first and second Yearling ewes Meek Burkes Garden first Ram lambs Lawson and Moss Burkes Garden first Joe Moss Burkes Garden retained possession of the Bullet Memorial trophy.
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Staunton
Alex Meek
Burkes Garden
F. L. Wlaker
Pavilion
N. Y
Hampshire
Dorset
Ram Lambs
F. L. Walker and Sons
Union
W. Va
Ewe Lambs
Lawson
Immortal Sneeze Highlights Early Motion Picture Try
Historians describe Thomas Edison’s 1889 experiments that captured a man sneezing on film. The fragment suggests one of the earliest moving image attempts and reflects Edison’s developing practice with motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Edison
Mercer Lodge Stated Communication and Officer Installation
Mercer Lodge No. 160 AF and AM will hold a 7:30 p m stated communication tonight with an 8:30 p m public installation of officers followed by refreshments. C W Johnson W M and R M Thompson Secy. Also note Pete's offers fresh jumbo Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs and lunch hours 11:30 to 2 00 with extended dining to 9 00 p m.
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Mercer Lodge No. 160
C. W. Johnson
W.M
R. M. Thompson
Chesapeake— Bay
Pete's
Smuts Resigns United Party Post in Ill Health
Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts, 80, resigns tonight as leader of the United party while critically ill with pneumonia. In Capetown the United party unanimously elects J. G. N. Strauss, 50, as his successor. a doctor remains at Smuts' bedside as bulletin notes his critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Penumania
United Party
Smuts
Capetown
J. G. N. Strauss
Police Seek Robbery Trio After Fairmont Engineer Assaulted
Police hunt three men who assaulted and robbed L. H. Williams, a Baltimore and Ohio railway engineer from Fairmont visiting the area. Williams met them at the Palace pool room on Stewart Street Tuesday evening and was driven toward Davy in McDowell County before the car stopped at Falls Mills and he was struck, robbed of money a 21 jewel Hamilton watch and a pen and pencil set, and dumped from the vehicle. He was not seriously hurt and returned to Bluefield to report the crime yesterday morning.
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 in Ohio Collection
A found document recalls Citizen Genet from 1793 94 efforts to drive Spain from Louisiana and Florida. It shows Genet with George Rogers Clark planning a frontier legion later scuttled by Washington. The commission as captain was issued to John Cochran by Clark and later sold by Joseph S. Callery in Columbus.
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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
Honolulu reports a wide Pacific haze not linked to radioactivity. Scientists cite Mauna Loa eruption as the likely cause as two Geiger counters show no radioactive traces. Weather officials plan air sampling to analyze content while the smoky veil spreads from Wake Island to beyond Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Mauna Loa
R. H. Simpson
Wake Island
India Cuts Grain Imports
India reports lower grain imports for 1950 with about 500000 tons in the first four months. A food ministry official says annual target is under 1.5 million tons and lays groundwork for government pledge not to import grains after 1950. Last year imports reached about 4 million tons.
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New Delhi
India
Food Ministry
Old Strasbourg Daily Becomes Weekly After 163 Years
The Journal d Alsace et de Lorraine, France s oldest daily newspaper, founded in 1787, ceases daily publication after 163 years and will switch to a weekly format in the future. It continued in French through the Alsace Lorraine annexation from 1871 to 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasbourg
Francé
Journal d’Alsace Et de
Flag Day Rites Mark Beaverton Elks Ceremony
Bluefield Lodge No. 269 Elks held Flag Day services with a patriotic address by Philip T. Lilly Jr. A Beaver high school band parade preceded the program on Raleigh street. Henry Fortune sang patriotic songs and Elks officers led the observance including Exalted Ruler W. M. Jones and Chaplain Robert Chandler.
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Bluefield Lodge No. 269
Elks
Philip T. Lilly, Jr
Lilly
Beaver High School
American Legion
Raleigh Street
Elks Lodges
Henry Fortune
United States
Men of God
W. M. Jones
Robert Chandler
Elks Lodge
Randolph Whittacker
Claude Angel
Welby Thornbert
Ernest Coles, Jr
Esquire
Wade Hodges
Five Year Old Accused in Third Floor Baby Drop
A Detroit mother stopped her five year old daughter Pris cilla Ritchie from dropping her baby half brother Terry Hollen from a third story window. Two year old Jesse Dine Hollen was hurled from the height and rushed to a hospital in critical condition. The incident occurred as Paul Scott heard a thump and saw the child in danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jessedine Hollen
Paul Scott
Jessedine
Squirrel Nabs Doughnuts From Austin L. Horne Store
A mystery of missing dough nuts at Horne's grocery ends with a news carrier catching a squirrel in the act of chewing through a cardboard doughnut container. The creature scampered up a tree and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Austin L. Horne
Stage Name Origin of Comedian Ed Wynn
Comedian Ed Wynn adopted his stage name by expanding the middle part of his birth name Isaiah Edwin Leopold, creating a memorable professional identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Wynn
Isaiah Edwin Leopold
Deaths and Funerals In Bramwell Area
Funeral services for Glenn Scott Sr 51 Bramwell will be held at Bramwell Methodist Church with a military graveside at Woodlawn cemetery. He was a World War I veteran miner and United Mine Workers local 6166 member. Surviving wife Georgia Cowan Scott son Glenn Scott Jr sister Emily Scott and others. Pallbearers listed. Also Arminday Matney 76 of Berwind died Tuesday night. Funeral 1 p m Friday at Sycamore Jump Cemetery Buchanan Co Va. O J Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge.
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Glenn Scott
Bramwell
St. A Hospital
Bramwell Methodist Saint
J. S. Jones
Woodlawn
Scott
Andrew
Margaret Perry Scott
United Mine Workers
Garnett H. Nicewander
Theodore R. Way
Walter T. Jeffery
Thomas A. Nicewander
Marvin A. Tabor
Robert Creasey
Goode Homes
C. E. Cumby
Frank Gibson
D. W. McCormick
The
Church
Arminday Matney
John Matney
Berwind
Sycamore Jump
Buchanan County
Matney
McDowell County
Abner Vance
Methodist Church
John
Cecil Matney
Canebrake
Ezra Matney
Bishop
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Aubra Byrd Dies After Brief Illness in Welch
Aubra Fred Byrd, 49, of Elbert died Monday morning in a Welch hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 PM at Gary Methodist Church conducted by Rev. L. E. Crowson. Interment in Thorpe Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubra Fred Byrd
Elbert
Welch
Gary Methodist Church
L. E. Crowson
Thorpe Cemetery
Two Basins Residents Die in Separate Illnesses
J Robert Graham 54 of Basin Wyoming county died at home after a five year illness. Survived by wife Minda, children Carl Bobbie Pearl Opal and Otis Stephens. brothers Jack and McKinley. sisters Martha Louanna Melvina Daisy. Funeral at Basin church with Rev. Graham. burial in church cemetery. Ed Matheson 54 of Welch died after a stroke at home. Funeral at First Baptist Welch with Rev Wolfe. burial Maplewood cemetery Tazewell Va. He leaves wife, father Mott Matheson, three daughters, two sons, a brother Gardner, sisters Sam Saul Hill Eggers and others, plus half brothers and former marriage children. Funeral plans by Douglas mortuary.
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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
Herrindon
Martha Graham
Louanna McKinney
Herndon
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
Arthur
Hill Isaacs
W. R. Johnson
Detroit
American Mechanics
Douglas Mortuary
Deaths of Mrs Arminta Bunts and Mrs John Ward
Mrs Arminta Bunts 84 died Tuesday in Wytheville after a long illness. Survived by sister Mrs M G Smith of Bluefield and brother Alec Archer of Beckley. Funeral 2 p.m. today at Wytheville Christian church. burial West End cemetery. Rev G O Guard officiating. Mrs John F Ward died yesterday at Bluefield Sanitarium from a heart condition. Survived by husband and three sons Franklin J Ward Columbus, O. William Ward Mt Hope W Va. John Ward Bluefield. sister Mrs C R Franklin Bluefield. brothers J Sam Bennett Princeton, Robert Bennett Princeton, Ira Bennett Bluefield. Burial Monte Vista Ser. Body 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
Welch Church Dedicates New Methodist Edifice in Welch
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of Pittsburgh preached the consecration sermon at the dedication of a new Methodist church in Welch West Virginia. The ceremony included opening prayers and benediction by Dr. R. H. Daugherty and a congregation inspection of the building on Virginia avenue, the $200000 structure located beside Strickler hall recreation room.
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Virginia Avenue
Driver Sought In Auto Crash
A hearing on warrants against Bill Fisher of Bluefield for drunken driving hit and run and reckless driving will be held once he is taken into custody. The 1949 Chrysler driven by Fisher crashed into a 1938 Ford injuring two people and causing about 1700 dollars in damage on the Bluefield Princeton road. Fisher fled the scene and later summoned a taxi requesting his companions be taken to a sanitarium before fleeing on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Bill Fisher
Bluefield
Fisher
Sebert Gambill
Annwalt
Gambill
Truckola
Bluefield Cab Company
Bluefield Sanitarium
Giles Street
Buddy Peery
Cherry _ street
Peery
Donald Davidson
Bluefield Avenue
Evelyn Shearer
Anawalt
Woncey Jones
Richlands
Bramwell Station Operator Fined in Officer Interference Case
Bramwell filling station operator Roy Alban was found guilty of interfering with an officer in the performance of his duty. He was fined $50 by Justice of the Peace W. T. Jackson. The incident stemmed from an arrest involving Bramwell policeman Gordos Short last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Alban
Bramwell
Justice of the Peace
W. T. Jackson
Alban
Gordos Short
Franklin's 1752 Lightning Test Kite Experiment
Benjamin Franklin conducted a lightning experiment in 1752 using a kite and a key during a thunderstorm to prove a connection between lightning and electricity. The ordeal demonstrated the electrical nature of lightning and contributed to early electrical science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Wanted salesman with car travels four counties near Bluefield
An experienced salesman with a car is sought to travel four counties around Bluefield West Virginia. Apply Box 905 care Daily Telegraph Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Care Daily Telegraph
W. Va
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Ing
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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
Tot
Aubrey F*red Byrd
Jack Frost
Rogers
Welch Church
Gibson
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Cincinnati, O
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