U.S. Court Opens With Grand Jury Deliberations in June Term
The grand jury is set to report at 1 30 this afternoon to begin deliberations in the June term of the U S district court. The petit jury is to report at 9 00 Monday for trials in Bluefield. Judge Leslie E Given leads with U S district attorney Garnet Thompson Milton J Ferguson and Phil Baer assisting.
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U.S. District Court
West
Bluefield
Ben Ben Moore
Lions Club
Leslie E. Given
U. S&s
Garnet Thompson
Milton
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Natural Bowel Movements
Dr Edwards offered Olive Tablets to relieve constipation by stimulating both upper and lower bowels. The product claimed thorough action with Roe abel directions and full customer satisfaction.
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Dr. Edwards
Roe Abel
Attorneys Remain for Week in Ferguson Baer Case
Howard M. Jarrett of Bluefield has resigned as assistant district attorney after the Bluefield district attorney’s office was discontinued. Ferguson and Baer will represent the government next week in the ongoing matter.
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Ferguson
Baer
Howard M. Jarrett
Bluefield
Nazarene DVBS Closes After Week of Activities
Sunday morning worship marked the Nazarene DVBS closing with nearly 100 children in attendance. Mrs. Robert E. Long and staff presented a varied program featuring scriptural quotes and trio numbers, highlighting a week of daily sessions and a closing Saturday picnic.
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Nazarene Dvbs
Robert E. Long
Nanette Jones
Pearle Sisson
Joe H. Davis
D. B. Cundiff
Vane Anderson
Clayton Ruble
A. E. Tabor
Fort Branch Teen Killed on First Day at Tipple
In Logan West Virginia on June 16 a 19 year old Alvin L Muncey working his first day as a tipple man was electrocuted after being struck by a low hanging wire carrying 2400 volts His brother Alfred was the foreman on site at the tipple.
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Logan
W. Va
Alvin L. Muncey
Fort Branch
Alfred
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Natural Regularity
The ad touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a solution for constipation caused by low bulk in the diet. It recommends eating an ounce daily with milk or mixed in cereals and drinking water, with a double your money back offer after a ten day trial.
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Kellogg
Area Men Serve In Armed Forces
News of three area servicemen received yesterday. Paul A. Bobbitt of Galax and Edgar C. Lester of Jaeger served aboard USS Wilkes-Barre visiting Glasgow Scotland and Bergen Norway, while Kenneth W. Johnson of Princeton completed basic submarine training at Submarine Base New London Conn and will report for duty or further training. Frank P. Allison of Wytheville has also served, with details cut off in the text.
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Paul A. Bobbitt
Usb
Juanita B. Bobbitt
Galax
Edgar C. Lester
USN
Alex Lester
Jaeger
Glasgow
Scotland
Bergen
Norway
Wilkes-Barre
Royal Norwegian Navy
Kenneth W. Johnson
Seaman
William A. Johnston
Princeton
New London
Frank P. Allison
Seaman First Class Callihan Joins Philippine Sea Crew
Robert L. Callihan 18, of Beckley West Virginia, advanced to seaman first class aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea after enlisting at Neal Recruiting Station. He began recruit training at Naval Training Center Great Lakes in May 1946 and reported aboard in August 1946.
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San Francisco
Calif
John R. Craig
Robert L. Callihan
Usn
O. G. Callihan
Beckley
Philippine Sea
Navy
Neal
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Til
State Police Lodge Opens Convention in Wheeling
The West Virginia lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police opened its ninth annual convention in Wheeling with about 50 delegates. New state officers will be nominated tomorrow and elected Wednesday afternoon, with installation Wednesday evening as the concluding event.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
the Fraternal Order of Police
Chinese Graduate Gives To Tech Fund
Blacksburg Virginia Tech alumni fund received a gift worth $12,000 in Chinese currency, converted to U.S. stamps. Samuel Chu, a 1942 VPI graduate from Nanking Theological Seminary, sent one dollar in stamps with an apology for the small amount due to difficulty obtaining permission to send funds abroad.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
U. S
V.pi
Samuel Chu
Nanking Theological Seminary
C.N.C
U.S
Farmers Urged to Raise Rabbits in Virginia
Blacksburg Va June 14 extension service poultry specialist A L Dean urged farmers to add rabbit raising as a profitable sideline and meat supply supplement. He cited a Roanoke rabbit marketing cooperative need of over 2000 rabbits weekly and noted rabbits require little expensive grain and adapt to many feeds.
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Blacksburg
Extension Service
Virginia
A. L. Dean
Roanoke
Dean
Murder charge filed in fatal restaurant stabbing
Police Chief Robert Clifton said Gather Cole, 55, is held in Mingo county jail on a murder charge for the fatal stabbing of patron John Jackson, 45, in the restaurant Cole operated. Jackson died within minutes after the assault.
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Williamson
W. Va
Robert Clifton
Gather Cole
Mingo County
Cole
John Jackson
Clifton
Dean Describes Rapid Conversion of Raw Material into Edible Meat
Dean stated the process converts raw material into edible meat at an exceptionally high rate, emphasizing efficiency and speed in production.
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Dean
Chartering Of Town Case Before Court
The West Virginia Supreme Court agreed to hear whether chartering a town is a legislative or judicial function after Kanawha circuit court refused to issue a certificate of incorporation to Chesapeake. Chesapeake residents had voted 287 to 35 to incorporate. The court also ordered Berkeley county circuit Judge D H Rodgers to appear September 3 to show cause why he should not halt a damage suit against American Fruit Growers Inc of Delaware.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Kanawha Circuit Court
Chesapeake
American Fruit Growers, Inc
Delaware
Berkeley County
D. H. Rodgers
American
Smith Orchard Case Over Apple Tree Destruction
The October term continuance was granted in the circuit court. The Smith Orchard company brought suit over the inadvertent destruction of 600 Smith apple trees.
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Smith Orchard Company
Smith
Boy 10 Injured by Falling Machine at School Shop
Beckley West Virginia June 16 Franklin Collins ten was accidentally struck by a falling metal stamping machine in his father J M Collins shop at Shady Spring high school He sustained a skull fracture and chest injuries according to hospital attendants
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Beckley
W. Va
Franklin Collins
J. M. Collins
Shady Spring High School
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U.S. Court
Bluefield, Virginia
R. A. Tabor’s Central Cash Store
Broyles Cash Store
Whitt's Grocery
Gary
Rust Engineering Co
Pittsburgh
U. 8. Coal and Coke Co
U. 8. Steel Corp
Lucky Strike
M. Ball
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Bohn
Jimmy Ball
State Police Lodge
Music Box
Cherry St
Mili
DIAL
Bluefield West
Vincent Paoliello
Tazewell St. Bluefield, W. Va
Burgess Construction CO
Elephone
Penney’s Street
Honolulu
Jersey
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