Parking Building Dedication Plans for Bluefield
The Bluefield chamber of commerce laid out final arrangements for the parking building dedication set for Friday. E G Otey announced the event with weather contingencies and named J L Alexander and Owen Rickard to represent the chamber at the Bluestone Park association meeting June 19 in Hinton to review U S engineers and State Conservation Commission surveys. The group also heard a report on the baby beef show and sale with 35 calves exhibited and 21 sold, and discussed a farm market road bond rally in White Sulphur Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Otey
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bridge Room
West Virginian Hotel
Otey
J. L. Alexander
Owen Rickard
Chamber of Commerce
Bluestone Park Association
A. Harry West
Bluefield
Hinton
U. S. Engineers
State Conservation Commission
Bluestone Dam
Agriculture Committee
Albert S. Kemper
Roads Committee
White Sulphur Springs
Tazewell Stockmen Win Sheep Prizes
Three Burkes Garden, Virginia sheep raisers won top awards at the Staunton Show and Sale. Joe Moss captured the ene championship with a Hampshire ewe and took third with another. Alex Davis won first in the Hampshire ram show and Bob Davis’s ram finished fourth. The Virginia Tech entry at Blacksburg supplied the champion ram.
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Burkes Garden
Staunton
United States
Missouri
Joe Moss
Alex Davis
Hampshire
Gallbladder Sufferers Find Relief With New Medicine
Sufferers of gallbladder misery due to lack of healthy bile report remarkable results from a new medicine. Skiiusin or Gallusin stimulates bile flow and relieves colic and stomach agony. Priced at £2.00 per dose, claimed to be cost effective, sold with full money back guarantee by Taylor's Drug Store, 228 Princeton Ave. Mail orders filled.
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Taylor's Drug Store
Princeton Ave
Five Americans Nabbed By Yugoslav Troops
Five Americans were taken prisoner by Yugoslav troops while aboard a motorboat off Punta Grossa in Istria. Army officials would not provide details, but unofficially said captives, including one civilian and four engineers, were seized after entering Yugoslav waters near Trieste. The army expected their return late tonight or tomorrow.
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Trieste
Free Territory
U. S
Punta Grossa
Istria
Engineers’ Corps
Gulf of Trieste
Adriatic Sea
Soldiers Complete Survival Ratio Test
Eleven volunteers from the third armor division at Fort Knox Ky completed an army survival ration test to study minimal diet under life raft conditions. The test produced insights for armed forces diets in extreme stress. Each man received 900 calories daily versus the usual 2500 to 3500 for New Yorkers. Ten of the men finished the five week trial.
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New York
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
David Schwimmer
Metropolitan Hospital
Bartley Man Held As Stevens Case Witness
Welch West Virginia June 16 L C Allen Bartley Negro identified as a material witness in the state versus Dr W Richard Stevens has been arrested and is being held without bond in McDowell county jail. Allen was said to have tried to leave the county to avoid appearing as witness and was arrested by Sgt C B Dye of the state police detachment. Dr Stevens a physician at Bartley at the time he allegedly shot his wife may be tried in McDowell county criminal court in July.
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McDowell County Criminal Court
MaJdly
Jolo Man Killed In Mine Accident
Jolo West Virginia June 16 Lonnie Estep 22 was killed instantly at work in Pond Creek No 3 mine Bartley when a shot fired and struck him in the face Survivors include his mother Mrs Lodge Estep and several brothers and sisters Rites set for 11 oclock tomorrow from Estep Cemetery Estep Ridge
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Jolo
W. Va
Lonnie Estep
Pond Creek Company
Bartley Estep
Lodge Estep
Estep
Estep Ridge
Wild West Range Sees Citywide Target Practice Ban
Butte Montana residents face a city order forbidding target shooting within limits as police cite numerous stray shots causing property damage. Authorities say public safety concerns outweigh local enthusiasm for firearms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Stamp Will Honor Gettysburg Address
A resolution authorizes a November 19 1948 three cent stamp to commemorate the 85th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Washington
White House
Vogue Shops Opportunity Day At The City And Coalfield
Readable ad notes Vogue Shops holding an Opportunity Day Friday and Saturday offering savings. Also mentions a lodge meeting for Mer cer lodge No 160 A F & A M at 7 30 tonight June 17 with officers to be installed and visiting Master Masons welcome. A clothing ad touts men’s gabardine suits at 406 Princeton Ave and TEOL antiseptic claim promising quick germ kill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Lodge No. 160
A. F
A. M
D. E. Cruise
W. M. R. E. Thompson
District Court Trials Set in Northern District
District Court trials were set for Tuesday June 22 in the southern district U S court. William Thurman Mart Jr and John Roswell Poff pleaded not guilty to transporting a stolen car from Bluewell to Tazewell Virginia. Several other defendants faced postponed or deferred actions with guilty pleas noted for the seven cases on the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thurman Martin, Jr
Bluestone
John Roswell Poff
McComas
U. S
Bluewell
Tazewell
Ben Moore
Everett Blackburn
Red Jacket
Kenneth H. Perdue
Route 1
Bluefield
Jesse James Lowery
Hartwell
Ellis Arnold
Whitewood
Joseph Brewster
Raysal
Ernest Edgar O'Dell
Matoaka
William Frederick Smith
Gap Mill
Monroe County
Dewey Sizemore
Northfork
Moore
Charlie Blankenship
Paynesville
Blankenship
Paul J. Holdren
Lacy Thompson
Summers County
John E. Frazier
McDowell County
Federal Correctional Institution
Ashland
Charles E. Hill
Stamford
Raleigh
MacArthur
Virginia Motorists Warned On Unauthorized Inspection Stickers
Richmond Virginia June 16 division of motor vehicles warns that theft and unauthorized use of inspection stickers become a misdemeanor starting June 29 as amended by the 1948 general assembly. Officials note past instances of motorists with illegitimate stickers on uninspected cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Division of Motor Vehicles
General Assembly
DVM
Man Wounds Mate In Rural Shooting
Elkins man Clyde Shifflett seriously wounded his estranged wife then killed himself at a rural home near Hodgesville. Sheriff H A Zikefoose said Mrs. Shifflett, mother of four aged two to nine, was in critical condition after the incident at the Black home where she was visiting amid separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Black
Shifflett
Black
Turkey Run
Hodgesville
Thirteen Seek Beauty In Miss Bluefield Pageant
Thirteen contestants, sponsored by Bluefield businesses, vie in the dedication ceremony for the Municipal parking building. Winners advance to Miss West Virginia and then Miss America, with the Firemen's Ball tomorrow night marking the climax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queens
Moundsville
Atlantic City
N. J
Bluefield
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Billie Tabor
Beaver High School
Farmville
Louise Gilmer
Bluefield Hardware Company
Bluefield Supply Company
Betty Spradlin
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Spradlin
Beaver
P. Spradlin
Union Street
Bashlors Esso Station
Rebecca Barksdale
Graham High School
H. B. Dooley
Mullens
Feuchtenberger Bakeries
Marilyn Mustard
C. H. Mustard
Wyoming Street
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Norma Sue McClung
H. H. McClung
James Street
Libby Taylor
Ralph W. Taylor
Jefferson Street
Platnick Brothers
Janice Frazier
Randolph-Macon College
C. C. Prazier
College Avenue
Elizabeth Harris
R. A. Harris
Pounding Mill
Commercial Bank
Harris
Richlands High School
Princeton
Marjorie Huddleston
Virginia Huddleston
West Virginia Armature Company
Princeton High School
Concord College
Ammonia Tank Blast Injures Young Oak Ridge Worker
In Oak Ridge Tennessee on June 16 Coy Simmons age 16 a Taft Moody Ice Cream Manufacturing employee was pinned by an outside ammonia tank explosion. He was hospitalized with undetermined injuries. Plant manager Phillip S. Anderson reported the rear of the building sustained damage.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
Taft Moody Ice Cream Manufacturing Company
Coy Simmons
Oak Ridge Hospital
Phillip S. Anderson
Robeson to Speak at Wallace Party Convention in Virginia
Paul Robeson, singer and actor, will deliver the principal address at the Virginia Wallace for president party convention in Richmond on June 27. George Elwood, executive secretary of the Virginia Wallace-for-president committee, announced the lineup today.
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Richmond
Paul Robeson
Virginia
Henry Wallace
Robeson
George Elwood
Deaths and Funerals Notice for Nellie M Hall and Morrison family
Nellie M Hall of Pearisburg Virginia died in Arlington Virginia at her daughter's home. Funeral services will be held this afternoon with burial at National Memorial Park Falls Church Arlington in Maplewood Cemetery Pearisburg. Survived by four daughters and one son. Burial details include First Christian church Pearisburg Assembly of God North Tazewell and Maplewood cemetery. Reverend Roy Mullens and other ministers will conduct services. The section also lists Morrison family survivors including Beatrice Morrison and several children.
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Nellit. M. Hall
Nellie M. Hall
C. French Givens
Givens
Pearisburg
W. H. Wall
Arlington
National Memorial Park
Falls Church
Hall
Wall
J. Hadden
Assembly of God
North Tazewell
Maplewood
Roy Mullens
H. H. Peek
D. Hampton
Lane
Morrison
Virginia Earls
James
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Kelson
Louisville
Edward
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Ill
M. E
U. S. Army
Germany
Carl
Roy
Billy
Charles Noakes
Maxine
John K. Morrison
Bartley
Beatrice Morrison
John K., Jr
Richard
Jerry
Helen Falkie
Dorothy
Margie
Oma Mullens Hale
Memorial Funeral Directory
Princeton
Burchett
Bland, Va
Rest Haven Cemetery
Pilgrim Holiness Church
G. M. Strupe
Grace Harston
Nellie Jones
James Saecared
Geneva Fox
Notre Shutt
Wilma Bailey
Mike Meskello
Stanley Toposkly
H. H. Kidd
Ralph Kidd
Jimmy Jones
M. F. Thomas
Walker Fox
W. T
Uncle Bill) Morrison
Tazewell
Bluefield
Welch Hospital
M. B
S. Army
Funeral services for Mont Cox prominent Belfast Mills farmer
Funeral services were held for Mont Cox 69 lifelong resident and farmer of Belfast Mills Russell County Virginia. The Rev W A White presided with Revs Perry Herndon and John Herndon assisting. Interment was in Baylor cemetery Belfast. He died Monday at Mattie Williams hospital Richlands. Survived by wife Vada and children Mrs Robert Jackson Mrs Albert Robinson Mrs Graham Herndon Walter Cox Graham Cox Vernie Cox. Also fifteen grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Mont Cox
Belfast Mills
Russell County
Belfast
W. A. White
Perry Herndon
John Herndon
Richlands
Baylor
Cox
Mattie Williams Hospital
Vada Cox
Robert Jackson
Albert Robinson
Graham Herndon
Walter Cox
Graham Cox
Arista
W. Va
Vernie Cox
Albuquerque
N. M
Draft bill delays study as House mulls 90 day pause
House puts draft bill on ice until at least January 31 and weighs delaying action for 90 days. Rep. Miller questions rationale while Rep. Mansfield seeks a 100 percent war profits tax amendment that fails. Senate already moved a similar measure. The plan would register men 18 to 30 with 19 to 25 subject to two year drafts, exemptions for most veterans and reserve members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Andrews
House
Shafer
Miller
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
National Guard
Air National Guard
Last Rites for Breeding in Bland County to Be Held
Funeral services for Samuel J. Breeding of Grundy will be conducted at his home at 6 p.m. and at Prater Creek church at 11 a.m. tomorrow with burial in Richlands cemetery. Breeding disappeared September 26, 1944, and his body was found November 17, 1947 in Bland county.
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Samuel J. Breeding
Grundy
Bland County
Grundy Funeral Home
Prater Creek
Vansant
Haysi Road
Republicans Readied for First Televised National Convention
Hallanan claims over two thousand reporters and technicians will cover the convention, the first national political convention to be televised. An estimated five million viewers on the Atlantic seaboard are expected to watch the telecasts, with preparations said to be ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallanan
Atlantic Seaboard
America
The Common Glory Opens With Virginia Night Honors
Williamsburg schedule marks July 2 as Virginia Night honoring state officials and Democratic leaders. Virginia Democrats gather in Richmond for their state convention the same day. A special train from Richmond will shuttle delegates to Williamsburg for the 8 15 curtain and return after the performance.
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Williamsburg
Virginia
Richmond
McDowell Bus Service Seen Near Resume Amid Strike
Consolidated Bus Lines aims to restart service into McDowell County soon as drivers exit partial strike. Attorney George Richardson Jr says injunction against union interference is interpreted to let buses operate. A UCW United Mine Workers and AFL meeting ended without a settlement.
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McDowell County
Consolidated Bus Lines
George Richardson
Rattlesnakes Rattle Due to Tail Tip Vibrations
The rattling noise from rattlesnakes stems from vibrations of the tail tips. This action creates the distinctive warning sound used to deter threats.
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Robert Douglas Carter
Jack Pearson
Charleston
S. C
Albemarle Street
Jack Pearson Huddle
Gilmer Street
Corps of Cadets
Citadel
Military College of South
Huddle
The
Carter
Sparton
Tabor’s Trailer Sales
Frederick, Maryland
Cherry Street
Bluefield, W. VA
Portland Cement Association
Columbus
Ohio
Tae
Stevens
City and Coalfield
Vogue
Shaman'’S
Princeton, Ave
Goodykoontz Drug CO
By Jim Ratcliff
S. J. Breeding
Mrs
Oma M. Hale
W. T. Morrison
Mercer Garage
Scott and Raleigh Sts
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Pepsi-Cola Company
N. Y
McDowell Bus Service
Joseph S. Finch
Schenlet
el Producto
Puritanos Se
Weil Cigar CO
Richmond, VA
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