Parking Building Plans Completed for Friday Dedication
Bluefield chamber of commerce board completes arrangements for the dedication of the parking building. If weather permits the ceremony is to be held on the top floor. rain moves it to the third floor. J L Alexander and Owen Rickard to represent the chamber at Scene Park association meeting June 19 in Hinton.
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
Eeene Park Association
A. Harry West
Bluefield
Hinton
U. S. Engineers
State Conservation Commission
Bluestone Dam
J. L. Alexesuier
Agriculture Committee
Albert S. Kemper
Roads Committee
White Sulphur Springs
Tazewell Stockmen Win Sheep Prizes
Three Burkes Garden sheep raisers earned top awards at the Staunton Ram Show and Sale in Virginia. Entries came from the eastern United States to Missouri. Joe Moss won the Hampshire ewe championship and placed third with another ewe. Alex Davis won best Hampshire ram. Bob Davis’s ram finished fourth. All three men won awards in other classes. The champion ram was from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkes Garden
Staunton
Missouri
Joe Moss
Alex Davis
Bob Davis
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
New Gall Bladder Remedy Promises Relief
Misery over gallbladder issues due to unhealthy bile offers relief with a preparation named GALLUSIN. Marketed as boosting bile flow, the product claims dramatic results for colic and stomach discomfort. Priced at 3 dollars per dose with money back guarantee from Tayloe's Drug Store on 228 Princeton Ave. Wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tayloe
Princeton Ave
Five Americans Nabbed By Yugoslav Troops
Five Americans were taken prisoner by Yugoslav forces aboard a motorboat off Punta Grossa in Istria. Army officials gave few details, but unofficially the capture is said to involve one civilian and four soldiers from the engineers' corps. The captives were reportedly entering Yugoslav waters when seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Free Territory
U. S
Punta Grossa
Istria
Engineers’ Corps
Gulf of Trieste
Adriatic Sea
Soldiers Complete Survival-Ration Test
Eleven volunteers from the third armor division at Fort Knox, Kentucky, completed an army survival ration test for life-raft conditions. Each man received 900 calories daily, far below the average New Yorker’s 2,500 to 3,500. Ten of the men finished the five-week program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 held without bond in the McDowell county jail He was said to have tried to leave the county to avoid testimony and was arrested by Sgt C B Dye of the state police detachment and brought here Dr Stevens a Bartley physician who allegedly shot his wife may face trial in McDowell county criminal court in July.
Jolo Man Killed In Mine Accident
Lonnie Estep a 22 year old miner at Pond Creek No 3 mine Bartley W Va was killed when a shot meant to shoot coal exploded in his face at work Survivors include his mother Mrs Lodge Estep and several brothers and sisters Rites set for 11 am tomorrow at Estep Cemetery Estep Ridge
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Jolo
W. Va
Lonnie Estep
Pond Creek Company
Bartley
Estep
Lodge Estep
Estep Ridge
The Wild West On The Range
In Butte Montana officers banned target practice inside city limits after frequent misfires. Police said backyard shooting damaged surrounding properties and prompted the restraint order.
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Butte
Mont
Stamp to honor Gettysburg Address set for November
Washington notes the House approved a resolution to issue on November 19, 1948 a special three cent stamp commemorating the 85th anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
White House
Vogue Shops Opportunity Day At Vogue Shop
City and coalfield readers are invited to Vogue Shops Opportunity Day with savings on Friday and Saturday. A State Communication of Mer cer lodge No. 160, A F and A M, meets at 7:30 tonight June 17 for installation of officers. Visiting Master Masons welcome. D E Cruise W M R E Thompson sec y. Men’s gabardine suits new stock at Shaman's 406 Princeton Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogue
Mercer Lodge No. 160
A. F
A. M
D. E. Cruise
W. M. R. E. Thompson
Sec’y
Shaman’s
Princeton, Ave
Te Ol Best Seller Claims Germ Eradication
An ad from GoodyKoontz Drug Co promotes TE-OL as a potent antiseptic for athletes foot. It touts 980 percent alcohol content and claims rapid germ reach and mill action within one hour, suggesting superior effectiveness over conventional products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodykoontz Drug CO
District Court Trials Set for June Twenty Second
District Court in the southern district convened with trials set for June 22. William Thurman Mart Jr. and John Roswell Poff Jr., both not guilty to transporting a stolen car from Bluewell to Tazewell, Va., faced witnesses as Judge Ben Moore scheduled the date. Other cases were postponed or deferred for investigation.
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
Bartley
Moore
Summers County
John E. Frazier
McDowell County
Ashland
Charles E. Hill
Stanford
Raleigh
MacArthur
Virginia Motorists Warned After June 15 Checkup Deadline
Richmond Virginia June 16 The division of motor vehicles warns that theft and unauthorized use of inspection stickers will be punishable by fine or imprisonment. As amended by the 1948 general assembly section 109 A of the motor vehicle code makes unauthorized inspection sticker use a misdemeanor beginning June 29. DVM notes past cases of motorists displaying stickers on uninspected cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Division of
General Assembly
DVM
Man Wounds Mate In Rural Shooting
Elkins West Virginia June 16 a man wounded his estranged wife and then killed himself at a rural home near Hodgesville. Sheriff H A Zikefoose identified the killer as Clyde Shifflett. The woman a mother of four aged two to nine was in critical condition. The shooting occurred at the home of Mr and Mrs Richard Black where she was visiting after separation from her husband. Relatives said Shifflett had gone to the Black home to reconcile personal differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Black
Shifflett
Turkey Run
Hodgesville
13 Will Seek Beauty Title
Thirteen contenders will vie for Miss Bluefield tomorrow as Bluefield dedicates the Municipal parking building in a pageant. Local dignitaries will select the winner who will attend Miss West Virginia in Moundsville with a Pepsi scholarship and a trip to Miss America. Each contestant is sponsored by a Bluefield business, including Appalachian Electric Power, Bluefield Hardware, Bluefield Supply, A W Cox department store, Daily Telegraph Printing, Bashlors Esso, Flat Top Insurance, Goodykoontz Drug, Feuchtenberger Bakeries, Platnick Brothers, First National and Commercial banks, Randolph-Macon, and West Virginia Armature, with entrants from Beaver, Graham, Mullens, Princeton, and Richlands areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ratcliff
Queens
Moundsville
Atlantic City
N. J
Bluefield
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Billie ‘Tabor
Beaver High’ School
Farmville Seals Teachers College
Farmville
Louise Gilmer
Bluefield Hardware Company
Beaver
FP. M
Betty Spradlin
Daily Telegraph Printing Company
Spradlin
P. Spradlin
Union Street
Bashlors Esso Station
Rebecca Barksdale
Graham High School
Miss Barksdale
Virginia Intermont College
Bristol
Billie Dooley
H. B. Dooley
Mullens
Feuchtenberger Bakeries
Marilyn Mustard
C. H. Mustard
Wyoming Street
Goodykoontz Drug Store
Norma Sue McClung
Beaver High School
H. H. McClung
James Street
Libby Taylor
Ralph W. Taylor
Jefferson Street
Platnick Brothers
First National
Janice Frazier
Randolph-Macon College
C. C. Frazier
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 Worker
Oak Ridge Tennessee June 16 A youth was injured when an ammonia tank exploded at the Taft Moody Ice Cream Manufacturing plant Coy Simmons 16 employed at the plant was pinned in a rear doorway by the blast and taken to Oak Ridge hospital with undetermined injuries Phillip S Anderson plant manager said the rear of the building was damaged and the tank that exploded was outside the structure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Taft Moody Ice Cream Manufacturing Company
Coy Simmons
Oak Ridge Hospital
Phillip S. Anderson
Robeson to Address Virginia Wallace Party Convention
Robeson, the singer and actor, will deliver the principal address at the Virginia Wallace party convention in Richmond on June 27. George Elwood, executive secretary of the Wallace-for-president committee, announced Robeson would take the spotlight position today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Paul Robeson
Virginia
Henry Wallace
Robeson
George Elwood
Deaths and Funerals in Virginia and nearby states
The notice lists several deaths and funeral arrangements across Virginia and adjacent areas. Nellie M. Hall of Pearisburg and Arlington died at her daughter's home with services pending and burial at National Memorial Park. Mont Cox of Belfast Mills died Monday at Mattie Williams hospital with services held at Belfast church and burial in Baylor cemetery. Samuel J. Breeding of Grundy, whose body was found in Bland county last year, will have last rites today and tomorrow with services at Grundy and Prater Creek church then burial at Richlands cemetery. Other notices include Morrison and Beatrice Morrison of Bartley and Welch with a double funeral planned for relatives, and Oma Mullens Hale of Princeton with services this afternoon and interment at Rest Haven cemetery.
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Nellie M. Hall
C. French Givens
Givens
Pearisburg
W. H. Wall
Arlington
National Memorial Park
Falls Church
Hall
Wall
J. Hadden Knibb
Pembroke
E. D. Long
Canada
George Hall
New York
N. Y
First Christian Church of
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
Samuel J. Breeding
Grundy
Bland County
Grundy Funeral Home
Prater Creek
Vansant
Haysi Road
Assembly of God
North Tazewell
Maplewood
Roy Mullens
H. H. Peek
M. D. Hampton
Mr. Lane
Morrison
Virginia Earls
James
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Kelson
Louisville
Edward
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
M. B
U. S. Army
Getmany
Carl
Roy
Billy
Charles Noakes
Lane Maxine
John K. Morrison
Bartley
Beatrice Morrison
Ohn K., Jr
Richard
Jerry
Helen Falkie
Dorothy
Margie
Oma M. Hale
Oma Mullens Hale
Memorial Funeral Directory
Princeton
Burchett
Bland
Rest
Haven Cemetery
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. M. Strupe
Grace Harston
Nellie Jones
James Shrewsberry
Geneva Fox
Notre Shutt
Wilma Bailey
Mike Meskello
Stanley Toposkly
H. H. Kidd
Ralph Kidd
Jimmy Jones
M. FP. Thomas
Walker Fox
W. T. Morrison
W. T
Uncle Bill) Morrison
Tazewell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Welch
House Votes to Delay Draft Registration Plan
House debates delaying the draft to January 31 as Rep. Miller questions Shafer's plan. An amendment to tax war profits at 100 percent is rejected. The bill would require men 18 through 30 to register with drafted 19 through 28 for two years, exempting most veterans and reserve units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Andrews
House
Shafer
Miller
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
National Guard
Air National Guard
No Steamroller at National Republican Convention
Hallanan denounces what he calls a vicious fictional plot and unveils plans for the televised national Republican convention. He notes over two thousand reporters and five million viewers along the Atlantic seaboard, and says preparations are complete and ready to begin, echoing that Republics of America are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallanan
Atlantic Seaboard
America
The Common Glory To Honor Politicos
Williamsburg Virginia night plan marks July 2 premiere of The Common Glory with state officials and Democratic leaders. Virginia Democrats hold their Richmond convention the same day. A special train from Richmond departs at 6 30 p m for an 8 15 curtain and returns after the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
Virginia
Richmond
Today
McDowell Bus Service Studied
Consolidated Bus Lines hopes to resume service in McDowell County soon. Attorney George Richardson Jr said the partial driver strike should end, with owner J E Craft insisting transportation remains for McDowell residents. Richardson linked Judge Thomas H S Curd’s injunction against the UCW to a return to operation, while union representatives met with likely no settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Consolidated Bus Lines
George Richardson
Consolidated
J. E. Craft
McDowell Partons
Richardson
Thomas H. S. Curd
United Construction Workers Union
Judge Curd
UCW
United Mini Workers of America
The
America
American Federation of Labor
Tail Rattle of Rattlesnakes Caused by Tail Tip Vibrations
The rattling noise from rattlesnakes results from vibrations of the tail tips.
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Robert Douglas Carter
Jack Pearson
Charleston
D. C
Albemarle Street
Jack Pearson Huddle
Gilmer Street
Corps of Cadets
Citadel
Military College of South
Huddle
Carter
Sparton
Tabor’s Trailer Sales
Gerner
Bluefield, W. VA
Velvet
Portland Cement Association of
Broad
Columbus
Chiof
Stevens
City and Coalfield
Pepsi-Cola
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Pepsi-Cola Company
Mercer Garage
Scott and Raleigh Sts
McDowell Bus Service
Lifetime
Joseph S. Finch , CO
Screnley, PR
el Producto
Puritanos
Weil Cigar CO
Richmond, VA
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