Bluefield Youth Named Page For Republican Convention
Charles Farrington Jr of Bluefield will serve as a page at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia next week. He is a son of Charles J Farrington of Washington DC, formerly of Bluefield, studying at Washington and Lee University on leave to train as a radio announcer at WHIS in Bluefield. Walter S Hallanan announced the appointment. Whitesville WV June 17 State police reported Mrs Algerta Canterbury mother of eight killed when a shotgun discharged as her son 77 handled it while the weapon was near the bed.
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Charles Farrington, Jr
Bluefield
Philadelphia
Charles J. Farrington
Washington, D. C
Blue- Young
Farrington
Washington and Lee University
WHIS
Whitesville
W. Va
Algerta Canterbury
Funeral Home
Congregational Church Ponders Unification
Oberlin Ohio June 17 The biennial general council of the Congregational Christian Church tonight heard retiring moderator Dr Albert W Palmer of Alameda California urge that the way be cleared for a union with the Evangelical and Reformed Church The merger is described as a step toward greater Christian unity and next to preventing another World War in importance in the agenda of the human race Delegates from more than twenty five states attend the Oberlin college campus meeting
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Oberlin
General Council
The
Congregational Christian Churches
Heart
S Secnadanet
Albert W. Palmer
Ailtadena
Calif
Oberlin College
Slayer Gets Death Penalty for Little Red Hen Slaying
Nathaniel Henry Strain, 26, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary on October 25 for the murder of Miss Alice Lauten, identified as the Little Red Hen. A jury found him guilty on three counts after a 2 hour 12 minute deliberation. Strain, extradited from Moundville WV, had prior convictions including breaking and entering.
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Columbus
Nathaniel Henry Strain
Ohio Penitentiary
John R. King
Alice Lautenback
Ralph J Bartlett
Strain
Ohio
Moundaville
W. Va
York Demos Told To Follow National Swing
Yorktown Va June 17 A Democratic mass meeting with about 20 attendees out of 2000 county voters voted five to four to back the national convention choice for president and vice president, instructing York delegates to follow the Philadelphia convention or withdraw, while the state convention in Richmond on July 2 looms. The Krypton Jamp developed the war can pierce a thousand feet of dense fog.
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Yorktown
York
Philadelphia
Richmond
Virginia Teacher Back From Whirlwind Tour
Roy Fisher Volena High School English teacher returns from a nationwide radio tour after being named the nation s best high school teacher He plans graduate study at Northwestern University next September He will be featured in Cosmopolitan magazine and may attend Mt Holyoke College for an all expenses paid course this month
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Valens
Chicago
Miami
Auit
Roy Fisher
Northwestern University
Volena
Fisher
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Mt. Holyoke College
West Virginian joins survival ration diet study
William J. Sayre, 30, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, is among 11 gaunt soldiers in an army experiment at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. For five weeks they ate only the survival ration and dog biscuits with water, then begin restoring meals. Observers note irritability and lassitude, with up to 30 pounds lost, as the men await further observation and restorative feeding.
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New York
William J. Sayre
Parkersburg
W. Va
David Schwimmer
Metropolitan Hospital
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
Virginia Sider Named By National Group
The Retail Credit Institute of America elected J Hudson Huffard of Bluefield Virginia as vice president at its annual meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey last weekend. The event ran with a two day summer credit conference and drew over 125 attendees from 22 states.
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The
Retail Credit Institute of America
J. Hudson Huffard
Bluefield
Atlantic City
N. J
Ex Deputy Sheriff Draws Prison Term
R D Moyer a 32 year old Dunbar resident and former Kanawha county deputy sheriff was sentenced to one to five years in the state penitentiary by Intermediate Judge Cyrus W Hall. Moyer pleaded guilty to the charge of maliciously wounding Leonard Smith of Spring last January 23.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. D. Moyer
Dunbar
Kanawha County
Cyrus W. Hall Moyer
Leonard Smith
Instruction Set Up For Area Reservists
A group school for organized reserve personnel in the Bluefield area will cover Military Law and new Courts Martial procedures. Capt D P Midgett from Beckley will lead, with general topics for commissioned and enlisted reservists. The session starts at 7:30 PM in the VFW club meeting room on Bland street. The krypton lamp flash lasts 17 millionths of a second.
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Bluefield
D. P. Midgett
Beckley
VFW Club
Bland Street
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Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
Anitar Meat Market
Princeton, Ave
Loin
Bossy
Earl Nelson
Lowell Farmer
Nelson
Greenbrier
Summers County
Black Diamond
Associated Press
Congregational Church
Lokei
HousEemei B&ruse
U.S
York Demos
Telegraph Commercial Printing. Co
Virginia
West
Virginia Sider
National Group
Vehlge
Heinz
Kon Rive
Packard
America
Bluefield Auto Body Company
Bluefield Ave
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