Governors Call for Higher Fees on Motor Freight Carriers
The State Governments council urged higher charges on motor freight carriers to fund highway maintenance. It cited overloading violations harming roads and a $50 billion highway investment. The 198-page report to the 42nd governors conference proposes weight and mileage taxes, higher registration fees, or special weight taxes, plus stricter speed limits and enforceable laws.
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White Sulphur Spring
W. Va
Council of State Governments
Governors Conference
Ecouncil
German Fasting Record Claim by Willy Schmitz in Frankfurt
Willy Schmitz, a 48 year old Frankfurt hunger artist, emerged from a glass cage after 53 days to claim a new world fasting record. He reportedly lived on soda water and cigarettes since April 26, losing 72 pounds. his inched in at 176 pounds at entry and he exited in street clothes assisted by Red Cross nurses. He dismissed rival Burmah the Indian fakir who seeks to beat the record in Lille, claiming 45 days without food in a glass coffin with snakes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Willy Schmitz
Schmitz
Frankfurt’s
Zoo
Red Cross
Willy
Burmah
Lille
Junior Legion Music School Opens Tonight
The American Legion Junior drum and bugle corps music school opens tonight at 7 30 p m under director Jack Dishman at the West Virginia Business College. Registration and reporting with instruments are requested for both existing and new members. Training aims at the forthcoming convention in Charleston to select the best corps in the state.
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American Legion
Jack Dishman
West Virginia Business College
Charleston
Deaths and Funerals Read in Narrows and Bluefield
Lee Gautier H died at his son Harvey Gautier's home in Narrows after a brief illness. Survived by two sons Harvey and Fred, two daughters Mrs. W. A. Vaughn and Mrs. Harless Tyles, two sisters Mrs. Charles Williams and Mrs. P. M. Cawley, and brother William Gautier. Funeral today at 2 pm from the home with Rev. L. M. Bivens officiating. burial in Fairview cemetery. Also noted are funeral arrangements for Mr. Emmons of Bluefield with service at Hawkins funeral home and burial in Walnut Grove cemetery. Masonic rites to be led at the grave by Lodge No. 85. flower bears from Trinity church group and Miss Lemmons’s class. Body to Bluefield via Train No. 15. Surviving Mrs. Annie Hearn Emmons is widowed with daughter and four brothers also listed.
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Lee Gautier
H. Lee Gautier
Harvey Gautier
Narrows
Harvey
Fred G
W. A. Vaughn
Harless Tyles
Pearisburg
Charles Williams
Welch
P. M. Cawley
Bluefield
William Gautier
Ohio
Petersburg
Hawkins Funeral
Walnut Grove
Masonic Lodge No. 85
C. D. Cruise
Trinity Church
Lee Lemmons
Mr. Emmons
Annie Hearn
J. F. Hearn, Sr
W. D. Emmons
Funeral rites for William E Duncan Jr in Kimball West Virginia
Funeral services for William E. Duncan Jr. 41 an employee of Norfolk and Western railway who was found dead in his sister Mrs G H Goffs home Williamson will be held at 2 30 this afternoon from Main Street Methodist church Tazewell Burial will be Maplewood cemetery The body arrived in Bluefield on train No 16 Duncan born in Tazewell son of the late William E and Alma Crockett Duncan a veteran of the European campaign He was unmarried.
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William E. Duncan, JR
Norfolk and Western Railway
Kimball
W. Va
G. H. Goff
Williamson
Main Street Methodist
Tazewell
Maplewood
Bluefield
Duncan
Funeral services for Lawrence C Lucas at Calvary Baptist
Lawrence Colan Lucas, 48, of 201 Alder Street, died Thursday in an accident at the Bishop mines. Funeral services are set for this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. H. H. Mauck and Rev. T. F. Herndon officiating. Burial will follow at Williams Cemetery in Pembroke, Virginia.
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Lawrence C. Lucas
Lawrence Colan Lucas
Alder Street
Bishop Mines
Calvary Baptist Church
H. H. Mauck
T. F. Herndon
Williams Cemetery
Pembroke
Funeral service for Mrs Mary Jane Hale
Mrs Mary Jane Hale dies at her son Albert Hales home on Garden Creek near Clell in Buchanan County A funeral service will be held at 11 oclock this morning at Albert Hales residence Burial will follow in the family cemetery Mrs Hale was a Methodist and had lived with her son for several years
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Mary Jane Hale
Albert Hale
Garden Creek
Clell
Buchanan County
Albert
M Wilson Emmons Funeral Services Noted
Funeral services for M Wilson Emmons a Norfolk and Western railway yardmaster at Norfolk were announced, reflecting a local tribute to a longtime railroad employee.
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M. Wilson Emmons
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norfolk
Mrs Lulu Albert Dies at 62 in Pearisburg
Lulu Mae Albert 62 of Pearisburg died Friday night at home. She is survived by husband W Gord Albert two sons Robert of Catawba and Homer of Pembroke two brothers Howard and Ned Tabor and sister Lizzie Tracy Saeger. Funeral at 2 30 p m today from home with Rev J H Knibbs to Birch Lawn cemetery.
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W. Gord Albert
Lulu Mae Albert
Pearisburg
Robert
Catawba Sanitorium
Catawba
Homer
Pembroke
Howard
Ned Tabor
Bane
Lizzie Tracy, Saeger
J. H. Knibbs
Birch Lawn Cemetery
Verlie P White 55 Ripplemead resident dies at home
Verlie Peck White of Ripplemead aged 55 died early Sunday at his home. An employee of the Klotz Quarry, he had lived in the community 25 years. Survived by wife Eva Lafon White and eight children, his funeral is set for 4 p.m. today with burial at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery Hoge's Store, Va.
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Verlie P. White
Verlie Peck White
Ripplemead
White
Klotz
Eva Lafon White
Layman
Curtis,d
Russell B
Richard R
Los Angeles
Calif
Edith L
Newport News
Mildred J
Nellie F. White
Virginia A. Crockett
Constance Elmore
Washington, D. C
Albert White Hytes
Pembroke
J. H. Knibbs
Mt. Lebanon
Hoge’s Store
Funeral service for Steve Bodnar of Thorpe held today
Steve Bodnar 66 of Thorpe died Friday in a Welch hospital after two weeks illness. The U S Coal and Coke employee lived in the community 40 years. He was vice president of Verhovay lodge No 32 Gary and a member of Reformed Federation of American and UMWA local No 7633 Thorpe. Born June 8 1884 in Zemplen Megye Magyasz Hungary he was the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Bodnar. Burial followed at Thorpe cemetery.
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Steve Bodnar
Thorpe
Welch
U. S. Coal and Coke Company
Bodnar
Verhovay Lodge No
Gary
Death notices and obituaries from Otsego and nearby towns
Isaac Jackson Halsey 66 retired miner and carpenter of Otsego Wyoming county died Saturday at Raleigh General hospital Beckley after a heart attack two weeks ago. Funeral Tuesday Pierpoint church Rev O A Sparks officiating burial Pierpoint cemetery survived by widow Minnie and several children and a sister. Clara Elizabeth Bolton 52 wife of Elige Bolton Princeton died Memorial hospital Princeton after years illness. born Camp Creek Mercer county and Kee Street Methodist church member survived by husband three sons four brothers four sisters and a half brother in U S army Okinawa body at Memorial funeral directory. Mrs Flossie Mae Meadows 50 Helen died at her son’s home after heart attack survived by husband W H Meadows mother Celia Hall brothers and sisters and many grandchildren funeral at Tommy's Creek church burial Tommy's Creek Hollow cemetery body at Williams funeral home Sophia awaiting relatives from Puerto Rico.
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Isaac J. Halsey
Isaac Jackson Halsey
Otsego
Wyoming County
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
McDowell County
Halsey
Pierpoint Church
O. A. Sparks
Pierpoint
Minnie Halsey
Aubrey
Calorie
Orville
Itmann
Hershey
Jack
Carl Harmon
Baltimore
Ralph Cole
Corinne
Roy Preston
Gary
Ind
Lake Morgan
Pierpont
Clara Elizabeth Bolton
E. A. “Elige’” Bolton
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Bolton
Camp Creek
Mercer County
Judson McCommack
Cecelia Clara McCommack
Kee Street
Howard and
Elmer
Frederick
Henry Pack
Flat Top
L. C. Thompson
Maxine Cannon
Big Island
Howard McCommack
Roanoke
William and
Albert McCommack
Beaver
Alfred McCommack
Emporia
W. H. Meadows
Flossie Mae Meadows
Helen
Rhodell
Celia Hall
Mabscott
Bert Hall
Garnet Farley
Agnes Adkins
Fireco
Zettie Gray
Coal City
Mary Blevins
Andrew
Lawrence
James
Eva Meadows
Sylvia
Dave
Franklin Meadows
Tommy's Creek Church
Riley Graham
Tommy’s Creek Hollow
Williams Funeral
Sophia
Prto Rico
Capital's Milk Strike Settled
Washington dairy strike ends after eight days of reduced milk rations. AFL Truck Drivers and Dairy Employes Union local votes to accept a five day week with no pay cut, seven day plant operation continues, and every other day home delivery resumes. Similar hopes for Pittsburgh end to Western Pennsylvania strike emerge.
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Washington
AFL
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Farmer Income Down Slightly in Early 1950
The Agriculture Department reports that farm cash receipts for the first half of 1950 total about $10.6 billion, down nine percent from the same period in 1949. Prices are roughly six percent lower, and marketing volumes have declined, with livestock receipts falling six percent and crop marketings down fifteen percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Grandmother to Try English Channel Swim
Betty Cohn a 50 year old Brooklyn grandmother with a secret sledge hammer stroke swam from Fort Lee to Bedloe s Island in about 14 miles with the wind and tide against her She then planned to depart for England on August 6 to attempt the English Channel crossing and said Now bring on the channel after reaching Bedloe s Island at 5 01 pm today
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Fort Lee
N. J
Betty Cohn
Statue of Liberty
England
English Channel
Brooklyn
Hudson River
Bedloes Island
New Year Customs Around the World
In Scotland children beg cakes and fruit on New Year’s Day while in Spain people eat twelve grapes at midnight one for each month marking the New Year. The customs highlight regional fine points of celebration reflecting cultural traditions.
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Scotland
Puerta Del SolCalled Madrid Times Square
The National Geographic Society calls Puerta del Sol the Times Square of Madrid Spain describing its bustling activity and central location as a social hub for locals and visitors alike.
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Times Square
Spain
National Geographic Society
Puerta del Sol
Madrid
Ore May Be Key To Big Seaway
Washington reports that Labrador iron ore could secure approval for the St. Lawrence seaway and power projects worth 800 million dollars. The piece outlines ore deposits, transport challenges, and the need for a 28 foot deep channel to connect Lake Superior with eastern markets, noting potential economic shifts if foreign ore dominates.
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Washington
Canada
Labrador
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
House Public Works Committee
Venezuela
Africa
Interior
Chapman
Army
Pace
St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence-Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
International Rapids
Massena
N. Y
Midwest
House
Detroit
World
Truman
Congress
Merrimac
Connecticut
New England
Higgins Elected Commander of Sixth District Legion
Grady Higgins of War was elected commander of the sixth district of the American Legion at the district convention in session here. He succeeds Tommy E. Jones of Beckley. A parade featuring school bands and a National Guard unit marked the day. Delegates and alternates to the national convention were named, with W. M. Stedman, Robert Crockett, and Higgins as delegates and J. C. Wall, R. E. L. Douglas, and W. R. Fugitt as alternates. The session included remarks by state dignitaries and the retiring commander Tommy Jones.
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War
W. Va
Grady Higgins
American Legion
Tommy E. Jones
Beckley
Big Creek
Excelsior
Gary Negro High School
National Guard
Welch
National American Legion
W. M. Stedman
Gary
Robert Crockett
Bluefield
Higgins
J. C. Wall
R. E. L. Douglas
W. R. Fugitt
Don Wilson
Clarksburg
National Legion
Walker Long
Huntington
The
Legion
W Dewey Mentz
West Virginia
Dr. B. Golden
Lorentz C. Hamilton, Jr
Grantsville
Frank B. Everhart
Tommy Jones
Real McCoy Cherokee Name Meaning Question
The Cherokees of North Carolina refer to themselves as Ani-Yunwiwa or real people, noting they do not know the origin of their tribe name.
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Real McCoy
North Carolina
Thompson Funeral To Be Held Today in Richlands
Funeral rites for Henry Thompson 58 of Richlands will be held at 3 p.m. from Farmer funeral home. He died after being struck by an automobile driven by Arvel Johnson 24 of Raven in Doran. Johnson faces involuntary manslaughter charges. Thompson survived by a half brother Arch Thompson and several nieces and nephews. Burial is Hawkins cemetery.
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Richlands
Henry Thompson
Farmer Funeral Home
Thompson
Arvel Johnson
Raven
Doran
Jack Cregger
Johnson
Albert Peery
Russell County
Virginia
Squire
Elizabeth Lucas Thompson
Arch Thompson
Honaker
H. A. Phillips
Hawkins
Lillybrook Coal Co Store Robbery Under Investigation
State and county officers probe the Lillybrook Coal company store burglary in Pemberton. Police say a window was cracked and a lock forced to enter and a door lock broken to exit. General manager O. O. Cook will provide a merchandise list after inventory.
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Pemberton
Lillybrook Coal Company
R. E. Bonham
O. O. Cook
Lillybrook
Elkins Farmer Kills Wife Then Dies in Porch Tragedy
In Elkins West Virginia on June 18 a 61 year old farmer Arlie Eston Harper shot his wife Texie Jane Harper 49 during a dining room argument at their Pena Randolph County home then killed himself on the back porch. Randolph County Coroner P L Gray ruled the wife’s death murder and Harper’s death a self inflicted action.
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Elkins
W. Va
C. A. Hehle
Arlie Eston Harper
Texie Jane Harper
Alpena
Randolph County
Grover Harper
Harper
Gray
Einstein Urges Disarmament In U N Radio Forum
Einstein argues arms race risks catastrophe and insists disarmament on a supranational scale is required for real peace. He dismisses questions on atomic energy future as not relevant, noting current technical possibilities are sufficient if used properly. The remarks closed a U N radio series episode on peace.
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Einstein
U. N
Hero to Jail
Officers doubted Pearce story after finding no trace of his burned aircraft. Doctors said his feet appeared resting on bars, not walking in the desert. Pearce stated his mother is Wanda Merle Pearce of San Diego California.
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Pearce
Wanda Merle Pearce
San Diego
Calif
Pete's Grill Now Open for Lunch and Dine
Pete's Grill advertises hours 11:30 am to 9 pm with fresh Jumbo Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs served anytime. It touts coast to coast finest food and urges healthy eating at Pete's.
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Pete's
Chesapeake Bay
Pete’s
Pete’s Grill
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