Mother and Child Die in Washington Route 211 Hit and Run
A car struck the Updike family of seven on U. S. route 211 near Washington Virginia killing Joyce May Updike 3 and Edith J. Updike 38. A child was bruised and Raymond Deering 42 of Washington DC was jailed for leaving the scene.
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Washington
Joyce May Updike
Edith J. Updike
Front Royal
Rappahannock
J. W. Critzer
Raymond Deering
Washington, D. C
Deering
Critzer
Ernest Updike
Here
Prominent Charleston Real Estate Man Mordecai Levi Dies
Mordecai Levi, 81, well known Charleston real estate figure, died at his home in Charleston. Born March 14, 1869 in Cannelton Fayette County, he helped develop the Belle and Rand area before retirement. He was the son of Mordecai Levi, a pioneer in local real estate and construction.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mordecai Levi
Belle and Rand
Cannelton
Fayette County
CERTA-VIN promoted as fast digestion aid
In Bluefield many suffer gas and bloating from slow digestion. CERTA-VIN is taken before meals to aid digestion, reduce gas, and improve nutrient absorption. It contains ten herbs plus vitamin B and iron, claimed to strengthen nerves and relieve distress.
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Bluefield
Staunton invites Rhode Island couple for Wilson birthplace birth
A Pawtucket couple who won 4070 on Break the Bank correctly naming Woodrow Wilson's birthplace are invited to have their first child born in Staunton Virginia. City officials promise hospital care and city hospitality at their expense if the Guillets accept the invitation. The plan hinges on their acceptance.
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Staunton
Rhode Island
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Roland Guillet
Pawtucket
R.I
Minsk
Guillet
Bert Parks
William A. Grubert
John B. Daffin
Seth Burley
Chamber of Commerce
William T. McChesney
Guillets
Fisherman Drowns Saving Pal Near Lancaster
Two men died when a rowboat overturned in the Susquehanna River about 15 miles south of Lancaster. Walton Zimmerman 23 Harrisburg and Joseph Burkepile 34 Millerstown perished after one man tried to rescue another. Survivors William Fagley 23 Harrisburg and Russell Campbell 20 Millerstown reached shore. George W Zimmerman father of Walton watched from the shore.
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Lancaster
Susquehanna River
Here
Moltswood
Walton Zimmerman
Harrisburg
Joseph Burkepile
Millerstown
William Fagley
Russell Campbell
George W. Zimmerman
Walton
Disease resistant beets show curley top resistance gains
Researchers report certain hybrid sugarbeets resist curley top disease. In trials one variety increased sugar per acre by 15 percent, signaling a notable yield improvement from resistant breeding.
Amherst Store Bandits Nabbed
Three men robbed drug stores in Amherst and Lovingston of cash and merchandise. Walter Franklin Poster of Charlotte, North Carolina was arrested after a chase from Scottsville to east of Charlottesville and charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny. Cash and goods totaling several hundred dollars were stolen. Foster was captured at a roadblock.
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Amherst
L. F. Payne
Lovington
Payne
Scottsville
Charlottesville
Walter Franklin
Charlotte
N.C
Foster
Nelson County
Amherst County
Lovingston
F. F. Marsh
W. L. Davis
University Post Names Hall Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Dr. George A. Hall of Parkersburg has been named assistant professor of chemistry at West Virginia University by President Irvin Stewart. Hall is a WVU alumnus who has been teaching at the University of Wisconsin, part of six faculty selections announced today alongside new appointments for physics psychology residence life romance languages and 4-H program work.
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Morgantown
W. Va
George A. Hall
Parkersburg
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Hall
University of Wisconsin
John F. Ollom
St. Albans
Kanawha County
Raymond J. Christman
Columbus
Ayres B. Hovee
New York City
Montana State University
Patricia Robinson
Moundsville
Waynesville College
Olive Charlotte Shaffer
Mount Storm
Grant County
Coast Guard Maintains Lighthouse and Radar on Alcatraz Island
The U S Coast Guard continues operations on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco, keeping a lighthouse radar station and an automatic fog horn active to aid maritime safety and navigation.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Ao Islands
San Frans
Williamson Hall Dedication at St Marys Bluefield Va
Williamson Hall the parish house of St Marys Episcopal church Bluefield Virginia was dedicated yesterday afternoon in formal rites by Bishop Henry D Phillips assisted by Reverends Ridout Rowley and Hobson. The six month project cost about 12000 dollars and adds an auditorium stage two rest rooms kitchen and furnace room to the stone church built from a 1910 cornerstone. The hall named for Thomas N Williamson and Ellen C Williamson was presented by Joseph H Barnes Jr secretary treasurer. A plate supper followed and the vestry includes S N Huffard senior warden J Clark Evans junior warden Barnes Osborne and Wiley J.
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Henry D. Phillips
D. D
Southwestern
Virginia
Williamson Hall
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Bluefield
Thomas L. Ridout
Tazewell
Joseph H. Barnes
Jennings Wise Hobson
Daily Telegraph
Joseph H. Barnes, Jr
Phillips
Frank Rowley
Thomas G. Williamson
S. N. Huffard
J. Clark Evans
George Graham
William E. Osborne
Wiley J
CIO Council Opposes C P Rate Boost in West Virginia
Cabell County Industrial Union Council voted 11 to one at the June 16 meeting to oppose Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of West Virginia fourth round rate increase. The letter to Judge C E Nethken of the Public Service Commission was signed by George L. Garner recording secretary and notes Garner is president of the Huntington Local of the Communications Workers of America CIO.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County Industrial Union Council
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
West Virginia
C.E. Nethken
Public Service Commission
George L. Garner
IUC
CIO
Garner
Communications Workers of America, Cio
Russian Power In Europe Waned Amid Arms Aid Debate
Washington reports that Communist strength in Atlantic pact nations has fallen about 10 percent in nine months. An official cites a drop from 2,590,800 to 2,340,000 and notes France tightened laws against armed-force sabotage, reflecting a weakened Communist position. Kremlin strategy tests loyalty of hard core factions, including 11,000 hard core in France out of 600,000 party members.
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Washington
Europe
Western
United States
France
Communist Party
Russia
Kremlin
Red
U. S
Moscow
United Kingdom
Britain
Canada
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Eagar Hoover
Atlantic Pact
Portugal
Catholic Educator Who Aided Ruth's Career Dead
Fort Monroe Virginia reports two disparate items one a death of Brother Paul CF.X Educator who shaped Babe Ruth at St Mary’s Industrial School Baltimore and who helped Ruth sign his first pro contract The other a Stanley Virginia carnival shooting left Olin Dinger seriously wounded and investigator Merle Rothged charged with felonious shooting while Mrs Dinger blamed jealousy for the incident.
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Stanley
Olin Dinger
Charles Sandross
Merle Rothged
Dinger
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Fort Monroe
Brother Paul
Babe Ruth
Sacred Heart Novitiate
St. Mary’s Industrial School
Baltimore
George Herman Ruth
Ruth
Baltimore Orioles
New York
Peter E. Scanlan
Lawerence
Mass
Brothers
Xaverian Brothers
Old Point Comfort
Ruthersford
Calif
St. Mary's
Holstein-Friesian Cow Completes 365-Day Test at Brattleboro
Johanna Odeal a registered Holstein-Friesian cow owned by West Virginia University finished a 365 day production test in Brattleboro Vermont. The animal yielded 659 pounds of butterfat and 16476 pounds of milk with two milkings daily.
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Brattleboro, Vt
Johanna Odeal
West Virginia University
Brattleboro
Athenaeum Weekly for Summer Term at WVU
West Virginia University student daily newspaper the Athenaeum becomes a weekly for the summer term. Audry Davis of Morgantown serves as editor with John F. Skinner of Hamburg New Jersey as business manager and Charles Kelly of Fairmont as managing editor.
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Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
The
Athenaeum
Audry Davis
John F. Skinner
Hamburg N. J
Charles Kelly
Fairmont
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National Association of Publishers, Advertisers
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Bluefield, W. VA
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Bluefield, Virginia
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U.S
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