Subpoenas for NAACP records stayed in four Virginia courts
In Richmond Norfolk and Prince Edward Circuit Courts subpoenas from the Boatwright Committee seeking NAACP records were stayed. A Charlottesville subpoena for Georg Ferguson was dismissed while a bank deposition subpoena stood. The NAACP will challenge the subpoenas in court hearings set for July.
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Richmond
Boatwright Committee
Virginia Naacp
Norfolk
Prince Edward
Charlottesville Naacp
National Assn
Advat of Colored People
Charlottesville Corporation Court
R. Watson Sadler
Georg Ferguson
Charlottesville-Albemarle County
NAACP
Ferguson
E . Sadler
Roland D. Ealey
Peoples National Bank of
Charlottesville
E. W. Hening
Joel W. Flood
Prince Edward C
Farmville
Enet
Ae Rev Griffin
Worfolk
Clyde H. Jacob
John B. Boatright Jr
Boatwright
Del
John B. Boatwright
Buckingham
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Promote Pep for Iron Deficiency
Advert suggests Ostrex Tonic Tablets restore energy for men and women over forty by supplying iron and vitamin B. Claims one day’s dose equals large amounts of iron from oysters and liver, and promotes a 3-day trial for 69 cents with an economy size option saving $1.67. Available at all druggists.
Mink Does Something For You on WHIS TV Tonight
Gale Storm and Keith Ames host a 30 minute Celebrity Playhouse episode on Channel 6 WHIS TV at 7 30 featuring a mink coat and a Jaguar borrowed from the boss. The pair visit a cocktail lounge and then the police station before being released by their generous leaders with no money or possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gale Storm
Keith Ames
Whis-Tv
Powell River mill adds 300 ton daily newsprint capacity
Powell River Paper Co has installed a new machine producing 300 tons of newsprint per day boosting the mill's capacity by 25 percent or about 90,000 tons annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell River, B.C
Powell River Paper Co
State Board of Insurance Appointed for State Property
Gov. Underwood announced a three member State Board of Insurance to supervise all insurance for state property. James M. Altman, Edward Bippus Jr., and W. Edwin Ratcliffe were named with staggered terms. The board directs insurance purchases and cannot sell to the state.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
Géranite Underwood
New State Board of Insurance
Charleston
Underwood
State Board of Insurance
James M. Altman
Edward §. Bippus Jr
Wheeling
W. Edwin Ratcliffe
Beckley
Altman
Bippus
Raticliffe
Ratcliffe
First National Bank of
Marietta
Ohio
Charleston Insurance Agency
U. S
China
Bardstown
Beckley Insurance Agency
Local Reserves to Camp for Summer Training at Indiantown Gap
Battery C 479th Field Artillery Battalion mobilizes from Bluefield Armory to Indiantown Gap Military Reservation near Harrisburg for two weeks of summer training. Lt Ripley F. Williams commands the unit with 77 enlisted men and 3 officers.
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479Th Field Artillery Battalion
Indiantown Gap Military Reservation
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna River
Bluefield Ave
Ripley F. Williams
Patsy Mariotti
Reserve Armory
Bluefield
U. S. Army
Charleston
West Virginia
Robert G. Massey
Scott Street Baptists Plan Annual Services
The Usher Board of Scott Street Baptist Church observes its annual day of services Sunday at 3 p.m. Rev. J. Matthew Coleman will speak. Music by the senior choir and Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir of Bluefield Virginia. Guest soloists Mrs. Robert Williamson and Rev. J. Matthew Coleman. Mrs. Alma Wooten gives the board history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Street Baptist Church
J. Matthew Coleman
Tabernacle Baptist Church Choir
Bluefield
Robert Williamson
Alma Wooten
Bluefield City Manager Kell Resigns. Board Accepts
The Bluefield board of directors accepted the formal resignation of city manager William L. Kell effective July 31. Kell will assume duties as city manager of Weirton, West Virginia the following day. The board also tackled drains on Greenbrier Street and petitions for sewage and fire lines in Halecee, with actions referred to the city engineer and manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kell
Bluefield
William L. Kell
Weirton
W. Va
Greenbrier St. c
Halecee
Ridgecrest Rd
Board of Education
Ramsey School
Recreation Center
T. Courtney Tanner
H. L
Lilliana
N and W Test Engineer Speaks at Kiwanis Luncheon
Robert M. Pilcher assistant engineer of tests for Norfolk and Western Railway Roanoke VA presented on direct burning coal fired gas turbine electric locomotives and compared them with steam turbine engines. He noted progress but uncertain feasibility and highlighted potential for stationary power and regions lacking water. Edmund C. Stone Jr introduced the speaker at the West Virginia Hotel. Virgil Trucks of the Kansas City Athletics opened 1957 season with his fourth AL team and 147 career wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Robert M. Pilcher
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Roanoke
Pilcher
Edmund C. Stone Jr
West Virginian Hotel
Commies Minimize US Aid To Poland
Paris dispatch notes Przekroj claims U S aid to Poland is less than a fourth of Polish vodka expenditure. Vodka outlay pegged at about 400 million dollars while U S aid is about 9 million.
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Poland
Paris
U.S
Warsaw
Przekroj
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Ladki
Sid
NAAC
Weller
Kentucky
Stitzel-Weller Distillery Estate
Louisville, Ky
Welles
General Telephone Company
America
Scott Street Baptists
Hi Eee
Wheeling Avenue
P. T
Jean B. Malamisura
Augusta Street
Albert J. Paine
Shady Avenue
W. J. McGowan
Gilmer Street
Frank J. Allen
Crestwood Drive
M. C. McNeal
College Avenue
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Bedford and
Peckreet
Guy B
Annie Lee Perkins
Bodell and Company
Princeton
Merchants Advertising Agent, Inc
Huntington
N&w
Kiwanis
Virgil Trucks
Kansas City Athletics
Iclsco
CISCO
Colonaid
Colonar
CoLonain
LMDA
Mercury
Wchs-Tv
Lincoln
Cherry ST
Stadium Drive
Lincoln-Mercury
Bluefield, W. VA
Lone Star Motors
Richlands
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