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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1949

Page

7

No Foul Play In Feat At Home Team Event

Report states no foul play connected to a recent game incident at the home venue. Investigators confirmed normal play and described the event as a routine sporting pageant without safety concerns for players.

Ge Barre pomeiee Bentetiie

Fragmentary OCR notes mention a Ge Barre and related names in a historical local notice. The readable text suggests a brief item or public notice with personal names and a location, but details remain unclear.

Theater Owner Charged With Blue Law Violation

The manager of two theaters faces a warrant charge for blue law violations. He may be fined eight to sixty dollars if convicted.

Carl Weiltener Chargie Wi Eppear Wees Mesietvete Mabie

Royal Commission Calls Free Birth Control Advice

A royal commission urged the British government to provide free birth control advice under the national health service. It backed income tax relief for parents across brackets and proposed allowances to support families amid its five year inquiry into Britain's population. The report totals about 100000 words and was produced by a six women and eight men panel.

London National Health Service Royal Commission On Briitain

PSC Resumes Hearing On Phone Rate Boost

The public service commission resumed hearings in Charleston West Virginia on a petition by Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia for a third rate increase pending the decision on a permanent request. The company reported progress on its multi million dollar expansion but delays in cable placement were noted.

Charleston W. Va Public Service Commission Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia Commission Charles E

State Swelters In 90 Degree Temperatures

West Virginians sweltered through a second day of temperatures in the nineties. Clarksburg reached 94, Huntington 93, Charleston 91, and Wheeling 93 with Morgantown at 90. Humidity heightened discomfort as forecasters warned of continued heat and possible storms. About 45 percent of the corn crop is fed to hogs.

Huntington W. Va West

Defense Witness Testifies for Alger Hiss in Perjury Case

Harry O. Hawkins, former State Department official and Tufts professor, testified for the defense that he saw Francis B. Sayre in Hisss office and never took papers from Hisss desk. Hawkins identified a document he signed and said he sent the original to Sayre.

New York Alger Hill State Department Harry O. Hawkins Henry Julian Wadleigh Whittaker Chambers Chambers Hiss Hawkins Tufts College Medford Mass Edward O. McLean Defense Counsel Francis B. Sayre Sayre Wadleigh Wadleich McLean Germany

Executor of Peanut King's Estate Assailed

Three Planters Nut & Chocolate Co officials sue to depose Harry Mustante as executor of Louise Obici's estate. They seek to revoke letters of administration granted to Mustante, amid possible future claims against the Obici estate. Obici died May 21, 1947. Louise Obici died August 29, 1938 in this city.

Barre Planters Nut & Chocolate Co Harry J. Mustante Amedeo Obics Mustante Obici Planters Co Louise English R. J. Lisman Planters Wilkes-Barre John Shivell Luzerne County

Smokers' Fires Remain Leading Cause of U S Blazes

Careless use of matches and smoking materials accounts for 29.26 percent of fires of known causes in the United States. A new translucent map allows vivid weather data presentation with small projectors displaying data at major cities, controllable from distant points.

United States

B and O Coal Stop Slows Freight Loadings

B and O loadings were hit by a coal stoppage with 27 140 cars of revenue freight loaded last week. Receipts from connecting lines raised revenue freight to 46 806 cars, down from 64 615 the prior week and 67 492 the same week in 1948.

County Red Cross Goal To Be Exceeded

Mercer county aims to surpass its Red Cross drive target with final tallies showing a strong statewide response. The report notes the Bramwell and McCormas coal total at 13.61 and details a boating accident at Tomlinson State Park Lake near New Cumberland resulting in the drowning of Prank Paesano, 19, of Pollansbee.

County Red Cross Mercer County Bramwell and McCormas New Cumberland W. Va UPY Tomlinson State Park Lake Here Paesano Pollansbee Valentine

Brooke of Woet ei the wiversite

A fragment from a local notice mentions Brooke connected to a university and describes the Me Sucker State nickname associated with the school.

Brooke of Woet Ei Wiversite

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