Navy men in custody in Norfolk case linked to June 11 robbery
Corral E D Barwie reports three Wyco men held in Norfolk in connection with an armed robbery of Stanley Bert Whitten on State Route 10 near Matoaka. Hall McKendree and Arnold McKendree face extradition efforts and pending hearings. The victim was forced from a Ford car and luggage taken. A separate civil suit for 50 000 arising from a December 20 1952 crash near Bluefield also appears on the circuit docket.
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Navy
Norfolk
E. D. Barwie
Stanley Bert Whitten
Matoaka
Wyco
Lewis Hall
Raleigh County
Hall
Kittiwake
James Harold McKendree
R. E. Tabscott
Arnold McKendree
James
Fifth District
McKendree
William
Greenwood
Princeton
Whitten
Flonaker Avenue
Walker
Charleston
Hitch
Allen D. Copping, Jr
Wayne Miller
Miller
Bluefield
For Sale Ten Room Frame House on Princeton Street
For sale a ten room frame house with two baths sits on two large lots on a paved street at 2405 Princeton. The property offers ample space and convenient access, appealing to buyers seeking room to grow in a residential area.
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Princeton
For Rent Two Room Furnished Apartments
Two room furnished apartments available at 205 Mercer Street. Includes stove and refrigerator. Phone 4124.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer St
Nicely furnished four room apartment near private entrance
Nicely furnished four room apartment with private entrance at 100 Trent St Princeton. Conveniently close in with cool and serene apply to T. 8 Cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Trent St
Princeton
Practical six room house in best residential area
Practically new six room house with full basement on a 50 by 150 foot lot in a prime residential section. FHA approved with down payment of 4500 dollars. Will accept a late model used car as part down, by appointment only, call Ar at 4081 between 3 and 5 p.m.
American Hebrews Protest Persecutions in Communist Romania
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations protested Communist Romania’s treatment of Jewish citizens and urged bringing the issue to the United Nations for action. At its annual meeting the board admitted eight new congregations, totaling 483 member temples, including one in Portsmouth, Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union of American Hebrew Conpresations
Farmville Youth Receives Yale Automotive Safety Fellowship
Cadet Robert A. Hubbard of Farmville, just graduated from Virginia Military Institute, won an Automotive Safety Fellowship to Yale University. The yearlong traffic field program is funded by the Automotive Safety Foundation of Yale University Bureau of Highway Safety and valued at $2,000. In a separate note, Harold R. Williams in Oakland, California, backs into a pole after parking about 100,000 cars without damage until a collision causes $150 damage to his own vehicle.
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Lexington
Yale University
Robert A. Hubbard
Farmville
Virginia Military Institute
Automotive Safety Foundation
Yale University Bureau of Highway Safety
Oakland
Calif
Harold R. Williams
Seventeen Persons Booked At Mercer County Jail
Seventeen people were booked at Mercer County Jail over the weekend by state county and district officers. Princeton police booked four drunks on Saturday. Ten were charged with misdemeanors and three with felonies at the county register. Eight more misdemeanors were booked at Bluefield jail by Trooper Lawrence Griffith and deputies William Coburn and William H. Foster.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Lawrence Griffith
William Coburn
William H. Foster
Princeton Society to Have Picnic
The Holliday Sunday School class of First Methodist Church plans a 6 30 evening picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs James Owen 913 North Walker Street A business meeting will follow with each family bringing its own picnic basket
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Holliday
First Methodist Church
James Owen
North Walker Street
Harrison Lambasts Postmasters Enemies in Virginia Speech
Rep Burr Harrison urged Virginia postmasters in Natural Bridge against removing civil service protection for postal workers. The 7th District Democrat said civil service underpins honesty and efficiency, vowing not to vote to strip job security from faithful postal employees, despite political pressure.
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Natural Bridge
Burr P. Harrison
Virginia
Harrison
National Assn. of Postmasters
Civil Service
Congress
Maiming Charge Filed On 2 Men
Howard Moore, gang foreman, reported a blast from an automobile near a pipeline crew causing shock and minor injuries to two men. Brice Hal and Ernest Morris were arrested on maiming warrants and released on bond that night by Magistrate W. Oris Barton. Both deny the charges.
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Princeton
Howard Moore
E. D. Bazzie
Moore
Bazzie
Glen Lyn
Brice Hal
Ernest Morris
W. Oris Barton
Virginia Traffic Deaths Toll Boosted to 326
Two more fatalities raise Virginia's 1954 highway toll to 326. Neva Woodruff, 21, of Roanoke, died in a head on crash on U S 460 near Windsor Isle of Wight County. Lelia Ball, 45, of Petersburg, died at Petersburg General Hospital after being struck on U S 460 near Petersburg. James Whitley of Prince George hospitalized with leg and possible internal injuries. The accidents occurred Saturday night into early Sunday.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Roanoke
Neva Woodruff
Lofton Ave
S.W
U.S. 460
Windsor
Isle of Wight County
Betty J. McLain
H. C. Taylor
Lelia Charlotte Ball
Petersburg
South
Sycamore St
Petersburg General Hospital
James Whitley
Prince George Comet
Bhway
Robert B. Coleman
Prince George County
Coleman
R. S. Peck
Whirley
Honor Student To Command VMI Cadets
Cadet Robyn Thompson Jr. of Abingdon named first captain commanding the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets for next year. The honor student follows H Sage of Omaha as first attal ion commander along with Rennicks Jr. of Petersburg as second battalion commander and Kerlin of Waynesboro as regimental adjutant. Additional named cadets include J L Miami, Fra G Adams of Ar ne, W C Lauder of Wheel ing, Jack Sidney of Beverly Hills, W M of Windsor, G L Jones of White Post, R C Sutherland of St. Louis, and A L Penny of Fort Defiance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets
Robyn Thompson Jr
Abingdon
H. Sage
Omaha
S. Rennicks Jr
Petersburg
W. T. Kerlin
Waynesboro
New Band Director Announces Tryouts
Jack White, new band and choral director of George Wythe High School, announces Drum Major and Majorette tryouts today at 1 p.m. in the band room. Students from the sophomore and senior classes are eligible to try out.
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Wytheville
Jack White
George Wythe High School
Fragmentary Grocery Note of Odd Purchases
A shuffled list records items bought at a grocery including dog food cans, four pops, a garden of cigarettes, a box of candy, two five pound bags of flour costing $1.60 in nickels and dimes, plus a push basket.
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Rocery
Tazewell Russell Countians Among 4 H Club Meet Attendees
About 1 500 Virginia 4 H club members will register in Blacksburg for the 31st annual state short course at Virginia Tech. Key events include award announcements leading to trips to Chicago and cash prizes, with sessions on highway safety and group classes in agriculture and home economics.
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Tazewell
Russell
Blacksburg
Virginia
WN Club Congress
Chicago
Atteady
Paul N. Derring
YMCA
Virginia Tech
Jack Good
Roanoke
W.&. Newman
VPI
W. H. Daughtrey
VPI Agricultural Extension Service
J. T. Watkins
Richmond Area Safety Council
J. M. Tyree
L. B. Dietrich
G. B. Johnston
J. W. Whittemore
Newhill Miller
Rapan
Ellis Payne
Albemarle
Joe Campbell
Armistead
Halifax
All Stars
Earl Shifler
Augusta
Richard Martin Campbell
Virginia Pace
Fluvanna
Scribe
Polly Gregory
C. A. Flora
Franklin
Scout
W. A. Turner
Medicine Man
Five Burn To Death In Flaming House
A Halifax area fire killed Tom Wills 39 and his wife Phyliss 34 and three children in Liverpool Nova Scotia. Dennis 13 and Stanley 11 were rescued by 15 year old Celia Delaney who broke a window to aid them. Patricia 9 spent the night with neighbors while Sharon 10 Gary 8 and Preddy 7 perished in the blaze.
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Liverpool
N.S
Tom Wills
Phyliss
Sharon
Gary
Preddy
Dennis Wills
Stanley
Celia Delaney
Wills
Patricia
Calhoun Countian Dies In Wirt County Crash
Elizabeth West Virginia June 20 The Calhoun Countian Gene Arnold Metz 26 of Leatherbark Calhoun County was killed when his car a convertible overturned eight miles south of this Wirt County community on West Virginia 14. Metz's brother John Franklin Metz 21 suffered a broken arm.
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Calhoun Countian
Wirt
Elizabeth
W. Va
Gene Arnold Metz
Leatherbark
Calhoun County
Wirt County
Foster Wilkerson
Metz
Wilkerson
John Franklin Metz
No Plague Deaths in U S 1949 to 1954
A historical note states there were no plague fatalities in the United States between 1949 and 1954, indicating the disease did not claim any deaths during that period.
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United States
Public Sale Notices From Buchanan County Virginia 1954
Legal notices announce a 1949 Plymouth four door sedan sale by Cray Motor Sales Inc in Pearisburg VA due to default. Also listed is a public sale of coal tipple and related property in Roth Buchanan County Virginia with items including a bonded conveyor, scales, a coal bin, tipple and lease rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cray Motor Sales, Inc
Peartebore
Commercial Credit Corporation
Bluefield
W. Va
R. 8. Bailey
ROTH
Buchanan Cou
Proffitt, Jr
R. O. Crockett
Buchanan County
Virginia
E Y Crystal Bloc Coal and Coke Company
Crystal Block Coal and Coke
Harman
Said Harman
W.m Ritter
Said Harman and Barta
C. L. Ritter Lumber Company
Cliffs’ & Lease
CL. Ritter Lumber Leate
C. Henry Harman
O. Crockett
J.P. Proffitt, Jr
Tarewell
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Princeton News
Wyoming
Commie
Romania
Yale
Mercer County
Princeton Society
Reynolds
Paper Supply Company
W. Vo
VMI
Vincent Odierna
Stamford, Conn
Saturnia
Italy
Athens Theatre
Wanwen Mage
Neerlemserle Maran Ersone
Peter Finch
Johnny Sheffield
Stadiey's, Inc
Belmont Corner
Davis
Bramwell Pharmacy
Rexall Drug Store
Jaeger Hardware
Spector Drug Co
Hamiett's Drug Lebanon Drugstore
Godfrey's Jewelry Sagamore Communit
Montcalm Bus Static Colonial Jewelers ‘McElrath Jewelers
Tomekin Purniture
St. Paul Pharmacy
Clinch Valley News
George C. Smith Belcher & Mooney Colonial Hotel
Central Drug
Athens
Bradshaw
Bramwell
Wood Park
Grundy
Tmann Keystone Kimball Lebanon Matoaka
Mecomas Montcalm Mullens
Narrows Northpork
Norton N. Tazewell
Pearisburg
Oakvale Road
Alaska
News and Cartoon
Auto and Truck License and Title Service
Welcher
East End
Shell Station
DeHert's
Esse Shell Station
Christian Pure Oil Station
Blankenship
Gulf Station
Warden's Store
Montcalm
Sizemore Esse Station
Bremwell
Esse
Red Sutherland
Crane Creek
Fog's
Texaco Station
Bivewell
LE Since Fabrics
Chambrays
Princeton, W. VA
Pergusonin
Robert Asbury
John Dis
Oliver Ave
Farmer's Mkt
Bluewell
East River
Gravely
Baldwin Plumbing
Thorn St
Doug Bowling
SMITH
Raleigh St
Bland Street
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