Pearson Admits Attack in Wife's Death in Roanoke
Roanoke Virginia June 22 Lester C Pearson a 40 year old railroad draftsman admitted beating his wife Janie Hardin Pearson who is dead He told Department Captain Frank H Webb under questioning he attacked his wife last Saturday He waived rights to executorship of the estate and Roanoke attorney F Rodney Fitzpatrick was named administrator with $10000 surety
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Frank H. Webb
Lester C. Pearson
Janie Hardin Pearson
Pearson
Norfolk and Western
Ellison Rites Held for Union Leader Henry Ellison Sr
Rites for Henry Ellison Sr a former West Virginia state senator will be held Saturday at 2 p m at Union Methodist church Ellison a Monroe county native died yesterday morning in a Ronceverte hospital He was born December 2 1888 and served as Bank of Monroe president town treasurer postmaster and Union council member He was active in local civic groups and Rotary and the American Legion Interment will be at Green Hill cemetery with Masons assisting as pallbearers and flowerbearers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Bud) Ellison
Union
West Virginia
Union Methodist Church
Ellison
Monroe County
Ronceverte Hospital
Willow Bend
J. Wesley
Emeline Brown Ellison
Dunnsmore Business College
Staunton
Nannie Blanton
Mercer County
Hazel
State Senate
William Lafon
Bank of Monroe
Democratic Executive Committee
Methodist Church
Masonic Order
Union Rotary Club
Monroe American Legion Post
Green Hill Cemetery
R. R. Grace
C. D. Whited
Broyles Funeral Home
Chuch
Early cement history and rise of Portland cement
Cement was widely used in ancient times but knowledge faded in the Middle Ages. Modern Portland cement emerged in 1824, marking a rebirth of cement technology and construction applications.
Defendants Win Eviction Case In McDowell Court
Kath leen Wells of Kimball sued Vera Pocahontas Coal Co for $10,000 claiming illegal eviction from company house at Landgraff. She said two days in rain harmed her health and furnishings were not returned. Trial court directed verdict for defense, judge citing lack of legal right to occupy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
McDowell Circuit
Kathleen Wells
Colored
Kimball
Vera Pocahontas Coal Company
Landgraff
Te Defense
Ira J. Parlow
Actress Jane Cowl Dies of Abdominal Cancer at 65
Santa Monica California June 22 Jane Cowl famed for Juliet on Broadway died today of abdominal cancer at 65 She had been regarded as one of the era’s most beautiful stage women and recently found movie success as a character actress.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jane Cowl
Broadway
Juliet
Miss Cowl
Mercer Youth Injured By Auto Near Beaver High
Everett Shockley a 16 year old Beaver high school junior from Green Valley on Princeton road was struck by a car while walking along the highway near his home. He was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium with head lacerations and body bruises awaiting X rays. The driver was described as a neighbor and the vehicle was traveling toward Bluefield as police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Shockley
Green Valley
New Princeton
Bluefield
Young Shockley
W. L. Shockley
Beaver High School
Kiwanians Hear History Of Hag
Graham Kiwanis members heard a history of the American flag from 1777 told by Tom Scott honorary Graham Kiwanian and former Bluefield Kiwanis member. He noted Betsy Ross’s role in 1777, Flag Day in 1915, and allegiance origins, with attendees from Fairlawn Fair field Ben Bates plus others. The club announced next week's Ladies night at Pete's Grill College Avenue at 6 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Kiwanis Club
Tom Scott
Graham
Woodrow Wilson
Cherryville
Kan
Congress
Scott
Fairlawn
Fairfield
John Mason
Ben Bates
Welch Kiwanis Club
William Porter
First Methodist Church
Bluefield
L. B. Crawford
Pocahontas
M. L. Wagner
M. Crockett Hughes, Jr
Pete’s Grillon College Avenue
B&O Streamliner To Take New Run Between Detroit and Cincinnati
The Baltimore and Ohio will shift the Cincinnatian streamliner from the Baltimore Cincinnati route to a Detroit Cincinnati service starting the next day. The West Virginia public service commission approved discontinuing the existing schedule through that state. The train will run between Cincinnati and Detroit on the Great Lakes Limited timetable with multiple stops including Hamilton Middletown Dayton Troy Piqua Sidney Wapakoneta Lima Deshler and Toledo. Northbound departure from Cincinnati is 1 p.m. arrival Detroit 7 15 p.m. Southbound Detroit departure 2 45 p.m. arrival Cincinnati 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Lima
Deshler
Toledo
Cincinnati
Detroit
Reader races dog for daily newspaper
Pekin, Illinois dated June 22 reports Robert Schumm who bets he can read his newspaper before a stray dog fetches it from his porch. The dog has repeatedly stolen his paper on Thursday Friday and Tuesday with Sunday mornings unseen. Schumm notes the dog naps late and may be owned by someone unknown. The stray is described as a cross between a cocker spaniel and a sheepdog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Robert Schumm
Pekin Bureau
Peoria Journal
Berlin Unemployed Get Half Fare on City Transit
West Berlin officials allow unemployed residents to ride trains and buses at half price. The city government announced the policy to ease transportation costs for jobless residents.
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Berlin
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield Area
Laura Mabel Pierce 69 widow of Chester W. Pierce died 8:15 am at Bluefield Sanitarium after a month long illness. She lived in Bluefield for 45 years, born May 1 1881 in Moosic Pennsylvania. Survived by three sisters. service Saturday 2:30 pm from home. interment Maple Hill cemetery. Also notices for Tillie McCall of Mohegan and Hattie G Taylor of Belfast list funeral details and survivors.
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C. W. Pierce
Laura Mabel Pierce
Chester W. Pierce
Bluefield Sanitarium
Pierce
Bluefield
Virginia Avenue
Moosic
Charles Franklin Garinger
Juliaa Garinger
Graham Presbyterian Church
Alta Ralston
Bess Bryant
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. W. Griffith
Detroit
Mich
F. H. Daniel
Uncle Josh West 76 Dies After Brief Illness at Welch
Josh West known as Uncle Josh West who owned Josh West Beach on the Guyan river died Wednesday night in a Welch hospital after a short illness from a heart ailment. He was born in Kentucky to Patterson West and Mrs West and lived in Wyoming county many years owning substantial real estate. Surviving are his widow five sons John B Morris Jimmy and Albert West of Hanover and John West of Saeger a brother D Roy West of Brenton and two sisters Mrs Ella Cline of Hanover and Mrs America Adams of Baileysville. Funeral arrangements had not been made and the body is at Fanning funeral home in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh West
Guyan River
Welch
Mr. West
Kentucky
Patterson West
Wyoming County
John B
Morris
Jimmy
Albert West
Hanover
John West
Saeger
Royal D Collins obituary notice from Boissevain and Wythe County
Royal D Collins 63 of Boissevain Va died Thursday morning at Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by widow Julie Sheffey and 11 children Mabel Crabtree Richlands Boyd Nick Elmer Ernest Morris Buford Collins Abbs Valley Margie Howard Mildred Lawson Cornelia Collins and 13 grandchildren. Funeral at Boissevain Methodist Church Sunday 11 with Rev R C Bailey. burial Groseclose cemetery. Pallbearers and flowerbearers named. handled by Pocahontas Union Funeral Home with residence call Saturday 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal D. Collins
Boissevain
Bluefield Sanitarium
Julie Sheffey
Wythe County
Mabel Crabtree
Richlands
Boyd
Nick
Elmer
Ernest
Morris
Buford T. Collins
Abbs Valley
Margie Howard
Mildred Lawson
Cornelia Collins
Collins
Boissevain Methodist Church
R. C. Bailey
Groseclose
Cripple Creek
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Mrs. Terrissa Harmon Rites Set in Matoaka
The body of Mrs. Terrissa Harmon 71 wife of Wingo Harmon of Matoaka died Tuesday in a Beckley sanatorium. It will lie in state at Bailey funeral chapel Matoaka until 1 p m today then at Matoaka Christian church for 2 p m services by Rev J S Foley. Interment follows in Thompson cemetery near Kegley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingo Harmon
Terrissa Harmon
Matoaka
Beckley
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Matoaka Christian Church
J. S. Foley
Thompson Cemetery
Kegley
Rites Planned for Ance Collins 77 in Litwar
Ance Collins 77 a native of McDowell County died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. Rites are set for 1 PM at the daughter Mrs F Roberts Litwar home with Reverends Hershel Lane A C Cantrell Cleve Cline Josh Crouse and Morgan Belcher officiating. Burial will be in Vance cemetery Litwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ance Collins
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
F. Roberts
Litwar
Hershel Lane
A. C. Cantrell
Cleve Cline
Josh Crouse
Morgan Belcher
Vance Cemetery
Death of Edward Ratcliffe Resident of Bluefield Va
Edward Ratcliffe 92 longtime Bluefield Va resident dies at home of daughter Mrs O M Thomas in Mobile Ala where he had lived two years. Retired farmer born in Monroe county survived by daughter Eva Hall two daughters four grandchildren nine great grandchildren and sister Mrs John Hall Matoaka. Body arrives Bluefield Saturday morning. funeral Sunday 2 30 p m Mercer funeral chapel interment Maple Hill cemetery.
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Edward Ratcliffe
Bluefield
O. M. Thomas
Mobile
Ala
Ratcliffe
Monroe County
James
Mary Duncan Ratcliffe
Eva Hall
Rogers Street
Matoaka
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Virginia
Funeral set for Mrs Stella Saddler at Montcalm church
Funeral services will be held at 2 oclock this afternoon at Montcalm Methodist church for Mrs Stella Saddler age 70 wife of Charles Saddler of Dundring who died at her home Wednesday evening. Interment will follow at Wall cemetery near Duhring. Surviving are husband three daughters Mrs J W Cheer Bluewell Mrs E H Gilmer Pearisburg and Miss Irene Booth at home five grandchildren two brothers W E Wall Athens and J C Wall Duhring and a sister Mrs English Shrader Jeffersonville Ind. Pallbearers include S W Foy Clifford Kingrea Porter Davis Sundy Dillon Bill Shrewsbury John Moore Carl Nichols and Chester Foy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Saddler
Montcalm Methodist Church
Stella Saddler
Dundring
J. R. Cotrell
Wall Cemetery
Duhring
Mercer Funeral Home
Montcalm
Obituary: Mrs Cobert L. Davis Dies at 93 in Belfast Virginia
Mrs Cobert L. Davis age 93 died at her daughter Mrs C H Barnett home in Belfast Virginia yesterday morning. Survived by children W H Davis Pounding Mill Mrs C H Barnett Belfast Mrs John Barnett Ironton O M R Davis and C E Davis Cedar Bluff. Funeral services held Saturday at 11 am at Steelsburg Methodist church. Burial followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobert L. Davis
C. H. Barnett
Belfast
W. H. Davis
Pounding Mill
John Barnett
Ironton
M. R. Davis
C. E. Davis
Cedar Bluff
Steelsburg Methodist Church
Death of Mercer County farmer John L Francisco at 1108 Bramwell Road
John L Francisco 82 retired Mercer county farmer died at his home yesterday at 2 PM after a months illness. Born June 26 1867 in Hyder's Gap Virginia he was son of the late Lewis M and Lenah Francisco. Survived by widow Emma a son L H Francisco Fort Worth Texas six daughters Thelma Kearns Ondis Ratcliff Bluefield W W Jennings Prent er Irene Herndon and E C Susong Mallory two brothers G W Francisco Brush Fork J N Francisco Bramwell Road and a sister Mrs H M Counts Camby Oregon He was preceded in death by a son Nigel R in 1944 and by two brothers and four sisters. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 AM from the home with Dr W D Hicks Bluewell Methodist and the Rev Kelby Primitive preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Francisco
John Lewis Francisco
Mercer County
Bramwell Road
Francisco
Hyder’s Gap
Lewis M
Lenah Jiminson Francisco
Emma Francisco
L. H. Francisco
Fort Worth
Texas
Thelma Kearns
Ondis Ratcliff
Bluefield
W. W. Jennings
Prenter
Irene Herndon
E. C. Cruise
Charleston
J. C. Susong
Mallory
G. W. Francisco
Brushfork
J. N. Francisco
Ohioan Admits He Shot Fighter in Self Defense
Robert Selby Howard of North Kenova Ohio confessed in common pleas court to shooting Charleston prizefighter James Banks known as Baby Banks to death last April 22. He said Banks slashed at him with a knife in a clubroom and he acted in self defense as defense witnesses testified. Court recessed after defense testimony with manslaughter trial to go to a jury tomorrow. neighbor Coretta Anderson testified she dated Banks until a month before the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Robert Selby Howard
North Kenova
Common Pleas
Charleston
James
Baby) Bank
Howard
Banks
Coretta Anderson
Miss Anderson
Acheson Defends Policy of Aid and Alliance Solidar ity
Acheson argues live and let live defense as the primary aim of preventing aggression. He states measures of coalescence and strength prove the free world will resist Soviet coercion or subversion to destroy independence. He says US aid supports free peoples but cannot replace their own will, citing China as an example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acheson
Soviet Union
Asia
United States
China
Campaign Spending Probed in Five States by Senator Gillette
Senator Gillette announces a probe into campaign spending in senatorial primaries across at least five states. Florida South Carolina North Carolina Pennsylvania Illinois are named as targets with possible additional locations under review. The inquiry focuses on expenditures by the states rights party and other factions amid this year’s voting to fill 36 senate seats.
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Washington
Gillette
Diona
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Senate
States Rights Party
Gillettee Call
Pikes Peak Still Attracts Tourists
Denver readers note that Pikes Peak remains a perennial tourist favorite with visitors drawn to its view. George McClanahan has guided tours since 1922 charging per head for the Pikes Peak trip while noting Mount Evans offers a smoother ascent and a taller summit.
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Denver
U N Broadcast Comes To Russia
The United Nations beams a daily report of its activities to Russians in their language. The program runs round the clock in 26 languages. No evidence the Soviet government blocks listening, though UN reports contrast with Soviet press accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
United Nations
Ivan
UN Radio
Funeral services announced for Brushfork Methodist set
Interment will follow at Monte Vista cemetery. Nephews will serve as pallbearers. Flowerbearers will be members of the Friendship class and the WSCS of Brushfork Methodist church. The dignity service will be held this morning at 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Vista Cemetery
WSCS
Brushfork Methodist Church
Mercer Funeral Home
New Weapons Lessen Need Of Man For Man Defense
Washington reports that new American weapons reduce the need to match enemy tanks and men in defense plans for the north Atlantic area. Senate committees urged approval of 1.2225 billion dollars in arms aid for western Europe and noted ongoing development and production challenges.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Congress
Army
Senate
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services
Western
Europe
U.S
E. L. Ford
Army Chief of Ordnance
American Ordnance Associate
Ford
Pete's Grill Ad Promotes Lunch and Crabs in City
An advertisement extols Pete's Grill offering lunch from 11:30 to 2 and dinner until 9. It promotes fresh Jumbo Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs and healthful eating, followed by a meeting notice for the Bluefield Lodge of Perfection on June 23 at 7:30 P.M. at the Masonic temple with J Toy Nelson as Venerable Master and William M. Bostic as Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake— Bay
Pete’s
Bluefield Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
J. Toy Nelson
William M. Bostic
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Icbluefield Daily TE Telegraph
W.va
N&w
Ellison Rites
Lions
Howard A. Bellows
General Tire & Rubber Company
Lions Club
West Virginian Hotel
W. R. ‘Pete’ Cook
Bellows
Baby
Tarre Cou
DIAL
Bluefield, W. VA
Mercer
B&o Streamliner
Tillie McCall
Mohegan
Church of God
Whittaker
Saeger Memorial
Jal
Barnett
Hattie Taylor
Hattie G. Taylor
Charlie Taylor
Russell County
Graham Jackson
North Tazewell
J. R. Taylor
Tazewell
Clyde Kirby
Bobby
Miracle Boy
Tabernacle
Bluefield, Ave
Ohioan
Pikes Peak
U. N
Russia
Taylors Drug Store
Princeton Avenue
Phillips
Mineral Oil
Hvy
Stanback
B. C
Alkaseltzer
Alkaseltzer Pinkhams Veg. Co
Hollingsworth
Roosevelt
Joseph C. Stillwell
Service
Senator McCarthy
Jaffe
Amerasia
McCarthy
State Department
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Mark Gayn
Gayn
Saturday Evening Post
Philip Jaffe
Emmanuel Larsen
U. S
State Department Loyalty Board
City and Coalfield
Pete's
Pete
Asti
Heb
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