Roanoke Clerk Admits Beating Wife in Murder Charge
Lester C. Pearson 40, a Norfolk and Western draftsman, admits beating his wife Janie Hardin Pearson. He faces murder charges after her nude, battered body was found in their Roanoke home basement. Pearson renounced rights to act as executor. Mrs Pearson’s will probate. Administrator named with $10,000 surety.
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Roanoke
Frank H. Webb
Lester C. Pearson
Janie Hardin Pearson
Pearson
Norfolk and Western
Ellison Rites Set for Union Former State Senator
Rites for Henry Ellison Sr. of Union will be held Saturday at 2 p m from Union Methodist Church. Ellison, a Monroe county native and former WV state senator, died yesterday at 6 a m in a Ronceverte hospital. He served in the senate 1941 42 46 and held posts including Union postmaster and Bank of Monroe president. Interment in Green Hill cemetery with Masons as pallbearers.
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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
Portland cement invention reshaped 19th century building
The text notes cement’s ancient use, its loss in the medieval era, and the emergence of modern Portland cement in 1824, marking a turning point for construction and architectural history.
Defendant Wins Eviction Case in McDowell Court
Kath leen Wells of Kimball sued Vera Pocahontas Coal for 10000 claiming illegal eviction from company house at Landgraff. Witnesses said she lived there four years without rent and was repeatedly notified to move. Judge Ira J. Parlow directed a verdict for the defense, finding no legal right to occupy.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell Circuit
Kathleen Wells
Colored
Kimball
Vera Pocahontas Coal Company
Landgraff
Ira J. Parlow
Actress Jane Cowl Dies of Abdominal Cancer in California
Santa Monica June 22 Jane Cowl, once Broadway's famed Juliet, died today of abdominal cancer at 65. She was admired as a leading stage beauty and had recently found movie success as a character actress.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jane Cowl
Broadway
Juliet
Miss Cowl
Mercer Youth Struck By Auto Near Princeton Road
Everett Shockley 16 of Green Valley was hit by a car while walking along the highway near his home on Princeton road. He was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium with head lacerations and bruises described as not serious. full injuries await x rays. The driver, a neighbor, was traveling toward Bluefield as police investigate. Shockley is a Beaver High School junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Shockley.
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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 Tom Scott. He traced origins to 1777 with Betsy Ross making the first flag and George Washington chairing the commission. June 14 1777 is cited as adoption by the colonies, with Flag Day proclaimed in 1915 by President Woodrow Wilson.
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Graham Kiwanis Club
Tom Scott
Graham
Woodrow Wilson
Cherryville
Kan
Congress
Scott
Pairlawn Community Club
Fairfield
John Mason
Ben Bates
Welch Kiwanis Club
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 switch its Cincinnatian streamliner to a Detroit Cincinnati service starting Sunday, using the Great Lakes Limited schedule with stops at 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 2 45 p.m. arrival Cincinnati 9 p.m.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Lima
Deshler
Toledo
Cincinnati
Detroit
Reader Races Dog For Daily Newspaper
Pekin Illinois June 22 a local man Robert Schumm says a stray dog keeps stealing his newspaper from his porch. He raced the dog to the paper on multiple mornings and the animal consistently arrives first. He does not know who owns the dog. The dog is described as a mix between a cocker spaniel and a sheep dog.
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Pekin, Ill
Robert Schumm
Pekin Bureau
Peoria Journal
Berlin Grants Half Fare to Unemployed on Public Transit
West Berliners who prove unemployment may ride trains and buses at half price. The city government approved the policy to help those without work.
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Berlin
Deaths and Funerals Mrs C W Pierce and Hattie Taylor
Mrs Laura Mabel Pierce 69 widow of Chester W Pierce died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a month’s illness. Born May 1 1881 in Moosic Pa she lived in Bluefield Va about 45 years. Funeral Saturday 2 30 p m from the Graham Presbyterian church with Rev F H Daniel. Interment Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Va. Pallbearers named. Also notes on Mrs Hattie G Taylor 34 Belfast Va daughter of Charlie and Mrs Taylor died yesterday. Funeral at parents home 2 p m with Rev Clyde Kirby and Rev W E White officiating. burial in family cemetery.
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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
Maple Hill Cemetery
Lance Adkins
Z. M. Dove
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Jesse Gillespie
George Fisher
J. J. Hodges
Harry Harris
Edwin McNeer
Guy Brown
Walter Belton
Mercer Funeral Home
Hattie Taylor
Hattie G. Taylor
Charlie Taylor
Belfast
Russell County
Graham Jackson
North Tazewell
J. R. Taylor
Tazewell
Clyde Kirby
Funeral service for Mrs Tillie McCall
Funeral service for Mrs Tillie McCall of Mohegan near Welch will be held at 1 PM at the Church of God Mohegan conducted by Rev Whittaker. Burial in Saeger Memorial Cemetery. Mrs McCall survived by four sons and two daughters.
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Tillie McCall
Mohegan
Welch
Church of God
Whittaker
Saeger Memorial
Uncle Josh West dies after brief illness at 76
Josh West, owner of the Josh West Beach on the Guyan river, died Wednesday night in a Welch hospital. He was born in Kentucky and had lived in Wyoming county for years. Surviving are his widow, five sons in Hanover and Saeger, a brother D Roy West, and two sisters. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced. the body was at Fanning funeral home in Welch.
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Josh West
Guyan River
Welch
Mr. West
Kentucky
Patterson West
Wyoming County
John B
Morris
Jimmy
Albert West
Hanover
John West
Saeger
D. Roy West
Brenton
Ella Cline
America Adams
Baileysville
Fanning Funeral Home
Royal D. Collins Rites Held in Boissevain
Royal D. Collins 63 of Boissevain Va died Thursday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Survived by widow Julie Sheffey and many children including Mabel Crabtree Richlands Boyd Nick Elmer Ernest Morris Buford Collins all Abbs Valley plus Margie Howard Mildred Lawson and Cornelia Collins. Preceded in death by son Clarence killed in Germany 1945 and sister Bell Collins. Service at Boissevain Methodist Church with Rev. R C Bailey. interment Groseclose cemetery near Cripple Creek. Pocahontas Union Funeral Home to residence Saturday 10 AM.
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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 Wingo Harmon Rites Held in Matoaka Church
The body of Mrs Terrissa Harmon 71 wife of Wingo Harmon Matoaka died Tuesday in a Beckley sanatorium. It will lie in state at Bailey funeral chapel Matoaka until 1 p m today, then be moved to Matoaka Christian Church for rites at 2 p m conducted by Rev J S Foley. Interment follows in Thompson Cemetery near Kegley.
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Wingo Harmon
Terrissa Harmon
Matoaka
Beckley
Bailey Funeral Chapel
Matoaka Christian Church
J. S. Foley
Thompson Cemetery
Kegley
Rites for Ance Collins Held in Litwar Home
Ance Collins 77 a native of McDowell county died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. Rites held this afternoon at 1 from the Litwar home of daughter Mrs. F Roberts. Ministers Hershel Lane A C Cantrell Cleve Cline Josh Crouse and Morgan Belcher officiated. Burial in Vance cemetery Litwar.
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Ance Collins
McDowell County
Welch Hospital
F. Roberts
Litwar
Hershel Lane
A. C. Cantrell
Cleve Cline
Josh Crouse
Morgan Belcher
Vance Cemetery
Edward Ratcliffe 92 dies. Bluefield resident and former farmer
Edward Ratcliffe 92 a long time Bluefield Virginia resident and retired farmer died Wednesday at the home of his daughter Mrs O M Thomas in Mobile Alabama where he had lived the last two years. Surviving are another daughter Mrs Eva Hall four grandchildren nine great grandchildren and a sister Mrs John Hall of Matoaka. Body to arrive Bluefield Saturday on train 4 and funeral Sunday at 2 30 p m at Mercer funeral chapel with interment in Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Virginia.
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Edward Ratcliffe
Bluefield
O. M. Thomas
Mobile
Ala
Ratcliffe
Monroe County
James
Mary Duncan Ratcliffe
Eva Hall
Rogers Street
John Hall
Matoaka
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Maple Hill Cemetery
Virginia
Funeral services for Mrs Stella Saddler at Montcalm
Funeral service for Stella Saddler age 70 wife of Charles Saddler of Duhring is held at Montcalm Methodist Church at 2 PM with Rev. J R Cotrell officiating. Interment in Wall Cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters five grandchildren two brothers a sister and eight pallbearers.
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Charles Saddler
Montcalm Methodist Church
Stella Saddler
Duhring
J. R. Cotrell
Wall Cemetery
Mercer Funeral Home
Montcalm
Mrs Cobert L. Davis Dies at 93 in Belfast Virginia
Mrs Cobert L. Davis aged 93 died at her daughter’s Belfast home. Survived by W. H. Davis Pounding Mill Belfast Mrs C H Barnett Ironton O M R Davis and C E Davis Cedar Bluff. Funeral services set for Saturday at 11 am at Steelsburg Methodist church.
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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 months of ill health. Born in Hyder's Gap Virginia on June 26 1867 he was the son of the late Lewis M and Lenah Francisco. He is survived by his 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 and 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 the Rev W D Hicks of Bluewell Methodist Church and the Rev Mr Kelley of Princeton Primitive Baptist Church.
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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 admitted in common pleas court that he shot Charleston prizefighter James Banks last April 22 in self defense after Banks slashed at him with a knife. Howard testified Banks confronted him in a clubroom with neighbor Coretta Anderson present. The manslaughter case moves toward a jury verdict after defense testimony. court recessed.
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert Selby Howard
North Kenova
Common Pleas
Charleston
James
Baby) Bank
Howard
Banks
Coretta Anderson
Campaign Spending Probed in Five States
Senator Gillette announces an official probe into campaign expenditures in senatorial primaries across at least five states including Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. The inquiry, led by his privileges and elections subcommittee, targets spending for this year’s voting that will decide many senate seats.
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Washington
Gillette
Dronn
Florida
South Carolina
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Senate
States Rights Party
Gillettee Call
Pikes Peak Still Attracts Tourists
Denver readers note Pikes Peak remains a perennial draw for visitors. George McClanahan has led tours since 1922 charging per head for the famed ascent while some travelers favor the Mount Evans drive, which the guide calls a calmer yet higher summit experience.
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Denver
United Nations Radio Reaches Russians in Native Tongue
UN broadcasts daily news to the Russian people in their language as part of a 26 language program. UN officials report no evidence of Soviet interference though broadcasts contrast with Soviet press.
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Lake Success
United Nations
Ivan
UN Radio
Memorial service details and pallbearers at Brushfork church
Interment will be in Monte Vista cemetery with nephews serving as pallbearers. Flowerbearers will be members of the Friendship class and the WSCS of Brushfork Methodist Church. Service held this morning at 11 o clock.
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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 will reduce the need to match enemy tanks and men in defense plans for the north Atlantic area though development and production problems persist. Senate committees urged approving 1.2225 billion dollars in arms aid to Western Europe, citing the influence of these weapons on allied defense plans.
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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 Featured For Fine Food And Hours
City and coalfield coast to coast praise Pete's as the finest food spot with 11 30 to 2 lunch and 9 pm closing. Fresh Jumbo Chesapeake Bay soft shell crabs offered anytime. Also noting a Bluefield Lodge of Perfection meeting on June 23 at 7 30 PM at the Masonic temple with J Toy Nelson and William M Bostic listed.
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Chesapeake— Bay
Pete’s
Bluefield Lodge of Perfection
Masonic Temple
J. Toy Nelson
William M. Bostic
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Howard A. Bellows
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Lions Club
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W. R. ‘Pete’ Cook
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Bluefield, W. VA
Mercer
B&o Streamliner
Ial
Barnett
Bobby
Miracle Boy
Tabernagle
Bluefield, Ave
Ohioan
Acheson
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Asia
United States
China
Pikes Peak
U. N
Russia
Taylors Drug Store
Princeton Avenue
Phillips
Stanback
B. C. Hoohen
Alkaseltzer
Alkaseltzer Pinkhams Veg. Co
Hollingsworth
Roosevelt
Joseph C. Stillwell
Service
Senator McCarthy
Jaffe
Amerasia
McCarthy
State Department
Committee
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Mark Gayn
Gayn
Saturday Evening Post
Philip Jaffe
Emmanuel Larsen
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