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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1949
Page
3
Dr. Jack Witten of Tazewell was honored as Outstanding Alumnus by the Virginia College of Medicine. The Virginia medical school award ceremony took place in June with campus officials presenting the Teews award to Witten for his medical service and community impact.
Reporters describe police patrols at a city park carnival where many gambling joints were moved or closed and 26 games remained open including penny toss and toss a nickel. Vendors hyped prizes while authorities prepared for a cool night and potential further action.
A Knights of Pythias event in Tazewell Va hosts visitors from Roanoke Rajah Temple 195 to initiate a large class of candidates. The program starts with candidate registration at Kilgore Motor Sales at 6 p.m. a street parade forms at 7 30 p.m. led by the Tazewell high school band and initiation rites occur at North Tazewell school building.
Tokyo reports 143 dead and 206 missing from Tuesday's typhoon in southern Japan. Numbers mark a rise in deaths but a sharp drop in the missing total from earlier estimates, with 93 ferry passengers and crew from the Aoba Maru still unaccounted for. All casualties are Japanese.
A Singapore citizen condemned a dog shooting as cruelty and waste and urged action. The Rural Board considered the issue, with the chairman noting the dog-shooter earns only 12 dollars a month and can deliver only so much efficiency.
Chicago detective Phil lip Lauth and partner captured burglars after a gunfight. The next day Lauth complained of back pain and asked his son to rub it with liniment, discovering a deeper ailment required attention.
Appalachian Electric Power began installing 52 street lights in downtown Beckley on June 23. City officials expect completion in 45 days. The company will also install 295 residential street lights to be operated by the city at a fixed rate.
In McIntire Iowa a street side town pump on Main Street near highway 312 remains the primary water source for about 300 residents. Residents recount 35 years of use with a band stand once placed over the well and note a private yard well is unsafe. Fire trucks still draw water from the nearby Wasipinicon River.
The Bank of England lifts a 30 year rule forcing married female staff to drop from permanent status. Court of directors ends acting status for married women, allowing them to remain employed despite marriage.
A Bluefield police firearms school runs June 27 through July 1 at the city pistol range behind the municipal football stadium. Police Chief Arnold Porterfield says the course covers gun care safety and firing positions with FBI agent Charlex Watson assisting. Officers provide their own weapons ammo and attire with sessions in the afternoon.
Suffolk June 23 45 State Trooper J L Collins stopped a car on Suffolk Hoil land highway after an inspection questioned a blue windshield sticker. It exposed no brakes lights mirrors and a badly worn steering gear with broken windows at a garage. Circles S Staton paid 935 and costs in Nansemond justice court after claiming he cut a sticker from a writing tablet.
Washington June 23 President Truman signed a bill raising each house member's expense allowance by 3500 annually while urging Congress to boost government executive pay. The extra 3000 for clerk hire plus 500 for telephone and telegraph costs aim to aid public service. In Clarksburg 22 year old Robert Johnson and 17 year old Wilbert Conrad were sentenced to 10 and 5 years for a March robbery on the Clarksburg Weston road.
The funeral of Minnie Bradley of Heights addition Peoria will be held today at 2 PM at St. James Church with burial at Willow Cemetery. Interment for Ernest Allen of Bienern will follow at Monte Vista cemetery. Rites for C Jecteam will be conducted Saturday at 10 AM at the Mercer Funeral Home. Survivors include wife and two children. The attendance director for McDowell County, Ernest Allen, is noted among survivors. Burial details and church services will occur as listed.
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