Murder Charge Arises Over Pocahontas Mine Foreman Case
Mrs. Cora Belcher, assistant mine foreman at Pocahontas Fuel Co., is charged with murder after a man was shot at his Coaldale home last Saturday. He died Monday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Belcher was arrested Monday at Stevens clinic, hospitalized for non serious abdominal injuries, and will be jailed after discharge. Roscoe Pendleton, prosecutor, indicated she will be held in Mercer county jail.
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Cora Bel- Belcher
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Fees
Roscoe Pendleton
Funeral Services Held for William E Debusk
William Everett DeBusk 36, Abingdon area native, died after long heart illness at George Johnston Memorial Hospital Abingdon on Monday night. Survived by wife Kate Lilley and siblings Mrs J E Neel, Mrs A C Leonard, Hattie Mae DeBusk, Lillian DeBusk, O T DeBusk, T H DeBusk. Funeral at Bethel Presbyterian Church with burial in Bethel Cemetery.
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William Everett DeBusk
John E. Neel
Ae Road
George Johnston Memorial Hospital
Abingdon
DeBusk
Greendale
Holston
Kate Lilley
J. E. Neel
A. C. Leonard
Bristol
Hattie Mae
Lillian DeBusk
O. T
T. H. DeBusk
Giles Scyphers
Bluefield
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Bethel Cemetery
Miniature kitchen display boosts appliance sales, says expert
A salesman uses tiny models and a portable miniature kitchen to show women how stoves refrigerators and cabinets fit in a real kitchen. The plan improves understanding and sales as women engage with the diminutive display. An eclipse note mentions England had not seen one since 1724 and would not again until 1999.
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England
Deadline Padoed in Parsons Case Looms Today
In Stony Brook New York federal agents pressed a guarded probe into the disappearance of heiress Mrs June Parsons as a noon deadline loomed for the kidnapers to contact her husband William H Parsons. Retired New York businessman promised safety if they communicated by noon and would face authorities afterward. District Attorney L Barron Hill planned an immediate review and set up Brookhaven police HQ while vowing vigorous prosecution.
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Stony Brook
N. Y
William H. Parsons
New York
Frank McDowell
Parsons Farm
McDowell
L. Barron Hill
Suffolk County
Brookhaven Township
Southold
Long Island
Federal Bureau of Investigion
Pennsylvania Railroad Reports May Income Decline
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co. reported net railway income for May of 6 066 111 dollars, down from 6 859 392 dollars a year earlier. For the first five months passenger revenue totaled 5 697 039 dollars, up 502 754 dollars from the prior period.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Rev Carl Talley to preach at Ceres Church
The Rev Carl Talley will preach at the Ceres Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o clock He will administer baptism at Rock Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock and preach there Sunday night The public is invited to all services. HINTON ADOPTS MILK LAW City council passed a milk ordinance requiring a city permit for sale of milk and regulating container inspection.
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Carl Talley
Ceres Baptist Church
Rock
Hinton
W. Va
Duke May Return to English Home in Lincolnshire
An agent for the Duke of Windsor reportedly purchased a 100 year old Lincolnshire estate near Harlaxton and Belvoir Castle. Rumors say the former king may live there within a year, with Harlaxton hall near Lord Brownlow’s residence and the hunting country around Melton Mowbray. The four thousand acre baronial estate includes a brewery bakery and village clusters and a 100 bedroom manor house built in Elizabethan style.
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Lincolnshire
Windsor
Birmingham
Eng
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Harlaxton
Harlaxton Hall
Lord Brownlow
Duchess of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Melton Mowbray
Prince of Wales
Belvoir
Belvoir Castle
London
Maine Platform Falls as Farley Introduced
Biddeford Maine June 24 Farley faced a collapsed platform as he was introduced by Mayor Wilfred Landry for an address. Musicians fell but none were seriously hurt. The remark Maine's platform seems to be down echoed as rabies cases decline in summer.
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Biddeford
Maine
James A. Farley
Wilfred Landry
Farley
M E Preachers Picnic At Pinnacle Rock Near Bramwell
The Methodist church hosts an annual picnic at Pinnacle Rock near Bramwell today from 2 to 6 p m. Local and traveling pastors with their families attend along with deaconesses and church leaders. Ministers plan a brief business session while spouses hold an informal meeting and teams compete in softball and horseshoe pitching.
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Methodist
Pinnacle Rock
Bramwell
Worker Buried When Pipe Line Caves In
In Wheeling West Virginia June 24 a worker was buried to his chin in dirt when a trench for a pipe line at the Bloch Brothers tobacco plant caved in. Firemen and ambulances attended him as crews dug out the soil and he was placed on a pulmator in critical condition.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Berley
Bloch Brothers Tobacco Plant
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Parsons
Pennsylvania Railway
Ceres Church
Duke
M.E
C. E. Ae
Bramwell Church
Goodyear
al Waren
Court
Coodyear Speedway
Ec Frank
W. R. Keesee
Athens
High Garage
Barnett & Brumfield Coopers & Maybeury
Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co
Bluefield Avenue
Mercer Garage
Priincaren, W. W. Va Motor Company
Richlands, VA
Walker Chevrolet Service
Tasewwe
Blaker
Chevrolet
Welch, W. Wokech
Ford
Bate
Ford Finance Plans
Universal Credit Company
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