Democrats Map State Convention For Senate Nomination Fight
Democrats plan a state convention in Richmond to nominate a candidate for the unexpired U.S. Senate seat held by Carter Glass. The committee set a 1 delegate per 100 votes rule, aiming for about 1,125 delegates with a special rules committee to draft convention procedures. Amid smooth committee sessions, top figures like Rep. A Willis Robertson and Rep. Howard W. Smith attended discreetly as potential contenders alongside Judge Edwin Meek and J. Cloyd Byars. no final candidate had emerged.
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Carter Glass
Edwards U
State Central Committee
Executive Committee
Edwards
Richmond
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Howard W. Smith
Alexandria
Joan Marshall
United Bte
Marty F. Byrd
Robertson
Consideraton
Smith
Edwin Meek
Amherst
J. Cloyd Byars
Bristol
Glass
Lucien Shrader
Ambherst
Judge Meeks
Doctor Mangus Resumes Practice After Army Service
Dr. Julian Mangus resumes medical practice with rank of captain after Army service. He is a Lauce highen and Bluefield college graduate who earned a BS from the University of Richmond and a Jefferson Medical degree. His internship was at Norfolk General Hospital.
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Julian Mangus
Oe Mangus
Lauce Highen
Bluefield College
University of Richmond
Jefferson Medical In
Norfolk General Hospital
Norfolk
Pineville
Max Meadows
Armed Service
Elliott Crockett
Wythe County
Virginia
Dunbar Man On Trial For Becktley Store Theft
Dewain Burford 31 of Dunbar faces trial in Raleigh county criminal court on a $13,000 robbery of Em bee's store in Beckley on March 16. Co-defendants William Porter 29 and Robert Taylor 33 are charged with breaking and entering and theft of about $3,000 in cash jewelry fur coats and other goods.
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Beckley
W. Va
Dewain (Bull) Burford
Embee
Raleigh County
Buford
William Porter
Dunbar
Robert Taylor
Charleston
Taylor
Byrd and Burch Absent from Convention Amid Primary Challenge
Harry F. Byrd and Thomas G. Burch were not at the convention as the race unfolds toward the November election. Burch, a fifth district central committeeman, has not ruled out running. Byrd faces August primary challenger Martin A. Hutchinson, a Richmond lawyer.
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Harry F. Byrd
Thomas G. Burch
Tuck
Glass
Burch
Central
Bluefield Chamber appoints farm committee on agriculture
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce forms an agricultural committee with W. E. Meachum as chairman and a long list of Bluefield and area members. A planned fall sale and show aims to boost Mercer county farming and livestock breeding with participation from local breeders and owners.
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W. E. Meachum
Bluefield
J. P. Gills
R. P Keithly
Walton Anddathe
J. Hudson Huffard
Eva
Omar
Maynard
Turner
M. Cecil
Dan W. Lyncy
Tazewell and Co
W. Caffee
Princeton
Mercer County
22 Suspicious Fires Probed In State
Charleston West Virginia June 24 Twenty two inspections of suspicious fires compared with 16 for each of the preceding two months were conducted during May by the state fire marshal's office Fire Marshal Robert H Kidd said the investigations covered all sections of the state None has yet found a confirmed arson Four were in Cabell county three each in Kanawha and Marshall counties two in Harrison and one each in Brooke Payette Raleigh Summers Wood Morgan Jefferson and Mercer counties Kidd said his deputies also inspected 14 homes for aged persons or dependent children licensed by the department of public assistance
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Charleston
W. Va
State Fire mi
Robert H. Kidd
Cabell County
Kanawhe
Marshall
Harrison
Brooke
Payette
Raleigh
Summers
Wood
Morgan
Jefferson
Mercer
Kidd
Department of Public Assistance
Road Offices Extend Hours In West Virginia License Office
Road commission offices in the West Virginia statehouse shifted to a nine hour day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. this week to speed license plate issuance ahead of the July 1 deadline. Don McClaugherty, registrar of motor vehicles, said a night shift will handle mailing plates while clerks continue the expanded schedule.
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Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Statehouse
Don McClaugherty
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
McNaugherty
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