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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1951

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MacArthur hearings yield vast quotes for 1952 campaigns

Senate members anticipate the 2,000,000-word MacArthur ouster inquiry record will be heavily cited in the 1952 campaigns. Nine of the 26 on the armed services and foreign relations committees will seek re election. Senator George of Georgia foresees wide quotation in contests and the presidential race.

Washington MacArthur Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees George D-Ga

McDowell Legion Jrs. Play Two This Week

The McDowell American Legion juniors schedule two baseball games at Blakely field Welch this week. On Thursday June 28 they face Robert Brauer McComas Juniors at 2 p m with Lee Myers likely to pitch. Friday June 29 they meet Amonate at 2 p m with Billy Johnson and Byron Smith sharing mound duties. Smith pitched a no hitter at Bluefield last season and is among the top Legion prospects with a 3 0 record this year.

McDowell American Legion Blakely Field Welch Robert Brauer McComas Lee Myers McDowell Amonate Billy Johnson Byron Smith Smith Bluefield Legion Ball

Tobacco Leaders Gather for 51st U S Convention in West Virginia

Representatives of the leaf trade meet in White Sulphur Springs for the 51st annual Tobacco Association of the United States convention. The opening is set for 10 a m with former Virginia governor William M Tuck delivering the main address later tomorrow morning.

White Sulphur Springs W. Va The Tobacco Association of the United States Virginia William M. Tuck

Hurricane athlete drowns in pond near school

Billy Jack Kennedy a 17 year old Hurricane High School athlete drowned yesterday while swimming with companions in a pond near the school in Hurricane West Virginia. The incident occurred on the day after June 24. California produces more citrus than any other state in the union remains noted in unrelated text.

W. Va Billy Jack Kennedy California

Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield And Nearby

A long obituary list notes the death of Goodwill miner James Eldridge Taylor age 34 from injuries at the Goodwill mine. Services for various mourners are scheduled in Goodwill Montcalm Marion Matoaka and Pearisburg with multiple churches and cemeteries named.

Obituary notices for Mrs. Gertrude C. Ramage and Mrs. Lucy Jane Bonds

Mrs. Gertrude C. Ramage 75 widow of John T. Ramage died in her sleep at her Third street home. Born in Shamokin Pa June 13 1876 she leaves a son Robert Eugene Ramage two grandchildren Patty Ann and Eugene and three nephews all of Bluefield. Funeral Tuesday at 3 pm First Presbyterian church interment Monte Vista cemetery pallbearers named. Mrs Lucy Jane Bonds 65 wife of Walter Green Bonds of Lilly Grove Princeton died of a heart attack at 5 pm in a Hinton hospital while visiting daughter Edna Terry. She leaves husband two sons Stanley and Franklin Bonds a daughter Grace Bennett two stepchildren Sampson Bonds and Ruth Meadows. Funeral arrangements to be listed in Memorial funeral directory at Princeton.

James Eldridge Taylor Goodwill Bluefield Elizabeth Hartwell Taylor Mr. Taylor UMWA Mildred G. Hill Ruth Ann Lonnie Dale Linda Virginia Jerry Lane Johnny Frederick James Edward Lacy McComas Cletis Andy Taylor Montcalm Oscar Blevins Worth Ivan Hill Dewey Hess Freeman Richard Gilbert Hazel Taylor Goodwill Methodist Church Cottrell Montcalm Methodist Church Belcher Goodwill-Freeman Road Jesse Bob Blevins Alonzo King Sam Pilkton Steve Tessa Harold and Clarence Bailey H. W. Westmoreland Mercer Funeral Emmett Cornelius Hall New Richmond Itmann Hall United Mine Workers Stephenson New Richmond Chapel Henry Mullens Howard Car Roanoke Theo Morgan Christiansburg Dunman Jackson Cemetery Mr. Sparks Beckley Paul Moore Ghent New Richmond Church Mary Belcher Mary Stowers Belcher Ballard Belcher Rocky Gap Sunny Point James Clarence Marvin Glen Burton Frankie Eddie Stowers Hawkins Mortuary Eugenia Hall Eugenia Poff Hall Alonzo A. Hall Fred Rushbrooke Pearisburg L. R. Hall Cambria Sydney M. Scott, Jr L. E. Blankenship R. O. Walker A. M. Miller Luther Poff Shawsville Rushbrooke Allan J. Harkness First Presbyterian Church Richardson Sunset R. C. Fleshman Norfolk and Western Railway Bluefield Sanitarium Albemarle Street Cecil V. Cooke First Baptist Church J. T. Stinson Monte Vista Park Cemetery Gertrude C. Ramage John T. Ramage Third Street Robert Eugene Ramage Patty Ann Eugene Ramage Richard Dale M Jack Ramage H. H. Gordon Monte Vista Cemetery William Burnette Charles Smith Hugh Hancock Russell Yarbrough Carlyle Gentry Jack Taylor W. C. Pollock Circle No. 8 Lucy Jane Bonds Walter Green Bonds Lilly Grove Princeton Edna Terry Talcott Hinton North Carolina Bonds Arch Sarah Lawson Stanley Bonds Franklin Bonds Walls Grace Bennett Belle Point

Death Notice for John Benzer in Welch Hospital

John Benzer of Fayetteville died Sunday night in a Welch hospital. The body was made at O. J. Douglas Mortuary in Welch.

John Benzer Fayetteville Welch O. J. Douglas Mortuary

Brothers Treated For Spinal Injuries In Richmond Ward

Two Jolo West Virginia brothers Hobart Beavers 19 and Walter Beavers 17 are treated in the paraplegic ward of the McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital in Richmond Virginia. Hobart was shot by North Korean machine gun fire last September and Walter was injured on leave when a pickup truck overturned near their home causing a spinal cord injury.

Richmond Jolo West Virginia MceGuire Veterans Administration Hospital Hobart Beavers Walter

Narcotics Probe Opens Tuesday Hearings in D C

Senator Herbert R. O Conor said the Senate Crime Committee will hold public hearings in Washington Tuesday on the three basic phases of narcotics traffic. The televised hearings are expected to run through Wednesday with 12 to 15 witnesses, including hospital and custodial administrators criminologists medical men and some drug habit victims.

Baltimore Herbert R. O’conor O’conor

Burial of first Korea War casualty in West Virginia

Kenneth Shadrick, 18, buried at American Legion post 32 cemetery after dying in Korea. Hundreds attend the service with veterans and family present. flag presentation to his mother. he sought to see the world. He grew up in Skin Fork near Beckley and attended Pineville high school.

Shadricks Skin Fork Beckley Kenneth Skelton Shadrick Pineville Jess Houck Joe Pizzino Beckley Streets American Legion Korea Little Pvt Ottavio Grosso Kenneth A Tacke J. A. Thompson George Gunter West Virata

MacArthur Invited to Speak at West Virginia Legion Meet

General Douglas MacArthur has been invited to appear and speak at the West Virginia American Legion convention in Charleston August 10 12. The event will be held in Charleston with MacArthur as a featured speaker.

Charleston W. Va Douglas MacArthur West Virginia American, Legion

Soviet Malik peace talk stirs mixed views in Korea

Amid a Korea war anniversary program in Tullahoma Tennessee observers weigh Malik's Kremlin statement. Chinese radio stays silent on the proposal while Pravda Izvestia print it. U N forces vow to continue fighting unless aggression ends and actors weigh the possibility of negotiated peace under risk.

Tullahoma Tenn U.N Moscow Pravda Kremlin United States U. S Korea Austin Malik

Three Die In Crash Of Passenger Plane

A four passenger private plane crashed on a farm fence near Angola Indiana after "falling apart" in a high wind. Victims identified tentatively as Walker Lyerly Jr. 34 of Hickory North Carolina Leo Van Dyne age unavailable of Toledo Ohio and Miss Pat Leahy 19 of Oak Park Illinois.

Angola Ind Ligonier Walker Lyerly, Jr Hickory N. C Leo van Dyne Toledo Pat Leahy Oak Park Ill

Auto Plunges Into Creek Killing One in West Virginia

James Stewart about 23 of Glenville died in a Weston hospital from a skull fracture after an automobile accident near Glenville. He was one of five youths in a car that plunged into a creek and overturned three and a half miles west of Glenville early today. Only a fifth of Greek soil can be put to agricultural uses.

Glenville W. Va James Stewart Weston Stewart

Miner Drowns Attempting Spring Drink in Mount Hope

Mount Hope West Virginia June 24 foreman Sylvester Martin Lepto 38 of the New River company was found dead at a nearby mountain spring after sinking with his head under water while drinking. Two fishing companions discovered the body and the coroner planned to explore heart attack as a possible cause.

Mount Hope W. Va Stonecliff Sylvester Martin Lepto New River Company Lepto New River

VFW Delegates to Be Named at Local Post Meeting

Members of Pinnacle Post VFW will elect delegates tonight at 8 in the clubrooms at Bland and Ridge to attend the state encampment in Clarksburg on June 28 29 30. The event aims to select attendees from the post.

Pinnacle Post VFW State Department Clarksburg Bland and Ridge Streets

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Tobacco Industry Leaders Iran Henry F. Grady Mohammed Mossadegh Tehran John H. Statesman Anglo-Iranian Oil Company London Goodwill Miner Mrs Mary Hancock Barnett Marion Mary M. Hancock Round Hill Cemetery Trinity Methodist Church Charles William Bill’’ Burton Fulton Street Farm A. A. Angle Maple Hill Cemetery Mercer Funeral Home Pfc William Walls William McKinley Walls Avondale St. Paul's Shortridge Charlie Gordon Charlie F. Gordon Matoaka Roger McCormick Bailey Funeral Home Emmett C. Hall Shafter U. S. Steel Company Gary Mountain C. J. Douglas Mortuary Andy B. Myers Andy Ballard Myers Horsepen Brewsterdale Mr. Myers Rader and Mollie Brewster Myers Julia Marrs Myers Arthur Cleo Nunley Big Creek John Myers Newhall Ben Christian Grassy Spur Sol Ace Mercer's Recep Bluefield & Montcalm ARIES S&s Star Gazer Clay A Pollan Taurus Gemini Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Gertrude Ramage Walter G. Bonds Gail Harman Charles Honaker Camp Joy Ingleside Underwood Bland St Commercial Printing Company Typewriter Rsist Eee Tic Everywhere Medina Saudi Arabia Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home Hawkins Bluefield, Virginia Stockman Tire Service Bluefield Ave Bluefield, W. VA
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