Lots Of Political Ammunition In MacArthur Hearings
Senators predict the 2 000 word MacArthur ouster inquiry record will be used by major 1952 candidates. Nine of 26 committee members face re election and George Ga notes many quotes will shape races though few will read the full record.
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Ant Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
W. VA
MacArthur
George
Washington
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
D-Ga
McDowell Legion Jrs Schedule Two Games This Week
The McDowell American Legion juniors play two baseball games at Blakely field Welch this week. On Thursday June 28 they meet Robert Brauer McComas Juniors at 2 p m with Lee Myers expected to pitch. Friday June 29 they face Amonate at 2 p m with Billy Johnson and Byron Smith sharing mound duties. Smith pitched a no hitter at Bluefield last season and owns a 10 1 record last year. This year he is 3 0.
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McDowell American Legion
Blakely Field
Welch
Robert Brauer McComas
Lee Myers
McDowell
Amonate
Billy Johnson
Byron Smith
Smith
Bluefield
Legion Ball
Tobacco Industry Leaders Assemble at 51st Association Convention
Representatives of the leaf trade gathered in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for the 51st annual Tobacco Association of the United States convention. The formal opening was scheduled for 10 a.m. and former Virginia governor William M. Tuck was to deliver the main address later in the morning.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
The
Tobacco Association of the United States
Virginia
William M. Tuck
Hurricane Athlete Drowns In Pond
Billy Jack Kennedy a 17 year old Hurricane High School athlete drowned while swimming with companions in a pond near the school in Hurricane West Virginia yesterday. The tragedy follows a report noting California leads in citrus production.
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W. Va
Billy Jack Kennedy
Deaths And Funerals In Bluefield Area
Goodwill miner James Eldridge Taylor 34 died at Bluefield Sanitarium from injuries suffered in a Goodwill mine accident Friday night and he is survived by his widow and six children. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Goodwill Methodist church with burial in Belcher Cemetery. Many relatives and mourners named.
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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
Deaths Report Two Veterans From Virginia and West Virginia
Shafter Day 50, an employee of U S Steel at No 6 mine Gary, died of a heart attack at home on Number 9 mountain. Pending funeral arrangements, body at C J Douglas mortuary Welch. Andy Ballard Myers 66 died at his Horsepen Virginia home late Saturday night. Myers native of Stewsteréals born September 30 son of Rader and Molli rewster Myers. Wife Julia na Myers preceded him in oath. Surviving are son Arthur of Horsepen a See Mrs Cleo Nunley Big Creek VA and brother John Myers Newhall. Funeral services from home today at 2 pm by Rev Ben Christian. Burial at Grassy Spur VA. Body returned from O J Douglas mortuary yesterday afternoon.
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Emmett Cornelius Hall
New Richmond
Itmann
Hall
United Mine Workers
Stephenson
New Richmond Chapel
Henry
Mullens
Howard
Carl
Roanoke
Theo Morgan
Christiansburg
Dunman
New Richmond Church
Jackson Cemetery
Mr. Sparks
Beckley
Paul Moore
Ghent
Shafter
U. S. Steel Company
Gary
Mountain
C. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Andy Ballard Myers
Horsepen
Stewsteréals
E. Myers
Rader
Arthur
Cleo Nunley
Big Creek
John Myers
Newhall
Ben Christian
Grassy Spur
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
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
Sampson Bonds
Forrest Hill
Ruth Meadows
Ramage dies in Bluefield at 75 after long residence
Mrs. Gertrude C. Ramage 75 widow of John T. Ramage died in her sleep at home on Third Street. Born in Shamokin Pa June 13 1876 she had lived in Bluefield since 1910. Survived by son Robert Eugene Ramage two grandchildren and three nephews. Funeral Tuesday 3 p m at First Presbyterian with Rev H H Gordon officiating. Interment Monte Vista cemetery. Pallbearers named. flowerbearers from church groups.
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Mary Belcher
Mary Stowers Belcher
Ballard Belcher
Rocky Gap
Sunny Point
James
Clarence
Marvin
Glen Burton
Howard
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
Roanoke
A. M. Miller
Christiansburg
Luther Poff
Shawsville
Rushbrooke
Allan J. Harkness
First Presbyterian Church
Richardson
Sunset
Gertrude C. Ramage
John T. Ramage
Third Street
Russell Yarbrough
Carlyle Gentry
Jack Taylor
W. C. Pollock
Circle No. 8
Narcotics Probe Opens Tuesday Hearing on national drug traffic
Baltimore June 24 Senate crime committee to hold public hearings in Washington Tuesday on the three basic phases of narcotics traffic. Likely 12 to 15 witnesses including hospital admins criminologists medical experts and drug users. Hearings televised through Wednesday aim to gain insight rather than focus on any one region or state.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O’conor
O’conor
Obituary for John Benzer of Fayetteville
John Benzer of Fayetteville died yesterday night in a Welch hospital. Funeral arrangements will be made by O J Douglas Mortuary in Welch.
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John Benzer
Fayettevile
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Elch
Brothers Treated For Spinal Injuries in Virginia Hospital
Two Jolo West Virginia brothers are treated in the paraplegic ward of McGuire Veterans Administration hospital in Richmond. Hobart Beavers, 19, was struck in the back by North Korean machine gun fire last September. Walter, 17, was injured on leave when a pickup truck overturned near home, resulting in a spinal cord injury.
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Richmond
Jolo
West Virginia
McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital
Hobart Beavers
Walter
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 from August 10 to 12.
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Charleston
W. Va
Douglas MacArthur
West Virginia American Legion
Kremlin Peace Talk Provokes Mixed Frontline Reactions
Soviet Malik proposal drawn from Moscow high policy line with Pravda and Izvestia publishing text complete. American troops express skepticism with most saying they will believe when home, while one officer claims the move shows U N on the run and a path to end the war on terms.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
U. N
Moscow
Pravda
Izvestia
Malik
Kremlin
United States
U. S
Korea
Austin
Three Die In Crash Of Passenger Plane
Three people died when a four passenger private plane reportedly fell apart in high winds and crashed upside down on a farm fence near Angola Indiana. Victims tentatively identified as Walker Lyerly Jr 34 of Hickory North Carolina Leo Van Dyne age not available of Toledo Ohio and Miss Pat Leahy 19 of Oak Park Michigan.
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Angola
Ind
Ligonier
Walker Lyerly, Jr
Hickory
N. C
Leo van Dyne
Toledo
Pat Leahy
Oak Park
Miner Dies Drowning While Drinking Spring in West Virginia
Mount Hope W Va June 24 Sylvester Martin Lepto 38 foreman for the New River company was found dead near Stonecliff apparently drowned while drinking from a foot and a half deep mountain spring. Two companions who were fishing found the body and a mortuary quote said his head was submerged. The coroner will probe heart attack as a possibility.
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Mount Hope
W. Va
Stonecliff
Sylvester Martin Lepto
New River Company
Lepto
New River
Auto Plunges Into Creek Killing One In West Virginia
Glenville West Virginia June 24 James Stewart about 23 of Glenville died in a Weston hospital from a skull fracture after a car with four companions plunged into a creek and overturned three and a half miles west of Glenville early today State police said Stewart was one of five young men in the car Only a fifth of Greek soil can be put to agricultural uses.
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Glenville
W. Va
James Stewart
Weston
Stewart
VFW Delegates To Be Named Here Tonight
Members of Pinnacle Post VFW will elect delegates tonight at 8 o clock in the Bland and Ridge clubrooms. Delegates will attend the state encampment in Clarksburg on June 28 29 30. Also note Medina Saudi Arabia grows over 100 varieties of dates nearby.
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Pinnacle Post
VFW
State Department
Clarksburg
Bland and
Ridge Streets
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Henry F. Grady
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Mrs
Mary Hancock
Barnett
Marion
Mary M. Hancock
Round Hill Cemetery
Trinity Methodist Church
Charles William
Bill’’ Burton
Fulton Street
Norfolk and Western Railway
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A. A. Angle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Mercer Funeral Home
William Walls
Pfc
William McKinley Walls
Avondale
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Shortridge
Charlie Gordon
Charlie F. Gordon
Matoaka
Roger McCormick
Bailey Funeral Home
Emmett
R. C. Fleshman
Bluefield Sanitarium
Albemarle Street
Cecil V. Cooke
First Baptist Church
J. T. Stinson
Monte Vista Park Cemetery
Sol
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Mercer's
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Bluefield & Montcalm
Mercer Funeral Home Inc
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P. D. Bratton
Clyde Cravens
Ass’t
Ralph D. Bratton
ARIES
Clay R Pollan
Taurus
Sagittarius
OFC
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Gertrude Ramage
Walter G. Bonds
Shadrick
Shadricks
Skin Fork
Kenneth
Skelton
Aces Ved Mare & Cuatery
Pineville
Jess Houck
Joe Pizzino
Beckley Streets
American Legion
Little
Pvt
Ottavio Grosso
Kenneth Alocke
Post
J. A. ‘Thompson
George Gunter
Lee
West Vir
Gail Harman
Charles Honaker
Camp Joy
Ingleside
Underwood
Medina
Saudi Arabia
Commerc
Bland St
Ial Printing Company
Bluefield, W. Va
Typewriter
Wagner and Hawkins Funeral Home
Hawkins
Bluefield, Virginia
Claszs Alotor
Stockman Tire Service
Bluefield Ave
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