Ed Gilbert Says Market Drop Ruined Him in Celotex Bid
Edward M. Gilbert, former Bruce Co. president and Celotex stake holder, claims the stock market plunge ruined his plan to merge E. L. Bruce Co with Celotex. He fled to Brazil amid $3.3 million IRS liens and says he hopes to repay debts and pursue Brazilian lumber opportunities while admitting to unauthorized checks and a dream of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Edward M. Gilbert
E. L. Bruce Co
Celotex Corp
Bruce Gilbert
Gilbert
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
New York Times
M. J. Rossant
Times
Bruce Company
Rio
Internal Revenue Service
Bruce Co
Bruce
Celotex
Wall Street
Hodges to Speak at Tobacco Meeting in White Sulphur Springs
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges will address a joint session of the Tobacco Association of the United States and the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association in White Sulphur Springs. John Duncan and Spencer Hanes will also speak as bankers, shippers, and tobacco executives attend from the Southeast. The groups will elect new officers Tuesday with Lewis Dibrell favored to become president of the Tobacco Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Sulphur Springs
Luther Hodges
Tobacco Association of the
A. C. Monk
Tobacco Association
Lewis Dibrell
Danville
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local News Summary
Fragmentary notice from Bluefield Daily Telegraph describes publication details and circulation terms. Content mentions carriers in West Virginia and subscription rates, with references to locations and agencies but lacks a complete event or story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Ee Co
Bland Street
Riveri
State Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Katz Agency, Inc
Deaths and Funerals in Bluefield and Pearisburg Area
Obituaries list Cleveland Fowler Jr of Bluefield died after a lingering illness at St. Luke's Hospital. Survived by wife, children, siblings, and in laws. Funeral Tuesday at Mercer Funeral Home with burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Other notices include Ola Mae Ratcliff Gordon of Pearisburg and Myrtle Gladys Pertee of Roderfield with services and burials specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fowler, Jr
Boston St
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
More Teeners Tie The Knot In 1962 Trend
Washington reports a Population Reference Bureau study showing rising teenage marriages in 1962 with about 1,600,000 marriages expected. Among brides 40 percent are under 20 and 12.5 percent of grooms are under 20, with many becoming teenage mothers and grandparents earlier than before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Population Reference Bureau
Bureau
Funerals Planned for Yost and Luke and Asbury
Funeral notices list Mrs. Oliver Yost of Bluefield Virginia died Saturday at St Luke s Hospital service today at 2 pm Memorial Baptist Church Maple Hill Cemetery burial. Mrs Martha Judson Luke of Cocoa Florida died Tuesday service 2 30 pm Bethel Methodist Church burial Woodlawn Cemetery Memorial Funeral Home Princeton accepting calls after 10 am. Vernon W Asbury of Bramwell to be buried in Woodlawn Cemetery with services today at 3 pm Bramwell Methodist Church two pallbearers Bill Foster and Dr W P Eastwood will serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yost
Oliver
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
Memorial Baptist Church
Maple Hill Cemetery
Carl Yost
W. M Rutherford
Joe McCoy
Marvin White
Bernard Harrell
Herbert Kitts
James Lawson
Charles Winfrey
Luke
Martha Judson
Cocoa
Fla
Bethel Methodist Church
Ernest Boyd
Woodlawn
Memorial Funeral Home
Princeton
Asbury
Vernon W
Bramwell
Bramwell Methodist Church
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bill Foster
W. P. Eastwood
Confederate Meminger Monument Unveiled in Flat Rock NC
A memorial to Christopher Memminger, first Confederate treasury secretary and German-born immigrant, was unveiled by Ralph Izard Middleton at Memminger’s grave in St John In The Wilderness churchyard. Gen John S Sloan praised Memminger for his efforts aiding the Confederacy in the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Rock
N. C
Memminger
Confederacy
Funeral held for Harvey E Sheiler of Princeton
Harvey Edward Sheiler of 400 Key St Princeton died Sunday at Memorial Hospital after four weeks illness. He was son of the late Henry I and Sarah Bolton Sheiler of Giles County. Survivors include two cousins Mrs G W Lawrence and Mrs Winnie Houchins of Princeton. He was a Baptist and retired real estate broker who moved to Princeton from Florida in 1952. Services conducted Tuesday at 11 am at George W Seaver Mortuary Princeton with Rev W L Jenkin officiating and burial in Monte Vista Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bob Dill Leonard Kessinger Bill Lawrence E C Echols and Pat Touhig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Edward Sheiler
Key St
Princeton
Memorial Hospital
Henry I
Sarah Bolton Sheiler
Giles County
G. W. Lawrence
Winnie Houchins
The
Baptist Church
Florida
George W. Seaver
W. L. Jenkin
Monte Vista Cemetery
Bob Dill
Leonard Kessinger
Bill Lawrence
E. C. Echols
Pat Touhig
Police Chief Seeks Honest Force Amid Court Cases
Three Bluefield Police Department veterans face charges, prompting city leaders to pledge an honest force. The board notes most officers are good men, while Captain Cregger and Sergeant Kirk secure bonds of 2000 dollars. Fox was released on his own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Fox
Cregger
Kirk
Sgt
Jim Bailey
Princeton
Jess Mullins
Charles Caffee
Junior Ammar
Bivens
Walter W. Thomason dies at 72 in Roanoke
Walter William Thomason 72 of Roanoke Va former Bluefield resident died Saturday at home. Survived by wife Ethel Miller Thomason three sisters Nannie Long Lafay ette Carrie Linkous Blacksburg and Lelia Taylor Trento a stepson Harold Miller Wytheville and two grandchildren. Services held today at 2 30 p m at Okeys Chapel Roanoke with Rev Corney A McMullen and Rev J L Maddox officiating and burial in Sherwood Cemetery Roanoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter William Thomason
Roanoke
Bluefield
Ethel Miller Thomason
Nannie Long
Lafayette
Carrie Linkous
Blacksburg
Lelia Taylor
Trento
Harold Miller
Wytheville Va
Okey’s Chapel
Corney A. McMullen
J. L. Maddox
Sherwood Cemetery
State Man Named Director of ABA
Bert H. Early of Huntington West Virginia was named deputy executive director of the American Bar Association. Early, 40, is a World War II veteran and Harvard Law School graduate serving as associate general counsel for Island Creek Coal Co. with operations in Virginia Kentucky and West Virginia. He will be based in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bert H. Early
Huntington
W. Va
American Bar Association
John C. Satterfield
ABA
Early
Harvard Law School
Island Creek Coal Co
Virginia
Kentucky
West Virginia
Edward Watkins of Bramwell Dies After Illness
Edward Watkins of Bramwell died Sunday at Bluefield Sanitarium after several months of illness. He owned the Watkins Cafe in Bramwell. The body will lie at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Watkins
Bramwell
Bluefield Sanitarium
Watkins Cafe
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Vandals damage 119 tombstones at Green Hill Cemetery
LURAY Va AP Vandals overturned and damaged 119 tombstones in Green Hill Cemetery on Luray's main street Saturday night. Chief of Police Harry Farrar said stones lay in various parts of the 24 acre cemetery. Deputy Sheriff Weston Campbell, who lives nearby, noticed the damage while returning from an all night shift at the jail. Investigation underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luray
Green Hill
Harry Farrar
Weston Campbell
Blinkers Spur Crimson Satan To Leonard Richards Victory
Crimson Satan, ridden by Larry Gilligan, won the Leonard Richards Stakes at Delaware Park by 1 lengths over Noble Jay. Trainer Gordon Potter fitted blinkers and a burr bit to curb his behavior, earning owner Peter Salmon $30,300 of the $42,500 purse as the 445 favorite romped the 1 1 4 miles in 1 50.4 while Greek Money faded to last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garder State Park
Belmont Park
Jaipur
Gordon Potter
Leonard Richards
Crimson Satan
Larry Gilligan
Satan
Peter Salmon
Detroit
Black Snake Disrupts WHLL Radio Station Visit
In Wheeling AP report the five foot black snake invaded WHLL studios causing on air disruption. Police pursued the reptile as staff and officers battled it hides under the console and finally escaped into a wall cavity. efforts to capture it continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
WHLL
Cuba Cracks Down On Food Hoarders
Private individuals in Cuba face up to 180 days in prison for buying more than 25 pounds of agricultural products weekly under a new government decree. Havana radio reports arrests in Havana and other areas for hoarding food soap and detergents for black market sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Key West
Fla
Havana Radio
Havana
South Carolina Family Killed in Head-On Crash
A Greenville couple Robert Baumgardner 52 and Carmen 45 and their eight year old daughter Edith were killed in a head on collision on U S 23 near Johnson City Tennessee. Edna Byrd 30 of Bellaire Maryland was driving the other car and was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Pilots Challenge CAB Ruling On 1960 Staten Island Crash
The Air Line Pilots Association asks CAB to reconsider its finding blaming the United Airlines DC8 crew for the December 16 1960 collision with a Trans World Airlines Super-Constellation over Staten Island The union cites air traffic control laxness and notes FAA procedures were later changed in six major ways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Line Pilots Association
Tthe Civil Aeronautics Board
The
Pilots Association
CAB
Pilots’ Union
Federal Aviation Agency
United ‘Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Staten Island
United
Preston
N.J
Charles H. Ruby
Ed Bechtold
Eastern Regional Air Safety
Association
Ruby
Bechtold
FAA
New York Area
Missing Fishermen Are Found Unharmed
Two Bristol men Hurlan Wires aged 40 and J C Almany aged 45, drivers from Bristol, were found unharmed after authorities searched South Holston Lake. They had abandoned their rented boat and walked to a drive in restaurant in Abingdon. Rescue crews pursued the lake after the boat was located with life jackets nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Virginia
Tennessee
South Holston Lake
Abingdon
J. C. Almany
Bristol Cab
Huntington Man Named Deputy Executive Director of ABA
CHICAGO AP Huntington W V a man, a World War II veteran, was named by John C Satterfield president of the American Bar Association as Deputy Executive Director. The appointee is a 1949 Harvard Law School graduate and serves as Associate General Counsel for Island Creek Coal Co.
Jukebox Ban Shocks Bangkok Students
Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat bans jukeboxes in Bangkok after Bangkok World reports he believes students waste time listening to jukebox music which threatens Thai culture and traditions. The ruling targets public venues and private halls hosting jukeboxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
Bangkok World
Sarit
Bingo fans sail across channel to France for bingo
In Folkestone England 1200 bingo fans crossed the English Channel to Calais France by boat to play bingo on shore then return to continue aboard. The voyage was organized by a London bingo hall chain and marks bingo as a major British pastime after legalization two years prior under Macmillan government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkestone
England
English Channel
France
Calais
London
7000 Prisoners In East Germany Working
East Germany houses 7900 prisoners working at 22 labor camps across the country, according to Information Bureau West, a private Western intelligence service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlinapi
East Germany
Information Bureau West
Franco Tries Tightening Spain Labor Exports to Germany
Franco orders stricter controls on Spaniards hired in West Germany amid fears the 150 000 workers support strikes at home. Munich opposition groups consolidate, while Germany's foreign labor, including Spaniards and Italians, fuels a two year contracts scheme intended to fund dissidents and ease Spain's labor shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
Francisco Franco
West Germany
Spain
Franco
Munich
Germany
el Caudillo
Russian film wins grand prize at Karlovy Vary festival
The Russian film Nine Days of One Year directed by Mikhail Romm won the grand prize at Karlovy Vary. Italian film Accattone and British Taste of Honey also earned major awards while no best acting awards were given this year. A Cuban director Garcia Espanosa won the young creators prize for El Jovente belde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karlovy Vary
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Mikhail Romm
Accattone
Garcia Espanosa
Jte
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiktav
United States
Mondey Wes
Southeast
Ohio
Central
Gulf
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Central Plains
Rockies
Northern
Appalachians
Lower Lakes Region
Hodges
Tobacco Meeting
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Fowler, Sr
Martha Sue Turner Fowler
Calvary Baptist Church
Freda Lois Fowler
Sarah Lynn
Rebecca Mae Fowler
Robert D.fowler
Garland S. Fowler
Richard E. Fowler
Unity
William R. Fowler
Mrs
Ola Gordon
Mercer Funeral Home
Harry Albans
T. F. Herndon
C. H. Blankenship
C. K. Caldwell
D. H. Neal
L. A. Ruble
R. H. Witt
Luther Carter
B. McFarlane
D. J. Walker
Sarah Ruth Wilson Circle
Duzelian
Ola Mae Ratcliff Gordon
Pearisburg
Giles Memorial Hospital
Jack E. Gordon
Ward
Douglas Ratcliff
Williamsburg
Charles Ratcliff
Ashboro
William Ratcliff
Claudia Atwell
Milwaukee
Wis
Thelma Temple
Sandston
Givens Funeral Home
Wiley Neal
Birchlawn
Myrtle G. Pertee
Myrtle Gladys Pertee
Roderfield
Welch Hospital
Davy
Dow
Nancy Lockhart Pertee
Shermand Pertee
Keely
Donald Pertee
John Pertee
U. S. Navy
Norfolk, Va
Frank Martin
Ruth Lowe
Nadine
Wanda Pertee
John
Nana
Robert C. Cook
Cook
Carolina
H. E. Sheiler
W. W. Thomason
Edward ‘Watkins
Black Snake
Cuba
S. Carolina
Roller Floral Co
J. J. Johnson
Westinghouse Electric
Robert J. O'brien
Bluefield State College
Russell J. Cousins
Electrical Engineering Technology de
W.va
U.S. Air Force
Walt Kearns
Kearns Ins
Blond Street
Associated Press
Albany
Atlanta
Bismarck
Boise
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Denver
Des Moines
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Juneau
Kansas City
Memphis
Miami
St. Paul
New Orleans
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland
Ore
Richmond
St. Louis
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tampa
Winnipeg
E. Germany
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!