Daylight Thief Steals Auto Tires and Hub Caps
Police increase night patrols after a wave of daylight auto thefts in Bluefield. George H. Thompson reports four hubcaps and four white sidewall rims taken from his car between 8 am and 1 pm with a cracked rear window. neighbors saw nothing. Separate incident at Bland Street cleaner plant: garments stolen during the week of May 19 including two tan trousers one gray pair and one pink dress per Edward Ratcliff.
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Thompson
Owl Cleaner
Bland Street
Edward Ratcliff
N and W Earnings Rise 12 Percent in May
Norfolk and Western Railway earned 2,558,497 in May, up 12 percent from April. Year to date profits total 10,995,865, 28 cents ahead of last year, with May revenue reaching a 1948 high of 17,594,610. Taxes climbed 53 percent to 3,863,481, trimming net profit.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Truck Driver Killed In Hill Rollover Near Spelter
Deputy Sheriff Gaylord Lanham said James L. Leasure age 49 of Spelter was crushed to death when his truck rolled backward down a hill and overturned several times in Clarksburg area last night.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Gaylord Lanham
James L. Leasure
Spelter
Bluefielder Golfer Suffers Head Injury In Mishap
Peggy Watkins, 22, of 1708 Jefferson Street, sustained a skull fracture and brain concussion in a paten golf accident at Bluefield Country Club. She remained in good condition at St Luke's Hospital with a forehead laceration while standing on the women’s tee after a No 6 iron head struck her. The blow came as Winfrey Tender teed off behind No. 2 tee.
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Peggy Watkins
Jefferson Street
Bluefield Country Club
St. Luke’s Hospital
Miss Watkins
Winfrey Tender
Archbishop Urges Legalizing Gambling If Practiced
Canterbury archbishop Geoffrey Fisher argues Britons should gamble legally if they gamble at all. He favors royal commission recommendations for cash and credit betting shops, noting high betting rates and current laws that permit only track cash bets. The piece also honors John Gorrie with statues in Apalachicola and Washington.
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Canterbury
Eng
Geoffrey Fisher
Church of England
Labor
Local Sailor Returns From Korean War Patrol Aboard Manchester
Boatswain's mate second class Preston D. Hill USN son of Mr and Mrs Leola M Hill and husband of Mrs May Belle Hill of 409 Bluefield Ave has returned to the United States aboard light cruiser USS Manchester. The Manchester operated in enemy waters in support of UN ground forces in Korea and fired the greatest number of rounds by any Allied warship in the campaign, one time credited with more than 6000 enemy troop casualties.
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Preston D. Hill
USN
Leola M. Hill
May Belle Hill
Bluefield Avenue
U. S
Manchester
Korea
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