Security Council approves U S aid to Korea vote
The United Nations Security Council endorsed President Truman's plan to provide military aid to South Korea. Seven of eleven members supported the American resolution inviting nations to contribute to counter the North Korean invasion. Yugoslavia opposed. the Soviet Union was absent. India and Egypt abstained due to lack of instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
South Korea
East Asia
U. N. Security Council
India
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Jakob A. Malik
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
Korea
Nyet
Trygve Lie
Malik
Russia
U. N
Washington
North Korea
United States
Britain
France
China
Norway
Ecuador
Cuba
Mahmoud Bey Fawzi
Cairo
State Department
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Security Council
Far Pacific
Juror barred from verdict in Pruitt larceny case
In Huntington, a juror refused to vote due to conscience, producing a no verdict in the Gene Pruitt grand larceny and maiming trial. The case will go before a new common pleas jury tomorrow as juror Earl R. Young is excused for alleged prejudice rather than religious beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Gene Pruitt
Cabin Creek
Pruitt
Huntington Jewelry
Shirley Woodell
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Earl R. Young
Freighter And Luxury Liner Collide In New York Harbor
A Danish freighter named Colombia collided with the luxury liner Excalibur in New York Harbor. The freighter caught fire but no injuries were reported. passengers on the Excalibur were rescued and housed in New York City after the ship was beached and towed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Harbor
New York
Colombia
Adriane Thoet
Brooklyn
Narrows
Atlantic Ocean
Jersey City
N. J
Bay Ridge
American Export Line
New York City
Truman Proclaims Guarded Free Areas in Korea Crisis
President Truman orders all free areas guarded as Korea faces a Communist invasion backed by the United States. Allies including Attlee pledge aid. Johnson says no land troops needed now. UN Security Council to back U S policy. Australian PM Menzies dispatches bombers to Singapore. Tokyo reports cite bombers ready to strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Korea
United States
Korea
Truman
Capitol Hill
London
Attlee
Britain
United Nations
Johnson
Senate
Lucas
Russia
UN Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
U. N
Robert G. Menzies
Singapore
Menzies
Tokyo
Deaths and Funerals Segment from Huntington News
Obituaries list James D. McAmis of Norton Virginia with a funeral at Ramsey Baptist Church and interment at Laurel Grove. James Ford Hamrick of Huntington, a World War I veteran, dies at Mountain Home hospital. survivors listed and service at Hawkins chapel. Other notices include William Hart Straley of Mullens dying after long illness with services at Pentecostal Holiness Church and burial at Resthaven Princeton. multiple relatives named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. McAmis
Baptist Church
Ramsey
Norton
Mr. Vance
Esserville
Wade Powers
Wise
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Mohegan man James Heath dies in Welch hospital
James Heath of Mohegan near Welch died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. The body was removed to O J Douglas mortuary in Welch to await funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Heath
Mohegan
Welch
O. J. Douglas
Leonard Davis obituary from Hartwell home
Leonard Davis, 68, died Monday night at the home of his son Earl Davis in Hartwell. A North Carolina native born September 3, 1881, he is survived by daughters Mrs. Early Rose and Mrs. Glen Rose of Squire and Mrs. Walter Johnson of Caretta, and sons Earl of Hartwell and Bill of Bishop. Funeral service at 2 p.m. at the Hartwell home, burial in Grassy Spur, Va. O. J. Douglas mortuary of Welch in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Davis
Earl Davis
Hartwell
O. J. Douglas
Welch
Belfast Man Charles Mutter 85 Dies After Illness
Charles Mutter of Belfast Virginia died at his home after several months of illness. Survived by wife Mary Barnett Mutter and six children Walker Fred Mutter Spencer Mutter Mrs. G W Denny Mrs Burley Hawkins and Mrs E J Warner plus a brother and sister. Funeral service today at 2 p m from the home with Revs Patrick and Ross officiating. Burial in family cemetery Belfast. Farmer Funeral Home Richlands to residence Belfast last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mutter
Belfast
Fletcher
Nancy Taylor Mutter
Russell County
Methodist Church
Mary Barnett Mutter
Walker
Fred Mutter
Spencer Mutter
Fort Knox
G. W. Denny
Cedar Bluff
Burley Hawkins
Property appeals and licenses approved in local notices
An appeal case approved for a four unit two story apartment at College avenue north side lot 6 section 880 with $6 500 and $15 000 valuations and repairs to 117 Tulip street front porch for Mrs R M Rose. Two license applications approved for Ruth Mae Brooks for a retail beer license at Russell's Lunch 521 Bluefield avenue and Robert Ramsey for a retail sales license at Ramsey Painting and Decorating company corner Stewart and Commerce streets. Also notes United States 1946 strike year with 1.43 percent of time worked idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Brother
Ft. Myers
Fla
Bluefield
I. A. Edlin
Tony Lotito
Recreation Department
Zoning Board of Appeals
Reid Boyce Tire and Tread Co
Bluefield Avenue
Ralph E. Thompson
College Avenue
Mamie Pearis
Gener Genoa Avenue
George McCulloch
Joan M. Claytor
Bland Street
C. N. Haynes
East
Wayne Street
G. R. Watkins
Bath Street
E. L. Byrd
Maryland
Myrtle Hager
Cherry Street
George L. Spanos
College
James T. Peters
R. M. Rose
Tulip Street
Ruth Mae Brooks
Russell’s
Robert Ramsey
Ramsey Painting and Decorating Company
Stewart and
Commerce Streets
United States
Bowden Rites Set In Marie Church
Mrs. Ethel M. Bowden 63 of Marie Summers county died Monday at Hinton hospital. Funeral at New Hope church Marie with Rev. C. H. Martin and Rev. B. F. Wright officiating. Interment in church cemetery. Born Floyd county Va January 8 1887. Survived by son Lawrence Cowan Detroit and four daughters including Mrs. Henry Weaver Bluefield and Mrs. Wallace Dillon Marne. Four brothers Rex Dangerfield and Harry and Edward Dangerfield. Four sisters Mrs. Nell Epperly Mrs. Ruby McCoy Mrs. Elizabeth Stainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Bowden
Ethel M. Bowden
Marie
Summers County
Hinton
New Hope Church
C. H. Martin
B. F. Wright
Talcott
Church
Nell Epperly
Ruby McCoy
Elizabeth Stainer
Chris
Funeral rites for Sidney G Harris in Bluefield Va
Sidney G Jiggs Harris who died Monday at Bluefield Sanitarium will be buried at Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Virginia. Born December 12 1905 in Tazewell County Virginia he is survived by father John R Harris stepmother Mrs Lillian Harris five brothers and two foster brothers. The body was moved to the residence of brother on Wheeling Avenue with pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney G. Harris
Sidney G
Jiggs) Harris
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield Sanitarium
Robert L. Harris
Wheeling Avenue
Paul Blevins
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Mr. Harris
Tazewell County
Virginia
John R. Harris
Lillian Harris
William A. Harris
Richmond
James A
Henry F
Portsmouth
Joseph E. Harris
Huntington
Dewey D. Keith
San Antonio
Tex
Earl G. Williams
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Roby Brown
Dominick Buzzo
Johnny Buzzo
Buster Smith
Buster Linkous
Acie Gillespie
Mrs Ruth Pettrey Bohon dies after illness at 36
Ruth Pettrey Bohon of Keen Mountain Virginia dies after a lingering illness at age 36. She is survived by her husband William U Bohon two sons Charles K B and Billy Bohon a daughter Mrs Geraldine Owens and a grandson George Andrew Owens. Funeral service set for Thursday at 11 at Keen Mountain Community Church where she was an active member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Bohon
Ruth Pettrey Bonon
Wue
William U. Bonon
Meen Mountain
Cnariie
Ana Kila
Jenkinjones Man Drowns In Mishap
Donald E. Shatley, 24, of Jenkinjones, drowned yesterday afternoon in a swimming hole near his home. He slipped from an inner tube and could not reach shore as the water, about 25 feet deep, held him. His wife Fran Shatley, unable to swim, sought help. two youths retrieved the body and artificial respiration failed. The funeral home in Pocahontas will hold the remains pending final arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Shatley
Jenkinjones
Shatley
Jenkin Jones
Truman orders U S forces to defend Formosa and Korea
President Truman, reversing prior limits, orders air and sea actions around Korea and around Formosa to counter Communist threats. He directs the 7th Fleet to prevent attacks on Formosa and asks Chiang Kai-shek to halt Nationalist operations against the mainland. Interment details follow for Rev. Joe E. Baker Jr. at Resthaven cemetery, Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Church
U. S
Okinawa
South Korea
London
Attlee
House of Commons
Truman
Russia
Kremlin
Formosa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
United States
China
State Department
Pacific
7Th Fleet
Chiang Kai- Shek
Joe E. Baker, Jr
Resthaven Cemetery
Princeton
Rites Set for Roger L Howell of Princewick Area
Roger L Howell 42, former Princewick resident, died Sunday in Lansing North Carolina. Rites scheduled for 2:30 PM at Lansing Baptist Church with Rev C H Costow of Princewick officiating. Interment will follow in Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger L. Howell
Princewick
Lansing
N. C
Clarence H. Sawyers Rites Held In Welch Church
Clarence Henry Sawyers 59 of Bluefield died Sunday in a Welch hospital. Service today at 2 thirty P M from Houston Methodist church Kimball with Rev Andy Roe and Rev C S Compton officiating. Interment Wood lawn cemetery. Pallbearers listed. Bennett funeral home to Edgar Sawyers of Carswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Sawyers
Clarence Henry Sawyers
Bluefield
Welch Hospital
Houston Methodist Church
Kimball
Andy Roe
C. S. Compton
Woodlawn Cemetery
Albert Phillips
Emory Shaw
Andy Rudd
Ivo Snow
Roscoe Shaw, Jr
Douglas Williams
Bennett Funeral Home
Edgar Sawyers
Carswell
Deadline Set for August Primary Voter Registration
Welch West Virginia June 27 Eligible voters have until midnight Saturday July 1 to register for the August primary elections. County Clerk Don Renn announced the cutoff, noting July 2 falls on Sunday and the deadline is moved to Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Don Renn
Renn
Old Time Dance Caps Sesqui Day With Iwo Jima Tableau
The event featured nineties era dances and a World War II tableau in Tazewell. A Sesquicentennial court session was canceled, a pie eating contest entertained the crowd, and a model airplane meet followed by a cap and ball rifle shoot drew participants ages 17 to 70 at local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Necessary
West Graham
John Hilt
Asberry
T. E. Bowling, Jr
Tazewell
William D. Whitman
Tazewell Ball Park
Republicans Face Tax Bill Clash in House Debate
The House opened debate on a 1.01 billion excise tax cut bill as Far East military moves sparked doubt it would pass. Democrats warned war could trigger a tax increase, while Republicans called the measure a hoax and urged higher corporate taxes to avoid a veto. The House approved a restrictive rule, allowing a single Republican vote on tax views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
U.S
Far East
Ways and Means
Kean
New Jersey
Rep. Simpson
R-Pa
Rep
Coughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Four Arrested in Moonshine Possession Charge
Four Bluefield youths aged 18 or older were arrested on Stony Ridge for possession of moonshine whiskey. Named detainees are John Higgenbottom, James Tolbert, Jack Tolbert, and James Farmer. Patrolmen Lilly and Lambert took them into the city jail after spotting the group about 7 30 p.m. on the north side during a routine beat. A hearing is tentatively set for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Stony Ridge
John Henry Higgenbottom
James Tolbert
Jack Tolbert
James Farmer
Lilly and
Lambert
Explosion at Syrian fuel depot kills and injures hundreds
Damascus June 27 eighty persons were fatally hurt and 300 seriously hurt in an explosion today at a large fuel depot near Homs about 100 miles north of Damascus. The blast followed a raging fire that swept the plant and troops were rushed to the scene for rescue work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Homs
Mullen Elected President of Randolph Macon Board
Ashland Virginia June 27 James Mullen of Richmond was unanimously elected president of Randolph Macon Board of Trustees at the board's annual session. Mullen Richmond attorney and Randolph Macon class of 1896 succeeds Walker Pettyjohn of Lynchburg who served as president since 1920 and resigned due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
James Mullen
Richmond
Randolph Macon
Mullen
Walker Pettyjown
Lynchburg
Pettyjonn
Prizes Awarded in Local Shoot and Dress Parade
Grady Dalton of Richlands won first place with 23 of 30 and a 15 pound turkey. Roy Peery of North Tazewell took second with 13 and a $2 steak. A prone 50 yard shoot complemented by a women’s dress parade judged by Mrs. W. B. Leslie and others featured about 25 participants led by Mrs. J. E. Hopkins as first prize in a century old dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
H. S. Necessary
Hilt
Jack Necessary
W. F. Necessary
Asberry
Roy Peery
North Tazewell
Grady Dalton
Richlands
Dalton
Smokey Mountains
North Carolina
Daily Telegraph
Peery
W. B. Leslie
Evelyn Hardy
R. L. Lambert
J. E. Hopkins
Tazewell
Bertha Greever
J. J. Draper
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Tor
Ury
Katz
Groveland
Tanner
City Zoning Commission
Lower Princton Avenue
Price Street
Wallace Transfer Company
Ivy
Ronald Colmans
News of the World
Halls of
the Falcon
Richard Diamond
Mindy Carson
Tuell Aller
Daniel Boone
Kit Carson
Quincy F. Hamrick
Quincy Ford Hamrick
Lynn Street
This City
Mountain Home Veterans Hospital
Johnson City
Tenn
Hamrick
Webster Springs
Nelson P
Cosby Hunt Hamrick
Dolly Harpold
George Moore, Jr
Virginia Lee
Anita Jacqueline Hamrick
William L
Alfred K
George N. Hamrick
Roy H. Hamrick
Detroit
Mich
Howard, Gandeeville
Hugh
Benton Hamrick
Charleston
Hawkins
Herman Mauch
Monte Vista
Transburg
Frank Akers
Missouri
Meadows Funeral
Shanklin
Maine
William H. Straley
William Hart Straley
South Mullens
Cyrus H. Pennington
Guyandotte Avenue
Mr. Straley
Nashville, Tenn
West Virginia
Virginian Railway
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Railway Carmen of America
Pentecostal Church
Lula Straley
Pittsburgh
Edgar H. Straley
Matoaka
Andrew Straley
Pennington
Charles
Gee
The
Queen City Brewing Company
Cumberland, Md
Hamden Wholesale
Princeton, W. Va
Iwo Jima
Dickie Gawls
Gawls
Bobby Webb
Johnny Perry
the Pinnacle Restaurant
Mae A ' Me Tiennac Eee Tsi
Federal ST
W.va
Willys
Bluefield Trading Center
New Winefield
Princeton and
Bluefield, W. VA
J. M. Bondu
Mercer Street
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