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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
7
Markets wobble on Washington and Korea front. commodities rise while stocks swing wildly. By noon, aid to South Korea spurred declines. close showed mixed moves as traders weighed war impact, inflation, and tax concerns. Volume hit records, with 4.86 million shares traded and government issues easing.
Clarksville Virginia June 27 Lauren Bowles 24 coach at Clarksville high school died today in five feet of water while swimming at Clark's pool 11 miles from here Coroner H H Braxton Chase City said death resulted from a heart attack Bowles was swimming with teen age boys when he sank efforts to revive him failed He joined the Clarksville faculty last February and was baseball coach in the spring He was Randolph Macon college graduate and served with the Navy in World War II.
Dr. Preston Bradley of Peoples Church Chicago told a Bluefield Rotary Ladies Night audience that civilization faces its most crucial test amid global tension. He urged peaceful statesmanship, warned against war, and said future conflicts may rely on nonmilitary means, stressing divine purpose and resilience.
A group of 550 American and Canadian college students began a summer voyage to Rotterdam on a military transport after a coast guard deemed the chartered Norwegian vessel unfit. President Truman arranged the transport following a wire from General Ballou of the Military Sea Transport Service. The trip had been scheduled for last Thursday.
A 24 inch feeder main broke at Ferry Branch hollow in South Charleston collapsing water pressure to a dangerously low level. A repair crew was dispatched to restore service and assess the break.
Roanoke Virginia June 27 Johnnie H. Flint a 49 year old Negro was sentenced to 22 years in the penitentiary by Judge Dirk A Kuyk after being found guilty on two murder charges and one malicious wounding count. The case grew from a cutting scarpe in which two were killed and another badly wounded. He received 10 years on each murder count and two years on the wounding count to run consecutively.
Editor Herman Everett Gieske of the Wheeling Intelligencer was named by Sheriff Warren W. Pugh as Ohio county's director of civilian defense.
Charleston West Virginia June 27 Court to decide if Tax Commissioner C H Koontz can recover 1100 in alleged salary overpayments to former Wayne County Commissioner William Bascom Smith The ruling may affect 12 or more similar cases in the state Also involved a damage claim by parents against minister Hillery C Rice Jr of the Fifth Avenue Church of God of South Charleston over their 17 year old son The appellate court set aside a Raleigh county circuit order appointing a receiver for Beckley Music store and overruled an audit order against Beckley Music and Electric company with Earl A Hall and Colin McLuckey as principal stockholders
Roanoke county authorities hold Floyd Joyner a 36 year old Norfolk convict on a beating that left 48 year old Addie Garland McCormack near death. The attacker entered the kitchen asked for soda then returned and struck her with a blunt instrument. Mrs. McCormack lies unconscious in Lewis Gale hospital as deputies search the area near Elma Springs for the weapon.
Five McDowell county Boy Scouts depart Welch for Valley Forge Pennsylvania to attend the national jamboree from June 30 to July 6. Participants include Bary Shrout Roy Kipsinger Fred Lee Parsons Jackie Mathis Jenkin Jones and John Cloyd with Ralph Burcham also traveling as an Eagle Scout troop leader.
Welch West Virginia mine inspector John Earnest will be installed as president of the Welch Lions Club at the Appalachian community room meeting. He succeeds fellow mining man Robert Marrs. Earnest works for the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal company at Capels.
Mr. A. Kramer of Marrero Louisiana swore his neuritis and rheumatism pains faded after using Hadacol claiming relief from swollen fingers and shoulder and hip pains. Ad states it supplies vitamins minerals and promises quick relief with a money back guarantee and trial size pricing.
At Valley Forge Pennsylvania on June 27 a crowd of more than 16 000 scouts and leaders arrived to pitch camp for the second national jamboree. By Friday President Truman is to speak opening the event which will host about 47 000 participants from 48 states territories and 20 foreign countries. The gathering marks the Scout movement's 40th anniversary crusade to strengthen the arm of liberty.
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