Five Wise county men released after assault on Trooper Williams
Wise county jailer reports all five men charged with felonious assault on state trooper J W Williams Jr were released on bonds of 1009 each. The group including Allen Hale Douglas Hale Arnold Hall Fred Hall and William Davis Face preliminary hearings July 16. Authorities note tension between union and non union miners in the Carfax Dry Fork area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
J. W. Williams, Jr
Carfax
Wise County
H. R. Tieche
Tieche
Allen Hale
Douglas F. Hale
Arnold W. Hall
Fred M. Hall
Qin
William Davis
R. L. Slate
Wythville
E. J. McDermott
P. W. Crews
J. W. Williams
Dry Fork Road
Wisecoun
Williams
Commonwealth
John Roberts
J. T. Hamilton
Automatic water supply device for batteries
A device ensures unfailing operation of each electrical phase of an auto or truck by automatically maintaining an adequate water supply for the battery and requiring filling only twice a year.
Summer Clearance at The Vogue Shop
The Vogue Shop announces a summer sale starting Monday morning with all summer suits and cotton dresses in stock reduced. Dark sheets in one and two piece styles, pastel prints, and other clothing items are discounted at The Vogue Shop.
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Vogue
Vogue Shop
Deaths and Funerals Mrs David Schlossberg 93
Mrs David Schlossberg 93 mother of Abe Schlossberg of this city died in Danville Virginia last Saturday. Funeral services were held Sunday in Danville with interment in Monte Vista cemetery Roanoke and former homes listed Bluefield and Roanoke. Survived by two daughters Mrs August Kahn Danville and Mrs Edward Stone Chicago and four sons Morris Ned Schlossberg Roanoke Albert Huntington and Abe Schlossberg Bluefield. Eighteen grandchildren and twenty four great grandchildren. Pastor J H Hughes of Pocahontas officiated. Pallbearers listed with active and honorary names. Body will be moved from Mercer Funeral Home Montcalm to the McComas residence today at 4 pm and remain until Wednesday at 1 pm when moved to the church for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Schlossberg
Abe Schlossberg
Danville
Roanoke
Edward Stone
Chicago
Morris
Ned Schlossberg
Albert
Huntington
Bluefield
Montcalm
McComas
Funeral rites for David H. Smith of Oakvale
Funeral services for 92 year old David H. Smith were held at his Oakvale home with interment in Thornton cemetery. Survived by wife Lucy and sons R. H. Smith H. S. Smith, and Laura Leslie. two daughters Shirley Clowers and Dora Thomas preceded him in death. He was a retired carpenter and lifelong Oakvale resident. Body moved from Johnston Funeral Home to the residence Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Smith
Oakvale
Thornton
Lucy Smith
R. H. Smith
H.S. Smith
Laura Leslie
Shirley Clowers
Dora Thomas
Johnston Funeral Home
Funeral services for Robert E Hager in Pocahontas Va
Funeral services for 50 year old Robert Everett Hager will be held at 2 PM tomorrow at First Baptist Church Pocahontas with Rev J A Crosier in charge. Burial follows in Woodlawn Cemetery with American Legion Post 14 handling grave services. Survivors include wife Bertie Carrier and two sons Leonard of Charleston and Kenneth Ray of Pocahontas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Everett Hager
Pocahontas
First Baptist
First Baptist Church
John William Smith 73 Dies at McComas Home
John William Smith 73 retired mine foreman died at his McComas home Monday morning. Born in Haigh England he lived in McComas 25 years and worked for American Coal Co before retirement. Surviving widow Miss Mary Robinson son Fred R. Smith Huntington and a grandson. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm from Thomas Memorial church with Rev T E Shea and Rev Ed.
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John William Smith
McComas
Mr. Smith
Haigh
England
American Coal Company
Episcopal Church
Bramwell
Loyal Order of Moose
Princeton
Mary Robinson
Fred R. Smith
Huntington
Final rites for Pfc Lewis Lunsford held in Bluefield
Final rites for Pfc Lewis Harry Lunsford who died overseas will be held at 2 PM Wednesday in Hawkins Funeral Home Bluefield with Rev Father Rafferty Powhatan presiding. Rosary is Tuesday at 7:30 PM and Woodlawn Cemetery interment in Bluewell. He is survived by his mother Mrs Nannie Lundsford and the late William Lundsford. Dwight Lee Parrish rites held at Perdue Cemetery for four year old son of Mr and Mrs Herman Parrish of Switchback who died after admission to Bluefield Sanitarium from infectious meningitis. He leaves two sisters Joyce Ann and June.
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Pfc
Lewis Harry Lunsford
Bluefield
Charlotte
N. C
Hawkins Funeral Home
Father Rafferty
Dwight Lee Parrish
Perdue Cemetery
Herman Parrish
Switchback
Bluefield Sanitarium
A. W. Brummitt
Joyce Ann
June
Hatfield matriarch Alice E. Hatfield dies at 84
Mrs Alice E Hatfield 84 of Thacker Huntington W Va dies Memorial hospital after a fall rupturing a hip and pneumonia. Survived by three sons McGinnis Glenn D Leonard and a daughter Ed Hatfield. husband Matthew and two sons and two daughters preceded her in death. Funeral home says arrangements incomplete.
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Alice E. Hatfield
Huntington
W. Va
Thacker
McDowell County
McGinnis Hatfield
W. J
Bill) Hatfield
Memorial Hospital
Hatfield
McGinnis
Glenn D
Welch
Leonard
Ed Hatfield
Matthew Hatfield
Klingle-Carpenter Funeral
Infant William Blackwell Dies After Short Illness
William Garfield Blackwell ten months old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blackwell of Rock, died after a three day illness at Bluefield sanitarium. Born September 30, 1947, at McComas, he is survived by four siblings and his parents. Rites set for Wednesday at Rock Baptist Church with Rev. Buster Hall officiating. Burial in Matoaka cemetery. Bailey Funeral Home of Matoaka to the home of his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Walter Vaughn, Rock.
Police Seek Prison Escapees From Bland Correction Farm
Four inmates escaped from Bland Correction Farm in White Gap Virginia late Sunday. Bluefield police said authorities across southwest Virginia are alerting for Grover A. Radford Cecil Witt Oscar Stotts and Russ Artrip. Sheriff identified them as headed toward Pulaski after the night meal escape.
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Bland Correction Farm
White Gap
Virginia
Bluefield
Bland County
Pulaski
Grover A. Radford
Abingdon
Cecil Witt
Grundy
Oscar Stotts
Russ Artrip
Lebanon
Sheriff's Office
Colored-n Charged In Stabbing Case
Mable Charlton, 56, colored, charged with felonious assault for stabbing Grady Robertson, 105 Bedford Avenue. Robertson in serious condition at Bluefield sanitarium. Charlton treated for injuries and later discharged. She claimed self defense in a break-in at dawn after a window was found broken.
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Mable Charlton
Grady Robertson
Bedford Avenue
Robertson
Bluefield
Charlton
116 Lodged In McDowell Jail
Welch West Virginia June 28 High spirits marked the vacation of a large number of McDowell residents Jailer Roy Christians report shows 116 persons lodged in the county jail over a two day period with 104 drinking on Saturday and Sunday. The jail, built for 50 prisoners, was crowded. Forty arrests are typical for a weekend and 70 has rarely been exceeded. One Twin Branch man Charles McPherson faces a felony charge and 11 Davy men were nabbed on gambling charges. With the Fourth of July holiday near officers anticipate another busy weekend.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell
Roy Christian
McDowell County
Christian
Charles McPherson
Davy
Greek troops renew offensive near Albanian border
Athens reports a renewed Greek army push near the Albanian frontier with heavy artillery and air assaults against rebel positions. Markos Vafiades’ guerrillas counterattack at Boufa heights, which control the Amouda ridge, as front lines shift in the Grammos range.
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Athens
Comaes
Greece
Second Corps
Kozane
Markos Vafiades
Boufa Heights
Amouda Ridge
Grammos Range
Vafiades
Uate
East Ank
Auto Industry Plans Higher Car Production
Detroit reports a planned rise in car output as nearly all assembly plants resume work after shortages. Chevrolet’s return from a weeklong shutdown is expected to lift weekly production by about 15,000 units, with five day output projected well above 100,000. Through February 28 a weekly record of 116,786 was set, and by year end factories should surpass 1.75 million passenger cars and 700,000 trucks and coaches.
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Detroit
Automobile
Chevrolet
Welch Cab Driver Loses Stork Race
Welch West Virginia June 28 a cab driver arrived at Welch Emergency hospital with a fare only to discover he had two passengers a seven pound girl born en route to Mrs Virginia Thompson of Speedway Bernard Lewis of Lewis Cab company ferried the mother and baby to Stevens Clinic before continuing to the intended destination where both are listed as patients.
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Welch
W. Va
Stork
Welch Emergency Hospital
Virginia Thompson
Speedway
Bernard Lewis
Lewis Cab Company
Stevens Clinic
Local Stores Plan July 5th Holiday
Owen Rickard, manager director of the Bluefield chamber of commerce, announced that all business houses banks and offices will be closed Monday July 5 in observance of Independence Day. The decision follows a policy by the Bluefield chamber retail committee after Independence Day fell on a Sunday.
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Owen Rickard
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Rickard
Virginia Side Police Hold Man In Stabbings
George Boyd, a colored man, was found seriously injured near the colored school in Bluefield Virginia after an axe blow to the head and a back stab. He is at Bluefield sanitarium and hospital and has not regained consciousness. Henry C. Williams is held on a $2500 bond.
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George Boyd
Bluefield
Chief Brown
Boyd
Henry C. Williams
UMW Leaders Attack Truman at Kentucky Meeting
A United Mine Workers gathering in Pikesville Kentucky devoted to explaining the new coal contract turned into a political tirade against President Truman. Leaders urged support for Sen Alben Barkley and warned about actions by miners in captive mines as the contract talks paused. Sam Caddy of Lexington district 30 and Tom Raney of Pikeville spoke to over 1000 miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikesville
United Mine Workers
Truman
Alben Barkley
D-Ky
President Truman
Missouri
Sam Caddy
Lexington
UMW
Tom Raney
Pikeville
Police Seek Parents Of 3 Year Old Boy
Bluefield police held a barefooted blond three year old with grey eyes on Bluefield Avenue at 7 p m and had not located his parents by midnight. The child wore a yellow shirt and blue pants.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
Secretary Group Elects Richard Owen Rickard
Richard Owen Rickard, manager director of the Bluefield chamber of commerce, was elected to the southeastern Institute for chambers of commerce board of managers at a UNC Chapel Hill convention. About 219 secretaries attended a week long meeting. The board acts as advisory to curriculum and programs for chamber secretaries. Harold Hammond of the US chamber spoke on municipal parking. Rickard outlined Bluefield’s parking project and distributed 65 programs. The US chamber requested 25 programs for Washington DC. Bluefield was praised for parking progress and a panel member may attend Detroit September 13 14 to discuss the project. Bluefield city officials will join the board at the July 7 meeting to select Detroit delegates.
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Owen Rickard
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Southeastern Institute For Chambers of Commerce
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Southeastern United States
Rickard
Harold Hammond
United States Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield
Transportation Department of the
U S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Buuefield
Civic Department
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Mich
Mechanic Injured In Garage Mishap
C. E. Shelton mechanic trainee at Mercer garage was admitted to St Luke's hospital yesterday morning after a suspended hydraulic hoist came loose and fell on him. The full extent of injuries is not known.
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C. E. Shelton
Mercer Garage
St. Luke's Hospital
Young man sought for out-of-town sales position
Job ad seeks a young man to fill a car selling position with requirement to travel away from town part of the time. Married veteran preferred. Write Box No. 14 care Daily Telegraph for interview.
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Care Daily Telegraph
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Christian Science Monitor
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Society One
Norway Street
Boston
Mass
The
Christian [Science Monitor
Lewis H. Lunsford
Auto Industry
S. C
Santa Claus
Barbara Phillips
Yonkers
N. Y
Santa
New York
National Association of Display Industries
Virginia Side
Dousie Furereo
SE Petroleum Jelly
Richard
Howard Camp
Howard
Cohen Drug CO
Pete Loizos
Louis Spanos
NEW Park Grill
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