Federal Court Section Closes After Misdirected Jury Verdict
A jury failed to reach a verdict in the $25,000 damage suit against the store employees accused of false arrest and slander. Mrs. Wimmer testified she was detained in a Princeton grocer store, bag searched, and told customers she had been stopped as a suspected shoplifter. The case will be retried in the January term of federal court.
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Mihhe
Sui Feeds
Eni Road
Atfd
Moore
Wimmer
Gro Company
Princeton
Charleston
Huntington
Beckley
Bluefield
Approval Of Draft Board Needed For Transfer Of Farmers
Charleston West Virginia June 29 State selective service director Carleton C Pierce says a new plan requires local draft board approval for each farm worker transfer and must be coordinated with county extension offices. He notes agreement with Farm Security Administration and War Food Administration labor division to revise the system. The policy aims to move workers individually to relieve shortages in agricultural areas.
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Charleston
W. Va
State
Selective Service
Carleton C. Pierce
Fov
Pierce
National Headquarters
selec_ service
Farm Security Administration
Labor Division
War Food Administration
Sys
West
Senate Rejects Conference Report Deficit Bill Provisions Spars
The Senate voted 35 to 32 to reject the conference bill later in the day. Conferees restored restrictions limiting presidential use of emergency funds and IOU-like provisions affecting Lovett Watson and Dodd while detailing agency financing limits. A mechanized division requires 18 000 gallons of gasoline hourly when active.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
Sen. Clark
D-Mo
Robert Morss Lovett
Goodwin Watson
W. E. Dodd, Jr
Lovett
Virgin Islands
Communications Commission
Congress
War and Navy Departments
The
Ay Ag
Modern Girl Free To Choose Husband Of Her Heart
Dorothy Dix argues that the modern girl can marry for love over lucre, using her own taste to select a life partner. She notes a shift from grandmothers who married for security to women who can support themselves and marry freely for affection, not necessity.
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Lucre
Grandpa
Little Miss
Park on Mountain Top Attracts Visitors With Improvements
Roadside Park atop the mountain grows popular as six concrete tables and a large parking area are installed. Lawrence Poe, owner of a nearby recreation establishment, trimmed trees and the Bluefield chamber of commerce pushed for the park’s establishment with state highway support.
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Mountain Top
Lawrence Poe
Virginia
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
The Modern Girl and the Price of Love
A prose piece contrasts past and present marriage, noting women now consider finances in partnerships. It argues grandmothers faced hunger over romance, while today a girl may pursue love without assuming a provider role. The essay labels some women as gold diggers but calls most modern, shopping for happiness over money.
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Grandma
Beil Syndicate, Inc
Nelson And Murray To Inspect Pittsburgh Area Plants
War Production Board chairman Donald M. Nelson and CTI United Steelworkers of America president Phili Murray will inspect seven Pittsburgh area steel plants on Thursday. They plan to open a drive for 2,500,000 tons of steel in the last half of 1943 and will visit Carnegie-Illinois Steel works at Homestead Duquesne and Irvin, plus Allegheny-Ludlum, Sheet Rol, and Aliquippa works on Friday night engagements.
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Pittsburgh
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Phili Murray
CTI
United Steelworkers of America
Governaes
Nelson
Homestead
Duquesne
Irvin Works
Carnegie- Illinois Steel Corporation
Frida
Carnegie-Illinois
Eee
Allegheny-Ludium Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Jones and Laughton Steel Corporation
Funeral services announced for Mrs Geneva Ramsey
The funeral for Mrs Geneva Ramsey will be at 3 p m at Emanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev Leslie Clark officiating Pallbearers include B J Jackson Dan Gunn Albert Woods Walter Davidson Will Shimai Hubert Ward Flower girls listed Friends may gather at 2 30 pm at the home Rev J E Palm former Bethel A M E pastor died June 30 at his home 340 Spire Run Road Avaion Pa
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Geneva Ramsey
Emanuel Tabernacle Baptist Church
Leslie Clark
B. J. Jackson
Dan Gunn
Albert Woods
Walter Davidson
Will Shimai
Hubert Ward
Sadie Lee Trent
Pacnie Minnows
Daisy Johnson
Rosa King
Ruth Kon
Virginia Lewis
Oas
J. E. Palm
Bethel A. M. E
This City
Spiure Run Road
Avaion
Bramwell Home and Garden Club Meets for Canning Demo
The Home and Garden club of Bramwell plans a Thursday 11 o'clock meeting at Mary Clark's home. Mrs. T. J. io will demonstrate canning and drying foods while Elder J. E. Gibson of the Church of God preaches at Bethel A. M. E. church.
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Home and Garden Club
Bramwell
Mary Clark
T. J. Io
J. E. Gibson
The
Church of God
Bethel A. M. E. Church
Speed Service Plans Evening Flight Board
At eight o'clock tonight Speed announces the stewardess board will manage the service for the flight. The station says the crew will brief passengers on safety and boarding procedures before departure.
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Service Speed
Local Resident Minnie A B Dobbs Undergoes Operation
Miss Minnie A B Dobbs of this city underwent an operation Thursday at the Shevens clinic in Welch and is reported to be improving nicely.
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Minnie AB. Dobbs
Shevens Clinic
Welch
Farm Machinery Production Hike Promised Farmers
West Virginia farmers were informed that an increased production program for farm machinery has been authorized by the War Production Board. Charman J Ward Wood said the program will double the 1944 machinery supply over 1943 and should reach dealers soon, though not all units will be in stock immediately.
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Rgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Usda War Board
Charman J. Ward Wood
Promoted Road Maintenance Official Named in Charleston Note
Charleston report notes the promotion of John Griffith to a higher road maintenance role in Cavendish at Deounds. The changes are announced by a Commission and will take effect July 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
John Griffith
Cavendish
Deounds
Dr Harriet Jones 87 dies veteran West Virginia physician and legislator
Dr Harriet B Jones 87 longtime West Virginia physician first woman in state medicine and a former legislator died at her Glendale home after a career spanning Wheeling Terra Alta and Baltimore training. She helped found a tuberculosis sanitarium and influenced public health legislation while serving in the House of Delegates.
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Moundaville
W. Va
Harriet B. Jones
West
Surburban
Glendale
Jones
Wheeling
House of Delegates
Miss Jones
Ebensburg
Terra Alta
Women's Medi- College
Baltimore
Eat
Weston State Hospital
Prominent Woman Figure in Medical and Civic Work
The woman aided Wheeling by helping establish a hospital for Dr Jones and authored pamphlets on medical temperance and state law parliamentary procedure. A Republican member from Chail county served in 1928. Funeral services are set for tomorrow night with burial in Terra Alta Thursday following.
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Sane
Wheeling
Jones
Chail County
Western Carnival Ad Promises Auditor Double Roles
Fragmentary notice hints at a western carnival ad offering an auditor who can also double as a rass figure. Text suggests opportunity scarcity for farmers and mentions the irkeeper.
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Rass
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Percy Gray
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Dorothy DIX
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Bluefield, VA
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NEA
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Slenene Co
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Harriet Jones
Canada
A. W. Cox Dept
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U. S.office of Civilian Defense
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