False arrest suits total 250000 against Signal Mountain mayor
Five suits totaling 250000 were filed against Signal Mountain mayor George White and the town. Plaintiffs include Building Trades Council president Claude Harris and vice president Raymond Floyd, Truck Drivers Local 515 official H L Bolin, and Carpenters Council members S R Timmons and J A Duncan. They claim unlawful arrest and false imprisonment after a picket line opposed nonunion labor on an apartment project. Each seeks 50000.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Signal Mountain
George White
Circuit Court Clerk
Claude Harris
Building Trades Council
Raymond Floyd
BTC
H. L. Bolin
Deaths and Funerals List Local Figures
James Conner Earls 23 U S Army son of Mr and Mrs Troy Earls Superior McDowell died last Sunday at Great Lakes Naval hospital of a brain hemorrhage He is survived by brother Blaine Earls Welch Funeral at Superior Methodist church with Rev Crowson and Rev Tullock officiating Burial in Maple Hill cemetery Alonzo Lorenzo Butler 82 Summers county pioneer of Lick Creek died Wednesday morning in Hinton hospital after a short illness Former Summers county court member and president He is survived by widow six children and several siblings Body taken to Meadow's funeral home in Hinton with rites at Hill Top church Burial in Butler cemetery Also notes on James Hall long-time Franklin county VA native and Radford resident with family survivors.
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James C. Earls
James Conner Earls
United States Army
Troy Earls
Superior
McDowell County
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Ill
Young Earls
Blaine Earls
Welch
L. E. Crowson
Mr. Tullock
Maple Hill Cemetery
Alonzo L. Butler
Alonzo Lorenzo Butler
Summers County
Lick Creek
Hinton
Mr. Butler
Hill Top
Mercer County
Mr. Hall
Bluefield
Hawley Merchandise Company
B. F. Hall Shoe Company
Princeton Avenue
Russell Street
Mangus-Phillips Shoe Company
Hall
Thorpe
United Supply Company
Radford
Franklin County
Virginia
John C. Hall
Elizabeth Harris Hall
Lucy P. Campbell
Stuart
Samuel A. Hall
Last rites for Benjamin F Hall in Radford
Benjamin Franklin Hall 76 a former Bluefield resident died Wednesday in Radford Community hospital after an eight day illness. Last rites at 11 this morning at Seaver funeral home Radford. Burial at 2 30 p m in Monte Viste cemetery.
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B. F. Hall
Seaver
Radford
Benjamin Franklin Hall
Bluefield
Radford Community Hospital
Monte Viste
Ohio Pollution Case Appealed in Supreme Court
West Virginia asks the U S Supreme Court to overturn a state court decision removing the Ohio River Valley water sanitation compact from the Ohio river basin. The eight state pact aims to cut pollution and includes Ohio Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania New York Kentucky and Virginia. The West Virginia Supreme Court ruling upheld a refusal to release 12250 for the compact's expenses, arguing the pact would bind future legislatures and cede police powers.
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Washington
West Virginia
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Ohio River
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Kentucky
Virginia
Ohio River Valley
West Virginia Supreme Court
U. S
Edgar B. Sims
United States Supreme Court
Funeral service for Woodrow Phelps in Burke and Troutdale
A brief 7 p.m. funeral was held for Woodrow Phelps 34 of Burke near Keystone who died Wednesday in a Bluefield hospital after a three month illness. At 9 a.m. the body will be taken to Troutdale Virginia for further service.
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Woodrow Phelps
Burke
Keystone
Bluefield
Troutdale
Funeral services set for Mrs Woodie Reed in Beckley
Mrs Woodie Reed, 61, of 317 North Kanaawa Street Beckley died Wednesday morning in a Beckley hospital. The service will be at the Methodist Temple Beckley with Rev LH Burns of Charleston and Rev L D Roe of Beckley officiating. Interment in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. She was sister of Mrs Mabel Allegrini. Death due to brain tumor. Body at Caffee funeral home until 2 pm today then returned home and placed in church an hour before service.
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H. J. H. Reed
Woodie Reed
North
Kanawha Street
Beckley
Methodist Temple
LH. Burns
Charleston
L. D. Roe
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley. Mrs. Reed Was A Sister of Mrs. Mabel Allegrini
Caffee Funeral Home
Thompson Valley Farmer John B Thompson Dies at 68
John B. Thompson 68, a prominent Thompson Valley farmer and grazier, died yesterday. He leaves sister Pearl Thompson and brother William E Thompson, plus sister Mrs John B Adams of Broad Run Va. Funeral at William E Thompson home in Thompson Valley with Rev Mustard and Rev Junkin. burial at Maplew Cemetery, Tazewell.
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John B. Thompson
Thompson Valley
Mr. Thompson
Miss Pearl Thompson
William Thompson
Peery
Newman Wins State Teacher Retirement Board Seat
Miss Mae Newman dean of girls at Huntington High School won a six year term on the State Teacher Retirement Board defeating Frank McDade 7 155 to 4 192. The board also approved retirements benefits for 57 teachers and added 203 new members while noting continued employment for 59 others.
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Charleston
W. Va
Mae Newman
Huntington High School
Miss Newman
Frank McDade
Logan High School
Eliza Wyatt
Bluefield
Morgantown
Sylvia Ross Cofer
Parkersburg
Bess M. Cole
Wheeling
James E. Conrad
Josie Cooper Cooke
Princeton
C. Davis
Huntington
Fran Deeds
Virginia Deeds
Jumping Branch
Ralph L. Ely
J. W
Paw Paw
G. H. Garten
Louise Griffith
Gerrardstown
Hulda Gross
Jane T. Hare
Louise R. Hennen
Violet Houseman
May Hurst
Posey
Nina Longanacre
Alderson
C. E. Mason
Glen Easton
Edward Mays
Cordelia McHenry
Barboursville
Delia Melhinch
J. Orville Michael
Berkeley Springs
William E. Michael
Forest Hill
Lavinia Norman
Garnett W. Oakey
Glennah Powers
J. H. Rainbow
W. B. Reeves
Stallings
Mattie E. Rider
J. R. Schoonover
Elkhurst
C. Homozelle Scott
Peggie Shugart
Vivian
Ada Grace Simpson
Janie Smith
Wayne
A. J. Stemple
Joker
J. B. Thompson
Fort Gay
Thomas Vanmette
Martinsburg
Vaun Warden
Grafton
G. Minette Watkins
Grace White
Frank Wiseman
Mt. Hope
Lawrence Young Osborne
East Rainelle
Delphia Ashburn
West Union
Henrietta Founds
Moundsville
W. R. Fullen
Union
Blane Hubbs
James P. Lydon
Weston
Alma Martin
Moundsvile
William C. Mollett
Crum
Edward Vogel
Texas Judge Allows Installment Fines For Offenders
Austin Texas seven county judge Mace Thurman allows first offenders to pay court fines in installments. Those who plead guilty may pay $3 per day if they have a job and can meet the schedule. The policy aims to avoid jail by easing repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Mace Thurman
City and Coalfield Oats-Of-Armsenthemma Price Notice
Classified notice for items priced at five dollars and ten dollars with contact phone 6593. Describes purchase by written description and research option.
Israel to arm homes under new defense plan
Tel Aviv reports the Israeli army aims to place a rifle in every home. Colonel Mordecai Makleff, deputy chief of staff, says the plan includes a new law to simplify obtaining small arms and to lower their prices.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Mordecai Makleff
HADACOL touted as remedy in 1950 ad claim
An advertisement for HADACOL from 1950 features Ernest Jean Hopper of Covington Kentucky claiming better sleep appetite and mood after taking the product. The copy asserts family testimonials including her father and promises money back if no benefit with trial sizes $1.25 and family size $3.50.
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Ernest Jean Hopper
Russell St
Covington
Kentucky
Ernest Jean
The
LeBlanc Corporation
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Hill Cemetery
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Walters Avenue
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Ohio Pollution Case
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Father OF the Bride
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