Man Nabbed in Georgia With Stolen Car Recovered by Macon Police
Lotito of 2012 Wythe Street watched his 1950 blue Pontiac sedan recovered by Macon police after it was stolen from his Bluefield home last Tuesday. Officers said George Anderson alias Gibby confessed carrying burglary tools and multiple firearms in the car and is to be turned over to federal authorities for transporting a stolen vehicle across state lines.
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Bluefield
Tony Lotito
Wythe Street
Macon
Bowen Field
Lotito
George Anderson
George Gibby
Anderson
Gibby
C. N. Wilson
Wilson
West Virginia
Eagle
Joliet Tower Guard Dies In 32 Foot Fall
Charles E. Watts fifty of Peoria Illinois died at Stateville prison after plunging from tower 13 into the yard. He crawled from a window and dropped head first despite being seen by guard Ervin M. Green. Watts had loosened four thumbscrews to escape the window. Fellow guards recalled he was in good spirits earlier that morning.
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Watts
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Wage War Against Sunday Truck Drivers
State police arrested 11 out of state truck operators in Northampton in a campaign to remove large trailers from highways on Sundays. Most drivers hailed from New York and were charged with unlawful work on the Lord's day under Massachusetts law.
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Northampton
Mass
New York
Flash Flood Destroys Homes and Rail Line in Big Springs
A flash flood following six inches of rain in under an hour sent a wall of water three feet high through Big Springs Nebraska wounding or displacing residents. Homes washed from foundations and major railroad tracks on Union Pacific main line damaged with 200 feet washed out and deep holes reported. Sheriff Glenn said access to the damaged dam was blocked by washouts as traffic rerouted via alternate routes.
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Big Springs
Neb
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
John W. Glenn
Chappell
Glenn
Julesburg
Colo
South Platte River
Union Pacific
Barton
Chappel
Denver
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Gering
Killed by plane at Westover AFB
Westover Air Force Base Massachusetts May 20 Lieutenant Thomas A Kirkes 26 of Lawton Oklahoma was killed when he walked in front of an F 86 fighter plane and was sucked into its air scoop.
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Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Thomas A. Kirkes
Lawton
Okla
Medic Found Insane Absolved Of Murder
Dr. Edward J. Shaw, 36, declared insane by a Tennessee court, was admitted to a private sanitarium in New York. He was involved in the death of Mrs. Carl Crutchfield, 40, widow of a Nashville cancer specialist. A coroner s jury attributed the death to stimulant overdose. Shaw claimed he administered them believing poisoning occurred. His attorney said no criminal charges remain, citing hospital records and an autopsy showing respiratory failure rather than stimulant poisoning.
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New York
Edward J. Shaw
Tennessee
Shaw
Carl Crutchfield
Nashville
Scotland Yard
Mr. Holmes
Johnson
Dr. Watson
Rescue Demo Turns Real as Plane Catches Fire
At the Atlanta naval air station the public rescue demonstration was halted when an AM-1 Martin dive bomber overheated on landing gear. The pilot Lieut. Robert V. Dallis of Decatur Ga. received severe burns after exiting. Public admission followed after the fire was extinguished.
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Atlanta
Naval Air Station
Robert V. Dallis
Decatur
Omar
Thomas Rentz
Birthday Cake for Legion Chief Dwarfs Nation’s Meal
In Scotland Pennsylvania May 20 4 imagine a birthday cake so large it would require a station wagon to move it and 400 children to eat it Earle Cocke Jr national commander of the American Legion gave the 700 pound 54 inch high confection to Pennsylvania Soldiers orphan school After the candles were blown out the children shared large portions and will dine on the leftovers today and tomorrow In Turkey census day is a rest day with households staying indoors except for census takers.
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Scotland
Earle Cocke, Jr
American Legion
Pennsylvania Soldiers’ Orphan School
Trials Without Law In Red Purge
A Hong Kong observer recounts the Canton purge and the trial of Third Auntie Hsieh, a dockside boss, as Maoist repression expands. The piece describes executions, the anonymous crowd, and a system of vague crimes used to justify killing, signaling a nationwide crackdown on counter revolutionaries.
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Hong Kong
Hsieh Yang-Fong
Canton
Hsieh
Communist Secret Police
Indonesia
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Auntie Hsieh
Lions Elect Prince ton Leader Governor of West Virginia Districts
The Lions International elected Joseph W Lawson of Princeton as governor of the southern district at Charleston, succeeding Harry M Brawley of Charleston. Norman Barrick of Martinsburg and William Nicely of South Parkersburg were chosen as governors of the other two West Virginia districts.
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Joe W. Lawson
Princeton
West Virginia
Lions International
Charleston
Harry M. Brawley
Lions
Norman Barrick
Martinsburg
William Nicely
South Parkersburg
Method To Fireproof US Bonds and Bills Devised
Rochester chemist John A. Temmerman announced a method to fireproof U S bonds and bills. He said treasury secretary John A Snyder informed him that extensive tests would be conducted by the U S treasury. Details of the chemical treatment were not disclosed.
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Rochester
N. Y
John A. Temmerman
U.S
Treasury
John A. Snyder
U.S. Treasury
Temmerman
Bus Lines Paralyzed by Mechanics Strike
A work stoppage by about 300 drivers and 200 mechanics halted Greyhound operations in the Pittsburgh district today. The strike crippled bus service, paralyzing lines and leaving riders without scheduled travel.
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Pittsburgh
Greyhound Bus Lines
Holmes Exhibition to Bring 221B Baker Street to Life in London
Sherlock Holmes fans will tour the 221B Baker Street living room as part of a Marylebone festival exhibit. The display funds, manuscripts, and artifacts from Holmes lore include letters from Adrian Conan Doyle and a Hindu governor’s booklet, with items like the hound prints and a Stradivarius violin.
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London
Sherlock Holmes
Watson
Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes
Baker Street
Marylebone
Sir Arthur
Adrian Conan Doyle
Kailas Nath Katju
West Bengal
India
United States
Jack C. T. Thorne
Britain
Scotland Yard
Woofer
Dr. Watson
Bohemia
Akron
Ohio
Sasogene
Doyle
Jean Cannan Doyle
Dennis C. Doyle
Detective
Deaths and Funerals Today Across Regions
Funeral services are held for Ora Bailey 56 of Premier with burial in Bailey cemetery at Long Pole after a Saturday death. Mrs June Fender 22 of Pineville dies in Welch hospital with rites at Pineville Methodist Church at 11 am. Also noted are services for George W. Johnson 81 of Bowling Addition Princeton, and John C. Ramey 79 of Mouth Card with burials in Peterstown Memorial Park and Ramey cemetery respectively.
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Sally Lester
Long Pole
McDowell County
Ora Bailey
Premier
Lester
Bailey
Fanning Funeral Home
June Fender
J. Lloyd Fender
Pineville
Welch Hospital
George W. Johnson
Bowling Addition
Princeton
Russell County
Virginia
John Johnson
First Christian Church
Bell Sutphin
Rural Retreat
Mae Johnson
Charles
Sam
Howard
Clarence Johnson
J. P. Long
Abingdon
John Dunn
Peterstown Memorial Park
Seaver Mortuary
John C. Ramey
Oliver
Latcha
Vance
George Ramey
Ell
Kirk Ramey
Deel
William Edwards
Phyllis
Callie Sloan
Miles
Anderson
Alex
Linkous Ramey
Thompson
Big Rock
Death notices from Bluefield area obituaries
Mrs. Margaret Carbaugh dies at 74 in West Graham home after longtime Bluefield church member. Survived by four daughters two sons 29 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending and body to be returned to the Sampson residence. Last rites planned today at 4 p.m. for Mrs. Ernest Witt in Charlotte North Carolina. Interment Maple Park cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. Mrs. Witt and family had moved from Bluefield to Norfolk then Charlotte. Mrs. Della Lewis dies age 50 in Bluefield area after brief illness. Survived by five Lewis children. Funeral details incomplete.
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Pocahontas
Witt Pauley
Herbert C. Lewis
C. W. Taylor
Parton
Boissevain
Pocahontas Union
Margaret Susan Carbaugh
W. F. Sampson
West Graham
Carbaugh
D. G. Carbaugh
Graham Christian Church
Bluefield
W. B. Abshire
Dillwyn
D. C. Taylor
J. A. Lawrence
Clarence Hale
Falls Mills Road
C. H. Carbaugh
Pounding Mill
L. H. Carbaugh
Henry Kinzer
Tazewell
Sampson
Wagner- Hawkins
Hawkins Mortuary
Ernest Witt
Thomas S. Hamilton
Kinter
Hamilton
Charlotte
N. C
Glen Stewart
Bland Street Methodist Church
A. A. Angle
Trinity Methodist Church
Maple Park Cemetery
Hugh Shott, Jr
Charles St. Clair
Franklin Wilson
Lacy Thompson
Harry Lawson
Robert Cofer
Witt
Norfolk
Red Ash Pocahontas Coal Company
Southern
Della Mae Lewis
Bluefield Sanitarium
New Voice Emerges After Loss Of Speech In Weirton
Stanley Filak, a Weirton steelworker, lost his voice February 28 1950 when a brass bar struck his throat injuring his vocal cords. A Pittsburgh psychologist advised speech department treatment. Dr John Matthews supervised an eight week course and Filak developed an entirely new voice improving to normal. He returned to work last month on a new job.
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Weirton
W. Va
Stanley Filak
Pittsburgh
Department of Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
John Matthews
Stanley
Pakistan Aims For Surplus Of Cotton
Karachi plans to add 35 cotton textile mills to the 21 operating in the country within four years. Officials say the expansion would lift spindles from 315,418 to 1,043,018 and aim for a national surplus.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Eisenhower Arrives in Copenhagen for Denmark Tour
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived in Copenhagen from Paris for a four day inspection tour. He was accompanied by his wife.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
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