Two Fugitives Still At Large From Huttonsville Prison
McDowell County youths capture efforts continue as two escapees identified as Harry Williamson and Coverett Ware remain at large after a mass break from Huttonsville medium security prison. Two other inmates, Leonard McCoy and Don Hopkins, were recaptured shortly after the escape.
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Huttonsville Prison
Huttonsville
W. Va
B. E. Wright
Harry Williamson
Wayne County
Coverett Ware
Upshur County
Leonard McCoy
Cabell County
Don Hopkins
McDowell County
Ira E. Briers
Walnut Grove Cemetery Association to meet Thursday
The Walnut Grove Cemetery association will hold its second yearly meeting Thursday evening May 25 on the metre floor of the West Virginian hotel. Plot holders and interested persons are urged to attend.
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Walnut Grove Cemetery Association
N and W wins safety contest for 1949 top among railroads
Roanoke May 22 Norfolk and Western railway earns first place in the National Safety Council contest for 1949 in Group A over 50 million man hours. The N and W posted an accident rate of 3.98 per million man hours, supported by praise from council president Ned H. Dearborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
National Safety Council
Chicago
United States
R. H. Smith
Ned H. Dearborn
Harriman Memorial
President Dearborn
Council
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
Central of Georgia Railway
Central Vermont Railway
Missouri-Illinois Railroad
Colorado & Wyoming Railway
Federal Jurors Announced Here For June Term
Grand and petit jurors for the U S southern district court to serve at the post office building were announced by Homer W. Hanna clerk. Grand jurors meet June 13 at 1 30 p m and petit jurors June 26 at 9 a m. The lists name Bluefield Princeton Welch Mullens Lindside and several other towns and individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Southern District Court
Homer W. Hanna
Cady L. Aliff
Bluefield
A. S. Bailey
Slaeger
Theodore Bailey
Pineville
Paul N. Beresford
G. W. Brooks
R. O. Christian
F. H. Cline
Welch
H. E. Comer
Lindside
Alton Douglas
H. S. Ellison
Union
B.C. Farley
Princeton
Floyd Fuller
Rudolph Gearheart
E. B. Humphrey
Mullen
Ray Dills
P. C. Edwards
Saeger
C. D. Fisher
Mullens
J. C. Forlines
Box 32
Freeman
John R. Frederick
Quincy A. Goff, Jr
Louis Gottlieb
B. P. Green
Northfork
E. E. Harry
E. B. Henry
Carl Hendrickson
Clyde Holloway
H. C. Houck
Garland E. Hypes
Homer Jenney
Maybeury
Emmett D. Johnston
Raymond E. Kiser
War
J. A. Lay
R. E. Lazenby, Jr
Wm. H. Leckie
C. F. P. Lindsey
Blue
Garages Float Away Only
A list of names including Princeton residents E P Perdue and C Yearout Jr and Welch locals T Zink and Hamp Witt appears amid an odd item about garages drifting away. The fragment suggests a local notice or tabloid item with multiple Bluefield and Welch individuals.
Ivanhoe Men Jailed After Row With Cops
Ivanhoe Virginia May 22 Special two local men were arrested and jailed in Wytheville for possession of untaxed liquor drunkenness and resisting arrest. A third man fled but was later captured and jailed Crokket Crockett named by Sheriff Sutherland with deputies Shockley and ABC Agent Richardson. No bond or hearing date set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe
Wytheville
Stoneman
Sutherland
Harve Sawyers
King
U S Seeks To Cut GE Output In Antitrust Decree
The United States seeks a court order forcing General Electric to halve its incandescent lamp production by divesting half its plants and equipment. Judge Phillip Forman, who convicted GE in 1949 for Sherman Act violations, will hear further arguments on June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
U. S
General Electric Company
Phillip Forman
Forman
United States
U.S
Whitney N. Seymour
General Electric
Also Mentioned on This Page
Briers
South Amboy
Walnut Grove Group
Superior Sterling Co
N&w
Wildwood
Winnipeg
Man
ERN Union
Mich
W. R. Keesee & Company
Bluefield Ave
DIAL
Bluefield, W. VA
National Distillers Products Corp
N.Y
Philip Morris
America
Phillip Morris
Mars Beauty
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