West Virginia Parties Claim Victory on Election Eve
On the eve of the election both parties claimed likely wins while awaiting actual results. Voters face six congressional seats six state offices and three amendments plus other races in a high turnout off year. Democrats forecast sweeping gains led by Ernest L Bailey. Republicans predict three or four congressional seats with Walter S Hallanan backing.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
U. S
Supreme Court
Ernest L. Bailey
Hallanan
Republican National
General Views on Korean War Fronts and Border Threats
MacArthur warned that North Korean forces were destroyed but a new, fresh army with potential alien reserves behind Manchuria could reinforce. He noted early withdrawals avoided a larger danger and stressed the international significance of any further redeployments across the Yalu River and border areas.
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Yalu River
North Korea
U.N
Red China
MacArthur
Deaths and Funerals of Paul E Johnson
Paul Edward Johnson 42 former McDowell County resident died Friday in Baltimore Maryland where he had lived ten years He was born in Chilhowie Virginia son of T M Johnson and his wife Surviving include his widow the former Goldie Foster a daughter Mrs Delores Wolfe and son Franklin both in Baltimore five brothers and three sisters Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 10 am from the Northfork funeral chapel with the Rev C B Dickinson officiating Interment Sunset Cemetery Beckley The body was taken from Bennett mortuary Princeton to the family home for the service The Rev L D Roe assisted by Rev John M Dunn will conduct the service Pallbearers listed.
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T. M. Johnson
Goldie Foster
Rand
Delores Wolfe
Franklin
R. E
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Luther
Mullens
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U. S. Army
Bermuda
Marie Bickford
Charles Hough
Chicago
H. M. Shrader
Freeman
Bennett Funeral Home
Northfork
C. B. Dickinson
Sunset Cemetery
Beckley
First Methodist Church
Princeton
James
Jack Crockett
Sarah Ann Crockett
Mary J. Brown
J. Frank Brown
Williamson
Clyde A. Brown
Roanoke
Fredeking-Seaver Mortuary
L. D. Roe
John M. Dunn
J. Lee Selvey
C. H. Williams
P. H. Myers
W. H. Shrewsbury
C. M. Ellis
H. D. Thompson
James Hedrick
Howard Peters
Voting Machine Use Widespread Tuesday
A record number of voters will cast ballots by voting machine Tuesday. Over 5,000 communities in 30 states will use these machines in some or all precincts, per the International City Managers' association report.
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Chicago
International City Managers’ Association
Halsey L. Bailey Dies. Rites Set in Salem Virginia
Halsey Lee Bailey 75 prominent Iaeger businessman died Saturday morning in a Welch hospital after a heart attack. Last rites are Tuesday at 2 PM from Oakey mortuary chapel Salem with Rev. Robert Godfrey and Rev. Leonard Mann officiating. Interment in East Hill cemetery near Salem. Bailey lifelong McDowell county resident fell ill returning from Salem where he had inspected his home under construction.
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Salem
Halsey Lee Bailey
Iaeger
Welch Hospital
Robert Godfrey
Beckley
Leonard Mann
Saeger
East Hill Cemetery
Bailey
McDowell County
Funeral services for Scott Tesso in this city
This afternoon at 2 o clock funeral services will be held at Mercer funeral home chapel for Scott Tesso age 34 son of C C Tesso Graves Street this city who died Friday afternoon at his home in Baltimore Md The Rev M R Dodson of Union Mission assisted by Rev Eugene May pastor of First Christian church Interment in Walnut Grove cemetery Pallbearers listed and church circle flowerbearers will serve
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Walnut Grove
Woodrow Peery
Everett West
Ralph Griffith
Frank Frye
Claude Whited
Johnny and
Tommy Disibbio
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E. P. Wynn
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George Bee French dies at 78 in Princeton home
George Bee French, 78, retired Virginian railway carpenter, died Sunday at 12 45 AM at his daughter Mrs Virginia Andersons home on Douglas Avenue Princeton. He left a widow Artelia who died February 27. Survivors include two sons Hugh and Eugene. six daughters Lucy Price Eula Behart Pearl Sell Sadie Kanede Beulah Terry and Anderson of Princeton. 45 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. two sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements to be made at Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton.
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The
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Hinton
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Wyoming
Mrs. John C. Crockett Dies At 60 In Princeton
Mrs. John C. Crockett, 60, died at home on Front Street Princeton after a long illness. Born March 29, 1890 near Princeton, she was the daughter of the late Allen W. and Emma Brown. She married Mr. Crockett on June 8, 1910.
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Crockett
Funeral service for infant Robert F. Davis held at Monte Vista Park
Brief funeral service for Robert Fred Davis infant son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Davis of Cumberland Road Bluefield was conducted at Monte Vista Park cemetery at 2 PM by Rev A A Angle pastor of Trinity Methodist church.
Vincent Martin 62 Dies After Heart Condition in Giotto
Vincent Martin of Giotto died Saturday night at Bluefield Sanitarium after admission for a heart trouble. A Matoaka resident for 35 years and former Lamar Colliery employee, he was a Garwood UMWA Local member born May 26 1888 in Christiansburg Virginia. Survived by second wife Flora and two daughters Marie Martin and Effie Roark. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Weyanoke Church of God Giotto Rev Ben Woodring officiating. Interment Matoaka Cemetery. Body to be moved from Bailey funeral home Matoaka.
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Giotto
Bluefield
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Flora Farmer
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Christiansburg
Effie Roark
Salem
Weyanoke Church of God
Ben Woodring
Matoaka
Bailey Funeral Home
Rally Highlights GOP Slate at Princeton Event
A large Republican rally in Princeton featured Sen Harley M. Kilgore and John S. Butts as speakers. Harold B. Eagle introduced candidates including Arnold Porterfield, Odell Huffman, Robert Stewart, and Herbert Graham, with other party figures announced by Cyrus H. Gadd. The event honored candidates for Mercer County offices as music from local school bands filled the program.
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Harley M. Kilgore
John S. Butts
Beckley
GOP
Harold B. Eagle
Arnold
Nub
Porterfield
Eagle
Cyrus H. Gadd
Odell Huffman
Robert Stewart
Herbert Graham
Bluefield
House of Delegates
Dick Borden
Mercer County
P. F. Wallace
County
Negro Woman's Club
Thelma Hamilton
Park Central High School
Genoa Junior High School
Harry Tolbert
Arter Mitchell
Church of Amez
RCA Refuses CBS Color Tube Sharing
RCA refuses a government request to provide its color television tube research details to CBS until the tri color tube is generally available for sale. President Frank M Folsom says RCA will share models only after research completes and tubes can be produced commercially, maintaining stockholder costs and delaying transfer to CBS.
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Radio Corporation of America Today
Columbia Broadcasting System
RCA
Frank M. Folsom
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
CBS
RCA Research
Folsom
Chinese Reds Supposedly Mass in Korea Border Threat
Chinese Nationalist intelligence sources in Formosa report about 320000 Red troops deployed for action in Korea with six armies believed in Korea and three at the border. A Hong Kong businessman said martial law was clamped on Dairen Port Arthur Mukden Yingkow Hulu tao and Shanhaikwan and the Peiping Mukden railway taken over. Maj. Gen Chung I Hwan cites three reasons for China’s moves including mutual aid pact with North Korea and protecting the Suiho hydroelectric plant on the Yalu River.
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Port Arthur
Mukden
Yingkow
Shanhaikwan
Peiping
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Seoul
Chung I! Kwon
North Korea
Suiho
Yalu River
Manchuria
Chung
Hot Contest Shapes Up In Fighting Ninth
Richmond voters face tight race in Virginia’s Ninth District between Democratic incumbent Thomas B. Fugate of Lee County and Republican challenger George C. Sutherland of Grundy. Local controversies include school bond issues and county government reforms. Voters will weigh two constitutional amendments expanding city court judge counts, aimed mainly at Richmond’s system.
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Richmond
Virginia
Ninth
Thomas B. Fugate
Lee County
George C. Sutherland
Grundy
General Assembly
Advances In Cash From Florida Sheriff Scrutinized
Senate investigators heard relatives describe more than 25000 in cash advances by the wife of suspended Dade County Sheriff James A. Sullivan to family members and for a house and mortgage security. The funds were reportedly kept cash and tied to assets increasing the sheriff’s personal fortune prior to his suspension over gambling and corruption charges.
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Washington
Senate
Dade
Miami
Florida
James A. Sullivan
Neus
Plane Missing With 4 Aboard in Storm Run From Sharon
An army navy search hunts a Beechcraft Bonanza carrying two couples after it disappeared in a storm on the way to Cleveland for a Navy Notre Dame game. Civil Aviation Authority says a dozen private planes also joined the search from Lake Erie to Akron, with a coast guard boat and air force plane scanning Bay Village area. No wreckage thus far.
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
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C. Richard Johnston
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Ohio
Annabelle
Lake Erie
Akron
Bay Village
W. H. Laverty
Two South Siders Hurt In Traffic Crash
Bluefield Virginia youths James Robert Spurgeon and a Miss Seabolt were treated for minor cuts after their car hit a parked Standard Oil truck near West Graham Auto Service on Virginia Avenue. Spurgeon was booked on reckless driving.
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Virginia Avenue
Virginia Side
James Robert Spurgeon
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Spurgeon
O. K. Phlegar
Night Sky Object Seen Over London Airport Near Guy Fawkes Day
Ground staff at London airport reported seeing and hearing a streaking object move from the northeast to the southwest with a bluish light and purple twin rail. Control tower saw nothing. A Civil Aviation Ministry spokesman suggested it could be a jet and noted the date coincides with Guy Fawkes day fireworks.
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Civil Aviation Ministry
Guy Fawkes
House of Commons
Slammin Sam Teams Up For Another Win
Inglewood Calif Nov 5 Slammin Sammy Snead and Lloyd Mangrum beat Ben Hogan and Fay Coleman in an 18 hole best ball exhibition. Snead tied the Inglewood Country Club course record of 65 and birdied twice including a 20 foot putt. Coleman finished 71 Hogan 72 Mangrum 73 audience more than 2500 and $4000 raised for Leo Diegel gravely ill with cancer.
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Calif
Sammy Snead
Inglewood Country Club
Lloyd Mangrum
Ben Hogan
Fay Coleman
Leo Diegel
Snead
Coleman
Hogan
Mangrum
Bantam Ben
Three Drown When Auto Overturns in Little Kanawha River
In Sutton West Virginia Nov 5 an auto overturned and sank in the Little Kanawha river killing three youths. A fourth companion is missing and river dragging will begin tomorrow. Bodies of Madalene Fisher 14 Winona Barb 12 and Junior Richard Cogar 16 of Gregory Braxton County were recovered. Marrell Cogar 20 was last seen with them at Falls Mills.
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Sutton
W. Va
Kanawha
Paul W. Swiger
Madalene Fisher
Winona Barb
Richard Cogar
Gregory
Braxton County
Swiger
Marrell Cogar
Falls Mills
Thomas H Scott of Michigan Law School Leader and Public Servant
Thomas H Scott a Michigan law school graduate 1907 and Concord College alumnus served as U S commissioner for two decades and as police judge 1939 41 In Wyoming County he was the first U S commissioner An active civic leader he chaired the Bluefield Kiwanis club Mercer County Bar Association and the Mountain State league holding multiple state and local roles including Kiwanis state president and Moose first president He married Roberta Kessler Higginbotham in 1918 and was a prominent Republican figure twice garnering GOP congress and Mercer County criminal court nominations
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University of Virginia
U. S
Wyoming County
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Order of Knights of Pythias
Moose Association
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Mercer County Bar Association
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Bluefield Baseball Club
Mountain State League
Roberta Kessler Higginbotham
Summers County
Mercer County
GOP
Congress
Landon Reynolds for Clerk of Circuit Court
City and coalfield residents are urged to vote on November 7 for Lan don Reynolds to be the next Clerk of the Circuit Court. The campaign emphasizes experience and local service in the county office.
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Korea
Landon T. Reynolds
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