Woman Released On Bail in Slaying Case
Montgomery May 31 A 39 year old woman Flora Wingfield of Powellton was released on 1300 bond after waiving preliminary hearing on a charge of murder in the shooting death of James Thompkins 52 of Powellton. Thompkins a coal miner with Eastern Fuel and Gas Co died from a single gunshot wound in a family quarrel described by State Police Sgt. W R Callaghan. The body is at Coleman Mortuary Montgomery.
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Montgomery
Tourdér
Flora Wingfield
Powellton
James Thompkins
Thompkins
W. R. Callaghan
Hastern Fuel and Gas Co
Fayette County
Howard Carlson
Andrew Thompkins
North Garden
Jnr
Roanoke
David C. Thompkins
Newark
Pauline
Etta Thompkins
Arthur
Powellton Rufus
Cal
Horace
N. J
William
Elizabeth Carter
Charlottesville
Anna Thompkins
Pearl Thompkins
Taideal Williams
Cooksville
Margaret Thompkins
Viola Robinson
McKeesport
Washington
Ind. Coleman Mortuary
Rebekah Lodge to Meet at JOOF Hall Tomorrow
Mobile Rebekah Lodge No 37 OOF will convene at 8 p m at JOOF Hall Capitol and Lee Streets The meeting will begin with the business session followed by initiation of a class of candidates and all degree team members are asked to attend
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Mebile Rebekah Lodge No
OOF
Joof Hall
Capitol and
Lee Sts
50 Law Grad Is Named Clerk By Judge Moore
Jonn X. Copenhaver Jr of 50 Eighthland Rd is named law clerk by Federal Judge Ben Moore succeeding Donald L. Schaffer of Charleston. Effective June 4 the post supports a WVU law graduate each year. Copenhaver graduates Morgantown next Monday and has Phi Delta Phi and Beta Theta Pi ties with WV Law Quarterly staff service. He is son of Charleston lawyer John T. Copenhaver Sr. and attended Charleston and Stonewall Jackson High Schools. Schaffer joins the State Road Commission legal staff and will practice with Frank T. Litton.
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Jonn x. Copennaver, Jr
Eizhland Rdt
Ben Moore
Donald L. Schaffer
Charleston
West Virginia University Law School
Young Copenhaver
Morgantown
Beta Theta Pi
West Virginia Law Quarterly
Mountain
John T. Copenhaver
Schaffer
State Road Commission
Frank T. “Litton
Final Run Seen for Virginia and Truckee Line
The Virginia and Truckee Railway, built 81 years ago to haul bullion from the Comstock, pulled its last run from Reno to Minden 42 miles away. Once profitable in the 1870s and 1880s, it has operated at a loss for over two decades as regulatory bodies await the fate.
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Reno
Virginia and Truckee
Comstock Lode
Minden
State Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Loot Worth 500 Reported Stolen In City Thefts
City detectives report a series of thefts with establishments broken into and cars ransacked. Losses include cash from Regal Confectionary, nickels from pinball machines, a cash register, cigarets, and batteries from Paxton Salvage Co. A Bible and breezers were stolen from a parked car.
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Willie Edward Mannix
Beckley
McFarland St
Alex Assefi Jr
Regal
Asseff
Paxton Salvage Co
Patrick St
Harry Paxton
Warren Tyree
Dunbar
Court and
Lee Sts
Maude Bolte
Elizabeth St
Detour Around Washington Street Bridge To Start
Police Captain Cavender announced that the Washington Street bridge detour is in effect from 12 11 a.m. and the bridge will be closed about 60 days for major repairs. Traffic will reroute via Truslow Virginia and Lee Fayette street changes with two way traffic on Lee Fayette and parking restrictions along the block between Delaware and Washington.
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Welter Cavender
Washington St. Bridge
Lee-Fayette St
Truslow St
Lee-Fayette
Central Av
Patrick
Cruender
U. S
Drunken Flying Charge Against Pilot in Huron SD
Pilot Richard J. Plender, 28, was charged with flying while intoxicated after joyriding in a light plane from Huron Municipal Airport. He waived preliminary hearing, bail set at 700, license suspended by Civil Aeronautics Administration, and a passenger was arrested when the unlit plane landed after a brief flight.
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Huron
S. D
Richard J. Plender
Civil Aeronautics Adminsion
Plenrer
Escapee Ed Whitheld Surrenders to Napa Officers
Ed mund FE Whitheld age 25 Negro who escaped from the state mental hospital near Napa gives himself up meekly after two deputies Hartman and Linehan arrest him five miles east of Napa. He says he wants to return home to Los Angeles.
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Napa
Cal
Edmund FE. Whitheld
Paul Hartman
Tim Linehan
USC
Los Angeles
Marine Reserve Engineers Train At Little Creek Camp
A two week encampment at the Naval Amphibious Training Base in Little Creek Virginia will cap a year of training for Marines of the 26th Engineer Reserve Battalion at South Charleston. Maj Austin said men will depart June 10 from South Charleston for the base rally and will conduct beach landings from a Marine landing ship under simulated battle conditions. The camp is described as highly modern and located in Virginia's resort district with several nights of liberty. The program aims to test what has been learned under actual field conditions and seeks to fill vacancies in the unit while drawing attention to summer conditioning for young high school recruits.
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U. S. Naval Amphibious Training Base
Little Creek
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia
Marine Corps
Nel
26Th Engineer Reserve
South Charleston
Jason M
Charleston
Austin Sad
Unis
Naval Ordnance Training Center
South Chatteston
AusUn
Area GI Convicted In Tavern Rioting
Seven more soldiers were convicted of destroying private property and disorder in a tavern near Anesburg. Cpl. Clarence Hicks of East Banks West Virginia among the seven, each sentenced to six months with $50 per month forfeitures. sentences subject to review.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Anesburg
U. S. Army
Cpl
Clarence Hicks
East Banks
W. Va
Chinese delegate brands Lie a would be Chamberlain
Nationalist China's chief delegate at a reception accused UN Secretary General Trygve Lie of pursuing policies that would condemn the Chinese people to perpetual slavery. The statement was made in the delegates lounge with press officer K. W. 23 and former aide to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek present.
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China
U.N
Trygve Lie
Lie
Births in Charleston Area Reported by Local Clergy
Out of town girl born May 21 to Rev and Mrs W E Bennett of South Charleston. The christening listed several local families with multiple newborns including Zane St Donner and Mrs ac Bragen, along with other residents from Charleston General and surrounding churches.
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Zane St. Donner
F. Bragen
Botnes
Caeser D. Ha
Abe
Charleston
Myrs
Aew
Ifer
Coma
Wash
W. EB. Bennett
Sacth
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