Rites Tomorrow For John F. Hurt Sr in Charleston
Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Owen and Barth Moring Chapel for John Franklin Hurt Sr. 14, Charleston business manager for the State Purchasing Department at his home 630 Genwal Ave. Rev O F Stump of Whitesville to officiate with burial in Sunset Memories Park. Active pallbearers named. Hurt founded the West Virginia Restaurant Assoc and was honorary president at death.
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Owen and Barth Moring
John Franklin Hurt
Charleston
Genwal
Hurt
State Purchasing Department
Rev
O. FE
Stump
Whitesville
Sunset Memories Park
Fisher Bonham
John Bonham
Laurence Blustein
John Copenhaver
Charles Young
Edgar Filis
West Virginia
Assoc
Obituary notices from West Virginia area
Obituaries list Mason Arbaugh of Teays RFD 1 and Oscar Bowe of Blakeley among the deceased with survivors including wives, children, and siblings. Services are planned at Blakeley Advent Christian Church with burial in Blakeley Cemetery. Additional Memorials note Robert Lee Burnett of Binkeley, Alice Virginia Diem of Fort Spring, and other family remembrances with church affiliations and funeral details.
Body Found in Anawha River near Hansford
Hugh McCaughan 34 of Pratt found in the Anawha River near Hansford about 300 yards below a bridge where his car was found Friday. Two teens saw the body and alerted police. Justice of the Peace Frank Durrett ruled death by own action after an inquest. Surviving are his wife, daughter, sister, and three grandchildren. Service set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Barlow Mortuary Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh McCaughan
Pratt
Theanawha
Hansford
Freddie Elswick
Carl Workman
Justice of the
Frank Durrett
Chelyan
McCaughan
Cablisk Baking Co
Sam Whitman
Dainty McCaughan
Ireland
Hugh
Mary McKay McCaughan
U. S
Beni Kedem Shrine
Death Notices From Huntington Area Obituaries
Obituary notices list Mrs Anna Falwell 73 of Huntington died in a local hospital with surviving daughters Mary Garnett and Venah Service, husband and sister living in Virginia and Kentucky. Other notices include deaths of James Perdue 21 day old. Catherine Montoney 50. Myrtle Roberts 53. William Maxwell 75. James Scott 82. Cora Stout 7 with service and burial details.
Thaxton Dies at 73 in Kanawha County
Kar naviha Two Mile farmer and stockman IP M Thaxton died at his son Herbert Thaxton’s home in Kanawha Two Mile after becoming ill while returning home. Born December 20 1877 in Kanawha County he leaves two sons three daughters multiple siblings and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Long Johnson Fisher Mortuary and home of Mrs Layne planned.
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Spruce) Thaxton
Karnawiha
Kanawha County
Herbert Thaxton
Kanawha Two Mile
Thaxton
Jim David
Mary Miller Thaxton
Florlida Street
Gao
Hubert
Charleston
Hobart
Milam
Mich
Gladys Layne
Reba Pritt F
Kanawha
Long, Johnson Grand Fisher Mortuary
Rep William Lemke Dies In Fargo North Dakota
Rep William A Lemke veteran congressman and Farm Bloc leader died last night in Fargo after collapsing in the Powers Hotel lobby. He was campaigning for renomination to Congress on the Republican ticket and had represented North Dakota since 1932 with a break, also serving as the 1936 Union party presidential candidate.
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Fargo
N.ad
Rep
William A. Lemke
Congress
Lemke
Powers Hotel
Union Party
George C Boulden Dies in McKeesport Hospital
George C Boulden 54 of McKeesport Pa formerly of Charleston died at 1 pm yesterday in a McKeesport hospital after a two week illness. He worked with Austen Construction Co for eight years and will be transported to Charleston for services at Simpson Mortuary. Born December 3 1895 in Terra Alta he was the son of Gus A and Sarah Virginia Boulden. He had worked at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp South Charleston and with Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co and in oil fields in Casper Wyo and Sunburst Mont. He was a 2d degree Mason and a Shriner. Surviving are his wife Marie Johnson Boulden son George Boulden Jr of Levis two brothers William of Charleston and J Con of Indianapolis and three grandchildren.
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George C. Boulden
McKeesport
Charleston
Austen Construction Co
Simpson Mortuary
Mr. Bouwlden
Terra Alta
Gus A
Sarah Virginia Boulten
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
South Charleston
Parkersburg Rig and Reel Co
Casper
Wye
Sunburst
Mont
Marie Johnson Boulden
George Boulden, Jr
Levis
William
J. Con
Indianapolis
Ind
J. J. Knuckles Dies Retired Railroad Worker at 82
Joel J. Knuckles 82 died yesterday at his son Thurmond Knuckles home 469 58th St. 5.E. after a long illness. A native of Kanawha County born at Spring Hill he lived in Bownemont twenty years and in Kanawha City. He was a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railway trackman for forty years retiring in 1940. Surviving: daughters Mary Gustavson of California Irene Hermon of Raleigh County. Body at Snodgrass Mortuary.
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Joel J. Knuckles
Son
Thurmond Knuckles
58Th St
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Mr. Knuckles
Kanawha County
Spring Hill
Bownemont
Kanawha City
Kruckles
Heart Attack Fatal To Retired Miner
James Roy Smith a 48 year old Black retiree from Union collapsed and died of a heart attack yesterday in Washington and Cole man Mortuary attendants reported. He was talking with acquaintances when he suddenly fell to the ground. An ambulance arrived too late. Surviving: one foster sister Mrs Henry Bell Stevenson of In gram Branch. Body resides at Washington and Coleman Mortuary.
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Montgomery Treet
Washington
Coleman Mortuary
James Roy Smith
Union
Henry Bell Stevenson
Ingram Branch
Washington and Coleman Mortuary
Wheeling Newsman Collapses and Dies at Work
Robert Lipphardt, 49 a veteran newspaperman with 32 years in the field collapsed and died at the Wheeling News Register Publishing Co heart attack listed as cause. He began as a cab reporter in 1918 at the old Wheeling Register and later worked in advertising roles for Martins Ferry C Times Moundsville Echo before returning to Wheeling in 1922. He is survived by his mother Katherine Lash Lipphardt and two brothers Jack Lipphardt of Martins Perry.
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Wheeling
Robert Lipphardt
Svork
Wheeling News-Register Publishing Co
Lipphardt
Old
Wheeling Register
Martins Ferry, C. Times
Moundasville Echo
The
Wheeling News
Katherine Lash Lipphardt
Jack Lipphardt
Martins Perry
UMW Men to Be Tried Separately in Assault
Charles H. Varney and two other United Mine Workers members face separate trials for allegedly wounding Island Creek Coal Co. supervisor EBW Stepp during disturbances at the Hockhouse Fork mines Nos. 24 25 and 26. Arnold Gilman and Dempsey Mounts will be scheduled later.
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Hockhouse Fork
Ferd Midelburg Funeral Friday in Miami Beach
Ferdinand Midelburg 73 vice president of Capital Amusement Co died yesterday in a Miami Beach hospital after years of illness. The service will be at 4 p.m. Friday at Simpson Mortuary Chapel with Rabbi Louis J. Cashdan officiating and interment in Spring Hill Cemetery. Surviving are his wife Edith and daughter Ruth Casey, both of Miami Beach, and his brother Charles A. Midelburg. He formerly lived in Logan and chaired theaters in the Logan-Charleston area and was a Mason Shriner and life member of Charleston lodge BPOE. Born February 10, 1877 in Sewell Fayette County to Arnold and Bertha Midelburg. He had lived in Miami Beach for ten years.
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Tomor
Simpson Mortuary
Ferdinand (Ferd) Midelburg
Capital Amusement Co
Miami Beach
Fla
Charleston
Louis J. Cashdan
Spring Hill Cemetery
Charles A Midelburg
Logan
Plaza Realty Co. J
Logan Area
Capitol Theater
Midelburg
Sewell
Fayette County
Arnold
Bertha Midelburg
Miami
Logan-Charleston
Cab Driver Risks Life to Shield Children From Rabid Dog
In Atlanta on May 11 cab driver Rick Parker 28 leaped on a rabid approaching dog to protect 82 kindergarteners as they were being dismissed He reversed the cab placed it between the dog and kids then leaped out to seize the animal The youth next door shot the dog its head sent to a lab for rabies testing
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Atlanta
Imad
Rick Parker
Parker
Militia Accused in Hamblen County Strike Action
Attorney Cahoon and union leaders testified in Nashville that state county and local officials used force against striking textile workers. National Guard troops were blamed for intimidation and violence, though governor Browning reportedly did not sanction the actions.
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Pace
Robert S. Cahoon
Atlanta
Browning
Nashville
Washington
John W. Edelman
McGrath
Hamblen
National ‘Guard
Ttn
United States
Gold Plans Intercepted Interview at Holmesburg Prison
Harry Gold, awaiting return to prison, requested counsel and to continue cooperating with the FBI. Judge McGranery summoned newsmen to report that Gold sought a patriotically unimpeachable lawyer and reaffirmed his cooperation as intermediary for Dr. Klaus Fuchs in delivering atomic bomb information to the Soviet Union.
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Holmesburg
Gold
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
Sovviet Union
Secretary urges closer Western alliance in military and politics
The secretary argues that Western nations must unite economically politically and militarily far more than today. He calls for the United States to take a leading role in building balanced collective defenses and warns that popular and congressional support will be tested by the need for larger naval forces while Western Europe stresses land power.
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Page Ut
United States
Acheson
Western Europe
Union Carbide donation supports Morris Harvey College in Charleston
Dr. Leonard Riggleman, president of Morris Harvey College, welcomed a donation from Union Carbide & Carbon Corp. The gift signals faith in the college’s future growth and will aid facility improvements to better serve the valley community.
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Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Davidson
Leonard Riggleman
Morris Harvey
Union Carbide & Carbon Corp
Yaeking
Smuts Progressing in Pneumonia Siege
Field Marshal Smuts reports show ex-Prime Minister in good progress amid pneumonia. He cannot receive visitors but overseas messages of sympathy are being sent to him.
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Smuts
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Jen Christiaan Smits
Youth Crossings Near Lubeck Spark Border Clash Reports
Soviet licensed news service accuses police of beating youths at the German border as thousands try to cross from the Soviet zone. Reports claim a 12 year old boy was injured and another 18 year old bitten by a dog, with British armored units seen nearby. Police deny the charges and say many youths registered and were examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cveseeeen Prom Paget
Lice Dows
Luebeck
ADN
Berlin
Hof
Coburz
Navy presents wheel evidence in N.5 plane crash inquiry
Lieut. Comdr. M. W. Cagle displayed the front landing wheel found 48 miles off Latvia during the N.5 patrol bomber crash probe. He argued the wheel retracted before impact and could not have torn free without an air explosion. Navy tests will gauge impact force to estimate crash altitude. The wheel, weighing 380 pounds, bore a Corpus Christi overhaul tag. It surfaced after April 26 from a Swedish captain near the Baltic.
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Navy
M. W. Cagle
Latvia
Cagle
Navy Bureau For Aeronautics
Corpus Christi
Tex
Tight Curbs and Aiding Funds Amid Global Crises
Officials discuss tightening controls on aid funds sourced from private investors and government subscriptions. The plan notes the fund has raised over $750 million for 19 members with Britain receiving $300 million and France $125 million, while stressing that the aid acts like unsecured loans under current conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Baesec Ae Cagie
Britain
France
India
Amerasia Case Continues Amid Senate Probe Debates
The Amerasia inquiry proceeds with references to Mason City and Ja. and to Tydings and McCarthy as lawmakers spar over testimony. Hickenlooper’s remarks are cited while the committee delays release of certain testimony and signals a possible termination of the probe.
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Hickenlooper
Mason City
Tydings
Sen
McCarthy
Sen. Hickenlooper
Milleg
Amerasia
Defendants Plead at Prague Trial Over Western Diplomatic Links
Mrs. Hovakova testifies that National Socialist party figures took directives from American British and French diplomats. Two other defendants are women. Western reporters, except one, admitted to courtroom. Dana Adams Schmidt of the New York Times denies contact with alleged co conspirators. Names include Mary Vance Trent Jack Novak Milton Fried Louise Shaffner and Helen Fisher.
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Canunnea
Gan
Hovakova
National Socialist Party
Ambbassador
Maurice Dejean
Dana Adams Schmidt
New Yorkimes
Prague
New York Times
Schmidt
Mary Vance Trent
Nant
Jack C. Novak
Milton Fried
Louise Shaffner
Helen Fisher
United Press
Soci 3
Eduard Benes
Social Democratic and Peoples
Gambler held on 59 counts in long running conspiracy case
District attorney said delays in disclosures affected timing. Special Sessions Justice Perlman ordered Ericksor held on 10090 bail with trial set for June 12. The information lists 59 bookmaking counts and a 20 year conspiracy charge. Harry Richards named co conspirator, held as material witness on 190000 bail after raid.
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Ters
Gemblec
Senate
Special Sessions
Nathan D. Perlman
Senate of Limitations
Ericksor
Hogan
Harry Richards
Richards
Mab
Tas
Eritksan
Plane radio report on coast departure near Germany
The note mentions a radio report stating the aircraft was leaving the coast of Germany about 309 miles from the i point where it departed. The fragment provides limited context and lacks clear dates or identifiers.
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Germany
Milton Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver
A hit and run struck a 58 year old Milan man near the bus turn around in Kanawha City. He was treated for a fractured leg and released from Charleston General Hospital. Harry Shelton 42 was arrested at MacCorkley for the crash and charged with hit and run and drunken driving. He will face Justice Frank Durrett in Chelyan.
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Milan
38Th St
MacCorkle
Kanawha City
Ian Whitman
Denver
Messions
Charleston General Hospital
Cunningham
Whitman
Meadows
Harry Shelton
Exxdale
Shelton
48Th St
MacCorkley
Clyde Mikes
Ben Johnson
Cpl. Whitman
Justice of the Pesca
Frank Durrett
Chelyan
Chinese Reds Free Pilot for Chennault
American pilot James McGovern freed after almost five months in Communist China was handed to Hong Kong authorities by Red Guards near the British colony border. He had been missing since a December 5 crash while flying a Civil Air Transport mission for Claire Chennault.
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Hong Kong
James McGovern
China
Elizabeth N. J
McGovern
Red Cueady
Ruthe Jming
Civil Air Transport
Nationalist
U.S
Claire Chennault
Rally melee at Imperial Plaza cited in testimony
Testimony describes a chaotic scene at Imperial Plaza where a crowd seized rally notes from a Japanese policeman and attacked officers. Witnesses including Sat Koehn of Oklahoma City and Capt Clark of Baltimore recall being tripped, kicked, and struck by rocks as others were knocked down.
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Imperial Plaza
Peter W. Koehn
Oklahoma City
White
Will. G Clark
Baltio ‘More
Set
K. Yamamoto
Hawatalsa
John J. Thomas
Detroit
Mich
Signal ‘Corps
Counter Intelligence Corps
Senator Outfielder Reports Loss of Billfold in Theater
Pete Rigganr reports the loss of a billfold containing $159 and personal papers. He says the wallet disappeared after leaving Capitol Theater on Summers Street and he returned to the seat to check if it was left there.
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Pete Rigganr
Pete Higgan
Charleston
Riggan
Capitol Theater
Summers S
Lend Lease Icebreakers Delayed by Soviet Report
Soviet officials told Secretary of State James E. Webb that two lend lease icebreakers will be held at least five months longer in Arctic waters due to unresolved charges and transport issues. The notice came from Moscow as Washington awaits a detailed explanation.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Urdersecretary
James E. Webb
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Arbaugh
Mason
Red
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Myrtle Arbaugh
Omay Smith
Sewell Arbaugh
Teays Rfd
Ward
Clayton
St. Albans
Kinglyston
Winfield
Owen
Hattie Racer
Pleasant
Delis Johnson
Faye McComas
Dora. Bird
Eac
Comorrow
Church of God
Browns Greek
Ross Taylor
Burl
Allen
Casdolph
St. Alnans
Orville Bowe
Delmas Bowe
Cedar Grove
D. W. Lawe
Shrewsbury
Lessie Hudrali
Jim
Beckley
New Rue Hand
William ¢. Diem
Wiliam
Alderson
Frank
Sonceverte
Alfred
Fort Spring
Paul Kirk
Alice Diem
Minnie Diem
Merle Curtisle
Bramwell
J. W. Michelinie
Lundy Wood
Minnie Michelinle
Huntington
Matte Arbaugh
Maude Ballengee
Staunton
Thelma Thornton
Daniel Arbaugh
Jake Arbeugh
Richard Arbaugh
Kennett Micheiline
Richard Builengee
Elbert Berti
Reedy
Tod
Wirt County
Good Hope
William Ernest
East Miro
Fred Cooke
Nitra
East Nitro Baptist Church
John Keng
Anna Falwell
Huntington Hospital
Anna Elizabeth Fallwell
E. Bolin
Maxwell St
Bolin
Charles,ton. High School
Falwell
Amherst County
Land
Lynch‘purge
Ceredo
Kenova
Mary F. Markis
Venah
Garnett
Bm. Agalontee Pian Punmaeher
J. L. Daniel
Lynchburg
Wichrow
Cematery
Fee
Magatnti
Rey
Baries
Camp 1
Ruan
Richard
Cunningham Marist
Earl G. Hissam
Joof
Praty
Mr. Run
Terr'y O'Dell
Charleston Hospital
Ler
Ernest
Fifth Avenue Church of God
Albery Rice
Kurta
Cunningnam Memorial Park
My. Lee
Miller St
Humtington
Humaington Hospital
Palmeaters
Emory Devender
Hubert Messinger
Thomas Ells
William Saul
Hencerton Sutherland
Jack Casper
Maxwell
Willam Claude T4
Cottageville
Jackson County
Bury
Nannie Isobel Maxwell
William Byson Maxwell
Glara
Maxwell Af
Crangeville
Wayne Batnett
I. J. McColiii
Burte
Vail Mortuary
Ripley
Tweody
Perdue
James
Demes R. Perdue
Comfort
Roane County
David
Ronnie Ray
Connie Blaine
Noberts
Myrtle Mar
East Nitro Beast Church
Paul Alexander
Othicinie
the Woods
Goniver Re
Burnett Mortuary
Willis Ed Isaac
Wirell Lovejoy
John Wilkes
Okey Smith
Manuel Grant
William Harts
Reserts
East Nitro
Tueadar
Almeda Scott
Minden
Fannie Scott
Détroit
Cora Ferguson
Maitland
Winnin Agee
Caperton
Marie Hardy
Fannie Laz Scott
Cora Hell—T7
Camaen-on- Gauley
C. Q. Flenner
Gloria Wollord
Atlonta
Edit McCutenenna
Youngstown
UW. V. Groub
Akron
Roscoe Stout
Wobaler Springs
M. Thaxton
William Lemke
North Dakota
J. J. Knuckles
C.& C. Man
Ella
OS Ie
UMW
Braintree
Mass
Clyde Twitchell, Jr
Florence Twitchell
Ferd Midelburg
Radford Paint CO
Washington Street
Young Reds
Gentiues Pram Rage
Capita al
Strieter
Amerasia Case
Milton Man
Chinese Reds
Chennault
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