Pope Anxiously Scans War Rome as Vatican Braces
Vatican City faces near siege as Allied forces close on Rome. Pope Pius XII observes from his window while Vatican security increases to guard three main entrances. Diplomatic corps, including Harold Tittmann, reside inside Vatican City and await outcomes of the Rome battle.
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State College Summer Session Opens June 13
West Virginia State College announced the summer session will open for registration June 12 with classes beginning June 13. The 10 week period runs to August 19 and offers five week terms plus short courses ranging one to three weeks. An aquatic school with Red Cross certification and various specialized short courses are planned along with recreation and lectures.
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Quadruplets Born to RAF Aircraft Man's Wife in London
Edith Robinson gave birth to four babies three girls and a boy at a London hospital. Mother and all babies are reported well as can be expected. The event follows Daisy Moxham's May 22 birth of five children, though one boy died.
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Edith Robinson
England
Daisy Moxham
Yeager Couple Welcome Son at 814 Ella Avenue
Mr and Mrs W D Yeager announce the birth of their son at Mountain State Memorial hospital on May 24 They note the family residence at 814 Ella Avenue The fragment mentions weed seeds retaining germination power for 40 years after burial in soil.
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Mountain State Memorial Hospital
Kanawha library adds bicycling and symphonic music books
Vacation reading at Kanawha County Public Library expands with new titles Bicycling by Ruth and Raymond Henediet and Adventures in Symphonic Music by Edward Downes offering home reading and concert planning notes. A wide list of non fiction titles follows, featuring history, engineering, horology, literature, and travel.
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Raymond Henediet
Edward Downes
Bownes
Paris
Esme Davis
Dyess
William E. Dyess
Rew Palace of Mines
Arthur J. Evans
Grace Garman
Mark J. Gyan
Burgess H. Jennings
Harold C. Kelly
Rene Krang
Greenmask
Joseph J. Farjeon
Homer's Hill
Marjorie Hayes
Pathfinders
Cecil Lewis
Tharrus
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Elizabeth Meyers
Tim Pridgen
Thomas J. Smithson Dies at Montgomery
Thomas Jackson Smithson a 43 year old general contractor died yesterday in a Montgomery hospital. Requiem mass will be said at 2 4 a m tomorrow at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Montgomery. Burial will be in Montgomery Memorial Park with B C Hooper mortuary in charge. The American Legion will handle grave exercises. Surviving are his wife Mary Smithson a daughter Mrs Betty Tudor of Montgomery his parents Mr and Mrs W H Smithson Alderson and two brothers C N of Charleston and W E of Montgomery.
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Harden and Harden Mortuary
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Coal City
Fred McClure
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Crestes Corp announces sale of WSATL to Chicago publisher
The Crestes Corp said Marshal Field of Chicago publisher bought WSATL after the FCC ordered the sale due to Crag-Jey also operating WLW. The release noted no personnel changes are expected and FCC approval for the license transfer to Field is still required.
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Church Meetings Set Across Local Congregations
Mt Mark s Methodist church hosts Win Won Bible class at 6 p m Tuesday with Mesdanes W T Brotherton A B Fayne and G W Miller as hostesses The Mothers class at First Presbyterian meets at 8 p m Tuesday at Mrs Harry G Kennedy s Lowden Hil home with co hostesses Mesdames Okey Waybright Sam Hill John M Kay James V Karcrick and C W Maus United Gospel Singers perform from 1 30 to 4 30 p m Sunday at Bowne Church of God venue.
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Lowden Hil
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Sam, Hill
John M
Nitro Dedication Roll of Honor Ceremony Led by Local Figures
Hundreds gather for dedication of the Nitro Hall of Honor funded by Linns club and local industry sponsors. Stanley Morris and others presided as post 208 led services. the stone monument lists all Nitro military personnel. Local officials include R. M. Tormey and Otto Reemelin.
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John Baker White Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Col. John Baker White 75 former state board member and Charleston lawyer will be at 3 p m at First Presbyterian chapel. Burial in Indian Mound cemetery Rome interment to follow with Masons in charge of grave side rites. Honorary pallbearers include governors Holt Cornwell Kump and several judges and local officials.
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West Virginia Nurse Capt. Hensley on 19 day leave
Capt Lenora Hensley Army Nurse on leave in Charleston visiting friends and her parents Mr and Mrs W T Hensley of Dixie She is stationed at Camp Campbell Ky a McMillen hospital graduate and received her present rating May 25 She has served 22 months in the Army Nurse Corps
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Club meetings at Glen Elk hall this week
The Degree of Honor Protective Assoc No 52 meets Wednesday at Glen Elk hall. The Elle District Farm Women's Club meets Thursday at 10 30 a m at Glen Elk hall. Mrs C F Hann teaches Fight Food Waste in Your Kitchen. Mitaie Low Hunnicut and Barbara Jean Mundsy play piano. Mrs J C McEldowney hosts luncheon at noon.
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Barbara Jean Mundsy
J. C. McEldowney
Former Diplomat Dies
John Ridgely Carter, 7% senior partner of Morgan and Cie of Paris and former diplomat, died today in New York on June 3.
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John Ridgely Carter
Morgan and Cie
Paris
Catholic Educator Dies at 74 in Denver
Denver report notes the death of Most Rev Anthony J Schuler at age 74. He formerly served as Catholic bishop of El Paso and was a president and professor at Regis College in Denver.
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Anthony J. Schuler
el Paso
Regis College
West Virginia trains 27 bus instructors from 23 counties
Twenty seven men representing school transportation systems in 23 counties received certificates as instructors in school bus driving after completing a technical training course at West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery. The program, sponsored by the American Automobile Association U S Office of Education and state education department, aimed to prepare teachers for new and experienced drivers and to promote conservation of buses tires gasoline and supplies. State Superintendent W W Trent awarded the certificates at a Friday dinner with remarks by Budget Director Cleveland Bailey State Police Superintendent fied To Teach School Bus Clare Hees Asst State School Supt F Ray Power and WV Tech President E S Maclin. The pictured group includes numerous county and state officials and instructors from across the state.
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Brooke County
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Nicholas County
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Pocahontas County
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Preston County
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Monon
Obituary for Mae Skaggs Brewer 58 Sparks
Mae Skaggs Brewer age 58 of Sparks died at a Richwood hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. at Dolsen chapel with Rev. J. E Brown and Rev. O. E. Pitzer officiating, burial in the church cemetery under H. C. Waite mortuary Summersville. Surviving: six daughters in Summersville Charleston Zola Sparks, parents J. W. Skaggs of Sparks, five brothers and four sisters. Also another obituary fragment notes Mrs. Early Mac Johnson of Kimberly and additional family details.
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Cook Book Author Dies in Denver at 79
Clara Goodell Mitchell, 79, author of The Way to a Man's Heart, died in Denver on June 3. She was the widow of Denver banker Joan C. Mitchell.
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