Private General Pryor Fight for Confederate Cause
Petersburg native Roger Atkinson Pryor, once a Confederate brigadier general, resigned to serve as a private in Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry. Captured by Union forces, Lincoln ordered his release and return to the Confederacy. After the war Pryor became a New York lawyer and supreme court justice, later serving in Congress.
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Roger Atkinson Pryor
Petersburg
Joseph E. Johnston
Pryor
Lee
Fitzhugh Lee
Lincoln
New York
Supreme Court
U. S. Congress
Valiant Crewmen Fight Off Sharks
A British merchant vessel sunk off the Atlantic coast by two enemy submarines. Fourteen hours in shock-infested waters were spent repairing a damaged lifeboat while a crewman stood guard to fend off sharks. Seventeen men were rescued by two British freighters after four days adrift. all 45 crew members were saved. The other survivors landed earlier after seven days in an open lifeboat.
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U. S
Atantic
Navy
Ceylon
Therrien
Theaters and serials listed for current shows and stars
The list catalogs current theater offerings by venue with castings. Notable titles include The Great Man's Lady with Barbara Stittweyek Joel McCrea and Brian Donlevy at Today's Theaters plus Capitol Tortilla Flat with Spencer Tracy Hedy Lamarr John Garfield and Frank Morgan. Virginian The Spoilers stars Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne and Margaret Lindsay. Greenbrier Sierra Sue with Gene Autry Smiley Burnette and Freckles Comes Home with Johnny Downs. Rialto Bahama Pass and Bedtime Story starring Loretta Young Fredric March. West Yokel Boy and The Blonde From Singapore. Custer The Pittsburgh Kid Down Mexico Way. Added serials include Spy Smashers and a rail of color cartoons and other features.
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Barbara Stittweyek
Joel McCrea
Brian Donlevy
Church
Island
Capitol
Spencer Tracy
Hedy Lamarr
John Garfield
Frank Morgan
Pete Smith
Marlene Dietrich
Randolph Scott
John Wayne
Margaret Lindsay
the Wasteland
William Boyd
Robert Preston
Ellen Drew
Greenbrier
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Freckles
Johnny Downs
Tom Tyler
Bob Steele
George Sanders
Wendy Barrie
Property Transfers Store Numerous in Charleston Area
A sequence of land transfers includes Lillie W. Maloney and husband to J. J. Beard of lot 34 in Comstock Addition, William J. Withrow to Helen V. Schott for land near Elk Two Mile, and multiple deeds involving Armour View, Sunny Side, Edgewood, Higginbotham Hill, Two and Three-Quarter Mile Creek, and South Charleston. Details cover assignments among individuals, partnerships, and corporations including Capitol Square Properties, Inc. to Peoples Store, Inc. and to Morris and Fannie E. Steiger, plus conveyances from Kanawha Land Co. and Kanawha Bank and Trust Co. to Walter G. Clark.
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Lillie W. Maloney
J. J. Beard
Comstock
Charleston
William J. Withrow
Helen V. Schott
Elk Two Mile
Gunnee
Wil
Mont Ferrel
Wilson Hollow
D. M. Cavender
Rubyland Frank Milbee
Armour View
Spring Hill
Capitol Square Properties, Inc
Peoples Store, Inc
Josephine M. Blackwell
Green Hills
Jefferson District
Edgewood Development Company
P . Murphy
Edgewood
Homer Davis II
Floyd E
Florence C. Bradley
Higginbotham Hill
Glenwood Heights
F.C. Hawkins
C. T. Mankin
Kanawha Land Company
Walter Clark
South Charleston
Kanawha Bank and_ Trust company
Walter G. Clark
Radio Log and Schedule Highlights From Atwater
A dense list of radio programs and times across stations and hosts, featuring musical bands, news roundups, a variety of concerts, dramas, and public affairs segments. Key entities include CBS affiliations, The Belmont, Washington broadcasts, and notable hosts like John Charles Daly, Guy Lombardo, and Raymond Scott.
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Woas
CBS
Powetan
Presa
Ballos Bros
Union Mission
Cap
Andy
Milt
Uncle Sis Almanac
Sseaessa
News of the World
Press
Tsim & the Sunshine Bros
Garden Gate
Martia Band
Visibily
Jackson News
God's Country
Armatrong Theater of Today
Essa
Kanawhs County
Columbia's Country Journal
Adventure
the Symphonettes
Houston
Guy Lombardo
Mobby
John Charles Daly
Treasury
Danice
Diga Coetlo
Oscar Youngstant
Minnesota
W4s
Ktate State News
Cimude ‘Thornhill
Raymond Scott
Len “Brown
Johnny Long
Dancing Party
Olf
NBC
MacDonald
Blue
Abe
Raymond
Victory
Bobby Tucker
America
Ted Steele
Don Bovay
Radio Troubedour
Imba
Ndc
Alabama Wife Secures Writ Against Red-Head Divorcée
In Montgomery Alabama the state supreme court upheld an injunction barring Marjorie Henley from contact with J T Rockett amid alleged marital trouble. The wife testified the affair disrupted her marriage dating to 1696, while Henley denied immorality, stating they stayed in separate rooms and she paid her own way.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Virgil Bouldin
J. T. Rockett
Marjorie Henley
Chilton
Chilton County
T Ax
Rockett
Tot Unhurt by Fall
Parker sburg June 5 A passerby rushed 14 month old Jimmy Ferguson after he fell from a second story window to the ground He was taken to a hospital and found unhurt.
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Parkersburg
Jimmy Ferguson
FBI Nabs Lion Tamer in Philadelphia
FBI reports lion tamer Fritz Schulz, 35, of the Ringling Brothers circus, arrested as an enemy alien and sent to the Gloucester detention station. Schulz arrived from Stuttgart, Germany two and a half years ago and was captured on a presidential warrant after months of inquiry as the circus played in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Fritz Schulz
Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus
Gloucester
N. J
U.S. Immigration Servicer
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Schulz
U. S
Stuttgart
Germany
FBI
McNutt and Dafoe to Address WV Medical Banquet
Dr Paul V McNutt and Dr Allan R Date will headline the West Virginia Medical Association convention banquet set for July 13 to 15. Executive secretary Charles L Lively announced the venue change due to war conditions and said a new site will be chosen within a week.
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Paul V. McNutt
Allan R. Date
West Virginia Medical Association
Charles L. Lively
White Sulphur Springs
Lively
Four Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses In Kanawha County
Applications for licenses to wed were filed with the Kanawha county clerk yesterday. Jehie Alfred Cantrell 25 of Quick and Madeline Gracie Cantrell 22 of Quick. Harold P. Frazier 92 of 800 D Street South Charleston and Mary Itone Handley 38 of South Charleston. William G. Summers 30 of Sissonville and Corda Frances Phillips 22 of Sissonville. Fred Hemis 24 of Cabin Creek and Helen Katherine Wagner 24 of Chelyan.
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Kanawha County
Jehie Alfred Cantrell
Quick
Madeline Gracie Canttrell
Harold P. Frazier
D Street
South Charleston
Mary Itone Handley
South Charlesont
William G. Summers
Sissonville
Corda Frances Phillips
Fred Hemis
Cabin Creek
Helen Katherine Wagner
Chelyan
British Cashier Officer Convicted of Funds Offenses
London June 5 Captain Robert Davies once awarded the George Cross for removing a time bomb at St Pauls cathedral was court martialed and cashiered from the army. He received an 18 month prison term after being convicted on seven charges of improperly receiving funds from a business firm while being acquitted on six counts and pleading guilty to 14 others mainly for issuing bad checks.
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London
Robert Davies
St. Paul's Cathedral
Davies
New Vibro Cardiograph Detects Early Heart Ailment
Two St. Louis physicians reported from Atlantic City that a vibro cardiograph can reveal inaudible heart distress waves long before real trouble. The device, tested on Ernest Tyler who was executed in Missouri, records dying heart vibrations alongside an electrocardiograph to detect early weakness.
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Atlantic “City
N. J
St. Louis
Missouri
William B. Kouitz
Washington University
John R. Smith
American Heart Association
Ernest Tyler
Kansas City
Dr. Konitz
Dr. Smith
Tyler
War on Japanese Beetles Begun in West Virginia
West Virginia officials and the U S bureau of entomology launch a campaign against the Japanese beetle. A glass jar with a trick cap symbolizes their action as inspections of nurseries and greenhouses in quarantine zones begin along with trapping in infestation hotspots.
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West Virginia
Japan
State Department For Agriculture
U. S. Bureau of Entomology
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