Methodists Vote to End Segregation in Church Bodies
West Virginia Methodists approve two resolutions inviting Negro churches near the Northeastern Jurisdiction to join the white central group, aiming to end the color line. Rev. L. E. Crowson notes about 40 Negro churches in West Virginia could be affected and explains the change requires two-thirds votes across conferences before becoming policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
South
West Virginia
Rev
L. E. Crowson
Board of
Christian Social Concerns
Crowson
Sixty Called for Jury Duty in Intermediate Court
Sixty jurors are summoned for the June term of the Intermediate Court. They must report June 26, after the term opens June 19. The list by Magisterial district includes Big Sandy, Cabin Creek, Charleston, Elk, Jefferson, London, Malden, Poca, Union, and Washington with named jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Hatcher
Big Sandy
Ronnie D. Gibson
Cabin Creek
Lewis Curry Jr
Chester Lemon
Henry Mancari
W. C. Nelson
Philip Simms
Charleston
Norman &. Fitzhugh Jr
Ralph V. Green
B. F
Crash Kills Boone County Man in Oncoming-Truck Collision
Gill Adkins 79 of Julian Boone County died after a farm truck collided head on with a tractor-trailer on U.S. 119 near Danville. W Hei Hedrick 74, also of Julian, was injured and treated at hospitals. The crash occurred around 5 30 p m in a curve as the stake body truck on the wrong side of the road crashed into the tractor-trailer loaded with coal auger parts. The Madison driver Leo C was uninjured. Adkins will be buried at Mullins Cemetery after services at Bradshaw Funeral Home. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters.
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Danville
U.S. 119
Boone County
Gill Adkins
Julian
W. Hei Hedrick
Madison General Hospital
Adkins
Hedrick
Charleston Memorial Hospital
W. F. Donehoe
Carval Legursky
Astor Curry
Leo C
Madison
Joe
Blair
Durant
Cameo
Alfred
Mud River
Florence Dotson
Alene Dotson
Eliza Hager
Bradshaw Funeral Home
Mullins
Decrosier
Albert C. Decrosier
Survivors Describe Eichmann's Death Camp Atrocities
Eyewitnesses testifying in Jerusalem described Sobibor Maidanek and Chelmno camps under Eichmann. Survivors recalled cremation fires, mass graves, and the destruction of evidence as prosecutors press the case in the final week.
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Jerusalem
Adolph Eichmann
Gestapo
Sobibor
Maidanek
Chelmno
Eichmann
Unclear historical bone grinding and gold salvage described
Fragmentary report notes machines used to grind bones with leftovers sifted for gold fillings and dust spread over adjacent fields. No dates or locations provided.
Doctor-promoted wart treatment claims safe, scarless
An ad style fragment touts a compound that removes common warts safely and effectively without leaving scars through a method named Trede Mart. The copy includes garbled terms and mentions aliens and pain but centers on wart removal claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tess
Pound
New Discovery Promises Relief From Throbbing Headaches
A new formula claims rapid relief from throbbing migraine type headaches within minutes. It reduces nausea and stomach upset, calms nerves, and avoids narcotics by using an exclusive alkalized compound. The remedy is touted as fast acting and gentle on the stomach.
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J. Gaines Means
William E. Moore II
Andrew A. Payne
Keith N. Pauley
Ellsworth Perry
Blanchard Randall
D. W. Smith
W. S. Staub
Landon C. Wellford
B. F. Woodson
Malden
Carl Blount
Juanita Canterberry
Sadie Hughart
Hobart
Wines
Union
Harris H. Ferrell
D. C. Guthrie
Washington
William O’halloran
Paul George
Cecil Roberts
Boone
Farmers Hardware
Pive Dragon
Moshe Bahir
Central
Poland
Yaakov Friedmann
Eichnann
Maidinek
Do Freiberg
Sabibor
Freiberg
Yosef Resnik
Resniks
Doctors
Trede Mart
Ak Tat
Vate
N.Y
New York
Ney
Ayer Pti
Philip Morris
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