Supreme Court overturns Munday conviction in stolen goods case
The State Supreme Court vacated Ralph Munday’s conviction for receiving stolen goods in Mineral County, ordering dismissal of the indictment for failure to allege a named source or that the items were stolen out of state. Prosecution of James Munday was dropped. other rulings included inheritance tax, auto injury verdict reversal, and a bridge damage claim approval.
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State Supreme Court
Ralph Munday
Mineral County
James B. Riley
Grand ‘Jury
Mineral Circuit Court
Riley
Muti
James
Baltimore and Ohio
State
James Munday
Supreme Court
Ohio
F. C. H. Schwertfeger
Wheeling
Cabell County
Velva Adkins
Robert R. Smith
Smith
Edgar B
Intuition Can Save Big Telephone Bill
A housewife’s long distance call to New York prompts a moving truck arrival in Charleston and a relieved promise from a vice president. Shorts, politics, and a World War II diary gesture follow, then a quip about journalism and ambition in a rural setting.
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New York
Gotham
Stote
Charleston
W. Va
Revercomb to Address DAV Conclave Forget-Me-Not Luncheon
Senator Revercomb will speak at the 27th state convention of the Disabled American Veterans during a Forget-Me-Not luncheon at 12:15 p.m. Sunday in the Daniel Boone Hotel. About 150 delegates are expected as the event opens Friday with registration at 7 p.m. and includes a Friday officers’ school and meetings, plus a full weekend program of sessions, a banquet, and a Sunday memorial service.
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Chapman Revercomb
DAV
Daniel Boone Hotel
Sion
Lee Street Triangle
Itmann Mine Fourth in National Coal Output
A West Virginia mine ranked fourth in the nation for soft coal production last year. Pocahontas Fuel Co’s Itmann Mine in Itmann Wyoming County produced 2,832,540 tons and was the only West Virginia mine in the top 10. Other WV majors listed include Kopperston 1 Mine, Grant Town, Gay No 2 Mine, and Idamay No 44 Mine with production ranging from about 1.9 to 2.1 million tons.
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West
West Virginia
Kopperston
Eastern Gas& Fuel Associates
Wyoming County
Federal
Eastern Gas ,& Fuel, Associates
Grant Town
Marion County
Gay
U.S. Steel Corp
Wilcoe
McDowell County
Idamay
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Marion
County
Rand McNally Rates Charleston Seventh In Best Business Cities
Rand McNally ranked Charleston West Virginia seventh among ten top business cities, with Charleston South Carolina placing fifth. The monthly rankings list Mobile Alabama Tampa Florida Baltimore Maryland Phoenix Arizona Charleston South Carolina Charleston West Virginia Tulsa Oklahoma Savannah Georgia and Portland Oregon.
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Charleston
West Virginia
South Carolina
Rand McNally
Mobile
Ala
Tampa
Fla
Baltimore
April Term Sets Probation Record In Intermediate Court
Sixty five persons were placed on probation during the April term the largest term total in recent years. The rise comes from continued pre sentence investigations and youths released from the State Forestry Camp. Eight new probationers are camp alumni. Active probation caseload reaches 243 with total county supervision 355 including out of county and armed forces cases.
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Clay F. Peters
Peters
Election decision awaited in St Albans Eighth Ward race
In St Albans City Council, a Friday meeting will decide the Eighth Ward seat after a recount revealed unsigned ballots in Precinct 303. William J. Frink of the Peoples Party led 267 to 255 but Burgess gains of eight votes and a defaced ballot narrowed the margin to four. City Attorney Bowles will study the unsigned ballot issue before Friday’s session.
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St. Albans
William J. Frink
Peoples Party
Council
Citizens Party
J. W. Burgess
Burgess
Vande Linde
Frink
Martin Bowles
Ex-Convict Fights Return To W Va in Parole Snarl
Sylvester Minor 31, a former West Virginian now in Denver, fights extradition after missing parole supervision. He was paroled in 1955 from Colorado prison for a Denver armed robbery and later tried to move to Princeton WV, triggering WV authorities to seek supervision and an extradition hearing before Judge Edward E. Pringle.
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W. Va
Denver
Colo
Sylvester Minor
Penver
Mercer County
Minor
Moundsville
West Virginia
Colorado
Princeton
Edward E. Pringls
Mundt Urges Direct Ballot For President
U S Senator Karl Mundt argues for direct presidential ballot and reform of political machinery at a plant food institute convention. He cites two defects in voting and party organization and notes concerns over two party strength and electoral college voting concentrated in eight states. Professor Raymond Rodgers adds that the American economy has lost its strong upward surge.
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White Sulphur Springs
Sen
Karl £. Mundt
R-Sd
Mundt
National Plant Food Institute
Congress
United States
Raymond Rodgers
Graduate School of Business Administration
New York University
Officials Mum On Cop Probe in Wheeling
Wheeling Police Chief William Thomas and about 20 officers were questioned by Ohio County Prosecutor Thomas P. O'Brien in a general canvass linked to suspended Patrolman Anthony Malatinsky. Malatinsky is indicted on breaking and entering and grand larceny with trials scheduled for June 4 and 26. alleged thefts include 38 television sets from an appliance firm and numerous aluminum doors from another Wheeling company.
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Wheeling
William Thomas
Ohio County
Thomas P. O’brien
Anthony Malatinsky
Malatinsky
Ohio County Grand Jury
Ohio County Intermediate Court
Thomas
O’brien
O'Brien
Bidding Starts at 1.8 Million for Wheeling Downs Auction
Wheeling Downs race track goes on the block to satisfy about 3.3 million dollars in income tax claims against William G. Lias. U S District Court Judge Harry E. Watkins orders the sale with first bids expected from Murray Realty Co. of Philadelphia at 1.8 million dollars and a potential renewal bid from John B. Kelly.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
Wheeling Downs
William G. Anniver
Encreasemoucly ER Wae Ee Schmidt
Schmidt
U. S. District Court
Harry E. Watkins
Lias
Murray Realty Co
Philadelphia
John B. Kelly
Grace Kelly
Watkins
State Racing Commission
Commission
James G. McClure
the Downs
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
Ohio County
Wheeling Island
Bluestone Tour Postponed to July 28
The Gazette postpones its one day Bluestone State Park tour to Sunday July 28 due to other events. Reservations can be made through The Gazette Promotion Dept or Currey's Bike Shop. Cost remains 6.67 dollars.
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Gazette
Bluestone State Park
Gazette Promotion Dept
Currey's
Routine Holds Freed Woman In State Cell
An attorney said he expects the legal red tape binding Mrs. Dorothy Kreuger Smith in the Federal ReformatORY for Women at Alderson to be cut within a month enabling her release. Smith was convicted of murder by a military court for the fatal stabbing of her husband Col Aubrey Smith. The Supreme Court reversed a prior stance, ruling military trials unconstitutional for two women who killed their serviceman husbands overseas. The mandate is due to come to Judge Moore July 5, with the writ of habeas corpus to follow and Smith to be freed.
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Dorothy Kreuger Smith
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
Charleston
John C. Morrison
Governor Underwood Involved In Bluefield Road Mishap
Governor Underwood and party were shaken but uninjured after a minor collision on U S 21 two miles north of Bluefield. The other driver James W Bowman 26 of Montcalm was charged with failing to control his vehicle. About $200 damage to the governor’s Cadillac. The accident delayed the party returning from a Bluefield banquet by 20 to 45 minutes.
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Underwood
U. S. 21
Bluefield
Mercer County
Chamber of Commerce
James W. Bowman
Montcalm
Robert Snell
Snell
Troeper L. E. Keasel
Princeton
Charleston
Judge Moore Names C. E. Hurt Law Clerk
Charles E. Hurt of Charleston has been named law clerk of the U. S. District Court of Southern West Virginia. Federal Judge Ben Moore announced the appointment in Bluefield. Hurt, a WVU Law School graduate, replaces Gene Williams, who will leave June 18 to join the Office of the Attorney General.
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Bluefield
Charles E. Hurt
Charleston
U. S
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