Bernard C. Peters Dies in Oak Hill at 73
Bernard Clay Peters, 73, retired businessman and former Fayette county board of education president, died after a four month illness at his Oak Hill home. Surviving: wife Mary, son C. F. Peters of Charleston, daughters Mrs. R. T. Scott of Oak Hill and Mrs. Virginia Deprie of San Mateo, Cal. Services at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at the residence with ministers officiating. burial in Highlawn Memorial Park, Oak Hill. Thomas mortuary in charge.
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Bernard Clay Peters
Fayette County
L. Tyler
A. A. Angle
John H. Wilson, Jr
Highlawn
Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Thomas Mortuary
I Palloewrere
Ha, Berry
J. E. Lewis
C. Neal
Joe R. Ollyer
Paul Fulks
Princess Dorothy Miner Mine Accident Injures Worker
Emory Williams of Elk Run, 28, an employee of the Princess Dorothy Coal Co, is in serious condition at Charleston General Hospital after a mine accident. He suffered a fractured spine and fractured femur and is in shock. he was admitted at 8:15 p.m. Local details of the incident are not yet available.
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Princess Dorothy Miner
Emory Williams
Elk Run
Princess Dorothy Coal Co
Charleston General Hospital
Obituary notes from Montgomery and surrounding counties
A series of death notices and funeral details for several residents. Roy Loch, Mrs. Bonncatag, James Drake, John Hinkle, Willers Lanham, Mine Nellie Lambert, Morris family member, Henry Skaggs, Avery Meuzier, Minnie Nodgrass, and Witmer Dick Compeing are listed with service times, burial sites, and contributing family relations. locations include Cedar, Proctor, Logan, Sunset Memorial, and Putney Cemeteries with mortuaries such as Cook, Bartett, Harper, and Snodgrass involved.
Texans Plan World's Tallest Skyscraper
Houston officials from United Building Supply Co. discuss plans for a 140 story skyscraper 1366 feet high possibly the world s tallest beating the Palace of the Soviets and Empire State Building. The structure would contain the world s largest department store theater and hotel with 1 500 000 square feet of space and an estimated cost of 25 million dollars.
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Houston
Tex
United Building Supply Co
Walter W. Martin Among Injured in Local Mishap
Walter W. Martin, 36, sustained injuries in the mishap and was listed in favorable condition at a local hospital. Details on the incident remain limited as officials continue their investigation.
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Walter W. Martin
Service Thursday for Pfc Richard Gerlach Killed in Saipan
The body of Pfc Richard Lee Gerlach, killed on Saipan June 28, 1944, will arrive this morning for a funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Bartlett funeral home. He was 18, son of Mr and Mrs J Harry Gerlach, lived in Charleston, and served with the 23d Regiment 4th Marine Division after enlisting April 1, 1943. Burial in Woodmere Cemetery. {Note: some OCR artifacts in original text fixed for clarity.}
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Richard Lee Gerlach
Saipan
Bartlett Funeral Home
J. Harry Gerlach
Young Gerlach
U. S. Marines
Marine Raider Battalion
4Th Marine Division
Pic. Gerlach
Marshall Islands
Eugene Austin
Robert B. Rose
The
Baptist Temple
Gerlach
Woodmere
Huntington
Gerlachs
Charleston
Charleston High School
Thomas and
Marshall Holcomb
Norman
Keith Kessell
Robert E. Sowers
Morgantown
Joe Beckett
Burial Rites Planned for Pvt. Thomas W. Crockett
Funeral arrangements announced for Pvt. Thomas W. Crockett killed in action in North Africa on April 8 1943. Service set for 2 30 P M tomorrow at the Crockett home in Gassaway with Rev. Samuel Harford officiating and burial at Bealls Mill cemetery with West Virginia Guard military honors. Surviving Crockett include his parents four sisters and two brothers.
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C. Crockett
Gassaway
Thomas W. Crockett
North Africa
Samuel Harford
Methodist
Bealls ‘Mill
Co. G
U. S. Intervenes in Bargaining Talks Over Court Order
Text indicates a southern group continues bargaining after a prior court order by Goldsborough. The order allegedly barred negotiations with a certain group, and operators cite this as a reason for ongoing talks. Reporters questioned sources on the interpretation and impact.
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Venusrea Frem Fathem
Goldsborough
Lewis
Ico
Court clarifies county party rights in appointing election officials
State supreme court issued seven opinions yesterday. The Cabell county Democratic executive committee can nominate election officials and parties may appoint one commissioner and one poll clerk per precinct. The county court retains power to appoint the third commissioner and substitute nominees if disqualified. The Wheeling fire civil service law and a Parkersburg version were ruled unconstitutional. Separate opinions address marital and estate rights and a posthumous personal injury suit.
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State Supreme Court
Wheeling
Frank C. Haymond
Cabell County Democratic Executive Committee
Cabell County Court
Executive Committee
William T. Lovins
Wheeling Civil Service
Parkersburg
Elwilda Tharp
Eugene
Tharp
Harly Tharp
Hampshire Circuit
Jo N. Kenna
Ollie Swann
Cabell County
Ohio County
John T. Carver von Wheeling
Louis Bopp
Haymond
1944 Statute Enables Estate Suits and Constitutional Ruling
Legal notes describe a 1944 provision allowing prosecution of suits by a deceased person’s estate in certain cases and affirm the statute’s constitutionality though Judge Fred L. Fox dissented. Other opinions address Clara Stalnaker’s gas and oil property management rights challenged by her brothers and confirm a $10,000 damages suit filed by Alma B. Pugh as adminstratrix of Thomas Pugh’s estate. The article also notes Madison Stephenson heirs’ claim to 241.5 acres in Nicholas county and reports a fatal accident involving Montgomery Dunbar watchman Franklin Arnold, accused of speeding by the plaintiff.
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Fred L. Fox
Clara Stalnaker
Gilmer County
Alma B. Pugh
Alma. Blake Pugh
Mt. Hope
Thomas
Madison Stephenson
Nicholas County
Man Fractures Arm Cranking Car in Raleigh County
Nile Todd 41 of Pine Knob Raleigh County was admitted to Charleston General Hospital at 9 p m yesterday with a fracture of the right arm. Attendants said the injury occurred while cranking a car.
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Nile Todd
Pine Knob
Raleigh County
Charleston General Hospital
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