Brakeman Harold Moore Dead After Being Struck by Train
Harold Lemuiel Moore 19 of Shrewsbury, brakeman for the New York Central, was killed when dragged beneath a moving freight car in Dickinson yards after falling in. Survived by wife Anne. parents Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Moore. siblings Rachel Juanita, Leona Mae, and Garrett Moore Jr. Service Friday at home with Rev. Reid officiating. burial in Ward Cemetery. American Legion Post 116 to conduct military rites.
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Harold Lemuél Moore
Shrewsbury
New York Central Railway
Dickinson Yards
Moore
Joanne Moore
Garrett Moore
Garrett Moore, Jr
Cedar Grove
Rachel
Juanita Moore
Monarch
Leona Mae
Garrison
Detroit
Mich
Bede
Reid
Robinson
Ward Cemetery
American Legion Post No. 116
Obituary notices from Gauley Bridge and nearby towns
Mildred G Blankenship of Gauley Bridge dies Tuesday enroute to Beckley hospital. Funeral Friday at 2 AM at Big Run Church near Montgomery with Rev George Jenkins officiating. burial Holden Cemetery. Survived by husband Hayward, mother Clara Barnhart, four brothers Denver William Lewis Charles Barnhart, sisters Doris Boyce Jean Page Barnhart and Nellie Santee. Body at mother’s Gauley Bridge home. Sary L Coffey of Harvey dies Tuesday. member of Harvey Methodist Church. Survived by husband Eas Coffey, three daughters Ruby Hamilton Estele Brahnan Evelyn Coffey, brother Alex Coffey, sister Florence Ramsey. Service today at 2 PM at Top Methodist Church. Rev G D Whited officiating. Burial at Top Cemetery. Collins Mortuary in charge. Margaret Morris of St Donnai died yesterday after three months illness. Survived by brother Matthew Wright, nephew Benny Wright. body at Preston-Lawson-Soot Mortuary. relatives arriving soon. Treaste Starcher service tomorrow at Starcher Cemetery Alum Creek. Rev L J Priestley to officiate. Body to be taken from Snodgrass Mortuary to sister Garnet Hudson’s home at 1 AM tomorrow. Bhesbein Theeler service tomorrow at St Johns Baptist Church Morris Creek. Rev Dessé Jackson officiating. Body from Washington Coleman Mortuary Montgomery at 5 PM today to residence near Montgomery. burial in Virginia Friday night.
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Lewis
Charles Barnhart
Doris Boyce
Jean
Page Barnhart
Gauley Sridge
Nellie Santee
Big Chimney
Gauley Bridge
Hum ‘Top Methodist Church
G. D. Whited
Budat
Hue Top Cemetery
Collins Mortuary of
Thurmond
Aorris
Margaret
St Donnai- Jo
Hime
Matthew Wright
Pittsburgh
Benny Wright
New York
Preston-Law- Soot Mortuary
Starcher
Treaste
Starcher Cemetery
Alum Creek
L. J. Priestley
Snodgrass
Garnet Hudson
Theeler
Mes. Bhesbein
Servie
St. John's Baptist Church
Morris Creek
Rev
Dessé Jackson
Washington
Coleman Mortuary
Montgomery
Lawmakers debate veto on relief bill amid White House pressure
President Truman faces a looming veto on the relief measure as House votes 4 to 1 and Senate 3 to 1, with aides receiving heavy mail. Senator Hatch predicts a veto override while Senator Ives doubts it. Unions campaign for a veto, focusing on the injunction provisions and the closed shop, as thousands rally in Washington and other cities. A tyrannosaurus exhibit note appears as a stray item.
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United States
Rep
Lesinski
D- Mich
House
Senate
Sen. Hatch
Ives
White House
Ayers
Truman
Washington Area
Souther
Los Angeles
Pepper
D.-Fla
Taylor
D.-Idaho
Downey
D.-Cal
Holifield
Douglas
Dcal
Marcantonio
Al-Ny
Klein
D-Ny
Tyrannosaurus
Jawa
Russians Block Tour by Yanks in Occupation Zone
In Berlin on June 16 Russian authorities halted a planned tour of the Soviet occupation zone for seven American correspondents and photographers. Brig. Gen. C. K. Gailey Jr. demanded an explanation and demanded immediate arrangements to proceed. Russians cited Lt. Gen. Lukyanchenko as the signatory needed for orders, delaying the visit while Russian officials said the conference by Lukyanchenko was ongoing.
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Berlin
C. K. Gailey, Jr. W. S
Frankfurt
U. S
William Haggard, Jr
G. S. Lukyanshenko
Flood Disaster Expands Across Iowa Missouri and Mississippi
Reconstruction Finance Corp declares central and southern Iowa a disaster area. Chicago office will accept disaster loan applications for private property damage. Army engineers estimate 150000 acres under water, with hundreds of thousands more at risk. The Des Moines and Iowa rivers threaten further flooding toward the Mississippi, with Keokuk and Canton, Missouri, showing major impact. Levees, sandbags, and plant power protect Canton as nearby towns face rising waters and record crests.
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Reconstruction Finance Corp
Iowa
Chicago
Mississippi
Kenkuk
Cairo
Burlington
Oakville
Des Moines
Keokul
Quincy
Ill
Hannibal
Louisiana
Missouri
Chariton
St. Joseph
Veterans Move to Push Rent Control Legislation
Burka said repeated letters telegrams and personal requests failed to bring the bill to the House floor. He noted the AVC and allied groups will push the Legislature to open Monday to consider rent control as federal controls near removal with new measures due to become law July 1.
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Burka
Judiciary Committee
AVC
Gander Loses Protection After Highway Tragedy
In Queens, a judge dismissed Sophie Hahn's suit against milk truck driver Joseph Levine after ruling that a goose left on a public highway has no legal protection. King James IV of Hahn's backyard romance was killed when struck by a vehicle, with testimony noting the geese were courting on the road.
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New York
Queens
Sophie Hahn
Jamaica
Joseph Levine
King James IV
Jimmy
Underground attack in Tel Aviv shocks region
A Hagana unit blew up a tunnel in Tel Aviv aiming to block a British military headquar ters and killing a raider Zeev Werber 20 of Tel Aviv. Police linked the tunnel to Irgun Zvai Leumi with three Irgun men later sentenced for related actions in Acre prison. The UN probe visited Jerusalem mosques churches and the Dome of the Rock as inspectors plan to tour Haifa port and joint Jewish Arab council sites.
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British
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
United Nations
Holy Land
Hagana
U.N
Citrus House
Zeev Werber
Irgun Zvai Leumi
I Ig
Irgun
Bers
Mondsr
Acre
Reanana
Stern Ganz
U.N. Commission
Palestine
Haifa
Troopers Induct Eighteen Legionnaires At State Session
American Legion Post No. 11 in Charleston inducted 18 new members in a meeting with Post 20 at John Brawley post. Sgt. E C Holm sboe Jr was elected commander. Officers elected include Hawkins Beckley McGraw Lester Coen Bush Crawford Sidebottom Myers Thomas Swiger Bunn Roxroad Davis and others. Delegates Taylor Beckley and Taylor South Charleston with alternates Martin Parkersburg and Thompson Beckley were chosen.
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American Legion Post
Holmboe
Sgt
C. LE. Hawkins
South Charleston
C. C. McGraw
Beckley
R. E. Lester
Charleston
R. G. Coen
Gale W. Bush
Elkins
Fife C. Crawford
L. N. Sidebottom
Harry C. Myers
Paul Thomas
Point Pleasant
Paul Swiger
Clarksburg
At~ Arms. Corp
B. B. Bunn
Triadelphia
Harvey N. Roxroad
James W. Davis, Jr
Jstate
K A. Taylor
D. Taylor
HE. Martin
Parkersburg and Corp
State committee to certify more barbers and beauticians
More than 200 applicants seek beauty culture licenses and 45 barbers will take exams in July with sessions planned in Huntington and Wheeling. Applications close June 25 for barbers and June 30 for beauticians as the State Barbers and Beauticians Committee schedules a Huntington session July 15 and considers licenses for two state beauty schools.
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Beauticians
State
Barbers and Beauticians Committee
Heal
N. H. Dyer
A. Jr. Dyer
Huntington
Wheeling
Beauticiane
Three Soap Companies Cut Wholesale Prices
Three major soap firms cut wholesale prices for household soaps and powders in New York. Colgate-Palmolive Peet Co reduced average prices with individual item cuts from 4 to 12 percent, while Proctor & Gamble and Lever Brothers cut about 5 percent on average. The reductions follow a roughly 10 percent drop in April as spokesmen cited lower fats costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Colgate - Palmolive- Peet Co
Proctor & Gamble and Lever
Blue Streamer Awards Honor 56 Scout Patrols at West Virginia Camporee
Fifty six patrols from Boy Scout troops earned blue streamer awards for proficiency in camping at the Charleston Area Council camporee held at Beckwith in Fayette County this week. Assistant Scout Executive John Hartwell announced the awards and listed patrols by troop numbers and towns including Charleston South Charleston Oak Hill Gauley Bridge Nitro and others.
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Charleston Area Council
Beckswith
Fayette County
John Hartwell
Charleston Heights
Boomer
South Charleston
Smithers
Qek Hill
Oak Hill
Longacre
Ud. An&ted
Cedar Grove
Mount Hope
Gauley Bridge
Kingston
Mount Lookout
Charleston
Cannelton
Montgomery
Deepwater
Dunbar
Berle
West Virginia Legislature ready to convene for tax and charter changes
Lawmakers meet at noon to clear municipal gross sales tax validity and to consider amending the municipal home rule law for city charter elections. They will also address a technical correction and appoints a broad slate of merit system and agency board terms. During World War II the U S invested over 370 million in synthetic rubber plants.
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Merit System Council
Thelms Shaw
Fairmont
C. P. Wilson
Charleston
M. R. Dadd
J. C. Bowling
Marianna
Wyoming County
E. M. Suniey
Walter T. Crafton, Jr
Parkersburg
Court of Claims
W. B. Fox
Huntington
West Virginia
Colored Children’s Home
Brooks
Conservation Commission
Maurice Brooks
Morgantown
Illier
Dre
O. W. Burldats
Wheeling
Clyde Bonar
Burlington
Mineral County
Board of Architects
L. D. Schmidt
State Election Commission
Dave Gideon
Clyde L. Colson
State Water Commission
WA. Buchanan
State Licensing Board
Department of Public Assistance
Maxine Inlenfeld
Chiropractic
Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Safety
William Bruce Hoff
Frank A. O'Brien
Allen
Board of Pharmacy
Fred C. Allen
Marlinton
Commission
Edmund A. Marshall
Charles B. Mahan
Fayetteville
George Richardson
Bluefield
Carl E. John. Weston
Board of Dental Examiners
Carl A. Laughlin
St. Marys
Board of
James 5. Estep
Board of Registration
W. W. Hodge
Board of Optometry
Robert F. Gerkin
Gratton
Lloyd Erhard Charleston
T. H. Lacey
Parkerstore
United States
British Hold Up Yank With Royal Designs
A Newark bound engineer Albert E. Lange 38 from North Arlington New Jersey claimed he came to marry Princess Elizabeth. Immigration officials detained him after he stepped from a Pan American plane and ordered him to return to the United States. Lange said he had dreamed of marrying the princess since age five.
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London
INS
Albert E. Lange
North Arlington
N. J
Elizabeth
Lange
Tall
United States
iEver
Church Worker Stephen S. Craig Dies at Oak Hill Hospital
The Rev. Stephen S. Craig aged 82 a longtime church worker in southern West Virginia died in Oak Hill Hospital after a six month illness. A native of Ontario Canada he taught Bible courses in Rochester Minnesota and for 35 years ran a faith mission there. Funeral services set for Friday at Glen Jean Fayette County with burial in Odessa North Dakota.
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Oak Hill Hospital
Qak Hill
Stephen S. Craig
West Virginia
Ontario
Can
Rochester
Glen Jean
Fayette County
Odessa
Mrs Ettie Goshorn Dies at Local Hospital
Mrs Ettie Goshorn 86 a longtime Charleston resident and widow of Henry D Goshorn died in a local hospital. Born in Charleston in 1860 she was daughter of Solomon and Mary High Minsker and member of First Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 a m from her home with interment in Spring Hill cemetery. Surviving are two daughters four sons and a sister.
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Nira
Henry D. Goshorn
Charleston
Henry D Goshorn
First Presbyterian Church
W. R. Kiger
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