J Farrell Dies Oil Field Foreman in West Virginia
Everett Judson Ferrell 51, longtime South Penn Oil Co. foreman, died after seven years of illness. Born in Roane County, he was a member of Lat Rock Baptist Church and a Mason. Service at Vandale Mortuary Chapel Spencer at 2 pm with Rev. R H Kennedy and Rev. Orland Reynolds. burial Clover Cemetery. Survived by wife Alice, seven children, two brothers, seven sisters, and many relatives.
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Everett Judson Ferrer
Newton
South
Penn Oil Co
Rome
Lat Rock Baptist Church
A. F
A. B
Vandale
Spencer
R. H. Kennedy
Orland Reynolds
Clover Cemetery
Alice Daugherty Ferrell
Elah Ferrell
Geraldine Ferrell
Charleston
Eunice Tanner
Akron
H. Bernard Ferrell
Linden
Otis Ferrell
Edward Ferrell
Ernest Ferrell
John Ferrell
Beckley
Thomas J. Ferrell
Feed M. Ferrell
Rebecca Hoff
Los Angeles
Cal
Bertha Young
Fonca City
Oklo
Frances. Mulanvey
Eldorado
Kan
Atta Simmons
Terits
Susan Cansley
Elkview
Utah Thomas
Ona Bowers
Martins Ferry
Obituary notices cluster in Charleston area
A string of obituaries from Charleston and surrounding areas notes recent deaths including Mrs. Les Mra Dore May of Seckwith and Sallie Bell of Amanda ville. Services are set at Cobton Hill Baptist Church and St Patrick’s Church with multiple family survivors listed. Other notices mention O’Neil Booth of 219-C Brown St and Rebecca Venminge of Chesspeeke with burial and memorial details.
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Les
Mra
Dore May's
Seckwith
Rev. Gherles
Jouth
Kanawha Falls
Wilson
Heckwith
Fayettevilla
Churee
Ber Tishand
Caltio Boles
Grnther
John B. Smith
Erd
Bayetteville
Aleter
Mr. Murdend
Arthur
Berkwith
China Nationals Announce Blockade Of Communist Ports
The Chinese Nationalist Foreign Office notified foreign envoys a blockade on all ports under Communist control, effective June 28. The area runs from the Min River estuary to the Line River in Manchuria, with foreign ships at risk for entering blocked zones.
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Canton
Natonalist Foreign Office
Compmunist
Min River
Fuochaw
China
Line River
Manchuria
Shanghai
Twin Brothers Arrive For Sister Funeral In St Albans
Rosales and Ramon Steadman twin brothers of 2 year old Mar Lynn Steatman of St Albans drowned Saturday while swimming in Coal River will fly from Puerto Rico to attend the funeral. Service set for 2 pm tomorrow at St Andrews Methodist Church St Albans with Rev A P Wallace officiating. Burial at Cunningham Memorial Park with Allen Casdorph Mortuary in charge.
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Rosales
Ramon Steadman
Mar- Lynne Steatman
St. Albans
Coal River
Kanawha
Specisl
Puerto Rico
Navy
Caribbean
Miss Steadman
Cyclists Visit South Charleston During Eastbound Trip
Two young cyclists from Louisville visiting friend Kent E Hollen in South Charleston spent the night at his home. Lester Alley age 20 from Mount Desert Island and Larry Williamson age 19 from Fort Smith are University of Louisville students and Naval ROTC members. They rode bolicycles from Louisville to South Charleston in under four days.
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Louisville
Norfolk
Railroad Presidents Die In Auto Crash Near Pittsburgh
Frank Snyder aged 63, head of the Sessemer and Lake Erie railroad, and Charles J. Graham aged 70, head of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad, were killed when their chauffeur car skidded off a road near Erie. The crash also killed 13 others in the same wreck, leaving surviving family members. Snyder had served as B and L president since 1997.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Snyder
Sessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
Snyder
Charles J. Graham
Pittsburgh Gad West Virginia Railroad
Graham
Erie
Greenville
How to Keep Welt By Dr Theolore Van Dellan
The article discusses menopause as a natural life transition from youth to old age. It notes that while certain illnesses are more common in the fifth decade, these are not caused by menopause. It recommends periodic checkups, managing anxiety, maintaining routines, and using mild sedatives or estrogenic preparations when needed. It highlights that most women adapt, with many experiencing few symptoms.
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Theolore van Dellan
Cal F. Young Rites Slated in Huntington
Funeral services are planned in Huntington for Cal F. Young 76 a former Associated Press correspondent in Charleston and Huntington Advertiser staffer. A Republican political figure in West Virginia he also served under the Fischer administration and led the West Virginia Motor Truckers Assoc. He is survived by his widow a son a brother and two grandchildren.
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Cal F. Young
Huntington
Young
Associated Prose
Charleston
Huntington Advertiser
Ficher
West Virginia Motor Truckers Assoc
Gertrude Graley Dies Enroute to Charleston Hospital
Mrs. Gertrude Graley age 39 of RFD 2 Charleston died last night in an ambulance while being transported to Charleston hospital after a heart attack at her home. The body is at Snodgrass mortuary in South Charleston. Survived by husband Car E Graley six sons Carl E Graley oe Donald James Joseph Den yer Franklin and two daughters Mary Maxine and Rosa Marie Graley all at home. Also her mother Mrs Laura Carpenter of Fort Royal Virginia three brothers Hoyte Hubert Carpenter of Roane County and Earl Carpenter of Cotton and five sisters Mrs Edith Westfall of Roane County Mrs Macel Cole of Sissonville Mrs Eva Sizemore of Washington DC Mrs Marie Hooser and Miss Iva Carpenter of Fort Royal Virginia.
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Gertrude Graley
RFD 2
Charleston
Charleston Hospital
Snodgrass Mortuary
South Charleston
Car E. Graley
Carl E, Graley
Donald
James
Joseph
Denyer
Franklin Graley
Mary Maxine
Rosa Marie Greley
Laura Carpenter
Fort Royal
Hoyte
Hubert Carpenter
Roane Taudry
Earl Carpenter
Cotton
Edith Westfall
Roane County
Macel Cole
Sissonville
Eva Sizemore
Washington, D. C
Marie Hooser
Iva Carpenter
Pro-Communists Win Five Trieste Villages
Official results show pro Cominform parties prevail in five villages in the British American zone of the Trieste Free Territory. Four of the villages have large Slav populations while Trieste itself leans Italian. Earlier vote favored returning Trieste to Italy.
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Trieste
Socny
Trieste Free Territory
Italy
Fa Efes
Boy Faces Sister's Fate as Burial in Laurel
In Laurel Mississippi on June 20 a sobbing eight year old Billy Anderson watched the burial of his five year old sister Betty Joyce who died after an illness likely dip disease. Doctors say Billy also has the illness and faces slim chances of recovery. At Heaven Baptist church cemetery he said he does not want to go to New Orleans for treatment again noting it did Betty Joyce no good and it won't help him either.
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Laurel
Billy Anderson
Gil
Betty Joyce
Heaven
Anglo-Argentine Trade Pact Slated for Signing
Reports from Buenos Aires say the five year Anglo Argentine trade pact will be signed Wednesday afternoon. Only minor details remain to be ironed out as modifcations address U S objections that the pact conflicts with international agreements on expanded trade and a multilateral basis.
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Buenos Aires
United States
U.S
Aftermath of flood sweeps Maysville Petersburg areas
Red Cross reports 56 homes destroyed 30 damaged in Petersburg, two business buildings lost, 345 farm structures impacted. About 150 people cared for in churches and schools as relief funded with $100,000. Homes, trailers, and a car washed away. several people missing and search parties active.
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Frory
Maysville
Petersburg
Red Cross
All
Leféver
Old Fields
Centa Redmond
Naida Walker
Winston V. Beckwith
LF. Taylor
Patersburg
Miners Return to Work for Five Days Before Vacation
West Virginia's 120,000 miners returned to the pits for five days of work before their annual vacation. In northern and southern fields operators reported little absenteeism after a back-to-work order. In the southern coal belts near Buetield crews appeared, and miners will work until June 25 before a 10 day vacation under current contracts.
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West “Virginia
Gost
Buetield
Marine leaps to save falling baby on Detroit hotel ledge
A Marine veteran Blake Frey spotted two year old Michael Patrician Jr on a hotel window ledge in Detroit. He acted quickly leaping to catch the child as he fell breaking the fall but the boy was seriously injured yet responding to hospital treatment.
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Detroit
Michael Patrician, Jr
Blake Frey
Frey
Babich Victim, Bride's Family Scream as Verdicts Read
A Milwaukee jury deliberated just over an hour to convict Milton Babich of first degree murder for killing his sister in law Paschcia Birmingham 16. The trial revealed Babich fled to Michigan with his pregnant sister in law Kathleen Birmingham now 16. The defendant showed no emotion while his wife Kathleen sobbed. relatives wept and prosecutor Tierney argued for life in prison, while defense claimed the act was excusable homicide.
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Ifantiones
Les Tt
Igvesy
Paschcia Bioningham
Michigan
Kathieea
Sabich
Ba?hieh
Victor
Lawrence Papke
Babich
Kathleen
Albert T. Birmingham
Arthur W. Richter
Edward Berkanovic
Richter
Wisconsin
Prettia
Birmingham
Tia
Pat
Fat
Milwaukee River
Experts Aid Transition of Civilian Rule in Germany
D. C. State Department specialists arrive in Berlin to organize a civilian administration that will assume duties from military government next March. The advance party prepares the groundwork for postwar governance in Germany.
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Reich Berlin
D. C
State Department
Germany
State Cities Sweat For Second Hot Day
West Virginians endured a second hot day as Clarksburg led with 94 degrees. Huntington logged 83, Charleston and Wheeling around 81, Morgantown 80, Martinsburg 89, Petersburg 83. High humidity increased discomfort. relief may come with scattered thundershowers tomorrow night.
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Huntington
West
Supreme Court splits on 14th amendment protections and federal suit rights
In a divided ruling the court upheld a DC residents rights to sue and be sued in federal courts beyond Washington. Justice Jackson quipped that the court has mounted its horse and ridden off in all directions while Douglas argued past cases show no doubt about corporation protections.
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Jackson
Douglas
Gman
Clumbia
Washington, DC
Supreme Court
Stephen Learock
Prosecution Sums in Lias Case Details Fines and Expenditures
The government argues Lias faced pre 1942 wealth and that five year expenditures exceeded reported income. Edward T. J. Hannes testified that 1944 fines from Automatic Cigarette Sales in Wheeling totaled 373 246 with 108 paid biannually per slot machine. Defense questions whether fines came from a city judge and notes the judge’s name is absent from records.
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Lins
Edward T. J. Hannes
Internal Revenue
Automatic Cigarette Sales Corporation
Wheeling
Charles J. Matgintti
D. Paul Camiletti
U. S
Hannel
Republicans Clash Over Taft Hartley Revisions In Senate
In a heated Senate debate Morse proposes an amendment replacing Taft Hartley with a broader Wagner act version while the Truman administration favors a 60 day cooling off period. Taft favors keeping injunctions and seizure in the current law. Douglas Aiken back a government seizure up to 90 days with court orders. Smith supports injunctions. The dispute centers on whether to empower courts or broaden federal controls in labor disputes. A tangent notes dwindling Gibraltar macaques under protection.
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Morse
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Douglas
Aiken
Senate
Whetter
Sen. Smith
New Jersey
Smith
Coal flows toward wage talks as miners await return
An estimated 13 000 100 tons of coal supply roughly 40 days is cited as the industry eyes renewed wage talks. Miners face a “no contract no work” stance while Lewis negotiates with southern operators at Bluefield and with northern western groups at White Sulphur Springs. The Virginia Coal Operators Association plans to withdraw from the Southern Association and be represented in talks. Lewis meets U S Steel with renew wage talks in Pittsburgh or White Sulphur Springs.
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Lewis
Southern Operaators
Bluefield
Able
Northern
White Salphur Springs
W. Va
Virginia Coal Operators Assoc
Southern Operators Association
Northern and Western
Virginia Association
U.S. Fees Corp
Pittsburgh
White Sulphur Springs
InPphia
Reds Arrest Moravian Priests and Exymen in Prague
Moravian churchmen report a government wave of arrests targeting priests and lay leaders in Moravia. Archbishops Josef Matocha of Olomouc and Josef Herin in Prague were said to be under police surveillance, with Berate in the palace guarded by police after weekend sermons. Confirmation was unclear as authorities tightened contact methods.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Coromander
Moravia
Josef Matocha
Olomouc
Josef Herin
Berate
Medina defense argues study classes used to promote violent revolution
In a case tracing Communist party activity, the defense contends government classes were not teaching violence but discussing party principles. Green testified he spoke widely for the party and argued Communists oppose overthrow, while the government paints the CPA as a wartime driver of labor-capital cooperation toward revolution.
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Lonsseed Frey Oy
Medina
Jurge Medina
Green
Eocommunist Party
CPA
Way
Communist Party
Truman Announces Global Aid Priorities and Projects
The plan allocates initial funds to improve conditions in Latin America, Asia, the Far East, and the Near East with Afghanistan receiving substantial support. Europe and dependencies rank fourth. Top priorities include projects to stamp out injustice, agriculture, reclamation, food control via bioelectric power, fisheries, natural resources, and industrial development.
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Qwomecea
Latin America
Asia
Far East
Near East
Surope
Jistase
Short Circuit Blaze Damages Car in South Charleston
A car owned by Bob Kester of the South Charleston Marine Corps detachment sustained about 10 dollars in damage from a short circuit fire last night. The vehicle, driven by Ed Lanham of the Marine Corps, caught fire at Morris and Pelémont. Central and Station firemen extinguished the blaze on arrival.
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Bob Kester
South Charleston
IRO Director Resigns From International Refugee Organization
United Nations officials announce the resignation of William H. Tuck as director general of the International Refugee Organization. No reasons or details were provided. In Kansas City a note reports about 4,000,000 news are used annually in the U.S. for wire service poles, enough for a 100000 mile line.
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IRO
Lake Success
N.Y
United Nations
William H. Tuck
Kansas
CIPY
U. S
Boy Drowns at Picnic as Searchers Hunt Body
Huntington West Virginia June 2 authorities continued search operations near Kenova for five year old Bruce Chadwick Jr who drowned yesterday evening at a family picnic after slipping into the Big Sandy River. Family members quoted by Xenova police said the child slipped away unnoticed as relatives gathered. Police and fire units joined the hunt.
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Huntington
W. Va
Wi—Dragelog
Big Sandy
Kenoya
Bruce Chadwick
Xenova
Familiy
Tuntington
Fire
Byrnes Speech Sparks Bipartisan Debate in Congress
Lawmakers from both parties reacted to Byrnes' remarks on spending and a balanced budget. Pepper and Maybank challenged deficit financing while Maybank cited banking strength. Tobey invoked Lincoln and Hoover as he weighed past quiet norms against current needs.
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Byrnes
Gavin
R-Pa
Rep
Rich
Congress
Washington and Lee University
Pepper
Auther
Maybank
Sen
Tobey
R.N. H
Abraham Lincoln
Herbert Hoover
American
Insurance Refund Rules For National Service Policies
Veterans with National Service insurance active for at least three months before January 11 1948 qualify for refunds if policies issued before that date, with heirs receiving for deceased holders. Some policies may not be refunded. refunds are cash and not tied to premiums. About 7.2 million of 20 million policies remain in force. most refunds depend on policy size and years in force. Applications start August at post offices and VA centers.
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Veterans' Service
Sucanrel
FBI List Controversy Shaping Judith Gubitchey Case
In New York Judith Gubitchey defends herself against charges tied to an FBI list of detainees and an alleged atomic devices document. She denies hiding information about Gubitchey or travel to New York. Palmer questions her regarding any disclosures to the UN employee.
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FBI
Pram Tare
New York
Gubitchey
United Nations
Nan
Archibald Palmner
Jedith
United States
Gubitchew
Palmer
Uncertain Civil Defense Tone in Washington and Energy Talk
A fragmented report questions delays in civil defense planning under President Truman and hints at a Washington discussion on atomic energy and public panic. The source suggests new stores will address atomic energy as a solution or reassurance to the American people.
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Perez Atoraia Energy Commission
Truman
Washington
Hiss Trial Notes Reveal Defense Strategy and Alibi Claims
Testimony shows defense planning to call witnesses about meetings at the Hiss home and past visits while disputing Chambers and others. A former State Department official described Wadleigh as a curious insider who might have stolen docs, as Judge Kaufmann weighed continuance.
Big Four to Meet on Germany Unity and Berlin Split
Delegates in New York plan a September session to set a date for a new Big Four conference on Germany. Berlin talks aim to end the postwar division and ease trade movements while preserving the Berlin blockade and transport links. An Austrian framework defines 1938 borders, minority protections, and no reparations, with Yugoslav claims and Soviet asset issues to be resolved.
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Nomntes
Tepe
U.N
New York
Germany
Berlin
Austria
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Carinthia
Works Nut
Austria Welcomes Big Four Peace Treaty Move
Chancellor Leopold Figl hailed the Big Four decision to conclude an independence treaty as a big step toward peace and humanity. He noted Austria lost sovereignty on March 12 1935 and that signing the treaty with occupation withdrawal will bring hardships but enable Austrians to govern their fate and rebuild.
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Austria
Vienna
Lune
Leopold Figl
Huntington Rites Dedicate Church in Huntington
The dedication yesterday of the new St George Orthodox Greek church in Huntington featured the Rt Rev Bishop Germanos presiding. Procession led by Bishop G manos and visiting Fathers included Germanos Alsupis and George Fopaloucas. The church cost over £100,000 to complete and marks Huntington’s first such church.
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Huntington
Pim
St George Orthodox
Six Plans Aimed at Streamlining Federal Agencies
The proposal set would create a welfare department with a cabinet secretary, elevate post and civil service roles, and transfer agencies like the Employment Service, Veterans' Placement Service, and Public Roads Administration. Hoover Commission ideas stress a direct line of command from top officials to frontline staff.
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Uie
House
Senate
Seasion
Congress
Prans
Federal Security Agency
Department of Welfare
Hoover Commission
Social Security Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Employment Service
Labor Department
Veterans’ Slacement Service Board
Labor Secretary
Civil Service Commission
Commission
Civil Service
United States Maritime Commission
Public Roads Administration
Commerce Department
Hoover Commissions
Excommunication Decree Condemns Catholic Action in Czechoslovakia
The papal decree denounces the Catholic Action movement in Czechoslovakia as schismatic and apostate. It declares clergy and lay supporters as excommunicated and warns Catholics to reject the group and obey church leadership.
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Supreme Congregation of the Hily Office
Holy See
Governors Press Plan For Mental Health And Highway Safety
Governors from Minnesota and Maryland fault state agencies for mental illness care and urge action on highway safety. Luther W. Youngdahl cites eight million mentally ill, calls for state responsibility. Lane urges vigorous plan. proposal for a congressional commission to study federal state relations echoed by Hoover Commission.
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Luther W. Youngdahn
Ofinnesota
Congress
Governors
Hoover Commission
GOP delegates urge end to proposed FBI security probe
Republican committee members call for immediate termination of investigations into private firm security rules. They urge the committee to drop all proceedings, arguing the inquiry is not supported by the majority.
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GOP
FBI
Republican Committee
Iid
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