Young Man to Face Jury Again in Murder Case
Dunbar barber B Young is set for an intermediate court jury today in the murder indictment of George S Couch Jr. at issue since February 14. The first trial ended with a deadlock and discharge, while Couch’s death followed a collision with Young’s car after a dispute. In yesterday's session, forgery and larceny sentences were handed down for several defendants.
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B. Young
Dunbar
George 5
Virgil V. Laughorn
S. Collett Littlepage
O. M. Jones
Charleston National Bank
Morgan
Fields Clothes Company
Atsoos
Clark
Ex Banker H F Smith Dies in Hospital Here
Hugh F Smith 66 lifelong Fairmont resident and former banker died after surgery at Jocel hospital. He is survived by his widow Alice Brannon Smith, and daughters Mrs Smeyer and Mrs Allen C Guild of Savannah. Burial will be in Fairmont cemetery with funeral services tomorrow afternoon. Mr Klostermeyer and wife traveled to Fairmont.
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Hugh F. Smith
Jocel
Mr. Smith
Fairmont
Smeyer
Beely
Simpson Mortuary
Klostermeyer
Smith
Alice Brannon Smith
Allen C. Guild
Savanneh, Ga
Lobbyists At Chicago Convention of 1982 Target Roosevelt Game
The fragment describes lobbyists at the 1982 Chicago convention. Roosevelt’s floor manager is named Jeckyon with other figures becoming rich from lobbying. It notes they are now sidelined and references Raylov Yee Hore-light and Timnally. Copyright 1998 The Gasite.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Jeckyon
New AE
Raylov
Timnally
Day by Day Completes Page 6 Fragment
A terse note from Day by Day indicates completion of Page 6, with garbled text fragment “severed it and wrote a pangyrti Tigare” suggesting missing context. The readable line confirms page progress while the surrounding words remain unclear.
Inheritance Pursuit After sudden Death Leaves Widow
Fragmentary text shows mention of a widow and a little boy and a figure of a million and a half as an amount related to a legal matter. Other lines mention lawyers and approvals, but the surrounding context is damaged and unclear.
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Louis Tat
Festa Ty
Officials of State To Visit Convention
The Matehouse was quiet as Melais officials split to the Democratic national convention and others preparing to go. Treasurer R. E. Talbott and Secretary of State William B. O'Brien, who signed road bends in New York, planned to stop in Philadelphia on return. Governor Kump and Attorney General Holt would address sheriffs and police in Fairment before joining the convention scene. C. J. Rife, chief clerk in the education department, is among those who have gone.
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Melais
R. E. Talbott
Audifer
Edgar B. Sime
William 8. O'Brian
New York
Philadelphia
Kump
Holt
Association of Sheriffs and Police
Fairment
C. J. Rife
Department of Education
Drive To Start Weight Overload Drive Next Month
Col P D Shingleton said a drive against truck overloads will start around the first of the month. State police will use 15 road-o-meters for roadside checks. Officials warn overloaded small trucks with amal tires harm highways more than properly tired heavy vans.
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P. D. Shingleton
Department of Public Safety
Road Commission
Ees Mab
Recreation Picnic Set For This Morning At Local Court
The county recreation committee plans an annual picnic at ten o'clock today at the Fourth Fairor. Mrs M F Taylor leads the water meet at the pool with a basket lunch, a business meeting and a vesper service included in the program.
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County Recreation Committee
M. F. Taylor
Kanawha County Prisoners Transported To Moundsville Penitentiary
Ten Kanawha County prisoners were moved yesterday along with inmates from surrounding counties to the Moundsville penitentiary. Detained men include Urban Johnson two years Albert Young 15 years Arthur Watson eight years Homer Middleton two years L A Nolan five years Fred Pernell three years and six months Swifty Pierson two years Paul Miller one year William Kirk two years and Trueman Graham two years.
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Kanawha County
Moundsville Penitentiary
Urban Johnson
Albert Young
Arthur Watson
Homer Middleton
L. A. Nolan
Fred Pernell
Swifty" Pierson
Paul Miller
William Kirk
Trueman Graham
Estill Street Man Killed in Argument Shove
William Harris 34 was shot five times during a Fry Street argument in the 700 block. John W. Terry of Charleston was arrested, charged with murder, and jailed. Harris died several hours after being taken to a hospital. body sent to Campbell funeral home.
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William Harris
Estill
Fry Mreet
John W. Terry
Charleston
Pol
Harris
Campbell Funeral Home
Stabbing Charge Placed In Charleston Beer Garden Incident
Luster Shiltz was placed in city jail yesterday on a charge of stabbing Ira Cavender of Charleston at a Kanawha street beer garden. Cavender was taken to St. Francis Hospital for treatment of wounds in the back.
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Luster Shiltz
Ira Cavender
Charleston
Kanawha Street
Cavender
St. Francis Hospital
Club Board Meeting Notices at Ruffner Hotel
A meeting of the board of directors of the Southern West Virginia Automobile Association is scheduled for Tuesday noon at the Ruffner hotel.
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Southern West Virginia Automobile Association
Ruffner Hotel
Thuringia
Germany
Burton Hell Riders to Perform Stunt Show at Fairgrounds
Billie Burton and the Hell Riders bring a ten act program to the Four-H Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon with new features and a 54 inch ramp hurdle over a two ton truck. Betty Ann Terry will jump a car through a flaming board wall as part of a two hour show with profits partly donated to St Francis hospital nurses alumnae.
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Billie Burton
Daniel Boone Hotel
Burton
Betty Ann Terry
St. Francis Hospital
Minister Asks Union of Methodist Churches
Dr Richard Shipley Baltimore church editor urged a union of the Methodist denominations at a West Virginia leadership training school. He said the church began with Christ and the twelve apostles but now has more adherents than any nation, adding the main truth is forgotten in fighting for denominations and a union is needed to recover what is most valuable.
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Jackson Mill
Richard Shipley
Baltimore
West Virginia
Methodist Protestant Leadership Training School
God
Hickman and Trent to attend national education convention
J H Hickman secretary of the West Virginia State Education association and W W Trent state superintendent of schools will join about 25 West Virginians at the National Education Association convention in Portland Oregon. Delegates will have headquarters at the Portland hotel, with the event running June 27 to July 2. Other attendees include E G Rohrbough president of Glenville State Teachers College and Mrs Rohrbough, James E Allen president of Marshall College, and Mr and Mrs William Hall of Payette County.
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J. H. Hickman
West Virginia State Education Association
W. W. Trent
West
Edworthy and Others Head to Ohio Conference Trip
A Charleston delegation led by Rev. Z B Edworthy departed for Lakeside Ohio to attend the North American Christian Youth conference sessions. Also traveling were Joseph Blagg Carl Bauman Miss Helen Calbins and Mize Delores Herndon as part of the West Vim es Council of Christian Education leadership program.
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Charleston
Z B. Edworthy
Lakeside
Edworthy
West Vimes
Two Charleston Girls Get Wisconsin Degrees
Miss Helaine Kaufman and Miss Cleo M Wehrle of Charleston were among University of Wisconsin graduates at the eighty third annual commencement in Madison Wisconsin yesterday.
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Charleston
Wisconsin
Helaine Kaufman
Cleo M. Wehrle
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Boys Refuse to Leave Camp Madison Under Welfare Director
Director Francis W. Turner of the department of public welfare reported yesterday that three boys at Camp Madison refused to leave and return home. Captain J. R. Marsh warned that field agents would take action to return them, while the boys threatened trouble if sent away. The situation centered on the camp’s suitability and a recent subsidy correction.
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Francis W. Turner
Department of Public Welfare
Beys
Joe Black Held on Probation Violation in Gambling Case
Joe Black, Capitol street pool room and cigar store owner, was jailed in Kanawha County after pleading guilty to a gambling indictment at the January intermediate court term. He had been fined 200 dollars and given two years probation by Judge S. Collett Lit. A second arrest on capiex and a separate charge of probation violation followed. An intermediate court grand jury indicted him on selling tip-book tickets and operating a lottery and raffle.
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Joe Black
Capitol Street
Kanawha County
Black
S. Collett Lit
New
Intermediate Court
Black On
Three Men Bound Over to Grand Jury in District Court
Municipal Judge Cyrus W. Hall yesterday bound James Roush for felonious assault. Earl Seamon faces larceny charges for $184 from Harry Krekoff, and Earl Smoot is charged with theft of a watch. More than 650 public works projects are under way in France.
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Cyrus W. Hall
Intermediate Court
James Roush
Earl Seamon
Harry Krekoff
Earl Smoot
France
Bids Opened On Highway Jobs In Morgan Berkeley Area
Chief Engineer Mortimer W. Smith reported Keely Construction Co of Clarksburg appears as low bidder on three Morgan Berkeley county PWA financed road projects with bids totaling 76 817 07 for grading drainage and base work. Gilbert Construction Co Berkeley Springs bid 48 087 08 for the same stretch.
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Mortimer W. Smith
Keely Construction Company
Clarksburg
Berkeley-Morgan
Morgan
Miles Fisher
Dridge-Largent
Largent
Smith
Harry Hatfield
Company of
Barboursville
Stirrat- Pigeon Creek
Logan County
Gilbert Construction Company
Berkeley Springs
1100 New Enrollees For CCC Announced By Colonel Waldron
Colonel Waldron announces 1100 new civilian conservation corps enrollees from West Virginia between July 1 and July 18. Fourteen hundred enlistees include 214 to be sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky for duty in the eighth and ninth corps areas. Camp transfers also noted for Delbarton veterans and junior camp openings with relocations to Ripley and Sharples.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
West Virginia
W. H. Waldron
Leston
Fort Knox
Waldron
Pany
Delbarton
Ripley
Sharples
Board To Seek Bids For WVU Fire Escapes
Treasurer John Baker White of the state board of control announced bids will be sought soon for constructing wooden fire escapes at West Virginia University. The project is estimated to cost between 4500 and 5000 dollars and will be installed on Science Hall, Bal Park Hall, and Mechanical Hall.
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John Baker White
State Board of Control
Department of Purchases
West Virginia University
Mechanical Hall
Charlestonians Attend School Event in Barboursville
A Charleston group from the First Methodist Church, South attends pastors' school sessions in Barboursville this week. It includes Reverend J. W. Pearson D D Doctor Leonard Riggleman and Mrs Riggleman Mrs C Lea Chilliday and Mrs BE Hiner among others.
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Charleston
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