Obituary Notices from Charleston Area
Local death notices publish in Charleston area papers. Entries list multiple residents from Charleston and surrounding towns, ages 43 to 91, with details on survivors, church affiliations, and burial plans across several cemeteries. Services occur Friday in diverse churches, with interments at Spring Hill, Tyler Mountain, and Cutlip Cemetery among others.
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Ashworth
Glenda Ellen
Calvary Baptist Church
Sam Hill
Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens
Mary St
Union Temple
Pocahontas Lodge
Myrtle Rebecca Lodge
George
J. R. King
North
Rainy eastern states forecast with cooler Ohio Valley
The forecast covers the eastern nation from southern Maine to Florida and west to Louisiana and Texas. Cooler temperatures are expected in the Ohio Valley and central Appalachians while the northwest and New England warm up. A wirephoto map accompanies the bulletin.
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Maine
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Ohio Valley
Central
Appalachians
New England
Armstrong Faces Summers Hearing Over SEC Influence
Testimony at a congressional hearing portrays former SEC chair Armstrong defending agency actions in the Goldfine case. He clashes with lawmakers over prosecution timing and funding, asserts no outside influence, and cites court decisions as guiding. Bennett questions personal action, Armstrong retorts that SEC follows the law.
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Gavel
Chicago
SEC
Armstrong
Congress
Adams
White House
Gerald D. Morgan
Goldfine
East Boston Co
Harris
Ther
John Bennett
R-Mich
U.S
Boston
Bennett
Weather Summary for Thursday June 26 1938
Charleston forecast shows morning showers with clearing later and cooler temperatures highs around 74. West Virginia expects partial clearing and cooler evenings. Ohio and Kentucky anticipate cloudy to partly cloudy skies with thunderstorms, cooler conditions, and potential rainfall near half an inch. Tennessee notes partly cloudy skies with much cooler air and near normal temperatures overall. Virginia reports showers and clearing with cooler conditions across the region.
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Charleston
West
Ohio
Patty
Huntington
West Virginia
Feu
Sylva Thurston
Tennessee
Kentucky
Three Boys Sentenced In Rape Case Across Counties
A mass rape case linked to Freeburn youths ends with pleas of guilty from three defendants and a five year sentence. The defendants Thurma Dolson 18 Tommy Dolson 13 and Scully Dolson 13 agreed to reduced charges and await further sentencing by Judge F Pierce Keeselee.
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Pikeville
Freeburn
Virginia
Freeborn
F. Pierce Keeselee
Festa
Tred B. Redwine
Thurman Dolson
Tommy
Scully Dolson
Gladys Spurlock
Home Creek
Spurlock
Burdick Ile
Cara Washington Post
I!ferrell
Ebner Blankenship
Burdick seeks halt to annulment he courts wife’s return
Rep. Ash L. Burdick moved to cancel proceedings to annul his marriage saying he would welcome his 30 year old wife back, while Burdick on his sickbed denied asking her to return. He argued Reno divorce was inadequate and his Arlington, Virginia, marriage may be void. He seeks dismissal of the North Dakota annulment action as he recovers from a bruised back after a weekend fall.
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Burdick
Burdick Home
Washington
Asher L. Burdick
RND
Reno
Arlington
Virginia
Cass County District Court
North Dakota
Crash Kills State Man Near Weston
West Virginia state man Rexroad James Letcher of Buckhannon died in a two-vehicle crash at the U S 19 intersection with W V 4 about 20 miles south of Weston. Five others were injured, none seriously, as Arnel Hardman and Lycurgus Hyre drove separate cars in the collision. Trooper D A Lucas said the Hardman car pulled into the Hyre vehicle, prompting the crash. investigation ongoing.
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Westonm
James Letcher
Resroad
Buckhannon
W. Va.4
Ireland
Weston
D. A. Lucas
Rexroad
Lycurgus Hyre
Arnel Hardman
Route 1
Lost Creek
Lucas
Mardman
U. S. 19
Hyre
Ex-Ensign Sentenced for Theft From Carrier Wasp Funds
A former ensign, David John Page, 25, was sentenced to a year in jail and five years probation after pleading guilty to stealing 70 200 from the Carrier Wasp ship funds in San Francisco. The judge said he betrayed Navy trust. Page had used the money on a cross country spree.
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Los Angeles
Wasp
United States Navy
David John Page
Page
San Francisco
Belcher
W—é
Dorothy
Raleigh County
Page Assembly of God Church
Edmonds
Union
Church of Jesus Christ
Bledmont Rd
Fred Lullman
Mary DesVees
Hess Cemetery
Oak Ridge
City Hall Moves in St Albans Bank Building
A working holiday is observed at St Albans City Hall as staff move from the old hall to the Bank of St Albans building. Open house runs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The old hall will house police and fire departments after renovations costing about 5300.
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City Hall
St. Albans
Bank of
Jet crash on carrier deck kills pilot in California
Four crewmen were seriously burned aboard the aircraft carrier Bon-Homme Richard when a jet fighter crashed on the flight deck during a refueling operation off northern California. The pilot Lt. Cmdr. Richard Hopfinger of Air Development Squadron 3 was killed. Beulah Jeanne Hopfinger and three children live at China Lake California. Marion Beard Fuller, of Fort Valley Georgia, was among those hospitalized with severe burns. The plane fell into the water and Hopfinger's body was not recovered.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Pacific Fleet Air Force
Cmdr
Richard 31
Hopfinger
Air Development Squadron 3
China Lake
Beulah Jeanne
Oakland ‘Naval Hospital
Marion "Beard Fuller
Fort Valley
Hoptinger
Am Ini
California
Federal Judge Denies Favor to Industrialist Goldfine
Boston officials report that Judge William T. McCarthy stated he never faced pressure to help industrialist Bernard Goldfine. Congressional members will question Goldfine about paying a hotel bill for the judge during his testimony next week. McCarthy called Goldfine a gentleman of unquestioned integrity and described paying or assisting with a hotel bill as a minor matter.
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Boston
William T. McCarthy
Bernard Goldfine
Washington
Goldfine
McCarthy
Bole
New York
Crichton Miner Killed in Freak Mining Accident
A 33 year old Greenbrier County coal miner Charles Wyatt Richmond of Crichton died Wednesday afternoon after his arm was caught in a belt line at the Donegan Coal Co. near Richwood. He was an electrician, World War II veteran, and Crichton Methodist Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier County
Charles Wyatt Richmond
Crichton
Thel. Donegan Coal Co
Richwood
Richmond
Crichton Methodist Church
Dulles Peeved By Soviet Move
U S and Soviet positions clash as Geneva talks loom. Dulles notes Moscow demands conditions on a nuclear ban while Washington seeks no precommitment. American delegates depart for Geneva. British officials monitor a tense, shifting diplomacy. Moscow recalls ambassadors after demonstrations and a harsh note.
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Fagello Mistic
Dulles
Whenl
Geneva
Hagerty
New York
London
Noth
Moscow
Escue Case Reopened By Police
Winfield state police reopened the death of Calvin Lewis Escue of Nitro after an autopsy indicated he died of a head injury before a Saturday night highway crash near Putnam County. Kenneth W. Goff of Scott Depot was injured. he remains in a semi conscious state at Thomas Memorial Hospital.
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Winfield
Cap
J.B. Jack
Escue
Putnam County
Escoe
Kenneth W. Goff
Scott Depot
Goff
Thomas Memorial Hospital
South Charleston
Jackson Boy Near Death From Megashine Whisky Incident
In Columbus Ohio a Ravenswood West Virginia boy, Jay, drank megashine whisky with gasoline residue and collapsed. Edward Britton, 12, was hospitalized in critical condition after arriving via Camden-Clark Hospital. Police raided a Dutch Ridge West Virginia home finding a still, mash, and whisky. The boy became ill after drinking from a creekside jug near his home.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ravenswood
W. Va
Jay
Children’s Hospital
Edward Britton
Camden - Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Ferrell Bose
Dutch Ridge
Wv.a
Singer Kay Starr Seeks Divorce From West Virginia Native
Kay Starr filed for divorce from George A. Mellen of Beckley West Virginia citing cruelty. Mellen, who left Beckley in 1945 with 315 dollars, built a fortune in real estate and oil in the Southwest and owns Ambrosia Minerals Inc in New Mexico. The couple lived briefly on a large ranch near Prescott Arizona.
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Los Angeles
George A. Mellen
Beckley
W.va
Ias
Kay Starr
Miss Starr
Mellen
Crewe Maples
Arizona
Southwest
Ambrosia Minerals Inc
New Mexico
Aarge Ranch
Prescott
Ariz
30 at St. Marys Called Not Belonging at School
West Virginia University psychology team led by Dr Stanley Berger reports that 30 of 70 children at Training School in St Marys are not mentally deficient and should not be there. Director Leopold Hernandez says full time evaluators are needed to determine trainable and educable students and improve the school.
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St. Marys
West Virginias
Leopold Hernandez
West Virginia
Hernandez
Violent Thunder Squalls Hit Western New York
Heavy winds up to 104 mph lashed western New York on Wednesday night. Rochester recorded 104 mph gusts in a 15 minute storm. Trees toppled, power failures spread, and streets flooded in spots. No injuries were immediately reported.
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New York
Rochester
Man Crushed in Mine Mishap Claims Barboursville Worker
O Dell Thompson age 35 of Barboursville died on arrival at Charleston General Hospital after a mine accident. He was crushed between a truck and a bulldozer and suffered multiple broken ribs and internal injuries. Hospital attendants did not know the coal company involved.
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O'Dell Thompson
Barboursville
Charleston General Hospital
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Jane Bernheim
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Delia" McClung
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