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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1941
Page
10
Police hunted an unknown attacker after Bill Smith 23 was stabbed in the stomach at the Top Hat barbecue stand in Kanawha City at 2 15 a m yesterday. Smith remained in Staats Hospital with non critical injuries.
An explosion at the Hatfield Campbell's Creek coal mine in Kanawha County on June 14 killed two men. The state department of mines blamed general carelessness, noting gas ignition from an electric arc on a coal cutting machine and a failure to test for gas as required by law. The report cites a lack of proper breakthrough intervals and a past record of poor conditions, pointing to a broader decline in discipline and violations since 1940.
Chester 12 year olds Matthew Voudrie and Barney Byram confessed to killing Harry Knoke Jr after an argument on Chester riverfront over a 12 inch file. Knoke's body was recovered from the Mississippi River near Neelys Landing after an organized search.
Martinsburg June 26. Sheriff J Howard Myers announced the capture of John Dorsey who escaped from the Moundsville state penitentiary weeks ago. Dorsey, sentenced from Berkeley county for breaking and entering, was found hiding in bushes near a home north of Martinsburg.
Weak, run-down people suffering from sluggishness and lack of appetite may restore vital digestive juices in the stomach. Tonte is designed to build back deficient blood strength, revive digestion, and help read worn-out tissue.
Medical students who have completed two years of education may be appointed as second lieutenants in the medical administrative corps reserve. They will not be ordered to active duty but will be placed in the War Department reserve pool and retained until eligible for appointment in the pilot reserve or discharged from the officers reserve corps.
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