Innocent Appearing Doorway Likely Entrance to Sin Spot
Charleston investigators describe hidden gambling dens with careful door guards on Summers and Court streets. Bookmaking centers are linked to a Capitol Street address, while wagers are placed on horses via white pads and slip proof. Police note phone betting persists at pool parlors or clubs with ticker boards tracking sports scores.
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Sin
Copenhaver
Capitol St
Quarter St
Charleston
Summers St
Insurance Permits Issued To 29 Agents Across State
State Insurance Commissioner Thomas J. Gillooly announced licenses granted to 29 agents yesterday. Names span Huntington Charleston St Albans Clendenin South Charleston and Princeton with coverage in life accident and health fire auto and casualty lines.
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Thomas J. Gillooly
Harry F. Crowder
Homestead St
Huntington
William J. Gleason
W. Third St
Walter F. Hinerman
Linden Cir
Clarence H. Kearns
Forest J.wiblen
Morris St
Randolph Wilson Bragg
Anisted
Frank Kozma
Ansted
David Bird
Charleston
Lloyd C. Brumbaugh
Charles E. iCamp
Clendenin
Merrill E. Peak
St. Albans
Lance Oblinger
Welch
Frank Verduce
Kimball
Ernest P. Kees
Richwood
Guy H. Biggs
Winfield
Okey UL
Hager Jr
Beckley
L. Leon Salisbury
Hinton
John H. Brust
New Martinsville
Hall Ave
David E. Barr
Brumbaugh
Peak
Kathryn L. Simonton
Pennsboro
W. E. Simonton Jr
Bragg
James P. Clark
Kathryn Simonton
Casualty—Mullens
Two City Boys Win in Fisher Body Model Car Contest
Two Charleston boys, Andrew Balazs and Charles L. Donovan, topped West Virginia divisions in the Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild model car contest held in Detroit. Balazs won junior division first prize of 150 dollars and Donovan took senior division second place earning 100 dollars. Other WV winners included Ronald Eckard, Lowell Harmison, Charles Wingo, and Matthew Hefner who received honorable mentions in various senior designations.
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Detroit
Mich
Charleston
W. Va
Fisher Body Craftsman's Guild
Andrew Balazs
Washington St
Charlies L. Donovan
21St St
Balazs
Donovan
West Virginia
Ronald Eckard
Shinnston
Lowell T. Harmison
Berkeley Springs
Charles Wingo
Bluefield
Matthew A. Hefner
Clarksburg
U. S. Dropping Lattimore Perjury Case After Court Rebuff
Washington reports the government will move to dismiss remaining counts against Owen Lattimore after repeated court defeats. Attorney General Brownell cited no reasonable likelihood of conviction as Lattimore leaves for a lecture tour in England and Western Europe. U.S. Attorney Leo A. Rover will seek formal dismissal of the remaining charges. Thurman Arnold hailed the development. Lattimore, indicted in December 1952, has been on leave from Johns Hopkins University as a lecturer since.
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Washington
Owen
Brownell
Lattimore
England
Western
Europe
United Hood
Senate
Nativitine
Pmuron Geer
U. S
Office of War Information
Johns Hopkins ‘University
Lattimore Attacked by Senate Subcommittee in 1952 Testimony
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee led by the late Sen. Pat McCarran said Lattimore had long been "a conscious articulate instrument of the Soviet conspiracy." Lattimore replied he had always followed the dictates of his own conscience and not the commands of any alien system.
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Agia
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Lattimore
Happy Is The Day When Backache Goes Away
An old style advertisement claims Doan's Pills relieve backache and bladder irritation. It asserts pain relief plus soothing diuretic effects, promising happier days after years of use and urging readers to obtain Doan's Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean's
Doan
City to Open Bids On Mixer for Sanitary Board
The Kanawha Valley faces strikes by ready mix concrete workers prompting the City Sanitary Board to open bids July 5 for a new concrete mixer. Donald C. Shonk announces the purchase to aid the disposal plant construction. Young Duquesne student Paul Kleppner, 19, tutors the St. Justin High School debating team in his spare time.
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City Sanitary Board
Donald C. Shonk
Shonk
Sanitary Board
Kanawha Valley
Pittsburgh
Paul’Kleppner
Duquesne University
Steel City
Kleppner
St. Justin High School
Robbers Strike Lunch Counter Loot Small
Three housewives filed naturalization petitions in U.S. District Court after a break in at Wilson Street lunch counter. Detectives say entry was gained through a skylight. loot valued under $5 included cigarettes and chewing gum. Names listed: Mary Roknich, Marie Francoise, Constance Cantley.
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Wilson Street
Smith St. Naturalization
U.S
District Court
Mary Roknich
Jocondy
Dickinson
Dickinson St., Native of Czechoslov
Vakia
Marie Iena Francoise
Washington St. E
Montgomery
Italy
Constance Emily Cantley
Dunbar
England
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Gazette
Quarrier St
Court St. A
Court St
City Boys
Sie
K-9
Guardian
Stone & Thomas
Charleston, W. Va
Guardian Flea Killer
Ios
le Soper
Pteae
Yan
Ant Ourstore
Amgee
Bath
Hourigant
Cologne
Big Savings
Hewitt's
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