Cornerstone opening may settle church title dispute
The United Brethren church at Dry Branch in Cabin Creek faces a potential title dispute between congregation members and heirs of Rev. William H. Bass. Judge Charles Ritchie will rule on an injunction filed by Robert Haywood and others to stop Bass heirs from interfering with church use while questions on whether the congregation met the required services have a bearing on title.
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United Brethren Dn
Christchurch
Dry Branch
Cabin Creek
Wiliam H. Bass
Common Pleas
Charles Ritchie
Robert Haywood
G. W. Bass
The
Charleston Gazette
Clair
Hale House
Washington
Ney
Shee Ritchie
Op. m
Mr. Bass
Isabelle Bass
Congression
Haywood
Titcine
Bass
West Virginia
Ohio
Six From County Held by Germans
War Department listed 24 West Virginians as prisoners of war, including six from Banasha county. The compiled roster features Kanawha county residents such as Cpl. Talmarine De Bord, Tech. 7th Gr. William Smith, Pvt. Rubish Parsons, and Pvt. Clarence F. Kay, among others from Parkersburg, Charleston, Richwood, Clarksburg, and more.
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West
William Smith
Eunice Smith
Olcott
Tech
Vincent C. Holstein
Eliza J. Holder
Spring Hil
Rubish Parsons
Alice Parsons
Falling Rock
Charles F. Duncan
Dennie Duncan
Malden
Sviyth S. Fuller
Margie 5 Fuller
Tong
Clarence F. Kay
Bertha Kay
Givon
Ews I. Keith
Francis FE
Keith
Parkersburg
Junior
Knicley
Scott Nicley
Richwood
Arnold Long
Noah Lone
Spencer
Frank €. Michael
Mandy S. Michael
Fayetteville
Virgil O. Morrison
Soldiers fill rambling house to cut costs in Monterey
Jackie, a member of the army air forces, and Afiss Parry testified that after renting a large rambling house in Monterey he soon housed six other soldiers to share costs. They were married in Gardnerville, Nevada.
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Monterey
Cal
Jackie
Army Air Forces
Afiss Parry
Gardnerville
Nev
College Institute Opens With Wartime Readjustment Theme
Morris Harvey college hosts its fifth annual Institute on professional relationships at Thomas Jefferson Junior High starting 9:30 a.m. Dr. Leonard Rigsleman presides and D G McGarey outlines the program. More than 300 attend as five seminar groups meet in two sessions. A luncheon at Christ Methodist Church chaired by Mrs Harry Jarrett follows.
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Morris Harvey College
Institute On
Thomas Jefferson
Leonard Rigsleman
D. G. McGarey
Christ Methodist Church
Harry Jarrett
Speeders B Ration Revoked For 6 Months
Kanawha war price and rationing board No. 407 8 10 revoked supplemental gasoline rations for six months for Edward F Logan of 514 Broad St after speeding on an unauthorized trip to Ohio. Logan arrested for speeding in Portsmouth Ohio. His C book with coupons revoked and R and C rations denied for six months. Gerald Grant Pullen of 1201 Virginia St charged with speeding had his A book suspended for a week. Board secretary J L Bruce Cooper warned motorists the 35 mile per hour limit remains and violators face no mercy. Rubber situation noted as increasingly acute.
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Edward F. Logan
Broad St
Kanawha
Logan
Ohio
Portsmouth
Pan
Gerald Grant Pullen
Virginia St
J . L. Bruce Cooper
Board
Gregorys celebrate golden wedding anniversary in Leon
A. Y. Gregorys of Leon and Mrs. Arnold V. Gregory marked their 50th wedding anniversary on June 20 at their Leon home. Mr. Gregory is 74 and Mrs. Gregory 70, long-time Mason County residents. They have 11 children, four deceased, 11? grandchildren and two great grandchildren, with one grandson in the army and another in the smaring corps. Over 100 guests visited and were served from lawn-table arrangements.
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A. Y. Gregorys
Leon
Arnold V. Gregory
Mason County
Applicants For Truck Rations Restricted By Board
The Kana wha war price and rationing board panel 307-8-10 will close to all but truck ration applicants for the third quarter today and tomorrow. L. M. LaFollette Jr. chairs the panel announced yesterday.
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Kanawha War Price and Rationing Board
L. M. LaFollette, Jr
Treason convictions reversed in landmark U S appellate ruling
Chicago defendants Hans and Erna Haviot Olke and Kate Ween and Walter and Lucille Froelding, jailed for treason after sheltering Nazi saboteurs, had their convictions reversed by the appellate court. The decision remanded for new trials while affirming some indictment issues as frivilous. US Atty. J Albert Woll plans a rehearing within 10 days.
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Chicago
Dune
U S
Chewit Court
Appr
Atta Fale
Sears
Germany
Hans
Erna Haviot
Olte
Kate Ween
Walter
Lucille Froelding
Ani Jesity
Haupie Mevearch
Her
Seert
Unite Ies A
Youngs Haug
Tve
Washinsten Dast Ane
Tn Canpesling
Pwhiehr
Supreme Court
Atty
Albert Woll
Man, 33, Is Given Prison Term For Attempted Rape
Charles Joseph Mannix a 33 year old marketing specialist for the U S Department of Agriculture was sentenced by Federal Judge William C Coleman to 15 years in a federal penitentiary for attempting to rape a 27 year old Waves member. Mannix was convicted by a jury after a two day trial and Judge Coleman imposed the sentence. The jury urged mercy but the judge did not follow it and imposed a sentence two years short of the federal maximum.
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U.S
Baltimore
Charles Joseph Mannix
U. S. Deepartment of Agriculture
William C. Coleman
Federal
The
Waves
Mannix
Celeman
Bethrada
Edge Caveman
Draft Board Sends S. Charleston News to Huntington
Seventy five Kanawha county registrants from selective service board No. 7 were sent to Huntington for final examination and induction. Names include Noah M. Walker Henry Burgess Harry Daugherty Lewis Cobb Earl Layton James Faber and many others. First aid and rescue teams and all civilian defense personnel in districts 7 B and 3 are ordered to attend an 8:30 p.m. meeting at the state police barracks on Jefferson road. Anderson Boggs announced the meeting and noted personnel in the medical division returning to Clifton Forge and Richmond for nurse studies.
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Kanawha County
Selective Service Board No. 7
Huntington
Noah M. Walker
Henry B. Burgess
Harry L. Daugherty
Lewis ©. Cobb
Earl W. Layton
James $. Faber
James Worrall
William C. Blackwell
William Wil Chambers
Claude E. Ritz
Husley
Kermit F. Strickland
Adice Wines
Homer D. Baxter
Lewis G. Cummings
Lacy Harris
James WW. Jackson
Fred Wi. Shafer
Douglas N. Core
Charles H. Lane
Rbaxce
J. Taylor
Robert W. Cyrus
Calvin R. Truman
Jesse Madison Gueas
Holley C. Mullins
Roy Lo Mitam
Johnie L. Stover
James E. Ho
James ND. Scott
Dennis I. Meeks
Elbert E. Oliver
William
Judge
Noreman F. Ferrell
Walter H. Miller
Harold F. Elliott
John C. Uhh
South Charlesian Civilian Defense Council
Jefferson Road
Anderson Boggs
K. BR Butler
Frances Butler
Clifton Forge
John Belliveau
McCorkle Av
South Charleston Civilian Defense Organization
State Police
Jefferson Rd
Anderson Bores
Mayor Discusses War Effort in Charleston
Mayor Dawson spoke at the anix club luncheon on Charleston in the war effort. He outlined civilian defense groups, tin can drives, wage drills, and noted police shifts. he walks to conserve gasoline. He announced a July 6 election for a 540,000 levy and 30,000 bond for MacCorkie Ave improvements from C and O station to 35th St Kanawha City.
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Charleston
Dawson
Anix Club
MacCorkie Av
Chesapeake and Ohio
35Th St
Kanawha City
Man Sought as Wife Slayer Surrenders to Police
Lawrence Jackson, 26, a Black man, surrendered to city police yesterday after being sought for the murder of his estranged wife at 1565 Jackson St where she worked as a servant. He was held for arraignment and preliminary hearing in municipal court. The wife Margaret, 2, suffered two stab wounds from a butcher knife.
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Janes Lawrence Jackson
Jackson St
Margaret
Driving While Drunk Case Leads to Fine
Francis Underwood was fined $25 and costs in municipal court for drunken driving. Cases continued until tomorrow include William Estep and Kenneth Pauley charged with stealing an automobile from C. J. Carney. Noam Bash and Dane Bash charged with stealing $46 from Luther Tugners.
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Francis Underwood
William Estep
Kenneth Pauley
C. J. Carney
Noam Bash
Dane Bash
Luther Tugners
Meeting of Women of the Mouse Chapter 317
A business meeting is set at the hall on Capitol Street. Mrs Elleen Mabe will preside as new senior regent. A July birthday handkerchief shower for members is planned. All committee chairmen are asked to submit reports.
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Women of the Mouse
Capitol St
Elleen Mabe
Two Placed in Jail Among Those Arrested Yesterday
George Riddle charged with escape from the state penitentiary and Joseph Davis of Poca charged with felonious await.
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George Riddle
State Penitentiary
Joseph Davis
Poca
Divorce Granted to Wife of Actor Jackie Coogan
Flower Parry Coogan was granted a divorce from Jackie Coogan the former juvenile film star. She testified that after their August 1941 marriage he moved her into a sort of glorified...
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Jackie Coogan
Los Angeles
Flower Parry Coogan
Charleston Man Elected To War Veterans Office
The West Virginia United Spanish War Veterans annual convention elected officers led by J. A. Burdette of Huntington as department commander and H. J. Hopkin of Charleston as senior vice commander J. M. Woltz of Parkersburg as junior vice commander Louis E. Black of Parkersburg as chaplain and Dr J. E. Offener of Weston as department surgeon The next meeting is slated for Hartington in early June.
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Clarksburg
United Spanish War Veterans
West Virginia
J. A. Burdette
Huntington
H. J. Hopkin
Charleston
J. M. Woltz
Parkersburg
Louis E. Black
J. E. Offener
Weston
Hartington
Former Elkview Man Wins Prize For Speedup Idea
JR McCoy son of Mr and Mrs W I McCoy of Elkview has been awarded a $10 prize by the Navy Department for a time saving idea. A civilian employee at Moffett Field California McCoy has spent years in aircraft and rubber work and discovered a method to cut the operating time for a unit to less than half of the prior 7% hour requirement.
Deliberations in $10 000 Damage Suit Continue
Jury deliberations proceed in circuit court in the $10,000 damage suit of W. E. Stagdon sr. of Sissonville, administrator of Albert Lee Stegdon’s estate, against Charleston Transit Co. No verdict after about an hour. The plaintiff cites a Jan. 23 collision on Washington St. between a company bus and an automobile driven by W. E. Stogdon Jr. in negligence.
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W. E. Stagdon
Sissonville
Albert Lee Stegdon
Charleston Transit Co
Platniff
Washington St. W
Comepany
W. E. Stogdon, Jr
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