Thousands view long parade as firemen honor line dominates Aug 13
Martinsburg crowds gather for Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen's association parade spanning half an hour. Awards announce best dressed and best drilled companies, plus band contests. Officials predict 4000 visitors for two day session with speakers from national and state Republican circles.
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Martinsburg
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Aru
Goodwill Company
Chambersburg
Charley Rouss Company
Winchester
Goodwill
Cumberland Valley and Friendship
Mechanics Hose Company
Waynesboro
Friendship Fire Company
Cumberland Corps
Cumberland Valley Drum Corps
Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
Hagerstown
Unc
Haxerstown
Col Knox Opposes Buck Buckhannon Appointment Director
Colonel Knox writes in defense of James Wade Buck Buckhannon being named director of negro activity, condemning protests against the appointment and urging support for the leadership role.
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James Wade Buckhhannon
Negro Activi
Townsend Recovery Plan Meeting Set for August 18
Townsend Recovery Plan members in Taylor county prepare for a meeting in the Taylor county courthouse on August 18. Local president Eugene Sommerville announces about 1700 members and a nationally renowned speaker is promised to attendees. In Weston, a Lewis county sing is expected to draw at least 5090 people on Sunday.
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Boone
J. Kenneth Bradles
Connecticut
National Young Republicans
Worthington Scranton
Scranton
Knox
Walter Hallanan
Charleston
Hugh Ike Shott
U. S. Senate
Townsend Recovery Plan Organization
Taylor County
Eugene Sommerville
Weston
Lewis County
Drunk Driver Before Court in Mesquite District
Hayward Hilkey, a habitual offender, appeared before Magistrate Ona C. Jefferys and pleaded guilty to operating an automobile while intoxicated in a Tuesday night incident involving Joseph M. Madera. He received a $25 fine and costs, 10 days in jail on failure to pay, six months license revocation, and the car was impounded for six months. Deputy Sheriff Harry Batson and Chief A. E. Lockard testified, while Hilkey claimed only one drink. Magistrate urged sobriety given his trade as a mechanic.
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Platerette Netieriies
Ona C. Jefferys
Joseph M. Madera
Hilkey
Harry Batson
A. E. Lockard
Hearing Planned for Farrance Liquor Case
Officers said a hearing for Burton Farrance, 32, arrested in a raid on his home Tuesday evening on a charge of possession of untaxed liquor, would be held later in the week after Commissioner L T Eddy of Fairmont returns from Hunts. Federal authorities will press the case. Corporal L W Emrick and Sheriff Lee Bennett led the raid. A gallon of alleged moonshine was reported seized.
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Burton Farrence
L. "T. Eddy
Fairmont
Hunts
L. W. Emrick
Lee Bennett
Man Arrested After Finding Shine Whiskey on Knottsville Road
A man was found with shine whiskey at a home on Knottsville road just outside the city limits. Farrence has prior charges but was released previously after paying a fine. State officials consider bond possibility before a local magistrate to secure release from jail, with a federal trial likely before Judge W. E. Baker in Elkins.
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Knottsville Road
Farrence
Ona C. Jefferys
W. E. Murphy
Eddy
W. E. Baker
Elkins
Two Accident Victims Treated at Hospital
Two minor accidents were reported at Grafton City Hospital last night. Betty Gotts, 11, suffered a minor knee laceration, and Glenn Hamilton, 16, sustained a head cut during swimming. neither injury is listed as serious. In Coalburg, Henry Buskirk, 63, died in a slate fall at the Coalburg Kanawha Coal Company mine.
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Grafton City Hospital
Betty Gotts
City
Glenn Hamilton
Pruntytown
Coalburg
Henry Buskirk
Coalburg-Kanawha
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