Taylor County Flower Show Classes and Requirements
Taylor County Garden Club outlines entries for its flower show with sections I and II. Exhibitors must bring blooms grown by themselves and in place by Thursday morning. Classes include asters, chrysanthemums, dahlias, gladiolus, zinnias, and more with multiple display types, collections, and single specimens. judging follows in September under club supervision.
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Taylor County Garden Club
Pia
Béerr
Nower
Coal Wage Conference Quits Until September
BLUEFIELD The wage conference between the Southern Coal Producers Association and the United Mine Workers recessed here today until September 14 at 3 p.m. The conferees were in session for under five minutes before breaking up and declaring the recess. The session here and a similar one in White Sulphur Springs had resumed Tuesday after a layoff since August 11. The UMW talks with the Southern Coal Producers Association, representing about 97,000,000 tons of production annually, have been in progress here since May 25.
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Bluefield
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Worker
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
UMW
Churchill Opponent Named in British Election Contest
William Brooks, a member of the Communist Party, will challenge Winston Churchill, the Conservative incumbent, for a seat in Parliament in the upcoming British general election.
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Communist Party
William Brooks
Winston Churchill
Everett L. Keener Receives Purdue Degree
Everett L. Keener of Grafton was a candidate for a master of science in electrical engineering at Purdue University during the summer commencement in the Hall of Music. The ceremony marked the third program of the year, with about 3 750 graduates total for 1950.
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Everett L. Keener
Grafton
Purdue University
R. B. Stewart
C. Hockema
Racing and shows at West Virginia State Fair program
Lewisburg highlights racing horse shows and shorthorn cattle judging with junior shows and steer events. The racing card features a 2:20 pacing, a free for all trot, and two running races. Grand champion titles go to Prince Eric Esquire and Queen Lady for Aberdeen Angus females, with Hillcrest Farms earning top female honors.
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Lewisburg
West Virginia
Prince Eric Esquire
Adams Plantation
Lynchburg
Forest
Virginia
Aid Hain
Hillcrest Farmsyrchester
Hillcrest
Belle
Polio Cases In State This Year Reach 180 by Aug
West Virginia reported 180 infantile paralysis cases through August 20 this year, up from 61 in the prior year’s period, with 29 cases for the week ending August 20. Kanawha and Cabell counties each had four cases, Harrison three, Boone Greenbrier and Wyoming two each, and single cases in Berkeley Fayette McDowell Marshall Mason Mingo Monroe Ohio Raleigh Randolph Tyler and Wood counties.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
Kanawha
Cabell
Harrison
Boone, Greenbrier
Wyoming
Berkeley
Fayette
McDowell, Marshall, Mason, Mingo
Monroe
Ohio
Raleigh, Randolph
Tyler
Wood
Parents Finally Solve Mystery Of Lively Child
In Seeds England two year old Janet Wheelwright stayed unusually lively for 27 hours. She could not sleep, sang danced and chatted as her mother sought help from a doctor. Janet then slept after a sedative. Authorities discovered she had chewed Army pep tablets belonging to her brother Dennis, a Royal Air Force veteran returning from the Middle East. A grim sequence followed as another body Mayer was found nearby after a two day search, with a rough map Mayer made before his death guiding investigators to the grave.
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Seeds
England
Janet Wheelwright
Sandman
Janet
Dennis
Royal Airforce
Middle East
Here
Mayer
Girl found strangled to death near Detroit
Nine year old Barbara Jean Aberl was found strangled to death last night near her home. A blue jump suit was tied around her throat in a suspected homicide. An alleged killer, her uncle Arthur, age 30, reportedly left a note claiming death by his own hand. The case remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Barbara
Jean ‘Aberl
Ecorse
Mich
Arthur Mayer
Mayer
International
Detroit
Barbara Jean Aberl
Arthur Ver
Former Klansman pursues governor bid amid Klan rally
Near Meridian Mississippi the 64 year old Spinks, a long time Klansman, claims leadership of a new Klan faction with 266 000 members. About 60 Klan leaders from Alabama Mississippi Missouri Arkansas Tennessee and Louisiana met in private in a Montgomery hotel room near the capitol where a new law bans hoods in public.
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Meridian
Miss
Hegin
Spinks
Alabama
Mississippi
Missouri
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Montgomery
State Capitol
Missing Klan Groups Excluded in Alabama Actions
Not included were the Federal Ku Klux Klans Inc and the Association of Georgia Klans, principal targets of Alabama officials, in the reported actions and discussions.
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Federated
Ku Klux Klans, Inc
Alabama
The
Association of Georgia Klans
Political shakeup reported on state committee actions
Proposal to oust William H Talbot as National Committeeman in Louisiana. another States Rights member discussed. No action recommended against Mary Evelyn Dickerson, who says she voted for President Truman but remained active. Mississippi mentions firing States Rights committee members, J. B. involved.
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Kes
Louisiana
William H. Talbot
Mary Evelyn Dickerson
Truman
Mississippi
States Rights Committee
J. B
South Carolina Names Change to Thurmond Substitution
The report omits certain names and proposes replacements with pro Truman candidates. Gov. J Strom Thurmond is removed from the list and replaced by Senator Burnet Maybank. Snider and Mrs Hermes Gautier are mentioned alongside committee changes and Mr Hood and Mrs John Clark are noted in the context.
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Snider
Hermes Gautier
Clarence E. Hood
John Clark
South Carolina
Gov
J. Strom Thurmond
Burnat ‘Maybank
Mountain State Water merger with Berkeley Springs stock sale
The Mountain State Water Co of Philippi merges with Berkeley Springs Water Co. Mountain State agrees to pay 26000 dollars for Berkeley Springs stock as part of the deal.
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Mountain State Water Company of
Philippi
Berkeley SP ‘Springs Water Company
Mountain State
Berkeley Springsstock
Paaaatte
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