Two Dominions Born as India Gains Independence
At midnight India and Pakistan split from British rule and became Hindu India and Moslem Pakistan. Mountbatten swore in as governor general of Hindu India while Jinnah took the post in Pakistan amid celebrations and ongoing communal violence in Punjab. Nehru and Prasad assumed leadership, Gandhi faced threats, and mobs clashed as independence dawned across the subcontinent.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
World Family of Free Nations
Pakistan
Karachi
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Mountbatten
Punjab
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Rajendra Prasad
Constituent Assembly
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Calcutta
Dominion
Rites Set For Accident Victim In Naoma Church
Funeral services for Van Williams 35 of Petty Bottom who died in the Raleigh Wyoming mine at Edwight Wednesday night will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Naoma church. Interment will be in Adkins cemetery at Naoma. Surviving are his mother Mrs Barbara Williams two brothers Willard and Elbert and three sisters Mrs Maggie Ghent Mrs Maxine Petry and Mrs Mary Porton.
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Associated Press
Whitesville
van Williams
Pettry Bottom
Raleigh-Wyoming
Edwight
Naoma Church
Stellie Par Sons
Fairdale
Adkins Cemetery
Naoma
Barbara : Williams
Pettry’ ‘Bottom
Willard
Elbert
Maggie
Ghent
Maxine_Petry
Logan
Mary Porton
Claypool
W P Tams Jr Named To Ritter Lumber Board
W P Tams Jr the Raleigh County coal operator was named to the boards of directors of W M Ritter Lumber Company Red Jacket Coal Corporation and Red Jacket Sales Company headquartered in Columbus Ohio Tams has been active in Southern West Virginia coal since 1904 and organized the New River Coal and Coke Co in 1909 later Gulf Smokeless Coal Co. He serves as president and GM of Tams operation which mined over 15 million tons in 37 years across its Wyco and Tams mines.
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W.p.tams, Jr
Raleigh County
W. M. Ritter Lumber Company
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Red Jacket Sales Company
Columbus, O
Augusta County
Tams
West Virginia
Fayette, County
Fisher Buys Dixon Interest in The Club Poolroom
John C. Fisher of Beckley has bought Edgar A. Dixon's half interest in The Club a Main Street lunchroom news stand and poolroom in Hazard Kentucky. The bill of sale filed in Raleigh County records notes Dixon had sought an injunction in U S district court to stop dissolution of the partnership. the agreement ends the partnership as of August 8 and was formed June 23 1938.
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John C. Fisher
Beckley
Edgar A. Dixon
Hazard
Main Street
Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
Dixon
U. S. District Court
Fisher
Impatience Grows Over U N Reform Proposals
The U S Britain Soviet and France draft notes may spark issues at the U N Assembly opening Sept 16 in Lake Success New York. The American Legion backs broader action by a majority council vote on aggression and calls for international control of mass destruction weapons plus a strong UN police force. Senator Byrd proposes letting the General Assembly override a Security Council veto by two thirds.
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U. N
U. S
Britain
Soviet
France
U. N. Assembly
Lake Success
N.Y
Legion
American Legion
United Nations
U.N
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Security Council
Assembly
Senate
Russia
Unitefd
Wild Stallion Bows To New Air Maneuver
A handsome Palomino stallion once roaming Teapot Butte north of Crowheart is corralled and being broken after Roy Lamoureaux Casper pilot used aerial herding to drive the horse into a ground trap. Lamoureaux previously helped capture Desert Dust and has guided operations that round up thousands of horses from the air.
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Associated Press
Lander
Wye
Teapot Butte
Crowheart
Roy Lamoureaux
Lamoureaux
Casper
Red Desert
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Lahore
W.P. Tams, Jr
Ritter Lumber Board
Jacquard Od
Neville Street
Post Office
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