TWO YOUTHS TO BE TRIED TODAY FOR ROBBERIES
Two Mullens youths James Ward age 19 and a 16 year old were held by state police before Justice of the Peace R. M. Stovall on robbery charges. They allegedly tried to crack a Bailey Lumber safe with hammer and tools then robbed the Wyoming Theatre, a candy machine, and Coy Brinegar at Cliff Side Inn. Some money recovered.
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Register
Smullens
Mullens
R. M. Stovall
Lumber Company
Wyoming Theatre
Platt
Corporal Platt
Cliff Side Inn
Coy Brinegar
Consolidated
Hurst Held to Grand Jury Action
Clarence William Hurst, a Black man, was held to the grand jury on charges of malicious and unlawful assault on Paul Kirk, a store clerk at Wyco. He appeared before Magistrate R. M. Stovall. Corporal Roy D. Platt reported Winifred Cook of Mullens was arrested for carrying a pistol, tried before City Judge Buren Toler, and fined $109 and costs.
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Register
Mullens
Clarence William Hurst
Grand
Paul Kirk
Wyco
R. M. Stovall
Roy D. Platt
Mullens State Police
Winifred Cook
Buren Toler
Walker Elected President of Wyoming County Court
Walker Murvan Walker was elected president of the Wyoming County Court at Tuesday’s session. The court approved appointing Perry Cook and Claude Hall as notaries, and gave bond approvals for guardians, sheriffs, justices, constables, assessors, and clerks with multiple sureties. The proceedings list numerous sureties and bonds totaling substantial sums across the county offices.
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Walker
Wyoming County
Register
Pineville
Murvan Walker
County Court
Perry C. Cook
Mullens
Claude Robert Hall
Itmann
A. B. Robertson
C. L. White
Thomas J. Goode
Jesse D. Mangus
Dana Lou Mangus
Gay Shannon
Fidelity and Casualty Company of
New York
Paul Goode
Dale Cook
Clear Fork
Asa Hurst
Kermel Earl Shannon
Wyoming county school bus drivers plan January meeting
A meeting of the Wyoming county school bus drivers is set for Saturday January 6. Director of transportation L C Fender says topics include safety economy efficiency and program relation to instruction. Scheduled attendees include W C Bailey county superintendent Claude Phillips attendance director Edgar Rose insurance agent and Harley Christian chief clerk.
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Pineville
Wyoming
L. C. Fender
W. C. Bailey
Claude Phillips
Edgar Rose
Harley Christian
Basin Soldier Wounded in Central Pacific Action
Pfc Hansel Basham, son of Mrs Louanna Basham of Basin, has been wounded in action in the Central Pacific, the War Department announced today.
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Basin
Pfc
Hansel Basham
Louanna Basham
Central Pacific
War Department
Parrish Funeral To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Benjamin F. Parrish a retired Virginian Railroad telegraph operator are set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m in Christiansburg Virginia He died at his Roanoke home after a heart attack He lived in Mullens before moving to Roanoke and is survived by his wife and several siblings Burial will follow at Christiansburg Cemetery
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Christiansburg
Johnstown Flood of 1889 Claims Thousands of Lives
The first major US flood disaster, the 1889 Johnstown flood, killed more than 2,200 people and swept away about $10 million in property, marking a pivotal moment in American natural catastrophe history.
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Johnstown
Wyoming War Fund Goal Short $1090
Mullens reports the Wyoming county quota for the national war fund is $1,090.57 short of the $10,000 county goal for 1944. Over the past week donations include $56.25 from Black Eagle Coal company’s employer, $20 from Black Eagle Coal company, and $194 in contributions.
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Mullens
Wyoming
National War Fund
Black Eagle Coal Company
Coal Company Payouts Mentioned in Damaged Text
The fragment references payments from Belle Meade Coal company and Red Jacket Coal company at a Coal Mountain plant and a sum from Bart Ley Grade School. Names and exact context are incomplete.
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Belle Meade Coal Company
Bartley
Red Jacket Coal Company
Coal Mountain Plant
Carl Meadows Dies In Weston Hospital
Carl Meadows aged 23 of Crow died in a Weston hospital Tuesday evening after a several year illness. His body is held at Keyser Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Carl Meadows
Crow
Weston
Keyser Funeral Home
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