Two Murder Indictments Top Court's Docket
The Raleigh Register notes Alabama weather and snow reports across the region with details of a cold snap. It mentions two murder indictments on the court docket and reports on winter storms affecting the Far West and South with temperatures and conditions in several states.
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Over 40 Felonies Listed Hearings Start Jan 17
Raleigh County Criminal Court docket opens January 17 with numerous cases. Defendants including James Edward Joyce Lester Nevio and Willan G. Smith face murder and related charges. Dates run January 17 to 28 with many robbery grand larceny and maiming counts among a long list of defendants.
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Ray Harvey
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Clint Johnson
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Elmer Roberts
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Robert Fox
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Walter Warren Keller
Gazelle Kish
Frank Flodzelt
Lacy Braue
Evaine Gram
Carl Kester
Pauline Targis
Jasper F Gehards
EB. Stafford
Billie Sallie
Sonny Waddy
Bill Anderson
Lawrence Morris
Jess Anderson
Andrew Nichtos Lr
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Grant Larceny
J. W. Pate
Ethel Pate
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Lodema Gilmore
W. B. Spangler
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Earl Austin Duncan
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Clarence Woodward
Jack Young
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Wayne Taylor
Surrender Terms Claimed Rejected at Tientsin
Reports say the Nationalist force of 60,000 in Tientsin rejected a three point surrender plan to the Communists. They reportedly favored evacuation via Tangku port with about 16 ships ready to move troops. The Reds had offered to accept terms if arms were laid down and war materials protected for transfer.
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Nanking
Raxho
Titntsia
Fientsi
Piatisan
North China
Teans
Aus
Tangku
Tientsin
China
California Cold Up Prices Hit Fruits and Veggies
A cold wave across California drives sharp price hikes in Beckley area markets. A wholesale house notes fruit prices up about 10 percent and lemons 25 percent, with peppers, oranges, celery and grapefruit also jumping. In Charleston and Huntington similar increases are reported, while some dealers anticipate further rises. Norman Knapp gains admission to practice law in Raleigh County upon motion and judge approval.
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Norman Knapp
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W. A. Riffe
Wreck in Two Days Injures Many in Florida
GROVELAND FL A Seaboard Airline derailment of the Orange Blossom Special near Groveland injures a score of people with nineteen taken to Leesburg hospital two seriously. One crew member was initially listed missing but later found. The incident follows another derailment in Milford Virginia earlier Monday where about twenty were hurt.
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Orange Blossom
Milford
Day Lake
Here
Howell Cleared In Lynching Murder Case
Jurors testified and freed defendant William J. Howell, accused in the murder of Robert Mallard, a prosperous Black casket salesman. The case, marked as a lynching by the Tuskee Institute, involved a complex trial with limited jury testimony.
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Visler
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Spul
Mrs Teouman Denies In Hospital Inauguration Report
A garbled Washington dispatch claims Mrs Harry Sr Teouman denied being in hospital. The report suggests reaction to a political inauguration and notes a death rumor as grossly exaggerated while a hospital stay is not confirmed.
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Hruina
Una
Harry Sr
Uruania Loan Hospital
Ping Leven
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James Meadows Taken by Death
James A Meadows 78 a retired Raleigh County farmer of Rhodell died at home at 7 30 p m He is survived by his wife Lillie D Meadows three sons Ilenry John Caudell five daughters Martha Lilly Pearl Meadows Rosa Hatcher Alice McAde Ona Boyd a brother Lewis Meadows and a sister Martha Lilly The body lies at Robertson Foglesong Funeral home in Mullens
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Beckley
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Ghent
Alice McAde
Iwight
Ona Boyd
Big Rock Va
Lewis Meadows
Marthal Lilly
Flat Top
Robertson-« Foglesong Funeral Home
Conspiracy and Burglary Case Named in Court Filings
Dempsey Ferrell and Leonard Lyons are charged in a conspiracy with Walton Paris Fartey and Bill Fordham Mead ows along with Mrs Joan Hannah Waugh in a breaking and entering case.
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Dempsey Ferrell
Leonard Lyons
Walton Paris Fartey
Bill Fordham Meadows
Joan Hannah] Waugh
Two Cases Still Pending Against W V Weidensall
W V Weidensall of Berkley faces two remaining cases after one of three actions was dropped as nolle prosequi. Elmer Givens Buchanon of Mabscott and Glenn Orren have trials set for separate breaking and entering charges. Orren remains charged. Buchanon is jailed out of state. Weidensall previously received a mandatory life sentence for a Mabscott market burglary, his third felony conviction.
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Berkley
Raleigh County
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Buchanon
Orren
Buchanan
Loflin
Mabscot
New Video Link Reaches Midwest in Coast to Coast Network
The 2100 mile electronic highway linking East and West coasts went into operation, forming a single network serving 14 cities with 32 stations and expanding TV coverage for about a quarter of the U S population. An airplane crash near Frankfurt killed three crew members, with investigations pending and weather favorable for visibility. The incident raises the death toll to 26 Americans linked to the Berlin airlift.
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West Virginia Briefs From Charleston And Morgantown
State Health Department reports 137 of 168 measles cases last week in Jefferson County with 24 in adjacent Berkeley County. A roof fall at Kelly Creek mine in Maidsville killed Louis Pellegrini, 47, Monongalia County's first mine fatality of the year. Seabees in Charleston help build a three room home for Levi Withrow and his wife, whose prior dwelling burned December 29. Circuit Judge Baker to set murder trial date for David Houston in Sabraton. Federal Crop reports show WV meat prices down in mid December with few gains for fruit. grain livestock eggs and dairy drop. Tri State Airport Authority treasurer authorized to pay 40 530 for 500 acres in Wayne County for a Huntington area airport.
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Tie
Monongalia County
Organized Naval Construction Battalion Company
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Neecu
Williams
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David S. Houston
Sabraton
Houston
Steve Lipovich
Crow Reportinge Service
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Huntington
Tri- State
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Wayne County
Tuntington
G H Harvey Suffers Stroke In Mabsealt Home
G H Harvey a retired carpenter of Mabsealt is critically ill after a heart attack and paralytic stroke suffered during the night. His wife Mrs Lucille Harvey says he complained of being ill when she returned home yesterday evening.
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Mabsealt
Lucille Harvey
Cam‘naren
Senate seeks 27 month rent control extension
The Senate Banking Committee plans to introduce a Myers a Pa bill to extend rent controls through June 1951 and bring new dwellings under ceilings again. Spence Ky and Maybank SC predict broad reach as housing expediters cite similar administration drafts. New units, converted dwellings, and apartment hotels would return to rent ceilings while transient hotels stay decontrolled.
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Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
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Way
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80Th Congress
Rent Increases Tied to Lease Agreements Under Law
In 1947 and still in force, landlords may raise rents by up to 15 percent if tenants agree to a lease that bans further increases for a specified period.
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