Vermont Woman On Trial for Draft Advice
Lucille Miller a 44 year old Vermont mother of three faces a federal trial as seven women and five men hear evidence in the case accusing her of advising nine young men to refuse military service and to surrender their draft papers. Her husband Manuel 47 of Bethel previously resisted authorities with a rifle for 12 hours and is charged with resisting a US marshal. The Millers surrendered after tear gas was used and Mrs Miller was committed to St Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC before being deemed mentally competent last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleboro
Lucille Miller
Lias Attorneys Plan Deportation Appeal
William G. Lias, a Wheeling racetrack operator, faces a deportation order to Greece for visa issues. Attorney Charles Margiotti said the appeal would go to the U S Board of Immigration Appeals, with further court action possible. Lias has admitted past wealth from bootlegging and gambling during Prohibition while Wheeling Downs remains under government receivership over over two million dollars in back taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William G. Lias
Wheeling
W.va
Charles G. Margiotti
Pennsylvania
Lias
Pittsburgh
U. S. Board of Immigration Appeals
Justice Department
Uncle Sam
Greece
Immigration Service
Wheeling Downs
Barry Lofting Murder Plot Exposed In Yonkers Drama
Inspector McKee details Barry Lofting as the prudent killer who engineered Regina's fortune scheme and blackmailed her. Lofting's plan collapsed when Andrus returned and Susan was wounded. Todhunter and McKee’s intervention ended the immediate danger as Susan recovers and the case unfolds toward further revelations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrus
Susan
Barry
Jim
Brodsky
Trout
Fenny
Redgate
Barry Lofting
Todhunter
Lofting
Yonkers
McKee
Horton
Amy Redgate
Regina
David
Dwight
Frederick
Edith
Davies
Tobe Davies
Henry Trout
Roger
Midnight Ike
Mrs. Fenn
Fruit and potato market report from Baltimore region
Apples steady with mixed regional quotes from Delaware Maryland and Virginia including Lodi and Red Delicious varieties. peaches show a weaker undertone with Red Havens East and West Virginia listings, Golden Jubilee and Red Birds among others. potatoes described as barely steady with offerings heavy and assorted Cobblers and Katahdins priced by size and condition across Delmarva Maryland North Carolina and Virginia markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Red Havens Usis
W. Va
Usis
del Cobblers
MD Cobblers
NC Cobblers
Reds
Eastern Shore Cobblers
Livestock market prices at Baltimore including cattle hogs and sheep
Baltimore market reports show cattle price ranges for slaughter steers 810 to 1080 pounds from 17.50 to 23.00 per hundredweight, cows and heifers in various lower to mid ranges, calves not established. Hogs mostly 180 to 300 pounds with price bands from 16.50 to 25.00, larger weights down, sows mixed. Sheep listings sparse with insufficient data to establish trading basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
USDA
Poultry Market Reports From Harrisonburg and Moorefield
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market remained steady for broilers and fryers with good demand and heavy receipts. farm prices ending yesterday show broilers under 3 lbs at 25-26 with 26-27 for others and heavy hens around 25, small turkey fryers at 31-31¼, heavy hen turkeys 33, toms 29. In Moorefield the market was firm with short supply. 42,250 head of broilers averaged 2.85-3% lbs selling mostly at 27, and heavy type young hen turkeys at 33 cents.
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Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Moorefield
W. Va
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
South Branch Valley
U S Reports Distorted View After Asia Tour
University of Pittsburgh professor Walter Hovey returns from Asia and says many countries in the Near East view the United States poorly. He cites mob slayings race segregation and U.S. movies as shaping opinions. Some observers wonder about safety walking alone in the U S. He notes Near East nations largely favor recognizing Red China and seek trade, tying stance to bloc alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Walter Hovey
University of Pittsburgh
Asia
United States
Lebanon
Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
India
Ceylon
U. S
Prof. Hovey
China
Sculptor Epstein Secretly Weds His Secretary Kathleen Garman
Sir Jacob Epstein, 76, confirms he secretly married Kathleen Garman, his 50-year-old secretary and model for several statues. The couple wed last Friday, per household, as Epstein travels to Philadelphia for the unveiling of his five figure work Social Consciousness. Kathleen has long posed for The Girl with the Gardenias. the couple have known each other 30 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jacob Epstein
Kathleen Garman
Mid Atlantic
Philadelphia
Italy
Margaret Gilmour Dunlop
Lady Epstein
Epstein
Shoe Boom Foresees Record 1955 Spending
Americans buy shoes at a record pace for 1955 with output rising to 294 million pairs in the first half and a total shoe bill expected to reach 3.5? billion dollars. High wages buy power and shifting styles drive demand as manufacturers adjust prices and designs from Continental moccasins to glass-heeled trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
St. Louis
U.S
Italy
Yesteryear
Mom
Sis
Tragedy at Scottish Beach Claims Eight Lives
A Scottish mother and six children plus a niece drowned when a high tide swept them from a picnic beach near Nairn. Six bodies were recovered, with two missing. The father, John McIntosh, stayed on the dunes to prepare tea and later alerted police after losing sight of his family in the mist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairn
Scotland
Here
John McIntosh
McIntosh
Barboursville Hospital Post Given to John Queen
John Queen a State Tax Department employee and former Logan police chief will become business manager of Barboursville State Hospital Friday. President James M. Donohoe of the Board of Control announced the appointment, succeeding Curtis S. Wilson who was ousted last week. Queen, cashier at the tax department since September 1953, follows the board’s plan to hire a physician as superintendent, a post vacant since Dr. Weaver B. Rogers resigned last year due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
John Queen
State Tax Department
Logan
Barboursville State Hospital
Queen
Curtis S. Wilson
James M. Donohoe
Board of Control
Wilson
Tax Department
Donohoe
Barboursville
Weaver B. Rogers
Evidence Weighed in Drunkenness Case at High Point
A Superior Court jury acquitted a man charged with drunkenness despite a police officer’s testimony that he saw the defendant insert a penny into a candy vending machine and say I’ve lost some weight, leaving the defendant’s fate in the hands of the jurors.
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High Point
N. C
Griffith divorce suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court
In the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County Billie F. Griffith sues Joyce Mae Griffith for divorce in chancery. An affidavit shows the defendant is a non resident. she must appear within one month after first publication to protect her interests. Attest Van Hunter Clerk. Scherer Bowers & File, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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State OF
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Ludy
Billie F. Griffith
IN Chancery
Joyce Mae Griffith
van Hunter
Scherer
Bowers & File
Funeral Services for Mrs. Vinnie Bray Porterfield
Mrs Vinnie Bray Porterfield 84 of Mabscott died 9 a.m. Sunday July 10 in a local hospital. The body lies at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until one hour before the service at First Baptist Church July 12 at 2 p.m. with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers include Roy Ellison Quincy Gunnee Bill Nicely Forrest Bell James Bennett Chester Marshall. Honorary pallbearers listed. Arrangements by Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home.
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Porterfield
Vinnie Bray
Mabscott
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Roy Ellison
Quincy
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Vermont
Monica Davies
Hal Davies
Hal
Henry
Inspector
Dave
Weds
Business Mirror
Walter Breede JR
Sam Dawson
Barboursville Hospital
DIAL
Keyser Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
MGR
South Oakwood Ave
Beckley
Amos E Quesenberry
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home, Inc
Vance Drive
Homeseekers Land & Building Co
Beckley Dial
I Barre
Merideth
R. C. Egnor
Oak All
Kyle Davis
Paul Thompson
Rupert
Clintonville
Bluefield Monument Co
Bluefield
ARS Monument C
Harper Rd
Fred Davis
Ezra White
Herndon
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
W. E. Harvey
Enol. Vng
Montgomery Ward
New Beckley Newspapers
Del-Mar
Neville St. Marguerite’s
Main St
H. C. Kinzer
Main Street
B. E. Silverman
Bill
ALL Makes & Models
Prince St. Dial
William K
Bill” Ward
Halstead
Wright
Crab Orchard
Haddad's TV and Furniture CO
Yast
Ashworth Firestone
GEO
Sparks
South Oakwood
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
Neville ST
Lovitz Television
Termites Mountain State Termite Control, CO. James
Fairview Avenue
Walter Chapman
James Deering
Frank
GMC
Sprague Mutual of
Omaha
Combs St . Beckley
W. E Moore
Sophia
AAVON
Venetian Blind
Bob Daniels
Duraclean-Williams Service
Shady Spring
Cam Thompson
Lewis Transfer CO
Hope Highway 21
Eee
Ecard Board
West Union School House
Pocahontas County
West Union Church
Bill Honaker
Temple St
Sass Mutual of Omaha
Gombs
Sota
Walter's Insurance Agency
McCorkle Ave
Kay
Watertown
Massachusetts
Oak Hill
Blue Star
T. R
Lilly
Gibson
Oceana
P. J. Smith
Mullens
Ward-Evans Motor Company
Sters
Carpenter
State Employment Service
Fayette
Curtiss Candy Company
Rainelle
R. F. Brammer
Pioneer Hotel
Call Toner Concrete Co
Beaver
W. B. Jones
R L
J. H Stinson
East Beckley Dial
Sam Oliver
Roy A. Jones
W. S. Gregg
Glen Morgan - Sullivan Road
Shady Dog
Shady Springs
Sena
Garvin Avenue
Joe Elmore
Sweeneysburg
Ee Poultry and
Radford
Daniels
LLC
B. Dr
C&r Music Service
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St
Armstrong
Al’s
Shaw
Mt. Hope
Wilson's
South Kanawha St
Henry Conway
J. Richardson
Ridge Ave
Edwards St
North Oakwood
Kesler's
Dia
White Cross Pharmacy
Gravely
M. G. Champ
Princeton
Klaus & Page CO
McCreery St
DOY
North Kanawha
Galperin Music CO
Kanawha Dial
Chamberlin Co. of America
F. Duke Williams
Pagoda Shopping Center
Goale
Beckley Maytag CO
Kelvinator
J. L. Mills Sophia
Herbert Eiser
Allstate Insurance CO
People's Shoe Shop
Post-Herald and Raleigh Register
PENNK
Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
W Va
Beckley Glass Co
North Oakwood Dial
Whitener Roofing & Heating Co
City Ave
Durall
Beckley Lumber & Supply CO
Corner Valley Drive
Piney Ave
American Glass & Mirror Co., Inc
Herbert Atha
S. Oakwood
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