Killing Ends Family Fuss Says Trooper
Ansted area man Renzie Ayers of Corliss to be arraigned Monday at 1 p m before Magistrate W C Cole on murder charges in the fatal shotgun shooting of his brother in law John Robert Vass at the Ayers farm home Friday Sgt Harley E Locke said Ayers surrendered and admitted firing after Vass choked Ayers sister, a relative of Vass wife Vass, a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway foreman, died shortly after. Funeral services set for Rainelle Sunday at 1 p m burial in local cemetery.
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Ly Register
Ansted
Renzie Ayers
Corliss
W. C. Cole
John Robert Vass
Ayers
Harley E. Locke
Locke
Vass
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Rainele
Navy Planes Moved Inland to Escape Atlantic Storm
Two hundred Navy planes based at Norfolk Va. were sent to Wright Field Dayton tonight to avoid a tropical storm in the Atlantic. The aircraft include four engine bombers and amphibious flying boats as a precaution under a system completed this week in anticipation of September storms.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Wright Field
Atlantic
Norfolk
Navy
Merchant Stricken While at Work in Fayetteville
S. A. Cody a well known Fayetteville merchant was taken suddenly ill with what was thought to be indigestion Friday at his store. He is under doctor care and confined to bed but shows improvement. Alternate shoes emphasized as a foot care tip.
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Register
Fayetteville
S. A. Cody
Dies In Wreck Pro Hodges In Algeria June 11
Military policeman Ralph W. Hodges aged 19 died in a train wreck in Algeria on June 11 during World War II. A War Department telegram to his mother, Mrs. Frank E. Shepherd, notes Hodges served with initial North Africa landing forces from November 1942 and saw action in Sicily and Italy. He had recovered from injuries in Italy and returned to active duty when the accident occurred, dying of a skull fracture. Hodges was a nephew of Mrs. Joe Peters of Eccles.
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Ralph W. Hodges
Algeria
War Department
Frank E. Shepherd
Route 2
Mount Hope
Hodges
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Africa
Pvt. Hodges
Joe Peters
Eccles
Miners Funeral Services Monday in Price Hill
Robert Alfred Underwood 63 a resident of Price Hill died Saturday at Spencer after a three week illness. A retired miner and United Mine Workers member he is survived by his wife Patlee, three sisters and many children including Charles Mount Hope Carlos Price Hill Ernest Scarbro Rufus Whipple Alfred Carlisle William Washington D C Kathleen Carlisle Olida Mount Hope and Edith Price Hill. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p m at Price Hill.
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Register
Oak Hill
Robert Alfred Underwood
Price Hill
Spencer
United Mine Workers of America
Patlee
Underwood
Willie Anderson
Townley
Alabama
Ada Lopez
Tampa
Fla
Mary Wickware
Bessimer
Ala
Charles Underwood
Mount Hope
Carlos Underwood
Ernest Underwood
Scarbro
Rufus Underwood
Whipple
Alfred Underwood
Carlisle
William Underwood
Washington, D. C
Derwood
Kathleen UN- Na Herroh
Carbon Hill
Olida Cooper
Edith Smith
New River Company Encampments At Beckwith
Fayetteville reports that two New River company camps run by Rev. J. D. Wilson will wrap one week and begin a new ten day session at Camp Beck near here. The current camp includes 178 children ages nine to twelve with a ten day group for ages thirteen to sixteen. Cost to attendees is one dollar per day. the company covers the rest. About 18 New River towns are represented. Children are divided into four tribes Cherokees Delawares Mingos and Senecas and engage in crafts nature study, first aid, swimming, sports and music under supervision of local instructors. A senior camp will feature a youth band and 32 counselors, including teachers and coaches.
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Register
Fayetteville
New River Company
Camp Beckwith
J. D. Wilson
Scarbro
Beckwith
Co. Il
Ellison
E. W. Dunkley
Mount Hope High School
William Jennings
James Rowe
Oswald
Patty MelIntire
Mount Hope
Adja Dent
Montgomery
Wilson
Mary Fletcher
Mary Swone
James Sampson
Howard Stevens
Invasion Of France Ends Fayette Girl's Honeymoon
Lt Corable Abshire, who married Lt A A Albano in England during World War II, learned her wedding trip ended with the invasion of France. Their romance began in Casablanca on December 24 1942 and continued through Bizerte Tunis and Sicily before England last November 26.
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Register
Pax
Corable Abshire
England
France
A. A. Albano
Philadelphia
J. R. Abshire
Casablanca
Bizerte
Tunis
Sicily
Tony
Hargett
Abshire
Gooch Funeral Service Today At 3 O Clock
Dr. Carlos Alonzo Gooch 89, Scarbro physician, dies in Oak Hill hospital of heart disease. Funeral at Tyree Funeral Home Sunday at 3 p.m. with burial in Highawn Memorial Park. Survived by wife and two children. active pallbearers named.
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Register
Oak Hill
Hinton
Concord College
Athens
University of Louisville Medical School
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Fayette County
S. W. Price
Scarbro
Fayette
State and
W. J. W. Scott
Fred Isaac
W., F. Ellis
Rolls Need Baking Despite Advertisement
Washington milling company notes enriched flour in its ad but corrects a misprint that suggested no baking. The notice states self rising flour for biscuits waffles and shortcakes still requires baking powder.
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Associated Press
Washington
Washington Milling Company
First France patient from Orbit Ellison wounded slightly
Early in France a nurse treated a local boy from Orbit Ellison who was wounded slightly. She notes the patient as one of her first. The article also mentions her husband, a graduate in chemical engineering.
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France
Orbit Ellison
War Manpower Day Parade to Open In Oak Hill
Oak Hill then hosts a War Manpower Day parade starting at 8 p.m. featuring World War II veterans, Army and civic groups, and messages from local officials. Captain Walter T. Giles and Sgt. Roger Chalet will speak, with Mayor Hill and C. E. Mahan, Jr. addressing the crowd.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill U. S
District of Columbia
Office
Company “A
State Guards
American Legion
Red Cross
Girl Scouts
United Mine Workers
Walter T. Giles
Ashford General Hospital
Roger Chalet
Ashford
Charles E. Garvin
C. R. Hill
C. E. Mahan, Jr
Payetteville
U. S. Employment Service
Fayette County War Board Committee
Paul Dudley
Beckley
Hinton
Kingston Soldier Named Coolest Man On Saipan
Marine Sgt. Mike Plasha of Kingston West Virginia led a machine gun section during the Saipan battle. He earned a Silver Star in the Marshalls and twice went out to hunt snipers under fire. His commanding officer praised his calm courage and leadership on the island slopes and in caves.
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Gilbert P. Bailey
Delphia
Ind
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Saipan
Mariannas
Land
Mike Plasha
Kingston
W. Va
Mt. Tapetchau
Marshalls
Plasha
Mount Hope crowns its popular children in Legion show
Miss Mary Ellen McCool Stover and Master Punchie Jones win the penny popularity contest in Mount Hope for the American Legion Victory Vanities show. Miss Stover is daughter of Mrs. Mary McCool Stover and granddaughter of E J McCool. Master Jones is son of Commander E E Jones, a navy doctor.
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Register
Mount Hope
Mary Ellen McCool Stover
West Virginia
E. E. Jones
Navy
Pacific
The
Legion
American Legion
Warrants Issued For Five Involved In Raids On Five Fayetteville Spots
Five suspects were ordered to appear in Magistrate R. C. Godsey's court after raids on Fayetteville locations run by Mrs. Tom Crosby and others. Authorities seized whiskey, home brew, cases, and three slot machines valued around $1,000 each, with one woman arrested for attempting to destroy liquor. The investigation followed two weeks of undercover work, and arrests were made with deputies Jensen, Davis, Rader, and others assisting.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette District Club
Joe Summerville
J. T. White
Central Beer Garden
Sloppy John’s Place
Moore
Blue Moon
The
Elks Marching Club
Patteson
Tom Crosby
Elks’ Marching Club
Godsey
G. T. Davis
Eugene Rader
William Baker
R.M. Rhodes
Frank Gautier
Bob Janey
A. E. Oases
Morris Martin
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