Soldier Son Arrives at Mother's Bedside after Flight from Germany
Mount Hope report details how Nonier Boyd Tennant returned from Germany to be at his mother Viola Tennant’s bedside a day after Red Cross nurses notified her. The patient, diagnosed with bone tuberculosis, had appealed for home contact. another son Ira Boyd and his wife visited Charlottesville, Virginia, with two grandchildren. The Tennant family noted the mother’s condition improved after the reunion.
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Register
Mount Hope
Red Cross
Viola Tennant
Nonier Boyd
Ira Boyd
Charlottesville
Boy Scout Program Lags in Mt Hope Lions Club Meeting
Mount Hope Lions Club heard William Pierce Fayette County Boy Scout executive praise overall Scouting growth and urged renewed focus on local units. Members noted low activity and discussed lease and land ownership for a new Scout building as the club plans to advance the project.
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Mt. Hope
Sy Register
Mount Hope
William Pierce
Fayette County
Boy Scout
Lyon Clark
Boy Scouts
W. G. Potter
Potter
Lions
W. A. Tissue
Bethel
Mount Hope Lions Club
Bob Hart
Beckley Lions Club
H. B. Jones
Kellis Miller
Senator’s claim on Marshall Plan echoed by radio Moscow
Sen Glen Taylor argues Europe already overproduces and Marshall Plan aid will stifle industry. He contrasts this view with a constant Soviet line heard on Radio Moscow, noting no difference in purported peace and freedom rhetoric.
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Glen Taylor
Europe
Radio
Moscow
Plant Pickets Urged Crowd to Storm DuPont Gate
Crouch urged about 2 500 demonstrators outside DuPont main gate to storm the plant by force for two and a half hours, while state police patrolled and UMW pickets withdrew from the governor’s mansion and state capitol. Islands of the Philippine archipelago are largely volcanic.
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C. P. Wilson
DuPont
Crouch
UMW
Governor’s
State Capitol
United Nations Reform Calls for Accountability
Hatch argues the UN cannot function if member nation representatives are barred from entry. He says Russian allied officials are likely Communists and urges the UN to accept responsibility for its officials under the International Organizations Immunities Act to prevent abuse.
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Geren Aaa
Hatch
U. N
Russia
Soviet Wedge Aims Berlin Economic Control
The Soviet Zone's German Economic Commission offered an economic control plan for Berlin, while Western commanders reject its authority, insisting Berlin remains under four power control and not part of the Soviet Zone.
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Berlin
German Economic Commission
King Christian X Honors State Vet on Nordic Tour
Huntington resident Borge Rosing, visiting Denmark, met King Christian X who hosted a 10 minute audience at court as American Scandinavian Club notes. The event highlighted veteran affairs and wartime service within a diplomatic visit. A separate AP report discusses penicillin's limits in venereal disease treatment among veterans and ongoing need for follow up blood tests.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Borge Rosing
Christian X
Denmark
Rosin
Associated Pressing
Washington
Cterans
WMATA
U. S. Army
Germany
Bascom Johnson, Jr
Johnson
U.S
Guardsmen Arrive at Fort with Equipment and Fashion Show Picked
West Virginia guardsmen from Company C of the 130th Infantry arrived at Fort Knox with heavy equipment for a 14 day encampment under First Lieutenant Miller. In a separate note, Miss Isabelle Sester of Page was chosen to represent Bermuda in the Lions International Convention fashion show in Madison Square Garden New York. She is a July 16 Vogue Modeling graduate and a Marshall College alumna teaching home economics at Oak Hill High School. Flash floods delayed rail travel and flooded basements across Central and Northern West Virginia, reaching a foot of water on U S 119 near Grafton.
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Fayette
Lions Confab
Register
Page
Fayette County
Lions Club International
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Isabelle Sester
C. H. Sester
Vogue Modeling School
Bermuda
Sester
Marshall College
Oak Hil High School
Fort Knox
130Th Infantry
James Oatridge
Hayes
Eugene H Wood
James W. Gordon
Oak WL
At & Acm
Eleu
PL Miller
Kentucky
Beckley
Weir
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia Guardsmen
Associated Press
Clarksburg
West Virginia
U. S. 119
Grafton
Ohio gunmen fire a bloody trail across state
The pair of gunmen killed seven victims in two weeks then died hours after slaying farmer James Smith, 25, in a car with his wife. Glenn Beare Gsehwind, 24, a Fremont Navy veteran, was found dead in a roadside park. A gray Pontiac tied their crimes to Earl Ambrose of Columbus and other killings followed before the pair were killed in a Mansfield reformatory shooting that claimed the superintendent John Niebel and his wife Nolanda and daughter Phyllis in a night of violence.
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James Smith
Tiffin
Glenn Beare Gsehwind
Fremont
Earl Ambrose
Columbus
Gschwind
Ambrose
Ohio
Frank Kerch
Flat Rock Midh
Mansfield Freformatory
la Reformatory
Reformatory
John Niebel
Nolanda
Phyllis
Free edition of Finer Canned & Frozen Fruits offered
A vintage ad promotes a free 148 page edition titled Finer Canned & Frozen Fruits. It claims improved color and texture, simple syrup changes, and practical guidance for canning and freezing, with recipes for relishes marmalades and conserves.
Bomb Attack Near U N Headquarters Shocks Nassau County
A plane descended in a long dive toward the United Nations building at Lake Success and dropped a white object that exploded in front of the main structure. Guard Emmet Rogers suffered chest and stomach pains but declined medical aid and was sent home. Two-engine Black Widow aircraft then searched the area for the mystery plane, which authorities believe may have been the same craft that landed at La Guardia. A map circled the U N site was found aboard the plane.
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Stephen
Thomas
Europe
U. N
Nassau County
Long Island
Trygve Lie
Emmet Rogers
Gerald J. Waine
Lake Success
la Guardia
U.N
RETURNS TO BALTIMORE
Roedster staff writer reports DANS EL MISS Thellma Killen was returned to Baltimore after visiting home in Danese. Mr Aller spent two weeks at her Danese residence before returning.
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Baltimore
Roedster
Dansel
Two Men Stop Car Demand Driver License in Ohio Night Chase
Mrs Smith said two men halted their car and demanded her husband’s license. She complied until she refused to hand over the license, and the husband was shot. Police hunted two suspects in central Ohio after the Mansfield reformatory executive John Niebel, 50, his wife Nolanda, 52, and daughter Phylis, 21, were kidnapped and killed in a cornfield. Roadblocks and statewide alerts followed sightings of a gray car linked to the crime and to an assault on Earl Ambrose the day before.
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Smith
Sto
Mansfield Reformatory
John Nicobel
Reformatory
Nolanda
Phylis
Central
Ohio
Earl Ambrose
Cotmbus
Niebel
Streamlined Malay weddings urged by Sultan
The Sultan of Selangor backs mass Malay weddings to cut time and costs, using a palace for ceremonies. He cites progress and efficiency, noting public opinion favors trimming the traditional three day event rooted in Thoda origin, while Malays remain Muslim. a survey shows growing support for simpler ceremonies. Marginal note mentions Miss Margaret Ann Gruenberg accepting a stenographic post at a mining company in Page.
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Singapore
Selangor
Malaya
Hy Register
Oak Shirt
Margaret Ann Gruenberg
Page
Alexander in Pineville murder case details emerge
Neighbors and relatives describe George Alexander as a heavy drinker amid the Pineville killing. Prosecutor Bailey cites amnesia about the events, and police report the suspect repeatedly says I do not know. Autopsy notes the bullet entered the mid neck behind the ear and lodged at the jaw. A German Luger revolver was found at the foot of the bed. Hawaii is noted for its inhabited and uninhabited islands.
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Alexanders
Pineville
Vailey
Alexander
Bailey
Four Stop Lights to be Installed in Mullens
Mullens City Council approved four traffic signals on Mayor William Holroyd's recommendation. Lights will regulate flow at Oak Street and Guyandotte Avenue, Broadway and Guyandotte, Hiaward Avenue and First Street, and Moran Avenue and Church Street. Citizens' complaints about taxis and buses prompted the move.
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Mullens City
William Holroyd
Oak Street
Guyandotte Avenue
South Mullens
Broadway
Guyandotte
Goose Sol- Tow
Hiaward Avenue
First Street
Moran Avenue
Church Street
West Mallens
Goodwill Club Meats In Deskins Residence
Kopperston report: Mrs Alen Deskins hosted Goodwill Club at her home on Wednesday night with devotion led by Mrs Frank Bostic. President Mrs Avil Grass led business, planning a bake sale on July 24 for Free Will Baptist Church in Rapperston, plus Wiener roast and new member drive next month. Several members attended and one new member joined.
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Goodwill Club
Deskins
Kopperston
Alen
Kopperston Godwill Club
Frank Bostic
Avil Grass
Free Will Baptist Church
Rapperston
George Wanter
George Paszich
Ezra Akers
Harold Perry
Tom Lyons
Ben Hardy
Mark Bailey
Ernietlood
Avil Gross
Oliver Maynard
Alex Deskins
Fone
Russell Hall
Milam Milam Welcomes Luther James Born at Oak Hill
Fayette announces the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Lur Milam of Fayette on July 19 at 7 30 p m at Oak Hill Hospital. The mother is Glenna Mae Bennett Milam, formerly Miss Glenna Bennett.
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Roelster
Fayette
Lur
Thee Milan
Luther James
Oak Hill Hospital
Milam
Glenna
Mae Bennett
Mullens Women of the Moose Plan State Conference
Mullens Wom en of the Moose announce attendance at the four day state conference in Huntington starting July 29 with six members pledging full participation led by secretary candidate Mrs. June Coffey. Others may attend Saturday or Sunday. next Wednesday officer night will greet two Pineville candidates, Mrs. Mary Ann Parker and Mrs. Ethel Echelbarger, as they are initiated.
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Register
Mullens
Mullens Women of the Moose
Huntington
Juanita Atkins
Jackie Lanton
Eva Young
Grace Deal
Georgia Richardson
June Coffey
Mary Ann Parker
Ethel Echelbarger
Pineville
Two Miners Hurt in Separate Accidents
Mullens area miners are hospitalized for injuries from two separate workplace accidents. Ehner Combs, a leader at the Ferndon mine of Silk and Smith Canal Company, was struck by falling slate about 9:30 a.m. and admitted to Binefield Sanitarium with back and chest injuries and possible rib fracture. his condition described as not serious. Mose Godfrey, a Black laborer, was injured when an overhead timber struck him around 10 a.m. and admitted to Beckley Hospital for treatment.
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Resider
Mullens
Strick
Ehner Combs
Ferndon
Silk and Smith Canal Company
Binefield
al Fast Gulf
Mose Godfrey
Robertson and Foglesong
Godfrey
Beckley Hospital
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Philippine Archipelago
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George B. Parker
Wachapreague
S. B. Parker
Betty Lou
Parkers
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Carp Uy
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Beckley Rotary
Harry LE. Ice
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