Illness Fatal To David McGorman
Oak Hill obituary for David McGorman 76 a resident of Minden and former miner who died Monday at Oak Hill Hospital after a five day illness. Born in Ireland he was a member of St Peter's and Paul's Catholic Church Scarbro. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at the church with Rev Edward Biss. burial Catholic Cemetery. Survived by brothers Jack and Bill and sister Bessie in Ireland.
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Minden
Treland
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Edward Biss
McGorman
Tve Brothers
Jack. McGormen
Alabama
Bill McGorman
Ireland
Bessie
August 8 Dance Planned By Lodge
An old fashioned square dance for Women of the Moose and families is set for August 8 replacing the regular Friday meeting in Oak Hill. The women's chapter plans include a fundraiser and social hour with Moose officials present. Five candidates have been nominated for membership and will be voted on at the August 1 meeting.
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Register Ste Winter
Oak -Hile
Hughes and Roosevelt ties questioned in cargo plane contract
Kaiser testified about his July 1942 plan to build an air cargo fleet and alleged government pressure. He denied meeting Elliott Roosevelt and claimed the plan was brushed off, leaving Howard Hughes with a single experimental plane after spending over 18 million dollars.
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Irgun Leaders Cite Delayed Executions in Palestine Crisis
Irgun Commander-In-Chief Bergin confirmed sentences but said executions unlikely until the case of three soldiers is resolved. British search bands raid eight Jewish areas near Tel Aviv to free hostages Martin and Paice. Officials fear hostages may be dead as Palestine plans a law to destroy houses tied to suspected underground attacks.
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Paice
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Palestine
Republicans Claim Broad Cuts In Budget Accord
The Tennessean credited Republicans with total genuine reductions totaling 1,267,661,000 compared with 1,199,000,000 in a speech last Saturday. The paper noted it was almost 1,000,000,000 less than a claim by Rep. Cannon of Missouri, top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, who gave the GOP credit on the same day.
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DMO
Appropriations Committee
Parker to Speak at Beckley Rotary Tonight
CAK Hill George Parker of Beckley former secretary of the Beckley Rotary Club will be guest speaker at the local Rotary Club meeting tonight at 6 30 p m in Hotel Hill.
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Register
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George Parker
Beckley
200 Fayette Rural Homes Will Receive Power Service
The Appalachian Electric Power Company is extending 35 to 40 miles of lines in Saturday Road Fayette County. Lines north of the Midland Trail between Ansted and Victor to Gauley River will serve about 200 farms and homes, per C W Covell Beckley District manager. If materials are available, service is expected within 60 to 90 days.
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Fayette County
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Groups Offer Plan For Combining Precincts
Fayetteville Democratic leaders and Fayette County court explored consolidating small precincts to cut election costs. How ard W Carson announced the plan to merge paired precincts such as Scarbro 28 with 29 and Regis 42 with Oak Hill 13, pending no opposition.
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Fayetteville
Democratic Executive Committee
Feyette County
Howard W. Carson
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Regis
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Kaymoor
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Lively
Long Branch
Aged Negro Man Dies In Mullens
Walter Thomas Jones a 78 year old Mullens resident died at 6 p m Monday after his fourth paralytic stroke He retired from draying due to ill health and earlier worked as a coal miner and Virginian Railway team driver A native of Chatham Virginia he moved to Mullens in 1903 Funeral services are planned for Sunday Survived by a brother two sisters a son William Thomas Jones Mullens and two grandchildren
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Mullens
Walter Thomas Jones
Virginian Railway Company
Gulf
Stone
Chatham
William
Thomas Jones
Ex-Whitesville Trooper Dies at 52
State Police report Former Whitesville detachment chief Lawrence E. Proudfoot died at his Keyser home after a cerebral hemorrhage. A 26 year veteran, he led the Whitesville post until 1942 and previously served at Parkersburg and in Keyser with Company A.
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Lawrence E. Proudfoot
Whitesville
State Police
Two inmates recaptured after jail escape attempts
Guards stopped their routine check at 12 30 a m, a warden said. Valykev, awaiting transfer after habitual criminal law sentence, escaped Brooks county jail, fled to Florida, and was recaptured before returning to serve his term. Sheftie had also escaped last year but was recaptured. Both men wore prison garb.
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Moundsville
Brooks County
Florida
Sheftie
Details Emerge On Camden Station Death and Gambling Link
Witnesses recount events at Camden station where a satchel with bloody clothes was found. Capt Kriss says Ridenour claimed he rode with Taylor when a gun fired and he stained his clothes while taking over the driver’s seat. Ingram cites Taylor leaving a Martinsburg gambling spot with $3,500. only $31 remained on his body.
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Beclley National Bank Expands With Air Conditioning
Beckley National Bank installs air conditioning equipment said by cashier Frank N. Gans. Project expected to be completed within a month.
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Frank N. Gans
Work On Sewers To Start Soon
Oak Hill sewers in East End and Trump Additions will begin in two weeks after a special city council meeting. A $20,000 bond funds new sewers and repairs as laterals will cover each section and may extend beyond city limits with sufficient revenue.
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Register
Oak Hill
East End
Trump Additions
Blight Damages Telegraph Lines Cuts Beckley Charleston Link
Western Union reports telegraph lines between Beckley and Charleston damaged by a contractor explosion at Cotton Hill near Chimney Corner. The outage lasted from 10:40 a m to 4:40 p m, with telephone company facilities used for part of the disruption.
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County Court Hears CAA District Engineer
J E Pillow district airport engineer for the Civil Aeronautics Association told Fayette County Court how to obtain federal aid for a county airport. He recently inspected the Fayette and Oak Hill airports and praised their work, predicting they may lead to a county airport in the future.
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Whitesville Woman Arrested After Wounding Man
Whitesville police report Harold Gilbert 28 of Ferndale is in serious condition after being shot by Sarah Wooding 26 also of Ferndale. Wooding is held in Madison jail pending Gilbert’s status. Gilbert hospitalized Sunday night. shot with a 25 calibre automatic pistol, authorities say.
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Regional Heat Wave Hits Southwest and Plains
Heat surged across Phoenix and Yuma in Arizona Blythe in California and Las Vegas in Nevada with temperatures above 100. Strong readings extended through the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas and parts of Missouri while International Falls Minnesota near the Canadian border logged 92 a cooler high.
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Quartet Faces Grand Jury For Mullens Robbery Case
Four Mullens area men will confront the Wyoming County grand jury on grand larceny charges connected to the unarmed robbery of James Jenkins of Maben on June 27 near the Wyoming Taxi stand. One co‑defendant died from a knife wound. another suspect, Charley Hill, awaits sentence for unlawful wounding. Bond set at 1500 each for the four men.
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Wyoming County
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Ed Jackson
Jenkins
Herbert Dickerson
Greek Officials Split Over Army
Greek Ministers clash over army organization as Zervas laments army inadequacies and anti government guerrillas press northern Greece. Stratos to meet with top officers at Volos to review the military situation amid cabinet tensions.
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Harper Man Fined On License Offense
Russell Newman of Harper was fined $25 and costs for driving without an operator's license in Magistrate J. P. Meadows' court yesterday. He was arrested Monday by State Police on this, his second offense.
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Mullens — Ord
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Miners Hospitalized After Coal Yard Accidents
Two coal miners were hospitalized after accidents yesterday. Lee Harrah of Meadow Bridge Fayette County suffered chest injuries when a mining car rolled over him at Spring Dale Coal. Earl Canfield of Charmco Greenbrier County fractured a shoulder when a truck backed into him at Century Stripper.
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Earl Canfield
Charmco
Greenbrier County
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Currys Enjoy Vacation in Washington D C
Mr and Mrs E M Curry and their children are visiting Washington D C for a vacation.
Double Ring Ceremony Unites Frances McGhee and Lloyd Bright
Frances McGhee and Lloyd Bright exchanged nuptial vows at First Baptist Church Mullens in a candlelit ceremony led by Rev. J. R. Gillespie. The bride, daughter of N. W. McGhee, wore white nylon chiffon with lace bodice and seed-pearl coronet, and carried a white Bible with a purple orchid. The groom is the son of A. L. Bright. They reside with McGhee parents in South Mullens temporarily while husband works for Consolidated Bus Co. in Mullens.
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Jim Wade
William McGhee
Betty Manning
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Wallace Anderson
Bluefield
Noah McGhee, Jr
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Fred Brooks
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Harry Woods, Jr
Jean Moore
Lucille Burchami
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Martha Truman Rests Beside Confederate Memorial
Martha Truman who lived through Civil War era tensions on the Missouri Kansas border was laid to rest near a Confederate dead monument. The modest service featured minimal pomp with sixteen cars in the funeral cortege and thirty floral pieces, one wreath from the United States Senate marking the grave.
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Gas firm approved to boost gas flow by 50 million cu ft daily
Federal Power Commission authorized the company to handle an extra 50 000 000 cubic feet of gas each day for relay to other companies at a cost of 3 000 000 dollars. In Webster county Cecil Gibson 55 of Replete was crushed and killed at the Webster Hardwood Lumber plant in Dixie. In Webster Springs funeral services will be held for Bradford Allen Phares 11 son of Mr and Mrs Virgil Phares who was kicked to death by a horse while carrying firewood home.
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Replete
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James A. Duncan Claimed by Death
James Arthur Duncan 66 of Wyoming died early Monday in Welch hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be held at 11 a m Wednesday at the mortuary chapel in Williamson with burial at Weddington Cemetery Hatfield Ky. He was born March 10 1881 in Willis Va and was the son of the late Henry Duncan and Annie Alley. Survived by widow Alice Weddington Duncan manager of the Wyoming clubhouse for the Red Jacket Coal Co two brothers N F Duncan of Roanoke Earl Duncan of Charleston three sisters Mrs Joe Childress and Mrs Pete Alley both of Roanoke Va and Mrs Dewey Reed of Willis. He was a member of McDowell Lodge No 112 AF and AM Welch.
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P ‘Ville
Williamson
James Arthur Duncan
Wyoming
Seeley Home After Undergoing Operation
Mullens G A Seeley foreman at the Virginian Railway Electric Shops has returned home from Raleigh General Hospital after an 11 day stay. He had surgery on the left part of his lower lip to remove scar tissue.
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Missionary Society Meets in Oceana Hostesses Named
Baptist Missionary Society gathering in Oceana featured co hosts Mrs Ella Shumate and Mrs Blanche G Cook. Program led by Mrs Lola Cook with assistance from Mrs Maude Cozort Miss Helen Beane and Mrs Acie Stewart. Next meeting slated at Mrs Lola Cook home with Mrs Acie Stewart in charge.
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Independent union forms as Morgantown mine union dissolves
In Morgantown, McAlpine dissolves the mine foremen's union as members form an independent union the Clerical Technical and Supervisory Association of America. Samuel Willetts is elected president by acclamation after receiving pledges of support from West Virginia locals and two Pennsylvania locals.
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Seventeen Mullens Drivers Fined for Road Law Violations
A Mullens area roundup lists 17 drivers arraigned in magisterial courts for road law offenses. Among them are former officials and police, with fines from 10 to 25 dollars and costs, plus license suspensions for some. Police say 70 more drivers received warning tickets this month.
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Wyoming County Board of Edu
Pineville man injured as foot bridge collapses carrying stove
Byron Cooper, 42, of Pineville, was treated for a severe forehead laceration after a swinging foot bridge collapsed under five men and a cast iron stove. Carl Honaker escaped with minor injuries. Cooper's condition is listed as satisfactory. The stove is likely beyond repair as they moved it toward Cooper’s father in law's home.
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Stevens’ Clinic
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Pinaccle Creek
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Honaker
Youth Injured After Fall Beneath Moving Truck
Bernard Harless, 17, fell under a slowly moving truck while stepping to its running board. He tripped over a log, fracturing his left leg and suffering cuts and bruises to his right leg. He received treatment at Grace Hospital in Pineville Welch.
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Welch
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Hanover
Pineville Girl Returns From Johns Hopkins Hospital
Pineville Miss Mary Lou Kelly has returned home with her mother Mrs. Lucille Kelly after examinations at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. They visited Arlington Cemetery Washington and Annapolis on the trip and traveled home via Front Royal Virginia, entering Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park.
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Virginian Railway Worker Injured by Falling Rod
James Monroe Itmann, a machinist’s helper at Elmore shops, Virginian Railway, was treated at Taylor Hospital for injuring his right foot when the front section of a side rod of an engine fell on it. He was discharged after treatment.
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