Wyoming Miner Killed by Train
Jeff Webb a 45 year old conveyor leader at Koppers ton mine was found beside Virginian Railway tracks in Milam Junction after an eastbound freight passed near 9 p m. His watch stopped at 9 03 pay envelope with 190. Webb dragged 300 feet after being struck and died from blood loss with chest head injuries. He had lived in Kopperston and Oceana previously and was father of five.
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Webb
R. L. Tabscott
Oceana
Lovely
Clare Luce Gems Stolen in N Y
Clare Boothe Luce, former congresswoman and author, reported jewelry valued at 20009 stolen from their Waldorf Astoria suite on the 28th floor as they slept. A diamond ring worth 18000 was among the pieces. a doorway was found ajar twice, with no suspect identified.
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Associated Press
New York
Clare Boothe Luce
Henry R. Luce
Waldorf-Astoria Tower
Wratchyman
Luces
Reds in China Boast They'll Take Nation
Chinese Communists demanded surrender of Chiang Kai-Shek’s beaten armies in Manchuria and boasted they would conquer all of China. Cominform bulletin says they already control a quarter of China and a third of her population with inflation and instability rising sharply across Shanghai.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
China
Italy
Germany
Finland
Greece
Indonesia
Burma
India
Mao Tze-Tung
Mukden
Communist Party
Huran
Tong
Kremlin
Communist Information Bureau
Shanghai
Inactive National Guard Branch Revived to Build Reserve
Washington Maj Gen Kenneth F Cramer says the National Guard revives its prewar inactive branch to retain trained personnel. Off duty officers and enlisted men may transfer to the non drilling group for a three year term and become eligible for regular Army call ups. Inactive guardsmen will be attached to state headquarters for potential future active assignments.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Guard
Kenneth F. Cramer
Army
National Guard Bureau
Intactive National Guard
Cramer
Naional Guard
Boy Falls Into Hot Water Tub Burns Four-Year-Old
Lorenzo Moore four year old son of Mr and Mrs Jack Moore of Whipple was severely burned all over his body when he fell into a tub of boiling water at home yesterday. He is at Oak Hill Hospital in fair condition.
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Oak Hilll
Lorenzo Moore
Jack Moore
Whipple
West Virginia Briefs Accidents and Meetings Across State
A loaded coal truck plunged off Mt. Clare Alpha road killing 24 year old Charles Hennings of Two Lick near Clarksburg. In Charleston the West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers plans a three day meeting to mark its 25th anniversary theme Twenty Five Years of Service. Mercer County forest fire near Turkey Gap Coal Company head of Richexrek covered 100 acres over 10 hours. B C Snidow described light burns with no building damage. In Moundsville prison guard saved prisoner Robert Jones using an inhalator after a 45 minute lapse. Jones recovered following the incident at the state penitentiary.
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Clarksburg
Mt. Clare-Alpha Road
Charles Hennings
Two Lick
Charleston
West Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers
Mercer County
Associated Press
Princeton
B. C. Snidow
Turkey Gap Coal Company
Richexrek
Jones
Moundsville
Robert
Logan County
D. B. Ely
Gent's Night Dinner Set by Civic Club in December
Mullens reports the Wo Truman Revercomb and Hedman's Civic Club Gent's Night dinner meeting, with a 7:30 pm program and business session. Voting results show Truman leading Dewey for president, Revercomb ahead of Neely, and Hedrick over Salisbury for the sixth district seat. Local judges and other races listed with vote tallies and candidates.
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Register
Mullens
Wo- Truman
Revercomb
Hedman
Rick
Beckley
Ber of Commerce
Thuralay
Apie
Truman
Dewey
GOP
Lin
Matthew M. Neely
Neely
E. H. Hedrick
D. L. Salisbury
Dunbar
J. W. Maxwell
Lewis
H. Miller
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Fred L. Fox
Okey L. Patteson
Jlo Herbert
Boreman
Ward Wylie
Lama W.beane
Okey A. Mills
Concert series eyed with Charleston Symphony in Beckley
Music clubs in Beckley discuss a three concert winter series possibly featuring the Charleston Symphony under Antonio Madarelli. WCFC hosts a meeting with representatives from Monday and Chaminade Music Clubs to gauge interest and plan advanced season ticket sales.
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Charleston Symphony Orchestra
WCFC
Monday Music Club
Chaminade Music Club
Beckley
FE. J. Hodel
Reservoir Roads
Hodel
Charleston Symphony
Antonio Madarelli
Inez Calice
South Oakwood Avenue
Earl Snead
J. Q. Hutchinson
America
T. S. Williams
Duff Daniel
B. K. Peter
Floyd Sayre
Roland Hinkley
H. F. Moore
Julia Secrest
South
Scott
Williams
Daniel
Sayre
Smog Peril Foreseen for Kanawha Valley
Charleston Health Commissioner N H Dyer warned that fog fused with acid fumes could cause fatal distress to asthma and heart patients in the Kanawha Valley, likening it to the Donora incident. He noted such smog lasts longer only when a stagnant fog persists for a week or more, while most West Virginia areas experience only a few hours or days of it.
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Associated Press
Charleston
N. H. Dyer
Kanawha Valley
Donora
West Virginia
All Bran Ad Appeals To Sue For Comeback
A midcentury style ad features a husband lamenting a marital rift. He explains constipation was ruining his life and credits Kellogg's All-Bran with restoring regularity. He urges his wife Sue to return, claiming the bran aids relief and well-being.
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Sue
Piney View Man Killed as Bulldozer Overturns on Garden Grounds
John A. Bayzie 44 of Piney View died instantly at 11:00 a.m. when a bulldozer overturned at the Garden Grounds operation of the New River Company. Born March 16, 1904 in Mullens, he worked for the Charleston Coal Company. Survived by a widow, six brothers and five sisters, and four children at home. Body at Tyree Funeral home pending arrangements.
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John A. Bayzie
Piney View
Garden Grounds
New River Company
Mullens
Charleston Coal Company
Adda Bazzie
Ernest
Amerigo
Howard
Pineville
Eugene
Scott Field
U. S. Army
Everette
Princeton
Carl
San Francisco
Margaret Hazzie
Bertha Mae Bazzie
Army Base
Arabia
Anna Johnston
Flora Catherine Brandi
Bronx
N. Y
Vestal Bassie
Buddy
Rodney
Ardith Ann
Judith
Tyree
Funeral services for Qshal Hall Sweeney in Ghent
Detroit area funeral services for Qshal Hall Sweeney 19 of Ghent who died in a Wyandotte car crash will be held Wednesday at 230 pm at Ghent Baptist Church with Revs C E Walker and L W Fletcher officiating. Burial will follow in Tom Lilly Cemetery. He was born in Ghent March 18 1979, son of J G and Eva Beckett Sweeney, worked at Pontiac Motors Detroit, survived by parents two brothers Frank Glenn and Jimmy, four sisters Mrs Berman Farley Jr Mrs J P Mays and Miss Georgia and Miss Linda Jo.
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R. A. Boyd
Atiss Blanche Hutchinson
Willams
Daniel
Peter
Secrest
Bethlehem
Bach Gounod
Williams
Beverly Watts
Monday Music Club
Sayre
R. A. Shackelford
Hutchinson
Caffee
Boyd
W. B. Peck
R. G
Myre
Leslie Williams
Jean Porter
Edward McDonnell
E. P. Donahue
Hand of
Carrie Jacobs
Bond
L. E Shrewsbury
Miss Marlin
Rosalie Muller
Adair
Martin
Shrewsbury
EB. 3. Fourney
Qshal Hall /Sweeney
Ghent
Wyandotte
Detroit
Mich
Ghent Baptist Church
C. E. Walker
L. W. Fletcher
Tom Lilly
J. G
Eva Beckett Sweeney
Pontiac Motors
Frank Glenn
Jimmy
Berman Farley, Jr
Shady Spring
J. P. Mays
Athens
Georgia
Linda Jo
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