Samuel Gilkerson Pneumonia Victim
Samuel H. Gilkerson 72 died at his daughter's home from pneumonia. Born September 7, 1872 in Crickmer, he worked in Rayford mines and belonged to the United Mine Workers. Survived by children and siblings, funeral Monday at Church of God, burial Sunset Memorial Park.
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Samuel H. Gilkerson
Jure Recco
Calloway Melahis
Crickmer
Robert 5S
Eliza Kincaid Gilkerson
Hedy Shaffer Gilkerson
Gilkerson
Rayford
United Mine Workers Union
Calfee
Church of God
Sprague
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
James C. Gilkerton
U.S. Navy
George EF. Cilkerton
Rocks
Maryland
George Treadway
Skelton
Fiore’ Recco
Calloway Heights
Samuel Thompson
Cranberry
Tee Elude
J. W. Gilkerson
Table Rock
John M. Gilkerson
Fayetteville
T. FE. Gilkerson
St Beckley
Robert Gilkerson
Oscar Gilkerson
Lochgelly
Harlo Ewing
Grandview
J. W. Beckette
Key Bione
Irving S Cobb Buried In Odd Paducah Funeral Rites
The ashes of writer Irving S Cobb were interred at Oak Grove Cemetery Paducah after a small service designed to fit his funeral letter details. A dogwood tree was rooted over the grave as ashes were scattered and the ceremony included a Negro choir and brief remarks by local officials. The service followed Cobbs written wishes and was conducted by Rev Custis Fletcher with Pastor Joe L Walker and Paducah Attorney Tom Walter among those present.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Irvin S. Cobb
New York
Oak Grove
Cobb
Cobbs
Mattie Copeland
Tom Walter
Joe L. Walker
First Presbyterian Church
Custis Fletcher
Grace Episcopal Church
Barracks Knife Suspect Tied to Slaying of Miss Berrum
Barrett stated McFarland admitted leaving barracks with two companions Thursday and meeting a girl downtown. Miss Berrum, identified by a class ring, was strangled with a knitted snood. Her friends Kath leen Cosgrove and Betty German traveled from Chippewa Falls to aid identification. Family statements followed. McFarland lists Newmarket Tenn as home. his Marine records show Maryville Tenn origin and New Bern NC residence. He enlisted in 1941 and served overseas 1942–43 before reassignment here.
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McFarland
Barrett
Barren
Miss Berrum
Kathleen Cosgrove
Betty Germain
Chippewa Falls
Washington
RK. S. Berrum
Kelly
Newmarket
Tenn
Marine Corps
Earl McFarland
Maryville
New Bern
N. C
Dewey Visits West Virginia for Labor Negro Farm Talks
Governor Dewey met about 100 press figures and county leaders after arrival. He held 30 to 45 minute sessions with labor Negro business farm and congressional groups, reaffirming anti-lynching efforts and possible tax reforms. Barlow Jones praised the session for its frank farmer focus and West Virginia agricultural questions.
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G. E B. Ferguson
Republican Negro Division
Ferguson
Dewey
New York
West Virginia
Farm — Bureau
Russians claim big gains near Riga and East Prussia
Moscow cited the destruction of over 200 Nazi tanks in two days as German forces tried to liquidate their bridgehead on the right bank. Berlin acknowledged deep Russian penetrations in East Prussia and said Russian efforts aimed to sever Riga and cut off German troops in Latvia. Russian advances north and east of Riga reported as 100 localities captured along a wide arc from 22 to 925 miles from the capital.
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Moscow
Siailiai
Riga
Slani
Berlin
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Latvia
Presidents and Dewey Seek Bipartisan Peace Forum Aid
Both Dewey and the President issued messages to the Foreign Policy Association today in New York. Dewey urged forming a world peace maintenance organization on a bipartisan basis and pledged continued cooperation with the administration across parties. The President cited progress toward an international security organization and said the association could guide public focus on its aims.
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Ements
Dewey
Association Forum
New York
Tom
Hull
Foreign Policy Association
Greeks Duel with Germans in Retreat Amid Island Movements
Reports from London say Greek resistance intensified as two bridges were blown and a blockship sank. Fighting was claimed inside Athens and roads into the capital were blocked by German forces. Officials announced German thinning in the Peloponnesus for two and a half months as garrisons pull back along the outer defense line and from Greek islands near the Turkish coast, with Crete remaining a notable exception.
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London
Athens
Peloponnesus
Greece
Aegean
Dodecanese
Crete
Dewey Sees New Deal as Corporate State Threat
In a rally in Hinton West Virginia Dewey attacked Roosevelt Truman governance calling the New Deal a corporate state with government control of key industries. He cited a congressional report showing 54 government corporations and assets of 27 billion dollars and said the New Deal already runs one fifth of U S manufacturing. Dewey urged a Washington house cleaning, clearer authority, and a swift return to peacetime jobs, arguing the current administration bungled wartime to peacetime conversion. He singled out Sidney Hillman and criticized the administration's performance and lack of policy answers.
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Dewey
Congressional Committee
New
New York
Roosevelt
Truman Ehel
Rimiing
Harry Truman
Sidney
Sidney Hillman
C.I.0
Dever
Hillman
Office of Production Management
Fruman
Senate
United States
Hinton
W. Va
Municipal Auditorium
Washington
Hwoler
Roozevelt
War Resources Board
Edward R. Stettinius
Germans Flood Fort Driant With 690 Shells In Desperate Hold
Allied dispatches from France report German tanks and infantry pressing a heavy counterattack on Fort Driant’s northwest and southwest corners after a night of artillery, with 690 shells aimed to clear Americans who hold a thin line. The bombardment also hit Parroy forest as Lezey and Moselle fronts saw major activity amid dense smoke and shell bursts.
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Edward D. Ball
Associated Press
U.S
Third Army
France
Fort Driant
Driant
Metz
Parroy
Lezey
Nancy
Moselle
Ix Dornot
Paul W. Murphy
Chippewa Falls
Wis
F. P. Espositio
Hackensack
N. J
Robert R. Harbey
Littleton
N. H
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Pfe
Philip Loyacana
Gretna
Elmer Hughes
Kentwood
Misouri
Pvt
Lloyd Hart
Bardwell
Returning Youths Will Be Eligible For Athletics
Wheeling West Virginia youths who left school to join the armed forces may reenter and play school sports if they meet requirements. The rule waives lapsed attendance for those discharged honorably who pursue passing work in fall credits. Return to school must occur within a reasonable time and eligibility ends at age 20. In Lewisburg, military ballot applications lag with under 300 distributed for the November 7 election.
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Wheeling
West Virginia
F E.wing
West Virginia High School Board of Appeals
Ewing
Lewisburg
Circuit Clerk’s Office
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Rae
Citizens Victory Committee
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The
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Office
Mail Today
U. S
Howe
U. S. Employment Service of War Manpower Commission
Fayette ST
Beckley, W. VA
United States Employment Service Office
Marianna Coal CO
Marianna, W. Va
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Ephrata
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International
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Colton
Callaway
Justice OF the Peace Pol. Adv
Ford
Washingon
President Lincoln
Bank of Raleigh
Beckley
VATI
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Crawford
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