Teen footman charged with murder at Derby estate
A 19 year old Harold Winstanley was arrested after a berserk attack at the Earl of Derby home left two butlers dead and Lady Derby wounded. Winstanley, found two hours later with a Sten gun, admitted wounding the mistress and killing the two dining room workers who tried to disarm him.
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Earl of Derby
Lady Derby
Lord Derby
Harold Winstanley
Liverpool
Winstanley
Health Group Opposes Repeal of Soft Drink Tax
The West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health Association today opposed repealing the soft drink tax unless a proper substitute is enacted. It noted bottlers advocate repeal as agitation grows. The levy, passed in 1951, funds a four year program in medicine chemistry and nursing at West Virginia University. The association urged further action.
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West Virginia
Tuberculosis and Health Association
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Health Association
Legislature Debates Four Year Medical Training Funding
The draft notes that the legislature should not repeat the prior fax language unless satisfactory legislation provides ample financial support. The discussion centers on securing funding for a four year medical training program and avoiding repeated phrases without new backing.
Byrd challenged by Republicans to tell all of Klan activities
West Virginia politics heats up as Republicans press Senator Byrd over a 1946 letter purportedly from him seeking to revive the Ku Klux Klan in West Virginia. Byrd, denied possible later Klan ties, asks opponents to disclose any new material before the election while a Beckley GOP leader calls for full public disclosure and questions Byrd’s past.
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Beckley
Haleigh County
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Tade Byrd
Patterson
Ashworth
GOP
Ku Klux Klan
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Jury Will Probe Election Charges
Circuit Judge Lewis H. Miller calls a special grand jury to investigate May primary irregularities and state property misuse in Mason County. Jurors will examine stolen truck beds mounted to hide identity and bribed poll clerks with falsified returns. About 50 witnesses subpoenaed as the panel convenes. prosecutors seek authority to assist. a civil suit seeks $30,009 against Johnson and Greene over questioning.
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Pt, Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
State Road Commission
Miller
J. G. F. Johnson
Mason County
Edward H. Greene
Cabell County
Johnson
Littlepage
Heroic father dies with children in Redlands blaze
In Redlands California a father, Glen A. Sargent, 40, and his two sons Glen Jr, 9, and Gary, 6, and daughter Glenda, 13, died in a house fire after he ferried his wife and youngest child to safety. Sargent, a disabled World War II veteran and a former mechanic, collapsed from injuries suffered in Germany as flames consumed the home shortly before dawn.
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Calif
Lua
Glen A. Sargent
Glenda
Glen Ir
Gary
Sargent
Germany
Eve Ireland Faces Truths and a Second Chance with Jeremy
Eve, recovering with penicillin, longs to confess her past to Jeremy and win forgiveness. She recalls a hard road from reform school to a secretarial ascent, and how honesty with Steve Raymond briefly altered her life. She believes love with Jeremy can endure if she speaks plainly and earns back trust.
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Jeremy
Steve Raymond
Army Will Free Philly From Foe During Exercise
National Guard and Army reserve outfits in states under the Second Army aim to “free” Philadelphia in a three day exercise starting next weekend. The drill centers on communications and tactical problem solving, with about 1500 men from four posts including Fort Knox and Fort Meade. Officers and men of the 398th Infantry Regiment at Charleston West Virginia will participate.
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Philadelphia
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U. S
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Fort iMeade
398Th Infantry
Charleston
W. Va
Jack Conway Dies at 65 in California Film Pioneer
Jack Conway of Pacific Palisades California died Sunday at age 65 from a pulmonary ailment. He starred as the lead in what is believed to be Hollywood's first movie Her Indian Hero and later became a top director responsible for titles including Boom Town Viva Villa A Tale of Two Cities and The Huckster Public Notice I will not be responsible for debts or obligations made by anyone other than myself. H. & Hendrickson Eccles West Virginia 0-22-5-2-8 A
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Calif
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Huckster
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Eccles
W. Va
Funeral Announcements for Clayton Daniel and William Wood
Two obituaries and public notices for Clayton Daniel of Surveyor age 42 died en route to hospital at 10 30 am Tuesday October 14 funeral details set at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev Doff Harvey burial at Caffee Cemetery pallbearers listed and services by Calfee Funeral Home plus an additional obituary for William Hayden Wood age 70 of Odd died in local hospital at 7 30 pm Sunday October 12 body at Calfee Funeral Home then Sit Valley Baptist Church with services led by Rev Phillip Graham and Rev Oscar E Canterberry burial at Cold Cemetery pallbearers and flowerbearers noted with church affiliation and grave details
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