Rescue Squads Locate 22 Bodies in West Virginia Mine
Morgantown July 10 Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 22 men from Pursgrove company No 2 mine where an explosion and fire trapped two crews four and a half miles in. Officials said it would be hours before removing the bodies and 70 of 300 employes were inside at the blast with 28 confirmed safe. Fire hampered efforts and rescuers believed victims were trapped beneath Pennsylvania near the WV line.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Pursgrove Company
No. 2
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Job Wanted Closed By Saturday Evening Ad
Classified notice seeks work offers until 6 pm Saturday in The Big Sunday Light. Ad writer available at Dial F-1231 for arrangements.
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Dial
L E Russell Named Deputy U S Marshal
L E Russell has been signed to enter private business after taking the oath before T Maxey Hart federal district clerk. A policeman for three years Russell has worked on narcotics cases with federal officers.
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T. Maxey Hart
Russell
Army Engineers Promote Three Captains at Fort Sam Houston
Three engineers in the Office of Lieut. Col. T. M. Osborne at Fort Sam Houston have been promoted to captain. Named are Kurt A. J. Monier of San Antonio, John A. Worley of Dallas, and John V. Anderson of Chicago.
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T. M. Osborne
U.S
Fort Sam Houston
Kurt A. J. Monier
Sao Lantonio
John A. Worley
Dallas
John V. Anderson
Chicago
Sgt. Fred Peeples Killed in Action
Mrs. Helen Peeples of 250 Natalea Avenue received notice from the war department that her husband Master Sgt. Fred Peeples was killed in action at Midway Island. He had been with a bomber squadron at Hickam Field Honolulu, served 17 years in the Air Corps, 14 years at Kelly Field, and is survived by his mother Mrs. Nora Peeples and sisters Misses Millie and Doris Peeples, all of Memphis Tennessee.
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Helen Peeples
Natalea Aveniue
War Department
Fred Peeples
Midway Island
Peeples
Hickham Field
Honolulu
Air Corps
Kelly Field
Nora Peeples
Millie
Doris Peeples
Memphis
Tenn
Draft Evader Gets 4 Year Sentence
Dallas July 10 A four year prison term was imposed yesterday on Lee Bowden Mangum a 25 year old Jehovah's Witness by Federal Judge T Whitfield Davidson for neglecting to report on April 2 to a selective service board.
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Dallas
Lee Bowden Mangum
Jehovah’s Witness
T. Whitfield Davidson
Selective Service Board
Bookie Shop Plea Leads to Fine in JP Court
Rex Hickman, 25, pleaded guilty in Justice of the Peace Frank Vaughan’s court on Thursday to operating a bookie shop. He was fined 100 dollars plus 12 dollars court costs. A switchboard and telephone system were confiscated as part of the case.
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Builty
Rex Hickman
Justice of the Peace
Frank Vaughan
No-Ice
Gandhi Conferences with Indian Congress in Wardha
Mohandas K. Gandhi, urged by doctors to rest, leads Indian Congress colleagues in Wardha to seek agreement on action to free India from British rule without inviting Japanese entry. Doctors report no anxiety, though Gandhi shows fatigue and weight loss over the past three months. The talks occur in Sevagram a short distance away in a one room schoolhouse within Gandhi’s school colony.
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Gandhi
Indian Congress
Wardha
India
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Sevagram
Pedestrian Hit by Auto in San Antonio Crossing
Ross Byrum 36 of Raymondville was struck at South Alamo and Goliad by a hit-and-run driver while a patient at Robert B. Green Hospital. He suffered a fractured left leg and right arm with possible back injuries. In a separate Mitchell and South Presa crash, Phil Kosub and Cody Henderson, both passengers, sustained head bruises and a left arm cut respectively.
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San Antonio
Ross Byrum
Raymondville
Robert “B. Green
South Alamo
Goliad
Mitchell
South Presa Streets
Philify Kosub
South Olive Street
Cody Henderson
Buckingham
Knights of Columbus to meet in Austin Sunday
About 36 Catholic laymen from the state Knights of Columbus will gather in Austin Sunday for a meeting of the exclusive committee.
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K. OF C
MERT
Austin
INS
State Knights of Columbus
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U. S
L.E. Russell
Engineers Army
Sgt
George W. Delavandr
Navy Air Corps
Corpus
Jefferson High Student Council
Uh. of Texas
Airine
Eagle
Scott Barrie
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Wolf & Marxs—Men'x Store
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Wolf & Mars
Shen'e
Wolls & Mars
Colebracket
Wolf & Mara—Men's
Woll & Marx—Men’s Store
California
Uh & Mara—Ments Store
Saxony
Wolff 4& Marz—Men's Store
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Slaca
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Tan Mi
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