Virginia Sees New Soft Coal Walkout Looming At Midnight
Virginia faces a possible new soft coal miners walkout at midnight as John L. Lewis delays a policy committee meeting. The Emergency Fuel Commission vows intensified work to produce coal, aiming for 200 000 tons weekly if a strike resumes, with strip mine assets in Virginia and Buchanan county contributing about 30 000 tons weekly.
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Richmond
Virginia
Emergency
Commonwealth
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Tuck
Virginia Emergency Fuel Commission
James A. Anderson
Fuel Commission
Anderson
Buchanan County
New Zealand Ends 14-Year Socialist Rule
New Zealand voters ousted the Labor government in a parliamentary election, electing the National party with 46 seats to 34 for Labor. Sidney Holland, 56, is poised to become prime minister as the nation of 1.8 million people shifts to free enterprise and tax cuts. The Australian Labor government faces a similar test on December 10.
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Auckland
N. Z
New
Peter Fraser
Fraser
Sidney George Holland
Laborites
National Party
New Zealand
Australia
Abingdon Tobacco Sales Jump Sparks Buyer's Bids
At Abingdon markets domestic company buyers opened strong bidding as two warehouses finish final tally. Jeff Cozart predicts a higher average than the first two days with good leaf quality and anxious buyers. Kentucky markets show rising prices. opening Burley averages lag last year by $5.21 per hundredweight.
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Bristol
Jeff Cozart
Abingdon Board of Trade
Cozart
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Plans For Naval Museum Delayed
Mrs. Truxtun Beale owner of Decatur House leased the coach house to the Naval Historical Foundation for 50 years at 1 a year to become a museum. Work revealed the building needed steel columns and beams. The steel strike halted progress and the opening is now unknown.
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Washington
Truxtun Beale
Decatur House
Stephen Decatur
Naval Historical Foundation
White House
Deep Sleep Dormouse Encased in Frost Blankets Nest
A dormouse enters a deep underground hibernation as frost first settles. The animal’s winter sleep is so sound it can be lifted and rolled like a ball without waking.
Abandon Hopes For Striking Oil On Price's Mountain
Blacksburg, Virginia, Nov 30 reports say California Oil Co halted drilling at 9336 feet atop Price's Mountain after no commercial oil or gas showed. Core lab will operate for three to four days while financial cost nears one million dollars amid secrecy and no official comment.
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Blacksburg
Price's Mountain
Here
California Oil Co
Charlie Loveless
California Oil Company
New Orleans
Prices Mountain
Wildcat
Price’s Mountain
Three Generations Build Puebla Church Reliquary
Three generations of Mexican church artists in Puebla labor to craft an elaborate reliquary weighing 37 pounds of gold and accented with jewels to hold sacred relics. The display reflects centuries of craft in a single religious dedication.
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Puebla
Mexico
Caracas
Miguel Ignacio Lopez
Amelia
Francisco
Coromoto
Venezuela
Pedro Pablo Terreiro
Young Lopez
Partlow to Be Sworn In Today in Welch West Virginia
Judge Ira J. Partlow former West Virginia attorney general returns to Welch to become circuit court judge. He will take the oath in Charleston and is to arrive here Friday. His appointment fills the vacancy created by the death of Judge Thomas H. S. Curd in a Charlottesville air crash last month.
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Welch
W. Va
Ira J. Partlow
West Virginia
Circuit Court
Charleston
Partlow
Thos H. S. Curd
Charlottesville
Curd
J. Chandler Curd
McDowell County
Afghan Nomads Head South In Ancient Caravan Migration
A Kuchis caravan moves from central Asian grasslands toward Pakistan. Led by a patriarch in robes and turban, families travel with camels loaded with goods while women, children, and dogs follow. Night camps form under Hindu Kush peaks with trading fires and mutton scents.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Central Asia
Pakistan
Hindu Kush
Tobacco Plants Can Have Twins and Triplets
Berkeley scientist Dr. D. R. Cameron of the University of California reports tobacco seeds producing two or three seedlings about one in a thousand. From 100000 seedlings checked since 1938, 120 twins and 16 triplets were found. The rate can be increased by selection.
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Berkeley
Calif
D. R. Cameron
University of California
Cameron
Six prisoners escape North Carolina road gang using foreman as shield
In Jackson North Carolina on November 30 six inmates fled a road gang after firing on a guard. They escaped over the state line in a prison truck near the Virginia border. Northampton county officials say the six, armed with two pistols and a shotgun, vanished despite patrols and no clear method of obtaining weapons. Lopez family ornaments valued at a million pesos are described in detail.
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Foreman
North Carolina
Jackson
N. C
Virginia
State Line
Northampton County
D. M. Seliers
Coromato
Venezuela
Sellers
Logan Collier
James Mose
Moser
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van Elu
Abingdon
Naval Museum
AP News
Princess Pet
Ea Fitsh
Vicks VA
Westinghouse
H. P. Wesfinghouse
Broadbeam
Westinghouse Cleaners
Superior Sterling Company
A. W. Cox Department Store
Bluefield, W. Va
Chicago House Furnishing CO
Bluefield, Virginia
Princeton Hardware & Supply CO
Princeton, W. Va
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