Miners Stand Firm After Court Fines in Bentleyville
In Bentleyville Pa on December 4 miners react stoically to government fines against their union and chief John L Lewis. Some men vent anger, others continue strike time activities while awaiting Lewis guidance. Union leaders avoid protests, and miners fear a general strike if fines rise.
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Bentleyville
Pennsylvania
Iis
John L. Lewis
Ike Bill Jones
Glason Mint
Lewis
Fo i Ca
Che Wilkinson
Borg
Fred Mosher
Beshleher
Filsworth
Jewis Asl
John Crab
John Rastoka
Denver
Ohio City Becomes First To Order Citywide Blackout
Hamilton Ohio faced a citywide blackout as a coal strike reduced supply to under eight days. The civilian production administration enabled a 70 percent cut in municipally produced power for industry and business and halted all street fighting after sundown. Ohio state guards were mobilized with Mayor Beckett and City Manager Buechner coordinating with Governor Latsche for emergency duty.
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Hamilton
United States
Ohio State Guards
Frank R. Buechner
William Beckett
J. Latsche
Hamilton Armory
Deaths andFunerals Prominent locals listed for services
Funeral services are announced for several area residents. Mrs. Alice Ferrell French 74 dies in Chapel near Narrows with 2 sons and many grandchildren surviving. Noah Austin Janney 76 dies in Bluff City. services at Everett Janney home with burial at Birch Lawn cemetery. Orbe Ralph Vencill 39 dies of heart attack. funeral at Calvary Baptist Church with interment Woodlawn. Also noting Mrs. Lucy Carner formerly of Bluewell dies. services in Goodwill Friday with interment at Goodwill Cemetery. Surviving relatives and pallbearers listed for each case.
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Alice Ferrell French
Chapel
Harmon
Cecil
Narrows
J Johnson
N. H H. Janney
Everett
Bluff City
Noah Austin Janney
Birch Lawn
Pearlsburg
Janney
Franklin County
Imma Jane Janney
Millard Janney
Bertie Musselman
Rachel Riggs
Pearisburg
Lillian Garcia
John Janney
Donora, Pa
Everett Janney
Sallie Craggett
Salem. Va
Lucy Carner
Lucy Hazel Carner
Bluewell
R. A. Cook
Goodwill
Carner
Charlie Evans
Walter
Wis
Ralph
Globe
Ariz
Cecil Quillon
E. B. Belcher
Elliott Garrett
Woodrow Grimm
J. M. Shanklin
W.L. Kelly
G. K. Todd
Dr. Pace
W. D. Young
W. M. Wright
C. C. Bailey
J. K. Suit
M. Epperly
Karl McCamy
L .M. Ringum
C. M. Hubbard
C. A. Shupe
J. M. Guilion
Frank Surface
B. A. Parkey
R. E. Cline
W. D. Martin
Missionary Society For
Russell County Man Killed In Accident
Abingdon Virginia December 4 Russell County man Dallas Landen Sykes 26 of Coulwood Va was killed instantly at 8 tonight when the car he rode in driven by Thurman Leon Campbell 18 of Coulwood collided with the rear of a trailer truck two miles west of Abingdon on U S highway 11 Dr Hunter Wolfe county coroner said Sykes death resulted from brain injuries due to a skull fracture
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Abingdon
Dallas Landen Sykes
Coulwood
Finney
Russell County
Thurman
Leon Campbell
U. S. Highway 11
Hunter Wolfe
Washington County
Sykes
Company Store Stops Credit Amid Miner Strikes
Roy Thomason of United Mine Workers calls on miners to shop at independent merchants as McDowell company store halts credit for 50 to 75 idle miners. Crozier Coal and Coke at Elkhorn says two week credit policy ends, about 275 still receiving credit. Thomason notes miners have not sought union help and defends court decision as the sole opinion. Unemployment office reports 90 to 100 new compensation claims likely tonight, with 96 Tuesday and 86 Monday, mainly from Mercer county miners. Welch sees 190 new claims, bringing two day total to 340 in McDowell county.
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Roy Thomason
United Mine Workers
Pocahontas
Tug River
McDowell Company
R. A. Ruff
Crozier Coal and Coke Company
Elkhorn
Thomason
Union
Lewis
Unemployment Compensation Department
Mercer County
Welch
McDowell County
Nazi Doctor Admits Killing 30 Children
Dr Walter Eugene Schmidt a former lieutenant colonel told a German war crimes court he killed 30 children as part of the Nazi euthanasia program at Eichberg asylum He described the victims as doomed to die within days and faced trial with five other doctors nurses and officials charged over the facility’s murder factory operations.
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Farnkfurt
Germany
Walter Eugene Schmidt
Eichberg Asylum
Schmidt
Blizzard Says Miners Face Furloughs Amid West Virginia Strike
West Virginia plants have laid off workers as miners’ walkout grows. About 639 more will be furloughed in 20 days while Logan unemployment offices see lines for pay claims. Pageton coal mine near Welch produced 2,275 tons with 45 to 50 unionists on duty. Ohio River coal shipments have halted since November 27. Lee Nicaragua’s trade with the United States dominates at 52 percent in 1932, with 80 to 90 percent of recent years’ trade US-bound.
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Blizzard
West Virginia
Logan
Goldsborough
E. H. Evans
Page Coal and Coke Company
Pageton
Welch
The
U. S. Engineers
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Lee
Mine Strike In Fifteenth Day
Contested court session over coal mine strike fines and appeals involving Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Bond posted may delay fines while appeals proceed, with government seeking further penalties if the strike continues. Judge Goldsborough denounces the strike as harmful to the economy and democracy.
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Lewis
Union Post
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court Act
Joseph A.”Padway
AFI
Goldsborough
UAW Board Supports Lewis in Mine Workers Strike
Milwaukee December 4 The executive board of the United Auto Workers voted to back John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers striking for coal miners rights. The board adopted a resolution urging AFL President William Green to convene a conference of international union officials to marshal combined forces for the miners fight against encroachment on workers rights.
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Milwaukee
United ,Automobile Workers
APL
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lester Washburn
International
Ran Ake
AFL
William Green
Local Man Held On Multiple Charges
Bille Ray Hamlett, 18, of Bluefield, appeared before Magistrate J A Bailey after being booked on a sugar racket charge last week. While held, embezzlement, rape, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor were added. He is held for the grand jury under a $3000 bond. failure to post would send him to Bluefield jail.
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Bille Ray Hamlett
Bluefield
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Bailey
Virginia wagon mines keep coal flowing during walkout
Mines in Clinch valley Virginia produced 1750 to 2000 tons daily during the two week United Mine Workers strike. Norfolk and Western says about 15 wagon mines loaded 35 to 40 cars daily, trucking coal to rail lines or markets. Managua, capital of Nicaragua, lies on Lake Managua.
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Clinch Valley
Tazewell
Wise
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Norfolk and Western Railway
Yester- Norfolk and Western
Mercer Lodge to Work Second Degree Tonight
The notice states a stated meeting of Mercer Lodge No. 160 A F and A M at 7 30 tonight with work in the second degree. Visitors welcome. Hoback W M BR E Thompson Secy also reminds that tomorrow at noon is the deadline to advertise in Sunday's Daily Telegraph with all copy due in the office by noon.
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Mercer Lodge
A. F
A. M
Hoback
W. M. BR
Daily Telegraph
Harman's Drug Store Transfer to New Owners in Welch
F Bennett of Bramwell and Earl Ireson of Tazewell Va assume ownership of the Fiat Iron Drug store from Chester Harman. Bennett previously ran Bennett Newbold in Bramwell. Ireson managed Radford drugstore and oversaw St Albans Sanitarium operations. Harman and his wife plan a Florida trip this month.
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F. Bennett
Bramwell
Earl “Buck” Ireson
Tazewell
Fiat Iron
Chester Harman
Ot Welch
F . Bennett
Bennett- Newbold
Ireson
Radford
Welch
St. Albans
Flat Iron
Harman
Agency At Lurich To Be Abandoned
The Norfolk and Western railway and Western Union were authorized by the state corporation commission to discontinue an agency station and telegraph service at Lurich Virginia. The railway was ordered to remove its station building and to construct a passenger shed on each side of the tracks.
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Richmond
Norfolk and Western Railway
Western Union
State Corporation Commission
Lurich
Wilcoe Church Of God Destroyed By Fire
Fire believed caused by a defective flue destroyed the Wilcoe Church of God and damaged two rooms of the parsonage on Tuesday. Gary fire department could not save the church. Rev Ancee Newton said regular services would be held Sunday at the Wilcoe grade school with Sunday school at 10 and evening service at set time.
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Wilcoe
Former Miner Offers Pay Part Of Fine
Dorchester resident Tim Bright, a Baltimore used car dealer and former coal miner, said he wired John L. Lewis offering to pay $1,000 of the $10,000 fine imposed in federal court. Bright noted his sympathy for the UMW leader's actions and requested the gesture be conveyed to Lewis.
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Uatmore
Temus
Tim) Bright
Baltimore
Dorchester
John L. Lewis
Bright
United Mine Workers
Mother Burns Rescuing Child in Dry Creek Fire
Mrs. Eustice Cantley of Dry Creek suffered burns while rescuing her four month old daughter Irma from a blazing home. A four year old son escaped unassisted. The fire started while the father was away from home in Beckley, West Virginia.
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Beckley
W. Va
Eustice Cantley
Dry Creek
Docket Eyes McDowell Circuit Court Set Cases
Welch News reports a clear docket in McDowell Circuit Court with listed cases for today including Blanche E Boland vs William Arthur Carter and Henry Boland infant vs William Arthur Carter seeking 25000 and 5000 respectively for injuries from an automobile collision. Yesterday’s dispositions included several settlements and judgments for the plaintiff with multiple cases dismissed or submitted for judgment.
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McDowell
Blanche E. Boland
William Arthur Carter
Henry Boland
Boland
Young Boland
Roy Fly
Mike Roberts
McKinley Floyd
Hugh Parker
Frank Arbello
Walter Scales
Nannie B. Lawson
Mutual Benefit and Accident Association
Bluefield Sanitarium
Clinch Valley Hospital
Mrs. Toy
John W Foster Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for John W Foster age 85 are planned for 11 o clock this morning from his Eckman home. The Rev Martin Parks will officiate and burial will be in Eckman Mountain Cemetery. Born November 10 1861 in Patrick County Virginia he moved to McDowell County in 1903 and worked over 30 years for the Eureka Coal Company at Eckman. Surviving are his widow two sons George and Merle both of Eckman and one sister Lula Massey of Williamson. Funeral service will be held…
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John W. Foster
Eckman
Martin Parka
Burla
Eckman Mountain
Mr. Foster
Patrick County
McDowell County
Jold Eureka, Coal Company
Medical Society Plans Ladies Night Dinner
The McDowell County Medical Society will celebrate Ladies Night next Wednesday with a dinner in the Appalachian community room. Reservations are to be made by calling Dr. A J Villani of Welch Dr L E Dunman of Gary or Dr E D Ailison before Friday night December 6.
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Medical Society
McDowell County Medical Society
Appalachian Community Room
A J. Villani
Welch
L. E.,dunman
Gary
E. D. Ailison
Combination Grade Teacher Needed at Newham School
County superintendent George W Bryson said there is an urgent need for a combination third and mixed grade teacher at Newham School. He added vacancies exist for teachers at Belcher Mountain and Long Branch overfcom schools.
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George W. Bryson
Newham
Belcher Mountain
Long Branch
Deer harvest in McDowell county breaks season record
Thirty-one legal kills and four illegal deer were reported across a two day season in McDowell county. The two days saw twenty two legal bucks killed on Monday and nine on Tuesday. Game protector Harve Cline said at least four does were reported shot by hunters.
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McDowell County
Harve Cline
Ililegal
Red Cross To Hear Presbyterian Minister
The Rev. Don R. Brandon, Presbyterian minister, will speak at the McDowell county Red Cross quarterly meeting Friday night. A Dutch dinner is planned at 7 o'clock in the Appalachian community room.
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Don R. Brandon
McDowell County
American Red Cross
Appalachian
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