CIO Joins Lewis In Court Battle Over Coal Strike
The article notes the court battle between the United Mine Workers and operators with Lewis resisting negotiation while a record 3.5 million dollar fine against the union and a 10 thousand dollar personal penalty against Lewis were upheld. Attorneys plan appeals as government eyes a direct route to the Supreme Court and President Truman prepares a fireside address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Green
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
Miners Continue Turbulent Strike Impacts Grow
The Bendix Aviation plant in Teterboro reports a 30 day material supply and plans to move 80 percent of outgoing shipments by motor truck air and air express. An $40 million air transport business aids movement while rail tonnage remains far larger. Unemployment rises to about 175,000 outside miners with more jobs expected if the coal strike continues. Striking miners disrupt operations at western Pennsylvania strip mines as roving pickets cause minor incidents and nails are found along access roads. In Charleston the UMW district 17 president supports unemployment benefits for 196 workers in a three hour period, and a store in Elkhorn McDowell county curtails miners’ credit by two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bendix Aviation
Téterboro
N. J
Air Express
Pennsylvania
UMW
District 17
William Blizzard
Charleston
Elkhorn
McDowell County
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Lucy Carner
Mrs Lucy Hazel Carner dies at her daughter’s home in Goodwill. Funeral services set for this afternoon at Goodwill Community Church with interment in Woodlawn Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers named include physicians and local figures. Born May 22, 1805 in Pearisburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Hazel Carner
Goodwill Community Church
Z. F. Mayberry
D. E. Workman
Brushfork
Collins
Montcalm
Woodlawn
Mercer Funeral Home
Goodwill
Carner
Blue~well
R. A. Cook
Cather
Pearisburg
Charlie Evans
A. C. van Reenen
J. M. Shanklin
W. L. Kelly
G. L. Todd
Dr. Pace
W. D. Young
W. M. Wright
C. C. Bailey
J. X. Bult
M. Epperly
Earl McCoy, Jr
L. M. Bingham
C. M. Hubbard
C. A. Shupe
J. M. Gullion
Governor names state defense council to secure coal supply
Governor Tuck designated a state defense council to purchase coal from non federal mines and to lease and operate any such mines. He praised peace and order in Virginia despite the soft coal mine shutdown and warned the strike threatens the economy and government function. Officials were urged to be ready for longer hours and expanded civilian defense duties as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Defense Council
Tuck
Civilian Defense Council
Virginia
Legion Posts Plan Riley West Post No 9 Formation
Executive committees choose full corps of officers and seek better quarters. Current West Virginian hotel and 70344 Commerce Street remain in use. Bi monthly meetings replace monthly, with continued activity by both posts. A drum and bugle corps committee will include directors of the drum corps and members of both posts. Memorial project to continue rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drum Corps Association
More Safeguards Urged For Mines
Federal mine inspectors proposed stronger safety measures in two Virginia mines. In Wise County Banner Fuel Corp Banner mine 130 workers produce 400 tons daily with calls for safer ventilation tests and roof support. At Kemmerer Gem No 2 St Charles Lee County 124 workers produce 475 tons daily with recommendations for timbering, safety posts near faces, loose-roof removal and frequent roof testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Bureau of Mines
Eugene E. McAllister
Banner Fuel Corporation
Wise County
McAllister
St. Charles
Lee County
John E. Bradburn
French Party Chiefs Called To Conference Crisis in France Deepens
Paris reports President Vincent Auriol summoned all France's party chiefs to a conference to break a deadlock over interim premiership as MRP leader George Bidault failed to secure an absolute majority with 240 votes. The crisis pits MRP socialist and communist blocs against each other as talks underway to resolve government impasse before mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
National Assembly
Vincent Aurio
France
MRP
George Bidault
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
Rights Parties
Maurice Thorez
Auriol
Edouard Herriot
Assembly
Coal miners voice anger over injunction and rights
A group of miners, led by Repass and Allen with long service in the mines, protest an injunction affecting mine workers and pledge to stay on the job until warned by Lewis. They emphasize loyalty to the United Mine Workers and lament federal actions in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nien
Repass
Ong
Washington
Lewis
Minnesota Man Confesses to Killing Brother and Aunt
Edalton L. Johnson, 37, confessed to authorities in St. James that he killed his brother John Johnson, 30, and aunt Mrs. Mary Uhrhorn, 76, on a Darfur area farm after his brother teased him about not serving in the military. The bodies were found after Mrs. Mattie Jenson reported phone contact issues. Johnson was arrested in New Ulm following the shootings with a shotgun recovered at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
Minn
E. M. Perrier
Edalton L. Johnson
Perrier
Johnson
John Johnson
Mary Uhrhorn
Darfur
Minnesota
Mattie Jenson
New Ulm
Uhlhorn
J. B. Berg
Edgston Johnson
Oakland General Strike Ends After 2.5 Days
In Oakland California on December 5 the two and a half day general strike ended, ending a business and industrial paralysis affecting about one million East Bay residents. A spokesman for United Employers estimated wages lost at seven million dollars per day, with no available estimate of total cost to business. The strike arose from a dispute involving two department stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Hast Bay
United Employers, Inc
Bluefield Commandery to hold annual inspection meeting
The Knights Templar Bluefield Commandery No 19 will meet Friday at 7 30 p m with a banquet for Sir Knights and ladies. Sir Knights should attend in full uniform, those without uniforms welcome. Clyde J Stephens Eminent Commander M F Thompson Recorder announce the event. Transportation restored by afternoon as essentials resume. AFL unions vote to end strike under pre dawn deal with Oakland officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Bluefield Commandery No. 19
Clyde J. Stephens
M. F. Thompson
AFL
Oakland
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cio
Athena
Truman
Eastern Standard
Charles G. Ross
Pacar
Sage
Poodeol of
Bridal-Myers
Beynerolda
Mike
Strickland Twins
Jean
Jane
St. Petersburg
Fin
Sherry‘s
Bluefield West
Friendly Drug Store
Bluefield
G. E. Mazda
Electris
Wera
BANKS
Sat
Hollywood
Porky Pig
Carton
Dandruff
Bob Rovin Jean
Lucky Tiger PO
Moardi
Granger
Washington Tobacco
Uhe Nox
Woodbury
Pinkham
Bie
Sie
Wrisley
Louis Phillips
Tancee
Nour the Creal
Iriel
Wael
Tee
Pearl
Cary
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!