Industry Starts Climb To Normal After Long Strike
The article details a coal industry rebound as miners return to work after a contract dispute with John L. Lewis. Estimated industry losses reach $61 million, with West Virginia bearing over $100 million in indirect costs. By week’s end 72,000 of 102,000 West Virginia miners returned, and most Pittsburgh Uniontown area mines operated fully. Other states report rising production and varying return rates.
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Ohio
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Jesse W. Sullivan
West Virginia
Pittsburgh Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Biz Steel Companies
SPA
Central Pennsylvania
Tinmor- Tow
Indiana
Pittsburgh. Kan
New Mexico
District Court of the United States
United States
United Staes
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Norris-LaGuardia
Tew
Truman
Charles G. Ross
White] House
Rites set for W G Ashlin and others
Obituary notices report multiple local deaths with funeral details. William G Ashlin of Princeton and family are listed, with services at the Gilliam home and interment at Athens cemetery. Gautier of Athens, 51, died of pneumonia with services in Walnut Grove and family survivors named. Lois Pruett of Princeton, 30, died at home and services planned at Mud Fork. A N Richardson of Cashmere, 2, dies, with funeral at Cashmere Baptist church and burial at Peterstown cemetery. Mrs Mary Ramsey, 68, dies in Grace hospital Welch. services at Midway Methodist Church Yards. M A Ellis, 74, dies in Princeton. services at Hawkins funeral home with burial Walnut Grove cemetery.
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O. M. Gilliam
Old
Princeton Road
William G. Pra
Fred Irvin Gautier
Walnut Grove
Athens
Letery
R. H. Bowder
Mr. Ashlin
Smyth
A. B. Moore
Roder!county
Virginia
Field
Walter
William
J. R. Belcher
Ath
G. Ashlin, Jr
Bluefield
Floyd
Ens
Princeton
Teddy
Rockford
Tim
B.D
Marvin Ashiin
Gautier
W. J. Gautier
Ida B. Gautier
Arnold Morgan
Yaeger
Pranks
Jursswin
Muen
Kingston
Joe
Mary Ramsey
Grace Hospital
Welch
Fred Ramsey
Yards
Fred
Jackson
Mud Fork
Garrett Belcher
Marytown
Littee Neal
Bishop
Luther Tabor
West Graham
Roscoe Tabor
Richlands
Bob Tabor
Grundy
Puneral
Midway Methodist Church
Mr. Simpson
M. A. Eluis
Dean) Ellis
Jennie Hickman Ellis
Ray [Ellis
Point Pleasant
Hawkins
Eugene May
Walnut Grove Cemetery
Two Children Burned In Apartment Blaze
Pittsburgh December 9 two children were burned when fire tore through a three story ten family building in Rankin. Robert Lee Morgan six weeks old was in critical condition at Braddock General Hospital. His sister Gloria eighteen months also suffered serious burns as Rankin and Swissvale firemen fought the blaze for over an hour driving occupants from smoke filled units.
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Pittsburgh
Ranin
Robert Lee Morgan
Braddock General Hospital
Gloria
Rankin
Swissvale
Local families affected by the blast in Sugar Grove
Survivors named include Mrs. Adam Leontuk of Landgraff and Mrs. Gilliam, plus three brothers R. A. Ashlin and W. T. Ashlin of Sugar Grove and M. Ashlin. The terse note records kinship ties amid the incident.
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Ar Yards
Adam Leontuk
Landgraff
Gilliam
R. A. and
W. 'T'. Ashlin
Sugar Grove
8. M. Ashiln
Argument Set Continued From Page One
Nine justices granted something after voting, but any disagreement was not disclosed. The article notes continued discussion from page one without revealing precise votes. Names, dates, or places are not provided in the readable text.
Coal strike looms over Tazewell labor meetings
Tazewell county and Liberty Hall plan Four-H and Home Demonstration club meetings through the week as coal mines face disruption. Workers await a return to work order amid reduced production and merchant declines. Local officials debate legal action and strict injunctions while prices react and residents brace for impact.
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Tazewell
Liberty Hil
A. m
Paint Lick
Usty
Falls Mills
Towa
Tazewell County
Dustrail
Burkes Garden
Storm Rips Liner Europa From Moorings at Le Havre
Storms of record fury drive the former German liner Europa from her mooring at Le Havre. Tugboats fought to control the stricken vessel which rests on a harbor mudbank with a gaping hole in her bottom.
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le Havre
France
Government Moves to End Public Utilities Strike Paralysis
Washington December 9 The government opened talks with management and union leaders in an effort to free the public utility industry from crippling strikes. Conciliations director Edgar L. Warren led discussions with CIO AFL and three major associations, noting no compulsory arbitration and uncertain prospects for success. Talks to continue tomorrow and expand to the communications field.
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Washington
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
Utility and Transit Services
CIO
AFL
Pittsburgh
Independent Union
Duquesne Light and Power Company
Officers And Pickets Clash At Plant
Milwaukee reports a 20 minute clash at the Allis-Chalmers Mig plant as about 800 pickets confront 200 police and nonstriking workers. A car was overturned and burned, 25 arrests made, two officers and two workers injured. Traffic briefly restored until a train passed. The protest, tied to the 226th day of the UAW CIO strike, was called by regional headquarters.
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Milwaukee
Allis-Chalmers Mig. Co
West Allis
Uaw-Cio
Miners Trapped Under Sea Mine Fight Rescue Race
Rescue teams kneel in rising water at Wastehaven England as they search for 14 to 15 miners trapped by a mysterious explosion in a coal mine under the sea. One body recovered. more than 200 men were underground when the blast occurred. 23 escaped. four injured were rescued.
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Wastehaven
Eng
United Steel Companies
Lanca
Parents Plead Guilty In Child Death Case
Easton Pa December 9 Parents of two year old Edwin James who died from scalding burns Sept 14 pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter through their attorney they blamed Gods healing power for refusing medical aid The father William Focht 55 was fined 25 sentenced nine to 18 months in county prison and placed on probation The mother Ada 46 had charges nolle pressed and the case dropped The couple members of a faith healing sect had nine other children The coroner said Edwin had a 60 percent chance of recovery with prompt medical care after he fell into a tub of scalding water on the Focht farm in Seidersville.
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Easton
William Focht
Ada
Edwin James
William A. Frack
Northampton County
Fecht
Seidersville
Byrd Calls Lewis Action Tactical Withdrawal
Senator Harry F. Byrd called John L. Lewis action ending the soft coal miners strike a tactical withdrawal taken temporarily in response to public sentiment. He urged Congress to settle the issues through national legislation when it convenes, warning against a single individual holding the nation on the brink of catastrophe.
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Winchester
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
John L. Lewis
Virginia
Congress
Lewis
Supreme Court
Youth Who Pushed Tot Convicted in Rockingham County
Eleven year old Arthur Lee Whetzel was found guilty of second degree murder in Rockingham county court for pushing a five year old playmate from a Shenandoah river bridge. Judge H W Bertram sentenced him to seven and a half years. Defense waived jury trial and the boy was turned over to the state department of public welfare. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Arthur B Whetzel of Broadway.
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Harrisonburg
Arthur Lee Whetzel
Shenandoah River
Rockingham County
H. W. Bertram
State Department of Public Welfare
Virginia
Arthur B. Whetzel
Broadway
Patrick
Jimmy Rantis dies at 64 bluefield business pioneer
Greek born immigrant Jimmy Rantis longtime owner of Jimmy's Restaurant in Bluefield died at 6 30 P M after a period of illness. He promoted his business from the Busy Bee on Princeton Avenue to a coast to coast known establishment and was active in veterans and civic affairs. Survived by wife Chris and three children Helen Ann Sophia and siblings in Greece. Funeral details pending with area pallbearers listed.
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Jimmy Rantis
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Greece
Rantis
Bluefield
George
Jim
Paul Kartos
Jimmy
Ramsey Street
Busy Bee
Princeton Avenue
Matz
Lens Spanos
Messrs
France
American Legion
Mercer County
Vulture
Pinnacle Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
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Beni Keden Temple of the Shrine
Bluefield Lodge of Elks
Hearing date set for 44 beer dealers
The state beer commission set December 16 to 19 for hearings of 44 retail beer dealers cited for violations of liquor laws slot machine possession and related infractions Deputy Commissioner E A Hansbarger announced.
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Chartesigaw Visca
State Beer Commission
E. A. Hansbarger
Man Fights With Woman On Bridge In Shenandoah Incident
Witness says a man knocked a woman from a bridge over the North Fork Shenandoah earlier same day after claiming he was mad at her for staying in the road. The pair had traveled into Broadway and were near the town on the way to their homes when the incident occurred.
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North Fork
Shenandoah
Broadway
Building Officials Join Hotel Fire Probe
The Building Officials Conference of America dispatched a two member committee to study the Winecoff hotel fire in Atlanta. Thompson Neeley of Norfolk Virginia and Brig General John W. Oehmann of Washington D C will report to James H Mooney of Boston who chairs the disaster inquiries committee.
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New York
Boston
Mooney
Department of School Building
City of
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Fred Gautier
Concord
Lois Pruett
iHanking Chapel
Roy EB. Pruett
Cecil V. Cook
First Baptist Church
Maplewood Cemetery
Pruett
Mae Puckett
B. P. Puckett
Roy E. Pruett, Jr
Joe Brown Hoeldreth
James McGee
Charleston
Howard Ballard
Pocahontas
C. J. Kabe
Bremerton
Wash
James
A. N. Richardson
A. N
Tate” Richardson
Cashmere
Richardson
Daisy Law Richardson
Pearle Richardson
Ballard
Taytone Lee
U. S. Army
Japan
Cashmere S Baptist Church
L. D.’ Candler
Verne Cook
Peterstown
St. Joseph
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United
R. A. Yarbrough
First National Bank
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Virgil
Sensation of the Comics
Sunsete-News
Tazewell, Va
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Music Club
Tazewell Music Club
A. G. Russell
Mia. J. Ed Hopkins
Fort Malden
T. C. Bowen
North Tazewell
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Heme
Enal Cate
Conrad Litz
Carl 0. Gillespie
John W. Gillespie
Lite
Church Workers Circle
Jessie O'Keeffe
Fincastle Turnpike
Main Street Methodist Church
A. G. Kiser
B. T. Selis
Christy
James Baranett
UB & Radio
Northfork
W. V
Byrd
Vogue
Santa
Bradley's
Blue Field Lodge
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W. M
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R. L. Bailey
Bailey
Arnold Crotty
Virginia Avenue
A. &. Andes
Virginia State Police
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Epen
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