Wool shortage blamed on munitions board in Senate report
Senate Armed Services Preparedness subcommittee says the United States has no wool stockpile for a potential Korea winter campaign, faulting the munitions board for shortsightedness and saying funds and legislation were to blame. Johnson criticizes leadership and urges decisive action and honest reporting.
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Washington
United States
Munitions Board
Korea
Congress
Senate Armed Services Preparedness
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
J. D. Small
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Small
Hubert of Howard
Johnson
Unitions Board
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Pennsy Firm Hikes Crude Oil Prices
Oil City Pennsylvania reports South Penn Oil increased Pennsylvania grade crude by 15 cents per barrel today.
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Pennsy
Oil City
South Penn Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Opening Hours Displayed In Daily Schedule
The notice lists operating times from 6 30 A M to 9 00 P M indicating public hours for the venue. It advises visitors of extended morning and evening access and notes possible exceptions on holidays.
Deskins and Hale Deaths Headline Local Obituaries
Mrs. Lucy Deskins 79 of Atwell near Bartley died at home from complications of age. Survived by husband Alex and 7 children. funeral at 1 pm at home with Rev. James Short officiating. burial in Deskins cemetery. William Grayson Hale 71 of Narrows Va., former power plant worker, died at home. Funeral 2 pm at First Christian Church with Rev. O L Johnson. burial in East Gate cemetery.
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Lucy Deskins
Atwell
Bartley
Deskins
Johnson County
Kentucky
William Salyers
Alex Deskins
Van
Jolo
John
George
Lydia Addair
Sadie Pruett
Orpha Addair
Lex
Annie Williams
North Tazewell
James Short
Fanning
Welch
First Christian Church
Narrows
William Grayson Hale
Hale
Virginian Railway Power Plant
O. L. Johnson
East Gate Cemetery
Mrs Betty Lowe Dies at 82 in McDowell County
Betty Lowe 82 died Friday night at her son Grover Montingue’s home on Greenbrier Creek near Panther. She had been ill a year. Born in Virginia she was daughter of Dave and Mrs Lanter. Surviving: two sons Earl Vaugin Gate City VA Cecil Vaughn Everett KY and daughter Myrtle Shupe Everett. Body at Fanning funeral home Saeger awaiting arrangements.
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Betty Lowe
Grover Montingue
Greenbrier Creek
Panther
McDowell County
Fanning Funeral Home
Saeger
Funeral service for Junior Lee Parks at Leckie Church
The funeral for 21 month old Junior Lee Parks, son of Mr and Mrs John F Parks of Anawalt, is at 2 pm at Leckie Church with Rev Marion W Wolfe officiating. Burial in Little Creek cemetery. He died Friday at home born March 5 1949 in Anawalt. A sister died in October. Survived by parents and maternal and paternal grandparents. O J Douglas Mortuary Welch in charge.
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Lee Parks
John F. Parks
Anawalt
Leckie Church
Marion W. Wolfe
Little Creek
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Mrs Mollie Hester Riggs Dies At 70 In Montcalm
Mrs Mollie Hester Riggs age 70 wife of Ben F Riggs of Montcalm died at home Friday Funeral service set for 2 pm today at the Pentecostal Holiness church Montcalm conducted by Rev Bane Underwood with Rev Sam Sublette assisting Interment in Woodlawn cemetery Body moved from Mercer funeral home Montcalm
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Ben F. Riggs
Mollie Hester Riggs
Montcalm
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Bane Underwood
Sam Sublette
Woodlawn
Mercer Funeral Home
Death of Mrs. Rufus May Brings Roanoke Obituary Notice
Mrs. Rufus May formerly of Bluefield died at her Roanoke home 2049 Maiden Lane. She is survived by two sons Duffield and Earl May and daughter Mrs. Margaret Stuard. Her husband, a former Norfolk and Western trainmaster in the Shenandoah division, preceded her in death. Mrs. J E Gerald of Augusta Street will attend the Roanoke funeral.
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Rufus May
Bluefield
Maiden Lane
Roanoke
Mrs Nancy Handy Dies At 96 At Home
Mrs. Nancy L Handy of 1308 Highland Ave died yesterday morning at her home. Born May 13 1854 in Patrick County Virginia she was the daughter of Ralph Newman and the late Mrs Newman. Surviving are her son A L Gilbert and daughter Mrs W J Winnington of Stuart Virginia. Funeral set for Monday at 2 p m in Hawkins chapel with Rev J B F Yoak and Rev Herman Mauch officiating. Burial in Walnut Grove cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Nancy L. Handy
Highland Ave
Patrick County
Ralph Newman
A. L. Gilbert
W. J. Winnigton
Stuart, Va
Ella Hewell
Hawkins Chapel
J. B. F. Yoak
Herman Mauch
Walnut Grove Cemetery
S. H. Ayers
J. F. Shupe
P. F. French
H. W Davidson
H. A. Austin
J. W. Whittacker
Burial set for Ira Bloch former Pocahontas resident
The body of Ira Bloch 64 of Fort Myers Florida will reach Bluefield this morning and be taken to Pocahontas Union funeral chapel in Pocahontas Virginia for 2 pm services conducted by Rev W C Taylor pastor of Pocahontas Methodist church Burial will be in Pocahontas cemetery Surviving are a daughter Mrs Earl Osborne of Minneapolis Minnesota two brothers Sydney of Pocahontas and Clarence of Beckley and a sister Mrs J C Turley Huntington West Virginia Pallbearers are John Dennen C A Dennen Herbert Butt Charles W Butt Carl Magrill Frank Ellet W F Shumate and W K Maxey
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Ira Bloch
Ft. Myers
Fla
Pocahontas
Bluefield
Pocahontas Union Funeral Chapel
W. C. Taylor
Pocahontas Methodist Church
Pocahontas Cemetery
Myers
Florida
Earl Osborne
Minneapolis
Minn
Sydney
Clarence
Beckley
J. C. Turley
Huntington
W. Va
John Dennen
C. A. Dennen
Herbert Butt
Charles W. Butt
Carl Magrill
Frank Ellet
W. F. Shumate
W. K. Maxey
Thieves Loot Auto on Bramwell Road
Hubert Spencer of 1207 Bramwell Road reported to city police that his car, parked near his home, was looted yesterday between 6 30 and 7 o clock. A pair of aviator gloves a small tool box and a flashlight were missing from an unlocked vehicle.
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Hubert Spencer
Bramwell Road
Spencer
Area Engineers Install Officers In Charleston Dinner
A. L. Jack Johnson was installed as president of the South East chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers at a Christmas dinner in the Appalachian Company building auditorium. Dr. C. H. Patterson delivered the principal address. Johnson succeeds Frank E. Watson. officers installed include Howard N. Eagan as vice president J. W. Compton as secretary treasurer and Richard Wood as assistant secretary.
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A. L
Jack) Johnson
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Appalachian Company
C. H. Patterson
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Johnson
Frank E. Watson
Gary
Howard N. Eagan
J. W. Compton
Richard Wood
Gunfight in Smithers Leaves Man Dead and Two Officers Shot
In Smithers a gun battle with a peace warrant arrest left Vester Malcolm dead and Smithers Police Chief Harold Hartford and Patrolman Mike Aquino wounded. The officers were treated and discharged after emergency care.
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Montgomery
W. Va
Smithers
R. K. Price
Vester Malcolm
Harold Hartford
Mike Aquino
Price
Malcolm
New Highway Paved With Gold And Silver
The Mexican tourist commission reports a new road near Mexico City is being paved with gold and silver. Refuse from San Pedro mines is mixed with cement to build the San Luis Potosi Santa Maria road. An estimated seven dollars worth of silver and two dollars worth of gold lie in every square yard of this 40 mile roadway.
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Mexico City
Mexican Tourist Commission
San Pedro
San Luis Potosi
Santa Maria
Actress Marie MacDonald Enters Mayo Clinic for Checkup
Rochester Minnesota December 9 Actress Marie MacDonald also known as Mrs Harry Karl arrived with her mother and went into seclusion at Colonial hospital for a physical examination at the Mayo clinic.
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Rochester
Minn
Marie
Former K C Chief Carmody Dies in Michigan at 78
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 9. Martin H. Carmody former grand knight of the Knights of Columbus died today at age 78. He served as supreme head of the order and was active in war work during World War I. He was a corporation attorney.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Martin H. Carmody
The
Knights of Columbus
Order
Giant General Sherman Sequoia Details Height and Size
The General Sherman Sequoia, claimed as the world's largest living thing, is estimated to hold over 600000 board feet of volume. It stands 273 feet tall with a base diameter of 37 feet.
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General Sherman
Concord To Give Christmas Play
Concord Players present Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol in the college auditorium on December 19 for students at 1 36 p m and townspeople at 3 00 p m. Cast includes Shirley Weaver Dick Kirk Bill Goodman Don Jackson Larry Freeman and Mary Ellen Shields with Zee Hassen Betty Hatcher Pat Turner Sara Gene Cornet and others. Local schools invited.
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Athens
W. Va
Charles Dicken
Concord Players
Ces
College
Reader
Shirley Weaver
Scrooge
Dick Kirk
Bob Cratchit
Bill Goodman
Don Jackson
Bill Ofsa
Marley
Ed Setrakian
Zee Hassen
Pat Turner
Larry Freeman
Mary Ellen Shields
Betty Hatcher
Sara Gene Cornet
Cratchit
Baltimore Sun Moves Into New Home
The Baltimore Sun papers plan to occupy a brand new building costing about 8 million dollars on the former Pennsylvan ia railroad Calvert Street station site. The five story modern complex houses 24 press units and storage for 3 000 tons of newsprint with a six car rail siding at the rear.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Sun
Evening Sun
Sunday Sun
Pennsylvania Railroad
Calvert Street
The
A. S. Abell
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Sun Iron
Washington Star
Charles
Sunpapers
Axsixcar
Bristol VFW Favors Korea Policy Resolution
Commander Guy C. Richardson announced that a Bristol VFW post resolution urging the United Nations to send more troops and weapons to Korea or withdraw U S soldiers has been adopted by the Virginia VFW department and forwarded to the national commander.
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Bristol
Va.Tenn
Guy C. Richardson
Patton-Crosswhite Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virginia
VFW Department
United Nations
Korea
United States
Navy Flyers Survive Day Of Old Time Movie Thrills
Northeast Front Korea December 9 two U S navy fliers survived a China attacked mission after their Sky Raider crashed near Changjin reservoir Ensign Danny L Crist 22 Louisville KY radar man AT2c Ralph Chartraw 21 Crandon WI escaped the burning wreckage and hid in snow as Chinese forces and a cavalry unit loomed Marine Captain Gene Morrison rescued them in a helicopter while carrier planes kept the pursuit at bay and a marine patrol plane was shot down with its pilot crash landing at Kotothe base.
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Northeast Front
Korea
U.S. Navy
Danny L. Crist
Louisville
Ralph Chartraw
Crandon
Wis
Suri
Changjin
Crist
U. S.8
Philippine Sea
Gene Morrison
Santa Ana
Calif
Joe R. Riley
Dallas
Tex
Koto
Biley
Bluefield Soldier Wounded in Korea
Pfc. David Neal 18 son of Mr and Mrs W H Neal of 1152 Luther Street was wounded in action in North Korea on November 29. His parents were notified by telegram from the War Department and he had served about one year in the First Cavalry division.
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David Neal
W. H. and
Leola Neal
Luther Street
North Korea
War Department
Armed Services
Neal
First Cavalry Division
Johnson Heads Shrine Club
Last night at the Bluefield Shrine club and Shrine patrol election at the Masonic Temple on Federal street new officers were named. R T Johnson of Welch was elected president with Dr J A Nelson of Bluefield as vice president and Emmett A Cain of Bluefield re elected secretary treasurer. Shrine patrol officers include W T Elliot president Clyde C Sarver vice president George E Dean secretary treasurer W Frank Bond patrol captain Charles Dudley first lieutenant and Roy Graham second lieutenant. New officers will be installed January 6. Retiring president Victor R DeVault of Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Truman Insists No Short Cut To Peace
President Truman released a letter stating there is no shortcut to peace and Americans must give up some desires. He urged support from all public life sectors and said the Democratic Party seeks no partisan advantage in national defense and foreign relations. The letter, dated November 20, was written to Dwight R. G. Palmer, for the New York Democratic National Committee dinner set for next Tuesday.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
Dwight R. G. Palmer
New York
Democratic National Committee
Bradley's and Vogue Shop Christmas Gift Guide Lines
City and coalfield on sale one lot of hats for two dollars. Ethel's Hat Shop and Bradley's offer dresses, coats, suits, jewelry, nylon items, and gifts. The Vogue Shop features fur scarfs, formals, robes, luggage, and assorted holiday merchandise with assistance from staff.
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Ethel
Bags and beauty shop notices advertise items and ownership
An advertisement from The Vogue Shop lists bags in various sizes and styles in brocade finishes. A notice announces Mrs Louise Ruble Carroll as part owner of Madre's Beauty Shop at 4064 Land Street with contact details. Nabors Framing Shop promotes unusual prints as Christmas gifts priced from $1 up.
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Madre
Land Street
Louise Ruble Carroll
Nabors Framing Shop
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