Stores Extend Christmas Hours and Holiday Closures
Retail and grocery stores extend hours to nine o clock for Christmas trade and close early on Christmas Eve. Banks and post offices observe Christmas and New Year closures, with select offices and services operating limited delivery. Public offices including draft board and boards of education set holiday schedules around December 24 to 27.
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Navy
Draft Board
Board of Education
Bluefield
Princeton
Veterans Administration
Mercer County
Russians Block On Atomic Energy Veto Debate
Gromyko warns UN General Assembly not to rush with atomic energy proposals and avoid the veto issue. Baruch urges immediate action while Gen McNaughton calls for cautious wording to prevent misinterpretation of the final resolution.
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General Assembly
Gromyko
Baruch
A. G. L. McNaughton
Ross Declares Candidacy for Speaker of House
Democrat Walter Vergil Ross of Bluefield announced his candidacy for speaker of the house of delegates in the Annext legislative session which convenes at Charleston January 8. Ross, on vacation in Florida, made the announcement by letter to a party spokesman. He has just been reelected to his fourth term, is a former Mercer county prosecuting attorney and former state manager of the Home Owners Loan corporation, and practices law in Bluefield.
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Walter Vergil Ross
Bluefield
House of Delegates
Charleston
Florida
Ross
Mercer County
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Smith says Stassen hints at 1948 presidential run
Rep Margaret Chase Smith of Maine reacts to Reece about Miss Martins resignation amid questionable circumstances. She calls it a great disappointment to women who respected the party and notes Stassen’s possible 1948 bid.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
G. O. P. House
Reece
Deaths in Virginia and Kentucky Include Three Obituaries
John W. Neil 79 died of a heart attack near the Sanders estate. Funeral at Grassy Spur church Bishop with interment in Grassy Spur cemetery. Wade Hampton Borden 66 of near Blacksburg dies after a stroke. service at First Christian church Blacksburg. Morris C. Lee 76 of Richlands dies after years of illness. funeral at Richlands Methodist church with lodge in charge at Hawkins cemetery.
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John W. Neil
Grassy Spur
Bishop
Sanders Estate
Mr. Neil
Sallie Pruett
T. C. Neil
Neil
Bluestone Lodge
IOOF
Bluefield
Wagner-Hawkins Funeral Home
Blusfield
Pruett
Bluestone Lodge No. 13
Morris C. Lee
Richlands
Colton
Morris
Mary Kennedy Lee
Lee
Ritter Lumber Company
Doran
Richlands Methodist Church
T. P. Carriger
A. B. Williford
Nelson Barker
Hawkins Cemetery
Lodge 318
Farmer Funeral Home
Lad Takes 13,000 Volts Of Electricity
A nine year old, John Floyd, received 13,000 volts of electricity after grabbing a live wire atop a railroad car in Baltimore. He survived due to falling away from the wire and a heart lock that allowed his heart to restart. Doctors treated minor burns at Johns Hopkins Hospital and he recalled seeing a man in the yard after the shock.
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Baltimore
John Floyd
John Hopkins Hospital
John
Consumers' sales tax receipts fall in October
Charleston, December 17. Tax Commissioner George P. Alderson said consumer sales tax receipts declined in October from September’s peak, totaling 1 502 106 36 as against 1 731 687 39 in September, though above October 1945’s 1 284 720 36. Gasoline tax rose, hitting 1 209 000 roughly, up from 1 123 323 the prior year.
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Charleston
W. Va
George P. Alderson
Escaped Army Prisoner Terrorizes Train To City Flight
An escaped army prisoner armed with two pistols terrified passengers on a train and forced a farmer to drive him from rural Jackson County to Kansas City. Patrolmen captured Pvt. John S. O'Brien of Rome New York as he waited for a street car downtown. Two .45 caliber pistols were found on him.
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Kansas City
Pasengers
Jackson County
John S.,O’brien
Rome
N. Y
O’brien
Sudden Illness Fatal for Charleston Mortician Silas Harden
Silas Elihue Harden a 60 year old Charleston mortician died after a sudden illness. City authorities and family noted his death in Charleston West Virginia on December 17. Harden was a known local figure in funeral services.
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Charleston
W. Va
Silas Elihue Harden
Kell Named Head In Legion Merger
Following the merger of Bluefield’s two American Legion posts into Riley West Post No. 9, William Kell was elected commander with Bass Perkins as first vice commander and Eddie Steele as second vice commander. Officers include Frank Bond adjutant Al Yaple assistant adjutant Jim Perkins finance officer Herman Ashworth historian J C Wall chaplain Miss Bessie Trent service officer Charles Edmunds sergeant at arms Bruce Walk American ization officer. The executive committee includes Ed mund Stone Abe Angrist Emmett Cain and C. D. Rhodes. Current club rooms remain in use at the West Virginian hotel and on Commerce street as quarters are sought. The next Riley West Post 9 meeting is January 7 with semi monthly sessions planned thereafter.
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Bluefield
American Legion
Riley-West Post No. 9
William Kell
Bass Perkins
Eddie Steele
Frank Bond
al Yaple
Jim Perkins
Herman Ashworth
J. C. Wall
Bessie Trent
Charles Edmunds
Bruce Walk
City boards eye National Guard HQ and airport plans
Bluefield officials discussed renting third floor of the municipal building to the National Guard for headquarters after minor alterations. A survey group proposed a municipally owned airport to serve 500 to 1,000 planes, needing about $450,000 with potential federal aid. A 226 acre Bluefield tract was under option with six months to secure financing and bonds, plus a ten member committee to study the project. Building permits were issued for multiple repairs and new structures across Bland street Bluefield avenue Memorial street and more with costs ranging from 40 to 20,000 dollars.
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Edmund Stone
National Guards
E. P. Mitchell
East River Flying Club
Paul Craft
Bluefield
Mitchell
Gil Meem
Bobby Richardson
Marion Wall
West
Hennon Gilbert
W. J. Cole
E. G. Otey
J. B. Belcher
Frank Easley
C. A. Rogers Estate
Bland Street
Nathan Platnick
Bluefield Avenue
N. G. Danner
James Hatcher
Memorial Street
William Wade
Bird Lane
Paul Nance
Princeton Avenue
Frank ‘Thomas
Madison Street
E. W. Horton
H. F. Porterfield
Spring Grove
Vineyard
Union Leadership Faces Wage Debate Amid Rising Costs
Union spokesmen clash over wage policy as inflation fears grow. Murray in Pittsburgh urges industry restraint while CIO leaders push for peaceful settlements, warning against a new strike wave.
Vogue Shop Promotes Formal Dresses and Seasonal Reductions
The Vogue Shop advertises pure silky gowns slips robes and belts with leather gold and snake trims and sizes up to 44. It touts fur coat reductions and closeout prices on sweaters and skirts while urging early ad copy for the Sunday Daily Telegraph display and city classifieds.
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Vogue
Vogue Shop
Daily Telegraph
City and
Coalfields
Train wreck kills one injures two near Derry Pa
A freight train derailed late today two miles west of Derry in Westmoreland County after a locomotive light from Altoona struck the rear of the freight train. One man, F. J. Boggs about 60, of Pitcairn Pa, conductor on the freight train, was killed. two others were injured. The Latrobe mortuary identified the deceased. The Virginia constitution are
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Derry
Pennsylvania Railroad
Westmoreland County
Altoona
Pittsburgh
Latrobe
F. J. Boggs
Pitcairn
Virginia Constitution
New Trial Granted in Fatal Wounding Case
Charleston West Virginia December 17 1945 judge Bouchelle granted Cline Welch a new trial in a voluntary manslaughter case. Welch was convicted for fatally wounding Woodrock Burns who died in June 1945 from a brick blow.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cline Welch
Kanawha County
Julian F. Bouchelle
Welch
Woodrock Burns
Kanawha Airport May Open Earlier
Kanawha County Hilltop airport could open April 1, sooner than earlier forecasts, says county court president Carl L. Calvert. He cites potential delays from material shortages and bad weather but expects a $3,000,000 local investment and $2,700,000 federal grant. An administration building may require $700,000 more, with temporary quarters likely in quonset huts. Runway paving could finish in 30 to 60 days once underway. a hangar has been purchased for February arrival.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Country
Carl L. Calvert
Calvert
Judge Sets Dec 19 To Hear Beavers Verdict Motion
In Tazewell Virginia Judge W L Sexton Jr scheduled 10:30 am on December 19 to hear defense motions to set aside the November jury verdict convicting Harold Duane Beavers 20 of murder in the Aileen Lockhart case. Beavers faces a life sentence and faces a further indictment for criminal assault on the girl.
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Tazewell
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Tazewell Circuit Court
Harold Duane Beavers
Aileen Lockhart
Tazewell Country Club
Maxwell
N. Clarence Smith
Beavers
Advisory Committee Resigns Over OPA Decontrol Actions
The OPA consumer advisory committee resigns citing landlord pressure and decontrol moves. Chairwoman Caroline Ware of Vienna says the group cannot serve a useful purpose amid decontrol and liquidation plans, while urging against blanket rent increases and highlighting the need for housing at reasonable prices.
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Washington
OPA
Consumer Advisory Committee
Caroline Ware
Vienna
Welch News Office Looted and Reward Offered
Reno F Howard offers a $100 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who looted Welch News Office last Friday night. Missing items include a radio table model a G C Conn trumpet valued at $150 five Smith and Wesson revolvers and five one pound boxes of Nunally's candies. City police have made no arrests.
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Reno F.howard
G. C. Conn
Smith & Wesson
Nunally
Batten Heads Black Diamond Boy Scout District
J E Batten Jr was elected chairman of Black Diamond district Boy Scouts of America at a Monday night meeting O J Swanson of Gary was named vice chairman J A Blevins of Roderfield district commissioner E Cassidy Bailey activities chairman urged troops and packs to plan window displays for National Boy Scout week February 7 13 Other plans include a camporee next summer and a jamboree in the fall J C Acuff area scout executive was present
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J. E. Batten, Jr
Boy Scouts of America
O. J. Swanson
Gary
J. A. Blevins
Roderfield
E. Cassidy Bailey
J.C. Acuff
Colored Miner Injured in Fatal State Fall at Vera Pocahontas Mine
James Kelly a 27 year old colored worker from Eckman was seriously injured Monday night in a fall at the No 4 mine of Vera Pocahontas Coal company in Landcraft He was admitted to Stevens Clinic hospital with injuries to both legs and the pelvis.
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James Kelly
Eckman
Vera Pocahontas Coal Company
Landcraft
Stevens Clinic
Welch High seniors sponsor dance at Memorial Building
Twenty five members of Welch High School senior class sponsor a dance at the Memorial Building on Friday night from 10 until 2 o'clock.
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Welch High School
Jeff Sentence Meted For Carrying Weapon
Daniel Burns of Jaeger was fined 50 dollars and costs and jailed 60 days by Justice of the Peace T. 8. Cline on a charge of carrying a dangerous weapon.
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Daniel Burns
Jaeger
Justice of the Peace
T. 8
Cline
Funeral for Lambert Held Today
Funeral services for Pierce Wade Lambert 21 of Vivian occur at 2 p.m. at Vivian Presbyterian Church with Rev. N B Christie and Rev. Fred Christie officiating. A military graveside service followed at Woodlawn cemetery. Lambert, son of Mr and Mrs W H Lambert, died Saturday night in a Harrisonburg Virginia area airplane crash while flying home for Christmas. He studied at Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa Oklahoma and reportedly left his course before the crash in darkness.
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W. H. Borden
First Christian Church
Blacksburg
Wade Hampton Borden
Citizens Coal and Supply Company
Bluefield
Radford
Borden
Montgomery County
James H. Borden
Mary Anderson
C. L. Borden
Lelia B. Smith
Frank H. Borden
Re Funeral
Blacksy
Pierce Wade Lambert
Vivian
Harrisonburg
Vivian Presbyterian Church
N. B. Christie
Fred Christie
Woodlawn
Young Lambert
W. H. Lambert
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Tulsa
Okla
Stores Extend Evening Hours Through Christmas Shopping
Welch stores will stay open until 8 PM from tonight through the Christmas shopping period with a 9 PM closing on Saturdays. The 8 PM closing also applies next Tuesday night Christmas Eve.
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Welch
Nine Nabbed As Drive On Gambling Pressed
Nine persons were arrested during a crackdown on gambling and arraigned before Police Judge Hobart E. Payne. They were fined $25 and costs each. Twenty five others were arrested the previous Saturday and assessed fines.
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Hobart E. Payne
A and P Employees to Receive 1.75 Million Dollar Christmas Gift
John A Hartford announces a cash Christmas distribution of 1.75 million dollars for all Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co employees with six months service. The prior year payout was 1.5 million. Also notes a scientist view on Antarctic climate 100 million years ago.
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New York
John A. Hartford
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Antarctic
United States
Approval Sought On Flood Control Jobs In Kanawha Valley
Rep. Key of West Virginia said Congress will be asked to approve three flood control projects in the Kanawha Valley. Army engineers have approved dams on the Gauley River the Greenbrier above and Elk River above Sutton. The plan includes the Bluestone River dam now under construction to complete the valley system.
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Washington
Congress
Kanawha
West Virginia
Rep. Key
D-Wva
Army
Gauley River
Greenbrier
Elk River
Efton
Kee
Bluestone River
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Raleigh St
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Bluefields
Kanawha Airport
Steiner's
Steiner
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the National Cash Register Company
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Yale
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