Post Office Hopes To Deliver Christmas Mail Despite Rail Strike
Washington reports the post office expects to deliver Christmas mail despite a rail strike that briefly embargoed handling. Assistant Postmaster General Jack Redding said holiday volume rose 62.2 percent from 1949, with a projected 6.5 billion pieces this season. To cope, overtime work for postal transport staff increased from 24,000 to 37,000 as backlog was cleared toward peak mail day.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Jack Redding
Redding
Post Office
Deaths and Funeral Notices From Bluefield Area
Notices detail last rites and interment plans for Ernest C. Coeburn at his daughter's home on Bluefield Princeton road, Mrs L K Cornett burial at Elk Creek, and Joseph Pelts funeral at St Marys Greek Orthodox in Elk Horn with interment at Woodlawn. Also details Ida Snow death in Matoaka and scheduled services at Church of God with burial near Matoaka.
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Ernest C. Coeburn
Virginia Bailey
Bluefield-Princeton Road
Thornton Cemetery
Hawkins
L. K. Cornett
Elk Creek
Northfork
Ida Lucinda Snow
Matoaka
Bluefield
Snow
Patrick County
Virginia
Everette Hubbard
N. D. Snow
Samuel Snow
U. S.navy
Norfolk
Shirley Stevenson
Parthenia Goins
Arlene Hester
Annabelle Ernest
Savannah Vines
M ‘Akers
Marie White
Tyler Snow
Abe Hubbard
Mabscott
Robert Hubbard
Mourt Hope
Annie Hilton
Hollins
Eva Hollins
Corrine
Bluefield Christmas Tree program features large cast of performers
A lengthy Community Christmas Tree show in Bluefield highlighted acts from Bluefield college and nearby towns. Dozens of soloists groups and ensembles including The Queens of Harmony from Pocahontas and The Microphoniacs entertained as volunteers collected pledges for charitable contributions. Santa was promised to visit Bluefield next Sunday.
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Vickers
Mel Barnett
Barnett
WLOH
Princeton
WHIS
Mel
Barney
Alleta Nash
Nashes
Bluefields
Dick Daisey
Alleta Jo
Mildred Evans
Westminster Presbyterian Church
the Morgan
Eddie Galloway
Mona
Jimmie
Little Jimmie
John Cary Sh Bonnie
Santa Claus
T. O’ Wilson
Barney Nash
Ezra Cline
Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
Scotty Cline
Patsy Cline
Sammy Willis
Sammy
Ray Morgan
Mocking Bird
Mathena
Ann Richards
Sally Reiland
Malaguena
Henry Fortune
Bluefield
James Elmer Brown
Henry
Joe Morello
Northfork
Goodwill
Four Tones
Ivy
NBC
Ron- Polly Johnson
Pauline Bowman
Sammy White
Billy White
Alleta Jo Nash
Bluefield College Chorus
Ella Nash Jarrell
Hansel and Gretel
Fred Waring
Mellodees
Dora Lidde
Mary Ellen Law
Betty Booth
Shack Postlethwaite
Jayne Cosby
Bluefield College
Richmond
Microphoniacs
O. C
Charlie Cline
Blanche Armentrout Thompson
Emma Romano
Donald Scott
The
Beaver A Capella Choir
Dave Steiner
Scott
Evangeline Donahue
Brown
Harry Croye
Rex
Eleanor
the Fox Chase
el Rancho Grande
Milton Medwin
Medwin
Daisey
YWCA
Katie Bell
Elaine Taylor
Charles Wane
Doug Smith
Dave Alfe
Kappas-Phaff Company
Clover Dew Dairy
Kennedy Speech Carried Prominently in Soviet Press
Moscow reports major Soviet newspapers feature Joseph P. Kennedy's recent speech calling U S Korea and Asia retreat a suicide policy. Kennedy delivered the speech December 12 at the University of Virginia law school forum in Charlottesville Virginia.
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Moscow
Joseph P. Kennedy
U.S
Britain
U. S
Korea
Asia
Europe
Kennedy
University of Virginia Law School Forum
Charlottesville
Truman
Seventeen Jailed Over Week End
Seventeen people were booked at the county jail from across the county Saturday and Sunday morning. Princeton police made three arrests while county state and district officers handled the rest. All faced misdemeanors with thirteen charged for drunkenness. one faced non-support and another drunk driving.
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Princeton
Miner Dimitro Schimikuc Dies in Welch China?
Dimitro F Schimikuc 70 a retired miner of Anawalt died yesterday in a Welch hospital He was born in Russia and had no relatives in the United States He belonged to Croatian Lodge No 416 Fraternal Union of America Rites will be Tuesday at 10 am from O J Douglas mortuary Welch with Father Goshorn officiating Interment at Thorpe cemetery Fellow lodge members will serve as pallbearers
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Joseph Pelts
Maybeury
Bluefield Sanitarium
Poland
Mr. Pelts
Anna Pelts
Pete Pelts
Bluefield
Michael
Nick Pelts
Pelts
Andrew
Williamsport
Detroit
Julia Pelts
Charleston
Demitro F. Schimikuc
Demitro
F. Schimikuc
Anawalt
Welch
Russia
Schimikuc
United States
Lawrence Gammon Dies in Welch Hospital at 70
Lawrence Gammon 70 of Glen Alum Mingo county died Saturday night in a Welch hospital. Funeral arrangements will be made at O. J. Douglas mortuary Welch.
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Lawrence Gammon
Glen Alum
Mingo County
Welch
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Even A Wise Man Should Be In Step
A Grand Rapids Herald staffer reports his six year old home in tears after a trial play rehearsal. The boy struggled to pick the correct foot as music began and was teased as one of the Wise Men.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids Herald
Gift with Pride from Vea Ann Jewelry on Va Side
A local jewelry shop named Vea Ann Jewelry on the Virginia side offers a curated gift selection. Shoppers can expect an array of necklaces rings and bracelets ready for gifting with a focus on quality and style.
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Vea. Ann
Skater Plunges Into Icy Water At Falls Mills
J H Ridge of Whitehorn Street fell through three inch ice while skating at Falls Mills yesterday. He touched bottom about 25 feet from shore and swam to safety uninjured. Temperature fell to 17 degrees by 7 PM with expected drop to 12 later.
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J. H. Ridge
Whitehorn Street
Falls Mills
Ridge
Mine Damaged Ships In San Francisco For Repairs
Two war damaged American destroyers, the USS Brush and the USS Mansfield, limped through the Golden Gate after mines off Korea damaged them. The Brush lost five crew, with 13 killed, 32 injured, three missing. the Mansfield bow was damaged but stayed afloat.
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San Francisco
Brush
Mansfield
Golden Gate
Korea
Hamhune
Wonsan
Fletcher L. Sheffield, Jr
Redwood City
Calif
E. Harvey Headland, Jr
Minot
N. D
Headland
Ward Room
Tire stolen from unlocked car in front of N W division office
Milt Woody of general delivery reported to police that a new 600.15 auto tire was stolen from his car parked in front of the N and W division office on Princeton avenue yesterday. The vehicle was unlocked, Woody said.
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Milt Woody
General Delivery
Princeton Avenue
Woody
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Mrs
Ida Snow
Yule Tree
Pocahontas, Va
Queens of Harmony
Crumpler
Jane Bradley
Mary Jane Otey
Missy Elmore
Mary Lee Steele
Beaver
Elizabeth Shelton
Clancy
Irene
Irene Clevenger
John Young
Jesus Boy
Eleanor Parker
Conizene
Angel With the Dirty Face
C. C
Rudolph
Red Nosed Reindeer
Ben Mates
B. E. Bates
Doug Ford
O. C. Young
Dan Dowdy
Whispering
Whispering Strings
Dan
Villian
Doc Needlepoint
Liszt
Anna Mae Foresman
College
Cecil Lively
Bluefield & Montcalm
W. Va
Bluefield Va
Mercer Funeral Home
Ino
Bland Street
P. D. Bratton
Clyde Cravens
Menages Mmes
Bower
Dorothy Gray
Whitmans
Old Dominion
Paris
Yardleys
Parker
Taylor’s
Princeton Ave
VA. Ann
Peronal
Fed
Pevonal
Penmonal
Law and Commerce
Federal Street
Thompson Burgess
Ira Power
Richlands
Mattie Williams
Keen Mountain
M. Muncy, Jr
P. S. Spraker
Power
Claude Houston Fuller
Kremlin
East
London
Foreign Office
Brussels
Acheson
Dean Acheson
Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
ATO
Funeral Home
National Parts, Inc
N.A.P.A
Bluefield Ave
Divine Shop
Bluefield, W. Va
Thrifty Shops
United Construc
Tion Workers Union
United Mine Workers
Marco
George J. Titler
United Mine Workers OF
Beckley, W. VA
Sidney CG. Box
United
Construction Workers and District
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