Mobil Brand Fuels Expands in Bluefield Area
Blue Grass Oils Inc led by General Manager J D Bane announces Mobil brand fuels will be distributed across Mercer Russell Buchanan and Tazewell counties with Socony Vacuum as official distributorship The plan includes opening a Key Station at Bluefield Spruce streets under M H Tabor lease for 20 years Bane notes prior Gulf and Sun Oil experience and civic ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Mobil
Mercer
Russell
Buchanan
Blue Grass Oils, Inc
J.D. Bane
Socony-Vacuum Co., Inc
Bane
Gulf Refining Company
Sun Oil Company
Bluefield
Spruce‘ Street
M- H. Tabor
Sacony-Vaccum Oil Company
Sign of the “Flying Horse
J. C. Gillespie
Tazewell, Wax
Bluefield Grass Oils, Inc
Proposal to decontrol home price ceilings unsettles veterans
Drew Pearson notes the plan to loosen price ceilings on new homes may favor builders and real estate interests. The policy would not bind homes under construction or sold to veterans immediately, risking delays and higher profits as ceilings expire. NAM shifts to liberal stance. Clarence Randall urges employers’ responsible behavior, hinting at labor relations rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puten
Washington
Paul
Olive Branch
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Clarence B. Randall
Inand Steel
NAM
Randall
CIO
Billy Sunday Club To Conduct Service Today
The Billy Sunday club will conduct a prayer service this afternoon at 2 30 at the home of Mrs W B Webber on the Blueefield Princeton road. Brown Webber long served as song leader for the club and members are urged to attend. neighbors and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sunday Club
W. B. Webber
Blueefield
Princeton Road
Brown Webber
Lardner and Quist in Australian tennis cup hints
The piece recalls John Lardner and Adrian Quist as key figures in the impending Australian tennis cup. It notes Bromwich’s potential need for help in doubles, mentions Quist as a mystery man, and cites a 1938 exchange with Quist about providing thoughts for the Sydney Sun amid Melbourne tennis events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Jas
Bromwich
Adrian Quist
Quist
Mr. Quist
Melbourne
Philadelphia
Sydney
the Sun
Sydney Sun
Ambitious debate and dogged wit at UN and workplace
The text riffs on press identity and labor rights with Randall praising workers and critiquing employer control. It mocks diplomatic sparring at the United Nations, noting Dulles reluctance, Molotov comments on Philadelphia, Romulo’s half caste remark, and jokes about offers to subsidize the UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Foster Dulles
United Nations
Molotov
Gladwin Webb
Philadelphia
China
Australia
India
Romulos
Rockefeller
Former Local Man Writes Paper in Radio Journal
Harold J. Peake, son of Mr and Mrs BE F Peake of Augusta Street, authored a technical paper in the current issue of Radio titled Cylindrical Cavity Wave Meter Design. Peake, a radio engineer at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC, has worked there since his graduation from VPI in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Peake
BE. F. Peake
Augusta Street
Radio
Peake
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, D. C
V. Plt
Bus Line Head Heard By Bramwell Kiwanis
Bramwell Kiwanis club met Friday evening at 6 30 with Paul Pack in charge of the program. J E B Craft president of Consolidated Bus Lines Inc spoke on bus transportation through Bramwell and vicinity. The club unanimously abandoned its switch plan and approved a six month test of six trips daily leaving Bluefield via Bramwell Coopers Pocahontas and Fall Mills. Visitors included Paul Craft and B T Wren of Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phe Bramwell Kiwanis Club
Paul Pack
J. E B. Craft
Consolidated Bus Lines Inc
Bramwell
Craft
Simmons
Bluefield
Coopers
Pocahontas
Fall Mills
Paul E. Craft
B. T. Wren
Ands
Billy Moore
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Drew Pearson
Pape
John Lardner
Ald
Mr. Guist
Sun
Mr. Quish
Steiner
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
Bramwel Kiwanis
Wilson Bros
Chuck
Pork Lean Fresh
Carl G. Rollins
Paul W. Woods
Joe Ridley
Eddie Whitehead
Gerald W. Graves
John R. Harris
Cecil Morrison
Unique Cleaners
Wythe Ave
DIAL
Franklin Day Cleaners
Federal &T. Dial
Cook’s Dry Cleaners
Bluefield Ave
Brown's Dry Cleaners
NEW National Cleaners & Dyers
High Street Dial
Spio
OWL
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