Mercer county to start night classes for Vocational trainees
The Mercer County Board of Education through its vocational division is urged by the Veterans Administration to offer classes for On-the-job trainees. Over 400 are in training countywide. Classes will run in Bluefield Princeton and Matoaka teaching store management office practice clerks blueprint reading carpentry cabinet making electricity steamfitting plumbing auto mechanics and related trades. Local supervisor W R Wood will interview qualified applicants Monday and Tuesday nights January 30 and 31 from 7 to 9 30 at Ngee avenue Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County Board of Education
Veterans Administration
Bluefield
Princeton
Matoaka
W. R. Wood
Ngee Avenue
New Senators Debate Labor Legislation And Court Orders
Senate newcomers including John Sherman Cooper Edward Martin and A Willis Robertson weigh strikes court bans and labor law reforms. Martin cites Westinghouse strike policing and urges orderly action while Cooper backs arbitration expansion and anti jurisdictional strikes. Robertson argues to refine labor protections while preserving core principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Edward Martin
R-Pa
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Board of Control outlines health reform proposals
The Strayer survey group backs changes including tuberculosis control and mental hygiene bills. The tuberculosis measure would place tubercular hospitals under a health department division, authorize court commitments of dangerous patients, and allow state employee pay while at institutions. The mental hygiene bill would let patients seek voluntary treatment or be committed by physicians or health officers, with both bills moving institution staff under the merit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strayer
Health Department
Senate fight over Bilbo oath stalls oath day
Michigan senator urges Bilbo to stand aside as 34 senators prepare to take an oath next Friday. Opponents argue Bilbo should be allowed to take the oath to avoid a broader controversy before the senate is fully organized.
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Michigan
Bilbo
Senate
CIO Activity and Labor's Critique of Hallyhoo
CIO activity continues with criticism of CTO efforts to organize amid setbacks. Labor's article accuses CIO propaganda of inflating damages and calls the move unfair to employers while labor fees would rise.
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Ballyhoo
CTO
CIO
Labor
Portal
Hallyhoo
Death Notices Include Sage Carper Whitehead Reedy Obituaries
The notice lists Robson R. Sage Jr. 29 dying in Daytona Beach and funeral details at Hawkins Funeral Home with burial at Monte Vista. Also listed are William Oscar Carper 62 with services at Greenview Methodist church, J. K. Whitehead 65, and J. R. Reedy 57 with Church of God services and Monte Vista burial. Survivors span spouses, children, and siblings across multiple towns.
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Robson R. Sage, Jr
Bluefield
Daytona Beach
Fila
Sage
Annie P. Cubbedge
R. R. Sage
Kate Perkins Sage
Athens
Sybil Steel
Williamson
Hawkins Funeral Home
J. W. Hobson
Monte Vista Cemetery
Bass Perkins
James Perkins
C. L. Hume
Donald Hume
E. B. Bass
J. W. Johnson
Greenview Methodist Church
William Oscar Carper
Princeton Road
L. W. Rhody
Z. F. Mayberry
Monte Vista
Zora Rebecca Carper
Lizzie Tanner
Viola Swannack
Robert Tilden Carper
J. K. Whitehead
Clarence Whitehead
Sboissevain
Joseph K. Whitehead
Byran
W. E. Tabor
Jenkin Jones
Clarence
Boissevain
J. K
K. Switchback
Earl Chumbley
Welch
Leo Haynes
Bramwell
Mr. Fox
Amonate
Woodlawn Cemetery
J. R. Reedy
Old Princeton Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
Church of God
South Street
W. D. McCraw
Taylor
Reedy
Smith County
Elizabeth Pruett Reedy
Laura Sheets
Treavor Pettry
Princeton
Monroe
Clyde
Alec
Jett
Fort Bliss
Texas
W. J. Moore
Akron
E. P. Kidd
Lake Worth
Fla
George Lawton
Roanoke
R. F. Gallimore
A. T. Reedy
Bishop
U S Bound Child Found Near River After Tragic Incident
Newark residents search for a missing child linked to a former American soldier and his family. An Irish servant, Michael Donelan, recounted weaving through debris and bodies as he followed crying, locating the injured baby amid sacks and stumps near the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Donelan
Michael
Wreck Victims Named From Plane Crash Near Airport
Survivor accounts tell of a burning plane crash at the airport area with passengers and crew casualties. The list of dead includes Allan Lanyon Mayfair Hotel Washington and others. crew members include Radio Officer Burmeister and Navigator Osterbur.
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O’boyle
Allan Charles Lanyon
Mayfair Hotel
Washington, D. C
Clementine Jeanne Pugh
Philadelphia
Alexander Haim Pekelis
Larchmont
N. Y
Columbia Law Review
New School For Social Research
New York City
American Labor Party
Pierre Dreyfus
New York
Francis Joseph Salabert
Paris
Simone Lucienne Clerc
Marie Zelabnagora
Plane crash kills two crew as others injured near Michigan City
An American Airlines extra section en route from Buffalo to Chicago crashed near Michigan City Indiana. Pilot Frank Mates Hamm Jr and co pilot Harmon Edwin Ring died. Stewardess Helen Friel and three passengers among the injured aided victims until aid arrived. Ice on wings and engine noises cited as factors.
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Michigan City
Ind
American Airlines
Here
Airlines
Buffalo
N. Y
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Scenic International Friendship Gardens
Frank Mates, Hamm
Rohagy
Conn
Harmon Edwin Ring
Muscatine
Helen Friel
South Glastonberry
Miss Friel
Engineer Killed Installing Turbine at Dnieprostroi Dam
Newport News Virginia reports the death of Louis enn' Zehrbach a 46 year old Hampton resident who fell accidentally while working on hydro electric turbine installation at the Dnieprostroi dam in Soviet Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Louis Enn’ Zehrbach
Hampton
Dnieprostroi Dam
Sovie
Russia
City and Coalfield Items notice for Roanoke funeral
A local notice lists a meeting of B of L E members at the Odd Fellows hall on Roanoke Street at 1 p m to attend the funeral of W O Carper. It also promotes multiple store sales and job ads from Stella Jones, The Vogue Shop, Bradley's, and others, plus coal inquiries and cattle nutrition notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. of L. E
Odd Fellows Hall
Roanoke Street
W. O. Carper
Girl Kicked From Car On Way To Wedding
Marie Teal of Toledo told Sheriff Schreck she was kicked from a moving car by her fiancé on the way to their Friday wedding. With torn clothes and bruises, she was helped by police and at the county jail since relatives from Toledo had not yet arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
Ralph Schreck
Marie Teal
Toledo
Schreck
Acting Librarian Named For Virginia
Randolph W. Church will serve as acting librarian in Virginia pending a successor to Dr. Wilmer L. Hall who resigns Jan. 1 to become state director of publications. The library board, chaired by Robert B. Tunstall, seeks applicants with university library science training or approved library training, five years large-library experience including three in administration, and Virginia librarian certification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Randolph W. Church
Wilmer L. Hall
Robert B. Tunstall
Library Board
Cencee
Tunstall
Similar Holdup Attempts Suspected in Two Cities
Charleston police report a second holdup attempt possibly by the same two men connected to a prior South Charleston incident. George Collins's restaurant near the state capitol was targeted as a pistol was shown and the assailant fled after customers alerted staff. Ballangee drug store in South Charleston had a similar early tackle, with a shot fired into the wall before the robber escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
South Charleston
George Collins
State Capitol
Collins
L. E. Ballangee
Ballangee
Red Cross Fund Meetings Set in West Virginia
Red Cross will hold fundraising planning meetings in Clarksburg Charleston and Bluefield in January with 49 West Virginia chapters represented. Otto Lund leads the Eastern Area headquarters as regional director. host chapters span Harrison Kanawha Wood and others with regional officials detailing drive plans and training.
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Arleston
W. Va
Red Cross
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Charleston
Bluefield
The
Otto 8
Lund
Clackshoro
Harrison
Wheeling
Ohio
Palrmont
Marshall
M . Barbour
Brooke
Dodride
John Barton Payne
Lewis
Nington
North Hancock
Pleasants
Randolph
Ritchie
Taylor
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wetzel
Weir Cove
Two Princeton Youths Held In Roanoke On Typewriter Theft
Two men identified as Garland W. Kirk and J Y Bailey of Princeton West Virginia are held in Roanoke Virginia on grand larceny charges for the Princeton high school seven typewriter theft. Three machines are in custody and investigators say the pair bought them in Princeton and flew to Roanoke to sell them. The machines are valued at $100 each. one man claims to be the son of the Princeton junior high principal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke
Garland W. Kirk
J. Y. Bailey
Princeton
W. Va
Princeton High School
Frank H. Webb
Webb
Sam Bennett
Kirk and Bailey
Bailey
Mobile Unit Arrives in Baltimore for Paralyzed Girl
Fifteen year old Janet Gentle paralyzed from the neck down arrives at Children's hospital in Baltimore after a 900 mile trip in a National Foundation mobile iron lung. Police escort the unit from the state line as delays in Tennessee caused late arrival. Janet spent Christmas Eve in Jefferson City Tennessee and will move to the hospital’s respiratory unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Janet Gentle
Children’s Hospital School
Rockwood
Ala
National Foundation For
Janet
Foundation
Maryland State Line
Tennessee
Jefferson City
Tenn
Mooney to Lead Westvaco South Charleston Plant
J A Mooney to become plant superintendent at Westvaco chlorine products in South Charleston succeeding Marlin G Geiger who will move to Baltimore as executive vice president of Davison Chemical Geiger returns January 1 Mooney has 15 years at South Charleston plus a prior stint in New York and eight years at the Du Pont Belle plant M H Norton to succeed Mooney as plant superintendent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
J. A. Mooney
Marlin
G. Geiger
Westvaco Chlorine Products Corporation
South Charleston
Geiger
Davision Chemical Corporation
Baltimore
Mooney
New York
du Pont Belle
M. H. Norton
Westvaco
Coney
Six Army Commands To Train Reserves
The War Department directed the six Army Commands to begin immediate active duty training for organized reserve corps officers. Gen. Jacob L. Devers announced this plan, detailing attendance at schools, refresher courses, 60 to 90 days with higher units, and replacement training at centers. Courses run 11 to 18 weeks. officers on active duty receive pay for their grade and travel, but not dependent allowances.
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Washington
War Department
Organized Reserve Corps
Jacob L. Devers
Army Ground Forces
AGF
AGP
New Tax Ordinances Likely Passed by Richmond Board
Richmond Va Dec 28 Eight aldermen voiced support for new tax ordinances to raise over 2 million dollars in extra city revenue next year. Two thirds vote required for adoption. Mayor Edwards is expected to approve, having sought even more revenue than the council’s plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Board of Aldermen
H. H. Edward
Off Year Voting Totals Show Republicans Lead in 30 States
Official AP tally reports 35,874,568 voted on November 5, with Republicans outpolling Democrats in 30 states carrying 362 electoral votes. Turnout neared peace-time levels but fluctuated by wartime conditions, and only 60.1 percent of those qualified voted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Represa Aw
House
Colorado
U. S. House
Birthday Wishes Sent Stalin By Churchill
London December 28 Churchill sent birthday greetings to Prime Minister Stalin and called him a wartime comrade. Stalin replied with warm thanks for Churchill's birthday wishes in a telegram released for publication tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Fire at Hotel McAlpin draws thousands in Midtown
A midtown Manhattan blaze at the Hotel McAlpin drew thousands to the streets but caused no injuries and only slight damage. Fire officials said the undetermined origin fire began among stacked tables in the unused Wintergarden on the 24th floor and was quickly extinguished.
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New York
McAlpin
Manhattan
Wintergarden
Taxi Driver Robbed by Armed Suspect Near Williamsburg
Williamsburg taxi driver Josh Wilson told police he was held up on a rural road about a mile from the city and robbed of his cab by an armed Black man. Police set roadblocks to intercept the vehicle, which was last reported heading north on Route 5.
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Williamsburg
Josh Wilson
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Robson S&s. Sage, JR
W. C. Carper
U. S
Newark
N. J
Charles
Rhythm TU Eae
Mrs. Chrysanthe Rantis
Jimmy Rantis
Los Angeles
Charles P. Carey
Raleigh
N. C
Southern Railway
Auburn
David Worrell
Pikesville
Ray Kirby
Burlington
Lauva Peterson
Duram
Long Island
Mary Schirmer
Marian Rage
Arlington W. Smith
Port Jefferson
James Casey
Edward M. Bridge
Brookhaven Township
Bridge
Medford
Holtsville
Suffolk County
Medford Road
C. R. Looney
Stella Jones
Fretwell’s
Vogue
Vogue Shop
L. A. Jackson
Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc
First National Bank
Care Daily Telegraph
New Park Grill
Bradley’s
Bradley's
Bradley
Stewart Fuel and Supply Co
M. F. Thompson
Virginia
Red Cross Fund
Libyan Desert
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
M’alpin
Bluefield Stone Supply Co. Oe
Reid
Boice Tire & Tread No
Raleigh Street
U.S
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