Coal Industry Strife Ended 1950 With Peaceful Change
In 1950 the United Mine Workers started with a three day work week and, under John L. Lewis, escalated into a nationwide coal strike in February. The aim was pay raises while stocks of coal remained high. Operators accused Lewis of fomenting stoppages as miners joined the walkout.
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Pittsburgh
Indus
Iabor
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Coal Strike Fallout Reaches 500000 in Layoffs and Pact Set
The coal industry faced massive disruption as a walkout reduced hiring, with over 500000 idle and a near million total jobless in coal using sectors. On March 5 the UMW won wage increases to 14.75 dollars and a 30 cent per ton royalty into a welfare fund, plus provisions to revisit terms next spring.
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UMW
UMW Welfare Fund
Lewis
Meat Prices Seen High as Demand Rises in 1951
The Chicago experts project meat supplies will rise but prices stay high in 1951 due to growing disposable income and military demand. They warn price ceilings limit rises, with beef pork and lamb trends, cattle and hog production shifts, and a peacetime record crop outlook shaping next year’s market.
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Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Okay of Agriculture
American Meat Institute
H. M. Conway
National Slavestock Producers Association
Corn Belt
Department of Agriculture
Botton
Car Owners Report Damage And Robbery
Two automobile incidents reported to the local police. Richard C. Henry of 215 Preston street said his new model car was struck on the front fender and bumper the night of December 21, with damage estimated at $20. E B Crawford Jr of 2520 Clovis street reported an unlocked car robbed Wednesday night, with items valued at $13.28 taken.
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Richard C. Henry
Preston Street
E. B. Crawford, Jr
Clovis Street
No Parking Ark Joke Stirs Cumberland Police Office
An irate motorist pasted a sign on Police Commissioner John J. Long’s door saying Noah sailed his Ark for 40 days before finding a place to park. The note jokes Cumberland’s parking. An estimated one billion pencils are used in the United States each year.
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Cumberland, Md
Police
John J. Long
Noah
Cumberland
United States
Stores To Close New Year s Day
New Year s Day will be a holiday for most area stores with banks municipal offices and the Post Office closed in Bluefield and nearby areas. Public offices observe the day and only special deliveries will be made. Mercer county schools resume Tuesday after a holiday that began December 20.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Virginia
Daily Telegraph
Inset
Mercer County
Phone Rates Hiked At Covington Virginia
The state corporation commission granted Clifton Forge Waynesboro Telephone permission to raise business rates by 25 percent and private lines by 50 cents monthly. New Clifton Forge Covington rates show increases across business two party and residence plans. No arrests reported Roane County during the first 25 days of December.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Clifton Forge- Waynesboro Telephone Company
Clifton Foray and Covington
Giidens
Spencer
W. Va
Roane County
Roane Circuit January Term Docket Reported
H. R. Shields reported only one case on the docket for the January term of the Roane circuit court.
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H. R. Shields
Roane
Unfriendly Pooch Ends Mail Route on Clark Street
Postmaster Merriman Smith announces that a Clark street dog has led to a severance with the mail service. Mailmen won’t deliver to that residence until the dog is leashed. Residents must use general delivery for their letters.
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Merriman Smith
Clark Street
General Walker to be buried at Arlington
General Walton H. Walker Eighth Army commander killed in a Korea jeep accident December 23 will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery next Tuesday. The body will lie in the Fort Myer Virginia chapel from 8 a.m. until the service begins at 2 p.m. The airplane carrying his body is due to arrive Saturday night.
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Washington
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Korea
Arlington National Cemetery
Army
Fort Myer
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Chorwon
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Iowa
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Nebraska
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United Nations
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North Korea
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Covington, Va
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Arlington
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