Byrd Presses Truman to Trim Budget to Essentials
Virginia Senator Harry Byrd urged President Truman to cut non defense spending to a firm, essential level, saying without strict economy the nation faces financial chaos. Byrd claimed he may know little about the budget but seeks cooperation to reduce non defense costs by seven to eight billion dollars. He said his plan differs from the president’s approach and left the final judgment to the American people.
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Berryville
Byrd
D-Va
Truman
Virginia
Rise in Group Life Insurance Reflects Employee Security Focus
Interest in employee security drives growth of group life insurance in the United States as more employers offer coverage to their workforces. The trend highlights a shift toward employee protection benefits amid changing workplace needs.
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United States
Bronco Charlie Miller Still Hones For A Fight At 101
New York December 29 Bronco Charlie Miller the last of the Pony Express riders nears his 101st birthday in Manhattan. He recalls service in the Canadian cavalry in World War I at 65 and an attempted enlistment at 91 in World War II. Now 101 he lives at Tompkins Square House, whittles wooden figures, plays tunes on a musical saw, and teases cooks with daily jokes. He rode the Sacramento to Carson City run at age 11, carried 10 pounds of mail, and earned 125 dollars a month. He says longevity comes from living right and being friendly, though he still dreams of Korea and can snap a cigarette with a bull whip.
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New York
Charlie” Miller
Py Express
Canadian Cavalry
U.S. Army
T’s
Korea
Texas Rangers
Tompkins Square House
Lower Manhattan
Bronco
Tompkins House
Sierra Nevada
Sacramento
Calif
Carson City
Nevada
Pony Express
West
Europe
Buffalo Bill
Glens Falls
N. Y
Charlie Miller
Auto Collisions and Break-Ins Reported by City Police
Two automobile accidents were reported yesterday including a hit and run incident. Erva Saunders blamed slick streets for a collision with Bland County Deputy Sheriff Compton’s parked car on Bland Street. Frank Albano reported $50 damage after his 1947 car was struck. Police also investigated a break in at Warlick furniture on North Mercer Street and a broken window at Nick's Radiator Shop, with padlock damage and a 24 by 30 inch glass pane.
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Erva Saunders
Encil Street
Bland County
Compton
Bland Street
Frank Albano
Princeton Avenue
Warlick
North Mercer Street
Peck Street
A. L. Dotson
Nick
National Anthem Adopted on March 3, 1931
The Star Spangled Banner was adopted as the national anthem on March 3 1931 marking a formal national symbol. The statute established its status and spelling out its role in official ceremonies.
First Wife Sues To Be Legal Widow In WV and Ohio
Mae McCormick Edwards of Huntington files suit in West Virginia seeking to be declared lawful widow of C Fred Edwards, mattress magnate. A similar action was started in Ironton Ohio. Edwards divorced his first wife in Arkansas. West Virginia does not recognize that divorce.
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Huntington
W. Va
Fred Edwards
Mae McCormick Edwards
Lawrence County
Ironton
Edwards
National Mattress Co
Chesapeake, O
B and O Railroad Announces Salary Increases
Chester T. Williams, Cumberland division superintendent, announced pay raises for Baltimore and Ohio salaried employees. The January 12 payroll will reflect retroactive increases to October. Those earning up to 300 will gain 20 monthly, others 8 percent. about 150 local terminal workers plus thousands system wide benefit.
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Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chester T. Williams
Cumberland Division
Williams
Letter to Hungarian prisoner returns via Vienna legation
Mrs. Robert Vogeler reported that a Christmas letter to her husband, jailed in Budapest for spying, was returned opened and mishandled. She also sent a note to Rakosi. both were not forwarded as the legation said it could not forward letters to Budapest.
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Vienna
Robert Vogeler
Budapest
Vogeler
Matyas Rakosi
Legation
Rakosi
Financial Exchanges To Close For New Year Holiday
Financial and commodity exchanges across the United States will be closed Monday for New Year’s Day. The New York stock and curb exchanges will stay open for the final trading session of the year while commodity markets close tomorrow. Many live stock reports will be issued as usual on Saturday.
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New York
United States
Hearing Set Over Gordon Memorial Nursing School
The West Virginia Supreme Court ordered that Gordon Memorial hospital in Spencer remain on the accredited nursing schools list pending a hearing on January 16. The dispute centers on the state board of examiners’ plan to drop the hospital from the list as of January 1. The hospital contends it is approved by the American College of Surgeons and argues the board’s action is arbitrary and unconstitutional.
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Charleston
W. Va
Supreme Court
Gordon Memorial Hospital
Spencer
State Board of Examiners
James B. Riley
W. T. Lovins
Fred L. Fox
Board of Examiners
American College of Surgeons
Court Hears Motions For Two New Trials
Huntington West Virginia December 29 Common pleas Judge H Clay Worth heard motions for new trials for Mrs Virginia Comstock and James W Hewlett Jr and promised decisions in January Comstock superintendent at Barboursville state hospital was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in a patient death Hewlett a 21 year old ex Marine was convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of Huntington taxicab driver Julian Buie Decisions set for January 12 for Comstock and January 10 for Hewlett Jr
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Huntington
W. Va
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Virginia Comstock
James W. Hewlett, Jr
Comstock
Barboursville State Hospital
Worth
Hewlett
Julian Buie
Senate sets nine second term record in brief session
The Senate met for nine seconds in a record brief session. Senator McKellar of Tennessee, as president pro tempore, opened the proceedings at noon, ruled the Senate in recess until Tuesday at 11 oclock, and then banged his gravel to end the session.
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Senate
Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Federal Grand Jury To Convene In U S District Court
Grand jurors are summoned to appear at 1 30 p m January 16 as the January term of the U S district court opens in the Post Office building. Trials begin January 22 at 9 am with sixty petit jurors summoned. Judge Ben Moore presides. The list of grand and petit jurors includes numerous names from Bluefield Princeton Mullens and surrounding towns.
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U. S. District Court
Ben Moore
Post Office
Homer Hanna
C. Houston Patterson, Jr
K. Ameen
Saeger
M. L. Bailey
Matoaka
L. H. Barberry
Rt. 1
Bluefield Rd
Princeton
P. K. Blankenship
Bluefield Ave
Bluefield
Zenith O. Blevins
Walls Creek
Richard H. Borden
Albemarle St
Charles Bradley, Jr
Walton Ave
A. D. Burcham
Mullens
J. A. Burns
Pineville
Harry G. Camper, Jr
Welch
W. Grady Carper
Henry St
Arle Chambers
Eugene F. Charlton
Lindside
J. J. Compton
Paul Covey
Higland Ave
R. N. Crowell
Bedford St
Hartwell Crumpecker
Honaker Ave
P. G. DeShazo
Scott St
Roy E. Eades, Jr
Hale Street
David F. Ernest
Bland St
Robert Fleshman
R. P. Gammage
College Ave
James E. Keyes
Clark St
Fred Kennedy
Jaeger
Jack Kirkpatrick
Taeger
J. H. Lawrence
Preston St
Charles H. Lockhart
W. T. Mann
Ira P. McCormick
Union
J. M. McKenzie
Peterstown
Meade McNeill
Athens
R. B. McNutt
Park Street
C. B. Moore
Maybeury
M. J. Moyer
Augusta St
Owen
Mt. View Ave
Venoy Owens
August St
Ben D. Painter
Memorial Ave
L. L. Pearce
S. Ninth St
G. B. Porterfield, Jr
Charles H. Pruett
Harold Pryor
Albert L. Rosenfeld
North St
G. H. Sluss
Shenandoah Ave
J. E. Tilley
Fred Tinder
N. Walker St
R. A. Tosh
Circle Drive
R. H. Walthall
R. G. Williams
Ingleside
Weston V. Willis
Stowers St
Karl M. Woods
Crumpecker Apts
Obart A. Yearkey
Oldest English Colony Newfoundland Established in 1713
Newfoundland became a British colony in 1713 following the Treaty of Utrecht, marking the oldest English settlement in North America. The accord formalized English control after years of contentious settlement.
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Newfoundland
1951 A Year of Controls and Inflation Forecasts
The article forecasts 1951 as a tumultuous year dominated by controls, price pressures, and higher taxes. It warns of wage freezes, hidden taxes, and stretched bank lending while predicting defense orders and material shortages. It notes consumer frustration and anxiety about earnings, costs, and consumer goods.
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Washington
Sam
Mars
Groundhog
First Baptist Plans Watch Night Program
A watch service and student night program are planned at First Baptist church tomorrow. The Training Union meets at 9 p.m., followed by a 9:40 program by students from college on the theme That I May Know Christ. After a fellowship hour and refreshments, the film In His Name will be shown at 11 p.m. The evening ends with a devotional and world peace prayer service led by Rev. Cecil V. Cook Jr.
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First Baptist Church
Young People’s Training Union
Christ
Cecil V. Cook, Jr
Milk Prices Rise in Charleston Area
In Charleston West Virginia the retail price of milk climbs one cent a quart starting tomorrow. Wholesale milk jumps 25 cents per hundredweight effective January 1 and white bread rises one cent per pound starting tomorrow. Distributors the dairymen’s cooperative and the bakers association issued the notices. The new retail rates are 23.5 cents per quart for Grade A pasteurized and 24.5 cents for homogenized milk. A separate one cent rise for Hunts area was announced Monday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
West Virginia Bakers Association
Huntees
Monay
Polio Foundation Founded by Roosevelt in 1938
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 to combat infantile paralysis. Russia’s population is estimated at 192,756,000 in a separate data note.
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Polio Foundation
National Foundation For
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Russia
Ten More Join Service As Rush Continues
Ten men enlisted yesterday at the local air force recruiting office adding to the post Christmas surge. Included is Army veteran Bill R. French of Bluefield Virginia and Bramwell high school graduates James A. Sadler Dominick Zeoli Jr Rudolph B. Sadler and Arnold B. Perkins. Other enlistees are Harry E. Yates John H. Hagg William G. Sutter Roy Leonard Howard Jr and Thomas E. Purdy.
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Air Force
Bramwell High School
Bill R. French
Rt. 1
Bluefield
Bramwell
James A. Sadler
Goodwill
Dominick Zeoli, Jr
Montcalm
Rudolph B. Sadler
Arnold B. Perkins
Harry E. Yates
John H. Hagg
North Tazewell
William G. Sutter
Christie Avenue
Princeton
Roy Leonard Howard, Jr
Thomas E. Purdy
McComas
Beaver Prize Winner Heard Over WHIS
Miss Barbara Fleshman Beaver high school junior spoke at 7:15 last evening on WHIS. She won first place in the Speak For Democracy contest sponsored by the junior chamber of commerce. Her prize was a pen and pencil set, presented by Alfred Land of the Jewel Box.
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Barbara Fleshman
Beaver High School
WHIS
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beaver
Fleshman
Robert H. Fleshman
College Avenue
Alfred Land
Jewel Box
Coal production estimate for last week
The National Coal Association reports soft coal output at 10.95 million net tons for last week down from 12.01 million the prior week and up from 9.39 million in the corresponding 1949 week when a three day work week was in effect.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Alaskans Fear Russians Say Alaska in dread of Soviet threat
Burns Wornal, Princeton attorney, told Bluefield Lions that Alaska lives in constant fear of invasion by the Soviet Union. He warned that many Alaska Russian-born residents pledge loyalty to Moscow and regard Alaska as still a Russian possession. He praised US fortifications but warned of risk across the Bering Strait. Sam Rush arranged the program. guests included J. Trivett and Ira L. Owenby.
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Bluefield Lions Club
United States
Alaska
Russia
Burns Wornal
Princeton
Vornal
Soviet Union
Wornal
U. S
Bering Strait
Alaskan
Sam Rush
J. #. Trivett
Ira L. Owenby
Trucks Block Central Century Crumpkecker Hill Traffic
Two large trucks became stuck on Crumpecker hill between Bluefield and Princeton blocking the main route for about half an hour. A State Road commission crew spread cinders and freed the gasoline tanker and lumber truck. Traffic resumed after 9 o clock with drivers detouring via the Old Princeton road and Green Valley.
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Crumpecker Hill
Bluefield
Princeton
State Road Commission
Green Valley
Greenree
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Roy Rogers
Trigger
Penny Edwards
Monte Helo
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WD Moa
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Circle Dr
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B. B. Brown
R .C. Buchanan
Ninth St
Willie R. Crowell
W.L. Cray
Knob St
Thomas’ Honaker
Bailey Lumber Co
Neal G. Hopper, Jr
Cherry St
Blueeld
T. A. Jones
Keystone
Jack Lockhart
War
G. W. McConnell
Park Ave
Thos. H
McLain
James T. MecNeil
Mark W. Miller
Switchback
H. P. Mitchell
R. M. Painter
Rip van Winkle
Uncle Sam
First Baptist
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Lee
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Republic
J. Arthur Rank
Stewart Granger
Jean Simmons
Adam Eval
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