Government asks food processors and retailers to hold prices
Washington reports that the government asked millers packers wholesalers and retailers to obey fair price standards during a voluntary freeze. ESA warned mandatory controls could follow if voluntary action fails. Farm prices rose about 4 percent between mid November and mid December, a 15.6 percent rise since June, but remain 7 percent below June 1948 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Agriculture Department
Two Soldiers Held In Theft Of Truck
Two AWOL soldiers from Camp Campbell Kentucky were jailed in Welch West Virginia after police investigated the theft of a truck from Joe Sepp of Premier. Identified as Robert V. Carter and Paul L. Patterson, they claimed homes in Pennsylvania. Lt Vance Spangler Sgt Buster Dodson and Patrolman Arthur Gainer made the arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
McDowell County
Joe Sepp
Premier
Robert V. Carter
Paul L. Patterson
Camp Campbell
Pennsylvania
Vance Spangler
Buster Dodson
Arthur Gainer
Maitland Residence Destroyed By Fire
Fire last night destroyed a frame dwelling in Maitland McDowell county in which Mr and Mrs J W Richardson lived. The couple were believed away when the blaze started origin undetermined. The home belonged to Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates where Richardson worked. It marked the third fire in the county in as many nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maitland
W. Va
J. W. Richardson
Richardsons
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Richardson
McDowell County
Dulles urges deterrence and world peace strategy
Secretary Dulles argues deterrence lies in counterattack capacity and urges reliance on a flexible arsenal. He praises U N Allied efforts in Korea, warns against a third world war, and says the final decision lies in the Kremlin. He contends the free world slowed Soviet expansion without open war and notes 800 million under Communist control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Korea
America
Dulles
Kremlin
U. S
Soviet Union
Deaths and Funerals James M. Ritz
James M. Ritz a longtime West Virginia attorney died Friday at St Luke s hospital Bluefield after retirement due to ill health He would have been 80 in January He was born in Wheeling on January 6 1871 and practiced law in Wheeling Huntington and Bluefield He was unmarried and survived by siblings including Mrs Alva Ritz Kingdon Interment at Monte Vista cemetery Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church led by Rev George J Burke Pallbearers named The body rests at Hawkins Funeral Home for funeral details and service location noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Ritz
Wheeling and Huntington
West Virginia
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ritz
Bluefield
Alva Ritz Kingdon
Mountain View Avenue
Mr. Ritz
Wheeling
James M
Catherine McCarthy Ritz
Stuart L. Ritz
Tottenville
N. Y
Charles L. Ritz
Williamson
Kingdon
Harold A. Ritz
Charleston
Russell Ritz
Huntington
Riley and Ritz
University of Virginia
Hawkins
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
George J. Burke
Monte Vista Cemetery
A. Ritz Kingdon
Frederick T. Kingdon
Watson Mays
Richard Frampton
James Do. Ritz
Jim Ed Wagner
John Buckley
Edward McQuail, Jr
James H. Martin
W. D. Shields
Mrs Jennie Robinett Rites in Richlands
Mrs Jennie Robinett 64 former Pounding Mill resident died at her Winston Salem home after a lingering illness. Born in Tazewell County Va she was daughter of John A Lovell and Lou Lovell both natives of Tazewell. Survived by son Laurence of Winston Salem and four sisters all of Richlands and Pounding Mill. Funeral service today at 2 p m in Farmer chapel Richlands with Rev H A Phillips and Rev Jack Johnson officiating. Burial in new cemetery at Pounding Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Robinett
Pounding Mill
Winston-Salem
N. C
Robinett
Tazewell County
John A
Lou Knuckles Lovell
Tazewell
Winston- Salem
Henry Robinett
Laurence
Frank West
Lita Altizer
C. C. Johnson
Richlands
R. J. Beaver
Funeral Mass for Frank Corso at Sacred Heart Church
Funeral mass for Frank Corso aged 67 of Keystone will be held at 10 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Powhatan with Father Robert Goshorn officiating. Burial follows at Woodlawn Cemetery. Body moved from Bennett Funeral Home to the Keystone residence yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Frank Corso
Keystone
Welch
Robert
Goshorn
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
Mrs Sumpter of Floyd Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs. J. H. Sumpter of Floyd Virginia died Friday morning after a lingering illness. She was mother of Miss Alice Sumpter, an employee of Bluefield Telephone, and sister of Miss Grace Harman, also of the telephone company. Rites will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. from the Baptist church at Floyd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Sumpter
Floyd
Alice Sumpter
Bluefield Telephone Company
Grace Harman
The
Telephone Company
Baptist Church
Last rites for Aaron L Graves Mercer Funeral head
Aaron L Graves 71 president of Mercer Funeral Home Montcalm died early Thursday in Bluefield Sanitarium The funeral will be at 2 pm at the Montcalm Methodist Church with Rev J E Belcher and Rev J R Cottrell assisting Interment in Monte Vista cemetery Graves had lived in Montcalm 42 years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Graves
Aaron Leonard Graves
Mercer Funeral Home, Inc
Montcalm
Bluefield Sanitarium
J. E. Belcher
Matoaka Methodist Church
J. R. Cottrell
Monte Vista Cemetery
Funeral rites for Raymond Anderson set Sunday noon
Funeral rites for 33 year old mine employee Raymond O Anderson of Berwind will be conducted Sunday at noon. The service is handled by O J Douglas mortuary Welch with arrangements in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond O. Anderson
Berwind
Bluefield Sanitarium
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Welch
Infant Roy Lee Wood Died in Welch Hospital
Infant Roy Lee Wood son of Mr and Mrs Everett M Wood of Warriormine McDowell county died Friday morning in a Welch hospital. Survived by three brothers Ronnie Everett Jr and Clinton and a sister Linda Lee. Funeral 2 PM at Mrs Lewis Crawfords home Cucumber. Interment Grassy Spur Va cemetery. O J Douglas mortuary Welch in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lee Wood
Everett M. Wood
Warriormine
McDowell County
Welch
Ronnie
Everett, Jr
Clinton
Linda Lee
Lewis Crawford
Cucumber
Grassy Spur
O. J. Douglas
Death of Marion Elkins in Grundy Area
Marion Elkins 19 died Wednesday afternoon in a Grundy hospital. Survived by his parents Myron and Mrs. Elkins of Stacy Virginia, four brothers Warner Riffe Calvin Lee Jimmie, seven sisters Bailey Laymons Rye Woodrow McClannahan Ruth Marie Anne Alice all at home. Funeral 11 a.m. today at Stacy home with Rev. Albert Ball of Raven officiating. Burial in Matney cemetery. Body to be moved to Stacy residence from Grundy funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Elkins
Myron Elkins
Stacy
Grundy Hospital
Warner
Riffe, Wash
Calvin
Bluefield
Lee
Jimmie
Bailey Laymons
Baylord
Carl Rye
Mouth Card
Woodrow McClannahan
Ruth
Marie
Anne
Alice
Albert Ball
Raven, Va
Matney
Grundy Funeral Home
Obituary Notice for Mrs Lurabelle Williams of Princeton
Mrs Lurabelle Smith Williams 76 died last evening at 7 at 704 Princeton Avenue Princeton Born September 7 1874 in Willowton daughter of John Melvin Smith and Louisa Davis Smith Husband George R Williams died December 13 1948 Survived by three daughters Mrs P J Akers Mrs R L Smith Mrs C E Noell two sons Fred O Williams Jack Williams four grandchildren two great grandchildren three sisters and two brothers Funeral arrangements through Memorial funeral directory Princeton Body will be removed to residence today at 5 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lurabelle Smith Williams
Princeton Avenue
Princeton
Williams
Willowton
John Melvin (Lum) Smith
Louisa Davis Smith
George R. Williams
P. J. Akers
R. L. Smith
C. E. Noell
Roanoke
Funeral rites for Princeton resident Fred C. Acord Set
This afternoon at 2 oclock funeral rites will be conducted from Seaver mortuary chapel in Princeton for Fred C. Acord 67 a former Princeton resident who died suddenly Thursday in Norfolk Virginia The Rev B W John pastor of the First Methodist church at Princeton will officiate Burial will follow in Resthaven cemetery Pallbearers are Quillen Bingham Henry Chambers Charles Bowling John Roberts Heber Stafford and Elmer Bay
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
Fred C. Acord
Norfolk
B. W. John
First Methodist Church
Resthaven
Quillen Bingham
Henry Chambers
Charles Bowling
John Roberts
Heber Stafford
Elmer Bay
Mrs P W Davis 69 Dies in San Francisco
Relatives report the death of Mrs. P. W. Davis 69 in San Francisco California after living near Bluefield Virginia for decades and nine years in California. Survived by husband Peter W. Davis and seven children including A. N. Davis Pauline Yost and Pearl Farley with three in Bluefield and four in California. Rites held today at 2 p.m. from Grays Funeral Service in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Davis
San Francisco
Calif
California
Gray
Senator Sparkman urges aid to needy to curb communism
Senator Sparkman warned that bullets alone cannot defeat communism and two thirds of the world live in hunger. He urged U S aid and development ideas such as irrigation, hybrid corn, better cattle and disease prevention to raise living standards and reduce appeal of communism, predicting aid will curb its appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
U. S
United Nations General Assembly
American Political Science Association
Tragic Telegrams Reach Ehrlich Family in Wisconsin
In Dousman Wisconsin the Ehrlich family faced three telegrams about Sgt Leland Ehrlich 22. The first announced his death in Korea, the second corrected it as a mistake, and the third confirmed the death and noted he did not live to see Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dousman
Wis
George Ehrlich
Defense Department
Ehrlichs
Leland Ehrlich
Korea
Ehrlich
Sgt. Ehrlich
Death of N and W railroad veteran John Estees
John Estees longtime N and W railroad employee died Thursday night at his home 212 Carter Street after a lengthy illness. Funeral arrangements are not complete and will be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Estees
N & W Railroad
Carter Street
Memorial rites for E. F. Bratton farm employee
Samuel Leonard Hutchenson, a 13 year employee at the E. F. Bratton farm on the Bluefield Princeton road, died Thursday evening. Funeral services are today at 1 p.m. from Memorial Funeral Directory chapel in Princeton with Rev. Z F Mayberry officiating. Interment will be at the Bratton farm. pallbearers and flowerbearers will be chosen at the chapel before the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Leonard Hutchenson
E. F. Bratton
Bluefield
Princeton
Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Z. F. Mayberry
Bratton
Rubber plant reopened with bulk synthetic output planned
Charleston chamber of commerce reports bulk synthetic rubber production to start between January 1 and 11 at the federal Institute plant. The facility will eventually employ about 800 people and reach full production around May 1, operated for the government by B F Goodrich Chemical Company after three years in standby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Institute
B. F.goodrich Chemical Company
State Highways Freed Of Ice
Clearing weather and warmer temperatures freed most of the state's primary highways of ice and snow. The road commission reported that cinder and plow crews had tempered dangerous conditions, with only some slush on US 50 near Mount Storm and on hills in the eastern panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Commission
Bureau of Highway Information
Panhandle
U. S. 50
Mineral
Grant County
Mount Storm
Elkins
Marlinton
Vote Called on Pleven Arms Plan in French Parliament
Paris December 20 Premier Rene Pleven asked parliament for a confidence vote on his rearma ment program and funding. Earlier the national assembly approved a 740 billion franc budget for armed forces by 416 to 180 but tax provisions to pay the bill are expected to face trouble. Pleven said the vote would occur shortly after midnight Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rene Pleven
National Assembly
Pleven
Sergeant Fox, 61, Remains Flying in Air Force Posts
Aberdeen Maryland paper notes Sgt. John E. Fox, age 61, of Phillips Field, still on flying status as a mechanical inspector for army air force planes. Enlisted November 26, 1910 at Fort Slocum, veteran of the Mexican border campaign and served in the Philippines in 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Air Force
John E. Fox
Phillips Field
Sergeant Fox
Army Air Force
Fox
Army
Ft. Slocum
N. Y
Philippines
Food Improvement Cited By Experimenters
New Haven Connecticut report by the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station notes Americans have grown taller and larger over 75 years. It cites better milk distribution, wider fruit and vegetable use, and fortified foods with vitamins and iron as proof of improved feeding today compared with the past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Fayette County Miner Dies From Mine Car Accident
Glen H. Harless aged 33 of Pax Fayette County died in a hospital from injuries after a mine accident two days earlier. He was run over by a mine car in a small truck operation owned by his father Ed Harless at Clear Creek near Pax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Mill
W. Va
Glen H. Harless
Pax
Fayette County
Ed Harless
Clear Creek
Princeton Gas Station Company Gets Charter
Charleston W.Va December 29 4 Ball and Collins Incorporated a Princeton gasoline station concern received a state charter today It was capitalized at 25000 by James M Collins Silas W Ball and Clarence E Ball Jr all of Princeton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Ball and Collins, Incorporated
Princeton
James M. Collins
Silas W. Ball
Clarence E. Ball, Jr
Marie Wilson Wins Divorce In Nevada
Marie Wilson won a divorce from Allan Nixon in a closed Las Vegas hearing. They were married in 1942. Cruelty was the charge, but no specific allegations were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nevada
Marie Wilson
The
Radio and Movies
Allan Nixon
City Police Stop Two Runaway Girls Near Norton Station
City police picked up a pair of runaway girls from Norton Virginia at the N and W passenger station last night. The girls aged 16 and 17 were reportedly bound for Detroit. Their parents are en route to Bluefield for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
N. and W
Detroit
Bluefield
Brooklyn Professor Co-Discoverer Of New Drug
A Brooklyn college professor was named co discoverer of the antibiotic streptomycin with Dr Selman A Waksman and will share in the royalties. The eight point settlement in New Jersey court allocates three percent of net royalties and 125000 for foreign rights, and credits Waksman with scientific and legal discovery. The agreement provides seven percent of post October 1 1950 royalties to 13 graduate students and associates, with other associates receiving cash bonuses. Net royalties up to September 30 1950 were about 2360000, and 80 percent of royalties remain with the Rutgers foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Brooklyn
N. Y
Selman A. Waksman
Schatz
New Jersey Superior Court
C. Thomas Schettino
Waksman
Rutgers Research and Endowment Foundation
Foundation
Robert C. Clothier
Rutgers University
The
Old Dominion Rebounds From Ice Storm In Virginia
The state thawed to slush as temps rose and freezing rain diminished. Traffic disruptions eased. two deaths linked to icy conditions reported. Buses and intercity carriers resumed schedules. Byrd Field flights restarted. Forecast calls for clouds, rain, and later cooling with light snow or rain possible Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Richmond
Earl Wampler
Wise
Poonce
Fall Church
Donald Clatterbuck
Greyhound Lines
Carolina Trailways
Byrd Field
Highway Department
Richmond Department of Public Works
Jack H. Gould
Roanoke
Man on crutches struck by runaway car in Williamson
Fifty two year old Robert Nesbitt, recently injured in a mining accident, was climbing a hill on crutches when a parked runaway car struck him. He suffered a fractured skull and critical condition, with both crutches crushed but no further leg injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Robert Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Brady charged with murder in Vandalia shooting death
Charleston reports state trooper J S Flowers says Edward Brady 27 will be charged with murder over the death of Stanley Smith who died after being shot in an argument at the Vandalia residence Brady had previously faced a malicious wounding charge pending Smith's condition outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
J. S. Flowers
Edward Brady
Stanley Smith
Smith
Brady
Vandalia
Welch Chamber of Commerce Drive Extended to January 8
Directors of the Welch chamber of commerce extended the membership drive until Monday January 8 because many prospects are busy with inventory. The drive is about $3 000 short of the goal for a full time chamber. A final reports meeting is set for January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Welch Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Welch Stores and Offices To Close For New Year
Welch West Virginia December 29 announces all Welch stores and public offices will close Monday for New Year’s Day. Court house banks post offices and other establishments will not be open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Court House
Auto crash on Route 61 kills 89-year-old Ball
A car overturned along state route 61 in Charleston killing 89 year old Henry H. Ball of East Bank. Ball’s granddaughter Rose Frances Farry, 25, and her mother Lila Farry, 68, were hospitalized with injuries and concussion respectively. Farry’s husband Mike A Farry, 713, escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Henry H. Ball
East Bank
Ball
Rose Frances Farry
Lila Farry
Move To Crush Helgoland Rebels
British high commission plans direct action to crush a German squatters rebellion on Helgoland as eight demonstrators inhabit the island fortress barred since 1945. A new ordinance authorizes arrest and landings require written permission. Violators face up to one year in prison or a 5000 mark fine. Former Austrian Prince Hubertus Zu Lowenstein joins the squatters seeking to halt bombing. The British maintain the program trains Allied air crews and will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
British High Commission
Helgoland
North Sea
Schleswig-Holstein
Hitlerite
Forbidden Island
Hubertus Zu Lowenstein
Youth for Christ Rally Set at Welch Memorial Building
Welch W Va December 29 A Mc Dowell Wyoming County Youth for Christ rally will be held at 7 30 o clock Saturday night at the Memorial building in Welch. J E Oblinger president of the Billy Sunday club of Bluefield will lead the program with Garnett Bowling of Bluefield as guest speaker. Other Billy Sunday club members will provide special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
McDowell
Wyoming County
Youth For Christ
J. E. Oblinger
Billy Sunday Club of
Bluefield
Garnett Bowling
Billy Sunday Club
Communists Press Refugees as UN Forces Hold Line
Reported advances in the western Imjin front push thousands of refugees toward the river. Chinese patrols and refugees were observed across from Musan as UN forces bar crossings to prevent Red disguise. MacArthur notes two Chinese armies near Chongjong ready to strike south, raising questions on eastern purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imjin
Musan
United Nations
North Korea
Chongjong
Yonchon
MacArthur
Seoul
Enlistment Update Opens Active Duty to Reservists
South Charleston West Virginia military district announced that army reserve lieutenants and captains may now volunteer for active duty regardless of their current unit assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Military District
Army
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Prospect Park
City
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dea
Mercer Funeral Home
Wood Infant
Mrs
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Colored News
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Debanks
Princeton Gas Station Company
Neal F. Goad
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hungnam
Vy Ares
Albert Schata
Old Dominion
Associated Press
Runaway Auto
Pupyong
Schlossberg’s
Jewel
Princeton Ave
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