Government urges price restraint by food processors and distributors
Washington reports the government asked millers packers wholesalers and retailers to hold price lines while applying fair price standards. ESA warns mandatory controls possible if voluntary action fails. Farm prices rose about 4 percent from mid November to mid December but remain 7 percent below June 1948 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael V. di Salie
DiSalle
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Agriculture Department
Two Soldiers Held In Theft Of Truck
In Welch West Virginia two AWOL soldiers were jailed in McDowell County after a truck theft report involving Joe Sepp of Premier. Police identified the suspects as Robert V. Carter and Paul L. Patterson from Camp Campbell Kentucky with homes stated as Pennsylvania. Arrests were made by Lt. Vance Spangler Sgt. Buster Dodson and Patrolman Arthur Gainer.
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 occupied by Mr and Mrs J W Richardson. The couple were reported away from home when the blaze started. Origin of the flames was not determined. The house belonged to Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates where Richardson works. This was the third fire in Mc Dowell County in as many nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maitland
W. Va
J. W. Richardson
Richardsons
Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
Richardson
McDowell County
Dulles Calls for a Flexible, Global Deterrent Strategy
Secretary of State Dulles urged a diversified arsenal of counterattack options to deter war, stressing that total reliance on one form of warfare is risky. He praised U S backing of UN actions in Korea while warning against pursuing multiple Koreas globally and noting the Kremlin holds final war-determining power. He cited Soviet gains since 1945 and argued a free world has slowed expansion without open war, though despotic rule remains fragile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Korea
America
Dulles
Kremlin
U. S
BL Po
Soviet Union
James M. Ritz Dies. Noted West Virginia Attorney
James M. Ritz formerly of Wheeling and Huntington and a leading West Virginia attorney died Friday at St. Luke's hospital. He had retired due to ill health and moved to Bluefield to live with his sister. Ritz was born January 6, 1871 in Wheeling and was a University of Virginia graduate. He practiced in Wheeling and later in Bluefield with the firm Riley and Ritz. Funeral services will be at Sacred Heart Church with interment in Monte Vista cemetery.
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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
Erick T. Kingdon
Watson Mays
Richard Frampton
James C. Ritz
Jim Ed Wagner
John Enemas
Edward McQuail
James H. Martin
W. D. Shields
Mrs Jennie Robinett dies in Winston-Salem at 64
Mrs Jennie Robinett 64 former Pounding Mill resident died at her Winston Salem home after a lingering illness She was born in Tazewell County Va daughter of the late John A and Lou Lovell She is survived by son Laurence of Winston Salem and four sisters Funeral services are at 2 p m today at Farmer Funeral Home Richlands with Rev H A Phillips and Rev Jack Johnson officiating burial in the oe 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 Keystone Man Frank Corso
Funeral mass for Frank Corso 67 of Keystone will be held at Sacred Heart Church Powhatan at 10 this morning. Father Bert Goshorn will officiate and burial follows at Woodlawn Cemetery. The body was moved from Bennett Funeral Home Keystone to the residence yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Powhatan
Frank Corso
Keystone
Bert
Goshorn
Woodlawn
Bennett Funeral Home
Mrs J H Sumpter of Floyd Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs J H Sumpter of Floyd Virginia died Friday morning after a lingering illness. She was the mother of Miss Alice Sumpter an employee of the Bluefield Telephone company 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 set for Aaron L Graves Mercer Funeral head
Aaron L Graves 71 president of Mercer Funeral Home Montcalm dies at Bluefield Sanitarium early Thursday. Service to be held this afternoon at 2 from Montcalm Methodist Church with Rev J E Belcher and Rev J R Cottrell assisting. Interment 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 O. Anderson miner in Berwind
Funeral rites for Raymond O. Anderson a 33 year old miner from Berwind who died Thursday in Bluefield Sanitarium will be held Sunday at noon. J Douglas mortuary Welch is in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond O. Anderson
Berwind
Bluefield Sanitarium
By. J. Douglas
Welch
Infant Roy Lee Wood Dies in Welch Hospital
Roy Lee Wood infant son of Mr and Mrs Everett M Wood of Warriormine McDowell county died Friday morning in a Welch hospital He is survived by three brothers Ronnie Everett Jr and Clinton and a sister Linda Lee Funeral services will be held at 2 pm from the home of Mrs Lewis Crawford in Cucumber Interment will follow at Grassy Spur Va cemetery Co J Douglas mortuary of Welch is in charge of arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lee Wood
Everett M. Wood
Warriormine
McDowell County
Welch
Ronnie
Everett, Jr
Clinton
Linda Lee
Lewis Crawford
Grassy Spur
Co. J. Douglas Mortuary
Death of Marion Elkins in Grundy area
Marion Elkins 19 son of Mr and Mrs Myron Elkins of ae Lee died in a Grundy hospital. Survived by four brothers Warner Calvin Lee and Jim mie and seven sisters Bailey Laymons Carl Rye Woodrow McClannahan Ruth Marie Anne and Alice. Funeral 11 a m today at Stacy home with Rev Albert Ball of Raven Va officiating. Burial in Matney cemetery. Body arriving at residence from Grundy funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Elkins
Myron Elkins
Lee
Warner
Riffe, Wash
Calvin
Bluefield
Jimmie
Stacy
Bailey Laymons
Baylord
Carl Rye
Mouth Card
Woodrow McClannahan
Ruth
Marie
Anne
Alice
Albert Ball
Raven
Matney
Grundy Funeral Home
Williams R Lurabelle Smith Williams 76 Dies at Home
Mrs Lurabelle Smith Williams died at 7 p m at her home 704 Princeton Avenue born September 7 1874 in Willowton daughter of John Smith and Louisa Smith widow of George R Williams survived by three daughters two sons four grandchildren two great grandchildren three sisters and two brothers Funeral arrangements to be announced by Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton body to be removed today at 5 p m
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Lurabelle Smith Williams
Princeton Avenue
Williams
Willowton
John Melvin (Lum) Smith
Louisa Davis Smith
George R. Williams
P. J. Akers
R. L. Smith
C. E. Noell
Roanoke
Funeral Rites Set for Fred C. Acord in Princeton
Funeral services will be held at Seaver mortuary chapel in Princeton this afternoon at 2 o clock for Fred C. Acord 67 a former Princeton resident who died Thursday in Norfolk The Rev B W John pastor of the First Methodist church at Princeton will officiate Burial follows in Resthaven cemetery Pallbearers are Quillen Bingham Henry Chambers Charles Bowling John Roberts Heber Stafford and Elmer Bay.
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Seaver
Princeton
Fred C. Acord
Norfolk
B. W. John
First Methodist Church
Resthaven
Quillen Bingham
Henry Chambers
Charles Bowling
John Roberts
Heber Stafford
Elmer Bay
Death of Mrs P W Davis 69 in San Francisco
Relatives report the death of Mrs. P. W. Davis 69 in San Francisco California after living in Bluefield area for decades. 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 planned today at 2 p.m. Gray's Funeral Service San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Davis
San Francisco
Calif
California
Gray's
Senator Sparkman urges aid to needy nations in anti communism push
Senator Sparkman says you cannot defeat communism with bullets alone and urges U S aid to lift two thirds of the world from hunger and feudal poverty. He advocates sharing know how in irrigation farming and medicine to help underdeveloped countries and predicts communism will perish when lands are well tilled and crops bumper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
U. S
United Nations General Assembly
American Political Science Association
Tragic telegrams bring sorrow for Ehrlich family
In Dousman Wisconsin three telegrams over December brought hope and heartbreak to Sgt. Leland Ehrlich’s family. A December 21 message said he was killed in Korea, a Christmas Day telegram reversed the first, and a final telegram yesterday confirmed the loss. the sergeant did not live to see Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dousman
Wis
George Ehrlich
Defense Department
Ehrlichs
Leland Ehrlich
Korea
Ehrlich
Sgt. Ehrlich
Obituaries note deaths of two area workers this week
John Estees, longtime N and W railroad employee, died Thursday night at his home 212 Carter Street after a lengthy illness. Samuel Leonard Hutchenson, 13 years with E F Bratton farm on Bluefield Princeton road, died Thursday evening at the farm. funeral at 1 p.m. today from Memorial Funeral Directory chapel in Princeton with Rev Z F Mayberry officiating. interment at Bratton farm. pallbearers to be chosen at chapel prior to service.
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John Estees
N & W Railroad
Carter Street
Samuel Leonard Hutchenson
E. F. Bratton
Bluefield
Princeton
Chapel of Memorial Funeral Directory
Z. F. Mayberry
Bratton
Rubber plant reopened near Charleston with government plan
Charleston chamber announces bulk synthetic rubber production to start between January 1 and 11 at the federal Institute plant. About 800 workers will be hired as full production is expected by May 1, with B F Goodrich Chemical Co operating the facility for the government 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 said that eastern panhandle highways were largely clear after up to five inches of snow, with only some slush on US 50 near Mount Storm. Some routes previously on the hazardous list were reported clear, while secondary roads remained snow covered in parts of the panhandle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Road Commission
Commission
Bureau of Highway Information
Panhandle
U. S. 50
Mineral
Grant County
Mount Storm
U. S. 33
Elkins
Marlinton
Vote Asked On Arms Bill By French Chief
Premier Rene Pleven asked parliament for a vote of confidence on his rearma ment plan and taxes to back it. Earlier the assembly approved a 740 billion franc budget for the armed forces by 416 to 180, with expected friction over taxing measures to fund the bill. Pleven said the confidence vote would occur shortly after midnight Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rene Pleven
National Assembly
Pleven
Sergeant 61 Eagerly Flies as Recruit Posters Echo
Aberdeen Md. veteran Sgt John E Fox 61, of Phillips Field, Md., remains on flying status as a mechanical inspector of army air force planes. He enlisted November 26 1910 at Ft Slocum N Y and served on the Mexican border and 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, Conn. report from 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 the presence of vitamins and iron in reinforced foods as proof we are better fed today than in older days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Fayette County Miner Dies From Mine Car Accident
Glen H. Harless, 33, of Pax in Fayette county, died in a hospital today from injuries received in a mine accident two days earlier. He was run over by a mine car while working in a small truck used by his father Harless at Clear Creek near Pax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Mill
W. Va
Glen H. Harless
Pax
Fayette County
Harless
Clear Creek
Princeton Gas Station Company Receives State Charter
Charleston West Virginia 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 lns Silas W Ball and Clare E Ball Jr all of Princeton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Ball and Collins, Incorporated
Princeton
James M.lins
Silas W. Ball
Clare E. Ball, Jr
Marie Wilson Wins Divorce In Nevada
Marie Wilson of radio and movies won a divorce today from Allan Nixon in a closed hearing in Las Vegas Nevada. They wed in 1942 in Las Vegas. Cruelty was the charge but no specifics were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Nevada
Marie Wilson
The
Radio and Movies
Allan Nixon
City Police Stop Two Runaway Girls
City police picked up two runaway girls from Norton Virginia at the N and W station late last night. The youths aged 16 and 17 were bound for Detroit. Their parents are traveling to Bluefield to recover them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
N. and W
Detroit
Bluefield
Brooklyn Professor Co discovers New Drug Streptomycin
A Brooklyn college professor is named co discoverer of the antibiotic streptomycin with Dr Selman Waksman and will share legal and scientific credit plus three percent of net royalties and 125000 for foreign rights. The settlement ends a suit by Dr Schatz and sets aside seven percent of post October 1 1950 royalties to related graduates and assistants. Net royalties up to 1950 are estimated at 2360000 with Rutgers Foundation retaining most proceeds.
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Newark
N. J
Brooklyn
N. Y
Selman A. Waksman
Schatg
New Jersey Superior Court
C. Thomas Schettino
Schatz
Waksman
Rutgers Research and Endowment Foundation
Foundation
Robert C. Clothier
Rutgers University
The
Royals
Old Dominion De-Ices Itself
The Associated Press reports Virginia thawed to slush as a warm snap ended freezing rain. Traffic resumed across the state with buses and intercity carriers back on schedule. Two deaths from icy conditions and a $2,000 chemical bill are noted.
Man on crutches struck by runaway car in Williamson
Williamston resident Robert Nesbitt, 52, who recently broke a leg in a mining accident, was on crutches when a runaway car rolled into him on a hill near his home. He suffered a fractured skull and crutches were crushed. he was hospitalized in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson
W. Va
Robert Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Edward Brady Charged With Murder In Vandalia Shooting
Charleston authorities say Edward Brady, 27, will face murder charges in the death of Stanley Smith who died yesterday after being shot during an argument at Brady’s Vandalia home near Charleston. Brady had been charged with malicious wounding and awaits the outcome of Smith's condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
J. S. Flowers
Edward Brady
Stanley Smith
Smith
Brady
Vandalia
Welch Chamber Extends Membership Drive to Jan 8
Welch West Virginia directors of the chamber of commerce vote to extend the annual membership campaign to Monday January 8. The drive remains about three thousand dollars short of funding for a full time operation in the new year. A follow up meeting is set for January 8 to report on progress and finalize plans.
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 It was announced today that Welch stores will join public offices in being closed Monday New Year’s Day. Offices at the courthouse banks post offices and other establishments will not be open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Court House
Automobile Crash Claims Life of 89 Year Old In East Bank
On state route 61 an early morning skid and overturn near Charleston killed 89 year old Henry H Ball of East Bank. Injured were Balls granddaughter Rose Frances Farry 25 with hand and leg injuries and her mother Lula Farry 68 with concussion while Lula Farry s husband Mike A Farry 73 escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Henry H. Ball
East Bank
Ball
Rose Frances Farry
Lula Farry
Move To Crush Helgoland Rebels
British authorities plan direct action to suppress a German squatters rebellion on Helgoland an Allied bombing range in the North Sea Eight demonstrators remain on the island as British forces prepare for dawn sail and new orders forbid landings without written permission Violators face up to one year imprisonment or a 5000 mark fine Former Austrian Prince Hubertus zu Loewenstein joins the squatters stating Germans aim to force bombing stoppage and return of 1400 Helgolanders The British say bombing will continue to train air crews for western defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Germany
British High Commission
Helgoland
North Sea
Schleswig-Holstein
Hitlerite
Youth for Christ Rally at Welch Memorial Building
A Youth for Christ rally will be held at 7 30 oclock Saturday night in the Memorial building Welch W V J E Oblinger president of the Billy Sunday club Bluefield will chair Garnett Bowling Bluefield will be the 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 and Push Near Imjin Line
Refugees flood west as Red forces press across the Imjin River with Chinese patrols observed near Musan. United Nations curbs refugee crossings to prevent Red disguises. MacArthur reports two Chinese armies poised south of Yonchon as eastern aims unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imjin
Musan
United Nations
North Korea
Chongjong
Yonchon
MacArthur
Seoul
Army reserve officers may volunteer for active duty
South Charleston West Virginia December 29 1944 the West Virginia military district announced that army reserve lieutenants and captains may volunteer for active duty regardless of their current unit assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Military
Army
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Hungnam
Niagara Falls
American Falls
Niagara
Prospect Park
City
John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company
Dea
Mercer Funeral Home
Wood Infant
Mrs
Lurabelle Williams
Colored News
Samuel L. Hutchenson
Debanks
Princeton Gas Station Company
Awe Ay
Albert Sohata
Old Dominion
Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
Earl Wampler
Wise
Donce
Fall Church
Donald Clatterbuck
Greyhound Lines
Carolina Trailways
Byrd Field
Highway Department
Richmond Department of Public Works
Jack H. Gould
Runaway Auto
Pupyong
Schlossberg’s
Jewel
Princeton Ave
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