Liquor By Drink Bill Advances In West Virginia
The house temperance committee recommended a bill allowing liquor by the drink in certain clubs under strict limits. Licenses would apply to nationally chartered veterans and fraternal groups with 20+ state branches, with taxes set and municipal shares. Additional bills moved through senate committees on apples, markets, airport funding, and judicial salaries.
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Charleston
W. Va
House Temperance Committee
Senate
Casulty Naurance Companies
Insurance
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Supreme Court of the United States
Agriculture Committee
West Virginia
Apple Commission
Commission
Agriculture Department
Senate Aeronautics Committee
Mingo County
Kentucky
Counties and Municipal Corporations Committee
Mercer County Criminal Court
Kanawha County
Senate Insurance Group
West Virginia Athletic Commission
Education Committee
HOUSE
Capitol
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Peace Springs
State Health Department
Special Committee On Public Health
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Ay Baft
Washington
Youthful Bandits Hold Up Lunch Room
Three juvenile bandits robbed an East Charleston lunch room today. One was captured within an hour, another escaped amid police gunfire, and the third fled. They obtained $77.80 from the Tod dle house cash register after entering with masked faces and drawn pistols.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chicago
Deaths and Funerals Roundup from Rainelle and Bluefield
Funeral services were held for Janie Vaughan of East Rainelle at Rainelle Baptist Church with interment at Sandlick. Mrs J B Reynolds of Coeburn, 82, dies. funeral at Coeburn Methodist with burial in Ramsey cemetery. H M Kidd, 79, retired farmer from Bland, dies. services at a Bastian church with Bluefield relatives listed.
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Janie Vaughan
Rainelle Baptist Church
Janie Vaughen
H. M. Kidd
Methodist Church
Bastian
Bland
Christiansburg
Bluefield
Hester Munsey
Joan R. Munsey
Etta Shuffiebarger
Taft on social aid and federal role in 1948 programs
Taft advocates limited federal action in social assistance while urging state and local focus on subsistence, shelter, medical care and education. Walter Hallanan notes healing the nation takes time and frames the Republican leadership as Americans first.
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OO Taft
Republican National
Walter 8
Arabs Attack Jewish Village in Bnai Geulim Raid
About 100 Arabs armed with knives and sticks raided the Jewish village of Bnai Geulim to fight and kidnapped one of seven Jews wounded. The raid followed clashes between Jewish extremists and moderates for the second successive night, with both sides reporting kidnappings.
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Jerusalem
Bnai Geulim
Dr Franklin Slade Dies At Shawver's Mill Va
Dr Franklin Slade of Shawver's Mill Virginia died suddenly at home Tuesday night from a heart ailment born April 28 1889 in Shawver's Mill son of John W and Amelia Walker Slade married June 19 1910 to Hattie Carhaugh of Tazewell survived by wife five children Elizabeth Leffel James H Slade Mary Ellen Roath Blanche Lambert George Lewis Slade five brothers two sisters and many grandchildren burial at Maple Hill cemetery services at Chestnut Grove Church afternoon at 2 o clock Rev Jay Osborne presiding nephews as pallbearers flowerbearers listed.
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Franklin Slade
Shawver's Mill
John W
Amelia Ann Walker Blade
Slade
Hattie Carhaugh
Tazewell
Elizabeth Leffel
James H. Slade
Beckley
Mary
Lucy
Sallie Slade
Shawver’s Mill
J. M
W. Blade
Chestnut Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
Jay Osborne
Nerces
City and Coalfield Items Dead Line for Sunday Telegraph Ads
Advertising must be submitted by noon Friday for Sunday’s Daily Telegraph. The rule is strictly enforced though regrettable, with no ads accepted after 12 o’clock noon Friday. February 16 is the relevant date for the deadline.
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Daily Telegraph
State Chamber Proposes Broad Tax and Spending Reforms
The State Chamber outlines economy moves to save public funds including stenographic pools, centralized bookkeeping, and overhauls department by department. It urges extending the gross sales tax to more sectors and proposes a mix of tax increases and service cuts to raise several million dollars for the general revenue fund. The plan also targets road revenue and refined tax channels while noting historical interest in Lincoln through a playful anecdote.
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Charleston
West Virginia
General Revenue Fund
Chamber
State Banking Department
Lincoln Self-Portrait: From 1859 Manuscript Details
The article notes a Library of Congress presentation of Lincoln's self description sketched in 1859. It recounts his upbringing, scant schooling, service as a Black Hawk War captain, and early political rise to the state legislature and Congress, with emphasis on his personal portrayal.
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Congress
Lincoln
Library of Congress
Robert, Dale Richardson
Medford
Mass
Richardson
Jesse W. Fell
Fell
Innovative truss gains trust with free trial offer
Kansas City physician's appliance firm promotes a new inconspicuous rupture truss that requires no leg straps or bulky padding. It promises ease and comfort, reports thousands helped in a year, and offers a $3.50 gift for reports after a 0 day trial by sending a descriptive circular free to 1834 Koch Ex 3906 Main Kansas City Missouri.
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Ita
Physician's
Koch Ex
Main
Kansas City
Missouri
Tales of beer war continuation on labor bills
The article reports Senate and House labor committees scrutinizing anti labor proposals amid a Pittsburgh beer war dispute. Forney Johnston of the National Coal Association labels the tonnage royalty for welfare funds unlawful, warns of rights erosion without Congress removing compulsion. Earl Reed of Weirton Steel cites NLRB actions against independent unions as part of the broader labor tensions.
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Forney Johnston
National Coal Association
Senate Labor Committee
United Mine Workers Union
Congress
Senate
House Committee
Attor
CIO
Portal
Johnston
Duly
Earl ¥. Reed
Weirton Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Senator probes plant ties raise questions on labor spies
The passage notes NLRB representatives at meetings where ICIO leaders allegedly bribed officers of the independent union to betray it. Senator Morse urges the NLRB to tell its side, while Senator Murray questions the company’s clean record, referencing a 1930s probe and labor espionage rumors. Reed cites acquittal and warns against eroding individual freedom.
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Pany
West Virginia
Herald Nlrb
ICIO
Morse
Ore
NLRB
Murray
D. Mont
Senate
Reed
Course
Ory
Strong National Promises Budget Cuts and Labor Rights Talk
In a page one continuation, lawmakers push retroactive labor protections and wage contracts. Republicans vow to cut the national budget and income taxes while citing a debt above two thousand dollars per person. Calls to curb government waste and avoid tinkering with policy gain cadence as Martin urges strong US posture abroad.
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Revercomb
Republican Party
United States
Ellis
Huntington
Congress
Martin
Republican Congress
Pennsylvania
Stassen Urges Continued From Page One On Tariff Policy
Stassen calls for a continued low tariff policy and the repeal of the reciprocal tariff act. He urges the president to overrule tariff decisions harming American industry and favors Geneva observers for trade pact negotiations with 18 nations in April. He cites four reasons: rising productivity, capital resources and global markets, need for investment, and ensuring world peace through steady living standards.
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Labor
Industry
Agriculture
Republican Party
Geneva
State Department
Stassen
John Rose
King Homow
King Homow, Patron of the World, Go That We Bluefield
Roby
Brown
Stewart
Princeton Avenue
Rose
Rose Said He Did Not Know Orvetal
United Nations arms cut study approved by 9 to 0 vote
The United Nations Security Council authorized a nine to zero arms reduction study commission covering all armaments except those under the atomic energy agency. Russia and Poland abstained. Soviet delegate Gromyko resisted but did not veto. A final vote on the resolution awaits as the council proceeds with the overall plan.
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Lake Success
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Poland
United States
United Nations
Atomic Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
Savas of Bipkens Acting Drugs Ad Puzzle
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Taylor's Drug Company and Pocahontas VA. It seems to be an ad or listing for drug firms including Citizens Drug Company and Pocahontas Pharmacy. No clear event or outcome is shown.
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Savas of Bipkens
Taylor's Drug Company
Pocahontas
Icitizens Drug Company
Pocahontas Pharmacy
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J. E. Reynolds
Coeburn
J. B. Reynolds
Fred B. Horne
Fairview Pharmacy
South Bluefield
Mr. Richardson
Ramsey Cemetery
Franklin Shade
Viger
State Chamber
Tam
State College
Abraham Lincoln Hite
Abraham Lincoln
Garber
Ipomp
Phang
Pontiac
Henry J. Taylor
Gourgat
Fisher
Woods-Brevick Motor Co., Inc
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield, W. Va
George Butt
Mola Streat
Pacahontes
Rive
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Hollywood
Charlie Shan
Hig
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Pinkham
Hana
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