Flood Waters Go On New Spree In Ohio And Mississippi Valleys
Floods and sleet raging across parts of the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys leave at least 11 dead and isolate communities. Cairo and other cities suspend industry to conserve fuel while flood refugees assemble in twin tent cities in Louisiana. Power outages hit Illinois and Pennsylvania as ice storms cripple lines and blocks of homes lose electricity.
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Ohio
Mississippi River
Associated Press
Pissol Gators
Cairo
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Missouri
Midwest
East
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ilinois
Vta
Chicago
Eeae Sive
Zoning, Annexation Petitions Stir Beckley Board
Luther G. Scott noted residency rules and estimated election costs at 1500 dollars while Beckley faced three annexation votes previously. Manuel Giampocaro cited most Union Street residents in presenting a petition at yesterday’s session. a report from Scott is due next week.
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Luther G. Scott
Beckley
Scott
Union Street
Manuel Giampocaro
Communists Claim France Tests Rocket Material Bound for Oran
A disputed report says France is preparing V-2 rocket test material as cargo headed for Oran, with a freighter set to sail Thursday and dockworkers on the Tyne and Snes 28 Sees Se refusing loads bound for the Orient.
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Seveals
Oran
Atlas Mountains
North Africa
Sahara
CGT
Tyne
Snes
Orient
Deaths and Funerals Local notices on Bailey and Whitt services
Last rites for Jamison Bailey age 84 will be held at Matoaka Baptist Church at 2 p.m. with Interment in the family cemetery near Rock. Survivors include wife Della Collins and nine grandchildren. Funeral for William G. Whitt 79 of Dry Fork Va will be at 1 p.m. at the home with burial at Pruett cemetery. Nephews pallbearers and nieces flower bearers. Body moved from Pocahontas Union funeral home to residence.
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Matoaka Baptist Church
Jamison
Jim” Bailey
Matoaka
Edgar Sigman
B. H. Stevens
Rock
Bailey
Woodlawn
Della Collins
Richard Spice
Buster
Sidney Williams
Jenkinjones
Luther Williams
Mudfork
Millard Jennings
Gordon Williams
John Cordell
Seaboard
Dry Fork
William G. Whitt
Tazewell County
Fielden Mitchell
Stuart Owens
Pruett
Pocahontas Union Funeral Home
Funeral rites for Mrs Nancy Hilton in Skaggs Va
Funeral rites for 66 year old Mrs Nancy Hilton wife of J D Hilton of Skaggs Va held this morning at 11 from the home Rev John Childress of Venia Va officiated Interment in McGlothlin cemetery at Skaggs Mrs Hilton died Sunday at her home after a length of illness
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Nancy Hilton
J. D. Hilton
Skaggs
John Childress
Venia
McGlothlin
Service for Mrs. Cora Smith Held at Eckman Church
A service will be held today at 2 p m at Eckman Methodist Church for Mrs. Cora Alice Smith 64 wife of L G Smith of Eckman who died Sunday night at home after a long illness Rever ends Andy Roe and Carl Looney officiate Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery
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Eckman Methodist Church
Cora Alice Smith
L. G. Smith
Eckman
Andy Roe
Carl Looney
Woodlawn Cemetery
Death of Harry P. Schaefer 61 in Pontiac and burial planned
Word comes of the death of Harry P. Schaefer 61 at his Pontiac Michigan home. He is survived by his wife three sons and several stepchildren. Born in Germany 1888 he lived in Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Bluefield and Pontiac. Burial planned at Monte Vista cemetery Bluefield with service at Hawkins chapel Thursday at 2 pm conducted by Dr C H Patterson. Henry Fortune to sing with James Elmer Brown on piano. Pallbearers named W J Cole Paul Cole Clifford Brown Dr E M Tanner Ralph Rector Harry Burnette Mark Kincaid and Joe Reynolds.
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Harry P. Schaefer
Pontiac
Mich
Lindsey Alley
Bluefield
Germany
Karl
Elizabeth Schaefer
Brooklyn
N. Y
Pratt University
W. E. Long Advertising Company
Chicago
Quality Bakers of America
New York
United Bakery Services
Cincinnati
Schaefer
Edna E. Davis
Harry P. Schaefer, Jr
Pawtuckett
Rhode Island
Harold Schaefer
Arlington
Norman Schaefer
Farming
C. H. Patterson
Henry Fortune
James Elmer Brown
W. J. Cole
Paul Cole
Clifford Brown
E. M. Tanner
Ralph Rector
Harry Burnette
Mark Kincaid
Joe Reynolds
James Wesley Odom 62 Dies in Boissevain Va
James Wesley Odom died Tuesday morning at his Boissevain home after months of illness. He was a Pocahontas Fuel employee since 1936 and a Mason. Survived by wife Nola Gouge and numerous children across Maryland Washington D C California North Carolina and Montana. Rites set Thursday at 3 p.m. Cranberry Methodist Church with Elk Park cemetery interment.
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James Wesley Odom
Boissevain
Odom
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Masonic Lodge No
Elk Park
N. C
Nola Gouge
James D
Seattle
Calif
Marion
John Odom
Hickory
Mark Odom
Lexington
Cranberry Methodist Church
Cranberry
Pocahontas Union
Walter J. Fink to become Bluefield trial justice
Walter J. Fink a Bluefield Virginia resident and former post office employee will assume duties as Bluefield municipal trial justice next Monday. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of B M Newman who served as justice of the peace for 47 years. Newman’s successor is expected to be approved by Circuit Court Judge W L Sexton Jr to complete the unexpired term. Newman, a World War I veteran and retired Norfolk and Western employee, had assisted his father in municipal duties for years.
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Walter J. Fink
Bluefield
Fink
B. M. Newman
Newman
Squire
Circuit Court
W. L. Sexton, Jr
J. E. Newman
Norfolk and Western Railway
Funeral service for Sam E Williams at Otto Church
Funeral for Sam Easley Williams 59 who died suddenly at his home in Jenkinsones will be held at 2 p.m. from the Church of God at Otto near Jenkinsones. The Rev Walter Smith and the Rev Mr Underwood will officiate.
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Sam E. Williams
Sam Easley Williams
Jenkinsones
Church of God
Otto
Walter Smith
Mr. Underwood
Postal Inspector Visiting Mullens
Mullens West Virginia February 14 Special Post Office Inspector E E Shroeder visits to survey sites for a proposed new post office He tours locations with Mullens Chamber of Commerce post office committee and Postmaster Curtis Crotty and will seek additional bids this week Committee members include B T Hash chair Hobart M Lusk and Joe E Orr
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Mullens
W. Va
Post Office
E. E. Shroeder
Shroeder
Post Office Committee
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Curtis Crotty
Post Office Chamber
B .T. Hash
Hobart M. Lusk
Joe E. Orr
Theft Reported of 1946 Blue Chevrolet Sedan
Ed Mitchell of Pocahontas Va reported to city police the theft of his 1946 blue Chevrolet sedan taken between 8 and 10 pm from Edwards Terrace. He found it missing when he returned at 10 oclock.
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Ed Mitchell
Pocahontas
Mitchell
Edwards Terrace
Beckley City Delays Switch to City Manager Form
Beckley West Virginia February 14 in regular session the city council decided to postpone action on converting Beckley to a city manager form until July 1. The plan was presented by Mayor W A Burke after a lengthy discussion of governing systems.
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Beckley
W. Va
Beckley City
W. A. Burke
Indictments by Tazewell Jury Marches Through Circuit Court
Tazewell, Feb 14 Special Presiding judge W L Sexton Jr opened the February term and empaneled a grand jury comprising T F Coates Chase M Adkins Joseph S Moss L L Dickenson and Charles Green the latter a colored man of Bluefield Va Indictments were returned against Lois Graham for forgery James Robins forgery C L Hawks Jr embezzlement Fred H Jewell breaking and entering Carl Dennard Wade murder James Harvey Horton murder Joe Nipper manufacturing whiskey Chester A Skeens manufacturing whiskey Allen W Megredy grand larceny George Hardy receiving stolen goods William Simmons colored malicious wounding Marion Horn malicious wounding and Jess Davidson malicious wounding The criminal calendar runs Monday Feb 20 through Friday 24 with fifteen felony trials and seventeen misdemeanors listed The civil calendar will be heard later in the week
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Tazewell
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Tazewell Circuit Court
T. F. Coates
Chase M. Adkins
Joseph S. Moss
L. L. Dickenson
Charles Green
Bluefield
Lois Graham
James Robins
C. L. Hawks, Jr
Fred H. Jewell
Carl Dennard Wade
James Harvey Horton
Joe Nipper
Chester A. Skeens
Allen W. Megredy
George Hardy
William Simmons
Marion Horn
Jess Davidson
Brawl Marks Italian Government Triumph
In Rome the chamber of deputies approved the new government 314 to 189 with 12 abstentions after a brawl. A Communist deputy targeted premier Alcide de Gasperi but was blocked and expelled as Christian Democrats and Communists fought on the floor. Labor minister Achille Marazzo suffered a bitten finger.
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Rome
Italy
Chamber of Deputies
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democratic
Luigi di Mauro
Christian Democrat
Labor
Achille Marrazza
Miners Finance Most Of Coal Strike Cost
A survey shows striking miners finance most of the soft coal strike costs with unemployment relief funded by the employer payroll tax in about four states. The Associated Press report misstated that workers pay for jobless aid through payroll deductions or taxes.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Dams Protect Fish in Drought Area near Santa Ana
Izaak Walton League members in Santa Ana have completed a check dam project to sustain year round fish habitats in a water scarce area. Using county fish and game funds they built 27 small dams in series to back up water into pools supporting stream life.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Izaak Walton League
Santa Ana County
Marine Corps Founded in Philadelphia in 1775
The U. S. Marine Corps traces its origin to formal establishment on November 10, 1775 in Philadelphia. The brief record notes the revolutionary era founding as a distinct military service.
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OLD Service
U. S. Marine Corps
Philadelphia
Wyoming circuit court opens first February term
On the first day of the February term in Wyoming county court the panel set aside a 3500 verdict from July in favor of India Cooper against Pipeline Construction company over board payments for an employee. The docket also includes a hearing Tuesday on the Jeremiah Lambert heirs case for 121 acres of coal land in Barkers Ridge with Pocahontas Land Corp versus heirs. Ten divorces and one annulment were granted on opening day by Wyoming county divorce commissioner D Grove Moler.
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Pineville
W. Va
Wyoming County
India Cooper
Barkers Ridge
Pocahontas Land Corporation
J. M. B. Lewis
Paige Hamrick
Bluefield
Bailey, Worrell & Bailey
D. Grove Moler
Mullens
Paul D. Blackshear
Cadets Split on Housemothers at Virginia Tech Dorms
A Virginia Tech dormitory poll shows 52.1 percent of cadets oppose housemothers while 37.6 support and 10.3 have no opinion. Civilians favor 68.7 percent, oppose 22.86 with 8.28 undecided. Cadets argued the presence would harm military prestige.
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Blacksburg
Virginia Tech
VPI
Radtech
Radford Arsenal
Student Newsaper
Walter S. Newman
Walkout Continues as Miners Reject Return to Work
In Charleston UMW district 17 President William Blizzard disputed West Virginia coal operators and said miners remain away from work after a federal return-to-work order. He cited ongoing grievances from eight months and said the strike end would not occur without a contract. Blizzard headed to Washington for talks with operators and unions.
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Montgomery
Charleston
UMW
William Blizzard
Jesse V. Sullivan
West Virginia Coal Association
Kanawha
Logan
Fayette Counties
Washington
John L. Lewis
Blizzard
U S To Foreclose On Lustron Corp
The reconstruction finance corp orders foreclosure proceedings in federal court Ohio against Lustron Corp which owes the government 37.5 million dollars. An RFC spokesman said the action follows weeks of hoping for a workable recovery and that losses could reach 30 million. Lustron runs a large prefabricated housing plant in Columbus Ohio.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Lustron Corp
Ohio
RFC
Federal District Court
Company
Lustron
Columbus
Bluefield Symphony Announces Six Music Scholarships
Bluefield Symphony plans six scholarships for promising local school string players with selection by a committee including Evangeline Donahue and Dick Wellock. Winners receive string instruction and auditions will be held in local schools. The group also prepares for the March 10 pops concert featuring Romberg and other light and classical pieces.
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Bluefield
The
Bluefield Eemahaneauhasatun
Evangeline Donahue
Dick Wellock
Bob Wright
Miss Donahue
William Caruth
Sigmund Romberg
Greig
Strauss
Herbert, Frimi
MacDowell
Cupid Still Smiles Across a World Bleak With News
Arthur Edson notes Valentine mood contrasting with grim headlines from hydrogen bombs to political unrest. A bus ride vignette shows a young boy's simple Valentine gesture, reminding readers that Cupid still exists amid harrowing global events, ending on a hopeful, small love moment.
Food Dealers Hear McCulloch on Credits
Mercer County Food Dealers Association met at the West Virginian hotel with about 45 members hearing Sam McCulloch, manager of the local credit bureau, discuss cautious credit granting as a seller’s privilege. A motion picture on the 1949 world series was shown. Elmer Tabor presided, with Paul Cole as secretary.
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Mercer County Food Dealers Association
Sam McCulloch
Credit Bureau
West Virginian
Hote McCulloch
McCulloch
Elmer Tabor
Paul Cole
Miners Weigh Return to Work After Keech Order
About 372000 United Mine Workers stayed home as Judge Richmond B Keech ordered a 10 day halt in coal shutdowns. The union faced scattered violence near Latrobe Pennsylvania while the leadership debated direct orders to locals and districts before the resumption of production.
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United Mine Workers
Richmond B. Keech
Federal District Court
Latrobe
Lewis
Keech
UMW
Washington
John D Battle
National Coal Association
Battle
Florida Couple Raises 13 Children From A to Z
Bonifay, Fla. couple A. W. Bowlin and wife recently celebrated their golden wedding. Their 13 children progress alphabetically from Audie Bryant born October 18, 1900, to Von Zircle born June 29, 1928. No twins.
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Commies
France
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
NEA Telephoto
Jamison Bailey
H. P. Schaefer
James W. Odom
Virginia Side
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U. S. Beverage Co
Ae Airs
Wyoming
U.S
Buffalo
Harley Lamarr
Marion B. Frisbee
Lamarr
Mrs. Frisbee
Willard J. Frisbee
Bluefield Symphony
Cupid
Arthur Edson
Cupid Archly
Springfield
Love
Indiana
Death Valley
New Delhi
Helsinki
Johannesurg
Britain
Anthony Eden
Valentine
Mary
Lewis and
Ops
Underwood Sundstrand
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Dial
Bluefield, W. Va
Florida
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