James E. McGuire Rites Set Friday
James E. McGuire a Cedar Bluff businessman and lodge official dies at 72 in Richlands. Rites at Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church with burial in the New Cemetery at Tazewell. survivors include widow Margaret Brown, son Robert E. McGuire, daughters Mildrede and Mrs. Horace Woodhouse, a foster son, and several siblings. He led the Cedar Bluff Woolen Mills era and later ran mercantile business. funeral arrangements by Cedar Bluff Masonic Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Edgar McGuire
Cedar Bluff
Amonate
McGuire
Tazewell
J. Marion
Elizabeth Chrismond McGuire
J. Edgar McGuire
Cadar Bluff
Margaret Brown
Robert E. McGuire
John D. Brown
University of
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Albert McGuire
Richlands
Helen Ratliff
Cambria
Elia M. Hall
Spartamburg
Keen
Arthur Keen
Tewell Ridge
Harold
Jacouiine
Alk Zaro
Hale
Buchanan County
Lands Law Test Case Is Argued
The West Virginia Supreme Court heard the lands law case testing 1946 amendments, with the state arguing full title to delinquent coal lands sold for taxes and redemption rules under review. The case could affect up to 50,000 tracts certified for sale, as the court weighs constitutional validity and the state’s title after redemption provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth B. Hines
Supreme Court
High Court
Braxton
Dudge
Duke Fisher
West Virginia Coal Association
Fisher
Youth Probated On Draft Charge In Roanoke Court
Judge John Paul probated Carl L. Wall, an 18 year old Giles County youth, for two years in federal court in Roanoke after finding he failed to report for induction due to fear and ignorance. Wall, son of a tenant farmer, faced the charge and received probation with a district attorney and court appointed attorney present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul
Carl L. Wall
Giles County
Roanoke
Paul
Red Cross Elect Officers at Bluefield Meeting
A large crowd is expected for the Bluefield Red Cross election of 1947 officers and directors. Eligible members may vote at 7:30 Friday in the Appalachian Electric Power assembly room. Otto S. Lind of the eastern regional Red Cross will speak, to coincide with a fundraising planning conference at the West Virginian hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto 8S
Lind
Ked Cross
Bluefield
West Virginian
Edward Bratce
Nebraskan Wheels Self To Polio Foundation
Wesley Engquist a 26 year old polio survivor from Fremont Nebraska wheeled himself in a 6750 mile journey to the Warm Springs polio foundation in Georgia. He reached the center after 18 states and five months with a suitcase jack an awning and spare tires on his chair. He was admitted for examinations expected to take two to three days before a treatment decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Wesley Engquist
Engquist
Enquist
Fremont
Neb
Probation Given in Fatal Shooting Case in Fayetteville
Circuit Judge R J Thrift Jr placed 38 year old Fred Lowen on ten years probation after Lowen pled guilty to second degree murder in the January fatal shooting of J B Ronk of Charleston. The case stems from the prior January incident and details of the plea were filed in Fayetteville Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
W. Va
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Odfered
Fred Lowen
Desres
J. B. Ronk
Charleston
Sailor Indicted for Strangulation Death in Currie Case
William Charles Hall, 18, a former sailor from St. Louis, was indicted in absentia for first degree murder by a Frederick County circuit court grand jury. The indictment followed testimony from eight witnesses as authorities sought Hall after a wallet with Navy papers bearing his name was found near Currie’s body. Police identified photos of Hall with Currie, who was found strangled beside U.S. Highway 60 east of Winchester on December 26, with a second youth sought for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester, Vz
William Charles Hall
St. Louis
Frederick A. Currie
Grosse Pointe
Mich
Frederick County Circuit Court
Robert DeHaven
C. A. Seale
E Harter
DeHaven
Hall
Currie
Winchester
U.S. Highway 60
Here
Frederick County
Rui Maaah Iil
Vawter Named Assistant General Superintendent at C & O
Richmond, Jan. R G Vawter has been named as assistant general superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad division at Huntington West Virginia by the C & O office of the general manager. Vawter will be succeeded by R G McGehee formerly of Clifton Forge Va as superintendent of the C and O division in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
G. Vawter
Chesapeaker and Ohio Railroad
Huntington
W. Va
Vawtner
R. G. McGehee
Clifton Forge
Truman backs housing bill and wage reform plan
President urges quick passage of Wagner-Ellender-Taft housing bill to spur 1,000,000 new dwellings in 1947 and extend rent control. He endorses broad social legislation, including raising the minimum wage, expanding Social Security, and widening wage-hour coverage, without naming specific beneficiaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin G. Nourse
Truman
Senate
Ceilings Lifted Decontrol Debate Continues
The article discusses housing crowding and decontrol, noting OPA states rooming houses are unaffected by the order and that Washington rents are controlled by special nat ure. An OFA official says the order may allow decontrol of transient rooms in tourist homes and hotels outside the cap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Washington, D. C
OFA
Former Princesses In Black Market Dupes Case
In Wiesbaden on January 8 an American military government report says three former Prussian princesses Agathe Elizabeth and Luise Henriette acted as dupes in a black market ring. They swapped jewels for food though the scheme allegedly involved diamonds sapphires and a topaz worth about 60 000 marks. Food costs ranged from nine dollars for a chocolate bar to thirty dollars per pound of coffee. The women feared disclosure by the military government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Royal House of
Prussia
John Stark
Pasadena
Calif
Agathe
Elizabeth
Luise Henriette
Parens Ldne
Two Kentucky youths face kidnapping charge
Logan county sheriff Frank White and state police took into custody two 18-year-old Morehead, Kentucky youths returning to Logan for questioning about a cab driver’s complaint of kidnapping. The driver, Allen Evans of Big Creek, said he was forced at gunpoint to drive them from Logan to Huntington last night. Police found a revolver and a tack of dynamite during the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Huntington
W. Va
Logan County
Frank White
Morehead
Logan
Allen Evans
Big Creek
Don Maynard
Meadows Asks for Education Reforms in WV Budget Plan
The article reports Meadows urging WVU to lead in theory and practice, calls for smaller colleges grown in coordination with the university, and previews a governor budget with requests for automatic voting machines, a conciliation service in the labor department, rent control tied to federal action, expanded veterans aid, municipal finance study, a second injury fund, more state police, higher salaries, and a new state office building project only if economically justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadows
West Virinia University
Jolveratty
Lewisburg
State Labor Department
Department of Veterans Affairs
Interm
Bear Commission
Vocational Rehabilitation Division
Labor Department
Conservation Commission
Industrial and Publicity Commission
Navy Medical Corps Officers Sought for Appointments
Navy announces procurement of civilian medical professionals for the Medical Corps U S Navy and Naval Reserve. Applicants may be acting assistant surgeon or lieutenant with rank tied to age and qualifications. Third and fourth year medical students and graduates are eligible. details from the Office of Naval Officer Procurement Cincinnati Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Medical Corps
U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Federal
Fifth
Main Streets
Cincinnati
Ohio
Revercomb seeks inquiry into coal car shortage
Senator Revercomb of West Virginia called the Senate to investigate a shortage of coal cars in mining areas described as very serious. He cited complaints from unions operators and individuals about reduced production and fewer jobs due to insufficient cars to move coal to market. The resolution was sent to the commerce committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waontieeall
Revercomb
R. W. Va
Senate
West Virginia
Maret
Governor outlines 48th Legislature aims and budget
Governor's message to a near full chamber highlights a $24,000,000 wartime accumulation, an expanded health program, and major projects across state departments. Delegates and senators fill the chamber as the joint session ends with plans to reconvene Tuesday for committee assignments and the biennial budget. Senate President Vickers says each member may appoint two aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
House
Senate
Vickers
Governor's rent fight fuels education funding push
Speech by Outland signals likely battle over teacher pay. Unanimous consent bills authorize the state conservation commission to acquire land at Claytor Lake on New River for a state park and appropriate $10,000. Senators Ted Dalton and W C Caudill and delegates John B Spiers and Hugh Huff spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuck
Outland
State Conservation Commission
Claytor Lake
New River
Ted Dalton
W C. Caudill
John B. Spiers
Radford
Hugh Huff
Pulaski
Marshall in 1948 headlines sparks presidency speculation
Speculation swirls around Marshall as a potential presidential candidate in 1948. As secretary of state, he would be second in line to the presidency, making him a leading figure if vacancies arise. Despite friends’ denials, Marshall’s name stays prominent amid postwar peace talks and changing Nieman diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilg
Marshall
Truman
White House
Germany
Austria
Church Body Bids End to Race Barriers in Missions
At Buck Hill Falls Pennsylvania a Protestant home missions meeting urged abandoning class and racial discrimination. A 70 page council document calls for eradicating segregation, reexamining missionary work, ministering to all peoples, promoting interracial experiments, studying outreach to underserved groups, and collaborating with wider forces to ease tensions and foster understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buck Hill Falls
Home Missions Coach of
North America
Canada
Bernard F Hedrick Stationed In Germany
Bernard F Hedrick, son of Mr and Mrs J L Tabor of Princeton, serves with the 979th Military Police Company in Wiesbaden Germany. He enlisted in 1943 and has served in England and France before transferring to the United States Air Forces in Europe headquarters. He is entitled to wear the Good Conduct medal American Theater ribbon Occupation ribbons Victory medal and European Theater with four battle stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard FP. Hedrick
JL. K. Tabor
RFC No. 1
Princeton
Wiesbaden
Germany
979Th
Military Folce
McComas High School
American Coal Company
McComas
Sgt
Hedrick
England
France
United States Air Forces
Europe
Hee One
Legislature Briefs Open 48th Session With Absences Noted
The 48th West Virginia legislature convened with 34 senators, including oldest member Senator Fred C. Allen, as 2 dozen absentees were tallied. Senators Harlan R. Staats Jackson and A. R. Winters arrived to answer “here” during the roll call, while freshman Eugene L. Scott was briefly left out. Staats spoke up in the president vote, backing minority choice Senator Boreman, though Boreman also supported Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Allen
Marlinton
Senate
Harlan R. Staats
Jackson
A. R
Snooks
Eugene L.scott
Beckley
Staats
R. Jackson
Senator Staats
Scott
Clark Howard J. Myers
Boreman
R. Woods
Italian Premier Receives 50 Million Dollar Payment
Secretary Snyder handed Italian Premier Alcide de Gasperi a 50 million dollar check to aid Italy’s postwar economy. De Gasperi called the payment a sign of American friendship as Italy uses funds for services supplies and facilities bought by American armed forces. The transfer brings total aid to Italy to 255 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Van
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Alcide de Gasper
White
Clarksburg
Italy
Harrison
de Gasperi
Aelai
Welch News Two Held For Grand Jury Arraignment
Two Welch residents were held for grand jury action after arraignment before Justice Lonnie Mitchell. Ernest Young, colored, of Welch, faced charges of possession of stolen goods, burglary and breaking and entering in connection with the Reno F. Howard office robbery. William F. Long was held on fraud larceny tied to clothing theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Lonnie Mitchell
Ernest Young
Welch
Reno F. Howard
Wiliam F. Long
Richard McClure Dies After Illness and Rescue
Richard Andrew McClure aged 89 died in a local hospital after a long illness. His wife Miller McClure walked in the rain from their mountain home to seek aid as rescuers helped the ailing man who had been without food. A Spanish-American War veteran born in Monroe County Tennessee, he had relied on a crippled horse for groceries before his illness. he had been hospitalized since November 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Andrew McClure
Welch
Salvation Army
Willis
Garthwaite
McClure
Miller MccClure
Monroe County
Tenn
San Juan Hill
McDowell County Board Names Teachers and Resignations
At a county education board meeting superintendent George W. Bryson announced resignations including Lewis Maxwell Berwind junior high Ana mae Hall Welch high Joe Calls Coalwood Gaye Hancock Keystone and James Whitt Welch with Hancock resigning January 13 Whitt January 20 and others effective December 20. New appointments include Margaret Bowen Baldwin Thomas Morgan Berwind Junior High Robert Gray Welch High R H Edwards Vocational School welding instructor and Betty Cyphers Bartley Junior High. Vacancies remain at Long Branch and Hartwell schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County Board of Education
George W. Bryson
Lewis Maxwell
Berwind
Anamae Hall
Welch High School
Joe Calls
Coalwood Junior High
Gaye Hancock
Keystone
James Whitt
Miss Hancock
Mr. Whitt
Margaret Bowen
Baldwin
Thomas Morgan
Robert Gray
R. H. Edwards
Betty Cyphers
Bartley
Long Branch
Hartwell
Coalwood Miner Hurt In Fall At State Coal Mine
John Chickes of Coalwood employed by Carter Coal company mine was injured Tuesday night in a state fall. He was brought to Grace hospital for treatment of injuries to the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chickes
Coatwood
Carter Coal Company
Grace Hospital
Mrs. Sarah Bell Brown Rites Set For Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Bell Brown 68 of Coaldate are set for 2 PM today. The Bluefield-area death occurred Tuesday, with services from the Grassy Spur church in Virginia and interment there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Bell Brown
Sarah
Bell Brown
Coaldate
Bluefield
Grassy Spur
Ex-Wave Woman Held For FBI After U Drive It Heist Attempt
Parkersburg West Virginia police report Dorothy Jean Carson a 33 year old former Wave and Asbury College student attempted to trade a stolen U Drive It car from Lexington Kentucky to receive a 150 dollar cash difference. Carson detained Monday and to be turned over to the FBI after failing to produce the car title and admitting extensive driving in Ohio and Indiana. She claimed the vehicle damage stemmed from an accident near Beckley last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lexington
C. W. Hylbert
Asbury Coltone
Wilmore
Hylbert
Dorothy Jean Carson
Asbury
FBI
Miss Carson
Ohio
Indiana
Beckley
Hulbert
Legislative staff changes mark new session in state senate
Oscar Watts of Huntington becomes state senate doorkeeper, edging Senate Clerk Howard J. Myers in size, while House Clerk J. R. Aff is missing from the elbow. Mrs. Frances Evans of Logan is succeeded by Miss Mary Lou Cottrill of Charleston as court reporter. Senator Lloyd G. Jackson from Lincoln joins Glenn Jackson of Logan in the new session. McCauley, under death sentence for a police slaying, is noted in court records as a former patient in a Stockton mental institution. J Marvin Anderson, manager of Anderson Brokerage, plans to attend the Brokers and Canners convention in Atlantic City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Watts
Huntington
State Senate
Senate
Howard J. Myers
Hoth
J. R. Aff
Frances Evans
Logan
Evans
Aliff
Mary Lou Cottrill
Charleston
High Court
McCauley
Joseph Horne
Tucker County
O. Gay
Hovatter
Emoryville
Mineral County
Shores
Stockton
Cal
J. Marvin Anderson
Anderson Brokerage Company
Atlantic City
N. J
Brokers and Canners
Mother And Three Sons Die In Farm Blaze
A mother Mrs Mary Howard aged 27 and her sons Gary 10 Paul 8 and Malcolm 6 were burned to death when their farm home near Birmingham Alabama 20 miles southwest of the city was destroyed by fire. The husband A B Howard 42 was hospitalized in serious condition at Bessemer and saved his baby daughter Eunice unhurt before escaping the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Here
A. B. Howard
Bessemer
Ale
Mary Howard
Gary
Paul
Malcolm
Howard
Eunice
Kiwanis Officers Installed In Welch Club Meeting
Kiwanians of Welch installed officers Tuesday night with Albert A. Bailey the new president succeeding C. Hylton. Guest speaker J. Sheb Dudley led the ceremonies. New officers include Charles H. Gearhart vice president J. Fred Fiery treasurer for 18th straight year Marlin E. Hilty secretary Dr E Vermillion Bill Newman R C Naiper Norris Richards directors. Russell R. Paynter and J Don Clark were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanians of
Welch
Albert A. Bailey
C. Hylton
J. Sheb Dudley
Kiwanis International
Charles H. Gearhart
J. Fred Fiery
Marlin E. Hilty
Vermilli
144 Cottontail Rabbits Distributed In County
One hundred forty four cottontail rabbits were distributed in McDowell County yesterday arriving from Missouri for the state conservation commission. Harve Cline of Panther distributed them with help from sportsmen’s clubs. another shipment of equal size is expected in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell County
Missouri
State Conservation
Commission
Harve Cline
Panther
Cline
Young Boys Buy Significant New York Central Stock
Robert R. Young, who rebuilt the Van Sweringen rail empire, purchased 162,500 shares of New York Central, about 2.5 percent of the road, through Allegheny Corp, a redroad holding company he chairs, at an estimated 2.5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan
Robert R. Young
van Sweringen
New York Central
Allegheny Corporation
Ste News
Red Cross Offices Reopen Today After Sanding
The local Red Cross chapter at 312 Coal and Coke building reopens today after two days of floor sanding. Executive secretary Mrs C B Frazee announced the move from the Appalachian building due to expansion by the power company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American’ Red Cross
Coal and Coke
C. BE. Frazee
Red Cross
Appalachian
Friendship Commando Group Granted Charter in West Virginia
The Friendship Commandoes Inc organized with the objective to establish world peace and prevent war through international friendship. Incorporators include David G. I. Kinniburgh and Peter R. Kinniburgh of Russellton, Pa, and James Kinninburgh of Wheeling, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Friendship Commandoes, Inc
David G. i Kinniburgh
Peter R. Kinniburg
Russelton
James Kinninburgh
Wheeling
Virginia teacher pay bill argued before joint committee
A Virginia public hearing on Governor Tucks proposed 6.5 million dollar plan to raise teacher pay lasted over two hours. State Superintendent G Tyler Mill urged that funds would help morale though more money may be needed, while opposing taxation. Delegates debated pay provisions for six months and 1947 48, with education groups urging substantial raises and job security for thousands of teachers including about 5 000 Negro instructors represented by the Virginia Association for Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate
House of Deleg
Tuck
Virginia
House
G. Tyler Mill
Miller
General Assembly
Robert Whitehead
Nelson
Public Instruction
WEA
Williams
J. Rupert Picott
Virginia Association For Education
Eicott
VEA
Writ Of Error Denied In Giles Damage Case
A writ of error was denied by the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in Richmond. The ruling concerns a judgment of the Files County circuit court against the Norfolk and Western Railway for damages from a fall from the railway station platform at Bluff City, cited by R. Hays.
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James E. McGuire
Erma Meadows
Erma Marie Patrick Meadows
Teen Mountain
Jay
James
Lydia Patrick
Farewell County
Whitewood
Een Mountain
Ister Meadows
Dear
Allwins
Bobby
Brenda
Miss Roell Patrick
Akif
Eliza Sparks
the Sparks
I Baptist Valley
Baptist Valley
Jonas and
Lucy Sparks
Maxwell, Va
Barbara Hayes
Volla Creek
Lucy Brown
Merrion Harmon
Annie Baldwin
Kathleen Sparks
Jonas Sparks
Greenbrier
Lydia
Brewater
Harriett’ Shrader
Hurst-Scott
Tues-1
Lands Law
Sher- Iick Furniture
Vfffa
Hines
Shaman's Ladies’ Dept
Rinceton Avenue
Nebraskan Wheels
Self To Polio Foundation
Ieee Nowe Ee
Stenger
Sailor
R. G. Vawter
Labor Peer
Princesses Black Market Dupes
Meadows Asks
Prrnwtta
Navy Medical Corps
Commerce Committee
Bernard F. Hedrick
Fromage Oneric
Welch News
Richard McLure
Coalwood
Senators Jackson
Lloyd G. Jackson
Lincoln County
Glenn Jackson
Lagan County
Taneyar
Kiwanis Club
Young Boys
Friendship Commando Group
Harms
Barbara Gould
Cohen
Pederal Street
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