New Firm May Lease Lamberts Point Piers
Reports from Richmond say Lamberts Point Docks Inc filed a charter to operate a stevedoring business and bid for the N and W piers at Lambert's Point. The plan involves taking over or bidding for leases at Lambert's Point facilities, once organization completes. The 1940 filing lists W. D. Demmitt as president and capital stock of 50 000 dollars.
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Lamberts Point Piers
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roanoke
Lamberts Point
Inourien
Richmond
State Commission
Lamberts Point Docks, Inc
Dade Point
Norfolk
W. D. Demmitt
of Corporation
Lambert's Point
Army Base
Lambert's Point Terminal Corporation
John T. Campbell
Lambert's Point As Corporation
Frederick R
Banaco Cees Force Visits Fields
A list of tentative sales attended by Banaco Cees includes participants from multiple cities such as Cleveland Akron Detroit Cincinnati Wabash Toledo Grand Rapids and Detroit with names like Steve Chamberlain Lawrence Hart Don Collister Bill Greenle Ray Archer L. L. Hine John Glaser Howard Smathers Merle Coffman Ralph Myers W. L. Pottah and W. E. Mitchell.
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Steve Chamberlain
Cleveland
Lawrence Hart
Don Collister
Bill Greenle
Ray Archer
L. L. Hine
Akron
John Glaser
Cincinnati
Howard Smathers
Wabash
Ind
Merle Coffman
Toledo
Ralph Myers
Grand Rapids
W. L. Pattoh
Detroit
W. E. Mitchell
Arguments on Exceptions to Be Concluded This Week
Directors will act on prices after hearings as 13 000 coal producers in about 30 states face minimums under the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937. The dispute involves producers boards consumers municipalities and associations seeking changes. The aim is to stabilize coal prices and curb price cutting amid widespread use in factories shops and medicine.
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Congress
Gray
Thurlow G. Lewis
Charles O. Fowler
Louis Jaffee
Inay
United States
Coal interests in St Louis rally for cleaner city benefits
The debate centers on anti smoke efforts and the coal trade. Advocates argue prompt fair treatment will improve health and city cleanliness while benefiting coal suppliers by enabling better processed Illinois output for sale locally. Stakeholders include Koepler Johnson and fuel men urging cooperation with customers to ease hardship on mining areas.
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St. Louis
Koepler
Combus
Johnson
Illinois
St Louisans
Mineral Industries Building at West Virginia University
The Board of Public Works released 500000 for a new Mineral Industries structure at West Virginia University. The five story, 72 by 310 foot building will house the School of Mines and related laboratories to advance coal research and mineral industry services. Construction aims to start this fall.
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Board of Public Works
Mineral Industries
West Virginia University
School of Mines
West Virginia Geological Eid
Mining and Industrial Extension Department
Dates set for coal conference at Morgantown
The annual coal conference will be held October 18 and 19 in Morgantown. It is hosted jointly by West Virginia Coal Association Pocahontas at Bluefield and the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers. Leaders include Jesse V. Sullivan and D. L. McElroy.
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Morgantown
Saat
Universa
West Virginia Coalee Pocahontas
Bluefield
Jesse V. Sullivan
v= Virginia Coal association
D. L. McElroy
West Virginia Society Professional Engineers
Ofhich
M. L. O'Neal
Huntton
Robert Wilheld
PROGRAM COMPLETE FOR COAL MINING INSTITUTE
The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute will hold its summer meeting at the West Virginian hotel June 14 and 15 with papers read on the future of the Bituminous Coal Industry and the Technical Education of the Coal Industry. Harry M. Moses of U S Steel and Coke Co Pittsburgh will speak at the banquet on June 15 near 6 30 p m.
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West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
West Virginian
Bluefield Country Club
Pocahontes
Bluefield
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Oe and Coke Company
Pittsburgh
Virginian Hotel
C- W. Cone
W. E. B. Koepler
Pocahontas Ge Association
T. E Vicepany
Fairmont
W. Va
H. Forrester
Superin- A
Consolidation Coal Company
West
D Kennedy
Charleston
Coal and railway operations share regional news and personnel
The report lists dozens of names tied to Norfolk and Western traffic including Millar Wat and C Higgins. It details weekly car counts, personnel shifts at Algoma Coal and Coke, Pocahontas field projects, side tracks and tipples, plus meetings of the Ohio Valley AIME and Pocahontas Mechanical and Electrical Institute in Welch and Bluefield. Capable of a four foot yawn is the hippopotamus.
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Norfolk A and Western Railway
Wm. Beary
Adeeee
Algoma Coal and Coke Company
Ira Klei
Pocahontas Field
Norfolk and Western Railway
Clinchfield announces promotions in bluefield area
The Clinchfield Railway reveals several promotions. D Mossen Levy succeeds McIntyre as general superintendent for transportation engineering and related fields. McIntyre and W Wohlford move from Bluefield to Clinchfield after serving as dispatcher car distributor and former N and W conductor. C A Smith becomes traffic manager and W B Ellett named chief engineer. Construction engineer and assistant trainmaster offices are abolished with L H Phetteplace noted as former Bluefield and N and W official.
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Aaren Co
D. Mossen
Levy
McIntyre
W. T. Wonlford
Moss
Wohlford
Carolina
World's Tonic Endorsers File Reveals Bluefield Social Circle
Endorsements from church, business, and civic leaders in Bluefield highlight World's Tonic as a merited herbal remedy. Statements from miners, residents, and professionals praise its relief powers and modern formulation as a trusted medicine.
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World's Tonic
Blue Book
Who's
Bluefield
John Thompson, Jr
McDowell County
Revival to Begin at Christian Church in Falls Mills
Falls Mills correspondent reports a revival led by Rev. Julian Hunt of Kentucky starts Tuesday June 4 at 7 30 PM and runs through June 19 at the Christian church. The young evangelist has preached since age 16.
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Falls Mills
The
Christian Church
Julian Hunt
Kentucky
School Friends Honor Raleigh Tabor Jr and Harry Compton
A handkerchief shower at the Buckland home greeted Raleigh Tabor Jr and Harry Compton on Thursday evening. Tabor plans to attend Aero LT in Los Angeles for college, while Compton will work as machinist helper in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Raleigh Tabor, Jr
Harry Compton
L. W. Buckland
Grahamigh
Raleigh, Jr
Aero LT
Names Omitted From Shower Gift List
The four names were omitted from the list that sent gifts for the shower given Mrs. John Yost, Mrs. Annie Harris, Mrs. R. L. Green, and Mrs. H. A. Melvin.
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John Yost
Annie Harris
R. L. Green
H. A. Melvin
Mercer County Democrats to Hold Organization Meeting
The Mercer county Democratic executive committee schedules its organization meeting tomorrow afternoon in the directors' room of the Bluefield municipal building. The group plans to elect a secretary and fill vacancies in the county clerk and attorney posts following recent resignations.
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Mercer County
Democratic Executive Committee
Bluefield
Os Reynolds
Criminal Court
Albert 8. R
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Norfolk and Western
Banaco
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Howard A. Gray
Coal Act
W. E. EB. Koepler
Pocahontas Coal Association
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Point of Thon Association
Ate
W. E. Koepler
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Aueee
Dickmann
Keepier
University
Clinchfield Railroad
Coal Mining Institute
John J. Lincoln
Millar Wat
8. C. Higgins
Joseph Ardigo
George Nash
J. K. Pierpont
W. A. Richards
Paul Pack
R. C. Luther
Hal M. Scott
J. W. Colley
Wm. McQuail
L. E. Sienking
Warden
Wis Beury
Harry C. Faust
Hontas Spsterers Association
Beary
Soutiea
State Department of Mines
O. L. Alexander H. R. Hawthorn
New York
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Ohio Valley
Elkhorn
J. M. Godwin
Harry Saunders
Bramwell
R. A. Ruff
Crozier
E. E. Koepler
Blue
Joey Amos
Harry Moses
H. C. Prick Coke Company
Sherman
United States Coal and Coke Company
Gary
J. T. Breth
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
Westing
Westinghouse
Pocahontas Mechanical and Electrical Institute
Welch
Institute
E. E. Rich
Vivian
G. W. Waters
Lee St
Tom Carsonis
AEF Cafe
Bluefield Avenue
Fieldon H. Bailey
Seabright
New Cannes National Bank
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Princeton Ave
Mas
L. D. Bailey
C. T. Bales
Ruth
Democrat
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Mother
Lilly Land Company
Bailey Lumber Company
West Virginia
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