Miners Return From Sympathy Strike in Wise Virginia
Three thousand Clinchfield miners resumed work in Wise County Virginia after a week long sympathy strike for clerks seeking UCW recognition. UMW District 28 president William Minton said negotiations would pursue UCW recognition as the clerks’ union. About 100 clerks at company stores had struck. 75 pickets continued as deputies reported quiet conditions near 30 small mines.
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Wise
A. R. Matthews
Clinchfield Coal Corp
The
United Mine Workers
William 8. Minton
UMW District 28
Clinchfield
United Construction Workers
UCW
H. R. Tieche
Wise County
UMW
Medical Examiner System Lauded by Kefauver Panel
Boston June 4 The Kefauver crime committee recommends replacing the elective coroner with a state medical examiner system. Dr Richard Ford of Harvard supports removing coroner posts and adopting professional medical examiners to handle investigations and inquests nationwide.
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Boston
Richard Ford
Harvard Medical School
Kefauver Senate
Letter Go to a modern medical examiner system
Dr. Ford argues for a centralized scientific medical examiner system to investigate deaths in the public interest. He cites inadequacies in many states, notes 20 percent of deaths are obscure or violent, and describes a structure with a chief medico legal investigator, district examiners, and state toxicologist to exonerate the innocent and detect concealed homicide.
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Ford
Harvard
Department of
Suffolk County
Boston
Massachusetts
American Medical Association
Criminal Law Sec
McDowell Man's Appeal Granted
The West Virginia supreme court granted an appeal by Varges Blankenship from a McDowell county second degree murder conviction. The court 3-2 review overturned the prior denial, with Blankenship sentenced to life for the fatal shooting of a relative after a dispute over a marksmanship bet.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Supreme Court
Varg
Es Blankenship
McDowell County
Supreme Court
Lovins
Blankenship
Glenn Blankenship
Vurges Blankenship
N&W Radford Area Names New Trainmaster and Staff Changes
C H Hale ex Bluefielder appointed Radford division trainmaster with Roanoke HQ replacing Ashburne Oliver. E K Booton takes Cincinnati Terminal post as Salt and Griffith promotes at Shenandoah. Gravett promoted to assistant yardmaster Shenandoah. Hale's rail career began in 1934 Bluefield and includes multiple yard and trainmaster roles.
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C. H. Hale
Norfolk and Western Terminal
Cincinnati
Radford Division
Roanoke
Ashburne Oliver
Sanemabad
Weillig
E. K. Booton
Kcc
Salt
Shenandoah
John C. Griffith
Charles L. Gravett Jr
Road
Transportation Department
Hale
Bluefield
Auville Yard
Tug Fork
Clift
Berry
Ohio
Wilcoe
Saeger
Booton
Bristol
Winston-Salem
Griffith
Armed Services
Gravett
Slack Market Idles Mines Across Norfolk and Western Region
A slack market idled 24 of 136 coal mines served by Norfolk and Western. Industry spokesmen expect a light week but hope June coal orders boost activity. Last week output was 17 989 cars, the first under 18 000 in nearly two months, with idled mines scattered across districts.
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Norfolk and Western Railway
Chicago Grain Ends Weak with Broad Losses
Chicago grain markets slipped from the start and closed lower by about four cents. Soybeans and rye led declines while most components remained soft with cash wheat unavailable and corn prices bid for several grades.
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Chicago
Logan Accident Fatal to Pedestrian in Chapmanville
Keenis Hall, 67, of Chapmanville, died after being struck by a car on State Route 10 in Logan W Va while walking with his brother Crit Hall. Ralph Casey, 27, of Mount Gay, was arrested for hit and run. police led to Casey within an hour. Local chief Harold Varney noted damage to the vehicle. A stray line about Ecuador’s central basins appears unrelated.
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Ford
Boston
Timothy Leary
Dr. Leary
Logan
W. Va
Keenis Hall
Chapmanville
Crit Hall
G. T. Davis
Ralph Casey
Mount Gay
Casey
Harold Varney
Varney
Twelve Men Named for Induction at Beckley Arrival
Mercer county draft board No. 12 released the list of 12 men to report for final induction into the U S army. They will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Peery building, board roll call, then depart by bus from the Greyhound terminal to Beckley for swearing in. Names include Billy Banks Leroy Hall Raymond Edwards Hicks Claude Johnson Charles Jones Earl Davis Carl Gunter James Penn Marvin Moe Collins James Gray Matthew Giotto.
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Myrtle Wagner
Mercer County
Beckley
U. S. Army
Billy Junior Banks
Lerena
Dallas Lee Hall
McComas
Raymond Edwards Hicks
Claude Lee Johnson
Jones Street
Charles Jackson Jones
Earl Monroe Davis
Freeman
Carl Edward Gunter
Princeton
James Willard Penn
Ellis Street
Marvin Lee
MoeComas
Ralph’ Edward Collins
James Edward Gray
Matthew Moore
Giotto
Peery
Greyhound Terminal
Resinol Ointment Promises Quick Comfort for Irritated Skin
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as fast relief for itchy rough skin, eczema, chafing, and rashes. It claims to calm torment and irritations, improving appearance and feel quickly, urging readers to buy today.
Irregular Egg and Butter Prices in New York Market
On June 4 in New York, egg prices were irregular with 31,357 receipts over two days. Spot quotes show whites and browns varying by weight quality, with nearby whites at 58 for extra fancy heavy, 55-56 for fancy heavy, and others mid 50s, while browns range 58 to 54. Butter receipts total 1,047,880, indicating an easy market.
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New York
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