UMW Back To WorkTide Deepens Coal Dispute
Miners respond to June 20 deadline amid board stance on negotiations while the United Mine Workers issue a return-to-work telegram. Officials cite war needs and dispute over 1 to 2 pay rates as talks resume with both sides claiming progress and risk of anti strike legislation in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezra van Horn
Appalachian Coal Conference
yIt
UMW
Roosevelt
Lewis
National Policy Committee
John O'Leary
Secreary
Thomas Kennedy
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Capitol
House
Senate
WLB
Invest in War Bonds for Victory at Jimmy's Restaurant
A brief public notice urges investment in war bonds to support victory efforts. The ad promotes dining at Jimmy's Restaurant in Bluefield West Virginia as part of the wartime morale and economic activity.
Delicate Shad and Shad Roe at Jimmy's Restaurant
The article praises fresh shad and roe broiled with butter and bacon at Jimmy's Restaurant in Bluefield prepared by head chef Frank Fernand formerly a chef at Greenbrier Hotel White Sulphur. It notes the appeal to sea food lovers and mentions other favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Fernand
Jimmy’s
Restau- Bluefield
Asha
Greenbrier Hotel
Jimmy
Deaths in Virginia and Kentucky Regions
Funeral services for Mrs. Scott Litton will be held in Lebanon Virginia at 2 p.m. Interment follows at Russel Memorial cemetery. Also, Robert A. Craig 61 of Pounding Mill Virginia died at home after a brief illness. He leaves a wife two sons a brother and a mother and held long tenure as general foreman at the Pounding Mill quarry. Cremation plans await his son’s arrival from Memphis. He was a member of several fraternal orders and lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Litton
Lebanon, Va
Lebanon Church
Russel Memorial Cemetery
Robert A. Craig
Pounding Mill
Richmond
Memphis
Liberators Strike Pantelleria and Eastern Italian Targetes
RAF Wellington bombers and fighters attacked Pantelleria and Panorora in an eastern Italian raid. Heavy and medium bombers strafed Catanzaro Syracuse Milo airfield as Spaatz commanded planes faced little enemy air resistance and light anti aircraft fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Pantelleria
Raf
Welingtons
Catanzaro
Syracuse
Pangora
Italy
Spaatz
Milo
Four Places On Conservation Group Vacant
Charleston West Virginia June 5 four vacancies may fill the state conservation commission reorganization under a 1943 act. Names likely include Irving A. Cohen and Percy H Hornsbrook to be reappointed with John Adair named from the fifth district. Bert Knight expected as at large, terms run to 1945. Commission to be seven members, one from each district and one at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
The
Conservation Commission
Irving A. Cohen
Percy H. Hornsbrook
Wheeling
John Adair
Saeger
A. B
Bert” Knight
Fairmont
Knight
Eeenrenk
Neely
Addair
Hornbrook
Robert H. Miller
Accused AWOL Soldier Held Here
Pvt. Steve Bannon of the United States Army at Fort Jackson South Carolina is held in the city jail on a charge of AWOL. He was arrested by Investigate C Weddle and Sagea A picanema. A military police escort is expected to arrive Monday to return him to his camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Bannon
United States Army
Fort Jackson
Investigate. C. Weddle
Sagea A.picanema
Ocean Fresh Lobsters at Jimmy's Restaurant
Jimmy's Restaurant serves live lobsters rushed express from shore to kitchen daily. The menu features dozens of preparation styles showcasing the freshest seafood and a commitment to quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy's
Fast Express
Churchill Returns to North Africa in War Strategy Push
Prime Minister Churchill arrived in North Africa after talks with President Roosevelt and top Allied chiefs. He outlined plans to strike a powerful blow at the Axis, with Marshall and Brooke confirming long range planning and coordinated offensives. Churchill and Eden toured Tunis and Allied forces as Eisenhower visited field commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Sardinia
Sicily
Pantellerias
Daily Mail
Basting Islands
Cine Radio
Pantelleria
Churchill
House of Commons
United States
Africa
No. 10 Downing Street
Gibraltar
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Algiers
Eden
Tunis
North Africa
Roosevelt
Washington
Anthony Eden
George C. Marshall
Alan Brooke
North African
Marshall
Harold Alexander
Arthur Tedder
Andrew B. Cunningham
Mediterranean
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Walter B. Smith
Eisenhower
Brooke
Charles de Gaulle
Henri Giraud
Committee For National Liberation
Tunisia
Carthage
Byrnes Backs Quick Pass For No-Strike Bill
War mobilization chief James F. Byrnes urged congressional leaders to speed passage of the Connally Smith anti strike bill. The measure would empower the war labor board to settle the coal wage dispute and subpoena union leaders like John L. Lewis. Penalties for inducing strikes include fines up to 5000 dollars and a year in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
House
Senate
Byrnes
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Connally
Tex
All Out Victory: Dine at Jimmy's in Bluefield WV
A brisk, upbeat ad style note urges readers to build vigor and morale with virile health nerves and the finest food, promoting Jimmy's restaurant in Bluefield West Virginia as a dining venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
West Virginia
W. Va
Service Men's Club breakfast welcomes 39 soldiers from 14 states
Hollywood visitor sparks surprise early breakfast at the SMC and invites more soldiers. Mrs. W. M. Mooredonates ten pounds of sugar, Bluefield Floral Co. provides flowers. An anonymous donor gives $1. The event’s leadership included Mrs. R. D. Payne as chair and Mrs. Edwin Morrow as co chair with a lengthy list of assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service Men's Club
Hollywood
Calif
SMC
W. M. Moore
McComas
Eee
Bluefield Floral Company
Russians Launch Fresh Bombardment With Heavy Losses
A noon communique reports heavy Soviet losses as Russians strike back. German radio claims several hundred planes attacked the Gorki auto works on the Volga, near 250 miles east of Moscow, in a multi hour raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorki
Volga
Moscow
Middle Volga
Kuban
Caucasus
Berlin
Red Army
Smolensk
Barefoot Prowler Makes New Haul
The barefoot prowler struck again Friday night for the seventh time in days, entering Murrell Underwool’s home at 1601 Bland Street through a window. He left $78 cash a watch and a silver spoon on the dining room table, after taking a pocketbook. Police have no description of the suspect and one homeowner fired at him but got only a vague view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murrell Underwool
Bland Street
Underwool
General Revenue Fund Balance Shown in West Virginia May totals
Charleston report notes end of May balances for the general revenue fund at $11,778,004.53 versus $8,972,420.12 in April after transfers of $1,115,000 to public assistance, $250,000 to secondary roads and $750,000 to the general school fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State General Revenue Fund
Talbott
Public Assistance Fund
General
General Fund
Special Revenue Fund
Road Fund
General School Fund
Wounded Gunner Blasts Attacking German Planes
Sergeant James A. Harrison of Ridgeley West Virginia, wounded from a shell explosion, took over a waist gun aboard a B 17 after the tail gun turret was damaged. He helped drive off Nazi fighters during a daylight raid on submarine pens along the French coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James A. Harrison
Ridgeley
W. Va
War Department
English Channel
Fortress reaches England base in bold air battle
In a described action over enemy skies, Sergt Harrison continued firing until a shell exploded wounding him and jamming his guns. He crawled to feed ammo for others as the fight raged for 45 minutes. Staff Sgt Harry E Privett of Muncie Ind held the waist position after being hit and fired until 100 rounds downed an enemy plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Harrison
Harry E. Privett
Muncie
Ind
Union Leaders Back June 20 Limit To Drive Settlement
Union leaders argued the June 20 limit would spur negotiators to settle. They warned early agreement would stop retroactive pay burdens for operators and avoid price increases. Miners across the state favored an orderly return to pits after June 1 protests. Meetings were set in Cedar Grove Smithers Eskdale Welch Logan Williamson Whitesville Madison. Monongah local voted to back policy committee. Joseph Angelo urged full local support and miners to report for the midnight shift tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blizzard
Cedar Grove
Smithers
Eskdale
Titler
McDowell County
Welch
Logan
Williamson
Whitesville
Madison
Consolidated Coal Company
International Policy Committee
Joseph Angelo
Fairmont
Washington
Angelo
FDR Urges Social Security Increases Amid Inflation
President Roosevelt pressed for higher social security contributions to curb inflation and fund future needs. He criticized the DC compensation bill as inadequate and reaffirmed support for national policy to raise both employee and employer shares, with a pending postwar security bill proposing six percent rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
District of Columbia
Congress
Senator Vandenberg
R - Mich
Wagner
D-Ny
Murray
D-Mont
Castillo Resigns Amid Arrests After Uruguayan Arrival
Castillo quits as two cabinet members are detained on arrival in a chartered plane from Montevideo. Both men were moved to a federal penitentiary to await prosecution while the government said regular courts will investigate. The resignation was addressed to General Rawson from La Plata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ister
Montevideo
Uruguay
Federal Penitentiary
Government House
Castillo
Rawson
la Plata
Drummond
Rio de la Plata
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Rio de Janeiro
War meat board calls numerous transfer list and addressees
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown vows a ten percent subsidy rollback on butter meat and coffee funded by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Butter subsidy starts this week with retail price change upcoming. meat subsidy hits packers Monday with retail effects expected by late June or early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Meat Board
Prentiss M. Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Youth held on slaying count near Capels and Mohegan
Carl Green, 29, of Capels, McDowell county, was shot and killed at 7 30 pm at a Sparks family home between Capels and Mohegan. A 15 year old boy is in Welch jail awaiting investigation. the weapon was a .22 caliber rifle. Prosecutor Jack Marinari to lead inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Green
Capels
McDowell County
Sparks
Mohegan
Mack Day
Day
Green
Welch
Jack
Marinari
Meat Prices Cut Three Cents A Pound
Washington today ordered a three cent per pound drop in retail meat prices as part of the second step to roll back the cost of living. The reductions take effect June 21 for all cuts except cured and processed pork, with pork products following July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corporation
American Meat Institute
Bradley's prominent sale ad with varied garments and house help
Classified page features numerous for sale items and wanted to buy notices. An America Roanoke connection lists Harry Haffen monthly in town, with contact through West Virginia hotel or P O Box. Ads highlight dresses coats raincoats and lingerie from Bradley's along with Wagee outfits Paula Brooks and others. A rural young lady seeks private home work before and after school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
West Virginian Hotel
P. O
Wilson warns of crisis if coal supply dries up
Wilson voiced concern that peace with the United Mine Workers extended to June 20 may fail and said restoring blast furnaces hinges on coal. He warned the steel industry cannot stockpile fuel during this period and a new crisis would be disastrous for production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
United Mine Workers
Poison Potion Proves Fatal To Tazewell Man
Homer Helmondollar 19 of North Tazewell Va died at Dr J W Witten s office from strychnine taken about an hour earlier Companions said he despaired over a girl friend and took a vial thinking it for a domestic animal The death was self administered Funeral services planned at North Tazewell Methodist Church Interment Maplewood cemetery The two other item notes Muir Woods visitation in 1946 totals 135 823 people
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Homer Helmondollar
North Tazewell
J. W. Witten
John W. Gillespie
Commonwealths
Tazewell County
Gillespie
River Jack
Jack Helmondollar
Newton
R. P. Harman
Geranden
Tiny West
Tazewell
North Tazewell Methodist Church
Harold Davis
Kingsport
Tenn
C. FP. Lundy
Saltville
B. B. Wright
Maplewood Cemetery
Window Display Marvels Sea Food Variety
An attractive display of live Maine and Florida lobsters jumbo shrimp stripped bass pompano shad and shad roe from Chesapeake Bay attracts crowds. The array, highlighted during the Lenten season, draws shoppers and pedestrians who often block the walkway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Florida
Chespeake Bay
State Chamber backs restrained spending and labor reform
The State Chamber condemns unrestrained government spending while praising the 1943 legislature for tightening expenditures and creating a healthy surplus. It calls for legal accountability of labor and voluntary organizations, cites coal mine shutdowns, and urges broader flood control and water management measures. It lists district director elections and re-elected chamber and basic group directors across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steate
Swee
Chamber
Water Control and Conservation
Jesse A. Bloch
Wheeling
W. Franzheim
George W. Bowers
Mannington
G. H. Dornblazer
Elkins
A. L. Helmick
Thomas
B. A. Poland
Martinsburg
Charleston
C. McD
England
Logan
Chamber of Commerce
William F. Mahon
Fairmont
D. R. Richards
Morgantown
A. R. Long
Fayetteville
D. P. Brown
Montgomery
W. A. Smith
Parkerseburg
W. H. Cantees
Williamson
Roger Creel
L. R. Johnston
White
Lee C. Paull
H. A. Zeller
Huntington
H. L. Gray
Rainelle
Kemble White
Clarksburg
F. K. James
Leroy Allebach
Hans Watts
George L. Coyle
A. C. Spurr
Lon M. Rish
Bluefield
Five West Virginians Wounded In Action
The War Department lists five additional West Virginians wounded in the Middle Eastern area. They are Pvt Raymond R Burgess son of Mrs Martha Burgess Kistler Pvt Hubert Keeten son of Mrs Mary E Keeten Blue Creek Pfc Richard L Smith son of Mrs Gladys Smith Route 2 West Union Sgt Ernest L Taylor son of Mrs Myrtle E Taylor 133 Chestnut Williamson and Pvt John E Toney son of Mrs Nora M Toney Clear Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
West
John E. Toney
Nora M. Toney
Clear Creek
Do Yourself a Favor at Jimmee Restaurant
A reader promotes Jimmee Restaurant in Bluefield offering tender charcoal broiled steaks. The note praises the restaurant’s tasty, juicy steaks and inviting dining experience for today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim- Mee
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Advertisement Claim
Itchy pimples and skin irritations are blamed for ruined romances. The ad promotes Peters on Ointment for quick relief, offered by all druggists with money back if one application fails. Paterson's Ointment also soothes tired feet and cracks between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Paterson
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Connaly-Smith
R. D. Payne
Edwin Morrow
Cochairman
L. A. Jackson
Russell Ritz
R. L. Edmonson
C. R. Winters
Roland B. Hudson
E. T. Tyree
Karl Weier
O. B. French
Dorothy Hudson Hudson
O. M. Deverle
Albert Hoge
P. J
Barefoot Prowler
General Revenue Fund
FDR
James Luther Atwell
Stuart Street
William Arthur Bragg
Tyler Street
Charles Walter Vermillion
Jefferson Street
Warren Lee Frye
Elm Street
Charles Moricle
Baltimore
Donald Hoge Davidson
Victor Ernest Montgomery
Melrose Street
Shelby David Roach
Box 460
Keister Burton Looney
Grundy
Richard Frazier Stowers
Virginia
Yen Institute
Blacksburg, A
James Edward Farley
James Richard Rash
Thorn Street
Arthur Sidney Lester, Jr
Cedar Street
William Earl Bradley
Walton Avenue
Donald Stewart Adkins
Frederick Street
Fea Ramey
Floyd Street
Hunter Coleman Harris, Jr
Stowers Street
Preston Bowes
Princeton
William Ridinger
James Street
Shaman
Parkway
William Lowe
Wheeling Avenue
Charles Randolph Reed
Carolina Avenue
Herbert Leon Ratcliffe
Walter Snider
Bluestone
Amos Reginald Lambert
Bowman Street
Leon Garland Yates
Blacksburg
Lewis Drayton Mitchell
Heatherwood Road
Basil Leonard Ballard
Nemours
Arthur Nash
William Cleveland Snyder, Jr
College Avenue
Troy Thomas May
RFD
Harold Gordon Peery
Norfolk Street
City
M. Heldreath, Jr
Lee Street
William Oscar Chandler
William Thomas Gilley
Freeman
Cecil Clayton McCoy
Tulip Street
Gransville Cassel Houchins, II
Henry Street
Williamsburg
James Richard Cole
Essex Street
Orval Douglas Hill
Garage Apts
Virginia Avenue
Billy Mitchell Rudder
Albemarle Street
Arnold Elwood Aliff
McKinley Roger Poe
Charles Walker Anders
Willie James Ford
Leonard Lonzo Kilgore, Jr
Fourth Street
George Edwards Forseman
Union City
James Dillard Thomas
Russell Edmond Sumpter
Franklin Street
Lawrence Bowens
Robert Franklin Cox
Glen Lyn
Franz Klauber
Princeton Avenue
Ti Blake Basham
Samuel Garfield Wright
Henry Joseph Goodman
Oakhurst Avenue
George Washington Hamilton
Union Street
Morris Conway Owen
Kenneth James Davidson
Robert E. Lee Woods
Brushfork Road
Bradley's
Wagee
the McMullen
Paula Brooks
Chas, Armour
Judy 'N Jill
Carye King
Bradley’s
Bradely
Tazewell Man
Muir Woods National Monument
State Chamber
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