Delegates Nominate Candidates At West Virginia War Veterans Meet
At Wheeling on June 9 delegates to the United Spanish War Veterans 24th encampment nominated candidates for state office and handled convention business. Election of a 1948 convention site is set for tomorrow. Marriage license applications were filed by residents including Charles F. and Katherine A. le in Princeton and Bluefield. Lost items include a brown Morocco billfold near the Colonial Theatre and a brown and white bull dog. Numerous service and employment notices, repairs, sales, and rental listings fill the nearby columns.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Sessons
Charles F
Newport News
Katherine A. le
Princeton
Lake Poster
Edith J. A Oetom
Lawrence E. West
Cedar Bluff
Margaret L. Kirk
Bluefield
Fermey Land
Odell Bevel
William E. Swope, Jr
Roanoke
Polly J. Mahood
Bernard W. Dudley
Mazel Crews
Trey
Ruel Sparks
Beulah Gargent
John G. McConahy
Newcastle
Eilizabeth Ann Holmes
Stock Market Slips as Leaders Fall in Mixed Session
A slow decline in the New York stock market pulls many leaders down about two points as steels, motors, and rails lead losses. American Telephone drops two, while U S Steel, Goodyear, and General Motors fall. Bonds drift lower in one of the era's sharpest full sessions, with rails and government issues showing broad weakness.
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New York
Commission
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
Goodyear
Kennecoty
General Motors
Ceca Records
Republic Steel
Chrysler
Pennsylvania Railroad
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
International Harvester
Philip Morris
Coca-Cola
American Can
Sears Roebuck
Goodrich
du Pont
Cities Service
Memphis Natural Gas
Salt Dome Oil
Niagara Hudson Power
Chesapeake and Ohio
St. Louis San Francisco
U. S
Tazewell Livestock Market Report June 9
Tazewell Va June 9 prices for lambs sheep vealers and cattle shown. Lambs range from 24.00 to 25.30 per hundred with various grades. sheep good and choice. slaughter ewes priced 3.00 to 6.10. Vealers and calves listed with weights and per hundred values. cattle and hog values including stocker feeder cows bulls packing sows. Note: US farm cash income rose from 8.5B in 1936 to 21.5B in 1945.
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Tazewell
U.S
Riley-West Post No 134 The American Legion Surrender of charter
Notice from Riley-West Post No 134 The American Legion Bluefield West Virginia states the post votes to discontinue business and surrender its charter to the State of West Virginia. The resolution directs publication in a general newspaper for two weeks and filing with the Secretary of State. Dated June 4 1947 and signed by Commander Walter B Perkins and Secretary W Frank Bond.
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Riley-West Post Mo
American Legion, Incorporated
West Virginia
Bluefield
Westirginia
Riley-West Post No
Lews
West Virgina
Wal’ B. Perkins
Riley-West
A Legion, Incorporated
Frank Bond
Chicago Livestock Markets Report June 9
USDA report shows salable hogs at 8 000 with prices up to 24 75 for top hogs. cattle and calves mixed with fed steers and yearlings strong at 24 75 27 60. sheep steady to higher with light spring lambs 22 00 24 75 and ewes easing to 5 00. Shippers moved 1 000 hogs.
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Chicago
USDA
Grain futures dip as hedging pressures weigh on Chicago board
Chicago grain markets edged lower today with wheat and other grains softened under hedging activity. Weather across the southwest aided harvest while the new billion bushel crop moved toward primary markets with cash quotes for corn oats and barley listed in varying grades and prices.
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Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Butter And Eggs Market Review In New York
Wholesale eggs were steady in quiet trading with receipts two days totaling 31 053. Whites ranged multiple grades with prices from 38 to 51 cents for pullets and larger sizes. Butter receipts two days totaled 792 036 pounds with creameries priced above 92 score, premium AA at 61 61 2 cents.
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New York
Bonds From The Associated Press Market Summary
Bonds compiled by the Associated Press show daily, weekly, and monthly changes. The data includes price levels for various maturities, with highs and lows from 1947 and 1946, and a total sales figure of $2,190,000 with bonds at $550,000.
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The
Associated Press
West Virginia Eyes Move Of U S Naval Observatory
West Virginia civic groups explore a possible 640 acre site for the U S Naval Observatory as officials study humidity wind, snowfall and atmospheric clarity. Hinton Jumping Branch Summers county area is proposed with Huntington Martinsburg leaders weighing bids for the move.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
U. S. Naval Observatory
Washington, D. C
Chambers of Commerce
Guy W. Clark
U. S. Navy
Navy
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Kilgore
Clark
United States
Hinton
United Fuel Plans Major Gas System Investment
United Fuel Gas petitions before the Public Service Commission seek almost 10 million dollars for transmission and production facilities. The plan includes 129 miles of new pipeline from Cobb Station in Kanawha County to the West Virginia Pennsylvania line, plus new gas wells and gathering lines. The company also requests approval to sell 28.9 million dollars in 3 percent promissory notes to its parent Columbia Gas and Electric Corporation.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Fuel Gas Company
Public Service Commission
Cobb Station
Kanawha County
West Virginia-Pennsylvania
Monongalia County
Jumbia Gas and Electric Corporation
Navy Accepting Dentists As Officers In Navy and Reserve
The U S Navy seeks dentists from accredited schools aged 21 to 32 for commissioned officer status. Reserve corps openings available to qualified civilians aged 21 to 38. For details contact the Office of Naval Officer Procurement 305 Post Office Pittsburgh 19 Pa.
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U. S. Navy
Dental Corps
U. S. Naval Reserve
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Post Office
Pittsburgh
Job Of Rebuilding From Tornado Begins
Tornado toll rose to six as rebuilding started in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania. Wade W. Woodward, 66, of Vienna Ohio, died at St Elizabeth's hospital in Youngstown. His wife Vina, 60, was hospitalized. Funeral services were to be held for Edwin E. Shook, 43, of Sharon, and Ronald H. Sete 20, of Burghill, Ohio, who died when a garage was crushed by the tornado.
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Sharon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wade W. Woodward
Vienna
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Youngstown
Vina
Edwin E. Shook
Ronald H. Sete
Burghill
Baker To Attend Judicial Conference In Asheville
Judge William E. Baker of the U S district court for northern West Virginia traveled to Asheville North Carolina to participate in the fourth judicial circuit conference. He will discuss punishment of the juvenile offender during one session.
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Wheeling
W. Va
William E. Baker
U. S. District Court For
West Virginia
Asheville
N. C
Fourth Judicial Circuit
Baker
Beckley Boys Head East on Historic Tour Train
Nearly 300 Beckley area youths travel on a Chesapeake and Ohio sponsored train tour to Virginia and Washington. The group will stop in Richmond for the night, visit Williamsburg and Norfolk, then proceed to Washington for a sightseeing day.
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Beckley
W. Va
Beckley Area
Chesapeake
Sentenced For Life In Slaying Of Wife In Ebensburg Pa
John R. Wynn of Conemaugh was sentenced to life imprisonment for the March 1946 killing of his wife Donnie. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder after testimony and admitted striking her with a stove poker as she slept.
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Ebensburg
Cambria County Court Today
John R. Wynn
Conemaugh
Donnie
Wynn
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