Search Ends For Sinking Victims
Norfolk Va June 11 A Coast Guard helicopter withdrew from the Hampton Roads search for sailors and Marines lost when a navy liberty launch swamped May 31 Surface vessels were withdrawn after 30 bodies were recovered The navy had listed 28 missing Two recovered bodies did not match the 28 names One missing man surfaced AWOL in Acc Mo The launch swamped 100 men to the aircraft carrier Kearsarge Anchored near Norfolk Naval Station Three men swam ashore and 65 were picked up by rescue craft.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Hampton Roads
Acc Mo
Kearsarge
Norfolk Naval Station
Boys State Governor Pleads For UMT Bill
In Jacksons Mill West Virginia June 11 The Boys State governor pushes for a two year university military and vocational training program under UMT and urges top recruits to military academies replacing the current system The measure also supports GI Bill benefits and a ten year reserve shift while the citizen ship training program sponsored by the American Legion closes tomorrow In Washington the National Coal Association reports weekend coal prod sum of 12200 net tons with year to date 276980000 tons.
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Jackson’s Mill
W. Va
David Hermans
Irfer
Suxt
Sion
Umt
House
Peter David
Weston
Senate
George Swisher
Esbore
Hermansdorfer
American Legion
Washington
National Coal Association
Pee
Lions Honored For Perfect Attendance
Twenty four Lions club members were honored for perfect meetings. Mrs. Howard Meadows led musical selections with her own accompaniment. Dr Otis King chaired the program. guests included Kiwanian Bill Goodloe and Miller Hants. Henry Fortune was new first vice president. Ray Barnett was away at the state Lions convention in Huntington. In Moscow, the Soviet tobacco industry produced 74.3 billion cigarettes in 1947, up 46 percent from 1946, with 1948 projected to 80 billion. Triplets occur about once in 8,180 births.
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Lions Club
Howard Meadows
Otis King
Bill Goodloe
Miller Hants
Henry Fortune
Ray Barnett
Lions
Huntington
Moscow
Tobacco Workers
Shation
Raver
Police Seek Burglar Who Robbed Sportsman
Bluefield police seek a burglar in a $300 robbery at the New Sportsman on Princeton Avenue. Patrolman R T Brown found the trap door open and managers reported cash and coins taken from a money box. the safe had been left open.
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New Sportsman
Princeton Avenue
Bluefield
R. T. Brown
Guard May Help Spot Forest Fires In State
Charleston West Virginia June 11 A plan to have the West Virginia national guard air units supplement the conservation commission in fighting forest fires was announced today Preliminary work has begun and full cooperation could be in place by the fall fire season The 176th fighter squadron with about 40 planes would be used for spotting fires while the commission provides fire towers its radio network and manpower Pilots will be trained to read maps from the commission and relay fire locations through a guard control station at Kanawha airport into the commission’s network
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia National Guard
The
Conservation Commission
Charles R. Fox
Wilson B. Sayers
Commission
Kanawha
Former U S Official Dies In Jewish Army
David Marcus former New York City commissioner of correction and supreme commander of Israeli forces on the Jerusalem front was killed in action in Palestine. The Israeli prime minister David Ben Gurion sent the death notice stating he died at his post in the hills of Jerusalem. Marcus served as a U S Army colonel in the recent war and led correction services under Mayor La Guardia from 1933 to 1940.
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New York
David Marcus
New York City
Correction
Jerusalem
Palestine
Republic of Israel
David Ben Gurion
Jerusa Marcus
F. H. LaGuardia
88 Garment Workers Strike In Beckley
Beckley West Virginia June 11 eighty eight of one hundred women trainees at a new garment factory were idle due to a wage dispute. Ted S Decker of Decker Clothes Inc said only twelve of about one hundred workers reported for duty while the rest picketed. Training quarters are at Bailey s cabins en route to a new nearby factory. Sydney C Box regional director of the United Construction Workers said the union had no plan to organize the workers until after completion of the factory remains unoccupied.
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Beckley
W. Va
Ted S. Decker
Chicago
Decker Clothes, Inc
Bailey’s Cabins
Mount Hope
Sydney C. Box
United Construction Workers
United Mine Workers ‘District 50
Motorcycle Crash Claims Two Roanoke County Teens
Rocky Mount Virginia June 11 two Roanoke county boys were killed when a motorcycle they rode as a double hit a trailer truck turning into a tourist court north of town. The dead are Don Lanning Lawrence 19 and Melvin A Henry 18 cousins. State trooper Mullins said the bike struck the truck as it turned off Route 220.
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Rocky Mount
Roanoke County
Here
Don Lanning Lawrence
C. L. Lawrence
Brush Mountain
Melvin A. Henry
Regie Henry
Old Grove Church
S. F E. Mullins
NLRB Leaders Clash Over Taft Hartley Extension
Washington reports a split within the National Labor Relations Board as General Counsel Denham urges extending Taft Hartley protections to most interstate businesses including small restaurants and stores, while Chairman Herzog says the board sees no legal obligation and prefers not to expand into new fields due to case overload.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Congress
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Paul M. Herzog
Herzog
Governor Orders State Prosecution in Lynch Case in Buchanan
Governor Tuck directs Attorney General Almond to take over the criminal prosecutions of 178 men charged under the anti lynch law after an April assault on Gilliam of Gilliam and Hodgins mining operation. He cites lack of local law enforcement interest and says state police intervened to prevent worse violence. Trials to be moved if possible with July term opening July 12.
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Richmond
Tuck
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr
Buchanan County
Buchanan
R. L. Gilliam
Gilliam and Hodgins
Almond
Buchanan Circuit Court
Gilliam
Choir to Perform Hymns at First Christian Church
The First Christian Church choir will sing the anthem Lord I Hear of Showers of Blessings by Avery with soloist Miss Boots Tidwell. A quartet from Bluefield College will perform Faith of Our Fathers by Walton.
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First Christian Church
Avery
Boots Tidwell
Bluefield College
Walton
Beaver purge and a physician’s long service end
Butte residents captured a beaver in Meaderville after it conflicted with city plans and relocated it. In Charleston, Dr. Carl F. Raver, 68, former head of West Virginia’s vital statistics department, died after a yearlong illness.
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Charleston
W. Va
Carl F. Raver
State Department of Vital Statisics
Youth Improves After Cliff Fall Near Coopers
12 year old David Devel Cain of Circleville Ohio is reported improving after injuries from a 60 foot cliff fall near Coopers. He was picking strawberries when he fell and sustained severe scalp lacerations while being treated at Bluefield sanitarium yesterday.
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Bluefield Sanitarium
David Devel Cain
Circleville
Coopers
Youth Rally Slated For Pine Grove Church
The second monthly county Christian youth rally will be held this evening at 7:30 at Pine Grove Church of Christ Lor ton Lick Road. Evangelist Raldo Cook of Midway Christian Church will deliver the message. Participating churches include Midway Montcalm Duhring Bluefield Falls Mills W Va Princeton and Va Falls Mills.
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Pine Grove Church of Christ
Lorton
Lick Road
Raldo Cook
Midway Christian Church
Midway
Montcalm
Duhring
Bluefield
W. Va
Princeton
Falls Mills
Stamp Vending Machine Placed In Post Office
The Bluefield post office introduced an automatic stamp vending machine run by Postmaster R. L. Bailey. The unit offers stamps at face value and is installed in the lobby area of the local post office building.
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Bluefield
R. L. Bailey
Baaby
Postoffice
Bristol Livestock Auction Prices Report
The Bristol livestock sale lists hogs priced by weight and quality with 38 to 23.75 top ranges, cattle including steers heifers and stacksers with 16.00 to 30.75, sows 18.00 to 23.50, bulls 20.00 to 26.00, heifers and juniors, lambs with weights and grades, and slaughter weights showing 7.50 to 8.25 for common bids and various good and choice classes. Data includes numerous lot counts and price ranges for each category.
Spring Coal Bow Cuts State Output
West Virginia state mines department reports April coal production at 8,954,887 tons, down from 11,533,550 tons a year earlier. For January through April this year output reached 46,819,332 tons, below the 97,116,629 tons for the same period in 1947, with April’s total including 7,574,319 tons from commercial operations, 1,348,662 from strip mines and 31,906 from smaller domestic mines.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Mines Department
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Donna Jantz
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Bliuefield, W. Va
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Raps
Beaver Dam
Butte. Mont
Meaderville
Silver Bow Creek
Jack Ritter
Louis Bugni
Mercer Garage
Scott and Raleigh Sts
Vandenberg
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Pine Grove
Bristol Livestock
Jack. Armstrong
Coustas Fairbanks,” Jr
Joan Bennett
John Howard
Alan Hale
Vincent Price
George Sanders
T-Bone
Bluewell
Shelia Egan
With Andy Clyds
Errol Comedy
Granada
Hopalong, Cassidy
William Boyd, Andy
Clyde
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