State Delegation Votes On Bills
A summary of roll calls in the state delegation on 1941 price control and labor related bills. Votes include amendments by Kilgore Revercomb and Gordon Morse, OPA extension proposals, local boards review, and a terminal pay bill for enlisted personnel with party and member positions noted.
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Revercomb
Kilgore
Pepper
Gordon and Morse
OPA
Calif
Ellis
Batley
Hedrick
Kee
Neely
Randolph
Iley
Reety
Message to War Veterans Urges Local Voter Registration
A veteran urges ex servicemen to register before elections. Registrars visit neighborhoods for four days with hours posted locally to qualify voters. They note party registration affects primaries on August 6 while November 5 allows cross party voting.
Truman Veto Clash Over Labor Bill Recalled in Talk
Drew Pearson reports a White House exchange where Speaker Sabath urged President Truman to sign a labor bill to aid workers. Sabath warned of industry profits and rising living costs, arguing the bill benefits labor and fairness over pro‑industry foes. Truman offered no firm commitment but later he followed Sabath’s advice.
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Truman
Sabath
Republican
Roosevelt
McDowell News Highlights Local Church and Community News
June events in McDowell include a church gathering led by Mrs. H L Difion and a Vacation Bible School with about 80 children. District updates cover bus service delays, dairy herd results, D A R meeting at Tazewell Country Club, legal cases on violence, building changes in Lynch and new store openings and renovations in Tazewell with A and P planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vacation Bible School
W. M. Foster
Ruby Church
Edna A. Edith Call
Anna Mae Nemchick
Holland McNeal
Foster
H. L. Dillon
R. C. Shupe
B. W. Addison
Fort Maiden
Tazewell Country Club
D. FE. Prench
William McCaugherty
John Chapman
Bluefield
Lynch
Main Street
W. W. Maccany
Tazewell
Johnson-Paucette
Louise Bowen
Cruise Motor Company
Center Street
Masonic Fraternity
A and P Tea Company
Construc
Tazewell Virginia Charter Issued For Swords Creek Rail Line
The Swords Creek railroad receives a charter as a common carrier to serve nearby coal fields and operations. Turner serves as secretary treasurer of 3000 shares. ownership includes Swords Creek Coal Mining and Sutherland. Kenneth Gillespie upgrades the Golden Rule into a functioning garage. The Sovsiachian Mesteic Power Company plans rural electrification extending about 20 miles.
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Tazewell
Swords Creek Railway
The
and Western At Is
Coal Commany
Swords Creek Coal Mining Company
Sandy Ridge Coal Company
Tal
Sutherland
Turner
Kenneth Gillespie
Sovsiachian Mesteic Power Company
Burkes Garden
Thompson Valley
West End
Archie Thompson
W. E. Thompson
Sam Six
Local home demonstration club events in Tazewell county
Grubb county agent reports Shawver Mill Home Demonstration Club meeting with Mrs Nora Shawver for slip cover demo. Jewelleeee Four club marks anniversary with 7 pm party. Gratton Home Demonstration Club meets Mrs Lula Burton Wednesday. Asberry Home Demonstration Club hosts a day quilting at Mr Martins home. Four-H youth from Tazewell county plan to attend the club camp in Summers, W Va July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Summers
W. Va
Valley Event Reinstated After War Gap in June
The annual Son Valley gathering returns June 21 to 23 after wartime interruption. It resumes with supper Friday evening and closes with Sunday dinner. A full entertainment program is being arranged, with the last event held in Oakland County.
Dinner meeting at North Tazewell Methodist Church
The Lucy Dickenson Woman's group of the North Tazewell Methodist Church held a Thursday evening dinner meeting with husbands as guests. Mrs. D. H. Webb led the program and the event ended with a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Dickenson
North Tazewell
Area Soldier To Be With Army Caravan
Technical Sergeant David P. Prusett of Burkes Garden Virginia has served sixty seven months in the U S Army He is married to Dorothy Marie Kinderlin of Burkes Garden The caravan No 20 led by General Courtney Hodges First United States Army will tour the Eastern states this summer and display the five army ground forces components Infantry armored airborne field artillery and coast guard artillery This effort shows the peacetime army and its technical skills and educational opportunities to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David P. Prusett
Burkes Garden
Virginia
United States Army
Dorothy Marie Kinderlin
Setpany
Agnes Pruiett
Route 2
Fayettesville
W. Va
Pruiett
Army Ground Forces
Courtney H. Hodges
Field Artillery
Coast Guard
Cavavan
Bank Examiner Trainees Sought Across Several Districts
L W Barlow supervising examiner for the Federal Deposit Insurance district announces vacancies for trainee assistant bank examiners across District of Columbia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and West Virginia. Positions offer an annual salary and opportunity to advance in the agency.
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L. W. Barlow
Federal Deposit Insurance District
Barlow
District of Columbia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
War Virginia
North Carolina guests mingle with local families
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Stras host at North with Mrs. Stras sister Mrs. Bailey of Winston-Salem visiting along with Mrs. Elmer Kiser and daughter and Mrs. R. L. Strange, extending the social gathering.
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Ents
Bank Examiners Trainee Positions Open in Virginia District
Salary is 2300 dollars with eligibility for state residents within the district. Trainees may become permanent assistant bank examiners with regular pay raises and promotions. Apply to L W Barlow, 909 Gottga Bank & Trust Company building, Richmond 19 Virginia. Barbier named assistant liaison officer for air forces at Walter Reed. Catherine Walker and Captain Buchanan noted for service and missions over Europe. The urban state of New York has more farmers than five rural states combined.
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Lee of
L. W. Barlow
Gottga Bank & Trust Company
Richmond
Virginia
Barbier
W. Va
Army Medical Center
Adief
George C
Ter
Walter Reed
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
Bucie- Catherine Walker
Scranton
Army Dietetic Service
Fort Dix
N.J
Buchanan
Europe
Captain A S Buchanan Assumes New Duties
Washington DC June 14 1946 Captain Allen 8 Buchanan a veteran Eighth Air Force bomber officer takes on new duties in the postwar period. The official move signals continued senior leadership responsibilities as the air arm reorganizes after the war.
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Washington, D. C
Allen 8. Buchanan
Eighth Air Force
Bom
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Wheeling
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W. R Kooalt
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Kathleen Spencer
Kopper
Elkhorn
Durwood Wilson
Huntington
Donald Upe
Joseph F. Hatcher
Rupe
Roanoke
Salem
Billy Joe Marsh
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W. J. Marsh
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W. D. Seebert
Virginia Corporation Commission
North
River Jack-Four Way
Well Rgent Association
A. Beavers and Sons
C. Warner
J. Tar- Clair
Inn Farm
Justice Court
Albert G. Peery
Trial Justice Court
McDonald Prosere
Robert
Rich
Ben Watkins
George
County Court
Mercer County
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J. C. Crockett
Landon T. Reynolds
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Tazewell News
Tazewell County Railroad
NEW Enterprise
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Tasewan
Woman's Guild
J. B. Heldreth
Greever Crouse
Jack Britts
Sunsday
Keyser
University of West
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Henry Thompson
Lexington
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Madison
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Leakesville
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Higginbotham
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A. S. Buchanan
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Princeton
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Supreme Court of Appeals
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Beaver Pond
House of Delegates
O. H. Ballard
Harry W. Garber
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W. T. Jackson
Bluefield, W. Va
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LL C. Easley Elkins
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Forest L. McNeer Thornton G. Berry, JR
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Athens
Ww. Va
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Lowisture
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Willowton
Fred v. Young Rock
Garland Bailey
Montcalm
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I. Morgan Vincent
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Paige Wooldridge
Postlethwaite
Mercer County Board of Education
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