Revercomb Proposes Little Man's RFC for Veterans Jobs
Sen. Revercomb outlines a proposed government corporation to provide long term credit and advisory services to private business and municipal projects. The plan would authorize up to 5 billion dollars in loans with veterans given preference for employment opportunities including fields from agriculture to surveying, benefiting West Virginia.
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Little Man’s Rfc
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RFC
Little Man's Rfc
West Virginia
Stand Back Girls Win Rolling Pin Throw at Ocean View Picnic
Norfolk Virginia June 16 Mrs Ruth Drewanz won the rolling pin throw title with a release of 86 feet 3 inches at the Ocean View Women s Dem club annual picnic and fish fry beating 19 challengers led by Mrs Lee in a lively community event full of friendly competition
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Ruth Drewanz
Ocean View
Lee
Pay You Get 12 Tablets More for 10c
Advertisement offers a deal on tablets with a pack of 12 extra tablets for 10 cents, and a larger batch of 100 tablets for 45 cents. The pricing emphasizes bulk value and savings.
Nine Year Old Struck By Bottle In Bluefield Incident
A nine year old boy named Donald Gadd of 305 12 Roanoke street was hit on the head by a thrown pop bottle while three boys searched for wood behind the Bluefield Produce and Provision Co. building. He suffered a gash and was taken to Bluefield sanitarium for treatment at about 10 40 yesterday morning. Patrolman Okie As bury reported the incident and said the assailant was unknown.
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Roanoke Street
Rogers
Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
Okie Asbury
Bluefield
Weight of medieval armour tops a heavy 100 pounds
A historical note explains that armour in the middle ages could weigh as much as one hundred pounds, making early knights heavily encumbered in battles and tournaments.
Lightly's Death Explained Through Unfinished Business
Billy Rose recounts a tale at the coffee house where missing wallet clues and a hoodlum known as Dogface trigger a chain of suspicions. Lightly, grieving the dentist and keeper of shared past routines, declines and later dies within the year, a mystery to the narrator.
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Reservists Authorized Return to Active Duty in Second Army
The Second Army permits 3,600 enlisted reservists to rejoin active duty for administrative and maintenance work in posts within the Second Army area. West Virginia units contribute about 300 to this program as announced by state military headquarters. Also noted is a separate statement that any person may change their name at will in good faith and without legal process.
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Mercer Cancer Fund Drive Falls Short in Bluefield Area
Mercer County cancer fund drive fell short of its $4,731.13 goal by $173.98 with $4,557.15 turned in. County totals include Princeton $278.21 Athens $236 Bramwell $58.75 and Bluefield $3,984.09. Mel Barnett led the county campaign and Mrs Leola Crowder heads headquarters.
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Young Woman's Club
Uriah Vermillion
Athens Woman's Club
Boy Scouts
Dave Bradshaw
Bell
Mel Barnett
Leola Crowder
Vandenberg’s enduring influence on U.S. foreign policy
Drew Pearson notes Vandenberg travels slowly and speaks long in senate sessions. He argues Vandenberg would serve if nominated and remains a pivotal, secure figure in history, shaping American foreign policy as a major statesman of his era.
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Arthur Vandenberg
Ex Court Official Sent To Prison In West Virginia
Beckley West Virginia June 16 ex court official E E Justice of Princewick a former Raleigh county court member will go to jail June 21 for a year for inducing another to swear falsely He was fined 250 dollars and barred from public office or jury duty The term was delayed to allow personal matters to be settled Justice was convicted April 16 1946 of felony perjury in a grand jury case regarding a fatal shooting Richards later testified leading to indictments later dismissed A supreme court review ordered a misdemeanor trial instead and sent the case back to Raleigh county
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Princewick
Raleigh
Criminal Court
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Justice
West Virginia
Henley Richards
Richards
Supreme Court
Raleigh County
Giles Memorial Hospital Receives State Charter
Richmond Virginia June 16 A Pearisburg hospital non profit group Giles Memorial Hospital Inc was granted a state charter by the State Corporation Commission Walter C Caudill is president and Clifford Doolittle is secretary of Pearisburg group Plans call for establishing a hospital with the proposed Giles Memorial Hospital Inc in Pearisburg chaired by Caudill and Doolittle involved in administration.
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Lobby Charges Hit Officials
A federal grand jury indicted Texas and Georgia state agricultural commissioners plus two named individuals for violating the lobbying act. The probe cited unregistered lobbying efforts to push higher commodity prices, including a $3,000 banquet for 200 congressmen and 93 guests and a prior $1,100 dinner. Convictions carry up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine with lobbying bans.
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Austin
Tom Linder
Atlanta
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Granger
Washington, D. C
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New York
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Grain futures climb as grains lead on Chicago floor
Chicago gains show wheat and corn up more than two cents in a steady board of trade advance. Soybeans and lard follow grain strength, cash wheat absent, with no soybeans traded and mixed cereal prices across several grades.
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Board of Trade
Butter And Eggs Market Report From New York June 16
The wholesale egg market was generally firm with midwestern whites and browns in demand. Nearby quotations show whites and browns at high wholesale prices for top quality, with pullets lower. Butter totals and bulk creamery prices are reported, with creamery values tied to 92 score and premium marks.
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New York
Chicago Livestock Market Report June Sixteen Summary
Salable hogs 9 000 total 12 000 weights 170 240 avg 26.00 to 25 50 with loads 400 475 lbs 20 50 22 00 sows 19 21 lighter weights up to 21 50. Cattle and calves: 11 000 cattle 600 calves top 38 50 on 1 377 lb averages. steers 36 38, heifers 35 36 50, best 36 75. cows 25 28. canners 16 19 50. Sheep 2 000 good and choice lambs 87 97 lbs 28 25 32 00. ewes 12 9 00.
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Stocks Fall as Selling Pressure Steadies Market
New York trading closed lower as selling pressure dominated despite slight rallies. Volume reached 4.33 million dollars with 1,580,000 shares traded. Montgomery Ward and Paramount led declines while Patino Mines rose after news of a boosted dividend.
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