Japanese Hit Guadalcanal In Lethal Air Battle
American forces repelled a massive Japanese air assault over Guadalcanal, suffering light losses while claimed enemy losses reached 32 bombers and 45 Zero fighters. Navy officials said the Japanese strength totaled about 60 bombers and 69 fighters. A two day Navy air training directors meeting followed to boost air power effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Knox
Navy
Pacific
Solomons
Strike Delays Continue As Labor Dispute Grows
The ongoing strike drags into two months with uncertain settlement costs for operators. A federal court could shift the decision on the portal issue back to the courts if the war labor board cannot issue a directive. The first shutdown began May 1, with a May 4 return aimed at a truce, while West Virginia mines idle for the first five working days of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan & Man
War Labor Board
Lewis
West Virginia
Lumber Company Workman Dies At Bench In Virginia
Taylor 67 a saw filer for G C Jones Lumber at Jewell Valley Virginia dropped dead at his work on Thursday. Susie Miller his wife and six children survive. Funeral services at his home in Witten Valley near Liberty with Rev G Curtis Jones officiating. Born in Washington County Virginia he had lived in Tazewell County for 25 years. Burial in family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ctor Taylor
G. C Jones Lumber Company
Jewell Valley
Kesih
Taylor
Witten Valley
Liberty
G. Curtis Jones
Tazewell
Tayior
Washington County
Tazewell County
Susie Miller
Poory
Ot Mn
Elk Garden Rockett Sheets
Ther Hall
aSome Asean
Isaac Taylor
Witten
Valley
State Receives 37400 Check for Camp Site
Acting Adjutant General Carleton C. Pierce announced a $37,400 government payment to the National Guard over the camp site near Point Pleasant West Virginia. The funds cover the loss of the lease and improvements for the 150th year camp and ordnance works during condemnation proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton. W. Va
Carleton C. Pierce
National Guard
Poir
Tnt
Pe West Virginia Ordnance
Camp Conate
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Griffiths Arrives for Services
The body of Mrs Walter Griffith arrived in Bluefield and funeral services are set for 2 40 PM at Hawkins Funeral Home chapel. The Rev J W Hobson will conduct with interment at Monte Vista Park Cemetery. Mrs Griffith died last week in Florida where she had lived since leaving two years ago. Her husband died about four years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Griffith
Bluefield
Te Hawkins Funeral Home
J. W. Hobson
Monte Vista Park
Griffith
H. Fia
Hame
Funeral services set for Mrs Cleve land Fowler
Funeral services for Mrs Cleve land Fowler aged 16 of Birefield will be held tomorrow at Hawkins Pineal Home. She drowned in Wolf Creek near Niday Virginia on Monday. Corporal Fowler is overseas with the United States Army. They have a two year old child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fowler
Birefield
Wolf Creek
Niday
Monte Vista Park
Penta
United States Army
Draft Violator Naturalization Oath Proceeding Details
Nine received final citizenship papers in a naturalization ceremony postponed for further investigation. Names include Istvan Iharosi and Istvan Balogh with name changes to Steve Harrison and Steve Barlow, plus Italian and Greek applicants from Bluefield and McComas. Court will resume January term for remaining cases. Judge Paul noted proper induction notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istvan Iharosi
Montcalm
Hungary
Steve Harrison
Istvan Balogh
McComas
Steve Barlow
Gaetono 720Ne
Charlie Domenica Suraci Chulla
Bluefield
Avellino Antonio Folino
John Paul
United States Court For
Western District of Virginia
Bible
Paul
Iay
Jar
House Slashes OPA Budget and Abolishes OWI Domestic Branch
The House expropriations committee reduced OPA funding from 177 million to 130 million, with three amendments restricting uses including parity and non necessity foods, price policy officials’ experience, and labels or standardization. OWI domestic operations were cut 218 to 114, leaving foreign propaganda. Senate action pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau
OPA
House
Sauthot
Wis
Prentis M. Brown
Dirksen
Rep. Andresen
Minn
OWI
Intaects
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Elmer - Davis’ Agency
Owli
Senate
Barefoot prowler tied to city burglaries
Police could not prove the intruder was wounded but Mosley bore a healing hand wound when captured last night. Officers had pursued the barefoot prowler since the epidemic house breaking began and had questioned associates of Mosley as part of the inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtain
Mosley
Osley
Packing Plants Halt Operations Across Regions
Packing plants in Ohio and other states suspended operations amid price regulation uncertainty and the federal meat subsidy program. In Cincinnati area plants mostly closed, Columbus and Washington plants paused, while cattle receipts fell to 132,400 at 12 major markets, with hogs up and sheep down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coilego
Ohio
Asscherina
Hey
Defense Supplies Corporation
Federal Agency
Cincinnati
Columbus
Washington
Cleveland Union Stockyards
War Labor Board rules on portal-to-portal pay and wage policy
The War Labor Board announces its decision on portal-to-portal pay and related wage increases. It upholds limits under the wage stabilization program, notes travel time as part of working hours in prior cases, and rejects a general wage rise for miners while urging fair compensation for travel time. The ruling addresses a CIO and UMW dispute tied to travel time, wage requests, and no strike pledges during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board
UMW
CIO
Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company
South
Department of Labor
Federal District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
van Bittner
United States
John Brophy
United Mine Workers
Labor Board
Lewis
Hy and
Bittner
William H. Davis
Wyane L. Morse
Davis
Frank Graham
George W. Taylor
WLB
UWM
da Davis
Walkout in Berwind-White mine after WLB ruling
About 200 night shift workers at Berwind-White Coal in Johnstown paused work for over an hour in protest of the WLB decision denying pay for time lost traveling to and from their mine positions. It is the first walkout in the Appalachian district since the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Berwind-White Coal Company
WLB
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
Appalachian
Alabama
United Mine Workers Local 5229
Miners’ Union
Washington
Alabama coal mines shut as evening crews fail to report
Three Alabama mines employing about 2,200 workers halted operations after no notices from miners. Sayreton Republic Steel about 1,000, Hamilton Tennessee Coal about 1,100, and Marvel No 3 Roden Coal about 150 idle. No immediate UMW notice. cause unclear amid wartime labor rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Sayreton
Republic Steel Corp
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co
Hamilton
Marvel No. 3
Roden Coal Co
United Mine Workers’ District
Republic
TCI
War Labor Board
Bristol Livestock Market Report June 18 1948
Total 1720 head with lambs weaker and varied prices. Lambs chiefly 11.70 to 15.20 with many in the mid teens. sheep mostly 2.00 to 7.50 for common to good grades. Vealers steady with several price points across weights. cattle slaughter steers 14.30 to 14.75, heifers 10.00 to 14.60, cows 10.20 to 12.40, canners 7.10 to 8.90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Livestock
Sea of Markets A. Dept. of Agr
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Pfc Vernard Bud Perdue returns to his station in Canada after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Zollie G of Brushfork. Lt C A Clyborne of the US Army Air Forces, visiting his parents, will leave for Pueblo Colo next week to his new station after completing training as a bombardier in El Paso Tex. Capt Scott Houseman and Mrs Houseman visit parents in Brushfork before heading to Camp Workman Tex. B B Doughton 23, electrician’s mate first class, son of C D Doughton Camp Creek, completes basic training at submarine base New London Conn for duty with the fleet submariners. Doughton to wear twin dolphin insignia after further submarine duty. Grimm way Edward F P, daughter of Pic Edward P Grimm way W Va, completes field telephone operators course at Camp Lejeune NC and is ready for advanced schooling or fleet communications duty. Pvt William E Levitt Jr son of Mrs Laura B Levitt Grat ton Va transferred from Camp Croft D C to Shenango personal replacement depot Pa.
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Pfc. Vernard
Bud) Perdue
United States Army
Canada
Hisents
Zollie G
C. A. Clyborne
United States Army Air Forces
Lebanon Street
Pueblo
Volo
el Paso
Tex
Scott Houseman
Houseman
B. B. Houseman
Captain Houseman
Panama
Camp Workers
B. B. Doughton
C. D. Doughton
Camp Creek
Submarine School
Submarine Base
New London
Conn
Ughton
Submarine Service
Navy
Doughton
Spanishburg High School
Norfolk
Pic
Edward FP. Grimmway
W. Va
Marine Base
Camp Lejeune
New River
N. C
Fleet Marine Force
William E. Levitt Jr
Laura B. Levitt
Gratton
Camp Croft
D. C
Shenango Personal
Pennsylvania
Area Women Donated Meals For 73 Service Men In Falls Mills
Mrs W C Robinette of Bluestone gave 18 quarts of home canned food to the Service Men club. Bluestone circle Bluefield Va donated $6 for the day costs. Other donors included Mrs Marion Harry and Mrs Sallie A Powell among others. Falls Mills Va women cooked and served meals for 73 service men from 16 states. The effort supported by Mackedonia church Mud Fork Methodist church and Falls Mills Christian church. One soldier visitor Noetertay has visited seven times since private to technical sergeant.
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W. C. Robinette
Bluestone
Service Mens Club
Bluestone Circle
Bluefield
Marion Harry
Sallie A. Powell
Clarence Buckland
J. A. Buchanan
Falls Mills
Macedonia Church
Mud Fork
Noetertay
Clu
City and Coalfield Items Have Your Piano Tuned
Harry Haffen of Roanoke will be in town at least one week every month. Phone or write West Virginia's hotel. If in a hurry write O. Box 2455, Roanoke, Va. Bailey Lumber Company offers chicken house plans with approved materials and five months to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Haffen
Roanoke
West Virgins
Bailey Lumber Company
Wage decisions for mine workers under War Labor Board directives
The War Labor Board notes current minimums of 736 and 657 cents per hour for coal miners, with earnings up to about 43 dollars weekly by March 1943. Despite rising wages since 1933, broad increases are opposed to wage stabilization aims to avoid higher production costs and food prices, and efforts to settle a legal claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act have stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
War Labor Board
Morese
Waves of War Plan Shaped by British Asia Command
Unofficial observers read the move as Britain’s firm vow to pursue war against Japan with vigor after Hitler’s defeat. The statements echo assurances from Churchill to Congress that Britain and the United States share a strong stake in avenging Japanese aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Asia
Britain
Japan
Hitler
Churchill
Congress
United States
Dickason Named Head at Bluefield State
The West Virginia state board of education extended its meeting and approved personnel for four institutions including West Virginia State College and Bluefield State. H L Dickason was renamed head of Bluefield State, with John W. Davis reappointed president of West Virginia State and Dr E A Lawrence hired as physics instructor at the Big School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Board of Education
W. W. Trent
Negro State Board of Education
West Virginia State
Bluefield State College
West Virginia Schools For the
Colored Deaf and Blind Institute
West Virginia Schools For Deaf and Blind
Romney
Stanley R. Harris
John W. Davis
H. L. Dickason
Bluefield State
E. A. Lawrence
University of Pittsburgh
Area Men Listed Wounded in North Africa Combat
West Virginia soldiers among those wounded in the North African battles were reported by the war department. Notables include Tech fifth erpce Char Mercer of Bluefield and Corp James William Crawford of Princeton, with other West Virginia names such as Pfc James H White Lashmeet and Pvt Matson M Mitchell Huntington among the list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tech
Charles F. Mercer
Corp
James William Crawford
Prc
James H. White
Africa
Soviet Moscow War Update Reports Large German Losses
A Moscow monitor cites a Soviet communiqué detailing heavy German casualties in days of fighting, including over 2,000 killed in one sector, 17 tanks destroyed, 12 guns and 16 mortars fallen, plus 40 machineguns. It also notes Soviet air losses and multiple Allied air actions around Volkhov and Leningrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Imanes
Volkhov
Leningrad
Donets
Red Army
Belgorod
Rostov
Davis Views Centered Food Authority as Possible
Food Chief Davis argued for a centralized food program pointing to agencies like the War Food Administration or the Office of Economic Stabilization as possible homes. Aides said he has no personal bid for more power and was drafted from the Federal Reserve Bank to helm the food effort, with Roosevelt later rejecting a move to centralize all food authority under one agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
War Food Administration
Office of Economic Stabilization
Office of War Mobilization
Federal Reserve Bank
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Alls
Ane
War Food Admin
War production climbs with 7200 planes built in May
The War Production Board reports the United States produced nearly 7,200 military planes in May, about 1,000 more than April. WPB notes output will be substantially larger in June, signaling an accelerating aviation effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Prouction Board
WLB
Tony
United States
WPB
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Lumber Company
Mrs. Cleveland Fowler
Sam Smith
John Jones
Central Pennsylvania
Portal-To-Portals
United Mine Workers of America
Bellair
Powhatan Point
Willow Grove
Aes Eave Sete Cae
Roy Pox
Powhatan Mining Company
Hanna Cunt
Travera
Kentucky
Camp Breckinbridge
U. S
Bristol Livestock
SMC
W. T. Coleman
A. A. Wallace
Albert Graham
Ethel Tiller
N. C. Smith
Cecil Spurgeon
C. C. Walker
Dot Richardson
Annie Harris
J. Clinton Tabor
BE. R. Thomas
F. L. Earnest
L. D. Bailey
James McKenzie
R. H. Tabor
Thelma Anderson
Blanche Viers
States
Wavell
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