Body Chooses Seven Directors For Trade Board Election
The trade body conducted its annual election yesterday afternoon selecting seven directors from fourteen nominees for a two year term. The new 14 member board includes HH Bowen sr coal operator C I Cheney president of Lumber and Coal Co and others from Electric Power Lec S E Tierney Jr and W Walker Coke company representatives. After two years service the slate of successors includes J Cole J Dudley S Easley Lewis C Tierney Dr E C Wade and J E Wagner. The chair and officers will be chosen at a future meeting as the new board convenes shortly.
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HH. Bowen, Sr
Coal Opera- Cc
I. Cheney
Lumber A Ia
G Company
Her
Electric
Lec S
E. Tierney, Jr
Easte Tm
W. Walker
Cokecomi
J. Aahi
Coaang
Cokecom SB
Chicago
Pany
Meen
R. ‘Bishop
Carl ~S Frazier
G Raesl
E.G. Ley
Serpe
May
J. Cole
Dudley
Easley
Lewis C. Tierney
E. C. Wade
J. E. Wagner
B. L. Chairen
Carlyle Cole
Graham
Roy Browder
Cris Barton
John Onifer Dies at 50 Assistant Mine Foreman
John Onifer 50 assistant mine foreman for Pocahontas Fuel died. Survived by widow and two children John Jr and Joyce Ann, mother Mrs Julia Onifer Bluefield Va, brother Wasco Jr and sisters Mrs Mary Georgett Mrs C B Gentry both of Bluefield. Services at school building this afternoon at 3 Rev M D Loar officiating. Burial Woodlawn cemetery with American Legion in charge. Active pallbearers listed. Flower bearers from Youth Fellowship.
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John, Jr
Joyce Ann
Julia Onifer
Bluefield
Wasco Onifer
Maybeury
Mary Georgett
C. B. Gentry
Mike
Joe
Eied
M. D. Loar
Woodlawn
Getters
The
American Legion
Earl Jones
Bill Pgenkine
Henry Dooley
Web Henderson
Barnes Gillespie
Andrew Foote
Ted White
B. R. Allen
Youth Fellowship
Church
OPA Grants Bakery Price Hike Raises Mixed Reactions
Washington officials announce potential price increases on bakery items under OPA aid rules for households facing hardship. Items include cookies, raisin biscuits, crackers, pretzels, matzo products, fig bars, ice cream alternatives, and tortillas. The measure, tied to economic relief, invites scrutiny from consumers and vendors alike.
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Washington
Cakaaaees
Manus
Trenton
Welch Legion District Meet Opens with Veterans Leaders
The Welch area hosts a district Legion gathering drawing over a hundred attendees from Mercer MacDowell and Wyoming counties. Speakers include Kimball formerly of Welch and Earl W. Alley of Gary. Delegates from Bluefield numbered fourteen as the convention began its business session with motions on keeping veterans in service for at least one year after Japan’s war end.
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Welch
Uefield
District Command
Mercer
MacDowell
Wyoming
Beckley
X . Kimball
Earl W. Alley
Gary
Mander
Rating Board of the
Veteran’s Administration
Huntington
Vic Fellers
Mullens
W. E
Rm —S
Ree
Jones, Jr
Nee
Japan
Bluefield
Obituary fragment notes survivors and siblings
The notice lists a deceased's survivors including a sister Shirley and five brothers Billy Donald Franklin Kenneth Bobby and others at home. No locations dates or further details are provided.
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Billy
Donald
Franklin
Kenneth
Shirley
Bobby
Shot Fatal to Mrs. Maggie Aistrop in Yukon Home
Mrs. Maggie Aistrop thirty of Yukon was found shot to death late Saturday night at home a single bullet in the chest. The shooting was considered accidental or a possible self destruction with no witnesses. Surviving are her husband four children and her mother. Burial scheduled at Bartley at 2 30 this afternoon.
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Maggie Aistrop
Eldredge Aistrop
Yukon
Mark Ford
Carrie Buckner Ford
North Carolina
Faye Fletcher
Johnny Fletcher
Ely Fletcher
Frances Fletcher
Bartley
Spanish Troops Withdrawn in AI Relations Move
In a life changing shift in AI relations, Spanish forces begin withdrawal from an international posture. The step signals a broader rebalancing of regional security and military commitments.
Selectees Leave For Pre Induction Exams
A group of Mercer County Local Board No 1 registrants departed for Huntington for preinduction physical examinations. Among those slated for the exams were Charles Lewin, Everett Poe, Joe Britton, and Hampton resident Tansterved.
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Mercer County Selective Service
Huntington
Armed Forces
Cate
Charles Lewin
Welch Service Clubs Set Joint Dinner Meeting
Welch's three service clubs plan a joint gathering with Senator Kilgore speaking at a dinner in the Appalachian community room.
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Welch
Senator Kilgore
Appalachian Community Room
Pvt Everette Sawyers Killed in Germany While in Service
Pvt Everette P. Sawyers 19, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Sawyers of Kimball, was accidentally killed in Germany on April 16 while in the line of duty. Parents notified by the War Department. death attributed to a gunshot wound in the head. No further details released.
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Pvt
Everette P. Sawyers
Edgar Sawyers
Kimball
Germany
War Department
Davy Man Fatally Injured in Parlor Incident
Oldin Parsons and Davy were involved in a fatal parlor incident in Davy. The case is under investigation by Attorney Richard, with the victim linked to McDowell County since 1899. Parsons was married in 1923 and belonged to the AAAM Masonic Lodge in Welch, survived by a widow, two brothers, a mother in Washington, and a sister.
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Ator
Davy
George
Richard
Agnes Sain
Ellen-Reese
Parsons
McDowell County
Leoue Ant
Aaam. Masonic Lodge
Welch
Davy Baptist Church
Sur
Budget Instruction Meeting Instructing Budgets For 1945-46
Charleston West Virginia June 18 the first in a series of conferences to instruct county school board officials in drafting their 1945-46 term budgets will be held in Charleston on Thursday State Superintendent av W Trent announced today Similar meetings will be held at
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Charleston
W. Va
Av. W. Trent
State Officials to Present Budgets at County Meetings
Be barck Beckley and towns Beckley June 22, Clarksburg June 27 and Moundsville June 28 with Trent Budget Director C H Koontz Paul Boggs and Charles Barnett to represent the state at meetings. Budgets due by the second Tuesday in August for approval by the board of school finance and the tax commissioner. Trent to announce plans for a nation of state school aid totaling about 20 000 000 at the July 16 county superintendents meeting at Jacksons Mill.
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Trent
Jackson's Mill
Court Dockets 25 Claims worth 59000 Filed in Charleston
Twenty five cases totaling about 59000 were docketed today by the state court of claims for the next term July 9 to 26. The state road commission appears in 20 of the claims. Nine shortened procedure cases with prior attorney general approval were included.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Court of Claims
State Road Commission
Attorney General's Office
Return to Field for Final Induction Delayed
The text notes a schedule shift with plans to return to a field for the automatic 21fore before final induction tomorrow or today, outlining timing changes and preparation steps.
Census Bureau estimates women in U S labor force rise in 1950
The Census Bureau projects 17.5 to 18.0 million women will work in 1950, near an average of 17.8 million. The figure reflects ongoing participation growth among U S women in the labor market.
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U. S
Census Bureau
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Blow
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Pocahontas Operators’ Association
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Victor Francen
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