Housing Decontrol Surveys Underway In This Area
Richard E Bailey Bluefield area housing director says surveys are being done in six southern West Virginia counties including Bluefield Va to determine if decontrol of rent control is warranted. Results hinge on housing demand supply vacancies construction and future projects with final rulings by the housing expediter. Adjustments in Mercer County and Bluefield Ta area totaled 71 units with increases averaging 11 percent though requests averaged 35 percent.
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Richard E. Bailey
Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Bailey
West Virginia
Bond
Wyoming
Surbsg
Mingo
Raleigh
Rent Advisory Board
Emergency Court of Appeals
Attorney Purchases Roane County Reporter in Spencer
Spencer West Virginia June 23 The Spencer Publishing Company announced the sale of the 70 year old weekly Roane County Reporter to G F Hedges Jr Spencer attorney The new owner a former Roane County Democratic executive committee chairman will take over after the July 1 issue The publication date will move to Tuesday and printing will be contracted at the Spencer Times Record plant Casto and Harris contract printers have sold their equipment to A B Mercer of McConnellsville Ohio Cummings who has been editor since 1937 will relinquish the post after the July 1 issue
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Spencer
W. Va
Spencer Publishing Company
Roane County
G. F. Hedges, Jr
Tom Cummings
Democratic Executive Committee
Spencer Times
Casto and Harris, Inc
A. B. Mercer
McConnelsville
Cummings
Grafton
Fred Schroeder
Actress Barbara Lawrence Seeks Divorce From John Fontaine
Los Angeles records show June 22 filing of divorce suit by Barbara Lawrence against John Fontaine after a one year marriage alleging cruelty. Continuous residence and marital status are noted while noting the couple's Hollywood ties.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Lawrence
John Fontaine
Kingwood Miner Trials Delayed In Civil Court
In Kingwood West Virginia on June 23 the arraignment of 12 men charged with conspiracy to inflict bodily harm on a Preston county coal miner was postponed to Monday in circuit court. The group indicted under the red man act faces charges from an alleged assault at Hartman Coal company’s non union mine during a spring soft coal walkout. Advocates Meiser and Townsend entered pleas in abatement and moved to quash indictments for several defendants. one man faces concealed weapon charges and another a 20 gauge shotgun theft from the mine owner’s car.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Preston County
Hartman Coal Company
Louis D. Meiser
Fairmont
T. C. Townsend
Charleston
Wynn Resigns Post At Emory And Henry College
Wynn resigns as executive secretary of the Emory and Henry alumni association effective July 1 1948. Raymond J. Boyd says the resignation was accepted without dissent due to the association’s finances. The committee plans to keep the post vacant until October 1 to decide future policy and Wynn may return to Virginia's public schools for the first time since 1934.
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W. Vnil Wynn
Emory and Henry College Alumni Association
Raymond J. Boyd
Wynn
Virginia
Reserves Mobilized To Staff Camp Pickett
Richmond Virginia June 23 Thirty seven members of the army organized reserves have been mobilized for Camp Pickett assignments Lt Col Robert D Burhans acting senior state instructor said the men are attached to reserve composite groups near their homes for training and administration in case of national emergency assignments cover all sections of the camp so full operations can begin at Camp Pickett immediately if an emergency develops
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Richmond
Army
Camp Pickett
Robert D. Burhans
Burhans
Virginia Lions Clubs Plan State Meeting
Final preparations were completed for the arrival of about 1,000 delegates to the Virginia Lions clubs annual convention in Roanoke. Registration for the silver anniversary gathering will start at noon tomorrow as delegates from Virginia’s 138 clubs arrive by tomorrow night.
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Roanoke
Jane
Virginia Lions Clubs
Virginia
Lions
Veterans Urged to Rejoin Army Seeks Applicants at Perry Building
Recruiters announced by Lieut. Jess Portman seek veterans wishing to re-enter with preserved rank. Four more openings await in the European Command. This week’s new enlistees include men in Engineers Cavalry Infantry Air Force and other units from towns across the region.
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Perry
Jess Portman
Army and Air Force
Portman
European Command
William L. Sluss
Charles H. Sanders
James E. Dollinger
Jenkin Jones
Corps of Engineers
John Dell
Youth Drowns as Parents Look On in Florida Waters
In Fort Walton Florida on June 23 Stanley Lyle Sigman 15 of Red House West Virginia stepped into a deep hole in Santa Rosa sound while wading and drowned his parents watched unable to help Rescue workers said neither the youth nor his parents could swim The report also notes an estimated 23 million home sewing enthusiasts in the United States.
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Fort Walton
Fla
Stanley Lyle Sigman
Red House
W. Va
Santa Rosa Sound
Maritime Strike Is Barred by Federal Courts
A threatened nationwide maritime strike by seven unions was blocked today by federal courts in New York Cleveland and San Francisco under the Taft Hartley law. New York issued an 80 day injunction from June 14 and Cleveland and San Francisco extended temporary restraining orders for 10 more days with San Francisco awaiting rulings on four dismissal motions.
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New York
Cleveland
San Francisco
John W. Clancy
George B. Harris
Kentucky Coal Operation Set to Begin in Breathitt County
James D. Francis, president of Pond Creek Pocahontas, says the firm leased about 20 000 acres along Spring Fork of Quicksand Creek in Breathitt county Kentucky and plans two mechanized mines once rail facilities are approved. Land owned by L J Evans and associates of Paintsville. C and O Railway seeks ICC approval to extend its Paintsville Royalton Carver line to the site. Production could start within about a year with 400 to 500 workers.
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Huntington
W. Va
James D. Francis
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Spring Fork
Quicksand Creek
Breathitt County
L. J. Evans
Paintsville, Ky
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Paintsville
Royalton-Carver
Tipple
Francis
ICC
Richmond Building Boom To Continue
The Richmond chamber of commerce reports the city will run a construction boom for the next 12 months, projecting a two year building total over 50 million dollars. Thirteen local architects have work on the board totaling about 25.6 million, on top of last year's 26.3 million. Indications are payrolls will reach a new all time high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Richmond Chamber of Commerce
State Road Projects To Cost 21 Million In West Virginia
The Public Roads administration announced that current and planned road projects in West Virginia would cost 21,366,000 dollars with the federal share at 10,711,000. The total mileage involved is 351. Also notes about moths in Palestine appear in the text.
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Washington
Public Roads Administration
West Virginia
PRA
Miss America to Wed Saturday Night in Church Ceremony
Memphis Tennessee reports Barbara Joe Walker 22 and Dr. John Vernon Hummel 24 received a marriage license yesterday. They plan a lavish church ceremony Saturday night before 2,000 guests, with the couple referred to as Miss America.
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Memphis
Tenn
Barbara Joe Walker
John Vernon Hummel
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Blue Well
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Sele
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Wytheville, Va
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Wytheville
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Rex
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Western Electric
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