Diesel locomotives and piggyback conveyors at WV coal meeting
The West Virginia Coal Mining Institute met over the weekend with lectures by R H Magee on diesel locomotives and a new Bureau of Mines approved diesel. A B Crichton Jr discussed advances in continuous loading and the piggyback conveyor. Dust control was discussed by Floyd G Anderson. Rush D Holt warned of encroaching socialism threatening the coal industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
R. H. Magee
National Mine Service Company of
Beckley
Appalachian Assembly Room
Magee
United States Bureau of Mines
A.B. Crichton, Jr
Johnstown Coal and Coke Company
Johnstown
Institute
Floyd G. Anderson
Accident Prevention and Health District
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Rush D. Holt
U. S
Weston
Malik proposal sparks debate among senators in Washington
Senators question Malik’s plan amid press speculation on Chinese Communists and Russia’s voice. Kem of Missouri urges careful consideration while a U N source notes Malik’s move marks the first new public bid from the Communist side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kem
R-Mo
Washington
Russia
Malik
Nevertheles
U. N
Lewis criticizes pseudo economists and calls for labor power boosts
In a blistering on the record tirade narrator Lewis attacks pseudo economists and half-wit statesmen. He urges organized labor to press for higher productivity to sustain buying power. He cites GM workers accepting wage cuts and quotes Charles E. Wilson on U.S. readiness in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
General Motors
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Russia
City And Coalfield Masonic Notice
A special communication of Bluefield Lodge No 85 AF AM will be held Monday June 25 at 1 30 PM to conduct funeral for Bro Charley W Burton Mercer Lodge No 160 members to assist meet at Masonic place The Vogue Shop features reduced cotton dresses to 298 and sale of summer suits beach coats nylon hose and hats at Bradley s Bridal Shop for bathing suits and beach wear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lodge No
AF & AM
Charley W. Burton
Mercer Lodge No. 160
Deaths And Funerals R Fleshman Taken By Death
R C Fleshman a retired Norfolk and Western railway passenger train conductor and Bluefield resident for 60 years died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a three week illness. He was 80 born January 6 1871 in Appomattox Virginia and had a long career rising to passenger conductor. Funeral services will be held at his home 525 Albemarle Street with First Baptist Church clergy officiating. Hawkins Funeral home in charge. He is survived by son Robert H Fleshman and four grandchildren with several other relatives listed. The notice also covers Mary M Hancock Charlie F Gordon James William Cochran Lewis Harry and other local obituaries with brief survivor lists and service details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fileshman
Fleshman
Bluefield
West Virginia
Liberty Baptist Church
Appomattox
First Baptist Church of
Mr. Fleshman
Elks Lodge of
West Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Erna W. Morriss
James Henry
Martha F. Cheatham Morris
Spring Mills
Appomattox County
Raymond M
Edwin
Eugene Stowers
Charles M. D. Harrell
D. M. Easley
A. L. Rhodes
First Baptist Church Men's Bible Class
Mary M. Hancock
Marion
R. F. Falky
War
W. Va
Edd Forbes
English
Herman Elkins
Longacre
Frank Grogan
Merrimac
George
Jess
D. D
Hezekiah
Barnett
Round Hill
Charlie F. Gordon
Matoaka
Roger McCormick
Bailey Funeral Home
Gordon
Tipple
Pinnacle
American Coal Company
McComas
Rebecca Logan
Rock
William Gordon
Pearl Newman
Stanford, Conn
Rosa Masserano
Bradshaw
M. B. Ellison
Odessa
Tex
United Mine Workers
Buria
Matoaka Cemetery
Jones Chapel
Cedar Bluff
James William Cochran
Cedar Bluff- Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Lewis Harry
Princeton
Greenview Methodist Church
Green Valley
Joe Young
Nida
Harry Cemetery
Seaver Mortuary
W. M. Abshire
Walker Street
Virgil Shields
Felix Smith
H J. Linkous
Sutton Caffee
Fred Anderson
Arthur Shields
Paul Driscoll
Lawrence Smith
Church of God
Arthur B. Noel
Memorial Baptist Church
A B. Wing
First Methodist Church
Paul Blevins
Russell Coffey
Nelson
Bundy Beard
Lacy Gillespie
P. W. Walker
Sid Hale
Charlie Linkous
Bill Cook
Sam Berkshire
WMS
Memorial
Steeles
Wyoming County
England
William
Nickiti England
Pansy England
Shirley
Wanda
Cathy
Joe
Larry
Les Lester
Ruth England
Rose England
Ernestine England
Oxley Trent
Joyce Blankenship
Justice
Ben England
Baltimore
Emae
Jack England
Michigan
Blain
Hanover
Armour
W. A
Hensley
Mary Bee Hicks
Mullens
America Roberts
Hanna Muddy
Parkersburg
Corbey Mace
Elizabeth
Booker Riffe
Pad Park
Fanning
Mollie Lambert
Molly Cline Lambert
Greenbrier Creek
Panther
McDowell County
Willie Keen
Maston Cline
Trent Cemetery
Longpole
The
Baptist Church
Richard Lambert
Laura Johnson
Huntington
Judd Lockhart
Sam Stone
Welch
Elisha Roberts
Isaban
Harve Cline
McDowell County Conservation Officer
Compton Cline
Roseann
Reece Cline
Litwar
Beware of Vodka Warns WCTU Leader
Evanston Illinois reports the president of the national WCTU announced 576,996 gallons of Vodka produced in the last ten months. Mrs. D Leigh Colvin questioned the purpose of such a large quantity and warned about its effects on American diplomacy at Yalta and Potsdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
WCTU
D. Leigh Colvin
Yalta
Potsdam
Segregation In Schools Upheld
A three judge federal court upheld segregation in the south's schools while ordering equal facilities for Negroes. The 2 to 1 decision said segregation is a matter of state policy, but schools must report within six months on improvements. The case involved rural Clarendon County South Carolina and was led by the NAACP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
Clarendon
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
John J. Parker
George Bell Timmerman
J. Waites Waring
Reds Flee Before Allies Bayonets in Korea Front
Allied infantry attacked and routed Communist forces on the central front near Pyonggang, clearing areas south of Pyongyang as forces vied for control. Jacob Malik proposed a cease fire at the UN, with no immediate reaction reported in Korea or Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Pyonggang
Pyongyang
United Nations Command
Jacob Malik
Russia
U. N
New York
Korea
Malik
U. S. Eighth Army
Armed Forces
Peiping
Bluefield Woman Held For Grand Jury
Bessie Mae Looney of Bluefield was ordered held for the July Mercer county grand jury by Magistrate J A Douglas Bailey at a hearing yesterday on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. She allegedly solicited money without authority for Memorial church in Bluefield Virginia when arrested by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Mae Looney
Bluefield
Mercer County
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Memorial Church
William Burton Dies After Train Collision Near Welch
Funeral services set for Charles William Burton 60 Norfolk and Western conductor killed when struck by westbound train near Welch He lived in Bluefield worked out of Bluefield for 42 years Survived by wife Gypsy three sons two daughters and several siblings Burial at Maple Hill Bluefield with Trinity Methodist Church affiliations and Order of Railway Conductors membership
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles William
Bill” Burton
Fulton Street
Norfolk and Western Railway
Farm
Welch
Trinity Methodist Church
A. A. Angle
Bhody
Bluefield Lodge
J. A. Helton
Belcher Garland
H. Jones
W. Spangler
H. W. Davidson
Adkins
H. L. Sarver
S. A. Parks
Ralph Kline
Body Of Athens Soldier Shipped Home
The body of Pfc. Elmer L. Shumate 23 of Athens killed in Korea August 13 1950 will be returned for burial. His parents Mr and Mrs Andrew J Shumate received notice from the war department. Surviving are two sisters Edith and Eleanor Helen and two brothers Clarence and James. Pfc Shumate born in Sprige West Virginia reenlisted July 1950 landed in Korea August 2. Memorial funeral directory Princeton will handle arrangements.
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Pfc
Elmer L. Shumate
Athens
Korea
Andrew J. Shumate
War Department
Pfc. Shumate
Edith Shumate
Eleanor Helen Shumate
Clarence P. Shumate
James A. Shumate
Cleveland
D. Pfc
Shumate
Sprige
W. Va
Princeton
More Divorce Decrees Entered
Circuit Judge Ira J. Partlow granted final decrees in ten uncontested divorces in Welch West Virginia. Custody awards favor mothers in several cases with child support set at 100 dollars monthly in Brown and Puller matters and 80 dollars in Joyce case. various custody arrangements also noted. Other decrees restore maiden names Fleming Privett and Joyce Irene Henry. jury trials resume Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Francis
Harry Lee
Mable Joyce
Walter Joyce
Shirley Mae
Berberlin
Precilla
Inez Beatrice Anthony
James Bernard Anthony
Delores
Lyvonne
Ceciious Martin
Elizabeth Martin
Catheryn Fleming Privett
Lloyd Everett Privett
Fleming
Marion Ward Permland
Oma Marie Hall Penland
Jack Marion Penland
Joyce Presley
James C. Presley
Joyce Irene Henry
James Stirkens
Geneva Stirkens
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Coal Institute
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Rakel Reuther
City and Coalfield
T. H. Shumate
WM. L. M. Carper
Secy
Vogue
Mojud
Bradley's
Bradley
R. C. Fleshman
Albemarle Street
Norfolk and West
Elks
Charlie Gordon
George P. Kitts
Burkes Garden
Thomas
Lilly Lambert Kitts
Taba Gillespie
Ann Kitts
Joseph
Houston
Clint Waddell
Tazewell
James Lambert
Burkes Gordan
Prazier Kitts
James W. Cochran
William Walls
William McKinley Walls
Avondale
St. Paul's’ Episcopal Church
Shortridge
George P Kitts
Clinch
Gratton
Presbyterian Church
Sam Hoyt
Mr. Kitts
Walter W. England
FBI
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Alexander Trachtenberg
Alexander Bittelman
Claudia Jores
Israel Amster
Marion Bachrach
Victor Jerome
William Weinstone
Elizabeth Flynn
Simon Gerson
Arnold Johnson
Our Service
Hawkins
Bland Street
W.va
Chon
Ranites
Bluefield Monument
ANC. Wemorials
Virginia Ave
U. S. Navy
ING
Barre Guild
Mercer
South Walker St
Diel
Princeton, W. VA
Barre
C. W. Burton
N&w
Panama
New Bannermeeees
Israel
W.H. Harry & CO
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Homecraft
Delta
Momeceatt Ohnelothe
Homecroft
Homecroft Ilinch Ort Presse
Paper Supply Company
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