Diesel Locomotives and Conveyor Tech Highlight WV Coal Meet
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute sessions featured R H Magee promoting new diesel locomotives and U S Bureau of Mines approvals. Johnstown Coal and Coke's A B Crichton Jr discussed continuous loading with the piggy back conveyor. Dust control led by Floyd G Anderson closed the meeting as Rush D Holt warned senators about socialist encroachment.
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 Prompts Mixed Reactions in Senate Debate
In Washington senators debated Malik's new proposal with some calling it propaganda while others urged careful consideration. Questions arose about whether Chinese Communists would accept Russia's new voice and abide by any terms, though a U N source said the move marked a significant public bid from the Communist side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kem
R-Mo
Washington
Russia
Malik
Nevertheles
U. N
Lewis rails at pseudo economists and nitwit statesmen
Rakel Reuther quotes Lewis denouncing what he calls pseudo economists and intellectual nitwits while urging organized labor to push higher productivity to sustain buying power. He recalls GM workers taking pay cuts for two quarters before the defense program aided the economy and cites Charles E. Wilson predicting readiness for 1953 if Russia shuns conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
General Motors
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Russia
R. C. Fleshman Dies at 80 in Bluefield
R C Fleshman 80 longtime Bluefield resident and former Norfolk and Western passenger conductor died at Bluefield Sanitarium after a three week illness. He lived 525 Albemarle Street and was active in real estate and civic circles. Funeral services set for 3 p m Monday at his home with First Baptist ministers officiating. Hawkins Funeral Home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleshman
Bluefield
West Virginia
Liberty Baptist Church
Appomattox
First Baptist Church of
Beware of Vodka Warns WCTU Leader
Evanston Illinois June 23 The president of the national WCTU said 576 996 gallons of Vodka have been produced in the United States in the last ten months She questioned the purpose of such a large supply and cited concerns about its effects on diplomacy at Yalta and Potsdam and urged Americans to avoid the liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Ill
WCTU
D. Leigh Colvin
Yalta
Potsdam
Segregation In Schools Upheld By Federal Court
A three judge federal court upheld racial segregation in the south's public schools but ordered equal facilities for Negroes and required reports within six months. The ruling, in a South Carolina case from Clarendon county, favored local self government while dissenting Judge J Waites Waring urged ending segregation in graduate and higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
D. C
South
Clarendon
South Carolina
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
John J. Parker
George Bell Timmerman
J. Waites Waring
Reds Flee Before Allies Bayonet Assault Front in Korea
Allied infantry attacked and routed Communist forces on the central front near Pyonggang in bitter fighting. The advance aimed to disrupt a suspected third spring offensive. Malik urged a ceasefire in New York as front-line radio delayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Pyonggang
Parallel 38
Pyongyang
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 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. During World War II the U S Navy reduced rubber requirements by half for combat vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Mae Looney
Bluefield
Mercer County
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Memorial Church
U. S. Navy
Funeral plans for N and W conductor killed near Welch
Charles William Burton 60 of Norfolk and Western Electric died after being struck by a train near Welch while checking coal train numbers. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday at Trinity Methodist Church Bluefield. burial Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va. Survived by wife Gypsy Yost Burton three sons two daughters one brother and three sisters. Burton longtime Bluefield resident, member of Order of Railway Conductors and Trinity Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Charles William
Bill” Burton
Fulton Street
Norfolk and Western Railway
Farm
Trinity Methodist Chrch
A. A. Angle
Will Warniain
Sue Wally
Mleaus
Mercer Funeral
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Burton
Gypsy Yost Burton
Raymond Cliford Burton
Eugene Burton
Columbus
Ohio
William Hoge Burton
Herman F. St. Clair
Philip, Fliegeman
Ben Burton
Princeton
Maude Underwood
Lilly Hood
Nell Price
Bluefield Lodge
Trinity Methodist Church
J. A. Helton
Henry Belcher
Garland H. Jones
W. H. Spangler
H. W. Davidson
L. S. Adkins
H L. Sarver
S. A. Parks
Ralph Kline
Body Of Athens Is Shipped Home
The body of Pfc. Elmer L. Shumate 23 of Athens killed in Korea August 13 1950 will be returned for burial. Parents Mr and Mrs Andrew J Shumate received notice from the War Department. Surviving are two sisters Edith and Eleanor Helen. two brothers Clarence and James. Memorial funeral directory of Princeton will handle arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Elmer L. Shumate
Athens
Korea
Andrew J. Shumate
War Department
Shumate
Edith Shumate
Eleanor Helen Shumate
Clarence P. Shumate
James A. Shumate
Cleveland
O. Pfc
Sprigg
W. Va
Princeton
More Divorce Decrees Entered in Welch Circuit Court
Circuit Judge Ira J. Partlow granted final decrees in ten uncontested divorces. Custody awards covered all children with specified ages. several cases include monthly support payments. Trials by jury will 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 Penland
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
Rakel Reuther
City and Coalfield
Bluefield Lodge No
AF & AM
Charley W. Burton
Mercer Lodge No. 160
Masonic
I Vinloue
T. H. Shumate
W.M. L. M. Carper
Secy
Vogue
Tastex
Mojud
Bradley's
Bradley
R. C. Fleshman
Albemarle Street
Norfolk and West
Elks
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
Mary M. Hancock
Marion
R. F. Falky
War
Edd Forbes
English
Herman Elkins
Longacre
Frank Grogan
Merrimac
George
Jess
D. D
Hezekiah
Barnett
Round Hill
Charlie Gordon
Charlie F. Gordon
Matoaka
Roger McCormick
Bailey Funeral Home
Gordon
Tipple
Pinnacle Operation
American Coal Company
McComas
Rebecca Logan
Rock
William Gordon
Pearl Newman
Stanford, Conn
Rosa Masserano
Bradshaw
M. B. Ellison
Odessa
Tex
Pinnacle
United Mine Workers
Matoaka Cemetery
George P. Kitts
Clinch
Gratton
Presbyterian Church
Burkes Garden
Sam Hoyt
Mr. Kitts
Thomas
Lilly Lambert Kitts
Taba Gillespie
Ann Kitts
Joseph
Houston
Clint Waddell
Tazewell
James Lambert
Burkes Gordan
Frazier Kitts
James W. Cochran
Jones Chapel
Cedar Bluff
James William Cochran
Cedar Bluff- Richlands
Hurst-Scott Funeral
Richlands
Lewis Harry
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
William Walls
William McKinley Walls
Avondale
St. Paul's’ Episcopal Church
Shortridge
Arthur B. Noel
Memorial Baptist Church
A B. Wing
First Methodist Church
Paul Blevins
Russell Coffey
M. Nelson
Bundy Beard
Lacy Gillespie
P. W. Walker
Sid Hale
Charlie Linkous
Bill Cook
Sam Berkshire
WMS
Grove Street
Wagner-Hawkins Mortuary
Walter W. England
Steeles
Wyoming County
England
William
Nick It England
Pansy England
Shirley
Wanda
Cathy
Joe
Larry
Les Lester
Ruth England
Rose England
Ernestine England
Oxley Trent
Joyce Blankenship
Justice
Ben England
Baltimore
Emmett
Jack England
Michigan
Blain
Hanover
Armour
W. A
Hensley
Mary Bee Hicks
Mullens
America Roberts
Hanna Muddy
Parkersburg
Corbey Mace
Elizabeth
Booker Riffe
Pad Fork
Fanning
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
Bluefield Monument
Virginia Ave
United Nations Command
Jacob Malik
New York
Ens Ton
Barre Guild
Saint Les Guild
Smemenye
Mercer
Monument Co., Inc
South Walker St
Diel
Princeton, W. VA
Barre
C. W. Burton
N&w
Cc. W. Burton
Panama
Israel
Homecraft
W.H. Harry & CO
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. VA
Delta
Rome
Pace Eels
MEL
Ne Moma
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