Health Workshop At Bluefield State College Brings Education and Certification
An accelerated 10 day Health Education Workshop at Bluefield State College offers credits toward teacher renewals and degrees. Led by Dr. Roscoe C. Brown and Miss Annette King, with Miss Ethel Miles and Miss Margaret McNorton among instructors, the program features lectures, demonstrations, group meetings, and a project titled Health Records.
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Bluefield State College
Annette King
Charleston
Ethel M. Miles
Bluefield
H. L. Dickason
Rosemary Forsyth
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Graham , Martin
Bluefield State Cdge
Margaret McNorton
A. C. Smith
Pauline Pannell
Is Bulletin
Florence
Aurelia Tifany
Halliedwards
Funeral services for Mrs Charlotte Taylor held at First Baptist
Mrs Charlotte Taylor, 63, died Sunday afternoon. Funeral services were held at 3:30 pm at the First Baptist Church with Dr T E Peters Warsaw Va and Rev Cecil V Cook officiating. Burial followed in Walnut Grove cemetery with deacons as pallbearers and Woman's Missionary Society as flowerbearers. She died at her daughter Mrs William N Lambert's home in Bluefield Va after a lingering illness.
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Charlotte Taylor
First Aptist
T. E. Peters
Warsaw
Cecil V. Cook
Florence Moore
Walnut Grove
Woman's Missionary Society
Funeral services for Alonzo H. Shutt at Sand Lick home
Funeral services for Alonzo H. Shutt 72 formerly of Lexington Kentucky will be held this afternoon at 2 oclock at his brother Crockett Shutt s Sand Lick home Rev Talmadge Duncan and Rev Z F Mayberry will officiate Burial will be in Woodlawn He was the son of the late Samuel and Mary Wright Shutt.
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Alonzo H. Shutt
Lexington
Crockett Shutt
Sand Lick
Talmadge Duncan
Z. F. Mayberry
Woodlawn
Samuel and
Mary Wright Shutt
Bradley's and Stecklers Offer Summer Apparel and Accessories
City and Coalfield items promote Steckler's white dinner coats shorts and gloves with sizes 38 to 40 and 38 long at 17 50. McGregor and Rugby sweaters priced 2 75. Allen A union suits sizes 38 to 56 from 2 95 to 3 95. Bradley's advertises dresses hats swimwear bridal gowns and silk prints while Dana's Beauty Salon lists limited time offers on cremes shampoo and finger wave services.
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Steckler’s
McGregor
Rugby
Allen
Giles Lad Is Shot Fatally Near Pearisburg Farmhouse
Sanders Dalton aged 6 was killed by a shotgun blast at a farmhouse near Pearisburg Virginia around 7 o clock yesterday morning. Giles County Deputy Sheriff W T Jamison called the death an accident while investigating with the parents Mr and Mrs Jack Dalton outside the house as Edward Dalton and his brother Hollis Frank...
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Sanders Dalton
Pearisburg
Giles County
W. T. Jamison
Jack Dalton
Jamison
Edward Dalton
Hollis Frank
Welch Shooting Leaves Collier Critical at Grace Hospital
James Henry Collier a 40 year old Welch man remained in serious condition at Grace Hospital after a Saturday shooting here He was struck by three of four bullets during an argument over a card game with James W Watson a Havace resident held in the county jail on a malicious wounding charge Watson reportedly fired the shots during the dispute
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James Henry Collier
Grace Hospital
Collier
James W. Watson
Havace
Watson
VFW Delegates Head to West Virginia Encampment
Paint er-Porroni Post No 1021 Veterans of Foreign Wars sends delegates to Wheeling for the West Virginia department encampment. Attending from the local post are Keith W Bailes Preston T Broyles Paul Bucko Frank Buck James Dotson R E L Douglas Howell Brown Ralph Hinkle Loran Semones G C Sexton Cecil Wilson H G Maloney and Quinto Ferranti.
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Painter-Porroni
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Wheeling
West Virginia
R. H. Powell
Gary
J. F. LinkenheSer
Welch
Ninth
VFW District
Keith W. Bailes
Preston T. Broyles
Paul Bucko
Frank Buck
James Dotson
Decrees Handed Down In Divorce Cases
Circuit Judge H. S. Curd yesterday granted final decrees in nine uncontested divorce cases. Cases listed include Grayson Bane versus Cleo Trent Bane and Fred C. Bailey versus Dick Justice Bailey, among others.
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Circuit
H. S. Curd
Grayson Bane
Cleo Trent Bane
Fred C. Bailey
Dick Justice Bailey
Flora Arlene Corner
Frank Corner
Nannie Coldiron
Wiley Coldiron
Mary Aby Blackburn
Callie Blackburn
Kathleen B. Duncan
Robert Easton Duncan
Martha Jennings
Will Jennings
Gladys Fuller
Hatfield Fuller
Louise Green
Brice Green
Death of 7 year old from farm house gun accident
Dalton child Hollis aged 7 died instantly in a dining room shooting on a farm, believed to have removed a hanging pistol from the wall. No witnesses. Officer estimates he climbed on a table to take the gun, unsure if it was dropped or fired. Doctors pronounced death at once. The gunshot struck right shoulder and neck.
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Lin Dalton
Hollis Dalton
Maitland Man Dies at Home of Heart Condition
Zack A. Workman, 76, of Maitland, died Monday at his home from a heart condition while seated at the table. A native of Wayne, West Virginia, he came to the United States in youth and worked for several coal companies as a carpenter until retirement about ten years ago. He was a longtime Primitive Baptist church member. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Sarah Workman and 13 children with 55 grandchildren, including Lizzie Lane, Ella Lane, Cora Daves, Sadie Lane, William Ray, Clifford, Okey and Hurley Workman, and Gladys Addair.
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Zack A. Workman
Maitland
Wayne
W. Va
Primitive Baptist Church
Sarah Workman
Lizzie Lane
Ella Lane
Browns Creek
Cora Daves
Litwar
Sadie Lane
Washington
William Ray
Cabell
Clifford Workman
Jackson Workman
Oregon
McKinley Workman
Panther
Ballard Workman
Okey and Hurley Workman
Gladys Addair
Integer
Army Recruiter Bannister Moved To Bluefield
J. B. Bannister, who ran the Welch recruiting station, is transferred to the Bluefield recruiting office in the same role. He will assume duties there today after serving about seven months in Welch.
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J. B. Bannister
Welch Army
Bluefield
Sergeant Bannister
Welch
Legionnaires Meet Tonight in Memorial Building
Regular meeting of McDowell Post No 8 American Legion will be held at 8 o clock Thursday night in the Memorial building here. Attendance of Legionnaires is urged.
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Legionnaires
McDowell Post No. 8
American Legion
Memorial Building
Premier Army Veteran Re-Enlists In Service
Erskine Miller of Premier, an army veteran, signed re enlistment papers here Monday and was sent to Richmond Virginia for final examination.
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Erskine Miller
Richmond
Asbury Dies at 59 in Richlands Va
B Matney Asbury, 59, died suddenly Monday in Richlands Virginia from a heart condition. He had been a cripple for years due to a mine accident and was unmarried. Surviving siblings include Charles, Alonzo, George Asbury, and sisters Maude Morris Hazel Matthews and others. He was nephew to Mrs Ratliff Nelson Lipford of Bluefield.
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B. Matney Asbury
Richlands
Asbury
Charles Asbury
Berryville
Alonzo Asbury
Newcastle
Del
George Asbury
Pipestein
Maude Morris
Cardiff
Hazel Matthews
Delta
N. N. Asbury
Newhall
O. R. Ratliff
Margaret Nelson
Susie Lipford
Bluefield
Liquor Store Personnel To Get Wage Increase
In West Virginia court, a conspiracy and liquor tax case entered its third day. Defendants Rodney Farrow Paul Lively England and Dennis Peters Smith are accused of a tax evasion conspiracy involving removal storage and concealment of liquor with unpaid taxes. Defense witnesses continue as the trial resumes.
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Beckley
U. S. District Court
West Virginia
Rodney Farrow
Paul Lively England
Dennis Peters Smith
Injunction Angle Conflicts Over Taft Hartley Act
The article notes President Truman calling in National Labor Relations Board members for a conference and reports lawmakers debating funding to operate the NLRB for the new fiscal year. Rep Lesinski proposes repealing the act, while unions plan political reprisal and possible court challenges amid widespread labor actions.
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President Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
NLRB
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
Senate
House
Virginia Mines Idle as Taft Hartley Stirs Labor Woes
In southwest Virginia bituminous fields about 36 mines employing 11 000 of 14 000 miners went idle after passage of the Taft Hartley bill over Truman. Forty percent remained in production, while United Mine Workers district leader William F Minton urged workers to stay on the job. Rail loadings at Norfolk and Western lines dropped to 3122 cars, and 28 of 39 Norton area mines were idle with a 28 000 ton daily loss. Some Buchanan county mines stayed open amid mixed operator activity.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Truman
William F. Minton
United Mine Workers District 28
Norfolk and Western Railway
Norton
Virginia Coal Operators Association
N. and W
Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Page Pocahontas Coal Company
Crystal Black Coal and Coke Company
Sycamore Coal Corporation
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
Jewell Ridge
Jewell Valley
Buchanan County
Williamson
W. Va
Buchanan County Coal Corporation
Margaret Ann Coal Company
Home Creek Smokeless Coal Corporation
Lynn Camp Coal Corporation
Bluefield Rotary Installs Officers At Ladies Night
Dr. J. Frank Marsh of Athens spoke at Bluefield Country Club as Rotary installs John G. Bruce as president and elects officers and board members. New lineup includes W. R. Graham vice president B A BeCraft secretary and B L Phillips treasurer.
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John Bruce
Bluefield
J. Frank Marsh
Athens
Rotary International
Rotary Club of
Bluefield Country Club
John G. Bruce
Sam D. May
May
Bruce
Sam May
W. R. Graham
B. A. BeCraft
B. L. Phillips
BeCraft
Phillips
Marsh
Rotary
San Francisco
California
J. C. Borden
Holdover
Strother Hoge
Eugene Stowers
Paul Udy
George Richardson Jr
E. C. Wade
Henry Fortune
Marion Smith
Mavis Davis
Conrad Brevick
James Elmer Brown
Sam W. Moore
Pagliello
J. M. B. Lewis, Jr
Dr. Wade
Joseph H. Bowen
Jameson P. Dick Woods
Paul
Stock prices fall after union walkouts across nation
New York stock prices dropped by at least $1 and up to more than $3 a share amid widespread union walkouts following enactment of the Taft Hartley labor act. By day’s end roughly $1,000,000,000 was shaved from the market value of all shares listed on the exchange.
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New York
Exchange
Coal Production Faces Walkouts Over New Law
Mine union leaders refuse to comment beyond saying many pits will be down as spontaneous walkouts spread from Jones and Laughlin to nearby mines. In Daisytown Pa, UMW Local 2399 president Dave Panak urged opposition to perceived communist influence while workers in Cumberland Md showed bitterness but idle none. Some miners in Richeyville Pa filled days with cards and chores as the steel industry eyes coal shortages and a planned one week shutdown of most American Steel and Wire facilities except Donora and Rankin pa works to conserve fuel.
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Dave Panak
Daisytown
UMW
Joe Stalin
Senate
Jones & Laughlin
Cumberland
Richeyville
U. S. Steel
American Steel and Wire Co
Donora
Rankin
Jaycees Host Dinner Meeting On Veterans Affairs Theme
Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce held a dinner at the Pinnacle with Charles Paul ey presiding. Speakers included A Harry West mayor William Kell American Legion commander Lacy Crawford and Newton B Parker discussing veterans benefits and life insurance.
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Bluefield
Lacy Crawford
Newton B. Parker
Veterans Administration
Crawford
National Service Life Insurance
Parker
West Virginia
Charles Pauley
Bob Alston
Charles Lederer
Dick Borden
Man Takes Own Life in Salem After Cousin's Funeral
Coroner Kenna Jackson reported in Clarksburg that Robert M. Coyne a 53 year old railroad telegrapher died from a self inflicted shotgun wound at his Salem home after returning from a cousin's funeral.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Kenna Jackson
Robert M. Coyne
Salem
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Roscoe C. Brown
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Carter Ellis
James F Johannan
Mohawk Coal Coke Company
Id Mohawk Coal & Coke Company
M. C
Capitol
Public Serviceommission of
Railway Express Agency
Mercer County
Luther E. Osborne
General Delivery Service
Applicant
Princeton
Een Vy Myer
Donald W. Hypes
J. A. Douglas Bailey
Percy A. Ruffin
James 8. Redmond
Mrs
Alonzo H
Shutt
Steckler
Fownes
Bradley's
Bradley’s
Bradley
Dana’s
Eugene
Dana
Giles Lad
Dr. Marsh
Welch News
VFW
Bluefield Corporation and
Beaver Pond District
Law & Commerce Building
Athens Corporation and
Plymouth
Et Bank of Athens
E. H. Martin
Perry L. Dye
Bluefield Rotary
Jayne
Mercer Garage
Jaycees
Ot Happy People
Ford
Mercer
Scott & Raleigh Sts
Bluefield, W. Va
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