West Virginias 1949 income declines 4.9 percent
West Virginia’s 1949 state income reached 2.06 billion dollars, down 4.9 percent from 1948 as coal regions and strikes cut production. Per capita income fell to 984 dollars from 1,133, while Mason county led gains at 14.6 percent and McDowell county suffered a 16.1 percent loss.
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West Virginia
Mason County
McDowell County
Chamber
Marshall County
Upshur
Brooke and
Harrison
Clay
Greenbrier
West Virginia Retail, Income Shaped by Coal and Steel
The West Virginia Chamber notes state retail sales fell 6.3 percent from 1948 with coal counties leading the drop while national sales fell 1.4 percent. Every county doubled its 1939 retail sales, Tyler showing a 100 percent gain and Grant 418 percent. wages dominate income at 71.7 percent, reflecting coal and chemical industries owned largely by outside capital.
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Chamber
Tyler County
Grant County
West
Revival To Be Held At Smith's Chapel
The Rev. Arthur L. Warner of Lynchburg Virginia will open revival services Monday June 26 at Smith s Chapel Church of the Brethren. Evening services start at 7 45 p m and continue nightly through July 9.
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Smith’s Chapel
Arthur L. Warner
Lynchburg
Smith’s Chapel Church of the Bretheren
Miner killed by train on Norfolk and Western tracks
Williamson West Virginia June 24 magistrate Nick Farley ruled Lonas Ooten age 33 was killed by a train after his body was found on Norfolk and Western tracks in the Pigeon Creek district. Ooten worked as a miner for Island Creek Coal Co.
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Williamson
W. Va
Nick Farley
Lonas Ooten
Norfolk and Western Railway
Pigeon Creek
Ooten
Island Creek Coal Co
Red Jacket Mine Plans 450 Jobs in West Virginia
Red Jacket Coal Corp announces a new No. 17 mine in Mingo County about one mile above Red Jacket. The fully mechanized operation aims for 4,000 tons per day and to employ 450 workers, using Cedar Grove seam reserves estimated at about 35 years and including a complete preparation plant.
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Red Jacket Coal Corporation
Mingo County
Red Jacket
Cedar Grove
Breathing Without Lungs New TB Aid Introduced
Dr Barach of Columbia University disclosed an immobilization chamber that delivers oxygen while resting the lungs to hospitals in San Francisco. In 19 of 29 TB patients, the disease was arrested, though high machinery costs limit use at about 500 dollars a month. In Italy a conscript Mario Barbani declared conscientious objector status in Palermo and faced military review.
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Orff Alvan L. Barach
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
American College of Chest Physicians
Barach
Palermo
Sicily
Mario Barbani
Bologna
Efisio Marras
Mario
Billy Sunday Club Sets Week's Schedule
The Bluefield Billy Sunday club tours to Bandy Virginia today for services in the new church born from the Kaiser White revival. Cars depart Bluefield at 9 30 am with an 11 am and 2 30 pm services. Evening worship at 7 45 in Princeton Avenue Union Mission chapel. Week features nightly prayer and praise meetings and guest speakers from Falls Mills Greever Ave Bluefield and Ada with start times 7 30 pm.
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Bluefield Billy Sunday Club
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Union Mission Chapel
Princeton Ave
Lee St
Monroe Dodson
Gus Peraido
Brush Fork Road
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Tailey
Grassy Branch
Herbert Jessee
Leedy Row
Mac Davis
Union Mission
Mystery Shrouds Soviet Embassy Behind Lines in Washington
A 1950s era Washington dispatch details the Soviet embassy on Sixteenth Street near the White House, describing its closed social life, limited contacts with Americans, and the tightly controlled daily routine. It notes personnel counts, schooling, Tass operations, and rare official interactions with U S agencies.
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White House
Iron Curtain
United States
New York
United Nations
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Soviet Press Service
Tass
Russia
State Department
Department
Red
Commerce Department
Commerce
Pentagon
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