Insurance Group Holds Meet Here
William F. Murray, manager of the Social Security board, addressed the Bluefield district meeting of the Kentucky Central Life and Accident Insurance Company at the West Virginian hotel. More than 25 agents from Oak Hill Beckley Lewisburg Welch Princeton and Bluefield attended. No officers were elected and plans were made for the national insurance convention in Chicago September 4 5 and 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F
Pete) Murray
Social Security Board
Bluefield
Kentucky Central ‘E and Accident Insurance Company
West Virginian
W. D. Jones
A. W. Turner
Princeton
Urray
Oak Hill
Beckley
Lewisburg
Welch Princeton
Na Honal Insurance
Chicago
Congress Hotel
T. M. Jennelle
J. E. Hughart
C. T. Meadows
G. M. Brooks
J. M. Okes
G. D. Lusk
C. A. Puckett
C. L. Callaway
J. J. Dudas
O. E. Canterbury
J. L. Fleshman
A. G. Robertson
J. T. Dickenson
W. W. Greever
H.N. Aldrich
C. T. Smith
F. H. Crotty
L. E. Maloney
J. M. Akers
F. E. Murphy
Oo. H. Madeira
D. J. Harless
Beer Deliveries Strike Settled in Kanawha Valley
Charleston, June 26 A settlement ending a two month beer delivery strike in the Kanawha valley was announced by State Labor Commissioner Charles J F Sattler acting as conciliator between the AFL Teamsters and local distributors The terms were not disclosed but both sides claimed a compromise The union had demanded a 55 weekly minimum for drivers plus commissions while helpers sought 4950 a week minimum The distributors offered a 50 minimum for drivers and commissions
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Charles J. F. Sattler
Kanawha Valley
Sattler
AFL Teamsters Union
Beckley Woman Freed Of Arson Charge
Beckley West Virginia June 25 a jury freed Regina Pickus on an arson charge tied to a March fire in a dress shop she and her father operated in the President Hotel building. The court dismissed Louis Pickus indictment against him. The state argued paper clips heated in an electrical circuit sparked the blaze while Miss Pickus denied involvement and electricians testified the setup unlikely started a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
W. Va
Regina Pickus
President Hotel
Louis Pickus
Deaths and Funerals of Mrs. Jennie Lester and Infant Son
Funeral services for 94 year old Mrs. Jennie Lester of Bluefield will be at Memorial Funeral Directry chapel on Friday at 2 30 conducted by Rev Winton R Houck. She is survived by four children and was a Baptist church member. Interment at Walnut Grove cemetery. Also buried Monday afternoon at Monte Vista cemetery is Daniel Kemper Stewart infant son of K S Stewart and Mrs Virginia Hornbarger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lester
Carolina Avenue
P. E. Akers
Ida B. Johnson
J. E. Lester
Bluefield
Edd Lester
Clarksburg
Robert Lester
J. M. Durham
Flora B. Wood
Alice Johnson
Lester
The
Baptist Church
Wailnut Grove Cemetery
Daniel Kemper Stewart
K. 8. Stewart
College Avenue
Monte Vista Cemetery
C. G. Eastwood
Virginia Hornbarger
J B Bernard Former Bluefielder Dies
Funeral services for John Bruce Bernard age 70 a former Bluefield resident who died Tuesday night at his Bedford Virginia home will be held at his home this afternoon Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park Roanoke He moved from Bluefield to Roanoke and then Bedford about 30 years ago Survived by wife Lena Saunders Bernard son John Bruce Bernard Jr sisters S M Bernard and Mrs C S Caviness brothers W T and F W Bernard plus several relatives He was a Randolph Macon academy and National Business College graduate and a former Bedford town council member active in Bedford Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bruce Bernard
Bluefield
Bedford
Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery
Roanoke
Mr. Bernard
Franklin County
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
M. G. Whitlow Hardware Company
S. M. Bernard
C. S. Caviness
Propaganda Charge Over Oil Shortage By Senator Moore
Senator Moore of Oklahoma asserts government officials push propaganda to create a belief in an oil famine. He, an oil man, says the industry can meet army and navy needs with no federal hindrance and could draw on South American and Near Eastern oils to ease a temporary tightness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moore
R-Okla
Red Cross Chapter To Hold Annual Meet
The Mercer county American Red Cross chapter will meet at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon. E G Otey is chairman and invites all contributors to attend. A board session will elect new officers and set the fiscal year starting after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Mercer County
E. G. Otey
Red Cross
Four Convicted In Federal Court In West Virginia
In the Southern District of West Virginia four defendants were found guilty in two federal cases. Dennis Peter Smith Paul Lively England and Roy Rodney Farrow of Raleigh County were convicted in a conspiracy to evade liquor tax laws and to conceal and sell whiskey. Charles Miller of Wyoming County was found guilty of possession of non tax paid liquor. Sentencing may be set by Judge Moore when court resumes at 10 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court For
Southern District of
West Virginia
Dennis Peter Smith
Paul Lively England
Roy Rodney Farrow
Raleigh County
Charles Miller
Wyoming County
Moore
William B McHaffa Dies in Bluefield at 76
William Bentley McHaffa 76 longtime Bluefield resident and former N and W conductor died yesterday in Belfry Kentucky. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 pm at First Church of God in Bluefield with Rev. W D McCraw in charge. Interment Monte Vista cemetery. Survived by wife Virginia Dawson McHaffa two sons J R and Charles McHaffa five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bentley McHaffa
Belfry
Church of God
South Street
W. D. McCraw
Monte Vista Cemetery
McHaffa
Bluefield
Frederick Street
John McHaffa
Washington,k. C
Emma C. McHaffa
Iranian Prince Plays Hockey From School In Transit
Iran’s Prince Hamid Reza Pahlavi, 15, playing hockey aboard a trans Atlantic plane, was found at Paris Orly and guarded by Iran’s legation. Officials expect his return to the United States to resume schooling in Middletown Rhode Island within four to five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hamid-Reza Pahlevi
Iran
United States
Orly
America
Mahmoud Salehi
Hamid Reza
Switzerland
Syria
New York
Middletown
R. I
Monay
Legation
Shah of
Tehran
Tazewell Law Student Killed in Smithfield Auto Crash
James T. Humphrey, a Tazewell county man and student at the T C Williams Law School, died in an auto crash near Smithfield Virginia. He served as an Army Air Forces captain in World War II and attended Washington and Lee University this year. He is survived by his wife Mary Pegram Wilson, an infant son, his parents, four sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Tazewell
James T. Humphrey
Virginia
Umphrey
T. C. Williams Law School
University of Richmond
Tazewell County
Tazewell High School
Army Air Force
Washington & Lee University
Mary Pegram Wilson
James, Jr
B. D. Humphrey
Hubert White
Galax
Gay Alder
East Rainelle
Jack Allera
Kaeger
Pauline Humphrey
Portsmouth
Bernard D. Humphrey
Amonate
Harry D. Humphrey
Roanoke
Air France Constellation Narrowly Skids At LaGuardia
An Air France Constellation arriving from Paris grazed a building at LaGuardia before landing on June 25. The right landing gear collapsed, tipping the plane onto its wing and ground looping. All 41 aboard were unharmed as pilots acted quickly to prevent fire and stop engines after the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trans-Atlantic Air France
LaGuardia Field
George Gay
Civil Aeronautics Board
Gay
Paris
Jean Moulignie
Raymond Dugot
Thornhill tied to theft case. jury hears disputed testimony
Thornhill, a former road commission worker and unsuccessful Democratic state senate candidate, was linked to an election supplies theft. Deputy Ray McCray testified Thornhill claimed he spent 8000 dollars on the campaign and would spend more if Lilly aided him. The judge dismissed the remaining count despite defense objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornhill
Lilly
Road Commission
Ray McCray
19 Corn Products Firms Accused Of Price Fixing
Washington June 25 The Federal Trade Commission accuses 19 corn products manufacturers and sellers of conspiring to fix and maintain prices terms and conditions. The firms account for about 95 percent of U S corn derivatives and allegedly suppressed competition harming consumers. The complaint cites violations of the FTC Act and Robinson Patman Act including price discrimination among customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
FTC
United States
Court Orders Hinton Officials To Appeal
Charleston W Va June 25 The West Virginia Supreme Court ordered Hinton Mayor R C Haynes and the four member city council to appear July 2 to show why 25 ballots from the June 10 mayoral race should not be counted for write in candidate W A Brown Brown had requested a mandamus to recount after alleging the board of canvassers deprived him of 25 votes on the first recheck Original canvass showed Brown 699 Carr 691 Carr a Democrat later sought a recount and the council ruled 25 ballots from eight precincts improperly marked should be discarded
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
R. C. Haynes
Hinton
Supreme Court
W. A. Brown
Board of
Brown
P. J. Carr
Carr
Water Commission To Convene July 8
The state Water commission will meet July 8 for its quarterly session to plan operations for the next fiscal year and confirm two new staff appointments. A sample collector and a junior engineer join to aid pollution fighting efforts as the group reviews a mile-by-mile zoning report on West Virginia streams in the Great Kanawha basin. Chairman Walter A. Buchanan of Huntington will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
State Water Commission
Great
Kanawha
West Virginia
Walter A. Buchanan
Huntington
Commission
Steel plants curb output amid coal shortages
Faced with low coal stockpiles, major mills halted operations across multiple sites. Youngstown Sheet and Tube shut six blast furnaces at Youngstown and Chicago and nine open hearths at Youngstown, while Carnegie-Illinois curtailed 42 blast furnaces in Pittsburgh area mills. The Bessemer department reduced output by two thirds at Youngstown, cutting 1500 tons daily. U S Steel coal mines in Pennsylvania and Kentucky closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Chicago
Carnegie-T Illinois Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Bessemer Department
U. S. Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Nunnerys Named Home Caretakers in Hemphill
M. T. Bevo Nunnery and wife Fay of Welch were named caretakers of the Valley Boarding Home in Hemphill by the McDowell County Court Tuesday night. Their appointment begins July 1, succeeding E. B. Shannon and wife who were removed after an investigation into conditions and alleged food shortages. The Shannons will remain until the Nunnerys take over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T
Bevo) Nunnery
Fay Nunnery
Welch
Hemphill
McDowell County Court
E. B. Shannon
Nunnery
Nunnery Hare
Chicago
Shannons
International relief aid to six European nations and China
The United States signed with Austria on a first relief agreement in a series totaling about 350 million dollars. The plan aims to aid six European countries and China through the new relief program. Relations and financing talks involved Undersecretary Clayton and John J. McClody. A separate protest was published condemning Romania for suppressing democratic elements contrary to the peace treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Austria
China
Marschall
Clayton
John J. McClody
Ruhr
The
International
McClody
State Department
Romania
Miners Walkout Shrinks Logan Field Output in Panhandle
Reports show fewer than 3,000 of Logan field's 13,000 miners at work as production drops from 75,000 tons to about 18,000. The strike spread quickly in the northern panhandle within UMW district 6. Only one major operation and a few minor pits remain active while most mines are idle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Field
Northern
Panhandle
UMW
Ohio
Fear Held Woman
A Massachusetts lawyer and legislator linked to slavery charges through an indictment alleging he persuaded a woman from Berkeley to Coronado last October to be held in slavery. The article notes the figure’s family founded the town of Lynn in 1629.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Lynn
Berkeley
Calif
Coronado
WVU Names Archer Heads Education Committee
West Virginia University announces Charles Archer of Princeton as chairman of the education visiting committee. Members include Thomas R. Horner, John Dale Russell, Rex M Smith, and Genevieve Starcher. Terms vary from one to two years as part of four new university visiting committees aimed at linking teaching and research with state and national needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia University
Irvin Stewart
Charles Archer
Princeton
Mercer County
Thomas R. Horner
Stonewall Jackson High School
Charleston
John Dale Russell
Division of Higher Education
U.S. Office Ofucation
Washington
Rex M Smith
Weipal
Te Education
Genevieve Starcher
State Education Department
Archer
Horner
Smith
Board of Governors
Hartley Hurls Mines in Coal Labor Standoff Update
The article reports a rising coal strike impact with 1,189,119 tons lost today and 951 mines employing 191,876 workers shut by walkouts. Officials pursue possible court injunctions as operators and unions consider new negotiations amid looming 10 day work stoppages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Coal Mines Administration
National Coal Association
Justice Department
Lewis
Labor Department
Dyer Addresses Health Workshop at Bluefield State
Dr. N. H. Dyer of the West Virginia Health Department spoke at Bluefield State College on health education. He urged each school to form a health council, obtain guidance from teachers, and use local, state, and federal aid as needed to meet community health needs through school and community efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Dyer
West Virginia Health Department
Department of Education
Bluefield State College
Dyer
Dana’s beauty salon ad and Masonic notice in city paper
Dana's Beauty Salon promotes Eugene cream and a $10 offer with a $7.50 option plus a $1 shampoo and finger wave. A Masonic notice for Blue Field lodge 85 A F and A M calls a special communication Thursday at 7 30 p m for First Degree. The Vogue advertises cotton dresses and playsuits for 4th of July vacation, sizes 9 to 52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dana
Bluefield Lodge No
A. F
A. M
H. M. Underwood
W. M. L. M. Carper
Secy
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Insurance Group
J. B. Bernard
Red Cross Chapter
Cdor
Ene
the Bailey Lumber CO
Bluefield, W. VA
CRC
W. B. Haffa
Tazewell Law
North Street
Snyder
WVU Committee On Education
Archer Heads Group
Hartley
Dana’s
Eugene
VOGUE
Mercer Garage
Duquesne Pilsener
Duquesne Brewing Company
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