Security Council Backs U S Aid To Korea Vote
The UN Security Council approved President Truman's aid to South Korea as the United States Britain France China Norway Ecuador and Cuba voted in favor. Yugoslavia opposed and the Soviet Union was absent. Egypt and India did not participate. The council also considered Yugoslav mediation but defeated a prior similar proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
South Korea
East Asia
U. N. Security Council
India
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Jakob A. Malik
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
Korea
Nyet
Trygve Lie
Malik
Russia
U. N
Washington
North Korea
United States
Britain
France
China
Norway
Ecuador
Cuba
Mahmoud Bey Fawzi
Cairo
State Department
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Security Council
Far Pacific
Juror Won’t Vote Either Way Causes No Verdict
In Huntington West Virginia juror Earl R Young refused to vote for conviction or acquittal over religious beliefs. The jury of 12 deliberated thirty minutes in the Gene Pruitt grand larceny and maiming case before reporting no verdict. Judge H Clay Worth excused Young and instructed commissioners not to reuse him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Gene Pruitt
Cabin Creek
Pruitt
Huntington Jewelry
Shirley Woodell
Common Pleas
H. Clay Worth
Earl R. Young
Freighter And Luxury Liner Collide In New York Harbor
A Danish freighter collided with the luxury liner Excalibur in New York harbor. Passengers aboard the Excalibur were able to don life jackets and were taken ashore safely after the collision. The freighter Colombia caught fire but caused no serious injuries. the Excalibur was beached and later the two ships were towed or grounded for rescue and investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Harbor
New York
Colombia
Adriane Thoet
Brooklyn
Narrows
Atlantic Ocean
Jersey City
N. J
Bay Ridge
American Export Line
New York City
Truman declares Korean crisis. world reacts with swift actions
President Truman orders U S forces to defend South Korea as UN allies pledge support. Attlee vows aid, Johnson says no land troops yet, and Li cas seeks broader coalitions. Australia deploys bombers to Singapore while Tokyo reports bombing plans. Formosa guarded. Chiang Kai-shek urged to halt attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Korea
United States
Korea
Truman
Capitol Hill
London
Attlee
Britain
United Nations
Johnson
Four-Unit Apartment Appeal and Porch Repairs Approved
An appeal for a four-unit two story apartment house on College Avenue was approved, with listed values of 6500 dollars for the property and 150 dollars for porch repairs at 117 Tulip Street. Two license applications were approved: Ruth Mae Brooks for a retail beer license at Russell's Lunch, 521 Bluefield Avenue, and Robert Ramsey for a retail sales license at Ramsey Painting and Decorating, corner Stewart and Commerce Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reid Boyce Tire and Tread Co
Bluefield Avenue
Ralph E. Thompson
College Avenue
Mamie Pearis
Gener Genoa Avenue
George McCulloch
Joan M. Claytor
Bland Street
C. N. Haynes
East
Wayne Street
G. R. Watkins
Bath Street
E. L. Byrd
Maryland
Myrtle Hager
Cherry Street
George L. Spanos
College
James T. Peters
R. M. Rose
Tulip Street
Ruth Mae Brooks
Russell’s
Robert Ramsey
Ramsey Painting and Decorating Company
Stewart and
Commerce Streets
Strike Record: 1946 Sees Highest US Strike Idleness
In the United States 1946 marked a record year for strikes with strike idleness reaching 1.43 percent of all time worked. The data highlights a peak in labor action affecting production and labor relations nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Deaths and Funerals tightens local obituaries
James D. McAmis of Norton Va dies Monday in a hospital. Funeral service at 11 a m from the Baptist church in Ramsey Va with Rev Vance and Rev Wade Powers officiating. Interment Laurel Grove cemetery. Also Quincy Ford Hamrick 55 dies at Mountain Home hospital Johnson City. Funeral Thursday 2 p m Hawkins funeral chapel with Rev Herman Mauch. interment Monte Vista cemetery. Hamrick survived by widow Dolly Harpold and four children, plus four brothers. Other notices detail a removal and service arrangements for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. McAmis
Baptist Church
Ramsey
Norton
Mr. Vance
Esserville
Wade Powers
Wise
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Quincy F. Hamrick
Quincy Ford Hamrick
Lynn Street
This City
Mountain Home
Johnson City
Ena
Hamrick
Webster Springs
Nelson P
Cosby Hunt Hamrick
Dolly Harpold
George Moore, Jr
Virginia Lee
Anita Jacqueline Hamrick
William L
Alfred K
George N. Hamrick
Roy H. Hamrick
Detroit
Mich
Howard
Gandeeville
Hugh
Benton Hamrick
Charleston
Hawkins
Herman Mauch
Monte Vista
Cemetery
James Heath Dies at Welch After Illness
James Heath of Mohegan near Welch died Tuesday in a Welch hospital. His body was taken to the O. J. Douglas mortuary in Welch awaiting funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Heath
Mohegan
Welch
O. J. Douglas
Leonard Davis obituary notes Hartwell death at 68
Leonard Davis 68 died Monday night at the home of his son Earl Davis in Hartwell. He was a North Carolina native, born Sept. 3. Survived by three daughters Mrs. Early Rose Mrs. Glen Rose and Mrs. Walter Johnson and two sons Earl of Hartwell and Bill of Bishop. Funeral 2 pm today from the Hartwell home. Burial Grassy Spur Va. O. J. Douglas mortuary Welch in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Davis
Earl Davis
Hartwell
O. J. Douglas
Welch
William H. Straley dies after long illness at 72
Will iam Hart Straley a retired railway carman aged 72 died after a long illness at 4 10 p m at the home of his daughter Mrs Cyrus H Pennington 1915 Guyandotte avenue South Mullens He was born August 7 1877 in Nashville Tenn and lived in West Virginia most of his life working for the Virginian Railway Princeton for 50 years later with the Baltimore and Ohio at Huntington Retired 1931 He survived by a widow Mrs Lula Straley two sons Edgar H Straley Matoaka Andrew Straley Mullens a daughter Mrs Pennington nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral at 1 30 p m Thursday at the Pentecostal Holiness church South Mullens with Revs B E Underwood and G T Mitchell. Burial Resthaven Cemetery Princeton. Body to Pennington home Wednesday afternoon then to church an hour before service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Straley
William Hart Straley
South Mullens
Cyrus H. Pennington
Guyandotte Avenue
Mr. Straley
Nashville, Tenn
West Virginia
Virginian Railway
Princeton
Huntington
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Railway Carmen of America
Pentecostal Church
Lula Straley
Pittsburgh
Edgar H. Straley
Matoaka
Andrew Straley
Mullens
Pennington
Pentecostal Holiness Church
B. E. Underwood
G. T. Mitchell
Resthaven
Robertson and
Funeral rites for Sidney G Harris held at Bluefield
Sidney G Jiggs Harris of Bluefield died Monday at Bluefield Sanitarium. Funeral services were held at 2 p m at his brother Robert L Harris’s home with Rev Paul Blevins officiating. Interment followed at Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Virginia. Harris born December 12 1905 in Tazewell County survived by father John R Harris and five brothers plus two foster brothers. Pallbearers named Roby Brown Dominick Buzzo Johnny Buzzo Buster Smith Buster Linkous Acie Gillespie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney G. Harris
Sidney G
Jiggs) Harris
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield Sanitarium
Robert L. Harris
Wheeling Avenue
Paul Blevins
Maple Hill Cemetery
Bluefield
Mr. Harris
Tazewell County
Virginia
John R. Harris
Lillian Harris
William A. Harris
Richmond
James A
Robert L
Henry F
Portsmouth
Joseph E. Harris
Huntington
Dewey D. Keith
San Antonio
Earl G. Williams
Hawkins Funeral
Roby Brown
Dominick Buzzo
Johnny Buzzo
Buster Smith
Buster Linkous
Acie Gillespie
Mrs Ruth Pettrey Bohon Dies at Keen Mountain Va
Mrs Ruth Pettrey Bohon 36 died at home on Keen Mountain Virginia after illness. Survived by husband William Bohon two sons Charles and Billy Bohon a daughter Geraldine Owens and grandson George Andrew Owens. Funeral Thursday at 11 at Keen Mountain Community Church where she was an active member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Bohon
Ruth Pettrey Bonon
William Va. Bonon
Queen Mountain
Cnariie
Ana Kila E. Pettrey
Princeton
Charies Bb
Billy Bohon
Geraldine Owens
George Andrew Owens
Keen Mountain Community Church
Bohon
Jenkinjones Man Drowns In Mishap
Donald E. Shatley aged about 24 of Jenkinjones drowned yesterday afternoon in a swimming hole near his home. He slipped from an inner tube and sank in about 25 feet of water two miles from Jenkinjones. Mrs Shatley, unable to swim, ran for help and two youths pulled the body from the water after two hours of artificial respiration. He was pronounced dead by Dr Sam Milchim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald E. Shatley
Jenkinjones
Shatley
Jenkin Jones
Truman orders U S forces into action to shield Formosa
President Truman reversed prior policy and ordered air and sea actions around Korea and Formosa. He directed the 7th Fleet to prevent attacks on Formosa and urged Chiang Kai Shek to halt Nationalist operations against the mainland, framing the move as protecting Pacific security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
United States
China
State Department
South Korea
Truman
U. S
Pacific
7Th Fleet
Chiang Kai- Shek
Reverend Joe E. Baker Jr to officiate service
The Rev. Joe E. Baker Jr will officiate the funeral service. Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery, Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Baker, Jr
Resthaven Cemetery
Princeton
Rites Held For Roger L. Howell Former Princewick Resident
Roger L. Howell a 42 year old former Princewick resident died Sunday in Lansing North Carolina. Rites will be at 2 30 from Lansing Baptist Church with Rev C H Costow of Princewick officiating. Interment will be in Lansing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger L. Howell
Princewick
Lansing
N. C
Clarence H Sawyers Service Set at Houston Methodist Church
Clarence Henry Sawyers 59 of Bluefield died Sunday in a Welch hospital. Funeral service today at 2 30 p m from Houston Methodist church Kimball with Rev Andy Roe and Rev C S Compton officiating. Interment Wood lawn cemetery. Pallbearers include Albert Phillips Emory Shaw Andy Rudd Ivo Snow Roscoe Shaw Jr Douglas Williams. Bennett funeral home to the residence of Edgar Sawyers for Carswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Sawyers
Clarence Henry Sawyers
Bluefield
Welch Hospital
Houston Methodist Church
Kimball
Andy Roe
C. S. Compton
Woodlawn Cemetery
Albert Phillips
Emory Shaw
Andy Rudd
Ivo Snow
Roscoe Shaw, Jr
Douglas Williams
Bennett Funeral Home
Edgar Sawyers
Carswell
Saturday Deadline For Vote Registration In West Virginia
Welch West Virginia June 27 Eligible voters have until midnight Saturday July 1 to register for the August primary elections County Clerk Don Renn announced The calendar shows July 2 but since it falls on Sunday the final day is extended to July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
Don Renn
Renn
Old Time Dance and Sesquicentennial Events At Tazewell
The day featured a nostalgic old time dance recalling the gay nineties, a Iwo Jima tableau marking World War II veterans, and a canceled Sesquicentennial court. A pie eating contest ended with 11 youths continuing as 12 year old Dickie Gawls faced a mishap. Air enthusiasts gathered at Tazewell ball park for model airplanes while fairgrounds hosted cap and ball rifle shooting for ages 17 to 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Necessary
West Graham
John Hilt
Asberry
T. E. Bowling, Jr
Tazewell
William D. Whitman
North Tazewell
Dickie Gawls
Gawls
Bobby Webb
Johnny Perry
Tazewell Ball Park
Republicans Clash Over House Tax Bill in War Era Debate
The House opened debate on a 1.01 billion excise tax cut bill amid warnings that Far East military moves could scuttle any tax relief. Democrats warned of a possible tax increase, while Republicans branded the measure a hoax and urged a vote on their tax views under a strict rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Far East
Ways and Means
Rep
Kean
New Jersey
Reed
Four Arrested On Liquor Charge In Bluefield
Four 18 year old or older youths were arrested on Stony Ridge for possession of moonshine whiskey. The group name includes John Henry Higgenbottom James Tolbert Jack Tolbert and James Farmer. Patrolmen Lilly and Lambert detained them at about 7 30 p m on the north side during a routine beat. A hearing is tentatively set for this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Stony Ridge
John Henry Higgenbottom
James Tolbert
Jack Tolbert
James Farmer
Lilly and
Lambert
Explosion at Syrian fuel depot near Homs kills and injures
An explosion at a large fuel depot near Homs 100 miles north of Damascus caused 80 deaths and 300 serious injuries. A raging fire swept the plant and troops were dispatched for rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Homs
Mullen Elected President of Randolph Macon Board
Ashland Virginia June 27 James Mullen of Richmond was unanimously elected president of Randolph Macon s board of trustees at the annual session. Mullen a Richmond attorney and Randolph Macon class of 1896 succeeds Walker Pettyjonn of Lynchburg who had served since 1920 Pettyjonn who is a 1901 class member submitted his resignation because of ill health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
James Mullen
Richmond
Randolph Macon
Mullen
Walker Pettyjown
Lynchburg
Pettyjonn
Prizes awarded in shoot and dress parade at Richlands event
Grady Dalton won first prize with 23 of 30 for a 15 pound turkey while Roy Peery earned second with 13 and a $2 steak. A prone shoot at 50 yards preceded a women's dress parade featuring Sesquicentennial president Mrs. W B Leslie, Mrs. Evelyn Hardy, and R L Lambert with Mrs J E Hopkins winning first prize in period dress and bonnet among about 25 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
H. S. Necessary
Hilt
Jack Necessary
W. F. Necessary
Asberry
Roy Peery
North Tazewell
Grady Dalton
Richlands
Dalton
Smokey Mountains
North Carolina
Daily Telegraph
Peery
W. B. Leslie
Evelyn Hardy
R. L. Lambert
J. E. Hopkins
Tazewell
Bertha Greever
J. J. Draper
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Katz
Robert Brother Circus
Ft. Myers
Fila
I. A. Edlin
Tony Lotito
Recreation Department
Zoning Board of Appeals
Groveland
Tanner
City Zoning Commission
Lower Princton Avenue
Price Street
Wallace Transfer Company
Senate
Lucas
UN Security Council
Lake Success
N. Y
Robert G. Menzies
Singapore
Menzies
Tokyo
John M. Church
Okinawa
House of Commons
Kremlin
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ivy
Ronald Colmans
News of the World
Halls of
the Falcon
Richard Diamond
Mindy Carson
Transburg
Frank Akers
Missouri
Meadows Funeral
Hinton
Shanklin
Maine
Charles Mutter
Belfast
Fletcher
Nancy Taylor Mutter
Russell County
Methodist Church
Mary Barnett Mutter
Walker
Fred Mutter
Spencer Mutter
Fort Knox
G. W. Denny
Cedar Bluff
Burley Hawkins
Elk Garden
E. J. Warner
Thomas Patrick
Ross
Farmer Funeral Home
Ethel Bowden
Ethel M. Bowden
Marie
Summers County
Tve Hinton Hospital
New Hope Church
C. H. Martin
B. F. Wright
Talcott
Church
Floyd County
Lawrence Cowan
Henry Weaver
Wallace Dillon
Leroy Shanklin
Marne
Frank Gillenwater
Crumpler
Rex Dangerfield
Christiansburg
Harry
Edward Dangerfield
Nell Epperly
Ruby McCoy
Elizabeth Stainer
Chris
The
Queen City Brewing Company
Cumberland, Md
Ol'Gee
Hamden Wholesale
Princeton, W. Va
H. S. T. Takes
Iwo Jima
the Pinnacle Restaurant
Mee
Aia Gaete Ade
Willys
Bluefield Trading Center
New Bluefield Princeton
Neoad
Bluefield, W. VA
J. M. Bondu
Mercer Street
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