Pearisburg Youth Dies After Route 8 Crash
Billy Benton Evans 20 of Pearisburg Va. was fatally injured when his car skidded on wet pavement and overturned on Route 8 near Bluff City. He died at St Elizabeth's hospital after a skull fracture and other injuries. Three other occupants were treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Benton Evans
Pearisburg
Bluff City
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Jack Turner
Evans
Mark Chewning
Mitchell Caudle
Jack Whittaker
Pearlsburg
St. Elizabeth’'s
Turner
Chewning
Henry Evans
Salem
Memorial Bridge
Local Civic Leader Robert L. Longworth Dies
Bluefield Virginia mourns Robert L. Longworth longtime circulation manager for The Daily Telegraph and former mayor of Bluefield He served as chief petty officer on the Leviathan during World War I and later led community projects including the Falls Mills Fishing Club funeral Monday at St Marys Episcopal Church burial Maple Hill cemetery Bluefield Honorary pallbearers include notable locals and veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cago, Til
Herald-Examiner
Hearst
Chicago
U. S. Navy
Leviathian
Europe
Armed Service
Longworth
Bluefield
Graham Mattress Company
Daily Telegraph
Edna B. McFarlane
Ill
D. P. Barnett
Roanoke
Robert L. Longworth, Jr
Midway
Edna B. Longworth
William A. Longworth
Herbert J. Longworth
P. H. Lawless
Tazewell County
Virginia Side
Holiday Shuts Across West Virginia Mines Amid Walkout
The coal industry faced a partial shutdown as 300 workers were furloughed with tours ending. Deep mines in most fields were idle except for Clay county and some non union sites. Elk River Coal and Lumber kept 600 workers active in Clay county while 100 vacation pay was offered under an UMW contract. Some surface stripping operations continued as the walkout began last week over federal union regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Clay County
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company
Elk River
UMW
United Mine Wakers
Beer Licenses Show Increase in West Virginia Commerce
Charleston West Virginia June 28 Beer Commissioner Fred B Watkins said the issuance of beer licenses for the next fiscal year is faster than in prior years with 3150 retailers licenses processed by noon, up from 2957 last July 1 and 2856 in 1945. Deputy Commissioner E A Hansbarger noted about 3700 retail dispenser licenses were issued for the year ending Monday midnight and more licenses for package dealers clubs and distributors are being certified quickly due to a more efficient staff and system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Fred B. Watkins
E. A. Hansbarger
Hansbarger
Naval Ordnance Plant Commander To Retire
Captain James K. Davis will retire after 35 years in the navy including one year as commander of the Charleston naval ordnance plant where armor plate is produced. Lt. Comdr. Thomas S. McCrory will command temporarily. Davis plans to move to Tionesta, Pennsylvania for private business. Davis served in World War II at the Philippines and Okinawa. McCrory has 27 years naval duty and Pacific campaign experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
James K. Davis
Navy
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Thomas S. McCrory
Tuscaloosa
Ala
McCrory
Davis
Tionesta
Philippines
Okinawa
Pacific
Republicans Accuse Dismissals Were GOP Routed
Reece of the Republican National Committee said Republican pressure, not State Department initiative, forced the discharge of ten State Department employees. The department cited them as bad risks to national security though loyalty was not in question, mentioning possible associations as a factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
State Department
Lincoln White
Reece
Congressional Appropriations Committee
End of Liquor Rationing in Virginia July First
Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control board announced that starting July 1 the remaining items on the liquor ration list will be removed. Scotch Irish and Canadian brands can be bought up to the legal gallon limit per purchase, as stocks replenish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC
Virginia
Funeral for W. B. McHaffa in Belfry Kentucky
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 30 PM at First Church of God for W B McHaffa who died Wednesday in Belfry Kentucky. Rev W D McCraw and Rev Wendell Davis officiated with Order of Railway Conductors ladies auxiliary members as pallbearers. McHaffa born 1870 Rocky Gap Virginia had lived in Bluefield fifty years and worked for Norfolk and Western Railway. He survived by his wife two sons a sister a half brother six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. McHaffa
Belfry
First Church of God
South Street
W.D. McCraw
Wendell Davis
College Avenue Baptist Church
Order of
ORC
McHaffa
Rocky Gap
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Daniel W. Billings
Daniel William Billings
Bastian
Boissevain
Union Church of
Mr. Harrison
Masonic Lodge
Billings
Winnie C. Billings
Letcher Billings
Portsmouth
Joe Billings
Pocahontas
Ina Zoborsky
Hawaii
Mary and
Frances Billings
Lodge 240
A. F
A. M
Funeral Services for Nunley Frantz Billings and Lawson
Funeral services are announced for James Ed ward Nunley at Pounding Mill Union Church in Tazewell County with interment in Clinch Valley Memorial. Walter Scott Frantz of Bluefield Avenue will be buried at Monte Vista. Daniel William Billings of Bastian also has a 2 PM service with Masonic burial. Mrs Clara Belle Lawson’s funeral is at Falls Mills with burial in St Clair Cemetery Witten Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Belle Lawson
Falls Mills
W. H. Peyton
W. H. Simpkins
St. Clair Cemetery
Witten Valley
Flood Refugees Feed Red Cross Volunteers
Mexican families aided by the Red Cross hosted a banquet for volunteers in Des Moines after three weeks of meals. George Diaz shopped while the senoras cooked a menu including Chicken Molle Mexican rice tortillas peppers vermicelli and salad with chili.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Red Cross
West Des Moines
George Diaz
Seneras
Health Education Workshop boosts interest at Bluefield State
Interest in the Health Education Workshop at Bluefield State College remains high as the second annual event, led by Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, runs June 23 to July 3. Carter Ellis and state health staff discuss health surveys, school councils, and community health needs in Mercer and McDowell counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield State College
Roscoe C. Brown
Office of Negro Health Work
U. S. Public Health Service
Carter Ellis
State Department of Health
Mercer
McDowell
Ellis
Mullens Man Fatally Stabbed in Street Fight
Herbert Dixon a 23 year old Black man from Mullens was fatally stabbed in a street fight by J C Walders of Caloric. The weapon a butcher knife caused wounds to the shoulder and right chest. Dixon died at Taylor Rosa hospital minutes after the attack. Walders fled and was at large late last night per state police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Dixon
Mullens
J. C. Walders
Caloric
R. D. Platt
Dixon
Taylor Rosa
Walders
Mentally ill children to get better quarters at Huntington hospital
Huntington State hospital will add an all weather recreation room for boys and maintain a playroom for girls as part of ongoing repairs. President Joseph Z. Terrell says rehabilitation programs began before criticism and notes a church resolution urging improved care. The facility will include a shower, play equipment, swings, slides, and sand boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Huntington State Hospital
Joseph Z. Terrell
Board of Control
Terrell
West Virginia
Presbyterian Church
Elkinson
Huntington Hospital
St. Marys
Huntington
Tazewell School Official Resigns
H. K. Cassell resigns as Tazewell county schools superintendent to lead Augusta county Virginia schools starting August 1. He succeeds A. Crawford Wilkerson and began in education as a Wise County teacher, later principal at Richlands High School. The board will appoint his successor from state-certified candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Cassell
Tazewell County
Augusta County
Virginia
Division of Schools
A. Crawford Wilkerson
Cassell
Wise County
Richlands High School
Supt
Albert 8S. Greever
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital
Staunton
Waynesboro
James W. Harman
Jeffersonville
S. H. Huffard
Clear Fork
Huffard
J. F. Shockey
Richlands
Barnes T Moore
Tazewell
State Board of Education
J L Talbert Dies At Home
Funeral services for John L. Talbert of Bluefield will be held at his home on the Bluefield Prince ton road at 2 20 PM Monday. Burial will be in Resthaven cemetery. Surviving are his wife Minnie Lurber Talbert, two children, two grandchildren, a sister and a sister preceded him. He worked as a blacksmith for Norfolk and Western and later for National Coil. Active and honorary pallbearers are listed. flowerbearers are National Coil company workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Talbert
Bluefield - Princeton Road
Z. F. Maybeury
Mac Smith
G. W. Lucodo
Resthaven Cemetery
Talbert
Lowell
W. Va
G. W. Talbert
Mary Kessler Talbert
Bluefield
Minnie Lurber
Talcott
Christian Church
Norfolk and Western Railway
National Coil Company
May Talbert
Clarence N. Talbert
Lydia Driscoll
Barbara Sturm
Earnest Bourne
Jake Stephens
Scott Blankenship
Arthur Heller
Bill Eddy
John Hites
S. S. Horton
Dick Phelps
Wade St. Clair
Hampton St. Clair
C. L
Soldier Recovers After Skin Graft Fight on Tinian
Pvt. Melvin Wright 19 of Dallas Texas shows progress after two six hour surgeries at McCormick General hospital where 556 square inches of his own skin were grafted in three operations. Burned by a grenade on Tinian he arrived May 28 with third degree burns over about a third of his body. Surgeons used the Padgett Hood Dermatome to repeat grafts from the same area and transfused 19 pints of blood during procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Melvin Wright
Dallas
Tex
McCormick General Hospital
Wright
Hoax tale admitted by New York man in hospital
John Foley, 48, who ran into a hospital in only his shoes and socks claiming a holdup man set him on fire, now admits the story was false. Police say his clothes burned when a bottle he grabbed from a trash can was ignited by his cigarette. He rushed to the hospital undressing as he went, seeking faster treatment after a lighter fluid incident that burned him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Foley
Foley
Tourists marooned in Glacier National Park
About 150 tourists were marooned for four hours in Glacier National Park highlands as a summer snowstorm blanketed the Montana border region with six to ten inches of snow. Superintendent J. W. Emmett reopened the Going to the Sun highway later, after crews cleared paths through mountain passes. Some tourists were guided back to safety at Many Glacier and McDonald Lake hotels as swirling snow blocked highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belton
Mont
Glacier National Park Highlands
J. W. Emmett
Glacier
McDonald Lake
Welch Traffic Woes to be Discussed at City Hall
A 7:30 p.m. Monday meeting at City Hall called by Mayor L. E. Rogers will address Welch traffic problems. State Road Commissioner E. L. Worthington reviewed options including a loop right of way with Norfolk and Western, city bridges, and riverfront widening, though railroad and resident concerns limit feasibility. A traffic expert study is urged to guide action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Welch
L. E. Rogers
State Road Commission
State Road
E. L. Worthington
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Elkhorn River
McDowell Street
Presbyterian Church
Virginia Avenue
Elkhorn
Tug
Coney Island
Summers Street
Forced Landing By Piper Cub On Route 52 Near Roderfield
A Piper Cub from Welch airport piloted by J R Armstrong of Powhatan made a forced landing on U S Route 52 near Roderfield late Friday. Only damage was a broken propeller. Flight instructor Robert Wright of Kimball ferried the plane back into the air about two hours later with state troopers directing traffic while the highway served as a runway. Armstrong lost his way and later, upon locating position, found the fuel nearly exhausted and landed again. This marked the second aircraft to land on that road segment, the first being an army fighter during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Airport
J. R. Armstrong
Powhatan
Roderfield
Robert Wright
Kimball
Welch Air Service, Inc
Armstrong
Rites for Mrs. W Budnick Today in Baltimore
Charles Harry and Max Budnick Keystone business men were called to Baltimore by the death of their 93 year old mother Mrs W Budnick Funeral services will be held today in Baltimore and burial will be in a cemetery there Flowers are to be omitted per family request
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Harry
Max Budnick
Keystone
Baltimore
W. Budnick
Welch Rotary Plans Regional Outing Tuesday in Bland County
About 35 members of the Welch Rotary Club plan to join Rotarians from McDowell and Mercer counties for an outing Tuesday at the Jones residence in Bland County Virginia. Invited clubs include Welch Saeger Kimball Keystone Princeton and Blaisefield.
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Welch Rotary Club
McDowell
Mercer
Jones
Bland County
Welch, Saeger, Kimball
Keystone
This
Princeton
Bluesfield
Two Gambling Raids Reported in Davy
Friday raids at Davy by Constable Floyd Hunt and Deputy Sheriff Jackson resulted in 19 arrests. Fourteen suspects were found in a dice game at Brown's Pool Room while five others were detained at Bud McGee's for poker. All are summoned to appear before Justice of the Peace M. M. Day Jr. in Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davy
Floyd Hunt
Jackson
Hunt
Brown's
Bud McGee Place
Justice of the Peace
M. M. Day, Jr
Welch
Charles Parkis Jessie Rites Set This Morning
Caretta resident Charles Parkis Jessie dies from injuries from a swimming accident at Lick Creek Virginia. Funeral services are at 9 this morning at Caretta Community Church with burial planned for Monday at Lick Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Parkis
Charles Parkis Jessie
Caretta
Lick Creek
Caretta Community Church
Vacation Pay Boosts Welch Store Trade Before Christmas
Mine families used $2,000,000 in vacation pay in McDowell County as 20,000 mine workers spent wages and holiday money. Traffic surged with police calling on firemen to manage crowds and the municipal parking building filled by 10 AM as Welch neared the holiday rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
McDowell County
Miss Mary Ellen Spencer Funeral Service
Miss Mary Ellen Spencer 29 of Bartley will be laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery Pulaski after a 2 p.m. service at the home of her uncle W. M Jacobson. She died Friday after a lengthy illness. She was daughter of the late Gentry Spencer and Gertrude Freeman Spencer and is survived by her mother, a brother Harold, and two sisters Ivy Jordan and Hazel Jackson, both of Bartley.
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Pulaski
Mary Ellen Spencer
Bartley
W. M Jacobson
Oakwood Cemetery
Miss Spence
Gentry Spencer
Gertrude Freeman Spencer
Harold
Ivy Jordan
Hazel Jackson
Enlistments Rise in U S Naval Reserve
Several men enlisted yesterday in the U S Naval Reserve at the Fifth District mobile unit which spent four days in Welch. Names listed include Richard Decker James Riva Blaine Curtis Sawyers Blaine Emerson Kennedy Harold Davis Thorpe Jack Brickley Filbert Walter Williams Kimball and Charlie Anvil Jaeger. The recruiting unit then moved on to Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Naval Reserve
Fifth Naval District
Welch
Richard Decker
James Riva
Blaine Curtis Sawyers
Blaine Emerson Kennedy
Harold Davis
Thorpe
Jack Brickley
Filbert
Walter
Williams
Kimball
Charlie Anvil
Jaeger
Logan
Ruling Sets Limit On County Bond Financing For Airport
The attorney general advised Mercer County that the county court can issue bonds up to 600 000 for airport financing without a new election. By proposing a specific aggregate and annual payables the court could proceed, regardless of site, after the April ruling. Partlow noted notices allow April action and any site could be pursued with bonds issued later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowery G. Bowling
Mercer County
Tottorneys Richardson
Kemper
Partlow
Congress plans and veto battles shape new policy
Congress aims to pass veterans terminal leave bonds access and a higher minimum wage. Leaders move to push a $4 billion tax bill, while Taft Hartley labor bill faces a Truman veto setback as White House debates aid and labor moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Congress
Truman
Coal Production Above 1946 Mark Brisk in West Virginia
West Virginia coal output in 1947 runs 48 percent above 1946 levels as a 10 day miners vacation halts activity. May production hits 15.5 million tons with wages near a billion dollars under the Workmen’s Compensation act if current pace continues. Lumber gas and power also rise. retail debits and store sales show gains. Bluefield Welch Williamson Logan Beckley Montgomery serve as key southern coal field trade centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Southern Coal Fields
Bluefield
Welch
Williamson
Logan
Beckley
Montgomery
Labor Act Used as Political Issue by Democrat Group
The Democratic National Committee frames the Taft-Hartley act as a political issue. Director Gael Sullivan says the law sharpens the split between parties and that Democrats oppose GOP reaction. He cites Truman’s veto attempts, a last-ditch appeal to Congress, and urges mass registration to defeat Republican influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Gael Sullivan
GOP
Truman
Congress
Malone Held for Grand Jury in Slaying Case
Logan West Virginia magistrate C L Williams today held John C Malone about 55 of Mallory for grand jury action on a murder charge in the shotgun slaying of his son in law Jasper Bratcher 32.
City and Coalfield Items at Stella Jones and Bradley's
Spring and summer hats reduced to 4.50 and 1.00 at Stella Jones. Hand bags discounted from 8.00 to 3.00 and 4.00 to 1.00. White bags from 4.00 to 1.00 and 5.50 to 2.00. Bradley's offers 10 percent off suits coats dresses and more plus 100 off prints and wedding attire. Mrs L A Jackson advertises stocks and bonds via Scott Horner and Mason Inc. Room 204 First National Bank Building. Telephone 8252. Pre 4th of July specials continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Jones
L. A. Jackson
Scott, Horner and Mason, Inc
First National Bank
Bradley’s
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Giles
R. L. Longworth
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
American Legion
Bluefield American Legion
Bob” Longworth
Bluefields
Graham
Maple Hill Cemetery
West Graham
St. Mary’s Auxiliary
Sydnor Barksdale
William Snyder
Hugh Shott
Marvin Woodyard
L. M. Kirby
Frank Ward
Virgil Currence
B. L. Earley
Hudson Huffard Clark Evans
J. E. Blaydes
S. N. Huffard
Bill Osborne
Ike Brown
George Graham
Hugh Ike Shot
Cleveland
Ohio
Naval Ordnance Plant
James E. Nunley
James Edward Nunley
Pounding Mill Union Church
M. E. N. Lindsey
A. B. Crocker
Christan Church
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Nunley
W. E. Nunley
Mary Wells
Sally Joyce
Reba Collins
Walter S. Frantz
Walter Scott Frantz
Bluefield Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
W. S. Clayton
Gary
Monte Vista Cemetery
Bonnie Mae Tomlinson
Gate City
Audrey Cudina
Cliffside
N. J
Marie Shipworth
Florence
Buddie
Jimmy
Peggy
Betty
Glenn
Carol
Fred Frantz
William
Roland
Frantz
May Fitzpatrick
Mary May
Delbarton
E. J. Hall
Bureau of General Disease Control
N. H. Dyer
Health Department
Hallie Isabele Morgan
Division of Maternal and Child Health
A. H. Lively
J. L. Talbert
National Park
Madam Peron
Spain
Argentina
Eva Peron
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Welch News
Piper Cub
U. S. Naval Reserve
Democrat
Bradley's
Bredley's
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