Wage Policy Panel to Study U S Steel Contract
The United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee in Pittsburgh will meet to decide on a proposed new contract from U S Steel as the current two year pact nears expiration. The union rejected a prior offer and authorized a strike if needed. About 600,000 basic steel workers earn $2.14 to $2.24 an hour, with 200,000 employed by U S Steel.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. 8. Steel Corp
U. 8 S. Steel
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel
New Hebrew University Under Construction
Work has begun on a new 28 million dollar Hebrew University at Mount Scopus to replace existing buildings. The campus will house six faculties, hostels, a 600 seat dining hall, and a large auditorium named Canada Hall funded by Canadian Zionist sponsors. About 500 workers are employed.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Hebrew University
Mount Scopus
Palestine
United Nations’ Mixed Armistice Commission
Canada Hall
Churchill calls for unity and talks with Russia despite opposition
Winston Churchill repeated his plea for a meeting with Russian leaders and urged continued English speaking world solidarity. He said he remains fiercely anti-Communist but not anti-Russian, advocating a Locarno type pact to improve peace and understanding with the Kremlin. He criticized U S involvement in the Locarno approach and warned against misusing terms that confuse current aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Churchill
Kremlin
Du Ponts Named in FHA Windfall Case Details
The report identifies Pierre 8. du Pont III Nicholas Z. du Pont and Lamont du Pont Copeland among 12 stockholders in sponsoring firms linked to $5.98 million in insured mortgages for Clifton Park Manor New Castle County Delaware. McKenna notes windfall profits concentrated in New York Philadelphia Washington Baltimore Richmond and parts of Texas and the South. about a dozen FHA officials have been ousted as the investigation unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKenna
Pierre 8. du Pont III
Nicholas Z. du Pont
Lamont du Pont Copeland
Clifton Park Manor
New Castle County
Del
du Pont
New York City
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Richmond
Texas
FHA
12 000 Persons Reach Langtry Texas by Sunset Limited
Report describes 12 000 persons continuing from page 1 as passengers on the Southern Bosite streamline Sunset Limited at Langtry Texas. Helicopters offered to fly food across the border if needed and clearance from the Mexican Red Cross could be obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset
Langtry
Tex
Little
West Texas
Roy Bean
Pecos
Border
Mexican Red Cross
Deaths and Funerals in Local Area
Obituaries note Fred Wolhford 71 of Wytheville dies Monday with three sisters listed and services in Roanoke then Wytheville interment at East End Cemetery. Frank A. Thomas 69 of Princeton dies after two year heart illness. survivors include wife Mary Jane Callahan, five sisters, one son, and one brother. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at his Princeton home followed by Oakwood Cemetery burial. Mrs. Moyer 94 dies in Philadelphia. services at Oliver Baer Funeral Home with Arlington Cemetery burial. Mrs. Lillian Mabe 41 of Mount Heron dies after seven months. services at residence, Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Emanuel Tilson 60 of Marion dies in Marion hospital. survivors include husband three daughters two sons and several siblings. burial at Rowland Cemetery after Thursday service. Joe Thompson of Bluefield dies after prolonged illness. funeral Wednesday at United Church, interment Oak Grove Cemetery. extensive survivor list. Mrs. Lizzie Haskins dies at 510 Jones Street. funeral arrangements in process at Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home.
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Fred Wolhford
Wytheville
Nellie Wolhford
Eva Wolhford
Lee Wolhford
Bluefield
Roanoke
East End
Frank A. Thomas
Fayette St
Princeton
Virginian Railway Company
Mr. Thomas
Giles County
James
Mary Carr Thomas
Mary Jane Callahan
C. 8. Brewster
Ant Fuller
George Parker
Opal Pennington
Athens
Robert Lafon
Waitesville
Herbert Lee Thomas
Lonnie Thomas
Orient Hill
Bailey Home
Thomas
Edwin Stubblefield
Oakwood Cemetery
M. F. Moyer
M. Ray Moyer
Cumberland Road
Bluefield Coal Co
Philadelphia
Oliver Baer
Arlington Cemetery
Lillian Mabe
Mount Heron
Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery
Puneral
Rich
Emanuel Tilson
Marion
Leona Burchett
Millard Rosenbaum
Jackie Tilson
Edward
Illinois
Robert
Martinslle
J. B. Johnson
Matt Hopkins
Watson Gap
Isom
Joe Thompson
Allen St
United Church
Churst Street
J. H. Easley
O. M. McGue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Mr. Thompson
Pearisburg
Virginia
John
Maria Thompson
United Holy Church
Juanita Thompson
Felix
Lynchburg
Akron
Margaret Shields
Lagos
Education Board Tables Problems At Special Meeting
The board of education discussed but took no action on naming a new assistant superintendent to replace J. H. Bobbitt and tabled the matter for further consideration. They also did not act on a Spanishburg residents petition to remove Principal Freshman. A Bluefield Negro delegation questioned Aaron age transfer from Hancock school principalship, which was described as routine. Janitors were hired and other routine business handled in the lengthy session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
J. H Bobbitt
Spanishburg
Bluefield
Aaronage
Hancock School
Page
County Schools
W. Tiff
Hancock
Coal Cars Hauled by N W Total 16 304 for Week
Coal hauled by the Norfolk and Western Railway totaled 16 304 cars for the week ending June 25. Production in the coal mines served by the railroad fell 545 cars from the prior week. Coal loadings are expected to drop during the upcoming ten day miner vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk and Western Railway
Youth Dies Two Hurt In Auto Collision Near Naugatuck
A 12 year old boy Robert Stepp was killed in a collision on State Route 65 near Naugatuck. His father Richard Stepp 50 and two others Walter Reines 46 of Marrowbone Creek and Lee Martin Jr 23 of Kermit suffered serious injuries.
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Williamson
Naugatuck
Robert Stepp
Richard Stepp
Kermit
Stepp
Walter Reines
Marrowbone Creek
Lee Martin Jr
Former Red Members Jailed In Belgrade
Belgrade Yugoslavia June 28 a sizeable number of former Social Democrats have been arrested and jailed by Czechoslovakia's Communist regime according to Yugovpress semi official news agency.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Yugovpress
Russian Colonel Describes Partisan Strife and Soviet Brutality
Lt. Col. Grigor Buriltski testified before the U.S. Congress on Communist aggression saying anti-Communist partisans fought Soviet forces in Lithuania Estonia Latvia Western White Russia and Western Ukraine. He alleged mass deportations from 1943 to 1945 and urged severing ties with the Soviet Union while proposing a Russian exile army to attract deserters and gain support.
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Munich
Germany
Europe
Soviet Union
Grigor Stepanovich Burlitski
MVD
Congressional Committee
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Russia
Ukraine
Caucasus
Crimea
Kremlin
Siberia
Far East
East Prussia
Baltic States
Charles Kersten
R-Wis
Red Army
West
Haile Selassie Enters New York Medical Checkup
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visited Harkness Pavilion at Columbia Presbyterian for a routine medical checkup. A spokesman said he enjoys excellent health and will stay in New York until his departure on July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
State Teachers' Retirement Board reelects Schupbach for third term
Charleston June 28 Herbert Schupbach, elementary teacher at Paden City Wetzel County, is reelected to the State Teachers' Retirement Board with 6432 votes for a new six year term starting July 1. Julia Smith Beckley elementary teacher wins 5455 votes. six write ins. Board approves 101 retirement benefits and 94 continuations beyond age 65. Average monthly retirement pay now 8 dollars. Fund total 40,194,554 as of June 30 1953. Legislature funded 3,892,770, teachers contributed 2,953, retirement allowances 1,237,710. Named retirees include Nancy Altizer Bluefield Marvel Dupler Kimball A W Easley Bluefield Gertrude Godfrey Athens Marie Green Kopperston Ethel Haney Welch T J Perry Princeton Lessie Robinson Wilcoe C A Ryan Princeton Ida Wright Logan.
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Charleston
Herbert Schupbach
Paden City
Wetzel County
Teachers’ Retirement Board
Schupbach
Richard E. Hyde
Julia Smith
Beckley
Dr. Hyde
Hyde
Nancy Altizer
Bluefield
Marvel Dupler
Kimball
A. W. Easley
Gertrude Godfrey
Athens
Marie Green
Kopperston
Ethel Haney
Welch
T. J. Perry
Princeton
Lessie Robinson
Wilcoe
C. A. Ryan
Ida Wright
Logan
Airline Service To Be Revived At Mercer Airport Dinner
A six week review of service at Mercer County Airport will be discussed at a dinner tomorrow night hosted by the dedication committee. Piedmont Airlines official William McGee of Winston-Salem will attend. Don Charleston of American Airlines will present a feeder-line film. Essie Bailey of Princeton and Fred Cooper of Athens will report on finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Apy
Piedmont
William McGee
Winston-Salem
H. Edward Steele
Don Charleston
American Airlines
Essie Bailey
Princeton
Fred Cooper
Athens
Moundsville Man Dies When Crushed By Auto
A 35 year old Moundsville construction worker Louis Lemoyne Williams was killed when a sideboom loaded with pipe ran over him as he tried to jump. The accident occurred on a pipeline reject about ten miles north of Pine Grove in Wetzel County West Virginia. Sheriff Lee Francis identified the victim.
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Pine Grove
W. Va
Moundsville
Wetzel County
Lee Francis
Louis Lemoyne Williams
Francis
Willams
Hallanan Proposes Nine West Virginia Postmasters
Republican National Committee man Walter Hallanan said the names of nine proposed postmasters for West Virginia offices have been sent to the White House. The list includes Ann L. Errington Scarbro Le titia H Spaulding Longacre Eleanor F Morris Ashland Herbert C Conley English James F Lowe Joh Georgia E Samples Coal Fork Helen J Kemper Dawes Odbert B Phillips French Creek Benjamin F Ford Lewisburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Balkan Officials Meet To Draw Military Plans
In Athens on June 28 Greek Yugoslav and Turkish officials opened a two hour session to draft a Balkan military alliance. Undersecretaries from their foreign ministries and senior military officers attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan
Athens
Greece
Weather across states shows warm to hot conditions this week
Maryland sees mostly sunny Tuesday with 78 to 84 degree highs and a warmer, fair Wednesday. Virginia reports fair Tuesday at 80 to 86 degrees and a slightly warmer Wednesday. West Virginia stays fair Tuesday, with 76 to 84 degrees and warmer Wednesday. Ohio expects fair Tuesday 82 to 86, then cloudier and warmer with possible showers west. Kentucky forecasts mostly fair Tuesday with possible showers in extreme west, highs near 88 to 04, and a warm Wednesday with showers in west and central. Tennessee notes mostly fair with scattered showers possible in extreme west Tuesday, highs around 100 in the west, 94 to 98 central, 90 to 95 east, and a warm, partly cloudy Wednesday with showers west and central. Western Pennsylvania shows fair Tuesday, 75 to 80, then cloudier and somewhat warmer Wednesday.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Heiress Wounded as Estranged Husband Fires at Delaware Park
At Delaware Park in Wilmington a pistol duel injures heiress Andrea Luckenbach Hammer and trainer Woodrow Long as her estranged husband Fred Hammer is charged with assault with intent to kill and carrying a concealed weapon. The horse Now Hear This was lightly hit. Hammer faces $10,500 bail.
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Wilmington
Del
Delaware Park
Andrea Luckenbach Hammer
Woodrow W. Long
Hammer
Long
Andrea Luckenbach
Andrea
Hamandy
Palm Beach
Fla
Lexington
New York
Tobacco Men Defend Cigarette Health Claims Debate
Virginia Beach June 28 tobacco warehousemen urged organized effort to counter what they call unproven medical claims linking cigarettes to health harms. Fred Royster cited American Cancer Society data and pushed for continued research funding and fair publicity to protect farmers' livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Beach
Fred Royster
Henderson
N. C
Bright Belt Warehouse Associan
Royster
Association
Cavalier Hotel
American Cancer Society
American Medical Association
Tax Exemption Debate Roils Senate Finance Measure
Senate Republicans seek defections from Democrats to defeat proposed amendments to the 875 page tax bill. Millikin, chairing the Finance Committee, says the 431 pages of amendments aim to reduce tax barriers and correct inequities for workers, retirees, teachers, police, and farmers while boosting economic growth.
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Tors Kerr
Oklahoma
Frear
Delaware
Song
Louisiana
Smathers
Florida
Byrd
Virginia
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Millikin
Senate Finance Committee
House
Wound Fatal for Charleston Man Belknap in West Virginia
A gunshot wound proved fatal for L. L. Belknap 55 of Gassaway after he was found in a parked car on Elk River road near Gassaway. Braxton County Coroner A. P. Armstrong said the wound occurred as Belknap allegedly shot himself. He was brother of Grover C. Belkin of Sutton, well known attorney and former State Senator.
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South Charleston
W. Va
L. L. Belknap
Gassaway
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Godomen
Braxton County
A. P. Armstrong
Belknan
Elk River Road
Grover C. Belkin
Sutton
State Senate
Lewis County Voters to Consider Weston School Levy
Lewis County citizens head to the polls in Weston to approve a three year levy of 115000 dollars annually. State matching funds of 62545 dollars are expected to aid the Weston High School project featuring a gymnasium cafeteria and 20 classrooms. About 13000 people qualified to vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis County
Weston
W. Va
Weston High School
Harlan Lambert to Direct Bluefield Pool
Harlan Lambert named director of the Bluefield Swimming Pool as work continues. Fund drive gains support with donations from H E Critzer Dairy Queen and Chicago House Furnishing Co and a fundraising hat pass at a Bowen Field baseball game. Construction speeds toward completion with contractors and local officials guiding finishing touches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Lambert
Bluefield College
Ea Bluefield Swimming
Poo Lambert
Swimming Pool Corporation
Fox Pharmacy
Joyce Jewelry
West Virginia Newstand
Commercial Bank
Bluewell Piggly ,Wiggly
Community Savings and Loan Company
Central Pharmacy
W. M. Raikes
George Bowling
Bluefield
G. A. Ruble
Bob Ramsey
Jim H. Shott
H. E. Critzer
Dairy Queen
Bluefield Avenue
Chicago House Furnishing Co
Keith Skidmore
Bowen Field
Lon M. Rish
The
Nation Committee
Civic Corporation
Three M H Students Indicted For Rape in Charleston
A Kanawha County grand jury indicted three Morris Harvey College students on rape charges involving a 17 year old girl last month. Indicted are Billy Joe Woolwine 19 of Mount Hope John Jazwa 18 and Harold Proctor 30 all of Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Kanawha County
Billy Joe Woolwine
Mount Hope
John Jazwa
Harold Proctor
Woolwine
Jazwa
Morris Harvey College
Bluefield Board of Education Member Paige Wooldridge Injured in Crash
Paige Wooldridge of Bluefield, newly appointed member of the State Board of Education, is hospitalized with a compressed vertebra fracture after an automobile collision near Brele. He was transported from Charleston after X rays. A separate incident on the return trip forced the ambulance into a ditch with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paige Wooldridge
Bluefield
State Board of Education
Graham
Wooldridge
Conservation Dept Pilot France to join State Aeronautics
Edsel France, longtime Conservation Department pilot, will transfer to the State Aeronautics Commission on Wednesday to pilot a new two engine seven passenger Aero Commander. He has 35 years with the department and has logged 312000 miles in 2600 hours flying for census work on fishing pressure deer beaver and waterfowl. The department will keep a Cub and hire an outside pilot for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Edsel
France
Conservation Department
State Aeronautics Commission
Carl J. Johnson
Johnson
Nation Sees Wide Weather Mix Across Regions
The Associated Press reports a day of varied weather from heat waves in the South and Southeast to snow in Montana and flooding in Texas. Eight drownings were noted near Ozona, Texas, while floods overwhelmed Langtry with a train stranded and 266 passengers rescued by helicopter. Rio Grande flood levels surged seven feet above prior highs as New England and the Far West enjoyed mild 60s to 80s.
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Associated Press
Montana
Texas
Little
Rancho Ing
Ozona
Rio Grande
Langtry
Tex
del Rio
Macon
Memphis
Tenn
Greenewood
Miss
Jacksonville
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Mullen Pass
Mont
Butte
New England
Far West
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Steelworkers
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New Hebrew University
Nazi Germany
United States
Frank Thomas
Clarence Childress
Roy Addison
Thurmond Owen
Finley Vance
Edward Bolding
Clyde Looney
Joe W. Thompson
Lizzie Haskins
Jones St
Linkford and Richardson Funeral Home
Education Board
N&w
Red
Haile Selassie
Pean and
Hallanan
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Cincinnati
Denver
Los Angelesville
St Paul
New Orleans
St. Louis
San Francisco
Seattle
J. C. Prink
Tobacco Associates, Inc
F. M. Parkinson
National Tobacco Tax Research Council
Eljer
C. G. Taylor
Black Diamond Collecting Company
M-H
Bluefield, W. VA
Mullens, W. VA
War
Matoaka W. VA
Wytheville, VA
Gilbert, W. VA
Grundy, VA
N.C
Ed Nous Hole
Martha Washington
Elijer
Paige Wooldrige
V. E. Perdue
Peel Chestnut Mtn
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