Coal Man Hits Labor Board at West Virginia meeting
Bluefield June 14 7 The National Labor Relations board came under fire at the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute summer meeting with critics arguing the 1935 act failed to curb labor disputes. Speakers urged industry stabilization amid wartime shocks and called for price stabilization and research while noting unemployment and taxation issues affecting miners and operators.
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Bluefield
National Labor Relations Board
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
National Labor Relations Act
BD. C. Kennedy
Kanawha Coal Operators
Kennedy
Truman FE. Johnson
Fairmont
Couns
West Virginia
Stump
W. E E. Koepler
Pocahontas Operators Association
Uch
West Virginia University
Virginia Polytech
Grover Pile
Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Company
Bartley
M. H
Yester
Consolidation Coal Company
Johnson
Cult Disciples Tell Police of Beatings
SPRINGFIELD Missouri June 14 A police report states R V Hallberg and his brother Albert members of Jeho vahs Witnesses a religious cult were severely beaten last night by four men who accused them of distributing un American literature The brothers were touring the region in an automobile trailer with loudspeakers dispensing sermons of Henry Rutherford former Missouri Judge now chief prophet at the cults Brooklye New York citadel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Jine
INSI
R. V. Hallberg
Albert
Jehovah's Witnesses
Henry ¥. Rutherford
Missouri
Brooklye
N. XY
Driver to Held at Berkeley Springs on June fourth
Magistrate J D Eichelberger ordered Grand Jury action against Charles Dupuis of Berkeley Springs after an automobile crash that killed 72 year old pedestrian Chetto Lanham.
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Berkeley Springs
J. D. Eichelberger
Charles Dupuis
Chetto Lanham
Pedessian
Young Cajun Bride Delivers Healthy Boy at 12
In New Orleans Charity hospital a twelve year old Cajun bride Anse Billott Chalsson gave birth to a seven and a half pound boy. Her sixteen year old husband Eddie, a shrimp fisherman, lives at Montegut Louisiana. Physicians say the birth was normal and the mother speaks Cajun-French patois.
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New Orleans
Red Cross Fund Reaches $11,600
The Charleston Kanawha County Red Cross drive reports receipts totaling 11 600 toward an 15 000 minimum, with a national goal of 20 000. Dewey E S Kuhns notes growing needs as funds support food and hospital supplies for vulnerable groups. residents urged to donate via 201 Duffy Street or The Gazette.
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Royal War Relief Red Cross Fund
National Headquarters
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
Red Cross
Paris
Charleston
Kanawha County
Duffy Street
P. A. Herscher
Kanawha Bank and Trust Company
Gazette
Former Grave-Digger Held in Stab-Slaying Case
Arthur F. Dean, 36, a former grave-digger and WEA worker, was arrested in the stabbing death of his sister-in-law Helen Nasal, 27, a beautician. Nasal was stabbed 28 times with a pocket knife. Dean was held without bail and may be examined by psychiatrists as authorities seek a motive.
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New Castle
Arthur F. Dean
WEA
Inlaw
Helen Nasal
John G. Lamacree Mahl Dean
Dean
Parkersburg Man Heads Regional Unit of UCT
C E Alexander of Parkersburg was elected grand senior counselor by regional delegates of the United Commercial Travelers. The group chose Washington DC for the 1941 meeting. The region, including Virginia West Virginia Kentucky and DC, reports a membership gain of 245 this year, totaling 5240.
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Parkersburg
United Commercial Travelers
C. E. Alexander
Washington, D. C
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
District of Columbia
County Republicans Meet to Organize Ticket in Kanawhs
Kanawhs county Republican executive committee will meet to organize today at 11 a.m. in the city council chamber. They will elect a chairman, vice chairman, secretary and treasurer and fill several justice of the peace and constable vacancies on the party ticket. The chairman race is between W. W. Wertz, the incumbent, and Bernard J. Pethiaren, United Fuel Gas company attorney viewed as an independent candidate.
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Kanawhs County Republican Executive Committee
Treassurer
W. W. Wertz
Bernard J. Pethiaren
United Fuel Gas Company
Church Events Bring Nominating Committee Members Named
Mesdames C E Bliven J Steele Walter Cantrell Frank Campbell and Marion Gillett were named to a nominating committee to select officers for the Women s Council of Boyd Memorial Christian church Thursday. A rally at Lev? First Baptist church is planned with Sunday school at 3 45 and a sermon by Rev J Sims Percy of Charleston.
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Mesdames
C. E. Bliven
J. 5. Steele
Walter Cantrell
Frank Campbell
Marion Gillett
Women's Council
Boyd Meranriat Christian Church
Earl Bastian
Mesdames Howard Sergeant
C. Oral Lowe
C. BE. Bliven
J. B. Sipple
Winter
Lowe
Howard Sergeant
Lev? First Baptist
J. Sims Percy
Charleston
Mesdaies
Lillian Jordan
Cornelia, Minor
Helen Winston
John L. Saunders
James Harris
Mayor says $100,000 PWA check in the mail
Mayor Dawson said a PWA grant payment of more than 600 is in the mail after a Washington visit. He indicated the city would pay on municipal auditorium accounts, with PWA withholding the remainder due to ongoing litigation with general contractors Ward and Ward. Dawson offered no details on amounts involved.
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PWA
Dawson
Washington
Ward
Enis
Honor Graduate Dies During Operation
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hardesty aged 22, honor graduate and president of the intersorority council at West Virginia Wesleyan College, died during an operation at a Clarksburg hospital. She was daughter of Tate R. Hardesty and Bess Hard of Kingwood and niece of U.S. District Attorney Joseph V. Gibson of Kingwood.
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Clarksburg
Mary Elizabeth Flardesty
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Intersorority Council
Tate R. R Hardesty
Bess Hard
Kingwood
W. Va
U.S. Dist
Joseph V. Gibson
Van Miner Killed at Van Coal Mine
Van Miner Holstein aged 46 was killed by a roof fall at the Van Coal Company mine at Van at 12 30 p m Thursday. Body taken to Hunter mortuary Madison and services set for 10 a m tomorrow at Freedie Baptist church with burial in Mitchell cemetery Lincoln county. Rev Dickens will officiate. Survived by wife Carrie Holstein two sons James Melvin and three daughters Evelyn Genevieve Pauline.
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Lot Holstein
Van
York
and O Coal Company
Hunter and Hunter
Madison
Freedie Baptist Church
Mitchell Cemetery
Lincoln County
Dickens
Carrie Holstein
James
Melvin
Evelyn
Genevieve
Pauline
Miss Cannady Drowned Off Virginia Beach
The body of Margaret Cannady, 21, of Asheville North Carolina, found floating off Little Island near Virginia Beach after she disappeared while taking a dawn swim from her mother’s cottage. Cannady, daughter of Dr. John Cannady, president of General Hospital in Charleston West Virginia, vacationed at the seaside resort.
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Norfolk
Margaret Cannaday
Little Island
Asheville, N. C
Air
Br. John BE. Can
Nadey
Charleston
W. Va
Virginia Beach
Last U S Ship Exacharda Sails From Genoa
Seven hundred Americans from Meyot boarded the steamer Exacharda of the American export line, the final U S vessel scheduled to sail from Genoa. The Brazilian ship Almirante Alexandrina is due to depart soon for Rio De Janeiro with freight and passengers.
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Genoa
Meyot
U. S
Exacharda
Almirante Alexandrina
Rio de Janeiro
Whisky carrier crashes near grade with 12000 pints spill
In Cincinnati a waiter-truck carrying 12,000 pints of whisky slid backward down a grade and over a 20 foot embankment. James E. Harrison, 32, of Stonington Indiana, was bruised. The incident occurred as the whisky carrier headed toward Charleston West Virginia. A Sears Monument Co. ad appears in the clipped output.
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Cincinnati
Charleston
W. Va
James E. Harrison
Stonington
Wes Bruised
Sears Monument Co
St. E
Two Youths Drowned Near Weirton Mills Docks
Two youths, Joseph Magrini 19 and John Mel cham 17, drowned in the Ohio River when a rowing boat with four others capsized near the Weirton Millenal docks. Rescuers saved the others as strong currents dragged the two under barges.
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Weirton
Ohio River
Weirton Millenal
Joseph Magrini
John Melcham
Obituary notices from Framient area and Charleston region
Obituaries list rites for John C. Flesher s farm family in Reedy Swank cemetery Spencer and multiple memorials for Elizabeth Mease Anna Sheff George Valentine Joachim John F King Os bore L Liggins William Morris William Colopy in Coulburg Stanley Farr Phebe Ann Walker Josephine R Taylor Joseph Owen Draper and Edward Jackson with funeral details, burial places, survivors and officiants. Also notes a Kuhn Construction bid and liquor commission project in Charleston Broad Street facility.
Rickenbacker Criticizes Mass Plane Plans in Charleston
World War I ace Captain Eddie Rickenbacker urged training thousands of pilots and expanding the airplane industry before mass production for national defense. He warned 50,000 planes built now would be obsolete soon and criticized Ford, GM, and Chrysler for needing government blueprints rather than independent innovation. He spoke at a Rotary gathering amid Eastern Airlines’ push for an air route between New York and St Louis via Charleston.
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Eddie V. Rickenbacker
Henry Ford
Hitler
Europe
Rickenbacker
Maine
Ford
Lindbergh
General Motors
Chrysler
Charleston
New York
St. Louis
Circle C of First Presbyterian Hosts Evening Note
Mrs Paul Bennett and Mrs J P Ferrer hosted circle C of First Presbyterian church Thursday night at Forrest Avenue home. Mrs Engie taught the Bible lesson, Mrs Spessard led the program, and Mrs Gardner presided. Others present included Mesdames Ullock Ullock Ryburn Schoonover McLellen Brown and Fudge.
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Paul Bennett
J. P. Ferrer
Circle C
First Presbyterian Church
Forrest Avenue
E. L. Engie
C. W. Spessard
J. W. Gardner
Donald Ulock
Anna Ullock
F. M. Ryburn
C. W. Schoonover
5. P. McLellen
George Brown
Tle Fudge
Daily News Tribune to omit Saturday issue this summer
Keyston June 14 publisher W H Barger announced the Saturday editions of the Daily News Tribune will be omitted during the summer as an experiment. He cited wage hour law restrictions as the reason for the change.
Mother of Nine Killed When Struck by Auto
Mrs. Mary Eastham, 40, mother of nine, was fatally struck by an automobile in suburban Sunbeam after stepping from behind a bus returning her from a visit in Logan. State Trooper R. G. Norman said she walked into the vehicle’s path.
Charleston Youths Take Advanced ROTC Course
Nine Charleston youths attend an advanced ROTC course at Fort Knox Kentucky that began yesterday with Col Donald Bme Beere Purdue university instructor leading the program. Participants include James R Singleton Hazlett McMillan Champe C Fool Robert H Loeb Sam Kanner John W Jones Robert L Gibson and James P Bland.
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Charleston
Ft. Knox
Donald Bme Beere
Purdue University
James R. Singleton
Quarrier Street
Hazlett McMillan
Main Street
Champe C
Fool
Kanawha Avenue
Robert H. Loeb
Ridgemont
Sam Kanner
Washington Street
John W. Jones
Fifth Street
Robert L. Gibson
Tee Street
James P. Bland
Nancy Street
Mrs Carter Hosts Charleston Quota Club Dinner
Mrs Verna Carter first vice president entertained members of the Charleston Quota club at her Kanawha Boulevard home on Wednesday. Dinner guests included Mesdames Kathryn Croutlard Rose McGee Gladys Martin Grace Austin Eeith Butts Thelma Hughes and Pearl Strom, who serve as president secretary treasurer and directors.
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Charleston
Quota Club
Verna Carter
Kanawha Boulevard
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John S. Stump, Jr
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Marilyn Johnson
Arvilla White
Doris Wines
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Martha Tow
May Crowder
Veda Tully
Georgia Gott
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Juanita Camrey
A. BE. McKinney
RK. A. Atkinson
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Cinco
Sissenville Methodist Church
Fathers and Sons of
First Church of the Nazarene
Javents
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Roy Marton
Walter Keisler
Huntington City Rescue Mission
Am Tormorrow
United Christian Youth Rally
Union Mission
Keisler
Elsie McKay
Boyd Memorial Christian Church
H. Isaiah Smith
Fred O. Blue
The
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Atty
Clarence W. Meadowe
Clagg
Strother A. Campbell
Garland Moran
Mr. Blue
Robert BE. Lee
Mesdames Strother A. Campbell
William ©. Ziebold
John Wade
D. P. Weaver
Paul Londeree
R. B. Clements
Charlotte
N.C
Elkview Church of Christ
van Miner
Miss Cannady
Fai
L Mae
John C. Flesher
Framient Roane County
Elizabeth J. Mease
Branham Cemetery
Blakeley
Wilbur Af Wheeling
Belle , Dent of
Maiden
Anna Sheft
Samuel Cooper
A. B. Freedman
Anna Sheff
Darst Street
B'nai Jacob Cemetery
Duke Sheff
Milwaukee
Israel Sheff
Ida Bedwinek
Bessie Maseter
Abe
Jacob
Joe Borstein
Ida Nathan
Savannah, Ga
George Valentine Joachim
W. P. Cline
Trinity Lutheran Church
Ruth Hudson
Elk Two Mile
Spring Hill Cemetery
John F. King
Whitesville
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Lookout
Lida King
Thomas
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Elsie Donley
Marfork
Ella Henderson
Red Dragon
Kathleen
Hetty King
Osborne L. Liggins
Tyree
Harden and Harden
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Malden
Spring Hill
William Morris
First Bays
Laing
J. C. Young
Light Hill
William Colopy Ees
William Colopy
Fast Bank
Fe. m
Coulburg
Father Lawwence Gallagher
Coulbure
Stanley Farr
Oak
Hill
Hightown Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Los. Tyler
Ma Farr
England
Methodist Church
Fann Farr
Ambrose Bowyer
Stanley Farr, Jr
Lionel Farr
Chicago
Phebe Ann Walker
Ernest Newman
George's Creek
Malden Baptist Church
J. W. Romine
Bartlett and Wynns
Belle
Newman
Zack and
Shirkey
Matthew
Plan
Josephine R. Taylor
John Blizzard
Church of God
South Charleston
Joseph Owen Draper
Scott Depot
Huntington
Lawrence Cemetery
Bart. Jett Ynortuary
St. Albana
Cora Draper
Owen
Montgomery
Hugh
Nitro
P. B. Draper
C. L. Draper
Martaneville
Bertie Coleman
Mary Burton
Mannie Becheler
Chancler
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
St. Albans
Alice Caudle
Isaac
Francis
Ona
Willard
Rosa McCallister
Midkiff
Edward Hichardson
Scott
Rhoda Hannon
Dalton Caudle
Mud
Myra Thompson
Martesia Caudle
Able Caudle
Linscoln County
Stanley Cemetery
Boone County
Bartlett Mortuary
Edward Jackson
Carbondale Baptist Church
Carbondale
Mark Farren
Burlay
Dunn Cemetery
Emma Barrett
Emma Harrett
Lennie Burnette
Cannelion
L. W. Whittington
B. C. Hooper
Gernet Estep
Carrie Rote
Glen W. Barrett
Fort Clayton
Canal Zone
Penama
Lewis Smith
Anna Myers
Cannelton
Renie Hess
Kimberley
Jen Kutless
Standard
Alberts C. Moore
Alberta C. Moore
Lock Six Road
Dunbar
Yefternoon
Misa
Carolyn Moore
J. William Moore
Filizabeth Conker
Bert.e. Hudson
Lack Six Road
Mays Mortuary Chapel
Herman F.idones
Dunbar Memorial Park
John Frederick King
W. T.bood
Mantconi
Edmond
Lydia King
Elsie Dooley
Marfark
Vella Hen Gersoof
Kuhn Construction Company
State Liquor Control Commission
Commission
Broad Street
William Caudle
McAdams Monument Co
Alderson St. Thone
Giennes
Guaran
Patrick
Bridam City
Umits
West Va
Albans
Spring Lou
Rick
Warns
Coat Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
S. Charleston News
Mrs. Carter
A. W. Rummel
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Coca-Cola
General Electric
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