Pursglove Buys Large Coal Tract In West Virginia
Clarkburg dispatch reports W S Pursglove Coal Co announces leasing 3800 acres and outright purchase of two coal firms. President W L Pursglove says the Ewing property holds about 30 million tons of high quality Pittsburgh seam coal and is the largest undeveloped tract in the area, expanding control between Baltimore and beyond.
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Clarksburg
W. S. Pursglove Coal Co
W. L. Pursglove
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and
First Day of Summer Brings 92 Degree Heat in Charleston
Mercury hit 92 degrees from 4 to 5 p m marking the summer start in Charleston. By 9 p m the temperature fell to 7 degrees. Ohio railroad main line at Wolf Summit and its short line at Dola are noted. Pursgrove Co plans a Dola mine capable of 500 000 tons per year and has acquired Car ter Run Coal Co Morgantown and H and D Coal Co. The company now runs four tipples and two deep mines with additional strip mining operations.
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Ohio Railroad
Wolf Summit
Dola
Pursglove
Carter Run Coal Co
Morgantown
H. and D. Coal Co
Pursgrove Company
Jewish Factions Split and Irgun Political Move
Irgun warned it would not surrender to UN truce terms for Jerusalem. On June 15 it announced formation of the Jewish Freedom Movement, a political party in Israel while maintaining underground military status elsewhere. Charles Lively attends the American Medical Association convention in Chicago.
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Irgun
Jerusalem
Folke Sernadotte
U.N
Jewish Freedom Movement
Israel
Local Youth Contemplates College Path and Draft Views
Profiles of South Charleston youths weighing college plans and draft timing. Eugene Combs, soon 18, plans Xavier University in Cincinnati after high school at Stonewall Jackson High. Robert Linkenhaker, 13 years from South Charleston, ponders enlisting after high school while pursuing Morris Harvey College studies. Dr. Wallace McPherson Alston elected Agnes Scott College VP with plan to become president in 1951.
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Bob
Xaviersniversity
Cincinnati
Eugene Combs
Combs
South Charleston
Stonewall Jackson High School
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Gene
Robert A. Linkenhaker
Morris Harvey College
South Charleston Highi School
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Carbide, and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Wallace McPherson Alston
Charleston
Agnes Scott College
Atlanta
Alston
Aston
First Presbyterian Church
Druids Hill Presbyterian Church
Decatur
Emory Universy
Union Theologically
Richmond, Va
Petroleum Men Called To Greenbrier Session
West Virginia Petroleum Assoc meetings gather state executive committee and Greenbrier county group in Greenbrier county this week. The executive committee, chaired by Ralph Lowe of Eli Refining Co., will meet at Greenbrier hotel with a morning session and golf in the afternoon to discuss proposed state legislation. About 50 members and wives attend. Farley to give an illustrated talk on Organization. Edward Leary will speak for the American Petroleum Association. Greenbrier County meeting slated for Lewisburg Community House at 8 p.m. with about fifty residents expected.
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West Virginia Petroleum Assoc
Francis C. Farley
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Ralph Lowe
Eli Refining Co
Lewisburg
M. Farley
Edward Leary
Bhese
American Petroleum Association
Draft opinions split among teens and students
Pat Casey of Marmet, 19, opposes peacetime conscription and suggests National Guard training instead. Hobart McComas, 18, Dunbar, supports the draft, expecting Army life to bring training and pay. Tom Wilson, 20, Hampden-Sydney junior, favors a year of military training while allowing college completion.
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Pat Casey
John Casey
Marmet
Catholic High
Pat
National Guard
Hobart McComas
Fletther
Dunbar
Dunbar High School
Ollie McComas
Hobart
Tom Wilson
Tremont St
Hampden-Sydney College
Virginia
Allie
Socialist Thomas at Taft reception stirs reporters crowd
Socialist presidential candidate Thomas arrives at a union league reception as reporters, photographers, and radio crews circle him. Sen Robert A Taft attends belatedly and chats with Thomas while old Republicans show muttered displeasure. Nero nearby eyeing the scene with a concave emerald.
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Socialist
Union League
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Amity
Nero
Four power talks on Berlin and currency in zone clashes
Marshal Sokolovsky declares Berlin in the Russian zone and letters to Western commanders push for a four power conference on currency and trade following reforms. General Clay suspends US freight to Berlin rather than permit Russian cargo inspection. Also reports a Charleston hospital admission for Georgia Hippert with back wounds from an ice pick and Mary Killingworth’s arrest for felonious assault.
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Germany
Marshal Sokolovsky
Berlin
Robertson
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Lucius D. Clay
Sokolovsky
Allied Control Council
Clay
U. S
Charleston General Hospital
Georgia Lee Hippert
Welch St
Mary Killingworth
Sam Rodoff
Hip
Preliminary drafting panel to shape party platform
Congress calls continued from Pete as Sen. Luces and Rep. Rayburn head a 2 member drafting committee to draft platform planks. Hearings begin in Philadelphia on July 7. GOP leaders spread rumor of a presidential call back, which administration quarters deny. A Bolivar dedication for Simon Bolivar is planned for July 4 in Missouri.
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Sen. Luces
Ill
Rep. Rayburn
Tex
House
Rep. McCormack
Mass
Philadelphia
Congress
GOP
Sen
Johnson
D-Colo
Senate
Froman Plans Rest Before Democratic Convention
Mr. Froman is expected to travel to his home in Independence Missouri for a few days of rest prior to attending the Democratic convention.
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Froman
Indépendence
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