Board Says In Stoppage Verdant
Washington June 26 The fact finding board under Taft Hartley says a national emergency threat from a bituminous mine shutdown has been averted by John S Lewis agreement with independent operators The report notes 65 percent of national output covered and no major crisis due to captive mining companies and union shop terms The president pleased with the settlement and the miners union owners signaled willingness to implement provisions except compulsory union membership The anti climax report concludes with a note on proposed contracts and labor relations act constraints
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Truman
John S. Lewis
Cole
Ipa
Betty Attaghedk
Labor “Management Relations Act
Nazi Relations Board
Genues
Conaway Rites Sunday Afternoon At Fairmont Home
Solemn last rites for Mrs. Zella Conaway will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at her Fairmont residence 600 Benoni avenue with Rev John Hollis ter of the Central Methodist church officiating. Pallbearers include Dr. Charles Zumbrunnen Robert Conaway Donald Conaway Camden Conaway Edwin Snodgrass Charles Conaway John Conaway Lucas Harold Bendendarfer and Frank Fleming. Mrs. Conaway died Thursday at Grafton City hospital. Surviving children are Mrs. T. M. Zumbrunnen Mrs. G. H. A. Kunst Mrs. J. G. Lucas Donald Conaway and Charles C. Conaway. A brother J. O. Atha of Akron Ohio also survives. There are 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Zella Conaway
G. H. A. Eunst
Grafton
Benoni Avenue
Fairmont
John Hollister
Central Metholist Church
Charles, Zumbrunnen
Robert Conaway
Donald Conaway
Camden Conaway
Edwin Snodgrass
Charles Conaway
John Conaway Lucas
Harold Debendarfer
Frank Fleming
Fireworks to Crown Tygart Lake Day at Grafton
Fire department volunteers stage a large Fourth of July show at Tygart Lake near Grafton. Boat races will air on WMN and a dusk lake parade is planned with boats decorated and lighted. Volunteers sell event tags to fund the display as Dina Barker chairs the firemen committee. Nancy Sue Lusher, 7, of Midkiff, was killed when she ran into a road near her grandfather and was hit by a car.
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Tygart
Lake Development Corpor
Ation’s
Dina Barker
Firemen’s
Leo Faust
Grafton
Tygart Lake
Fairmont
WMMN
Hamlin
Nancy Sue Lusher
Midkiff
Lincoln
County
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Card of Thanks for kindness during bereavement
The family expresses sincere appreciation to friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy. Thanks are extended to Dr. Paul Warden nurses Bartlett Funeral Home and the many friends who sent cards and flowers during the illness of their loved one. Rev and Mrs Warner T Gifford and family.
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Paul Warden
Bartlett Funeral Home
Russell, Ky May Become World's Largest Terminal
Huntington June 26 The Advertiser reports Chesapeake and Ohio Railway directors may approve expanding Russell Kentucky yards into the world’s largest single freight terminal at an estimated cost possibly two million dollars. Dr A B Kelley of Parkersburg, former Baptist executive secretary, leads Sunday worship at Harmony Grove Baptist Church with Rev Gainor of Clarksburg delivering the evening sermon.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Russell, Ky
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Clarksburg
Poormaar Calls For Welfare Fund In United Mine Workers Strike
The United Mine Workers press for a $100 million yearly welfare and pension fund while steel industry captive mines did not sign. A United Steelworkers agreement grants 11 to 16 cent hourly boosts for 10,000 CIO workers at Alcoa plants in Alcoa Tennessee New Kensington Pennsylvania Edgewater New Jersey Mobile Alabama Baden North Carolina Detroit Richmond Indiana Bridgeport Connecticut and Bauxite Arkansas.
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Steel Industry
United Steelworkers
Alcoa
Tenn
New Kensington
Funeral services for Harrywell to be held tomorrow
Beckley reports funeral rites for Harrywell 66, longtime foreman with the Peake and Ohio Railroad. The obituary notes his forty-year career and retirement four years ago, and includes a whimsical comparison about digging a tunnel thirty-seven miles long to fit his workload.
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Rauwlroader
Beckley
Harryight
Harrywell
General Forembly
peasa/ peake and Ohio Railroad
Thurmond
Firemen Sponsor Carnival Here All Next Week
The Grafton Volunteer Fire department announces a charity carnival at the old fair grounds for the next week, featuring Jones' Greater Shows with 10 rides and 30 booths. Admission to the grounds is free, and a fireworks display will highlight the event as the department builds its equipment fund toward a new fire truck delivery expected this fall.
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Grafton
Old Fair Grounds
Air Show Grounds
Graftoh Volunteer Fire Department
REVERCOMB Named Junior Vice Commander at VFW Encampment
James R. Davis of Williamson was the retiring department commander. Meuse Argonne Post 573 of Clarksburg received a plaque at the encampment banquet for starting the first VFW Model Aviation program 22 years ago, now a national project. The plaque was given to Post Commander William Mingley with Hudson Hyatt of Cleveland, the national judge advocate general.
U S Patent Office Issues Around Two Million Patents
The U S patent office has issued about two million patents. The typical patent life is seventeen years. An African Black porcupine defends itself by charging enemies in reverse.
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U. S. Patent Office
Beyond Our Own to be shown at U B Church
A religious film Beyond Our Own will be shown at 8 p m worship at Evangelical United Brethren Church tomorrow night announced by Rev Harry Eckels. The film blends Hollywood technical skill with a lens message to convey eternal truths and align with the 1947-48 mission study theme World-wide Evangelism.
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BNE Pum Comscinei
Eckeis
Dr W Richard Stevens Returned to Jail in Murder Case
Dr W Richard Stevens a 36 year old Bartley physician charged with murder in his wife s shooting was returned to the McDowell county Jail after Judge Thomas F Henritze denied his bond request and ordered him held for grand jury action The article also notes speculation about underwater oil deposits and oil wells in California tidelands and deep water off Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico.
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United States
California
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
VFW Encampment Elects Officers at Bluefield Session
In Bluefield the 27th annual state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars plans officer elections and adjournment today. Senator Revercomb of West Virginia was slated to speak as Maj Gen Robert B. McLure of Fort Meade warned that future wars will need a balanced land sea and air force and that machine warfare will not be feasible for at least 50 years.
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Bluefield
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Revercomb
R.-W.va
Army
Robert B. McLure
Fort Meade
Second Army
Delegates Back World War II Veterans Bonus Plan
Yesterday delegates adopted a resolution urging a cash bonus for West Virginia World War II veterans. They rejected a proposal benefiting women veterans who are now eligible for the same relief.
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West Virginia
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