Proposals Scanned in Coal Negotiations at Bluefield
John L. Lewis and Southern Coal Operators discussed a new post June 30 contract. Operators push to end memorial shutdowns. UMW officials hint pensions might be dropped and royalties limited to injured or killed miners. A federal mine safety bill is pending in Congress as talks proceed.
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Bluefield
W. Ve
John L. Lewis
Southern
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
John Owens
Owens
Joseph E Moody
SCPA
Women's Club Adamstown Homemakers Meet
Adamstown Homemaker's Club held a covered dish supper for members families and friends on Thursday at the Adamstown community grounds. The gathering included many named members and guests. The club adjourned to meet again September 7 at Mrs Elmer Michael's home. New Market Club met at the Home For The Aged with 20 members and guests present. Mrs Lucian Falconer presided and devotions led by Mrs Harry L Davis. Secretary changes noted as Mrs Ralph Grunder resigning. Mrs Jack McGolerick named new secretary.
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Adamstown Club
Adamstown
Robert de Rose
Eric Biser
Wm. Brosius
Joseph Carey
Eva Carlin
Helen Cordell
Mary de Rose
Lawrence Fry
Arthur Fouch
Clark Gibson
Wm. Gaver
James Houff
Anthony Main
E.irene Morris
Wilbur Myers
Robert Pryor
Elmer Michael
Walter Page
Betty Michael Remsberg
Frances Shores
Palmer Snook
Myrtle Stoneburner
Nellie Specht
Edgar L. Thomas
Catherine Thomas
Harry Thomas
Evelyn Thomas
Charles Walter
Wm. Yingling
Biser
New Market Club
New Market Homemaker's Club
Home For
Lucian Falconer
Harry L. Davis
Jacob Shawbaker
Ralph Grunder
Jack McGolerick
Jessie Shawbaker
Norman Lease
Harry
Truman nominates Gordon Gray as Army secretary
President Truman named Gordon Gray, the acting Under Secretary and a former North Carolina lawyer, to be Secretary of the Army. Gray, born 1909 in Baltimore, has served as interim head since Kenneth Royall’s resignation on April 27 after a career in the War Department and a three year Army stint ending as a captain in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Buck
Gordon Gray
North Carolina
Kenneth C. Royall
Gray
Baltimore
12Th Army Group
Europe
Senate
White House
Johnson
Curtis E. Calder
New York
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Will
Family Fun Demonstration At Local Home Club
Tuner and Mrs Emory Purdum hosted a social at the home with Mrs Kefauver as matron and Mrs Frank Maynard as guest. Mrs Wilam H Browning organized the event titled Family Fun. Mix Mary McGolerie presented two readings The Master Comes To The City and The Serenade. Mrs Browning read Home Demonstration Agent and Grandmas Bonnet. Mrs Clifford Watkins Jr led singing Jengen Foster's Old Black Joe. A guessing game pleased all, with Mrs Fox winning first prize. The table showed cut flowers and a candelabra. Mrs Eimble chaired the punch bowl with Mrs Grinder and Mrs Browning assisting. The club adjourned to meet September 2 at Mrs William Browning's home.
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Jengen Foster
Tunnel Found Under Cell Of Boston Life-Termer
Boston June 7 A state prison lifer Walter Perry 43 was placed in solitary after guards found a tunnel digging setup in his ground floor cell a plaster head model and 44 feet of escape gear including pickaxes hammers pipes and a drill The head hair made from prison mattress fibers suggested Perry planned to hide his work by placing the model head in his cot as the escape neared
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Boston
John J. O'Brien
Walter Perry
Perry
Sealise
Hyattstown Firemen Decline Special Tax Plan
Hyattstown, a small Montgomery County volunteer fire company, will not use the new county charter provision allowing them to levy a tax. The decision stops short of pursuing a special tax and keeps the department funded by other means.
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W. L. Burdette
Clarksburg
Hyattstown
Montgomery County
Hyattstown Volunteer Fire Co
Darkness To Dawn In Africa Program Notes
Monroe Thomas chaired the event In The Light That Shined In The Darkness with Miss Jeanne Thor as soloist. A social hour and refreshments followed in the social room.
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