Railroad Idle Crews Grow From Coal Strike
Train crews and shop mechanics on the Piney River branch are idle as coal trains nearly stop. Only four Piney crews worked yesterday while normal 15 daily. Engines idle in Raleigh yards. Hinton division superintendent H T Brown says coal haulage halted apart from sidetrack movements. Brown notes gradual layoffs with no full extent yet. no coal loaded on Piney branch cars.
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C. Tran
Piney River Branch
Piney Branch
Raleigh
H. T. Brown
Hinton
The
Register
Brown
Hundreds laid off by B and O due to coal strike
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad officials report an automatic lay-off of train and engine crews on mine runs because coal shoveling was interrupted by the strike. Maintenance and shop workers remain on duty. Only 752 coal cars were loaded yesterday versus 1,924 on the same day last year.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Beckley Area Men Discharged From Fort Meade Army
Becket area men discharged from the army at Fort Meade Maryland, announced by the fort's public relations office. Names include Sgt Ben Cozort Sabine Cpl Howard R Shrewsbury Monteval Pfc Richard Y Morgan Mount Hope S Sgt John Ovenik Glen Rogers Pfc Harold Eighteen Montgomery Sgt Vergil Joyce Sophia Pfc Theodore Simpkins Avon Terrace Beckley Pfc Ezra F McBridge Bellepoint Sgt Earl H Ailstock HIndons Pfc Cecil Li Blofeld Rupert Pfc Ernest E Hendricks Alder S Sgt Estes AC Nichols Pineville Sgt Oscar Butcher Pineville S Sgt William G Richard Whipple Co Kenneth B O'Brien Ronceverte Pfc William Baldwin Montgomery Pfc Lemons Maxwell Glen Ferris T 5 Thomas C Ballard Lindside.
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Ben Cozort
Sabine
Howard R. Shrewsbury
Monteval
Richard Y. ‘Morgan
Mount’ Hope
John Ovenik
Glen
Rogers
Harold
Montgoméry
Vergil AL Joyce
Sophia
Theodore ‘Simpkins
Avon Terrace
Beck-ley
Ezra
F. ‘McBridge
Bellepoint
Earl-H. Ailstock
Hindons
Cecil Li. Blofeld
Rupert
Ernest E ‘Hendricks
Alder
Estes AC Nichols
Pine- Ville
Oscar Butcher
Pineville
William G. Richard
Whipple, Co
Kenneth
B. O'Brien
Ronceverte
William Baldwin
Montgomery
Lemons Maxwell
Glen Ferris
Thomas C.ballard
Lindside
Kellogg's All-Bran advertised as daily constipation aid
An old promotional ad extols Kellogg's All-Bran as a gentle bulking food to prevent constipation. It claims regular intake with water may reduce duty to laxatives, notes All-Bran is not a purgative, and highlights iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins, and protein in its whole grain cereal. It ends with store availability and manufacture by Kellogg's.
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Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Omaha
Raleigh Principals Attend Bluefield Meeting
Raleigh County high school principals will travel to Bluefield for the annual State High Schools Principals Association meeting. Assistant Superintendent C. D. Munson Jr. will share plans, with A J Gibson and Dr. M J Horsch on the program. The afternoon session includes committee reports and a talk by Rep. Carl Mundt. Local principals listed include Orlin Riff and Claude Worley among others. Saturday the State Athletic Association meets to elect officers.
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Raleigh County
Bluefield
C. D. Munson
A. J. Gibson
M. J. Horsch
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Carl Mundt
South Dakota
Orlin Riff
Clear Fork
C. E. Walker
Mark Twain
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork
T. F. Bartlett
Shady Spring
James L. Hornbeck
Sophia
Sherman Trail
Stoco
George Parker
Trap Hill
G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson
Bryson
Munson
State Athletic Association
Wheat Price Gamble Offered to Farmers Under New Program
The Associated Press reports the government allows farmers to sell wheat now and set a future price under a 90 day plan to move 100 million bushels to famine areas. Farmers choose a date by March 31, 1947. price equals market on that date. Some officials doubt the plan will loosen grain holdouts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Fred Bailey
National Grange
GOP's Selection Of Reece Draws Heavy Criticism
The Associated Press reports President Truman directed reporters to a Baltimore Sun editorial about Carroll Reece as Republican National Chairman. An Owens article labeled Reece's record isolationist, while Reece defended a balanced American foreign policy. Truman noted the Sun editorial and referenced a Loughlin meeting on New York politics.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Baltimore Sun
Carroll Reece
Reece
House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
John W. Owens
Owens
The
Sun
Tennessee
Congress
Balti More Sun
Edward V. Loughlin
New York
Tammany Hall
Mr. Truman
Senator Mead
Dn.y
Pirates List 65 Names for 1946 Roster
The 1946 Pittsburgh Pirates roster lists 65 players with nine in military service but expecting release in time for the National League campaign.
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Pirates
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirate
Two Suits Filed Against Holdren
Two $3,500 damage suits filed against W. D. Holdren former Beckley merchant police man and Hartford Accident and Indemnity company his bondsman. Plaintiffs City of Beckley suing for Ruth Wilson and Joseph Nichol son allege night watchman ejected them from the bus terminal beat and abused them and mistreated them on the way to the County jail spending the night in the elevator. The State Supreme Court Decided City of Beckley lacked authority to appoint privately paid merchant policeman and Holdren argued he was not subject to civil service rules since he was not City paid.
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W. D. Holdren
Beckley
Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company
City of
Ruth Wilson
Joseph Nicholson
State Supreme Court
Raleigh Circuit Court
Holdren
End Near For League Of Nations Final Assembly
London reports the League of Nations will hold its twenty first and final assembly in April marking the end of its formal life. The gathering will seek to seal the story as a two week meeting beginning April 3 and transfer all peace duties to the United Nations. Notable attendees include Viscount Cecil, Jan Masaryk, Phillip Noel Baker, Eelvo van Kleffens, Paul Henri Spaak, Edouard Herriot, Maxim Litvinov, and Leon Blum. The body will declare that remaining members no longer bear covenants and that United Nations bears primary responsibility for peace.
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Associated Press
London
Geneva
League of Nations
League
Britain
Viscount Cecil
Cecil
Woodrow Wilson
Lloyd -George
England
South Africa
United Nations
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovvakia
Phillip Noel-Baker
Eelvo van Kleffens
Holland
Paul Henri Spaak
Belgium
Edouard Herriot
France
Maxim Litvinov
Soviet Union
Leon Blum
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