Southern Democrats Balance Power In Labor Law Vote
Southern Democrats appear to hold a balance of power in a Senate fight over Taft Hartley. Republicans claim about 14 southern Democrats will join 38 Republicans to preserve most provisions, while Democratic leader Lucas calls the GOP claim propaganda. The Labor Committee behind schedule continues hearings on the Truman labor bill.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Lucas
Wilingis
Senate Labor Committee
Truman
Taft- Hartley
Tnions
Senate Committee
Democrats
House of Representatives
Congress
America
Democra
Five Men Enlist For Army Duties In Local Recruiting
Five men from Princeton area enlist in the local Army and Air Force Recruiting station. George A. Smith joins the Army Air Force for three years and reports to Lackland Air Base in San Antonio Texas. Woodrow Kahler Howard W. Napper and Charles A. Kade enlist for three years and are assigned to the 3rd Armored Division at Fort Knox Kentucky. Cloyd A. Gardner, a Negro from Princeton, enlists for three years in the regular army and is sent to Fort Dix New Jersey.
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Register
Princeton
Air Force
George A. Smith
Army Air Force
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Texas
Woodrow Kahler
Howard W. Napper
Charles A. Kade
McComas
3Rd Armored Division
Ft. Knox
Cloyd A. Gardner
Fort Dix
N. J
Coal tonnage figures drop at Virginian Railroad
Virginian Railroad hauled about 13 percent less coal in January than a year earlier. January 1949 output was 1,287,246 tons versus 1,484,265 tons in January 1948, a drop of 197,020 tons.
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Register
Princeton
Virginian Railroad
Berkley Mills
Paughter
Ralph Hickman
Kopperston
Memorial Hospital
Blizzard Slashing Storms Halt Western Transport
The renewed blizzard and high Wyoming winds froze highways and rails, trapping a 36 passenger Burlington Lines bus 42 miles west of Casper and marooning 14 truckloads of hay near the city. A Pacific Ocean storm also hit Washington Oregon and northern California while four Nebraska counties were added to the emergency area. Three deaths in Missouri Idaho and Oregon were attributed to the weather.
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Wyoming
Burlington Lines
Casper
Wyo
Pacific Ocean
Washington
Oregon
California
Lower Lakes
Ohio Valley
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Fifth Army‘ 1
Missouri
Idaho
Union Organizer Held After Lynch Fatal Shooting
HARLAN KY A union labor organizer is in custody at a hospital after a shooting in Lynch Kentucky that left Officer John Yelenski dead and Patrolman Harry Carroll badly wounded. Lawrence Pennington of Clover Fork Kentucky, organizer for the United Construction Workers Union, is held under guard with no charges yet filed. Police Chief John Greenlee says Pennington fired on officers as a crowd of about 35 men gathered outside a company store to talk to employees quitting work.
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Associated Press
Harlan
Lynch
John Greenlee
Rman
Lawrence Pennington
Clover Fork
United Construction Workers Union
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Greenlee
John Yelonosko
Harry Carroll
Sle
Carroll
Pennington
Yelenski
60 Year Pin Presented to Fredeking by Local Engineers
S O Fredeking to receive first 60 year pin from Hinton Division 101, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Frank A Cundiff and W L Burk will present, honoring a career starting in 1880 as car repairman and 1886 as an engineer. Fredeking, age 84, long resident of Hinton, retired in 1934 after a life in railroad service. Robert L Morrison to receive 40 year pin, youngest ever from local division, aged 65.
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Register Star
Hinton
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
S. O. Fredeking
Frank A A. Cundiff
W. L. Burk
Robert L. Morrison
Morrison
Fredeking
New River
Uncle Oil
Histon
Miller Purchases Davis Interest in Maytag Store
Marvin Miller longtime Virginian Maytag Store manager in Princeton has bought L. C. Davis’s stake. The Miller Maytag Company will run from Mercer and Bee Streets, keep the Maytag line, and Davis will continue operating his Bluefield and Welch stores.
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Register
Princeton
Marvin Miller
L. C. Davis
Miller Maytag Company
Davis
Bluefield
Welch
Mercer F and
Bee Streets
Deputies to Aid In Filing Returns
Bluefield internal revenue deputy collector H R McNeer says deputies will visit Arista on February 15 to help with income tax returns. They will then go to Lamar on February 16 and McComas on February 17 at the American Coal Company office. The Bluefield Law and Commerce Building office will be open February 11 and March 1 15 from 9 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm.
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Register
Princeton
H. R. McNeer
Internal Revenue
Bluefield
Department
Arista
Lamar
McComas
American Coal Company
Law and Commerce
2000 Damage Suit Filed in Mercer Circuit Court
Princeton report notes a $2,000 damage suit filed by John Watkins against A. C. Wilson doing business as the A. C. Wilson Construction Company. The docket lists multiple additional suits in various courts including chancery and trespass actions involving numerous plaintiffs and defendants.
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Register
Princeton
Mercer
John Watkins
A. C. Wilson
A. C. Wilson Construction Company
Ralph Sparks
H. G. Frazier
B.C. Gibbs
Fred W. Smith
Ajax T. Smith
Anne A. Smith
James BR. Perkey
H. G. Meador
May J. Davis
Marcy Hylton
A. W. Saunders
Carrie H. Saunders
Charles Dudley
Caloris Dudley
R. C. Mills
Iona Millis
Linnie Marie Gore
William B. Gore
City of Bluefield
Luther McKinney
Ewskin McKinney
Clark
Regina Clark
Helen Louise Wood
James Waller Wood
Iris
Births at Memorial Hospital Highlight Two Princeton Athens Families
Robert Walthall of Princeton announces the birth of a son at Memorial Hospital on January 29. L Barkers of Athens Star Route announce the birth of a son at Memorial Hospital on January 27.
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Register
Princeton
Robert Walthall
Memorial Hospital
FASTEETH Promises Firmer Dentures With Comfort
FASTEETH is advertised as a pleasant alkaline powder that makes false teeth hold more firmly so eating is more comfortable. A small sprinkle on the denture is claimed to avoid gummy paste like taste and feel, with morning checkout at drug stores.
Norway Seeks U S Backing Over Russian Pact
Norway presses the United States for guidance as Moscow offers a non aggression pact. Oslo papers say Norwegians prefer a Western North Atlantic Alliance with the United States Canada and Western Europe. Halvard Lange met U S officials amid Nordic concerns and Denmark and Sweden plan to seek State Department talks on defense of Scandinavia.
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Associated Press
Oslo
Norway
United States
Canada
Western Europe
Halvard M.lange
Russia
U. S
Acheson
Lange
United Nations
Moscow
State Department
Sweden
Denmark
Scandinavia
Route 10 May Be Completed
State Senator W Broughton Johnson says Route 10 from Matoaka to the Wyoming County line has been studied for completion by the State Road Commission. The Matoaka Springton segment is estimated at 1 500 000 and should be finished before the end of the current administration. The segment to Springton is planned for completion within two years, with Herndon pending funding.
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Princeton
W Broughton Johnson
Matoaka
Wyoming County
State Road Commission
Springton
Herndon
Creomulsion advertised as cough relief remedy
An advertisement urges relief for coughs chest colds and acute bronchitis with Creomulsion claiming it targets the trouble and loosens phlegm while soothing inflamed bronchial membranes. It notes a non narcotic formula uses beechwood creosote with other medicines and offers a money back guarantee if it does not ease the cough aiding sleep.
$30 000 Building Fund Set by Princeton Church
Princeton First Christian Church members aim to raise 30 000 for a new building with 30 groups each seeking 1 000. April 3 is the deadline as 38 000 has been raised but construction costs nearly exhausts it. A copper cornerstone box will list contributors of 101 or more.
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Princeton
First Christian Church
Tottain
State Fire Kills Three Persons Near Grant County Town
A farmhouse fire near a Grant County town killed Mitford Wheeter Cosner, his 22 month old granddaughter Elizabeth Valeria, and Cosner's wife Mahala Rinker Cosner, 64. Mother Juanitha Grace Cosner, 19, and another child perished. Four relatives escaped with non life threatening injuries. Lorenzo Cosner raced to summon help, but the frame house burned to the ground before assistance arrived.
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Bismark
Grant County
Mitford Wheeter Cosner
Hiss
Juanitha Grace Cosner
Bayarat
W. Va
Elizabeth Valeria
Cosner
Mahala Rinker Cosner
Cumberland
Aldal
Lorenzo Cosner
Nine Die Violent Deaths in State
West Virginia suffered at least nine fatalities from various accidents over the weekend. Among the dead were Elkins vicinity plane crash victims James Kelly and Emmett Cook. Other deaths included a Parkersburg area burn victim Mrs. Henrie, Hurricane veteran Jesse Gilfilin, and a car train collision victim Mrs. Mollie Smith plus Mrs. Willis Peal in Kanawha County, with a family fire also reported.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Dwo Elkins
Elkins Country Club
James Kelly
Emmett Cook
James M. Henrie
Parkersburg
Jesse Albert Gilfilin
Eteran
J. F. Keeling
Mollie Smith
Marshall
Baltimore and Ohio
Salem
Willis Peal
Marmet
Kanawha County
Lightning and Thunder Strikes Kanawha Valley
Kanawha Valley residents reported a mid winter thunderstorm last night with lightning and thunder observed before midnight. The weather brief notes hail falling briefly after the storm.
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Kanawha Valley
Associated Press
Charleston
Cardinal Spellman denounces Mindszenty trial altar of protests
Cardinal Francis Spellman in New York denounces the Mindszenty trial as mock and warns the United States faces Red conquest if it ignores lessons of the Hungarian Cardinal's martyrdom. The sermon opens a nationwide day of prayer and protest led by Roman Catholic leaders criticizing persecution of the prisoner.
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Ascviated Press
New York
Francis Cardinal i Spellman
Cardinal Mindszenty
Ion
United States
Cardinal Spellman
John T. McNicholas
Cincinnati
We l Adinistration Board
The
National Catholic Welfare Conferennice
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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