State UMW Committee Weighs Merits of Candidates for Office
The United Mine Workers committee in West Virginia scrutinized candidates for federal and state offices, selecting those they deem capable and fair minded. It will not disclose names publicly yet but will inform members promptly, citing over 200000 eligible voters among union members and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. ‘Tiller
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
C. Fremont Davs
UMWA
Titler
William Blizzard
United Minement
C. Townsend
UMW
Mus
John L. Lewis
Easy Half Hour Supper After July Picnic
After a big Fourth of July picnic dinner you may want a quick supper. This simple dish can be ready in 30 minutes. Rub a ring mold with shortening fill with corned beef bake then turn out onto a warm dish and serve with a margarine butter sauce.
Fourth of July picnic prep with eggs corn and drinks
Plan a holiday spread with deviled eggs from Clear Brook Eggs and corned beef hash. Butter or margarine is melted in a cake pan for corn, served with chilled tomatoes and milk or iced tea. Finish with black cows root beer sodas to please the youngsters.
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Wilson's
U S Stars Still In Tennis Meet
U S seeded stars remained in the national clay court tennis championship with 16 entering the third round. Top seed Rank Parker of Los Angeles and defending champion Billy Talbert of Wilmington, Del., led the field as most players advanced in straight sets. Only Seymour Greenberg of Chicago and Bernard Barizen of San Angelo needed more than two sets.
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Associated Press
Seymour Greenberg
Chicago
Bernard Barizen
San Angelo
Tex
State Suffers From Increases
West Virginia faces higher costs as wartime price controls linger. In Clarksburg, cattle deliveries and restaurant menus hint at rising prices while merchants report pressure from labor costs. Renters faced notices to pay higher rents or face eviction as landlords act amid unsettled OPA policy.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Harry Kinnaird
Harrison County Retail Grocers Association
Washington
OPA
Woodlawn Avenue Home Purchased For 17000
A brick residence on Woodlawn Avenue once occupied by Sara Abrams is now owned by Tom Thabit after a deed filing in the county clerk’s office showing a purchase from Equitable Holding Company for about 17000. Additional deeds list several property transfers in Beckley and surrounding areas with prices ranging from about 500 to 1500. A separate note mentions price controls on staple goods and a Charleston baker’s secretary commenting on possible bread price rises, plus a drowning incident of Harold Rether sford and a rescue search ongoing at Black Falls.
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Woodlawn Avenue
Sara Abrams
Tom Thabit
Equitable Holding Company
Beckley
Martha D. Farley
Frank Pierson
Pine Tavern
Shady Spring
Lillybrook Land Company
Laney FE
Cora B. Graham
Crab Orchard
Eva L
H. N. Meade
R. R
Edna J. Hughes
Midway
Grover M
Grace White
William H
Sarah Brown
Mary J
John F. Meadows
Roy W. Okes
Raleigh County
J. Q
Sadie Stover
Effie Spade
Fairlawn
Miss Titus Elected NEA Classroom Teachers Head
Miss Mary Titus of Huntington was named president of the department of classroom teachers by the National Education Association at the convention in Buffalo. Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Ntus
Associated Press
Buefalo
N.Y
National Education Association
Mary Titus
Huntington
Department of Classroom Teachers
NEA
Sinclair Lewis
Doan’s Pills for Kidney Relief Advised
Readers learn tired kidneys may cause backache rheumatism and fatigue and are advised to ask a druggist for Doan’s Pills a stimulant diuretic used for over 40 years to flush out poisons and improve kidney function.
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Doan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilson’s Weekly
Food and Nutrition
AON RT OA
George Rector
Ati
U. S
Olin C. Wutter
Cabell County Schools
Twoerms
Board of Education
O.P.A
Neville Street
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tokyo
Matsuoka
Squiet Union
International
Orren L. Jones
West Virginia Bakers Association
O. M. Young
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Grafton
Harold Rethersford
Graflton
Tygart
Black Falls
Valley Falls
Fairmont
Eliza Mahone
Kyle R
Virginia Cole
Lilly Land Company
A. M
Fldora Brooks
Beckley Court
James W
Shreasly
Shrewsbury
Coal City
Little Beaver Creek
G. C
Ethel M. Hedrick
J.C
Dorothy Ruth Gingrich
Hedrick-Walker-Carter
W. R
Ina Hunt
Welse
Ruby Brammer
Beaver
Shady Spring District
Narcissus E
L. W. Welch
Leonard Warren Webb
Coal Creek
Marsh Fork
Joe E
Coar IL
Maye
Albert R
Betty J. O'Dell
Ray Hair
Berence
National
E. M. Payne Company
Main St. Beckley W. Va
Moscow
Earl Browder
LaGuardia
New York
Moscovy
Browder
Somerset Maugham
Marscott Hill
Mabscott
Hill Markei
Corporal
P. O
East Wow
U. S. Army
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