Lillybrook Company Challenges NLRB Authority in Dispute
Lillybrook Coal company stores testified before a trial examiner to argue intrastate retail activity and no interstate commerce, aiming to limit NLRB jurisdiction. The U C W advocates for bargaining rights while Lillybrook asserts store operations link only loosely to mine operations and exclude store workers from the union dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillybrook Coal Company
National Labor Relations Board
E. S. Pugh
Enal Company
At & Pom
Melton Boyd
DR. B
Coal Company
Pugh
Beckley
National Labor Relationss Board
Herbert Fawcett
K. D. Bowers
Luke Brett
U C. W
Brett
Coal Operators
Coal Comptnxes
West Virginia
Huntington
Bluefield
Logan
New River Coal Company
United Mine Workers, District 29
Winding Gulf Operator’s Association
D. M. Stamper
District 29
Kvight
Beckley College Second Term Opens This Summer
Beckley college summer school’s second term begins Monday July 17 under Dr. G F Hartman and Miss Topsy O Dell. Students report nine to ten AM for registration in the main building. The six week session runs to August 25 offering commercial courses and arts and sciences including engineering and pre medicine tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
G. F. Hartman
Topsy O'Dell
Suormer
Black Market Gas Tickets Targeted by Raleigh County War Council
George B. Chambers leads Raleigh county petroleum industry war council to curb counterfeit and stolen gasoline ration stamps. The effort includes public notices, dealer audits, and police involvement after reports of rolls of T OC and A stamps offered to local dealers. The campaign cut ethyl gasoline deliveries by 10 percent and aims to collect stamps with strict enforcement to protect military reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Petroleum Industry War Council
George B. Chambers
Beckley
Chambers
Raleigh
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Petroleum War Council
OPA
Renre
Council
Raleigh County
Eccles Sailor Placed in Jail
Ernest Stapleton of Eccles was jailed in Raleigh county as a navy straggler, reported by Night Jailor Boyd Hutchinson. Raymond Williams of Beckley, a Black man, also jailed on a charge of non support. warrant issued by Justice of the Peace J. P. Mead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Stapleton
Eccles
Raleieh County
Navy
Boyd Hutchinson
Raymond Williams
Beckley
Justice of the Peace
J. P. Mead
Boy Scout Camps Announced for Raleigh and Kanawha Counties
A large number of youths from Raleigh County plan to attend Camp Walhende in Kanawha County. Camp Walhende opens July 26. After closing a five day period at Camp Wilderness near Beaver starts August 18. Camp Wilderness can accommodate around 100 boys with a new director William Arnold. Dam and boats added, buildings repaired. Contact Patterson Peery at Boy Scout Headquarters Beckley to attend. SEEKS DIVORCE Effie Walker sues Oscar L Walker for divorce per circuit clerk notice by Hutchinson and Trail yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Camp Walhende
Kanawha County
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Wilderness
Beaver
William Arnold
Camp
Wilderness
Patterson Peery
C O Boy Scout Headquarters
Beckley
Effie Walker
Oscar L. , Walker
Circuit Clerk's Office
Hutchinson and Trail
Plaitati
Judge Upholds Esquire Ruling in Second Class Mail Case
District Judge T. W. Davidson refused to overturn Postmaster General Walker's reclassification of Esquire magazine's second class mailing permit. The ruling, not addressing editorial content, calls the action not arbitrary and may impact other periodicals considered imitators. Esquire faces about 500000 dollars yearly in lost mail rates if the decision stands and plans to appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
T. W. Davidson
Walker
Esquire Magazine
Davidson
Esquire
Normandy gains described as definite and concrete
The campaign in Normandy is deemed advancing with definite gains five weeks in. Allies landed with low casualties, established a beachhead, seized Cherbourg, built a base for operations, and inflicted heavy enemy losses including thousands captured. Local fighting continues with Allied air and firepower maintaining initiative amid weather delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Frye
Associated Press
Washington
Normandy
Bernard 1
Contentin
Cherbourg
Caen
Carentan
Anwrigans
Demos Arriving For Vice Presidential Battle In Chicago
Democratic leaders arrive for the vice presidential contest at the Chicago convention with Robert E Hannegan James M Barnes and Jonathan Daniels among the arrivals. They foresee a wide open race with a renomination of President Roosevelt and a possible Wallace preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demos
Chicago
Associated Press
Robert E Hannegan
Roosevelt
James M. Barnes
Jonathan Daniels
White House
Hannegan
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ickes
Minois
Jones
Wickard
Perkins
Biddle
Walker
Pennsylvania
Claude Pepper
Florida
Tepper
Wallace
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Hatch
Barnes
Illinois
Daniels
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Platform
South
Hoe
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Stevens Hotel
Monroe Redden
Clyde Hoey
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Sherman Hotel
J. G. Cramer
Harald Young
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Harry Truman
Missouri
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
James F
Byyes
Missing in Action Lt Dario Pitotti Reported
Second Lieutenant Dario Pitotti, brother of Ida Pitotti of Glen White, is reported missing in the Mediterranean theater by the War Department. Pitotti was among ten Illinois area personnel listed as missing in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dario Pitottti
Ida Pitotti
Glen White
War Department
Pitotti
Mediterranean
Licenses Net $6,544 In June
Raleigh county business men obtained 197 state licenses in June with $6,544 in state revenue and $383.50 in clerks fees. Deputy warns only two weeks remain before a 10 percent penalty is added, with July 31 bringing another 10 percent per delinquent month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Benedum Sees Bright Future on 75th Birthday
Oil magnate Michael L. Benedum, in Pittsburgh, celebrates his 75th birthday at a luncheon with friends and associates. Roosevelt pens a bound greeting while a nurse from Bridgeport recalls his childhood care. Benedum’s work includes new oil wells in the Arctic, Florida, and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Michael L. Benedum
America
Benedum Trees
Benedum
Roosevelt
Judy Taylor
Bridgeport
W. Va
Pearl Harbor
Arctic
Florida
West Virginia
Civilian Worker Parachutes From B 29 During Flight
Joseph Claymore a 38 year old civilian flight engineer with the Oklahoma City air service command parachuted to safety after being accidentally thrown from a B 29 Superfortress during a routine high altitude flight near Enid Oklahoma. He recalled parachute instructions and delayed pulling the ripcord until air quality was adequate. He lies in Enid army air field hospital with minor injuries and plans to return home to California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Joseph
Claymore
Oklahoma City Air Service Command
Enid
Oklo
Enid Army Air Field Hospital
California
Army Flier Given Life For Murder In Ground Skimming Attack
Second Lt. Howard E. Stittsworth 21, of Lakefield Kansas, was sentenced to life with hard labor by a court martial board for murder and other counts after decapitating motorist Earl W. Nepple of Los Angeles with the wing tip of a ground skimming trainer near Wittmann Arizona on June 22. Second Lt. Dean C. Findingsland, 23, Grand Forks North Dakota, was convicted of violating flying regulations and faced dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Marana Field
Ariz
Howard E. Stittsworth
Lake Field
Stittsworth
Wakefield
Kans
Wittmann
Earl W. Nepple
Los Angeles
Dean C
Fand
Grand Forks
N. D
War costs near billion in June
War spending reached a monthly peak of 7.937 billion dollars in June, up 39 million from May. The average daily outlay was 306 million, making June the second month above 300 million per day. Through June, defense program expenditures since July 1, 1940 total 199.9 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
War Production Board
Spinach and Greens Cleanse With Warm Water Rinse
For cleaner greens and a smoother taste wash spinach watercress lettuce and other greens in slightly warm water to reduce grit and bitter notes while preserving crisp texture.
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Lillybrook Company
NLRB
Kilgore
U. S
Anna Mae Mitchell
Martinsburg
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
Miss Mitchell
Mamie Mitchell
Sibley Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Washington, D. C
Eccles Sailor
Ons
Vicke
C. C. Mullhern
B. MM
Weaver
Chamb
John Y. Morgan
Stover
Cunningham
JD. Duvall
Ralph K. Davies
Postroleumn
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Fred
McMurray
Barbara
Stanwyck
Edward G. Robinson
LIFE
THE
Italy
U. & 15Th Air Force
Germany
Army Air Forces
International Soundphoto
Sweet
Heart
Charles Hoe
Josep
HC Ag
Moms
May
Whitty
Tangela Lansbury
Barbara Everest
Saa
Braise
Louis the Fourteenth
A. Ig
First Baptist Church Services
WLS
Europe
Alvin J. Cook
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