Rittermine Near Pineville to Open Soon and Expand Mining
A Pineville Independent Herald report details W M Ritter owner E E Ritter official and N B Gurley chief engineer inspecting the Rittermine site near Pineville. Preparations for coal shipping advance as grading and bridge work near completion with rail siding plans and a post office request named Wyoming.
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Rittermine
Pineville
W. M. Ritter
E. E. Ritter
N. B. Gurley
Pineville Independent Herald
James Buchanan
Guyan River
Wm. Ratliff
Washington
Wyoming
Coal Company
Virginian Railway Company
Appalachian Electric Power Company
James Buchanon
W. M. Ritter Company
Buchannon County
Randolph Says Bill Will Pass
Rep. Jennings Randolph told about 7,000 at the Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute that he is confident the coal stabilization legislation before Congress will be enacted. He spoke at the close of a six weeks first aid course with wide state representation, noting the coal business is sick from uncertainty and over regulation. The Guffey bill’s constitutionality was also voiced as a belief by Randolph, who was among several speakers, including N P Rhinehart and A G Matthews. Twenty-seven teams competed in the first aid contest with Koppers Coal and Transportation Co. winning the men’s white team.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Jennings Randolph
Monongahela
Randolph
Guffey
N. P. Rhinehart
State Division of Mines
A. G. Matthews
Frank Miley
Scott's Scrapbook reveals multiple local team results
The Kelly Creek Colliery team placed second and Continental Coal’s black team third. Reedsville girls topped the juvenile meet and Continental Coal’s negro team won the negro competition. Koppers G tied National Fuel in a stretcher drill. Hope Natural Gas won the industrial event. A 61 year old one armed prisoner escaped from the New Jersey State Prison Farm with police concealed nearby.
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Koppers
National Fuel Company Outfit
Hope Natural Gas Company
New Jersey
NRA Study of Coal Industry Under New NRA Setup
A National Coal Association bulletin says the NRA will begin an immediate, factual analytical study of all data collected since NRA inception plus pre inception data. The study will assess code operation, economic results, and overall coal situation without attempting to prove any outcome beyond the facts.
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NRA
National Coal Association
Meriden Mine to Open After Long Shutdown
Philippi West Virginia July 30 J W Galloway operator of the Meriden coal mine announced plans to reopen with a force of 50 men on the job after seven years of inoperation.
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Meriden
Associated Press
Philippi
W. Va
J. W. Galloway
Hampton Roads Coal Dumpings Decline in July Totals
Dumpings at the Hampton Roads coal piers for the first 22 days of July were off 232,396 gross tons versus June. The total was 750,393 tons, down from 982,789 tons in the same period of June, and 64,429 tons lower than July 1934. Rail totals show Chesapeake & Ohio 320,784 at Newport News, Norfolk & Western 269,778 at Lambert's Point, and Virginian at Sewells Point with 159,831 tons.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Chesapeake & Ohio
Newport News
Norfolk & Western
Lamberts Point
Virginian
Sewells Point
Jury To Settle Coal Ownership Near Valley View
Pottsville July 30 A jury will decide in September who owns a 2500 ton pile of anthracite near Valley View An injunction bars the Philadelphia Reading Coal and Iron Co from removing the coal to its breakers Four hundred independent miners thwarted an attempt to move the pile
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Pottsville
Valley View
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co
Court halts coal movement at Brookside colliery
State police guarded about 300 tons moved to Brookside colliery as Reuben Klawansky obtains an injunction claiming ownership of the fuel stored on leased land. The company says the coal was bootlegged from its property. Brookside workers refused to handle it, saying it was dug by non union men, then agreed to work only if more coal was not brought to breakers.
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Brookside
Reuben Klawansky
Klawansky
Brooks Side
Lions Club Will Hear Miss Trene Leake Sing
Miss Trene Leake of Farmville Virginia will guest soloist at the Lions Club weekly meeting in the Pleasant Inn Mabscott She trained at Chicago Musical College and now presents a wide repertoire She will be accompanied by Miss Violet Cook Everett Sayre leads the program at the Lions club tonight.
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Trene Leake
Farmville
H. E. Melton
Mabscott
Lions Club
Pleasant Inn
Miss Leake
Chicago Musical College
Violet Cook
Everett Sayre
Bulgarian ban on marrage ages eyed by lawmakers
A proposed measure in Bulgaria could become law prohibiting marriages where men are over 55 and women over 50. The bill seeks to restrict marriage based on age to curb aging unions and potential social impacts.
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Bulgaria
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Scott
R. J. Scott
Reedsville
Koppers Coal and Transportation
San Francisco
Central Press Association
Hurwitz Smart
Studebaker
Hridebar
Beckley
Neville St
Baptist Church
Beckley, W. Va
the Studebaker Corp
Raleigh Radio
Oakwood Ave
Oppo
Brill Motor Co
The
American Tobacco Company
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