Unk Sam Lovelace Keeps Work Past Century in Virginia
In Chatham Virginia Uncle Sam Lovelace a former slave now over 100 continues daily labor from sunrise to sunset. He tends woodchopping feeding pigs hauling feed and hunting poke salad living in a weathered cabin on Highway 57. Born into slavery he gained his own land and mule, marries and raises children as white supporters join in birthday celebrations into his hundredth year.
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Chatham
Sam’ Lovelace
Highway 57
Nelle Lovelace
Barbara Wooding
Sam
Lee
Appomattox
Mary
Pittsburgh
Can Liffle Yanks Born Overseas Be President
Baltimore veteran Theo Worth Clem and his wife in Australia wonder if a child born abroad to an American parent can be President. They consult law sources from Article 2 to the 1885 Act, debating whether birth abroad still yields natural born citizen status for future presidents.
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Overseas
Ellen Griesemer
Baltimore
United States
Theo Worth Clem
Australia
Clem
U. S
America
Veterans Administration
Maryland
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Clark Wisotzki
Corwin
Germany in Despair and Morale Fallout After War
Frankfurt report details widespread hunger and unemployment across Germany. Streets bare, queues for stamps, scarce news, and damaged towns frame a broken morale. Soldiers driven to paint jeeps with defiance while civilians beg for aid amid ruined cities.
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Godfrey Anderson
Frankfurt - ON - Main
Germany
Newstlands
Frankfurt
Frankfurt’s Main
Fish farms edge out hens in Alabama trend
AP Newsfeatures reports from Auburn that fish farming is seen as the future of farming in Alabama. H. S. Swingle of Alabama Polytechnic Institute cites high-yield pond management and fertilizer to boost microscopic food for fish. Ponds can yield 40 to 100 pounds per acre, with potential to support 600 to 800 pounds, as ponds multiply from 1,000 ten years ago to about 4,000 now. Outside revenue comes from fishermen, and pond costs range from 40 to 100 dollars per acre.
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Ap-Newsfeatures
Auburn
Ala
H. S. Swingle
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Alabama
Swingle
Croner
Talks on coal contract price with union leaders unresolved
Negotiations between operators and the United Mine Workers faced delays as talks again opened amid reports that John L. Lewis might join. Wage hikes and a Health and Welfare Fund are central, with miners seeking a pattern for a hard coal pact. Anthracite workers seek shorter weeks, higher pay, welfare funding, vacation and overtime terms, and supervisor membership.
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UM. W
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
Aone
Britain diverted huge grain shipments since autumn
Since last autumn Britain has diverted 490,509 tons of food grains to Germany and 104,000 tons to India. These figures reflect wartime logistics and aid patterns as reported in the period.
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Britain
Germany
India
Miners to gain medical funds and larger vacation pay
Titler explains a nationwide medical and hospital fund funded by miners and a five cent per ton royalty fund for injuries and life insurance. District 29 money stays local. The plan adds 28 million in vacation pay for 400,000 miners and raises total vacation pay to 100 dollars, with pro rata and mid year eligibility. Admiral Ben Morell is praised for integrity and patriotism.
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Ititler
Titler
District 29
Tifler
Tiller
United Mine Workers
Admiral Ben Morell
Pineville resident injured in hit and run on bridge
E Pierce Rose of Pineville was treated at Stevens Clinic in Welch after a hit and run on a bridge Tuesday afternoon. He suffered torn ligaments in his left leg and could not identify the driver. No sheriff report was filed.
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Pineville
E. Pierce Rose
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Rose
Crowley-Worrell
Pan Goode
Yoots recapture Anshan and form defense line near Harbin
reports say Yoops recaptured the Sou'in steel city Anshan south of Mukden and are forming a defense line below Harbin, northern industrial center.
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Anshan
Mukden
Har‘bin
Pineville Couple Set Wedding Date
Miss Alice Virginia Stevens and Corporal Warren Heimbeck have chosen June 3 in Pineville for their informal church wedding. The ceremony will be at Cook Memorial Baptist Church at noon with Rev. Harry L. Stevens, pastor of the church, officiating. Stevens is from Pineville. Heimbeck is from Rock Island Illinois.
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Register
Pineville
Alice Virginia Stevens
Warren Heimbeck
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Stevens
Harry L. Stevens
Corporal Heimbeck
A. W. Heimbeck
Rock Island
Iinois
Brazil
Republic
Pedro II
Georgia Klan under scrutiny as voter rolls rise and legal actions loom
In Fulton County Georgia about 25 000 Black voters exist within 125 000 total registrations while opposition to Klan activity grows Arnall orders removal efforts against the Klan charter and hints at a special session if needed The U S government filed a tax lien dating to the 1920s Klan leader Dr Samuel Green says today s Klan is not the same organization
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BP. A.C
Fulton
Atlanta
Arnall
State Ilegal Department
Klan
U.S
Georgia
Samuel Green
Volume Output Of Coal Is Expected By Monday
The soft coal strike is settled and John L. Lewis predicts volume production of soft coal by Monday. Government aims to end the dispute by applying terms similar to the bituminous contract, with a Welfare Fund funded by a royalty on coal. Government operation will continue until miners return to work.
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Harold W. Ward
Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Pennsylvania
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Lewi
Interior Krug
Krug
Public Law 16 details for veterans education benefits
Article explains the Vocational Rehabilitation Act Public Law 16, outlining eligibility and the minimum monthly payments for veterans with varying pension levels, dependents, and disabilities. It uses Harvey Simms as an example to illustrate how pensions plus subsistence allowances determine minimums.
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Congress
Hei
Harvey Simms
Harvey
Building Tile Gets Shot When Production Slows
In New York a crackshot war veteran is used to shoot tiles when production slows. Tiles jam in tunnel kilns as wall and floor tires move on cars toward continuous firing ovens. A marksman fires into the furnace to clear jams and prevent damage that would force a kiln shutdown of ten days to two weeks.
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P News
New York
Trap Play Lets Tinker and Evers Become Friends
Tallahassee Florida reports Joe Tinker recalling a long quarrel with Johnny Evers aboard the Chicago Cubs during the Tinker-Evers-Chance era. A mistaken trap on a fly ball led to a bench talk, a manager’s remark, then a hotel laugh and a handshake. They became friends thereafter.
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Tinker and
Evers
AP News
Tallahassee
Fla
Joe Tinker
Johnny Evers
Chicago Cubs
Tinker-Evers-Chance
Philadelphia
Chance
Chicago 1
U.N. Deliberations on Spain Siam Indo China and ILO Agreement
United Nations Security Council sub committee wrestled with Spain evidence as US Britain and France submitted new data. Siam protested Indo China actions by France linked to Siameses. Saigon said French forces crossed into Siamese territory. An accord would make the International Labour Office a UN specialized agency pending approvals.
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Commission
U.N. Security Council
Spain
Council
United States
Great Britain
France
Siam
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Indo-China
Lie
Security Council
Hish Commission
Saigon
Indo- China
International Labor Office
T. L.O
U.N
U.N. Economic and Social Council
U.N. General Assembly
Ll.c. General Conference
Pension entitlement dispute yields $139 minimum
The text notes a pension plus a subsistence allowance totaling $136, under the required minimum, resulting in the recipient receiving $139. It references a dependent subsistence rate of $90 and a calculation that leaves the individual short of the minimum. Classified dispatch notes.
UAMLW Granted Right to Organize Under NLRB Rating
The UAMLW has been granted organizing rights under a National Labor Relations Board rating and has been invited to attend the meeting, Titler said.
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UAMLW
National Labor Relations Board
Titler
Negro Activities Whist and Bridge Winners Named
A whist and bridge tournament at the Cova-Cala Bolling Company auditorium in Beckley awarded prizes to Dr. H. B. Anderson, Mr. Hope, Mrs. Dollar D. Collins of Beckley, and Mrs. Dalhia M. Lockhart of At. Hope for whist, with Mrs. C. D. Trent of Beckley, Mr. George K. Scott of Mt. Hope, and Mrs. James R. L. Brooks of Mt. Hope earning top honors in bridge. It was a very delightful evening for all attendees.
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Cova-Cala Bolling Company
Beckley
H. B. Anderson
Hope
Dollar D. Collins
Dalhia M. Lockhart
At. Hope
C. D. Trent
George K. Scott
Mt. Hope
James’ R. L. Brooks
Bridge
Deaths and memories of loving parents in verse
A sentimental obituary style poem honors deceased parents with tender lines on memory and love. Daughters Ann and Alice are named, expressing faith and a request for divine care. The piece emphasizes enduring remembrance across time despite changing world and friendships.
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Ann
Alice
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Rae Schear
Ella Schear
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Rae
Montour
Pittsburgh Coal Company
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Fula Hatfield
Wender Jewelry CO
Eagles Club
Abraham Brothers
Bair Bair
R. T
Sherrard Pratt Hospital
Towson
Keyser
South Kanawha Street
J M. Helm
Bluefield
Methodist Temple
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Keyser Funera
Hey
Ane Grew
Cornelia Jose
Phine Hutchinson
Saks
Neville St. Dias
Sears Monument Co
Virginia Street
Charleston
W. Va
Fred Davis
Becktey
Ume
Robert C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
G. D. Covey
Berkley Dial
W. P. Riffe
Boggess Radiator Shop
Prince and Heber
Ace Aulo Stors
Blue
Chambray
Mabscott
W. Ya
Beckley Floral Company
Ated Corner
Byus Mankin Lumber Co
Miami
Lawton Jasper Motors, Inc
Oak Hit
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