Coal Forum Plans Mount Carmel Convention Program
Anthracite keymen from towns met with Mount Carmel Chamber of Commerce committee to finalize the Mount Carmel convention November 9th to 11th and form a permanent organization. The program opens November 9 with Dr. Benjamin L Miller and Dr. E W Parker. afternoon features Governor Fisel, S J Warriner, John L Lewis. Koover speaks that evening. November 10 includes dealer sessions with prominent marketers and Parlin of the Saturday Evening Post. sales and cooperative topics then a discussion on industrial cooperation with industry reps. November 11 covers research by Drs Ashley and Tyron and a panel on creating a steady coal supply. The writer questions danger of overtalk during the three days. Europe’s industrial heart and European cartels are analyzed as context for global steel and coal markets.
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Anthracite Co-Operative Convention
Mount Camel Pennsylvania
Anthracite Bureau of Information
Fisel
S. J. Warriner
John L. Lewis
Herbert Koover
New England
New Yok
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Illiois
New Jersey
Henry Coolidge Parlin
Saturday Evening Post
National Cash Register Company
General Motors, Inc
Chrysler Sales Corporation
Cooperative Association
Induster
Indiana’ Limestone Association
Tri-State Zine Association
Southern California Fruit Growers Association
Geo. H. Ashley
Harrisburg
T. B. Tyron
Washington, D. C
Daniel T. Pierce
New York City
Thomas Kennedy
Indianapolis
G. J. Golden
Shamokin
Alabama Mine Burned for Twenty Nine Years in Jasper
A burning coal mine known as the burning mine in Jasper Alabama has raged for 29 years. Government surveys show over 1.6 million tons of coal consumed by flames. The mine was sabotaged by a discharged worker with oil soaked props. Fire collapsed supports village homes and caused gas and steam from fields. The fire has burned itself out but renewed when hot spots remain, making surrounding coal worthless.
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Jasper
Ala
Warrior Coal Field
Judge Grubb Rules for Coal Firm in War Amortization Case
Judge Grubb of the U S District Court in Alabama ruled for a Southern West Virginia coal company in a mine development tax case. He held that war time amortization under the Revenue Act of 1918 covers facilities above and below ground, broadening the interpretation beyond buildings and equipment. The decision, related to the Smokeless Coal Operators association issues, marks a significant shift for companies that invested heavily in mine development during the war.
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West Virginia
Grubb
U.S. District Court
Alabama
U. S. Court
New York City
Coal Operators Association of
Congress
Coal Power Share in 1920 and Oil Decline Since 1924
In 1920 coal supplied 7.7 percent of power, water 0.9 percent, oil 3.1 percent, gas 33 percent, and wood 0.4 percent. Fuel oil usage for electricity peaked in 1924 and has declined since, with 1926 showing the lowest use since 1918.
Asbury Park man arraigned in intoxication case
George Beatty of Asbury Park, arraigned on a charge of intoxication, was found with a broken neck.
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George Beatty
Asbury Park
Erie Dumpings Rise to September Record on Lake Erie
Lake Erie coal shipments across all ports through September 12 total nearly 25 million tons, up from about 20 million in 1926 and 18 million in 1925. Pennsylvania Railroad led with just over 7 million tons, Hocking Valley at Toledo about 6 million, and Baltimore and Ohio third with 5,734,390 tons. Toledo docks shipped 11,685,282 tons in eight months, over half the lake total, with a southern Ohio cutoff expected to speed west Virginia coal trains and push local totals higher.
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Lake Erie
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hocking Valley
Toledo
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio
West Virginia
Flying Truck Finds Airports Badly Needed
Roy al Typewriter Company operates the world s first air delivery truck delivering its products to 500 branches. The experiment, led by president George Ed. Smith, relied on parachute drops to reach inaccessible points. Smith urged government aviation support, weather data, new routes, fuel and servicing, large city signage, and bigger airports for multi motor planes. The Flying Truck has serviced the east and midwest and Havana, Cuba, with over 2000 typewriters delivered by parachute.
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Royal Typewriter Company
George Ed. Smith
Mr. Smith
Smith
East
Middle West
Havana
Cuba
Five New Steamship Charters Publicized for Coal Trade
Norfolk reports the terms of five coal transport charters from Hampton Roads to foreign ports. Italian Monarca sails to West Italy carrying 10,000 tons at 2.45 dollars per ton. Etna Swedish sails to Montreal with 2,500 tons at 0.08 per ton. Chatons French sails to St Johns N B with 5,000 tons at 0.85 per ton. Santa Rosalia American sails to Rio de Janeiro with 6,000 tons at 3.30 per ton. Nohavna Norwegian sails to St John N B with 1,560 tons at 21.50 per ton.
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Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Monarca
Italy
Etna
Montreal
Chatons
St. Johns
N. B
Santa Rosalia
Rio de Janeiro
Nohavna
St. John
Two Stone Masons Survey Alderson Site Quality Stones
Cunningham and Oleson of a Charleston contractor visited Alderson to inspect local stone deposits for a new high school. They evaluated brownstone quarries at Brombhurst, Muddy Creek Mountain stone, and Weikle place in Dark Hollow as first class glass stone, and found a gray stone deposit excelling others for building purposes.
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Cunningham
Oleson
Charleston
Alderson
Brombhurst
Muddy Creek Mountain
Weikle Place
Dark Hollow
Truck Driver Killed On Road Work Near Swiss
Sherman Stover a truck driver for Abbot Bros on road construction near Swiss was fatally injured when run over by a truck driven by Albot Brown another truck driver on the same project Both men are from Kussell Kentucky
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Sherman Stover
Abbot Bros
Swiss
Albot Brown
Kussell
Powdered Coal Tests Cut Towboat Fuel Costs
A successful test of powdered coal as a substitute for oil on the Mississippi Warrior service steamer Illinois reports to the war department and Inland Waterways council. The oil-to-coal substitution could save 30 to 35 percent on fuel and may revolutionize ship and towboat operation worldwide. Safety valves at 225 pounds, the Hlinds pushed a 7,225 ton tow at four miles per hour upstream, and at river speed without tow the boat averaged two miles per hour.
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New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Inland Waterways Corporation
Pocahontas Fuel Company Adds New Collier Oakey L. Alexander
The Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc. has launched its new collier Oakey L. Alexander designed for coastwise coal transport with a 10 thousand ton cargo capacity. The vessel is also equipped for export trade in anticipation of revived coal exports. It is named for the company's first vice-president, reflecting the firm’s status as a leading Pocahontas coal producer operating about twenty collieries.
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Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc
Oakey L. Alexander
Pocahontas Coal
Coal miner artist’s painting chosen by Doncaster society
For the first time in years a coal miner has a picture accepted for exhibition by the Doncaster Art Society in Doncaster England. The artist is Robert Holloway from Rainworth a colliery village. Holloway has made painting a hobby since boyhood.
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Doncaster Art Society
Doncaster
England
Robert Holloway
Rainworth
Holloway
Europe Moves Toward a United States of Europe
The essay traces Europe's postwar shift from protectionist barriers to cooperation, noting how nations learned that pooling resources could surpass pure competition. It discusses war-driven production expansion, retooling, and the push toward a continental economic union to better compete with the United States.
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Europe
United States
United States of Europe
America
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Virginian Railway
T. J. Harper
Beckley Hotel
Harmony Hair
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Beckley, West VA
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Coal Company
Erie
Pocahontas Company
Remington
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Beckley
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