Once Entombed Miner Dances at First Aid Contest
Prayer saved him and his fellow miners as Davis led a brave rescue in Glen White. After being trapped for 35 hours in a brattice-filled tunnel they prayed for deliverance, and eighteen minutes later a rescue party breached the wall. Stoots survived and vowed never to return underground.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
Raleigh County
Davis
Blair
Stoots
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Daniel
Dolf D
Doc
Gradon § 20
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
Eccles
Safety Meet Details at Price Hill Colliery Program
Fred F. Dixon leads as vice president and general manager with Attorney General Clarence W. Meadows delivering the day’s main address. E. D. Hodson S. C. Higgins L. A. Toney and others fill short talks while officials include Chief Judge Adam Crawford and P. D. McMurrer. Prizes total 560 dollars across white and negro teams with a Mount Hope October 2 safety meet anticipated for winners.
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Fred F. Dixon
Price Hill Colliery Company
Clarence W. Meadows
E. D. Hodson
Beckley
United Mine Workers of America
S. C. Higgins
Mount Hope
New River Coal Operators’ Association
L. A. Toney
Fayette County
New River and Winding Gulf Colored Mining Institute
Adam Crawford
Mallory
K. Williams
Department of Mines
P. D. McMurrer
American Mining Congress
Washington
Ralph Hartmen
State Compensation Department
Charleston
M. W. Kessler
Hobart Watson
West Virginia University
N. P. Rhinehart
Way Clear for More Dicker ing
Detroit AP reports GM and UAW prepared to resume talks on the union 11 point revision proposal to curb unauthorized strikes after a postwar agreement. The sides agreed on a formula to prevent unauthorized strikes amid over 200 incidents cited by GM following last winter's strike.
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Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Workers of America
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