Two State Mines Open Amid West Virginia Power Dispute
In Charleston and Beckley two mines resumed operations as miners in West Virginia returned to work amid protests over pensions and welfare payments. Rivesville and Beech Bottom mines stayed active, while Wheeling Steel banked a blast furnace at Benwood to conserve coal. Pickets disrupted Non union mines in Preston and Clay counties with limited violence and no arrests reported.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Focal Union
UMW
Cacit Irhaniak
Rivesville
Marion Couny
Pittsburgh
Consolidation Coal Company
Honongahela
Sure Luria
Urbaniak
Wheeling
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Benvoad
Tion
Brm
Benwood
Wheeling Steel
Preston County
Bickmore
Clay County
J. H. Benson
R. L. Bonard
Chemical Coal Company
The House on Lilac Street Chapter 22 at Bellevue Hospital
Derrie visits in Bellevue Hospital after a struggle and a crash. She suspects someone tracks her, plans a risky escape with Sarah Murton and a cab driver to unnerve a pursuer. A police chase ends with a local arrest and charges to be filed, as the night approaches midnight.
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Bellevue Hospital
Derrie
Ladly
Derrin
Sarah
Oolvic
Dertia
Dercla
Sarah Murton
Tle Cyatt
Derria
Tos
Polio Fund Hobo Bucket Starts National Tour
A rail line driven charity bucket begins a nationwide run to raise emergency polio funds. The two gallon can collected 214 dollars in Frankfort Kentucky before shipping to Paris via the Frankfort and Cincinnati Railroad. Archie Parker and Andy Mathews plan to pass it through Kentucky railroad shops and terminals on the F and N Southern and C&O lines before heading south toward Atlanta and New Orleans. The bucket, dubbed a hebe bucket for free rides, will be passed by freight and passenger conductors with keys held by Parker and Mathews.
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U.nkfort
Paris
Frankfort & Cincinati
Archie Parker
Andy, Mathews
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Kemtucky
Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Atlant
New Orleans
Parker
San Francisco
Mathews
Othier
Union Withdraws Sylvania Pickets in Huntington
Union leaders announced the Sylva nia Electric Products Co plant in Huntington withdrew pickets after a meeting. Two union stewards Leonard Mollet and Betty Watson were described as temporarily dismissed rather than fired amid a terminology dispute with the company and Navy contracts. About 98 union members walked out last week in protest as the plant suspended the two stewards and picketing continued.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Sylvania Electric Products Co
Garland Lacey
Wecio
United Electrical Workers
Ereonard Molter
Betty Watson
Molleft
Watson
Navy
Huntington –Sylvania
Sylvania
Mollett
Mrs. Watson
Sylvania Company
Brief Session of Criminal Court in Princeton
A brief session before Judge Morton Wagner ordered Sheriff to take Jack Hall to Weston for a mental exam before October 3. A felony charge against Hall was dismissed and court adjourned. Judge D M Easter presided over a circuit court matter Rayburn Woods vs Charles M Jenkins with a motion to set aside the jury verdict.
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Criminal Court
Princeton
Morton Wagner
Jack Hall
Weston
Hall
Cout
D. M. Easter
Rayburn Woods
Charles M. Jenkins
Edwight Soldier Ends Army Training in Japan
Edwight Cpl. Jack Brow has graduated from the U.S. Army Engineer School at Maizuru Honshu Japan and from the power shovel trainer course. Enlisting in October 1945 he served at Fort Bragg Okinawa and Camp Beale before re-enlisting at Fort Knox. He is now with the Engineer Construction Battalion stationed on Guam in the Mariana Islands.
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Edwight
Japan
Register SlUad
Jack Brow
Uo Power Shovel -Traior
Eighth Army Engineer School
Maizuru Honshu
Cpl
Brown
Huntington
Ft. Bragg
North Carolina
Chi
South Engineer Aviation Haltation
Bluefield Man Held On Tip Ticket Count
Princeton court records show Jose Prouty a Black Bluefield man waived preliminary hearing Monday afternoon before Magistrate Dale Bailey and is held on 500 bond awaiting grand jury action. He faces charges of possessing tickets seized by state and county officers after his Bluefield arrest Saturday.
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Bluefield
Country Register
Princeton
Jose Prouty
Dale Bailey
Prouty
Edwight P T A Drives Membership at Local Meeting
Edwight elementary school PTA conducts a membership drive with students and teachers participating. Leading classes include Laventa Stamper and Phylis Jarrell. New officers are R L Dietz president, Mrs Hurt Lively vice president, Mable Gross secretary-treasurer.
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Edwight
Parent-Teachers Association
PTA
Stes
Phylis Jarret
R. L. Dietz
Hurt Lively
Mable Gross
P.T.A
Thurman Wood
Junior Jarvis
Otlie Lifers
Lavenia Stamper
Phyllis Jarrell
Erma: Schneider
Inez Webb
Board of Education
Hazy
Syria Publishes First Modern Statistical Profile
Syria issues its initial comprehensive statistical census through a new government agency. It records a population of 3,033,310, a length of 2,274 kilometers, 1,072 elementary schools with 187,308 pupils, 64 secondary schools with 18,914 students, nine professional schools and one university with 1,728 university students.
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Associated Press
Damascus
United States
South America
Syria
Seacoast
Turkey
Iraq
Jordan
Israel
Whitesville Float Wins First at Safety Meeting
Whitesville float wins first prize at the Kanasha Valley Mining Institute safety meet in Montgomery. The mine accident and grieving family themed float earned top honors, with sponsors listed as Aliller's Hardware Armstrong Funeral Honor and Challis T Mankins. The float previously won top honors at the Labor Day district celebration in Whitesville.
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Whitesville
Suatt
Witesville
Kanasha Valley Mining Institute
Montgomery
Aliller's Hardware
Armstrong Funeral Honor
Challis T Mankins
Surveyor Juvenile Charged With Joyriding
A 14 year old Surveyor youth is charged with unlawful joyriding in a vehicle owned by the Raleigh County Board of Education. Magistrate Large of Marsh Fork District will bring him before county juvenile authorities to answer the charge, following apprehension by Constable Marshall Bailey.
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Register
Pettus
Raleigh County Board of Education
Marsh Fork
Marshall Bailey
Danish Sailor Carries Shoals to Newcastle Joke
In Port Said Egypt a Danish sailor aboard a British bound Scandinavian vessel attempts to board with four bottles of British Scotch hidden under his arm. When asked what he is carrying he quips that he is transporting shoals to Newcastle.
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Egypt
Newcastle
Went Virginia News Briefs
Madison-Funeral services were held at Lory today for B Cicero Stolings 95 of Boone County one of the area’s early settlers. He and his wife known as aunt Sis Stolings recently celebrated their 65th anniversary. Mrs Stollings has since died. Sutton Mrs A L Morrison wife of the Home National Bank of Sutton cashier and sister of Circuit Judge Jake Fisher of Sutton died at her home yesterday. Washington West Virginia officials said 104000 in federal funds is available to repair damage and viral areas in the state 76004 for South Branch Potomac tributaries and 3060 for North River Vir Sink areas. The announcement came in a statement by Senators Kilgore Neely and Rep Staggers. Charleston EB Hansbarger of Charleston named to a six year term as chairman of the Employment Security Board of Review beginning October. Hansbarger first named to the post July 1 1947 by former Governor Mead.
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Madison — Funera
Lory
B. Cicero Stolings
Stollings
Boone County
Sis Stollings
Stallings
Sutton
A. L. Morrison
Home National Bank of
Jake Fisher
South Branch
Potomac River
West Virginia
North River
Virsinks
Kilgore
Neely
Rep. Stagrers
Charleston
EB. A. Hansbarger
Employment Security Board of Review
Patteson
Hansbargee
Clarence W. Meadown
Local Social Notes From Gordon Area Gatherings
Gordon area residents host and visit relatives and friends in Hewett Lawton Blair and Charleston. Guests include Mrs Myss Hall with Mr and Mrs W M Robinson Colleen Hicks and Sharon Kay Hicks from Lawton. Other visits feature Clarence Burgess Clifford Milter Lloyd Lynch and Jack Holt with local families.
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Ty Register
Gordon
Myss Hall
Hewett
W. M. Robinson
Colleen Hicks
Sharon Kay
Lawton
Okla
Vantin
Gordon, Wharton
Blair
Clarence Burgess
Bias
Clifford Milter
5. P. Emory
Huntington
Lloyd Lynch
Williamson
J. W. Lorrison
Leslie Jacrett
Elwood Loftus
Charleston
Jack Holt
Bessie Pauley
St. Albans
Inlaw
Ray Pauley
Joe Sowers
Iraq to monopolize farm machinery under five year plan
Baghdad reports Iraq will centralize import and distribution of farm machinery over about five years. The government will import and own repairs and spare parts while selling half of equipment to large landowners and renting the rest to smaller farmers to raise yields.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Ithe
Italian Makes Good In Adopted Country Governor of Chihuahua
Biella Italy celebrates native son Fernando Foglia who emigrated to Mexico about 50 years ago and rose to govern Chihuahua an area larger than Italy. An engineer by training Foglia is credited with guiding his state to notable progress and development.
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Associated: Press
Biella
Italy
Chihuahua
Mexico
Ittaly
ASTRA
Fernando Foglia
Dispatch
Foglia
Wheeling Mayor Scolds Police Over Arrest Shortfall
Mayor Carl Bachmann berated Police Chief W. Robert Kennedy in a council session for the low arrest tally in August five, citing 12 traffic, one resisting arrest, two gambling, one beer law, two noise, and one exposure cases. Kennedy blamed traffic duties linked to Wheeling Downs Race Track, while Bachmann warned the topic would recur each council meeting.
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Wheeling
Carl G. Bachmann
Bachmann
W. Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
United States
South
Wheeling Downs
Aly “Avery
Greenbrier resort union election voided by board ruling
The National Labor Relations Board ruled 3-2 against ordering a collective bargaining election for 20 firemen and policemen at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia The board said no major stake in interstate commerce would result from a strike while a minority warned it could cut hotel patronage and affect the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad which owns the hotel Separately five new divorce suits were filed in Mercer County Circuit Court and public notices urged creditors and executors of the estate of V W Moon to file claims by March 23 1950 with details of the estate proceedings and required appearances
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Associated Press
Washington
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L Lewis
National Labor Relations
Greenbrier
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
V. W. Moon
Main Street
Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Leo Bridi
W-I-R. R
Funeral notices and dissolution of coal company
The notice lists funeral arrangements for Mrs. Pine Furrow of 300 South Heber Street with services at Flast Christian Church officiated by Dr. A H Wilton and burial at Crow Cemetery after a September 20th viewing. It also records the dissolution of the Robert Brash Thomas Young W F E R Coal Company with a Sept 19 1949 resolution and corporate dissolution to be recorded.
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Yall
Pine Furrow
South Heber Street
Garnett Prince
Keyser Funeral Home
Flast Chrvistian Church
A. H. Wilton
Rurial
Crow Cemetery
Thelbe
Robert Brash
Thomas Young
W. FE & R Coal Company
W. F Farley
Keith Lipscomb
M Corey
Child Drowns in Huntington Fish Pond
A two hour search ended with the body of 2 1/2 year old Robert E. Lewis found in his uncle B B Klosterman’s fish pond in Huntington. The child, who apparently fell in while playing, was hidden by pond weeds. Parents Harold and Mrs Lewis had earlier searched the neighborhood. attempts to revive him at a nearby doctor’s office failed.
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Huntington
Pross Huntington
Robert E. Lewis
B. B. Klosterman
Robert
Harold Lewis
Kiosterman
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Sept Prices
Baltimore market notes cattle calves hogs and sheep with mixed activity. Cattle steady to higher calves firm hogs slow with declines and varying truck lots and weights. sheep undertone weaker with limited demand and top quotes around eight dollars per head.
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Baltimore
USDAI
Funeral notices for Mikulic and Carter in local paper
John Mikulik of Dibsa Avenue died Sunday at 2 pm. Funeral at home with Rev James Beal. burial at Salfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Benjamin Carter, 42, of South Heber Street died Monday at 4 30 pm from a heart attack. Body to lie in state at Calfee Funeral Home, then to Fletcher Carter’s home before service at First Baptist Church with Dr Alvin Cook and Rev James Salango. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers National Guard members.
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Mikulic
John
Dibsa
Sephu
Ember
James Beal
Salfee
Mount Tabor
Calfee
Cartel Carter
South Heber Street
Fletcher Carter
Mankin, Avenue
First Baptist Church
Alvin J Cook
James Salango
Hinton
Sunset Memorial Park
National Guard
Tne
Callee Funeral Rome
Stolen bicycle, raincoat and trade ads from Beckley directory
Fragmented classified page lists a 20 inch bicycle missing in Flat Top West Virginia with contact, plus a black and white checked raincoat lost at Lewis Terminal. It includes painting and paper hanging services by multiple trades, and a note urging vision checkups by an optometrist in Beckley with hours listed.
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A. D
W. Va
Resoco
Lewis
Beeeie
Montgomery Ward
A. Callahan
W. A. Ce
avaik _able filton Young
AL Hendrick
Dia
Joe
Harvey
Stilton Young
Enwayn
J Warden
Caoway Heights
Carl Clark
Carl OS
Piper
Cal Kenneth Richardson
Beckley
C Kinrer
Optometrist
Main St
Wwle
Thal
Asplay
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Raleigh Register
Beckley, W
Lilac Street
Fred Bayard
Sarge
Dante
Claus Ke
John Smith
Scott
Union
R J. Scott
Cee
America
al Kame
Santa Gurrudis
Tal
King Range
U.S
AML Goldemrok
Arizona
Edwight P.T.A
Virginia News
Gordon Personali
Carl Neil
Oakwood
City Ave
Allenbaugh
Sprague Barney's
Neg Vass Mercantile
Coal City Supply
Westmoreland
Glen Daniels
W. Furrow's
By Spring
W. Williams
Cirteville
Mercer
Mattie Hurley Reynolds
Floyd M. Reynolds
Norma Reynolds Owens
Willam Clifford Owens
Lucy W. Shinnault
Sarah ~ Shinnault
Ethel Virginia Reed
Calvin Coolidge Reed
Elizabeth Pauline Duncan
Talmadge L. Duncan
Abe
Abe-West
Nbe
Cbs
Nbs
Cbe
Zbe Yeulah
Cbs News
Jack Smith
Abe Rick Haymes
Cbs Sports
Hogan's Daughter
Abe Mr. Chameleon
Burns
Alien
Lawrence Wels
Abe Comedy Playhouse
Abe Capitol
Variety
Ate West
Weety Eveenson
J. Meador
J JT Hutchenson
George Parker
Robert Winston
W. Radford
W. A. Cuns
Harry Gibson
Fiera Brennan
Elvabeth Thompson
Irene Younk
Lucy Donovan
Marie Campbell
Ethel Weihl
Gladys Higginbotham
Mona Hart
Keyser Funeral Home Glassified
Baltimore Livestock
Elco Lumber CO
Beckley W. Va
Beaver
Luthorix
Peoples Shoe Shop
South Fayette St
Dial
Wort
Robert C
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
Beckley Maytag Co
Neville St
Mattrassee
G. W. Payne
Wah
Raleigh Glass & Mirror Company
Kanawha
Guo
Houchins
Houchins Manufacturing Company, Inc
Srelton
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