davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
MRS. DULCENE ROWE is
VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA

Mrs. Dulcene Rowe, about 40,
wife of Walter Rowe, living ON
top of Cumberland Mountain
near Blowing Rock, died last Sat
urday after an illness of several
days of pneumonia.
Burial was in the Noah STAN
ley graveyard, in the South of
Cumberland, the first of this
week.
Mrs. Rowe was born and part
ly reared on Bold Camp in Wise
county. She was a daughter Of
Nelse Mullins, who died many
years ago. Later her mother mar
ried "Short Alex" Stanley of
Skeetrock, who had also been left
alone by the death of his wife,
and she lived in the Stanley
home until she married Walter
Rowe some years ago.
She leaves behind her husband
and number of children.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
VOTERS SHOWING LITTLE
INTEREST IN COMING
COUNTY ELECTION

Candidates and their supporters
OF both political parties, are
working hard to qualify the vote
for the coming November cleo
ton, because it is pretty certain
that the election for one side or
the other will be lost or won
either by the heavy qualification
Of the vote or failure to qualify.
However, it is said that not
withstanding the feverish efforts
of both sides to get their vote
paid up before the deadline, that
the voters are not paying up like
they might be expected in a year
in which county officials are to
be elected.
Since the election in Novem-
Der will fall on the 9TH day Of
the month, the poll taxes must
be paid by May 3rd.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
Well Known
Baptist Preacher
Passes Away

Elder Henry c. Mullins, wen
known minister of the Primitive
Baptist church, died last week at
his home on Slate Creek, Buch-
anan county, after an illness of
several months.
He had been an ordained min
lister for 20 years and was pastor
of the Slate Creek, Hale Creek,
Prater Creek, Looney Creek and
Big Rock Primitive Baptist
churches. He was moderator of
the Washington Primitive Baptist
Association.
Burial was in the Looney GEM
etery. Funeral services were con
Quoted by Elders T. F. Adair and
Stuart Owens.
Elder Mullins conducted many
funeral services in this county
in the past and was we'll known
here.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
TO OBSERVE ARMY DAY
WITH PARADE HERE

Wit hboth the American Le-
gion and Veterans of Foreign
Wars taking part, Army Day will
be observed here on Saturday
afternoon, April IL, with a pro-
gram and parade. It is expected
that many county servicemen
from all parts of the county will
be here TO take part.
The program here will con-
sist mainly of a parade, flag-rais
ing and an address on Army Day
and it's meaning, at the athletic
field at the high school.
All veterans soldiers, sailors,
Marines, WACS and Waves ARE
urged to be present and take
part in the program.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
LOCAL MAN CUTTING
THIRD SET OF TEETH

Luther Ratliff, carrier on Clint
wood Rt. /, came in this morning
to announce that he is forty years
old today, and is cutting his
third set of teeth.
He says that after having a
tooth pulled some time ago, and
after the gum had apparently
healed, considerable soreness de-
veloped, and that now new
tooth had appeared and would
soon be ready for chewing pur-
poses.
We wish him many more birth
days, and hope that he may be
able to cut new tooth on each
of them.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
Moon hHINE STILL Ii
DESTROYED AT OSBORNE
GAP

State prohibition inspector L.
T. Younce, deputy sheriff X. r.
Dotson and a federal agent, cap
tured and destroyed we'll equip
ped moonshine plant near Os-
borne Gap early this week.
The still, a brand new copper
vessel, was of about IS gallons
capacity.
No one was about the place
when the officers found it. The
place, they say, was unusually
well concealed, with less Sign
going to and from the plant than
usual.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
WISE DEMOCRATS NOMINATE
VILLAGE COP FOR SHERIFF

Harold Fleming, chief of po-
lice of Norton and veteran of
World War II, was nominated for
sheriff of Wise county by h e
Democratic convention held at
Wise last Saturday.
Young Fleming is a son of the
late Ebert Fleming, who was
born and reared on Jerry's
Branch, three miles from Clint
wood. Ebert left this county
while quite a young man a n d
lived at Bondtown for many
years, locating at st. Paul, where
he lived until his death several
years ago.
Harold Fleming served as po-
lice officer at st. Paul for some
time and was serving as police
chief at Norton when he was in
Quoted into the army, and has
been serving in the same capa-.
city at Norton since his return.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
@. Mark French
Nominated by
Republicans

Dickinson county Republicans
met at the court house here Last
Saturday afternoon and nomin-
ated G. Mark French, Clintwood
lawyer and business man, or
Commemorative Attorney n
place OF Dave Kennedy, who was
nominated as candidate for that
office in January and who fin
ally declined to continue the race
on account of i'll health.
A. L. Kiser, former Republican
county chairman, called the meet
ing to order and presided. The
same delegates composing the
two former Republican conven-
tons, acted again.
Mr.. Kiser stated the object Of
the meeting and then read let
ter from Mr.. Kennedy, saying
that he found it necessary to re-
tire from the race and take long
rest and that his wife was i'll in
the Norton hospital.
Preliminaries having been dis
posed of, the chairman called for
nominations. Anderson Collins,
in a brief speech, placed the
name of C. Mark French before
the convention. There being no
other nominations, French was
declared the nominee, and he &C
cepted in brief speech, pledg-
ing his best efforts to win in No
vember.
The nominee was born and
reared in Shenandoah county,
Va. He located at Clintwood in
1914, soon after being admitted
to the bar and has pracficed here
since with the exception of a
year spent in the army during
World War I. In addition to his
law practice, he has been engag-
ed in the timber business for
some time and owns considerable
real estate in Dickinson, Wise
and Pike counties.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
DAUGHTER OF CHESTER
STANLEY DIES AFTER
BRIEF ILLNESS

Brenda Sue, two-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ches-
ter Stanley, of Ramey Flats, died
Monday night after a short i'll
ness.
The child and her mother had
been staying with her grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Vollie Church
of Brush Creek, and during the
night awoke very sick. She was
brought to the hospital here by
her grandfather and died soon
after.
The child was being raised on
canned milk and it is thought
that the last milk fed it was
tainted, making the child i'll and
resulting in death.
Burial was in the Noah STAN
ley graveyard on the south of
Cumberland Wednesday. Elder
E. S. Stevens held religious SER
vices at the home and at the
grave.
This was the third burial in
the Stanley graveyard within ten
days, the other two being Mrs.
Crit Stanley and Mrs. Walter
Rowe.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
Supervisors Meet
With Highwy
Engineer

The Board of Supervisors met
in regular monthly session here
Monday with all members pres
ent.
J. r. Grill, resident road engin-
eer, was present for a short time
to advise with the board as to
requests for new roads and inn
provement of old highways.
The first thing in the order of
business was the presentation of
a petition by w. B. Trivitt and
others for a stock law in part of
the north ward of Clintwood.
The board ordered the clerk to
give due notice as required by
law and report the matter for &C
ton at the next meeting Of the
board.
The board made request to the
highway department to repair
and improve highway 625 from
Cane Creek school to the top of
Sandy Ridge at the Russell coun
ty line.
Viewers were appointed for
many proposed roads, as follows,
with orders to report their find
ings at the next board meeting:
Proposed road from near resi-
dence of Asa Hughes by way of
NJ. T. Meade's home to the Henry
Keel farm.
Proposed road from bridge ON
Pound River up Cane Creek to
Garland stanley's place, to con-
meet with the mountain road.
Proposed road from near resi-
dence of J. M. Stanley, in the
gap at the corporation line Of
Clintwood, to near Lenora Shorts
on Short Branch.
Proposed road by way of Cold
Spring school to near residence
of J. C. Mccoy.
Proposed extension of road up
right fork of Camp Creek from
residence of Barlow Willis by
residence of James Lioutza.
Proposed road form Foxtown
to highway No. SO, near N. B. Ras
nick place, to accommodate 80
families.
The report of viewers as to a
road Of about one mile on Ram
sey Ridge approved and construc
ton of road urged.
The report of viewers as to
proposed road from mouth of
Coon Branch to the Dickinson
Wise line on Sandy Ridge was
approved and again recommend
ed construction of road.
Land owners on Colley Branch
near Clintwood presented signed
(rurn to back pagel
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10

Harold Rose, of the Navy, has
returned to his station after a
15-day leave at home.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means to express
ing our sincere thanks to the
many kind friends and neighbors
who were so helpful to us during
the illness and death. of our hus-
band and son, Zurl Swindall.
Mrs. Geneva Swindall and
Columbus Swindall and family
Miss Brenda Miller and Mrs.
A. A. Fleming and daughter. Bet
ty, of Kingsport, who attended
the wedding of Mrs. Fleming's
nephew, Jack Hughes, spent Sat-
urday night with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Hughes,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10

Rufus Mccoy, candidate for
supervisor in the Ervinton dis
trict, was in town Tuesday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10

DIR. and Mrs. w. c.. Burkes, of
Grundy, were here for the funer-
al of Floyd Damron Friday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10

Renew Your Subscription
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-04-10

c. r. Swindall, of Norland, was
A visitor in town Monday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
Tire Production Sets All Time Peak

With the increasing supply of ma
terial and manpower. production and
shipments of automotive castings and
tubes for the full year 1916 broke
all previous records according to
Rubber Manufactur association.
The 82,013,412 automotive castings
produced and the 81, $50, 657 castings
shipped during the year exceeds the
previous au-time record year, 1928,
when 77,943,8 14 castings were pro-
duced and "a, 1851 castings shipped.
In 1941, the last previous peace
time year, production was 81, $40, 1876
castings and Sc, 1853, 1874 castings were
shipped.
Passenger car casing production
during the full year 1916 was &C.,
258, 500 units, en- increase Of 1876
per cent over 1915; shipments of &C.,
084,135 units exceeded the previous
year by 146 per cent.
Of the total shipments made by
the manufacturers, only / per cent
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
TEACHERS:
Biggest Strike

Seventy-one thousand Buffalo ele-
mentary and high school students
had no classes as 2,400 instructors
staged the biggest teachers strike
in U. S. history over substantial pay
demands.
The walkout pointed UP the in
creasing pressure for higher teach
ers' salaries throughout the country
not only to keep present instructors
within the educational system but
also to make the profession more
alluring for recruits in day of in
creased remuneration in other fields.
Members of the Independent Buff
falo Teachers federation and AFL
and CIO unions, the teachers de-
manded minimum salary of So, 400
for beginners and increases of ST OPS
yearly for elementary teachers now
making $1,875-$2,575 and high school
instructors earning $2,175-$2, 975, plus
a state authorized $500 raise.
Federation President Asst said the
teachers walked out after he had
failed to receive assurances from
Governor Dewey that proposed leg
islation providing for permanent sal
airy increases would embody the or
ganization's demands. Although
some 568 non-striking teachers
stayed on the job, the schools were
shut down completely because of jos
ting picket lines and union team
sters' refusal to make fuel and food
deliveries.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
GUARANTEED WAGE:
Gets Approval

The guaranteed annual wage,
which promises to become one Of
the major detectives Of the Ameri-
can labor movement, received the
endorsement of President Truman's
reconversion advisory board.
Embodying an employers pledge
to provide a definite amount of work
a year, the guaranteed wage has
been in effect in a number of plants,
with advocates declaring that it
tends to regularize production and
remove employees fear of 1ayoffs.
Opponents of the plan assert that it
would compel employers to pay out
wages during periods of slack de-
mand for goods.
Because the guaranteed annual
wage is no cure-all for economic
fluctuations, the board said that it
should be correlated with other sta
bilizing factors, including social
security, minimum wages and tax
policies. All guaranteed wage
agreements should be worked out
through C coll e Give bargaining
rather than imposed through ma
tional legislation, it was said.
Board members include Presi-
dents Edward A. O'Neal of the
Farm Bur a u; William Green,
ALL; Phil Murray, CLIO; and Eric
Johnston, Motion Pictures Produc-
ers and Distributors.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13

was exported and II per cent was
shipped to new car manufacturers.
leaving 54,338, $40 castings or 81 per
cent channeled directly into the do
mestic replacement market.
Truck and bus casing production
was 1874, 846 units against Is, 324,-
121 units last year, with shipments
totaling 15,775,522 units against &c.
167, 1872 units in 1945. Export ship
ments amounted to $40 per cent of
the total and 1857 per cent went to
new vehicle manufa cturers.
Production of tubes in passenger,
truck and bus sizes increased "a
per cent, and shipments increased
1928 per cent during the year.
Passenger car casing production
during the month of December was
6,101, 239 units or Ill per cent less
than November, due in part to the
Christmas holiday. Shipments at
6,6O6,471 units, however, were 8.12
per cent above the previous month.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
PALESTINE:
u. S.-British Rift

While diplomatic observers ex-
pected no major rift to develop be-
tween the u. S. and Britain over the
heated exchange on the Palestine
question, the outburst pointed up the
apparent cross-purposes at which the
two allies were working in the stra-
tegic Middle Eastern region with its
oil-laden lands.
Foreign Minister Bevin's charge
that President Truman had disrupt
ed delicate British negotiations for
settling the Palestine issue by de-
handing admission of 100000 Jews
into the Holy Land before the 1916
congressional elections to get votes
was Immediately denied by the
White House. In prompt reply, it
was said that Mr.. Truman's decla-
ration merely reaffirmed the U. S.
position on Palestine taken in the
summer of 1945.
Republican senators were quick to
rise to the Presidents defense.
Brewster (Rep., Me.) said that Bev-
in was trying to make Mr.. Truman
the "sacrificiap' goat for Britain's
failure to work out an equitable
agreement between Jews and Arabs,
and Taft Rep., o. pointed out that
Bevin had conveniently dropped his
proposal for partition OF the Holy
Land in the face Of stiff Arab oppo-
sition.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
VOLCANO:
Rampant II, Sicily

Quietly slumbering since 1928,
when it wiped out the village of Mas
cati, Mount Etna on the east coast
Of Sicily kicked up again, with mott
en- lava gushing from new crater
on its side threatening to bury sew
eral more small settlements.
Nine hundred feet wide, a stream
Of bubbling, molten lava edged into
the plain Of Damusi at speed Of
about 210 feet an hour, then broke
off into three forks, one pushing to-
ward the villages Of Passo Pisciaro
and Cisterna.
AS natives fed in panic, govern
ment authorities rushed motor We
hicles to the area to evacuate the
homeless. Directors of the Etna OBJ
servatory asked Rome to consider
the ACCESSIBILITY of air bombardment
of the countryside to divert the flow
Of lava from villages and rich agri-
cultural areas.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
TRADE:
Modify Program

Seeking to soften Republican op-
position to the administration for
eign trade program, President Tru-
man issued an order sharply modi-
flying reciprocal trade agreements.
Acting after consultations with
Republican Senators Vandenberg
(Mich.) and Millikin (Colo), Mr..
Truman directed that hereafter re-
ciprocal agreements contain escape
clauses permitting the President to
modify or eliminate low tariff con-
cessions that jeopardize an Ameri-
can industry.
Agreements also will embody
'most favored nation" clause, CIV
ing the u. S. the same trade advan-
tages afforded other countries. At
present, some states have agree
ments with others which tend to
discriminate ii ms t American
trade.
Reiterating U. S. hopes for build
ing a foundation for peace through
the free exchange of goods and
elevation of living standards, Mr..
Truman said that this country
looked forward to the rthcoming
world trade parley in Geneva, Swift
zerland. He stated that the U. S.
would negotiate for tariff reduc-
tons, removal of trade barriers and
elimination of discriminatory prac-
tees.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
LABOR:
Pin Doavn Green

Pinned down by the close ques-
tioning of Representative Hoffman
(Rep., Mich.) Pres. William Green
of the AF'L told congressional COM
mittee that the union would back the
amendment Of labor laws to permit
free speech to employees by employ
ers and require unions to register
with the government and file finan-
cial statements.
At the same time the gaudily
dressed AFL chieftain raped pro-
posals for closed shop, declaring
that workers benefiting from union
gains should pay organization dues.
He opposed passage Of anti-racket-
eering laws on the grounds that it
was unfair to punish the entire labor
movement for the excuses Of GER
tain members.
Questioning Green on union pres
sure against unorganized workers,
Hoffman asked: Farmers are un-
rganized-when they bring ham
and eggs to town, why don't you re-
fuse to eat them?"
Green blandly replied: 1--WE are
reasonable men"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
U.N.:
u. Sired Harmony

Suspension of Russian opposition
to U. S. trusteeship over former
japanese inundated islands in the
Pacific virtually assured U. N. ap-
proval of the American proposal to
hold on to the territories for security
reasons.
Earlier the Russians had threat
ened to force this country into taking
unilateral action on the islands by
demanding that the trusteeship ques-
ton be postponed until formulation
of Japanese peace treaty. While
Britain and Australia had joined in
the Soviet opposition, it was con-
sidered that it would be compare
lively easy to adjust differences with
them.
In making their about-face, the
Russians proclaimed that the U. S.
was entitled to the trusteeships be-
cause it had made incomparably
greater sacrifices than the other AL
lied countries in wrestling them from
japanese control. Under the U. S.
proposal, the islands would be held
open for U. N inspection, except for
strategic military installations that
may be closed for security purposes.
The inundated islands include the
Marshalls, Mariannas and Carolines.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
INSURANCE.:
For Riddles

Rejecting the desire of American
families to start thrift programs for
their children at an early age, life
insurance on the lives of children
was purchased in new record vol
ume last year, according to
survey made by the Institute of Life
Insurance.
The survey covered the expert
ence of companies writing one-half
Of the total new ordinary and one
third Of total new industrial life in
surance issued in the United States.
while the juvenile purchases
showed this gain last year, pur-
chases by adults rose much more
sharply" the institute stated. "As
a result juvenile purchases repre-
scented a substantially smaller pro-
portion of total life insurance pur-
chased than in 1915. The increase
in juvenile purchases of the COM
panies surveyed was accounted for
by the industrial insurance juvenile
policies, which increased per cent
while ordinary insurance juvenile
purchases were practically the
same as those that were made dur
ing 1945.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
MARKET BASKET:
For March

Potatoes, fresh oranges and
grapefruit, canned or range and
grapefruit juice, spinach - fresh,
frozen and canned; peanut butter;
eggs, and commercial broilers will
be plentiful this month, according
to marketing specialists of the de-
partment of agriculture. Production
Of eggs is increasing and is ex-
pected to reach its peak in March.
Besides large supplies of fresh spin
ach, there is a big supply of frozen
spinach on hand from last year.
Spring chickens, the tender-feshed
commercial broilers, will continue
in plenty during March, and in
addition, lot of large tom turkeys
from frozen storage will be avail
able for large family meals.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
w ACES:
1t Top

Average hourly earnings in De-
cember, 1916, were the highest ever
recorded in the survey of earnings
of production workers in Is manu-
featuring industries onducte d
monthly by the National Industrial
Conference board. In the last month
of 1916 average hourly earnings
($1.24O were 1872 per cent above
the wartime high of June, 1945
($1.11D.
Actual weekly earnings Oecem-
Der, 1916, average: $5054) were only
90 per cent below the peak in the
series reached in March, 1915. De-
cember weekly earnings were 16
per cent greater than the average
for February, 1916, when weekly
earnings dipped to their lowest
point in recent years.
Real weekly earnings (actual
weekly earnings ad juste d for
changes in the consumers price in
dex in terms of 1923 dollars)
showed steady decline in every
month from October to December,
1916. The December, 1916. level of
154.5 1928 as 1000 was is per cent
below the peak of March, 1945.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1947-03-13
AUSTRIA:
Allies Clash

Indicative of the problems facing
the Big Four in Moscow when their
conference gets underway shortly,
their deputy foreign ministers lay
ing the groundwork for discussion
of German and Austrian treaties
agreed only halfway on an Aus
trian pact. Out of 62 clauses, agree
ment was reached on 80.
Major differences included:
U. S. and Russian disagree
ment over what constitutes
Nazi assets in Austria. The
u. S. contends that the Russians
have removed important Aus
trian property as PREPARATIONS on
the grounds that they were NaZi
property, seriously impairing
the cOuntry's economy.
Russian support of Yugoslav
claims to the richest and most
densely populated provinces Of
Carinthia and Syria. The u. s.,
Britain and France object, de-
claring Austria's prewar bound
aries should remain intact.
Soviet insistence on retention
of Identification laws. The u. S.
contends that Austria should be
permitted to establish its OWN
laws upon again becoming
SOVEREIGN state.
French insistence upon rigid
control of scientific research.
The U. S. argues that such SUI
pervisi0n would hamper the
economic redevelopment Of
Austria, leading to employment
and trade difficulties.
In Washington, Secretary of State
Marshall disclosed that John Foster
Dulles, Republican adviser on for
eign affairs, would accompany him
to the Moscow conference. In all,
the U. S. delegation will include 81
half of whom will be
clerks.