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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
New Gas Well Brought
In" Near Clinchco

Four wells producing natural
gas, all on property of Clinch-
field Coal Corporation, have been
drilled in Dickinson County. The
latest one to "come in" was cap
ped near Clinchco a week ago.
The other three are located near
Nora. Another operation on the
Open Fork has not vet 81 cucll
gas.
The Clinchco well has a capa-
city of 100000 cubic feet of gas
each day. The ones around Nora
taken together run more than
100000 feet Other drillings on
privately owned property, it is
understood, will be started in this
county within six months.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
Sales Of County Hunting
And Fishing Licenses
Come To $7,753.25

The sale of hunting and fishing
licenses in Dickinson County this
year amounted to $7,753.25 to the
first of December, as shown by
the records in the Clerks office
here.
. The greater part of this fund
was expended by hunters who
went to the national forest areas
in various parts of the state for
the deer hunting season.
When deer have increased in
Cumberland Mountain sufficient
to allow regular hunting seasons.
the sale of hunting licenses will
greatly increase in this county.
The public should begin to I'M
derstand that the national forest
area in this county will in the flu
ture be practically all the hunt
ing territory in the county for
squirrels, because the timber is
rapidly being cut out in nearly
every other part of the county,
and everybody should understand
that where there is no timber
and no mast there can be no
squirrels.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
ALDON MULLINS
FOUND DEAD
ON MOUNTAIN

Aldon Mullins, 35, single, was
found dead Friday morning in
Blowing Rock Gap on top of
Cumberland Mountain. He had
been seen there by a citizen of
the community late the afternoon
before, apparently in a Supplied
condition.
Officers who Investigated the
circumstances said there was no
indication of foul play. The sup
position is that the dead man
was the victim OF exposure
Aldon Mullins was a son of
Henry Mullins, who was killed
by officers almost at the spot
where the son persisted. A BROTH
er, Phillip, died near the same
place some few years ago under
similar conditions.
Surviving are a large number
of brothers and sisters.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
TRUMAN FLEMING IN
VETERANS HOSPITAL

Sheriff Truman Fleming was
suddenly stricken with a kidney
ailment early Monday morning.
His condition was so acute that
he was removed to the Dickinson
County Hospital. On Monday at
ternoon he was transferred to the
Veterans Facility at Johnson
City, Tenn. Reports from John
son City were to the effec1 that
he was resting uneasily out was
making some satisfactory pro-
gress. He suffered an injury to
the kidneys during service In the
navy in l945
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
Son Dotson Passes Away
After Lingering
Illness

Simon P (Son) Dotson, IS
years of age, died Tuesday, Dec.
90. The cause of death was drop
sy coupled with complications of
old age. The deceased was born
in Wise County. May 10, 1861, a
son of Matthew and Jane Gentry
Dotson. He lived the greater part
of his life in the vicinity of Lyons
Fork.
The deceased had been a men,
Der of the Freewill Baptist church
for several years and was known
for his unfailing good humor. Flu
neral services were held at the
Freewill Baptist church at Lyons
Fork December % Burial follow
ed on the Steve Davis place near
by.
Surviving are one brother, D
R. (Pet) Dotson, of Willard; four
sons, Eddie, Coeburn Rt. 2; John
ny, Coeburn Ri 2; Lemuel, Nc
Clure; and Samuel, Caney Ridge;
four daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Elkins, Baden; Mrs. Emily Ham
ilton, Pound; Mrs. Myrtle Dotson,
Coeburn, Ri. 2; and Mrs. Winnie
Powers, Coeburn, Rt, @.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
WE HEAR THERE'S
ANOTHER STRIKE
GOING ON

1t was only one day this week
for the union miners atSClinchco,
Dante, and Meade Fork.
The miners refused to enter
the diggings Wednesday. One re-
port is that truck mine on
Clinchfield property a t Carlo
had not signed union contract.
George Esser, president of the
Virginia Coal Operators, issued
a newspaper statement that the
men were demanding that the
Clinchfield renew the lease at
Carlo. Lick Fork worked Wednes
day
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
FOUR GIRLS ARRIVE AT
LOCAL HOSPITAL ON
NEW YEARS DAY

The following four girls ar
rived at the Dickinson County
Hospital on Jan. /:
A girl, Patricia Ann Myers, to
Mr. and Mrs. Max Eugene Myers
of Clinchco
A girl, Brenda Kaye, born to
Mr.. and Mrs Arthur. Selfe of
Clintwood
A girl, born to Mfr. and Mrs
Carlos B. Colley, Ri, 2, Clint
wood
A girl, born to Mr.. and Mrs
william Fleming, Jr., of Clint
wood,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
Sen. Stuart Would Repeal
Absent Voters Law

absent voting machinery an
embarrassment to the Demo-
cratic party in Virginia. The
latest instance of alleged irreg-
ularity took place in the Rus
sell County election in Novem-
Der. Mrs. Turner Gilmer, DEM
ocratic nominee for the House
of Delegates, charges great
volume of fraud at Honaker
and two other precincts gave
the election to her opponent,
John Fletcher, an independent
candidate.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
Senator And Party Take
Look At Blowing Rock

Jess Skeen sold several bottles
of liniment last week. Sore limbs
followed a tramp over the blow
ing Rock section.
Senator M. M Long, accompan
led by Ralph Newberry, Wilson
Counts and Terry Mullins, left
Clintwood in the morning, Tues
day, Dec. 81. Others fell in along
the way until party of sixty
five persons started the climb
from the foot of the mountain.
Walking the proposed road to
Blowing Rock Gap, the party
wound around the mountain to
Blowing Rock. From the eleva-
ton could be seen many miles of
hills in Kentucky and countless
ridges in Dickinson County. AL
most straight below could be seen
the hard-surfaced road that runs
up the creek from Elkhorn City.
The people of the community
were cheered by the presence of
visitors and resolved to redouble
their efforts to get the short link
of connecting road built within
the near future
Bulldozer Now At Work On
Road, According To Honest
Tiv Mullins
Honest Tiv'' Mullins, in town
Wednesday afternoon, was much
enthused over the possibility of
opening the Blowing Rock Gap
road He stated that a bulldozer
would go to work Thursday level
ing and smoothing the grade to-
ward the top Of the mountain.
After the grading has been tone.
the state will be asked to shoot
two small cliffs out of the way
The people of Skeetrock and
Blowing Rock communities ace
determined to have this road OPP
ened for spring traffic in order to
reach the hard-surfaced roads a
mile away in Kentucky. THIS
road would make lime just across
the top Of Cumberland available
to Dickinson County farmers at
a reduced cost.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05

Will the absent voters law
be materially changed or alb
olished altogether by the forth
coming session of the legisla-
ture?
Senator Harry Stuart, repre-
senting the Buchanan-Russell-
Tazewel district, announced
this week that he would intro
duce a bill to do away entirely
with the law. Senator Stuart
declared that various contests
within late years had made the
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
NEW POLICEMAN
NOW ON DUTY

Marvin Conner is the new po-
liceman in ClintWood.
Mr. Conner went on active duty
the first of January, taking the
place vacated by R Dotson.
The new officer has had consider
having served as an officer at
Pound, Coeburn, and Haysi. He
comes to Clintwood with good
commentators. It is under
stool that he will keep a close
eye on traffic, especially in the
vicinity of the school and on Nc
Clure Avenue.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
MANY VACANCIES IN AIR
FORCE, SAYS SGT. DYE

1t was announced again this
week by Sgt LESSEE G.. Dye, OF
the local recruiting station, that
there are still a lot of vacancies
in the U. S. Air Force. Young
men, this is the opportunity you
have been waiting for. 1t has
been the policy of the air force
to take only very few men, but
they now have very large quo
to. For further information, con-
tact. Sgt, Dye at his office In the
Mullins Theatre Building,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
MRS. LYDIA STANLEY, DIES
AT HOME AT OMAHA

Mrs. Lydia Stanley, 50, wife
of Howard Stanley, died at her
home at Omaha on Monday Var
ious complications were listed as
the cause of death. Mrs. Stanley
had been unwell for several
years.
She was buried in the Yates
Cemetery at Omaha Tuesday. The
deceased was a daughter of the
lite Zach and Martha Vance Yates.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
Business Was Fair At
County Jail During
Past Month

Business was fair to medium at
the county Jail during the month
of December, with 81 guests reg
istered for total of 1853 days.
AS usual, drunks led the list, %
of them being led behind the
bars. The oldest jailee was SO;
the youngest II. Seven women
were there during the month.
Three prisoners remained at the
end of the month. The break
down follows:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
FRED BEVERLY RESIGNS
RESIGNS AS DEPUTY
SHERIFF

Fred Beverly resigned as dep
uty sheriff effective the first of
January. No appointment has yet
been made to fill the vacancy, if
one exists in the force. Some
months ago there was an UNDER
standing that the force was to be
reduced when radio equipment
was installed in the sheriff's Of
flee.
Beverly has completed eight
years service as deputy, six years
under Sheriff Anderson and two
years under the present admin
istration.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05

Scott Mullins, native of the
Caney Ridge, but for years a resi-
dent of Hartman, was visiting in
ClintWood Monday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05
OF
All
Things!
By E. R. B.

BY E. R. B.
1.-THE Walled-Off Hotel" is the
new name heard on the street for
the Dickinson County jail.
Marve says that the manner in
which the new policeman is con-
Quoting himself insures the cleo
ton OF a straight Republican
ticket in the county races next
year.
Consider these extracts from
Law Order Book No. /:
''At a circuit court began and
held for Dickinson County at the
dwelling house of Jesse Lee, on
Mcclure Creek, near the mouth
of the Open Fork of Mcclure
Creek, on Monday, the Both day
of May, 1881. Present the Hon.
John A. Kelly, Judge.
Ordered that William A. Ay-
ers, Attorney for the Common
wealth of this County, be allow
ed the sum of Forty-One Dollars
and sixty-seven cents for ten
months service as such attorney,
ending the 22nd day of May in
slant, which is ordered to be GER
titled to the Auditor of Public
Accounts. This, May 81, 1881.
Ordered that Columbus Phipps
Clerk of this Court, be allowed
the sum of twenty-five dollars
for ten months service as such
clerk, ending the 22nd day OF
May, 1881. This May 81, 1881.
Ordered that William P. Col
ley, Sheriff of this County, be
allowed the sum of Four Dollars
for two days service in attending
the court of this term as Sheriff.
This May 81, 1881.
Ordered that H. Ashworth,
Deputy for J. l. Williams, Sher-
if of Russell County, Virginia,
and as such Tailor of this County,
be allowed the sum of Fifteen
Dollars for six months service as
such Jailor, ending May 22nd, in
slant. This, May 81, 1881.
Or consider this bill for a list
OF food-rations for one person
one week in December, 1912:
Two quarts of rice ....., 10c
Two quarts of grits ..... &c
Five pounds ham ...... Csc
Two pounds bacon ..... Csc
Three loaves bread ..... 15c
Six lbs, canned tomatoes :. F. zoe
One pound butter ...... Csc
Two pounds sugar ........ 10c
One pound lard ........ 10c
Three cans condensed Milk Csc
One pound coffee ........ lie
Total Bill ............ salt
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05

Drunk ....... .........'.. 20
Drunken driving .... &
Attempt to kill ..... 5
Peace warrant ............ 3
Larceny 49,. -. ......... 5
Possession of illegal liquor, 2
Assault ..... ......... 2
Driving without license 80. 2
AWOL ....... ........... L
CaplaS ...........
Non-support ..... .... l
Manufacturing whiskey -.
Reckless driving ........ 1
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1950-01-05

Read The Little Ads"
Evening star., 1950-06-11

he probably would be Ambassador
for an indefinite length Of time.
MIR. EliZalde became the first
Ambassador to the United States
from the new Philippine Republic
In July of 1916. He had served
as resident commissioner for six
years before and during the war.
A former polo star and member
Of a wealthy. Spanish family. he
won his spurs here as q diplomat
during the most trying period of
Philippine history. The Elizalde
fortunes. directed by the Ambas-
sador and his brothers. include
sugar mills. distilleries. insurance
companies, shipping and mining
interests.
Reports of conflict between Gen.
Romulo and Mr.. Elizalde have
been general for years. Last year
Gen. Romulo recommended that
the Ambassador serve on the
Philippine mission to the United
Nations, a recommendation that
was accepted by President Quirino.
Philippine circles in Washington
regarded this as evidence the two
had ended their long standing rift.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Former WAC Is Held
In Killing on Dare
OF Marine Veteran
By the Assoeioted Press

GEORGETOWN, Del, June 10.
"A Marine Corps veteran was
killed by a rifle bullet here today
and State police reported two
young daughters of an ex-WAC
told them their mother fired the
fatal shot on a dare.
The account of the shooting
came from State Police Capt.
Clarence Lynch after he ques-
toned 14-year-old Dorothy Reno
and Irene Reno, II, daughters by
a previous marriage of Mrs.
Thelma D. Powell.
Mrs. Powell, 81, the former
WAC, is held in the death of Gran
vile W.. Birmingham. %. whose
body was found in Mrs. Powell's S
cottage on Du Pont highway.
Capt. Lynch said Mrs. Powell told
him Mr.. Birmingham was a friend
of her estranged husband, George
T. Powell.
Children Tell Story.
The police captain said Mrs
Powell made an oral statement I'D :
hitting the shooting.
The former WAC is held without
charge. Capt. Lynch said. Z
Il The children 81 account of what
they overheard in the early morn
ing hours, as told by the police
captain, was:
Awakened by the entry of Mrs
Powell aad Mr.. Birmingham, they
heard their mother tell Britting-
ham il was late. and to 90 home.
The mother said: 'If you don't.
I'll shoot you" mssf @ i
Mr.. Birmingham said: Go
ahead. I dare you, but make, sure
it's between the eyes"
Told Her to Shoot.
Mrs. Powell: "I'll shoot you, not
between the eyes, but in the arm,
or leg"
Mr.. Birmingham. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton Birmingham of POGO
moke City, Md, was discharged
from the Marine Corps with 70
per cent disability in 1946, and
was unemployed. according to po-
lice information. He lived with
sister. Mrs. Irving Taylor, in
Georgetown.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
JobIess Veteran Found
Hanqinq From Sash Cord

An unemployed veteran last
night was found hanging from a
sash cord which he had looped
over a pipe in the basement of
his home at 142 c street Sc.
Pronounced dead on the scene,
the man was identified by police
as Alvah S. CrippS. "a, a former
Government employee. His wife,
Martha, found his body.
Deputy Coroner Richard Rosen-
berg said he would issue a certi-
ficate of suicide.
1t. jeremiah Flaherty, head of
the homicide squad. said he
learned that Mr.. Cripps unem-
ployed since October had been
respondent.
Last Thursday Mr.. Cripps
threatened to hang himself but
his wife talked him out of it and
tried to persuade him to get medi-
cal attention, 1t. Flaherty con-
tinued. Last night while she was
upstairs, Mr.. Cripps carried out
his threat.
Mrs. Cripps is a nurse in a
doctors Office.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
u. n. Mission Merger
with Embassy Denied
BY Philippine Envoy

Philippines Ambassador Joaquin
Elizalde last night said President
Quirino had denied an announce
ment that his country's United
Nations mission and the Embassy
here would be merged.
The Associated Press carried a
dispatch from Manila yesterday
saying that Brig. Gen. Carlos P.
Romulo. much-traveled United
Nations General Assembly presi-
dent and Philippine secretary Of
foreign affairs. was on the way to
the United States to accomplish
the merger.
IT'S all a joke" Mr.. Elizalde
said at the Embassy.
The Ambassador added that
President Quirino had issued an
official denial of the merger plan
from Manila four hours after it
was announced. He said he pre-
sumed that Gen. Romulo had
made the announcement.
Admits Offers to Resign.
Mr.. Elizalde said it was true that
he had submitted his resignation
as Ambassador recently. as re-
ported by the Associated Press.
He said he also had submitted it
- d. - -
year.
President Quirino is the only
person who can accept my resig-
nation and he has not done that
yet" Mr.. Elizalde said. I'm make
my future plans in accordance
with President Quirino's desires. !"
Mr.. Elizalde said Gen. Romulo
was flying to the United States
but his work with the United Ma
tions had nothing to do with the
Tr,o ho Sou in Wa Shin0toy1 To adHad
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Archibald Roosevelt
Is Divorced in Reno

RENO, New. June 10-Archi-
bald 3. Roosevelt. jr., grandson
of the late Teddy Roosevelt. was
divorced today by Mrs. Kath-
arine Tweed Roosevelt on cruelty
charges.
They were married in New
York May Is, 1910. Mrs. Roose-
welt is the daughter of Harrison
Tweed. socially prominent New
york attorney.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Dock Strike Cuts OFF
IS 900 on Scottish Isle
~ M. Assesie..d Press

STORNAwAY. Island Of Lewis.
June l0.--A dock strike today cut
OF from the mainland the $4,000
persons who live on this Scottish
isle in the Outer Hehrides.
Port workers demanding higher
wages refused to unload the mail
steamer Moray Coast. which car
ried $50 tons Of foodstuffs. The
island. dependent on the mainland
for milk and other periShables. is
so miles from the nearest Scottish
harbor Of Kyle.
A spokesman for employers Of
dock labor said the wage increase
will not be considered until the
dock workers union agrees to let
younger men work in Stornawsy.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
AT and NavyReported
Nearing Agreemento on.
Plane 0bsoIescence

Defense officials reported prog
ress yesterday in attempts to get
the Air Force and Navy together
on a new method for deciding the
obsolescence of aircraft.
In another move on the unifica-
ton front. two new surveys of
Implications in guided missile de-
velopment have been started, it
was learned.
A special Air Force Navy COM
rnittee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
{ is trying to establish a uniform
I standard for determining when a
plane is no longer modern or first
line. Both services have their own
evaluation systems at present. De-
fense Secretary johnson has told
Congress that until a new system
Is evolved there will continue to
be conflicting reports on what is
needed to keep the air armadas
modern.
Missiles to be Tested.
A fighter plane currently is con-
sidered obsolescent after three
years while bombers are gagged
on a four and five-year basis in
planning procurement appropria-
tions. Factors which must be con-
sidered include the mechanical
life of the craft, what is required
of It,, what potential enemies pos
sess and plan and what new planes
are on the drawing boards.
An agreement has been reached
by the secretaries of the Army,
Navy and Air Force to test, under
Army direction, short range
guided missiles at Holloman Air
Force Base and White Sands
Proving Grounds in New Mexico.
The amalgamatoon- of the two ia
cilities has not taken place, how
ever. %
The agreement also called for
the testing of intermediate-range
guided missiles at the Navy's Point
Mugu (CalifD base and to test
the long-range weapons at a new
Banana River (Fla) facility. The
latter is now about 5 per cent
completed but there are indica-
tions that serious consideration is
still being given to whether it du-
plicates the Point Mugu facility.
johnson Urges Review.
Representative Sheppard, Dem
ocrat, of California. has stated
that there is such a duplication
and that the long range operation
could be performed at Point
Mugu.
The agreement reached by the
three secretaries answers only
about a per cent of the problem
In Implications in this field" one
high official said. Senator john
son, Democrat, of Texas, who con-
tends that Russia is two years
ahead of the United States in
guided missile development. has
said that a full-scaie review is
necessary. Z &
The services use some 80 to 40.
facilities for testing segments OF
the weapons. A special commit
tees recommendation for the elf
mination of some of them recently
was rejected by Mr.. johnson on
the ground that it did not answer
the problem. 1t demands another
study.
The Defense Deparbnsnt's Man
lasement Committee also is study
ing the Implications In such facil-1
tiles for. testing guided missiles
and rockets.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Second Set Of Twins
Couse to Celebrate,
Tipsy Londoner Says
sy The Assssis.es Press

LONDON. June l0.-Swim-
ming Instructor John Walter
Shepherd was fined five shil-
lings 10 centsl in q Lambeth
court for being drunk.
Shepherd was arrested
while airing his 16-months-
old twin daughters. The per-
ambulator wobbled alarming
ly.
Il had Just been to q hospi-
tai where ] learned that my
wife had another set Of twins. :"
he explained. Il had a couple
of nips to celebrate"
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Goucher to Honor Stuqe Stur

BALTIMORE, June 10 R.-
Goucher College will award an
honorary degree of Doctor Of Let
ters Monday to Mildred Dunnock,
Ieurrently starring In the New
York stage play. Death of Sales
man."
Evening star., 1950-06-11
First BifocuIs Made in 1850

Bifocal glasses, with one part
OF a higher power than the other,
are said to have first been made
for Benjamin Franklin about
s,17so,
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Howuii Poys Hiah Tuxes

During 1949 Hawaii's internal
revenue payments to the United
States treasury totaled approx
mately $84.3 million more than
!. that paid by 10 States. !!
Evening star., 1950-02-19
RENCH .;,,,.'..,: by AL STUMP j.! u, ;!'.,,

and he found out The timer had accidentally
fired his gun up Piggys sleeve.
And Clair Bee, the Long Island University
mastermind, once grew so impassioned during
a half-time speech that he hit a door hard
enough to break his hand.
One official reports that the famed "Eleva-
tor Sam" Barry. of Southern California, once
accosted him after he had called numerous
fouls on Barry's team for 'hipping.'
What are you trying to do, kill me?"
stormed Barry. When the official stood pat,
Evening star., 1950-02-19

high among the otherwise digni6ed men whose
jobs depend upon the dumping of bob
bing, spinning basketball through small
metal hoop. They roll on the floor, throw
towels, fall off benches, kneel in prayer
and generally border on apoplexy from
the first toss-up in November to the
final whistle in March. The terrific ten
sions of the game, piled on by fanatical crowds
packed into noise-filled indoor arenas more
than 10O,OOO.OOO paid admissions are expect
ed this year, result in some amazing displays.
Evening star., 1950-02-19

floor. His foot had been caught in the water
bucket. Lambert was so beside himself dur
ing games that he was as much of an attrac-
ton as his teams. His players had to all but
sit on him to prevent technical fouls being
called. In one game, Lambert rushed to the
timers table to find out how many seconds
remained. There was a blast and roar -
Evening star., 1950-02-19

floor, the band burst into Back Home Again
In Indiana" Barry almost blew fuse.
Glen Lawlor, high-powered coach of
Nevada, is another up-and-down man as you
can readily see from the pictures on these
pages. He was snapped during hectic game
in Madison Square Garden.
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