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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
KELSEY ANDERSON
FOUND DEAD IN
HIS HOME

John Kelley Anderson, A, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Henry An
derson of Birchleaf, was found
dead in his home Monday morn
ing. Hansel Fleming, who as com
monwealth's attorney, made a
routine Investigation, states that
the deceased lived alone in a
small house near his fathers
home and that there was no indi
cation of foul play.
Funeral services were held at
the home at II a. m. Monday,
with Elders German Sutherland,
A r Singleton and Hadley Ed
wards, of the Primitive Baptist
church, in charge Burial follow
ed in the family cemetery.
Surviving are the parents; four
brothers, Corbett, Trigg, Claude
and Jack Anderson, all of Birch
leaf; nine sisters, Miss Billie An
derson and Mrs. Louise Gillian
of Detroit; Miss Ruth Anderson
Mrs. Earl Viers and Mrs. Worley
Fletcher, all of Birchleaf; Mrs
Thelma Shannon of Roanoke;
Mrs. Dow Owens of Harmon;
Mrs. Frank Smith of Daisy, KY;
and Mrs. Dixie Sutherland, Haysi
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19

Twenty -four deaths were re-
ported in 1881. Eleven of them
were infants. The average age Of
the deceased appears to have been
lower in that day than in this,
although James Lambert lived to
the age of 81 Of the dead, five,
at least, had come into Dickinson
County from other places One
was born in Wythe County; one
in Scott; one in Lee; one in Wash
ington; and one in Roam County,
N c Some of the causes of death
were Group, consumption, fever,
dropsy, paralysis, whooping
cough, collie and cramp, and many
are given simply as mot known,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
Sales Of Vehicle
Licenses Above That
Of Last Year

Henry Sutherland, license ag-
ent at Clintwood for the Virginia
Department of Motor Vehicles, re
ports at the close of business on
April IA he had sold 1926 auto
mobile licenses and 663 truck
licenses for the year of 1851.
For a similar period last year,
the following figures are given.
automobile licenses, 1888; truck
licenses, sci.
Normal expectation is that an
almost equal number will be sold
during the remainder of this
year.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
Trigg Mullins Passes
Away At Home In
Florida

Daniel Trigg Mullins, Sc years
of age, passed away Thursday
April IL, in the Walker Memorial
Hospital, Avon Park, Florida, af-
ter an extended illness.
The deceased was a native OF
Clintwood, the son of the late
Logan and Laura Browning Null
Inns. He left ClintWood in 1925
to locate in Florida. He usually
paid a yearly visit to relatives In
this community. He was an indus
trious man, a good citizen and a
member of the Baptist church of
Summerfield, Fla.
Funeral services were held In
the Baptist church at Lake Placid,
Fla, at p. m. Sunday. Officiat-
ing ministers were Rev. L M Col
Inns and Rev. w K Williams.
Burial was in the Lake Placid
cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Lille Mullins; four sons, Cloyd,
of Plant City, Fla; Shelton, of
Lake Placid, Fla; Norman, of Or
lando, Fla; and Kyle, of Ocala,
Fla, Also surviving are one sister,
Mrs George Branhan; two broth
ers. John Gilmer and Vernie, all
of Clintwood.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
With The Engineers
In Korea

With The X Corps, Korea
Denver H. Blevins of Clintwood
is now serving in the toughest
engineers war in history" with
Company B, of the 185th Engin-
eer Combat Battalion on the cen
trail Korean front.
Not only must the engineers bat
tie almost impossible mountain
Gus country and the enemy, but
the weather makes a third rug
ged foe'', Sgt. Blevins comment
ed. "The landing field we built
near the Yalu is good example,
We virtually had to hack h e
strip out of frozen ground in 40
mile per hour wind with the tenn
perature standing at Is degrees
below zero. And now, as soon 'as
the weather turns warmer, here
comes the rainy season."
The 185th has served with X
Corps troops on both sides of the
Korean peninsula, building and
maintaining roads and bridges
The engineers often have substi-
tuted the weapons of war for the
weapons of work to fight off an
attacking enemy force.
Sgt. Blevins has served in the
Korean war since landing with
x Corps fighting forces during
the whirlwind liberation of In
chon-Seoul last September. He
also participated in the dramatic
evacuation of the embattled Hung
nam perimeter, when Corps
troops were withdrawn to estab
fish a new front on the Korean
waistline.
The Virginia soldier enlisted in
the army in 1899 and served with
an anti-aircraft battalion in Eu-
rope from 1943-45 in campaigns
in France and Germany. After
the war, he was in the army of
occupation In Germany until 1948,
His wife, Gertrude, lives in
Clintwood.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
TWO COUNTY MEN
KILLED IN SLATE
FALL

Charlie c. Kiser, SO, miner
of Carrie, died last Friday night
of injuries received in rock fall
in the mines at Dante. He and
Tony Phillips were cleaning up
cut when an overhanging rock
fell from the top, crushing both
men.
He is survived by the widow,
Mrs. Kate Kiser; his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Tivis Kiser; two sons,
Raleigh, of the army, in Germany,
and Clell, of Carrie; one daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Cassidy, of Balti
more; seven sisters, Mrs. Emory
johnson and Mrs. Bertha john
son, of Clinchco; Mrs. Ira John
son, Cleveland, Va; Mrs. Bonnie
Menifee, of Roanoke; Miss Esther
Kiser, of Kingsport; Mrs. V. c
Kiser, of Carrie; and Mrs. Ross
Honaker, of Clinchfield.
Funeral services were held at
the home Tuesday at IL a. M,
with Elder German Sutherland in
charge. Burial was in the family
cemetery.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19

the Kennedy and Willis Districts.
The most populous families of
the present were well represent
ed in 1881. There were the names
of thirty members of the Mullins
family Stanleys, Roses, Suther-
lands, and Kisers also occur fire.
quently
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
TROUT FISHING
SEASON TO OPEN
FRIDAY

Friday is the big day for thou
sands of fishermen throughout
the Old Dominion. Official open
ing of the 1851 trout season is
scheduled for 1900 noon of April
20, and record crowds are expect
ed on Virginia's famous trout
streams.
According to the Commission of
Game and Inland Fisheries, trout
fishing has been steadily gaining
in popularity with the sportsmen
of the state, and in view of the
increased stocking done by the
Commission this year, and the
large sized fish that were placed
in the streams, its popularity
should reach a new height.
Officials of the Commission are
strongly appealing to all trout
fishermen of the state to be extra
careful about their conduct on
Virginia streams this year More
and more trout streams annually
are being closed to anglers be-
cause of the unsportSmanlike con
duct of a few thoughtless fisher
men. Most of the streams that
are stocked by the Commission
outside of the national forests are
on privately -owned land and il
is only through the cooperation
of the landowners that the Com
mission is able to carry on this
program
The season closes this year one
hour after sunset on September
IS. On intervening days, hours
for fishing are from one hour be
fore sunrise to one hour after sun
set Creel limit is set at 8 fish
per day There is no size limit
and all fish caught are to be re-
tanned as part of the daily limit
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
OF
All
Things!
BY E. Fl. B.


William Hanover, grandfather
of Hamp Hanover of Darwin and
Vernon Vanover Of Clintwood,
was the first Commissioner of the
Revenue in Dickinson County.
His personal property assessment
book for 1881 is ON file in the
clerks office. II one cares for
real history-a knowledge of how
people lived in other days-this
little book is a treasure. There
are forty-seven pages OF proper
ty records, containing about $50
names. The book has a section at
the end for the recording OF
deaths.
There are four curious nota-
tons on the front fly-leaf:
James D. Lipps land 1920
south Cumberland Mt. at TO-"
81, w. Swindall land 700 Cum.
Mt. at 10"
Edward T. Cochran land 10
at SO per acre on Laurel Branch"
Jasper Sutherland land 404 on
Lick and Mcclure at 10 cents"
Probably, these were notations
to 60 in the real estate book.
The chief items of property in
those days apparently were
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.
Almost everyone listed these
kinds of livestock At least half
of the people owned guns, but
very few had watches or clocks.
The record shows only nine sew
ing machines in the county, those
owned by Matthew S. Dotson,
Wilborn Phipps, James M Rober
son, Rainwater Ramsey, William
A. Ayers, George Dyer, Richard
Kiser, Isaac Mullins and Eliza
beth Mullins. Only four taxpayers
confessed to the ownership of
books: William A. Ayers, Sidney
M. B. Coulling, James M. Rober-
son and James M Thornbury.
Only eleven were assessed with
vehicles: Abijah D Alley, Rob-
ert Bise, Walter Elam, James H
Mullins, Isaac Mullins, William
McFall, Elizabeth Mullins, John
H. Mullins, Andrew O'Quinn,
Oliver w. Powers and James M
Thornbury.
\ X
Only six taxpayers were assess
ed with personal property to the
value of more than $500. John H.
Mullins, of the Holly Creek Dis
trict, possessions valued at 1888
Andrew Owens, Sr., Sand Lick
District, $643. Isaac Mullins, Sir,
Holly Creek, 1851. Lewis Viers,
Sand Lick, $50 William A Ay-
ers, Holly Creek, $427. James NJ.
Thornbury, Holly Creek, $423
y
Practically everyone had head
or more of cattle. A few apparent
ly raised them for sale. James S
Colley, of the Sand Lick District,
was assessed with twenty head
Noah Counts, Sand Lick, also had
twenty. Andrew Owens, Sir, Sand
Lick, had forty. John H Null
ms, Holly Creek, had forty-eight
*a*
There were in 1881 only three
magisterial districts in the coun-
ty: Holly Creek, Ervinton and
Sand Lick. Holly Greek apparent
ly embraced most of the Kennedy
District Sand Lick included
good part of the Willis, and Err
yinton had slices of what are now
{See next coluun)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1951-04-19
WITH THE MEN IN
UNIFORM
ambassador of Good Will.

Ambassador of Good Will.
Stacy v. White of the US. Ma
Wy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. White of Nealy Ridge, is serv
ing aboard the heavy cruiser Sa-
lem operating with the Sixth
Fleet in the Mediterranean. Duty
in the Mediterranean will give the
Sixth Fleet sailors an opportunity
to visit many of the bordering
countries such as Greece, Tur-
key, Egypt and Italy.
Serving In Far East.
Serving aboard a ship which
can "sink itself at will" is Kermit
Quinton Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore N. Brown of Clint
wood, who is aboard the landing
ship dock USS Colonial in the Far
East.
Ships of this type are capable
of sinking themselves at selected
places to permit other vessels to
enter their holds for repair. The
Colonial has been in the combat
zone since last December and has
participated in three invasions
and two excavations.
Shouns Have Baby Boy.
A baby boy weighing pounds
was born March % to Mrs. Demia
Gay Shoun, wife of Harry Shoun
of the navy, at the naval hospital
at Key West, Fla. Shoun is with
the Atlantic fleet.
Mrs Shoun is a daughter of MIR.
and Mrs Rufus Stiltner of
Breaks. The baby, named Harry
D., is the first child for h e
Shouns,
Evening star., 1951-02-06
U. 5. Will Back Japan
For u. n, Dulles Says
BY The Associated Press

TOKYO, Feb. 6.-Ambassador
John Foster Dulles told japanese
women of the Diet (Parliament)
today that the United States will
support Japan in it's bid to join
the United Nations.
The American envoy, here to
discuss plans for a Japanese peace
treaty, addressed the women at
their request prior to his night
meeting with Gen. Macarthur.
"The United States feels bound
to act in accordance with it's deep
conviction as to what is now nee
essary to give the world the best
chance Of peace" Mr.. Dulles said.
Japan can be confident of the
opportunity to participate in. and
draw protection from, the prin-
ciples of the U. N. Charter and
the United States will welcome
Japan into this fraternity for
peace"
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Most Traffic Deaths
Laid 10 ; Factors

The majority of fatal traffic ac-
cidents in the District last year
can be traced to three factors,
Washington I. Cleveland, manager
of the District division of the
American Automobile Association,
said today.
These, he said, are failure to
/ give full time and attention to
driving. failure to give pedestrians
the right of way and exceeding the
speed limit.
Mr.. Cleveland pointed out this
flouting of traffic regulations re-
suited in 70 deaths on the streets
and highways of Washington last
year, as compared to II in l949.
Only two fatalities resulted from
trolley accidents last year, while
IL of the II deaths chalked up for
1949 were chargeahle to street.
cars. he said. -
There were no bicycle fatalities
in 1850, as compared to two in
1949, Mr.. Cleveland said.
In further analysis of acci-
dents, Mr.. Cleveland noted that 68
per cent of last years traffic ia
talities were pedestrians, and two
thirds of the accidents occurred
at night.
The AAA pointed out that At
per cent of the pedestrians killed
were SIS years of age or over, and
"a per cent, one in every three,
were IS years of age or over.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Reservists Reported
hCombotWithOnIy
78 Days of Training
BY the AssocIofed Press

OTTAWA, Feb. Ga Canadian
wearer of the Victoria Gross, Maj.
Gen. G. r. Pearkes, told last night
of sei1lg American reservistS sent
to the Korean front after only 18
days refresher training.
He asked Canadians critical of
Gen. Macarthur to keep that in
mind.
Gen. Pearkes won Britain's
highest military decoration in
France in World War I. During
World War II he was Canadas
Pacific commander.
Speaking as military spokesman
for the Progressive Conservative
Party, he told the House of Com
mons he had observed the Amer
leans training at Fort Lewis,
Wash, where Canada's 10000
man special force has been train
ing since December /.
The Americans, he said, were
National Guardsmen and reServ-
lists. Their short 18-day course
resulted from American unpre-
paredness and the need for them
as replacements in Korea, he de-
clared.
He asked Canadians, if they feel
American forces have given ground
too quickly in Korea, to remember
that tactics of war change and
that it might not now be wise to
fight to the bitter end"
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Korea
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
down one Marine Corsair over the
front lines.
There no longer is any doubt
about the whereabouts of the
enemy" an Allied officer said
They are right here where we
are"
The hills are alive with Chinese
and Korean Reds. They were dig
ging in everywhere, despite an
estimated Allied toll of 81 900 dead
and wounded Reds in 13 days.
Casualty Rate 100 to 1.
1t. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway
9th Army commanded, said Allied
forces have inflicted casualties at
a rate as high as 100 to l since
late January.
The general told newsmen his
aim was to inflict on the Reds
maximum loss at minimum cost.
Gen. Ridgway said the Allies
have the power to push a strong
column deep into enemy territory.
But he asked rhetorically what
could be gained by that.
The 9th Army commander said
the reputation of Chinese soldiers
has been greatly inflated. They
are submissive to orders, have
great endurance, understand the
art of camouhage and can get
along with little food. But they
are not invincible, he said.
Gen. Ridgway described the
British, Turkish, Greek,
Dutch and South Koreans
in the United Nations forces as
topf1ight, self-reliant soldiers. He
said they know how to do a job
and they are doing it.
Next 4S Hours Crucial.
The 13-day-ol limited offensive
has wedged large numbers of Chi
nese forces south of the Han River
Military men said the Reds were IN
an untenable military position
from Yoju, 40 miles southeast Of
Seoul, to the Yellow Sea.
They predicted the next 48 hours
should show whether the Reds
plan to try to fight their way out
or pull back to the north bank of
the frozen Han River.
In addition to bringing tanks to
the front, the Reds were moving
trucks across the Han and were
digging new defensive positions.
Evening star., 1951-02-06

from the northeast. This in turn
would proportionately reduce the
pressure on Allied forces fighting
in Korea.
Gen. Macarthur has emphasized
that there can be no turning
back" from the battle against
communism in Asia. He made it
plain he referred to the Orient as
a whole and not just Korea.
1t is known that he believes the
present campaign is only one
phase Of Red thrust for all of
Asia which he says must be op-
posed with force wherever it be-
comes dangerous.
Wants to Bomb Manchuria.
The U. N. commander has asked
in at least three public statements
for authority to bomb what he
calls the privileged sanctuary"
of Chinese Communist Man
churia.
Gen. Macarthur and his top
officers have emphasized q belief
the U. N. forces cannot be driven
from Korea. For the moment
Allied troops also have begged
down the main Chinese Commu-
mist strength and are hacking it
to pieces with concentrated fire.
power.
( But no responsible officer has
said that, with the present man.
power strength, the Allies can
regain all of Korea or even a sub
stantial portion of it north of
Seoul. The Chinese still have a
vast superiority in numbers.
1t would be consistent with
Gen. MacArthur's strategy both
to bolster his forces with Ma
tionalist troops who are available
and to- use them as a diversionary
or feirt threat to pull apart the
concentration of most, effective
Red power.
The Chinese Communists have
approximately Q million trained
troops who form the heart of
their army. now mostly concen-
trated III 2Manchuria and Korea
A new high-speed mobilization
program has khegurl in South
China. but 1t is expected to be
some time before an adequate de-
fenSe force can be prepared
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Canada Is PLANNING
To Spend 5 Billion on
Defense in ; Years
BY the Associated Press

OTTAWA, Feb. 6.-Canadian
Defense Minister Brooke Claxton
announced in Parliament last
night a IS billion three-year de-
fense program proving 40-squad-
ron air force of more than 5000
planes.
The proposed military expendi-
ture overshadows anything Canada
has ever known in peacetime. It
amounts to more than quarter
Iof Canada's World War II costs.
The program places the accent
on air power as Canada's major
contribution to Gen. Eisenhower's
Atlantic alliance forces. Eleven of
the 40 active and reserve SQUAD
rons planned are to be assigned to
Europe with some 800 jet planes.
Budget Doubles 1850 Figures.
Mr.. Claxton told the House of
Commons the defense budget for
the next fiscal year will exceed
$l.6 billion. That is double this
years figure.
The three-year program pro-
vides for:
l. Stepping up the navy from
80 ships now in service to 100
ships and doubling the present
naval personnel of 10000 men to
handle convoy and patrol duties
and defense of the Canadian
coasts.
2. Sending to Europe this year
an army brigade group or regi-
mental combat team of 5000 to
5000 men. But this contribution
VIII be overshadowed in time bv
Canada's air support.
8. Building about one-quarter
OF joint Canadian-American
early warning radar screen
using the most modern and DOW
erful apparatus.
35,000-Man Air Force.
4. Replacing British-type arma-
ment with United States-type
equipment. British arms now in
use. enough to equip four divi-
slons, are being sent to other At
lantic pact nations.
5. Maintaing an army division
u8,0O0 mem in combat strength
and organizing some new units
particularly anti-aircraft.
Mr.. Claxton said the program
envisages a 5,000-man air force
larger in time than the army
is now-with regular and reserve
squadrons being formed as fast
as planes can be produced There
now are three regular and IL re-
serve squadrons. 20,000-man
force.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
'UnmoiIed Letter
OF GI Is Found on
Dead Red Soldier
By the Assoeioted Press

WESTERN FRONT, Korea, Feb
6.-Pfc. Albert Rivera had just
addressed a letter to his parents
January % when his reconnais-
sance unit was ordered out on
patrol to Kunyangjang.
Pfc. Rivera put the letter into
his Bible. which he slipped inside
his bedroll which he tossed on his
jeep.
The patrol was amushed and
the bedroll was knocked off the
jeep.
Yesterday American soldiers
found the letter on a dead COM
munist soldier northeast of Su-
won. It was returned to Pfc.
Rivera. who mailed it today.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
NutionuIists
Continued From First Page

Nationalist attack on the main
land. This was because the as
signment of the United States 7th
Fleet to patrol the Formosan
Straits was accompanied by Pres
ident Truman's injunction of June
27 preventing any Nationalist
thrusts against the mainland.
Now the assessment of Com
munist strength in South China
ranges from a contention that the
Nationalists could walk ashore to
belief that the Reds are rebuild
ing their southern forces.
In any case Gen. Macarthur is
understood to feel that even the
threat of Nationalist attack
against the mainland would draw
off sizable Communist forces
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Korean Assembly Member
Slain by U. N. Soldier.
By the Assoeiaied Pre.s

'PUSAN, Korea, Feb. GA Ko-
rean Assembly spokesman said to-
day member of the Assembly
was shot dead Thursday in Taegu
by an unidentified United Nations
soldier.
He said Assemblyman Kwon Oh
Hoon, 38, was shot in the stomach.
The assassin fled. Robbery was
believed the motive.
PAX Chong Man, Assembly sec
retary general, said another men,
Der OF the Assembly had been
sent to Taegu, in South Central
Korea. to investigate.
Kwon was elected last May on
an independent ticket. His wife
and four children survive.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Remington S Superior
In u. ). Job Resumes
Testimony Today
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-William
w. Remington today sought de-
fense rebuttal testimony from his
former Commerce Department
superior, whose statements be-
fore Senate committee have
become an important part of the
Governments perjury case against
the defendant.
Thomas c. Blaisdell, former
assistant Secretary of Commerce,
book the stand yesterday just as
the court adjourned. He will re-
sumo his testimony today.
Remington is accused of lying
when he told grand jury last
year that he never was Com
munist Party member.
The Government contends that
he became $10.000-a-year Com
merce Department economist
after concealing FBI investigation
OF his past from Mr.. Blaisdell.
Says He Was Approved.
The defendant. testifying in his
own defense. said he was approved
for the post after he told Mr.
Blaisdell of the FBI investigation.
Remington also said he told
Mr.. Blaisdell Of appearing before
a Jury" but did not say grand
jury"
United States Attorney Irving H.
Saypol had read into the record
statements made by Blaisdell be-
fore a Senate investigating COM
mittee.
Mr.. Blaisdell was quoted as say
ing he would not" have appoint
ed Remington if he knew there
was any question of loyalty. He
also was quoted as testifying that
"at no time do I recollect" a con-
versation with Remington about
his past.
May Wind Up Case Today.
The defense may wind up its
case today. After summations by
both sides and the judges charge,
the jury will go into deliberation,
possibly Thursday.
Another defense witness, Ber-
trand Fox, a Harvard Business
School professor, said he served
with Remington on the War Pro-
duction Board in Washington at
one time.
In the WPB, Mr.. Fox said, a
chemical formula for making rub
ber or gasoline from garbage was
treated in Office gossip as crack
pot idea"
The Governments star witness
at the trial, Elizabeth Bentley,
former spy courier, testified
earlier that Remington passed on
this formula to her for transmits
sion to Soviet agents. Remington
denied her accusation.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
Concert in Indian Head

INDIAN HEAD, Md, Feb. 6
(SpeciaD "A glee club and band
concert will be presented at 8
o'clock tonight in the auditorium
Of Lackey High School.
Evening star., 1951-02-06
One-Room Schools Persist

Nearly Is per cent of the ele-
mentary school pupils In the
United States still are taught in
one-room, one-teacher country
schools.