West Virginia Christmas rush near peak in 1948
Shoppers f locked Charleston Wheeling and Huntington as a December 21 traffic surge hit liquor and postal services. Disruptions snarled beer deliveries in Charleston, liquor shelves ran short in Wheeling, while Huntington drew two Cabell county liquor clerks on emergency duty. State offices prepared for a short holiday with limited hours and packages piling up in post offices.
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Charleston
W. Va
Office of Price Administration
Wheeling
Mother Hubbard
Huntington
Liquor Control Commission
Cabell
Boone B. Arthur
W. Arch Leap
Department of Hhat
State Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
Moundsville
Welch
State Capitol
Automobile Bureau of the Road Commission
Skelton
Public Service Compensation Commissions
Louisville and Nashville proposes stock split to two for one
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad directors proposed a two for one stock split reducing par value from 100 to 50. Each existing share would yield two new shares, with about 1,170,000 shares outstanding. The plan awaits stockholder approval and Interstate Commerce Commission consent.
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New York
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
399th Infantry Sets Some Kind Of Speed Record
SIXTH ARMY GROUP FRANCE The 399th infantry regiment of the 100th Division moved rapidly from East River to the Rhine. Arriving in France October 20 under Col Andrew Tochsen they moved to the front after days of training and dismounted to join a tough sector near Poret de Ste Barbe. They fought through land mines and heavy terrain as the French drive to Strasbourg advanced, helping press the Nazis toward the Rhine.
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Sixth Army Group
France
100Th (Century) Division
East River
Rhine
Fifth Avenue
New York City
U. S. 7Th Army
Andrew ¥. Tochsen
Haddonsfield N. J
Sicily
Italy
Anzio
Poret de Ste. Barbe
399Th
Strasbourg
Fighting unit names multiple 399th members
A hard driving and relentless fighting unit lists its 399th members including Pfc Celestial B Williams and Pvt George A Siegler of Beckley Pvt John R Wood of Bradshaw Pvt Edward Rose Jr of Coeburn Pvt Joe G Terry of Ingleside Pvt Elio Amici and Pvt Robert C Lindsey of Kimball Pvt Coleman Adkins of Mabscott Pfc Marshall L White of Princeton Pvt Jeffrie L Allen of Welch and Pvt William H Vance of Yukon.
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399Th
Celestial B. Williams
George A. Siegler
Beckley
John R. Wood
Bradshaw
Edward Rose Jr
Coeburn
Joe G. Terry
Ingleside
Elio Amici
Robert C. Lindsey
Kimball
Coleman Adkins
Mabscott
Marshall L. White
Princeton
Jefrie L. Allen
Welch
William H. Vance
Yukon
Operator Of Tire Repair Shop Held
Pi J D Cleary OPA investigator of Columbus Ohio announced the arrest of Carl B Davis in Parkersburg West Virginia Davis admitted buying tires from three Negroes now in custody in Ohio and selling them for 20 to 25 dollars Cleary said he would file a state court complaint at Marion Ohio charging Davis with receiving stolen property and a federal charge at Columbus for transferring tires without a certificate The Parkersburg case grows from the December 4 Delaware arrest of three Negroes accused of breaking into stores in Newark Zanesville Marion and Delaware Ohio
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Parkersburg
W. Va
J. D. Cleary
OPA
Columbus, C
Carl B. Davis
C. W. Hulbert
Davis
Ohio
Cleary
Marion
Columbus
Vis
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Tax Department
Education Department
Health Club
Borden
Japan
Henry C. Pratt
Western Defense Mand
San Francisco
War Department
Bluefield
Opticians
America
Lerge
Princeton Avenue
Caton Talore
Theatelon Wy
United Woolen
Kiour
Sunkist
Meine
Eben
Washington State
U. S
Lee
U.S
Libby
Criseo
Maxwell House
Wytheville
Loin End
Jitty
Duffs
C & C Food Market
Bluefield, Virginia
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