Mayor Sels Plans Tag Day for Raleigh County Cancer Drive
Mayor W A Burke announced a Tag Day this Saturday to aid the Raleigh County Cancer Drive. He expects 25 to 30 local high school girls to assist with donations and will name a chairwoman. The mayor will join Army Day activities as April events are organized by the Woman's Club Civic Department led by Mrs. T S Rice and Miss Arlena Miller.
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W. A. Burke
Raleigh County
Civic Department
The
Woman's Club
T. S. Rice
Arlena Miller
Four Men Depart Beckley for Army Induction Tests
Four area men left the Beckley recruiting station seeking pre service exams at Fort Hayes in Columbus Ohio before entering the army. Manuelle M. Puckett Clayton W. Redden and Thomas R. Rogers of Grandview enlisted in the Coast Artillery for three years in the European theater. Lee F. Phipps of Amonate also signed a three year enlistment in the Quartermaster Corps for service in Europe.
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Beckley
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Army
Robert ©. Baer
Manuelle M. Puckett
Clayton W. Redden
Thomas R. Rogers
Grandview
Coast Artillery
Lee F. Phipps
Amonate
Quartermaster Corps
Crab Orchard Residence Traded For About Five Thousand Five Hundred
Mabel M Gunter bought a home in Crab Orchard from V N and Dona Maye Meadows for about 5500 dollars, shown by Federal revenue stamps on the deed in the County Clerk's office. The lot fronts Valley avenue 75 feet and extends 230 feet back. A second record notes a transfer on First street from Maude Barksdale to Charlie Terry for about 500 dollars.
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Mabel M. Gunter
Crab Orchard Fron V. N
Dona Maye Meadows
Valley Avenue
First Street
Maude Barksdale
Charlie Terry
Burke Given 10-Day Jail Term For Property Damage
Leonard A Burke fined 10 dollars and costs and sentenced to 10 days in county jail by Magistrate J P Meadowson on a charge of destroying personal property. Burke was arrested yesterday after a warrant sworn by his wife alleging he damaged a bed during a domestic dispute.
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Leonard A. Burke
J. P. Meadowson
Burke
Senators attack Bowles as inflation fight sparks revolt
Discussions reveal Sen Johnson and others criticize Bowles and the administration stance on price controls. They question his authority while Bowles defends the cotton regulation under a 1942 executive order. The new OPA margin plan sets a base and increases per centage with cotton prices, aiming to curb speculative rises and protect farmers and textile interests.
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Bowles
Anderson
OPA
Agencs
Chicago
New Orleans
New York
Housing boom in Beckley reshapes local landscape
A veteran from Pearisburg Virginia notes contractors arriving from Ohio and Virginia to secure scarce items as Beckley forges ahead with 50 to 100 new houses. He observes about 20 houses visible from his home, driven by cheap construction aimed at easing a housing shortage. The city Seal is affixed in witness whereof.
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Pearisburg
Virginia
Ohio
Beckley
Short
Beckley Navy Recruiting Drive Lists Parade Participants
City of Beckley West Virginia unveils a long list of parade participants for Army Day including Woodrow Wilson High band State Guards American Legion posts 32 and 70 Veterans of Foreign Wars Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Red Cross and many more. Two floats Will honor Beckley fire department and Beckley’s Victory team duo while parade officials plan a 50 minute route starting 10 am from Woodrow Wilson High School with crews arriving by 8:30 am.
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Beckley
W. Va
Webb
Woodrow Wilson High School
State Guards
American Legion Post No. 32
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Army Recruiting Staff
American Legion Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
American Red Cross
Girl Scouts
Stoco High School Band
Cee Beckley Ellis Lodge
American Legion Post No. 70
Mullens High School
Mullens Post
American Legion
Beckley Lions Club
Beckley Rotary Club
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Hinton High School
Hinton American Legion Post
Mt. Hope American Legion Post
Beckley Fire
aBer
Army
Crab Orchard Plans To Take A Census
Volunteer workers will meet at 6 30 p m today in the Crab Orchard Baptist Church to be assigned territories and receive census instructions. An accompanying item notes an Army recruiting radio program on WJLS at 8 p m featuring Lt Richard A Cummings and others. A building permit was issued for a four room house valued around 1000 dollars to C C Davis. The article also notes the Holstein cow’s 1857 import from Holland and the Brown Swiss cow’s 1869 import from Switzerland.
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Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Robert C. Byrd
ARMY
Beckley Army
WJLS
Richard A. Cummings
Robert Snyder
Allard Chaney
Frederick
Chaney
C. C. Davis
City Recorder
Laffice
Coal mine picket closures and railroad layoffs hit West Virginia
Union reports seven large strip mines in Harrison County closed by a picket caravan of 15 to 20 cars carrying 75 men. Bluefield sees steps to cut shopworkers by 50 to 60 percent as Norfolk and Western, Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads implement layoffs to curb coal shipments. Maintenance crews remain at some sites.
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West Virginia
Harrison County
Cecil Urbaniak
U. M. W.’s District 31
Clarksburg
Lumberport
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Pocahontas
Somiel
Railroad
N. and W
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake and Ohio
School Board Sued Over Damaged Bus Incident
Moody Meadows sues Earl Harper and the Raleigh County Board of Education for 500 dollars in the Circuit Clerk's office. The declaration claims a car collided with a school bus improperly parked on U S Route 19 near Price Hill in January.
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Moody Meadows
Earl Harper
Raleigh County Board of Education
Meadows
Price Hill
Rape-Slaying Ex-Marine Medley Appeals Death Sentence
The ex Marine Medley, condemned for the killing of Nancy Boyer in Washington, had his execution stayed pending appeal after an April 30 date. He faces related indictments in two other red haired women’s deaths and was recaptured hiding in a sewer along the Anacostia River. He vowed to try again if given the chance.
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Dorothy Berrum
Medley
Nancy Boyer
Washington
New Orleans
Chicago
Anacostia River
Capital
Rail wage awards seek higher freight rates in 1946
Federal District Court filings from Chicago detail wage increases of about 25 to 26 million dollars annually for road workers. The boards tie the rise to inflation controls amid surging material fuel costs and a 22 percent drop in operating income in early 1946. Two operating unions seek 23 percent raises. a fact finding board reviews their demands.
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Bross
Federal District Court
Chicago
Two Couples Obtain Licenses
Two marriage licenses issued by the County Clerk’s office go to John Houston Shea 23 of Rhodell and de la Marie Bryant Fink 22 of Ghent along with Howard Edse Shrewsbury 20 and Minnie Ruth Calfee 19 both of Beckley.
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John Houston Shea
Rhodell
de la Marie Bryant Fink
Ghent
Howard Edse Shrewsbury
Minnie Ruth Calfee
Beckley
Worix Given Term In Prison
Worix of Mabscott pleaded guilty to auto theft this morning and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a term of from two to 10 years by Judge W A Riffe. Four indictments of grand larceny and an indictment of trespass were noted after his plea. The grand jury was ordered to report tomorrow morning to hear evidence in the case against John and Edward Mowell, indicted on a maiming charge.
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Hatfield Worix
Mabscott
State
W. A. Riffe
John
Edward Mowell
Council May Shelve Iran Issue After Russian Walkout
Byrnes urged the Security Council to accept Russia’s stated delay and shelve the Iran case. Ambassador Gromyko was absent, having withdrawn from Iran discussions. Russia sought until April 10, while Iran demanded immediate full debate. Byrnes indicated no merit discussion was needed.
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Byrnes
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Iran
Russia
Security Council
Benefit Bridge To Be Held Wednesday
The Civile Department of the Woman's Club sponsors a benefit bridge Wednesday night at 8 o'clock in the Appalachian Building. Reservations may be made by calling listed members including Mrs Roy Brash and Miss Mona Wood among others.
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The
Woman's Club
Appalachian
Roy Brash
Theodore Cannaday
Frankie Corley
Ross Irle
Lucy Solaski
Mona Wood
Crewe Maples
A. C. Forsythe
D. K. Shroyer
Fred Hurt
Keitel Describes German Defenses in Western Campaign
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel testified at the Nuremberg tribunal that only 20 divisions guarded western Germany during the Polish blitz and that a French attack would have met little German defense. He said German forces stretched from the Holy Hand to Switzerland and that a peaceful solution seemed possible in the western campaign during winter.
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Yoane Associated Press
Mernberg
Wilhelm Keitel
International Military Tribunal Today
Western
Germany
Keitel Jis
Funkhouser Names New Associate Editor Je
Charles Town report says Lewis T. Welch former statehouse reporter and political writer for the Charleston Daily Mail has been named associate editor of the Jefferson Republican. Welch was released from active Navy duty last month after spending 14 months overseas with an amphibious reconnaissance volunteer group. The Jefferson Republican operates as a weekly with daily AP wire service.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
Lewis T. Welch
Statehouse
Charleston Daily Mail
Jefferson Republican
R. J. Funkhouser
Welch
Navy
Three Area Men Honorably Discharged From Navy
Three area men, Robert K. Hatfield of Crab Orchard, Arthur F. Burdiss of East Beckley, and Elmer L. Gilkerson of East Beckley, were honorably discharged from the Navy at Bainbridge Separation Center per an official center release received today.
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Navy
Bainbridge, Md
Robert KR. Hatfield
Crab Orchard
Arthur F. Burdiss
East Beckley
Elmer L. Gilkerson
Fast Beckley
Singing Meet Is Set Sunday Raleigh County Con vention to Meet at Crab Orchard Baptist
The Raleigh County Singing Convention will hold its regular monthly meeting Sunday at 1 30 p.m. at the Crab Orchard Baptist Church with group singing by choirs and quartets. J L Hamlet of Midway, president, says the public is invited to attend.
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Raleigh County
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
J. L. Hamlet
Midway
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