X Ray Before Marriage Permit Urged By TB Chief
Dr Robert L Smith, director of tuberculosis central for the state health service, urged x rayed screening for all marriage license applicants and for prisoners in Raleigh County jail to curb tuberculosis spread. He also called for legislation to isolate incorrigible tubercular cases while a non profit charter was discussed for the Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Robert L. Smith
Tuberculosis Centrol
State Public Health Service
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Smith
Navy Recruiter Interviews Local Applicants Today
A Bluefield Recruiting Station recruiter visits the county courtroom to interview local applicants for naval service. He will return to Beckley on April 17 and 18 for further recruiting. Enlistment applications have been accepted from Leonard M. Cox Glen Rogers and Albert Lee Grimmett of Raleigh. Cox was recently discharged from the Navy after 38 months of active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
He sWill
Beckley
Leonard M. Cox
Glen Rogers
Albert Lee Grimmett
Raleigh
John Rudin
Cox
Navy
Rudin
Two Men Leave For Army Exams
Two area men depart the Beckley recruiting station for Columbus Ohio to take physical examinations before entering the army. Jack D Danker Barber enlists as private for 18 months and Darius Adkins Beaver enlists for three years in the armored forces in the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Columbus
Ohio
Army
Robert O. Baer
Jack D. Danker
Barper
Darius Adkins
Beaver
Pattern by Sue Burnett Sequin Embellished Two Piece Outfit
Pattern by Sue Burnett features scalloped edging and a flared peplum top with a gathered waist and a graceful skirt. Pattern No. 8978 offers sizes 10 through 20 with yardage details for size 12 and ordering directions from The Raleigh Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Burnett
Rayleigh Register
Ave. Americas
New York
N.Y
State Farmers Getting New High In Prices
West Virginia farmers saw prices for key products reach a postwar high by March 15 with meat animals and apples driving the increase. Hog prices at 14.40 per hundredweight, cattle 13.00, calves 15.60, sheep 6.20, lambs 13.80, apples 4.40 a bushel, chickens 25.5 cents per pound, eggs 33 cents per dozen. corn 1.89, rye 1.43, wheat 1.69, oats 93 cents, barley 1.30, with commercial feeds slightly higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Virginia
Braves’ Southworth Sees Progress After Loss Streak
Montgomery Alabama AP reports Boston Braves manager Billy Southworth stays hopeful after four straight defeats to the Detroit Tigers. He says he has noted improvement in his club with each setback despite the skid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southworth
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Detroit Tigers
Billy Southworth
Boston Braves
Scout Board To Meet Tomorrow In Memorial Building
The 50 member Appalachian Area Boy Scout Council executive board will meet tomorrow night at 8 in the Memorial building Legion room. Raleigh, Summers, Wyoming counties are expected to send executives. The board will review the area Scout program finances staff and other problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Area Boy Scout Council
Legion
Memorial Building
Guy Amato
Rileigh County
Appalachian Area
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Amato
Hike Expected In Dairy Prices Soon
Government officials predict retail prices for milk butter and cheese will rise soon. OPA and the Agriculture Department urge increases to curb declining production and offset higher costs, with a possible half cent per quart milk rise translating to about six cents per pound for butter and three cents for cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
O.P.A
Agriculture Department
Office of Economic Stabilization
Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Midwest
C.E.S
Veterans File Discharge Papers With Local Selective Service Boards
Eighteen veterans filed discharge papers with Selective Service boards 1 and 3 as reported by local boards. Names include Gorman Belcher Sophia James Cook Beckley Hendricks Dalton Roy Martin Robertson Clay Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Gilbert Cooke Ellison McCullough Morgan Jarvis Worley Saunders Harless Snead and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Gorman F. Belcher
Sophia
James R. Cook
Beckley
William M. Hendricks
James E. Dalton
Roy L. Martin
George H. Robertson
East Beckley
Robert B. Clay
Mullens
Howard R. Shrewsbury
Montroal
Atha E. Shrewsbury
Crab
Sylvia Braun Sentenced to Pen in Forgery Case
Sylvia Braun, an artist, was sentenced to one to ten years in the State penitentiary on a forgery charge. She is among six felons removed from Raleigh County jail to the State penal institution at Moundsville. The prison bus trip included William Albert Cox William Higgins Paul Baumgardner Opra Dillon and Leo Trainor from Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Braun
State Penitentiary
Raleigh County
Moundsville
Beckley
William Albert Cox
William Higgins
Paul Baumgardner
Opra Dillon
Leo Trainor
Dog Could Be Insulted At His Low Price
Speck the red tick coon hound valued at $60 by a common pleas court jury. Willard Weekly of Akron convicted of grand larceny for stealing the dog from Everett Brawiler. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the hound a thing of value and sent the case back to set Speck’s worth, noting the $60 verdict might insult the dog’s value. Farmer Etawiler had recently sold the hound for $100.
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Associated Press Wooster
Ohio Supreme Court
Willard Weekly
Akron
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Weekly
Everett Brawiler
Supreme Court
High Court
Tower Court
Speck
Etawiler
Farm Wrecked By Firehouse Blaze Continues
Kalaska Mich. attic fire at Ray Carlisle farm starts a chain reaction as wind rips the barn, house roof and hay fire spread. A hole cut in the roof was used to fight the blaze. Loss includes one barn hay stack roof four cows and two horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalaska
Mich
Ray Carlisle
Minters Sell City Property and Local Deeds Reported
Norman and Dollar Collins buy a vacant Fayette Street plot from A K Minter for about $2,000 as recorded by federal stamps. Other deeds show transfers in Beckley and surrounding areas with prices ranging from about $500 to $2,000. Three building permits total $14,000 for five and six room houses and two four room homes.
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Norman
Dollar Collins
Fayette Street
A. K. Minter
Justee
G. T.thornhil
Bluefield
V. TL
Ada Mae Lilly
Wande Shrewsbury
Edison
Beckley
George T. Hairston
Theodore Allen
Lilly Land
Lester
Trap Hill
F. L. Snuffer
Charles B
Lillian Huffman
Westwood Hills
Bessie Hearn
Lillian Butter
Hollinger
F W. E
Elton Arnett
E. R
Georgia Goldie Eaton
Hort
Crab Orchard
Sophia
Edgar
Ailen Gilliam
Robert L. Craddock
Snowden Craddock
Paint Creek
Dittsville Methodist Church
Lilly Land Company
Hous Hon
Wiltie Lee Frazier
Beckley Court
Beck-ly
J. 1
S. Maye
Lida Grace Lilly
City Recorder's Office
Roy E. Smith
Orchard Avenue
Felon B.lily
Mankin Avenue
Breach suit filed over contract to care for father
Myrtle Hill J sues F W Murphy for breach of contract claiming she moved far from home in Shady Spring to provide a home for her aged father J A Bolton. She alleges Murphy drafted an agreement giving him title to property in return for home and care. Plaintiff sent Murphy 125 to buy feed and fertilizer for livestock.
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Myrtle Hill J
F. W. Murphy
Shady Spring
J. A. Bolton
Murphy
Private detective help for housing search aid
Indianapolis VA employee G A Growden hired a private detective agency to locate living quarters for himself and his wife. Growden said he asked the agents to find something by the end of April but they would not promise anything.
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Jhires
Associated Press
Indianapolis
G. A. Gran
Veterans Administration
Growden
World’s Bitter Tonic Offered For Temporary Constipation Relief
An ad suggests sluggish bowel movement causes temporary constipation and lists minor ailments like poor appetite and gas as possible signs. It touts WORLD'S BITTER TONIC as a laxative aid for all ages, with caution to use only as directed and to buy at Cohen's and other drug stores.
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Cohen's
Adv
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