Beckley Declares Clean-Up Week With Prize Contests
Mayor George B. Chambers proclaims Sunday April 19 as the start of Clean-up Paint-up Fix-up week in Beckley. The Raleigh Register, Beckey Jaycees and Raleigh County Garden Council sponsor cash awards for three contests: individual home improvement, group improvement, and school poster contests for city schools. Prizes range from merchandise and paint to cash, with sponsors including local banks, hardware stores, and businesses.
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Seeley
E. M. Payne Company
Henry Conway Hardware
Foster Hardware
Snow Thornton Florists
Beckley
Foster Hardware Co
Ashworth Home and Auto Supply Co
Bank of Raleigh
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh County Bank
G. C. Murphy Company
A. and P. Tea Company
Galperin Music Company
Beckley Hardware and Supply Company
White Cross Pharmacy and Gift Shop
Beckley Super Market
Imperial
Keatley’s Ind
Beckley Hardware and Supply Co
Hash Furniture Company
600 Disabled POWs Move In Korean Talks
In Munsan Korea the Communists offered to release 600 disabled prisoners of war including about 150 Americans and other U N soldiers. The unit exchange plan drew Allied protests and calls for a revised text as staff officers prepared details while observers predicted only about 100 Americans might be exchanged.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
John C. Daniel
Daniel
Lee Sang Cho
Be kl ey Fire Department Engine Room Repairs Planned
Beckley city officials announce major repairs to City Hall fire engine room with reinforcing steel arriving Sept 15 and steel delivery earlier, contractors Phillips Williams to start within a week of arrival. City firemen clearing basement as work approaches, council approved March 24 after state inspectors deemed the building unsafe. A special meeting slated to discuss contract plans and specifications for the repairs.
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Beckley City Hall
T. E. Bazzarre
City Recorder
Phillips - Williams
Bazzarre
A. L P. Schmeichel
State Inspection Bureau
C. A. Raper
City Hall
George B. Chamber
Chambers
MacArthur Man Fined For Driving Without License
Wade Lyons of MacArthur was fined $25 and costs on a charge of driving without a chauffeur's license. He was arraigned before Magistrate J. P. Meadows after arrest by County Deputy Sheriff Isaac Buckland.
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Wade Lyons
MacArthur
J. P. Meadows
Isaac Buckland
Beckley Proclaims Clean Up Campaign Opens April 19 1953
Mayor George B. Chambers designates April 19 1953 as official opening day of the Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up program sponsored by the Raleigh Register Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce and Raleigh County Garden Council. He calls upon city departments businesses clubs schools churches and residents to participate in this program for community improvement and defense effort support.
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George B. Chambers
Beckley
Raleigh Register
City of
West Virginia
Hiram B Wriston Dies at 67 in Mabscott Hill
Hiram Burl Wriston 67 of Mabscott Hill died at 7 05 am in a local hospital after a five week illness. A retired miner he was employed until 1947 by Seven Up Bottling Company. He is survived by his wife Vernie Settle Wriston and eight children Ira Wriston Huntington Austin Wriston New Castle Pa Mrs Nonia Newland New Castle Pa Mrs Glenna Thornton Oak Hill Mrs Kathleen Adkins Wilson Pa Mrs Hallie Clifford and Miss Delores Wriston at home. Body at Rose Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Hiram Burl Wriston
Mabscott Hill
Vernie Settle Wriston
Ira Wriston
Huntington
Austis Wriston
Crow
Nonia Newland
New Castle
Glenna Thornton
Oak Hill
Kathleen Adkins
Wilson, Pa
Hallie Clifford
Delores Wriston
Rose Funeral Home
Stock Markets Rise Steadily Across the Board
New York stocks moved higher with gains spread across securities and the market closing on an upbeat note. The day saw a modest advance with the strongest move a bit over one point while losses remained small and scattered.
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New York
No Medical Mooching at Huntington Hospital
Huntington VA hospital manager refutes charges that unqualified veterans mooch medical care, citing a Congress survey of four VA hospitals where half of patients earn about five thousand dollars a year and only a quarter have service connected disabilities. he warns many would go without care or rely on charity without VA support.
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Huntington
Huntington Veterans Hospital
H. W. Baxley
Congress
Baxley
Veterans Hospital
Prisoner Dead After Fire in Mt Hope Jail
One man is dead and another hospitalized after a Mt Hope City Jail fire. Frank Bennett, 34, of Abraham identified by papers on his body. Kessler Adkins of Meadow Creek hospitalized in serious condition. inquiry planned into Bennett death. Family notified later.
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Mt, Hope
Mt. Hope City
Frank Bennett
Abraham
Kessler Adkins
Meadow Creek
Oak Hill
Bennett
Tom Twaddle
Bernard Rocke
Federal Judge Holds Court Session Here
Federal Judge Ben Moore and staff moved into the Raleigh County Criminal Courtroom to hear pre sentencing reports on Raleigh County defendants. Most cases involve illegal moonshine production or sale. several juveniles were to be heard in chambers. Multiple defendants received probation or further investigation was ordered for remaining cases.
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Ben Moore
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Federal District Court
Bluefield
Moore
Benton Paul Surratt
Harper
French Tolliver
James Willard Coleman
Ghent
A. Curtis Thompson
Mt. View
Thompson
Woodrow Wilson Martin
Mt. View Area
Martin
Willard Lee Lilly
Odd
Lilly
George Edward Jackson
Lester
Elmer Duncan
Greenbrier County
Arnold Napoleon Johnson
Shady Spring
Chalmers Lambert
Posey Hendrix
Pine Knob
Walter Berman
Wille A. Park
Cool Ridge
Wirt Ray Harper
John W.W. Bollick
Bill Earl Burgess
Thomas Wilburn Swim
Princeton
Boy Harold Cabell Dies of Brain Cancer in Huntington
Harold Cabell an 11 year old boy from Foster Boone County died last night at a Huntington hospital. Hospital attendants said the death was due to brain cancer after the child underwent two surgeries during his month in the hospital. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Willie Cabell.
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R. C. Godsey
Godsey
Bennett
Tyree
Huntington
Boone County
Harold Cabell
Willie Cabell
Foster
Glen Morgan Man Hit Second Time in Korea
Cpl Clyde L Pack of Glen Morgan was wounded in Korea, listed as Casualty List 785 by the Department of Defense. This marks his second injury after an action in November 1952. A 1949 Shady Spring High School graduate, he completed basic training at Fort Dix New Jersey last May.
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Department of Defense
Clyde L. Pack
Alfred Pack
Glen Morgan
Shady Spring High School
Ft. Dix
N. Y
Postponement Granted in Bee Branch Still Case
A hearing for George Clay owner and operator of a large still seized last week was indefinitely postponed by Magistrate J Meadows. The 10 am session today was halted with no new date set. Clay was first slated for a 4 pm hearing last Monday before the delay.
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George Clay
Bee Branch
Clay
J. Meadows
Betty Mining Corp Receives State Charter
Betty Mining Corp with authority of one million dollars received a state charter to engage in mining and real estate. Offices will be in Morgantown and principal works in Arizona. It starts with sixty thousand dollars paid in capital. Incorporators include Joseph Klinghoffer of Benwood Rufus F. Razzell Jr. and W. R. Ervin of Morgantown.
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Charleston
Betty Mining Corp
Morgantown
Arizona
Joseph Klinghoffer
Benwood
Rufus F. "Azzell, Jr
W. R. Ervin
Corpus Christi elects new mayor and City Commission
Corpus Christi Tex Albert Lichtenstein aged 43 and four other local businessmen were swept into office as mayor and City Commission by a near two to one vote while styles of campaigning lagged behind in the Gulf Coast city.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Mediterranean
Gulf Coast
Albert Lichtenstein
Second Term for Ike Predicted by Taft in 1956 Run
Senator Taft said Eisenhower is likely to run again in 1956 and be reelected. He noted reports of a possible one term plan were unverified and cited the president’s remarks that he was not ready for a serious declaration. Taft, Senate majority leader, stated he believes Eisenhower will seek a second term when appropriate.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Senate
Deal Between Legion and Medics Revealed in Louisville
Louisvile Times reports a claimed 1949 behind the scenes agreement between the American Medical Association and the American Legion to curb Truman era health reform. The hospital administrator cited a deal to withhold criticism of VA care. AMA leaders deny any agreement, while a former AMA president questions ongoing officer actions.
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Louisvile
Louisville Times
American Medical Association
American Legion
Legion
AMA
Truman
Louisville
A. E. Hardgrove
American Hospital Association
Committee On Veterans’ Hospitals
VA Veterans Administration
Times
Harrison H. Shoulders
Nashville, Tenn
Medical
House of Delegates
Democrats Win Big in St. Louis Mayoral Contest
In St Louis, Democrat Raymond R Tucker defeated Republican Carl G Stifel by an all time margin of 61 433 votes in the citys mayoral race unofficial returns from 795 precincts show Tucker 143 640 to Stifel 82 207 marking the nations first major city election since the Republican presidential victory.
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ST. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
Carl G. Stifel
Tucker
Stifel
John P Tyce Named Manager In Mullens
John P Tyce 36 is named general manager of Union Power Co and Mullens Water Works, succeeding R W Kirby who died March 23. Tyce came to Mullens in 1949 as bookkeeper cashier for the utility firm.
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Mullens
John P. Tyce
Union Power Co
Mullens Water Works
R. W. Kirby
Tyce
Lovett Criticizes Korean War Ammunition Output
Presstime bulletins report former Defense Secretary Robert A. Lovett calling ammunition production for the Korean War "definitely unsatisfactory" and saying he took it out of Army control amid a patently exhausted patience. In UN notes, Russia's Vishinsky urged Western powers to meet the Soviet Union halfway to reach disarmament agreement.
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Washington
Robert A. Lovett
United Nations
Russia
Andre Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
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Charles L. Hurst
Beckey ‘Junior Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County Garden Council
Mayor Chambers
By Robert B. Tuckman
Panmunjom
Col
Willard Carlock
Fire Dept. Steel
Oak Hill High
Glade Creek
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone
Hiram B. Wriston
Huntington Hospital
Mt. Hope
Wheeling
Walter V. Rogalski
Carl J. Fisher
Rogalski
Joyce Ralbovsky
Ohio River
Ohio County
Joseph Gompers
State Penitentiary
Don McClaugherty
By Peggy Kessinger
Register
Jesse Richmond
Sam Bennett
Opal Bennett
Dorsey Bennett
Virgie Kincaid
Minnie Richmond
May Richmond
Effie Bennett
Eva Gay
Sharon
Samuel
Keith
Ike
Medics
Shoulders
The
Veterans Administration
George F. Lull
Chicago
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