Former Prisoner Of Japs Tells Of Brutal Beatings
Captain S A Newman former Guam inmate and Gulf Oil official spoke to Mount Hope Lions Club about three years eight months in Japanese custody after Guam fell He described beatings insults forced labor with little food and harsh conditions including sewer confinement and a bamboo beating staff He recalled prisoners punished for worship and the impact of war trials and noted one officer confessed ordering a killed American with a broken leg The talk included photos from Japan showing burned cities and the Marines marching with flags before the Imperial Palace
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Register
Mount Hope
S. A. . Newman
Gulf Oi Company
P. C. Grane
Newman
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Tombers
Lions Club
Gulf’ Oil
Herl
Beri
Neivman
Imperial Palace
Route 60 Mishap Fatalities In East Rainelle
Fayette County records a fatal Route 60 crash five miles east of Lookout. Elliott A. Dorsey 27 of Nettie is dead. Carl Hall Groves 25 of Nettie is unconscious at East Rainelle Hospital. A witness said the truck failed to negotiate a curve on Route 60 mountain. Driver unidentified.
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Register
Rainelle
East Rainelle
Water H.hampton
Lookout
Fayette County
Elliott A. Dorsey
Nettie
Hampton
Carl Hall Groves
Fast Rainétel
Hamptton
iCleanliness urged for food handlers by sanitation officer
Fayete County sanitation officer Z H Legg urged food handlers in public and private settings to stay clean at all times. Utensils dishes and silver should be thoroughly cleansed and bare hand contact minimized with tongs forks and similar implements. Sandwich makers should avoid touching materials with hands to prevent disease and boost business appeal. Cleanliness is personal responsibility and helps health and patron trust.
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Register
Fayetteville
Z.H. Legg
iFayette County
Legg
Legg B
Oak Hill Mount Hope Softball Tilt Set Next Wednesday
Oak Hill and Mount Hope Lions Club members will meet for a softball game next Wednesday. At a recent Oak Hill meeting, P. White presented Howard with his new member pin and credentials as Miss Gloria Ridge sang solos with Eva Estes accompanying.
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Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Oak: Hill
Oak Hill Land
Minden Youth Hurt In Bicycle Mishap
A Minden youth was treated at Oak Hill Hospital for a leg injury after a bicycle crash on a hill when the brake failed. He collided with a fence during the fall yesterday. Maxwell Harris Jr. of Woodlawn Avenue left for Camp Clifton Mc Clintic near Williamsburg West Virginia for a two week Scout camp.
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Minden
OAK Hill
Billy
Oak Hill Hospital
Camp Oak Hill
Maxwell Harris Jr
Woodlawn Avenue
Clifton McClintic
Williamsburg
W. Va
Maxwell
Prisoners value trip to Japan and policy on democracy
Captain Newman argued that returning prisoners merit a trip to Japan and urged continued American control until younger generations adopt the American way of life. He said outward obedience by older Japanese hides a need for teaching the Democratic Principle as envisioned by MacArthur.
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Japan
Newman
MacArthur
George Stover Killed In Milburn No 1 Mine
OAK HILL George Stover a 40 year old Scarbro miner was killed this morning when rolled between a header and a mine motor at Milburn No 1 Milbury By-Products Coal Company officials reported He had worked for the company a year and a half and was operating the motor at the time He is survived by his wife and six children Funeral arrangements at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill are incomplete.
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By Register
Oak Hill
George Stover
Milbury By- Products Coal Company
Milburn
Stover
Tyree
Local Friends Of The Land Chapter Being Organized
A meeting of conservationists in the Southern Soil Conservation District offices led to plans for a local Friends of the Land chapter serving Raleigh Fayette Summers and Mercer counties. Charles Hodel was elected temporary chairman and named contact with state and national officials. A Friends of the Land Forum is tentatively set for October 30 as formation proceeds. The national group, formed in Columbus in 1940, aims to restore soil elements lost to erosion and depletion to improve the American diet.
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Friends of the Land
Southern Soil Conservation District
Charles Hodel
Hodel
Raleigh
Fayette, Summers
Mercer
Atoa Friends of the Land Forum
Wheeling
Columbus
Pace Awards $50 Damages in Furniture Case
B. T. Pace received $50 in damages from Hazel Jones after a Fayetteville jury decided in his favor yesterday. Pace sought payment for furniture damages while it was stored with Mrs. Jones, with evidence and closing arguments completed earlier in the day.
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Régister
Fayetteville
B. T. Pace
Hazel Jones
Pace
Jones
Mullens Lions Back Warden Highway Plan
The Mullens Lions Club endorsed the Kopperston Lions Club project to improve a 25 mile road between Kopperston in Wyoming County and Warden near Madison in Boone County. A. Ritz Kingdon received a past president’s pin at the Mullens meeting last night.
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Register
Mullens
Mullens Lions Club
Kopperston
William Rameys to Occupy Kingdon House Apartment
William Rameys and his wife will occupy the apartment in the newly built Fred T. Kingdon house on Mullens Hill. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. McDaniels now moving. The couple have lived with Hash family on Highland Avenue during Rameys military service. Daniels, formerly Mullens Kroger manager, is transferred to Oak Hill. Ira Green becomes Mullens Kroger manager as of July 15. Virginia Hash Kemp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hash, underwent a minor operation at Duke Clinic. parents accompanied her and planned to return home yesterday.
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William Rameys
Kingdon
Register
Mullens
William F. Ramey
Fred T. Kingdon
Mullens Hill
M. M. McDaniels
Ramey
B.T. Hash
Highland Avenue
Daniels
Kroger
Oak Hill
Ira Green
Register Stall
Virginia Hash
Kemp
T.haah
Duke Clinic
Rham, N. C
Durham
Jersey Police Capture Convict and Wife After Honeymoon Trap
A one day honeymoon ends as Jersey police capture escaped convict August Bernard Doak and his 16 year old wife Constance Ethel Blondell Doak near Hopewell after they kidnapped State Trooper George R. Kell at gunpoint. Doak had escaped from Michigan prison in 1945 and the pair had married recently in Elkton Maryland. Local authorities note the couple’s rapid downfall follows a tense manhunt near the Lindbergh baby search area. Constance’s mother recounts a prior marriage at 13 and a 1944 escape from her Memphis convent. Bees then provide a strange unrelated fact about nectar gathering distances.
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Tie
Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
George R. Kell
Hopewell
Jersey
Kell
Raritan
Somerset County
Charles H. Schoeffel
Constance Ethel Blondell Doak
T Heir
Schoeffel
August Bernard Doak
Elkton
New York City
New York
Constance
A S Soldier
Clemente
Good Shepherd
Memphis
Doak
Oak Hill Street Dance In Parking Lot Tonight
Oak Hill hosts a street dance in the Kroger parking lot on Main Street from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Business and Professional People of Oak Hill with music by New River Music Company. Admission is free and organizers urge lingering youths to help tidy the lot. This kickoff the summer Friday-night series.
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Oak Hill Street
Register
Oak Hill
Kroger
Main Street
Peyments Club
New River Music Company
Currie Jr. Taken Ill on Wilmington Trip During Vacation
G Currie Jr son of Rev Grover Currie of Mullens is recovering in Charlotte N C after malaria fever treatment at Bullard Hospital Wilmington He fell ill while vacationing with his wife and two children at Carolina Beach Wilmington He was flown home for care and is improving Currie a Coca-Cola salesman recently developed a carton for the drink and plans to travel to New York to finalize an invention for crating the beverage He is a Mullens High School graduate and attended Davidson College in Charlotte.
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Mullens
G. C. Currie, Sr
Grover C. Currie
Charlotte
N. C
Bullard Hospital
Wilmington
Carolina Beach
Coca-Cola
New York
Currie
Mullens High School
Davidson College
Boost in Gasoline Prices Predicted by Elk Refining VP
R D Lowe vice president of Elk Refining Co predicted higher gasoline prices based on a stock market rise in petroleum shares. He told a Register reporter that price increases had already been set in Ohio and Pennsylvania and that the New York Stock Exchange signals suggest a general rise across eastern states including West Virginia.
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Register Statt
Mullens
R. D. Lowe
Elk Refining Company
New York
New York Stock Exchange
West Virginia
Mullens Man Reports Pocketbook Lost in Mullens Pool Hall
Mullens Virginia Railway engineer Bill Cash reported to City Police the loss of his pocketbook containing 210 dollars along with his driver's license social security card and other papers. He said he was in the Sportsman Mullens pool room last night and found the loss when he reached the Hotel Wyoming to register.
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Register
Mullens
Bill Cash
Cash
Sportsman
Wyoming
Pollanick Back From Vacation at Mullens Church
Mullens States Episcopal Church pastor Rev E F Pollanick has returned from New York and will resume services this Sunday at 11 am including Holy Communion. Other notes report Carl C Collins departing Pineville for Huntington for work after visiting his wife and two daughters, Charleston guests staying with the Bowmans, and Mrs H A Pierce Jr and seven month old Frederick Byrd guiding to Duke Clinic for examinations and treatment.
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Huntington
Register
Pineville
Carl C. Collins
Mullens
H. A. Pierce ,Jr
Frederick Byrd
Duke Clinic
Durham
Guests at Pineville and bond for reckless driving
Mrs. Perry C. Cook and daughter-in-law Mrs. Woodrow W. Cook and daughter Barbara of Mullens were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Co. W. Shuttlebarger Wednesday. Ralph S. Burch of Charleston posted a 56.04 dollar bond this morning pending his appearance in Police Court tonight on a charge of reckless driving.
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Pineville
Register
Perry C. Cook
Woodrow W. Cook
Barbara
Mullens
Co. W. Shuttlebarger
Ralph S. Burch
Charleston
Women Of Moose Plan Dance For August Seventeen
Mullens reports on Moose convention at Bluefield and plans a dance for August seventeenth. Officers from the convention and meeting attendees include Eva Young Mildren Martin Mary Bowling Maud Cretsinger and Nancy Hearn among others.
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Register
Mullens
Nancy Hearn
Tralee
Bluefield
Young
Pocahontas Mine
Welch
Col. Ballard
Welch Moose Lodge
Mildred Martin
Jackie Laxton
Gene King
Eva Young
Isabelle Cook
Opal Clark
Galden Biggart
Carrie Bailey
Julia Howery
Maud Cretsinger
Julia Brown
Gertie May
Montry Shutt
Bessie Fultz
Mabel Witt
Mary Bowling
Daughter Born To Tom C Shipman Family News
Announcement from Pineville reports the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Tom C. Shipman of St. Albans West Virginia. The baby weighs four and a half pounds and is named Tommy Kay. This is the couple’s second daughter, Sallie being six and twelve years old. Mr. Shipman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C H Shipman of St. Albans and Mrs. Shipman is formerly Miss Mary Iva Shannon daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C V Shannon of Sabine.
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Tom C. Shipmans
Y Register
Pineville
Tom C. Shipman
St. Albans
West Virginia
Tommy Kay
Sallie
Mr. Shipman
C. H. Shipman
Rev Bright Sees Capsule Talk At Rotary Meeting
Rev C R Bright pastor of First Methodist spoke to the Rotary club on Five Thousand Years From Now. He compared life to a capsule for the soul, urged virtues of brotherhood justice sacrifice and youth training, and warned youth must correct past mistakes. The club voted to hold a joint Lions Club Rotary event on August 24 and named organizers for a Rotary softball team and refreshments.
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Register
Mullens
C. R. Bright
First Methodist Church
Rotary Lab
Westinghouse Company
Bright
Einstein
Rotary
Mullegs Lion's Club
C. C. Cassinelli
Fred T. Kingdom
Charles McKinney
Lions Club
Mussers To Take Two Weeks Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Musser of Circle Drive plan a two week vacation starting Saturday. They will visit relatives in Wytheville Virginia and stay at Hungry Mother Park Camp near Richmond. On return they will stop at Oak Hill to visit Mrs Musser's grandparents. Mrs Musser fills in for Lawrence Parker during her absence. Musser works as a machinist's helper at the Mullens electric shops.
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Negister Stair
Mullens
Jesse Musser
Circle Drive
Musser
R. M. Stovall
Lawrence Parker
Holroyd Avenue
Arm Injury Needs Further Treatment After Fall
Carrie Bailey Mullens, sister of Mrs J OF Biggart of South Mullens, sustained a fracture of her right arm in a fall from a swing at Hoy Scout camp on Cabin Creek Tuesday evening. X-ray development after initial setting showed more adjustment needed. she rests comfortably. Mary K Bowman returns from Charleston after visiting relatives.
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Mullens
Carrie Bailey
J. OF. Biggart
South
Hoy
Cabin Creek
Three Wyoming Lions Clubs Plan Glasses Fund Dance
Three Wyoming County Lions Clubs Mullens Kopperston and Oceana plan a August 30 dinner dance at Mullens High School to raise funds for the Belter Light glasses program. About 1 500 tickets at one dollar each will be sold. 400 already sold. The event aids needy children's eye care with around 30 beneficiaries. A Mullens Lions Club membership drive report will be given at the next meeting.
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Hebel Ouue Mee Mullens
Wyoming County Lions Clubs
Mullens High School
Lions Club
Beller Light” ‘Fund
Mullens, Kopjperston
Oceana Lions Clubs
Mullens Lions Club
Maynard Wells
Wyoming Deed Transfers Report From Mullens and Oceana
Pineville notices record seven deeds in Wyoming County. Transfers include Pierce Toler to Bert C. Greene Lot 53 and Coy Upchurch to Greene Lot 54 in Oceana Junction. Rinehart to Arthur Kingdon part of Mullens. Martha Cook to L M Toler. Samp Maynard to Paul Daniels. Ward Wylie to N J Hyer Lot 22 in Mullens addition. H B Porterfield to Ward Wylie Lots 118 and 12 in Lusk Mullens Addition.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming County
Pierce Toler
Bert IC. Greene
Martha J. Cook
Oswell Cook
L. M. Toler
Rock Castle Creek
Samp Maynard
Paul James Daniels
Oceana District
Ward Wylie
N. J. i Hyer
A. J. Mullins
Mullens
H. B. Porterfield
Lusk-Mullens
Six Wyoming Couples Get Permits To Wed By-whee
Marriage licenses issued by the Wyoming County clerk list couples including Jimmie Wallace age 19 and Arleen Hatfield 16 of Guyan. Harry Richards 22 and Covel Lusk 21 of Herndon. Purleigh Adkins 21 and Geraldean Cook 17 of Midkiff. John Ward 37 and Garnette Amburgey 24 of Oceana. Eddie Smith 34 and Jessie Mae Harris 21 of Wyoming.
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Pineville
County ‘Court
Wyoming County
Jimmie Wallace
Arleen Hatfield
Guyan
Harry Richards
Covel
Ethel Lusk
Herndon
Purleigh Adkins
Midkiff
Geraldean Cook
John Ward
Garnette Amburgey
Oceana
Eddie Smith
Jessie Mae Harris
Iof
Wyoming
Youth Injured In Highway Collision Near Kopperston
John Rose, 13, son of Phillip Rose of Toney Fork near Kopperston, sustained a right leg injury in a two vehicle crash on Clear Fork late Wednesday night. Treated at Kopperston, he was moved to Beckley Hospital where attendants reported he is getting along fine. E M Curry made a business trip to North Carolina and Virginia this week.
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Kopperston
John Rose
Phillip Rose
Toney Fork
Clear Fork
Beckley Hospital
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Portland
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Women of Moose
C.R. Bright
H. F. Hartley
Rev. Bright
Mary K. Bowman
Wyoming Lions Clubs
Dance For Glasses
E. M. Curry
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Etary Ade
Lis Viva
Aero UR
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Board of Education
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