Beckley City Ledger Shows $27,087 Start Balance For Year
City records detail the Beckley treasury starting the new year with 27087.95 in several funds including about 14000 in the parking meter fund. The report covers balances across street improvement and special street funds plus sinking fund activity and projected levy receipts.
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Beckley
Isea
Bill Liahie
Ade
Harper Road
Laren
City Recorder
Sinking Fund Commission
State
Sinking Fund
Larew
Meade
Policemen’s Pension Fund
Freman’s
End General Fund
Former Presidential Guardian Dies at 69
Col. Edmund W Starling 69 longtime White House detail head and guardian of presidents including Wilson Harding Coolidge Hoover and Roosevelt died yesterday at St Luke s hospital Funeral services were set for today with burial at Arlington National Cemetery cremation planned He retired last November after 5 years supervising protection and had 19 years prior guarding the President He also investigated about 500 crank telephones received daily at the White House.
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Associated Press
New York
Edmund W Starling
White House
U.S. Secret Service
St. Luke's Hospital
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Col. Sterling
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Yarding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
State Treasury funds Increase In July By Over 5 Million
Charleston West Virginia July results show the state treasury up by 5 082 039 with total funds across 14 accounts at 31 221 835 up from 26 139 796 June General fund rose from 14 949 285 to 15 570 630 State road climbed from 2 997 419 to 4 990 21 Public assistance advanced from 637 46 to 2 014 017 Investments totaled 60 596 100 securities 37 289 350 and liabilities 67 781 000.
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Charleston
R. £. Talbott
West Virginia
Talbott
AFL's Green to Address State Meet in Clarksburg
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor tentatively accepted an invitation to speak at the 4th annual state convention opening in Clarksburg September 28. Thomas Cairns announced that a representative would attend if Green could not appear.
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A.f.l’s
Boy's Letter About Wounds Reaches Mother After Telegram
A letter from France’s invaders reached Mrs. Fannie Martin hours before a war department telegram. Geary Martin, 27, writes from England that he has been wounded and returned in good shape. He has served three years, was sent to England four months ago, then to France with invasion forces. His brother John was injured in July 1943 in the South Pacific.
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France
St Beaver
Geary Martin
Fannie Martin
England
War Department
Martin
John
Raleigh Scouts Set to Camp at Camp Wilderness
Raleigh County Boy Scouts plan a week at Camp Wilderness on Beaver Creek from August 18 to 26. The camp features about fifty sites, rugged tent camping, outdoor meals, a dam built swimming pool, and is directed by Patterson Perry with Raleigh County Scoutsmasters assisting.
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Raleigh Boy Scouts
Beaver Creek
Wilderness
Beckley
Releigh County Boy
Raleigh County Scouts
Patterson -Perry
Raleigh County
Camp Wilderness
Magic Wood chemical produced at DuPont Belle plant
Du Pont officials announce methyl orurea treated wood can gain hardness and durability, resist warping and fire, and be applicable to many products from furniture to poles. The process, demonstrated at the Belle, West Virginia plant near Charleston, draws interest from thousands of inquiries and potential uses across industries.
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DuPont Belle Plant
Charleston
Cchemist
el. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Kanawha
du Pont
Pearance
du Pont Company
Second Nazi Sub Is Sunk By Coast Guard Escorts
The German submarine raider was sunk in the Atlantic by a coast guard manned destroyer escort with depth charges. A navy destroyer escort and a French escort helped, and the crew were taken as prisoners of war. The 21 year old skipper was among the captured.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Navy
Ralph R. i Curry
Alexandria
Five Suits For Divorces Filed
A divorce suit by George Roebuck against Edna Lee Roebuck, now at Carlisle Fayette county, was filed in the circuit clerk's office yesterday by Ben Ashworth. Other suits placed on record include Maggie Heath versus Abe Heath, Houston Thomas against Katherine Thomas, Kathryn Bowman against Claude Bowman, and Dillard Todd against Ada Todd, with respective attorneys named.
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George Roebuck
Edna Lee Roebuck
Carlisle
Fayette County
Ben Ashworth
Maggie Heath
Abel Heath
Ashworth
Sanders
Houston Thomas
Kathierine Thomas
Hutchinson and
Itrail
Kathryn Bowman
Claude Watson Bowman
C. R. Harless
Dillard
Todd Aginst
Ada Pear
U S May Return To Rationing Of Fats
The United States may reimpose rationing on fats and oils next winter due to tightening supplies. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics projects domestic fat and oil production for the new marketing year starting October 1 to be about 12.5 percent below this season, with imports unlikely to rise significantly.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Marine writes of Saipan combat and wounds in action
Private First Class Roy E. Massie of Sprague describes hair raising raids on the Marshalls and Saipan. He says one enemy was tied in a tree, a strap shot in two, he drew his knife, and later was wounded by a machine gun. He lists training at Parris Island Camp Lejeune Oceanside and service with the Marines.
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Roy E. Massie
Marines
Marshalls
Saipan
A. C. Massie
Sprague
Pfc
Massie
Massie has been with the _marines
Estiwamp
Hawaii
Beckley County to Tighten Dog Tag Enforcement
Beckley officials complete a new county dog pound at the city dump and Warden, now county wide, will tag unlicensed dogs. Only about 100 of an estimated 450 county dogs and 150 city licenses have been paid. He cites state law and plans to confiscate untagged dogs after a grace period, with tags costing 1 dollar for males and 2 for females.
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Beckley
Anderson Warden
Black Knight Country Club
Fle
Burgad
Foysolleit
Yalready
SGT BILLINGS HOME FROM WAR
Master Sergeant Clarence E Billings has returned from 43 months overseas in the American theater of operations. He will visit his parents in Mount Hope after stopping at Fort Meade Maryland.
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Register
Mount Hope
Clarence E. Billings
Fort Meade
Maryland
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Heber
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Purina
Ohio Livestock
ICE
Prince St
R. R. Crossing
Toronto
Denmark
Nile
U.S
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Japan
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South Carolina
Camp LeJeune
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Oceanside
California
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Rainbo
Neville St. Ee
Clark Stores, Inc
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