Court Budget Shows $110,710 Reduction in Raleigh County Overdraft
Raleigh County’s budget for the year ending June 30 1944 shows total outstanding obligations of 75,132 dollars, down 110,710 from 185,842 last year. The plan includes 263,684 dollars to be raised by levy, with 14,519 left in the general fund and 31,850 from revenue. Major changes include increases in salaries for deputies and clerical help, jail and telephones, and a big rise in jail expenses to 7,500 dollars, while several costs such as lunacy, contingencies, and hiring expenses are trimmed.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Register
Ne Cu
County
Cour
Harry Anderson
van Hunter
Sperific
Ned Ragland
Tra Whillock
Raleigh County
Delinquent Subjects Sought by Local Draft Board
June Rogers and Grant Heath are delinquent at draft board three and have been ordered to report immediately, the board announced yesterday.
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June Rogers
Grant Heath
439 Acres Near Water Dam Developed Into Home Sites
A 439 acre tract between the city water supply dam on Glade Creek and Hin ton road is being subdivided into 2 to 6 acre home sites. About 110 lots will be offered to builders with Beckley water to each site. Lilly Land Company says development is underway with roads graded and laborers at work. The land, once cut over wood land, is suited for residential use.
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Glade Creek
Hinton Road
Beckley
V. T. Lilly
Lilly Land Company
Hit and run suspected in Mount Hope girl’s death
State police said after a ten day probe that 19 year old Maxine Brewer Green of Mount Hope may have died in a hit and run. She was found near Foster Hill after being seen walking along Route 19 21. The driver of a gray 1938 Dodge coupe is not located. A second vehicle allegedly ran her down. authorities believe she died before that impact. No charges yet as investigations continue with Corner W Hume and Assistant Prosecuting Attorney W A Riffe involved.
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Maxine Brewer Green
Mount Hope
Beckley
Prince Strait
North Kanawha
Foster Hill
Slde
Boby
Botine
Fogey
W. OA. Riffe
W. Hume
J. G. Hstton
Feed Regulations Will Be Explained By OPA Officials
Leland Damerson, district head specialist for the state OPA in Charleston, will explain new price regulations to Raleigh County Grocers Association members at 8 o clock Thursday evening August 19 in the Memorial building. Dr. George W. Hand, district price executive, will also attend, and the association secretary urged full attendance to learn the shift from fixed date-based pricing to a percentage based system.
Auto Owners Without Stamps Must Appear
Automobile owners who operated their autos in July 1943 must buy a $5 federal motor use stamp. If not purchased by August 8, 1943, they must appear at the Beclkley internal revenue office to obtain the stamp. Those who bought an August stamp for $4.59 face possible investigation and loss of the $4.59. Auto owners who did operate in July are eligible to buy a $4.49 stamp for the remaining eleven months starting August 1.
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Internal Revenue Office
Beckley
H. R. McNever
McNeer
State Produces Walnut Timber
West Virginia ranked fifth in walnut production in 1942 with 3,712,000 feet, per Burdet Green of the American Walnut Association. The timber, mainly for war needs, comes from mature, healthy trees with at least pine diameter inside the back at eye level, as demand rises for hardy wood for America and its allies.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Burdett Green
Green
America
Expect Drop In Output Of Honey
The weather and war strain bees on West Virginia farms this season says the state cooperative crop reporting service. On July 1 there were 95 000 bee colonies with an average yield of 10 pounds per hive. Sugar rationing and cold weather reduced survival and food. Divorce suit filed in Circuit Clerk Van Vunter's office by Gearpo W Williams for Annie B Leary against D B Leary.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Wen
van Vtunter
Gearpo W. Williams
Annie Bi. Leary
DB. M Leary
Soldier shoots self on furlough in mishap
Pvt. Louis Muradddu, 19, home on furlough, slipped on a walled floor while demonstrating the manual of arms today and shot himself in the shoulder. A physician described the wound as not serious.
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Associated Press
Logan
Louis Muradddu
Acre Tract Bought for Home Sites near Beckley
The Homeseekers Land and Building Co of Beckley purchased 99.2 acres from the heirs of the late Oliver P. Riffe for about 17500. The land, in the Crab Orchard Sophia road area, will be subdivided into lots by a yet unnamed company with Beckley officers and stockholders including O F Cook. FHA loans were indicated as possible for homes. Street improvements and building restrictions are planned.
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Oliver P. Riffe
Homeseekers Land and Building Company, Incorporated
Beckley
O. FL Cook
Cook
K. M. Darrell
Lacy Tramp
Ash Mankin
0. C. Daniel
J. Everett Shrewsbury
O. F. Cook
Willard Riffe
R. W. Riffe
C. W. Riffe
Cecil Riffe
Hattie Rife Shrewsbury
Crab Orchard
Oliver Riffe
H. T. Calfee
W. D. Calfee
Sophia Roads
Federal Housing Administration
Dollar Bills Collected by Logan S Sergeant Chief
Sgt Chief Bennett at Romulus Army Air Field collects one dollar bills autographed by new officers who salute him as he administers oaths. He has 153 such bills saved, reluctant to spend them for sentimental reasons. Bennett suggests preserving them as a postwar keepsake or gift.
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Associated Press
Logan
Upe
Hill
Chief Bennett
Ferry Command
Romulus Army Air Field
Detroit
Bennett
Ferry Command Administration
Romulus Field
Labor Recruiting Drive Planned in Preston County West Virginia
The U S Employment Service of the War Manpower Commission will conduct a first of its kind labor recruitment drive in Preston County starting August 9. Employers from many firms will hire on the spot and provide transportation, with a similar campaign planned for Nicholas County.
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Associated Press
Kingwood
West Virginia
Preston County
U.S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
W. J. Harned
Todaty
Magner
Nicholas County
Women to wear 8th Army hats for cadet nurses
Washington reports that a Montgomery-style beret with the cadet nurse corps emblem will be part of the first official wardrobe. Public Health Service officials say the $100 ensemble for student nurses includes coats, a reversible hanger, and a gray uniform shade from several designs to be shown in New York fashion week.
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Associated Press
Washington
U.S
New York
U.S. Public Health Service
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Winter Street
Niincott
Public Health Service
Aviation Cadet Board 10 Holds Tests in City
A traveling aviation cadet board will inspect 17 to 26 year olds next Tuesday at 3 p m in the Memorial building for air force training. Relaxed physical standards now allow glasses 20 30 eye vision and lighter depth perception and pressure limits. Interested applicants may apply at Beckley Civil Air Patrol or Army Recruiting, with Lt Feigley or Cant Davis guiding inquiries.
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United States Army Air Forces
Aviation Cadet Board
Memorial Building
Ihood
Aviation Cadet
Beckley
Civil Air Patrol
Heber Street
United States Army
Memeial
Fis
Paul W. Feigley
Robert L. Davis
West Virginia
Civil Mar
Army Air Forces
Beckley Doctor License Awarded By State Public Health Council
Beckley resident J. Offer, state health commissioner, announced that High Stephenson Edwards was among two Beckley physicians licensed Friday by the state public health council. The council licensed 19 physicians overall, with five by reciprocity, to boost the state's doctor supply amid military demand. The council also confirmed four full time health officers and ten part time officers, including A. G. Lanham of Ronceverte.
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J. Offer
High Stephenson Edwards
Beckley
State Public Health Council
Ted
Edwards
A. G. Lanham
Ronceverte
Wounded Army Sergeant Ray Richmond recalls Africa battle
Sergeant Ray W. Richmond 40 of 106 Grove Ave on 20 day sick leave, wounded in action in North Africa, earned the Purple Heart after a March 1943 mine blast near 109 Hill. He described landing opposition, Kasserine pass fighting, and captures in Kasserdine. Richmond praised the Red Cross and noted his unit's prisoner capture of 33 Italians in one night. His brother Burl Richmond serves in North Africa and nephew Lt. Lawrence Flint in the South Pacific.
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United States Army
Ray W. Richmond
Rosella Flint
Grove Avenue
North Africa
Richmond
W. G. Richmond
Pluto
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
England
Scotland
Ireland
Saffety
Laffety
Kasserine Pass
Fayette Pass
Gabeys
109 Hill
Fl Guetar
Ninth
77Th
38Th
12Th
Oran
45Th General Hospital
Rebot
Dist
America
Lovell General Hospital
Fort Devens
Massachusetts
Kasserdine Pass
Red Cross
Burl Richmond
Lawrence Flint
United States Navy
South Pacific
Lieutenant Flint
California
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Fort Eustis
Virginia
Camp Pickett
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Camp Blanding
Georgia
Kingwood bars sign pact to curb drunkenness
Five of Kingwood's seven beer establishments joined a Sunday sales pact to curb intoxication but city officials doubt its effectiveness. Reports said arrests for intoxication over the weekend remained about average despite closures.
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Associated Press
Kingwood
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S. Heber St. Beckley
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Ava
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T. Grant CO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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