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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
6
Joel Scott and Billy McLean left Beckley to hitchhike to Santa Barbara California. They planned a week in the city and expected to visit Mrs H C Muzatl before returning home. Families said the boys notified members of their party of the trip.
Stanley Musial delivered six hits and sparked a doubleheader sweep of the Phillies 7-6 and 4-3 to move the Cardinals level with the Dodgers who lost to the Reds in Cincinnati. The slugger’s late heroics included a 12th inning homer and three key hits in the nightcap as Brooklyn slipped in the final Western swing.
The First Christian Church on North Fayette Street seeks renewal of its Boy Scout Troop Charter with local offices. Rev A H Wilson signed the renewal. troop officers include Scout Master Frederick Bennett and Ass't Scout Master T R Wilson. Members list many named scouts and leaders. meetings set for Wednesdays at the church.
Ethel Jeffers found a purse containing $3,000 in cash and travelers checks on a San Francisco streetcar last night and turned it in at the end of her run. The owner was present to claim the money, and a $1 reward was offered.
U S Senator Harley M Kilgore leads in West Virginia Democratic renomination with 105 886 votes, the highest tally in any race. J Buhl Shahan trails with 22 614, Shaans home county of Lewis giving him a small edge. Thomas Sweeny wins Republican nomination for governor by 62 913 to 31 900 with Hill carrying only five counties. Circuit Judge Lewis H Miller tops Nefflen for the supreme court nomination 60 973 to 28 733 with Nefflen winning Grant Pendleton Mineral and Randolph. Frank C Haymond unopposed for statewide judicial denomination secures 92 37 votes.
City police said a trailer truck from Overland Transit Co. driven by Whitney Wells of Akron collided with a car driven by Donald Lowe of Raleigh at the Third Avenue Second Street intersection last night. Estimated damages were about 100 for the truck and 10 for the car with no arrests.
Londie Bragg of Crab Orchard returned $63.44 to the U S Treasurer on the sale of four used trucks and William W Brogan of Helen received a $3 refund for a 1936 Plymouth Sedan from Phillips Motor Co Sophia. Commercial forestland in the United States totals 461 million acres.
John R. Hoffman, 46, who has spent 28 years in jail, asked Municipal Court Judge Joseph Tumolilo for a life sentence after being convicted yesterday of robbery and carrying a gun. He told the judge he does not want to be free and has few days of liberty left before he plans to drink and cash checks. The judge postponed sentencing for a mental examination.
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union urged RKO Pictures to cut a Shirley Temple drinking scene from The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, arguing it would harm youth and encourage teens to imitate. In Beckley, Alcoholics Anonymous group No 1 welcomed two new candidates as 14 attended a Coca-Cola building meeting with Charleston and Huntington speakers on alcoholism as a disease.
Telephone lines between Vienna and Belgrade were reported blocked today and calls could not be completed even for emergencies. Supervisors offered no reason or duration for the outage. Literature was distributed to new candidates after the meeting, with a next regular session tentatively set for Thursday at the Coca Cola building auditorium.
In San Antonio Texas District Judge Robert W Terrell advised Col John F Guillett commander at Goodfellow Field to use a 12 gauge shotgun to end a man persistently contacting his wife. The judge refused to grant an injunction restraining the San Antonio man and mocked the remedy as ridiculous suggesting the colonel withdraw the lease or act Texas style.
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