Three Couples Seek Wedding Licenses in County Clerk Office
Three applications for marriage licenses are on file at the County Clerk's office. Applicants are Henry Mc Coy and Beatrice Bather of McAlpin, Henry H. Tate and Wanda Mae Stover of Glen White, and Ralph Wells of Mt. Hope with Wanda L. Jones of Cranberry. Four licenses were issued yesterday to Ernest S. Lickliter and Emogene E. Hilbert, Enoch Judson Palmer and Virginia E. Palmer, Sherwood H. Dunagan and Nelda Pauline Gunter, and Leonard W. Coley and Henrietta F. Kinzer, all Beckley or nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McCoy
Beatrice Bather
McAlpin
Henry H. Tate
Wanda Mae Stover
Glen White
Ralph Wells
Mt. Hope
Wanda L. Jones
Cranberry
Ernest S. Lickliter
Beckley
Emogene E. Hilbert
Lanark
Enoch Judson Palmer
Virginia E. Palmer
Piney, View
Sherwood H.dunagan
Nelda Pauline Gunter
Leonard W. Coley
Henrietta F. Kinzer
Soviet Delegate Demands UN Troop Disclosure Within Two Weeks
A Soviet delegate urged UN members to report within two weeks the locations and numbers of allied forces stationed in member states excluding former enemy territories, including air and naval bases and garrison strengths, as of August 1. He warned that prolonged foreign troop presence beyond military necessity causes uneasiness among local populations.
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United Nations
U. N
Slab Fork Doctor Cited By Army For Research
Dr. Charles W. Asbury, new Slab Fork Coal Company physician since May 18, received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in the Pacific as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. He led tropical skin disease studies, established a 75 bed hospital in Dutch New Guinea, and contributed findings to Air Surgeon and Surgeon General. He returned to the U.S. in 1945, discharged in 1946. A Hamilton, Ohio native, he studied at Cincinnati and Miami University.
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Charles W. Asbury
Slab ‘Fork Coal Company
Pacific Theatre
Army
Medical Corps
Army Medical iCorps
Pacific Theater
Asbury
Slab Fork
Pacific
Ashbury
Jcarry
Dutch New Guinea
Clements McCullen
F.E. A
A.f.pa.c
Tropics
A.A
Four Veterans File Discharges Here
Four veterans filed discharge papers with Raleigh County Selective Service Boards yesterday. Board No. 3 listed Mathias Whitling Powers Jr of 1312 Harper Road Beckley Army and James H. Persinger Mount Hope Marine Corps. Also filing with Board 3 were Ray Cameron Beard Glen Morgan Marine Corps and Howard Fleming Mabscott Army.
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Raleigh
Divorces Grant Custody and Support in Helena Gazette
A string of divorce decrees awards custody to mothers in multiple cases. Reatha Jona Kelly and June Blair receive custody of one child with monthly support of 80 and 25 dollars respectively. Helena Bowyer gains custody of two children with total support 80 dollars. Several other decrees list custody outcomes for fathers or mothers and monthly support figures, including Daisy Mae Treadway, Cleo Galek, Sarah Cassidy, and more, across numerous couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reatha Jona Kelly
Julian Kelly
Helena. Bowyer
Arnold Lee Bowyer
June Blair
Thomas Blair
Sted
Benjamin S Atterson
Betta Mae Aljferson
Twohhildren
Daisy Mae Treadway
Wayman Ira Treadway
Cleo Galek
John Galek
Sarah M. Cassidy
Fred Cassidy
Sam Cangemt
Elizabeth Cangemi
Fema B. Jeter
Henry Jeter
Clara Dickens
Emerson Dickens
Edwight Youth Swallows Nail
Six year old Winifred Sias Jr of Edwight swallows a finishing nail and is under observation at Beckley hospital. Doctors report he is doing all right and he will be x rayed again tomorrow morning to check the progress of the nail through his digestive system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winifred Sias, Jr
Edwight
Beckley Hospital
UNRRA Displaced In Europe Seen Face Food Shortages
LaGuardia noted UNRRA camps for displaced persons in White Russia and Ukraine, with the Soviet Union potentially taking some. He warned of lasting food shortages through 1947, especially fats and meats but not grains. UNRRA funds total 61 million in White Russia and 289 million in Ukraine, with programs to be fulfilled by next February or mid March.
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UNRRA
Soviet Union
White Russia
Ukraine
Ukaine
LaGuardia
OPA Insures Fabric Prices Track Cotton Costs
Officials say fabric prices will reflect current raw cotton costs or parity, whichever is higher. Raw cotton trends upward and monthly reviews may trigger more increases. A 16 percent rise earlier this month followed prior hikes of 8 to 12 percent in March and 5 percent in April to spur production.
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OPA
Free Germany leaders linked to Soviet policy in prison notices
The defendants named as leaders of Free Germany face espionage charges while one, Walter Kazmarek of Stuttgart, declares support for Soviet policy. Kazmarek and associates were detained after attempting contact with Russian officers in the Soviet zone, with prior surveillance by counter intelligence. Separately, Edward Wallace received two building permits for five room houses on Orchard Avenue, each valued at about $4,000.
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Free Germany
Walter Kazmarek
Stuttgar
Aster
Kazmarck
Counter-Intelligence Corps
Edward Wallace
Orchard Avenue
City Recorder’s Office
Rites Set Sunday for Mrs Thompson in Page
Mrs. Rachel Ora Thompson 86 died at her Page home after a three weeks illness. Funeral at Church of God in Kincaid on Sunday September 1 at 2 pm with Rev. Charles Rice officiating. Burial in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survived by husband Guther Thompson and her parents J B Cobb and Mrs. J B Cobb Page. Also surviving are two brothers William Cobb Detroit and John Cobb Page and sister Mrs Opal Haught Page.
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Hill
Rachel Ora Thompson
Page
Church of God
Charles Rice
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Mercer
Kentucky
Church of God In
Guther Thompson
J. B. Cobb
William Cobb
Detroit
Michigan
John Cobb
Opal
Haught
Negro Activities and Community Notices Centered in Beckley
The column lists school activities led by Rev J C Brown President. Death notice for Richard Douglas of Mt Hopel who died at Oak Hill Hospital after brief illness with funeral arrangements to be announced. Board meets at North Beckley home of Mr and Mrs James Chambers on Friday August 30 at 2 pm. East Park items note William A Bell's return to Cleveland after visiting parents in East Park along with several local families. The White Rose Quartet to rehearse at Amanda Hargrove's Stamford home. Dance sponsored by the Young Men's Social Club at American Legion Club with music by Va riety Vendors of W W N R. Revival at First Baptist Glen Rogers yields 10 new members two for paplism. $148.75 collected. Christine Glenn of Columbus Ohio visiting relatives in Lester and Danville Virginia.. further notes on local visitors and gatherings.
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Richard Douglas
Mt. Hopel
Oak Hill Hospital
Second District Sunday School Union
James Chambers
North Beckley
East Park
William A. Bell
Cleveland
Ohio
Edward Bell
Charles Dudley
Pauline Bell
Rocky Mount
Virginia
White Rose
Amanda Hargrove
Stamford
Bertha Burton
Annie Jewel
Birmingham
Alabama
Marcus Gamble
Mary Harvey
Barbara Jean Harvey
Skelton
Frank Jackson
James Moore
Betty Oaks
American Legion Club
Afassic
W.W.N.R
First Baptist Church
Glen Rogers
J. B. Eaton
F. L. Covington
Columbus
Christine Glenn
Charlie Poindexter
Lester
Graham’Lawson
Alonzo
Danville
Allen Junction Man Hurt In Slate Fall
Franklin P. O'Dell, 40, of Allen Junction, is hospitalized at Raleigh General with chest contusions after a slate fall at Bellemead Coal. He was admitted around noon as hospital attendants reported the injuries.
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Allen Junction
Franklin P. O'Dell
Raleigh General Hospital
Bellemead Coal Today
O'Dell
Wesley infant dies. burial set at Wildwood
Frankie Wesley, one day old son of Mr and Mrs Bryan Wesley of Xopperston, died in a local hospital at 2 30 p m Thursday August 29. The body will be removed from Rose Funeral Home to Wildwood cemetery Friday at 1 p m for burial.
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Wwwley Wesley
Frankie
Bryan Wesley
Xopperston
Rose Funeral Home
Wildwood Cemetery
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Eva Williams Selo
Addie Johnson
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J. G. Banks
W. M. Jackson
Kenley Bailey
Greenville
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Tabernacle Bapthst
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Laing
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Stetesbury
Nattaliby Mle
A Lester
Gles Reger
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Teeter
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Eteneceal Kinge
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Fae Brothers
Fast Park Julies Stazers
Glen Bone
Harmene
Mt. Hepa
Pilerim Travets
Fpracue
Peselttard Harmony Five
Itan
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Tha Moss
Ba Gore
Mead
Fannie Lee Fitner
Ole Dalley
Elsie Banks
Covenanter
Birdo Gillespie
Susie Beatrice Gillespie
Verna Mae Witten
Bernard Ison Witten
Charles H. Robinson
Freddie Robinson
James Carter
Margie
Mary Carter
Marie Bonney
Eli Bonney
Juanita Curtis Thomas
George W. Thomas
Dewey J. Bolay
Betty Jane Bolay
Marie Katherine Nipper
Chifford
E. Ryan
Mary Jooe McKenzie
Herbert N. McKenzie
Edwight Youth Swallows Nail
Mrs. Thompson
J. C. Brown
B.C. Kinz
Beckles
Nelson L. Kayser
Public Accountant
Beckley, W. Va
Main St
Barbour Plumbing & Heating Co
South Heber
General Electric
Igen Furniture Co
Oja Beckley Beckley Slove
Baker Radio and Electric Service
South Kanawha St
Cremens
Beckley Radio
Maytag Co
D. Haynes
Plumbing
Gal
Neville St
W. S. Gregg
Cash
Singer’ Sewing Machine CO
Kanawha St
Prather Brothers Plumbing and Electric Sales
Wyoming Refrigeration Co
Pineville
Scott’s Music Service
Farwod St
Plumbing & Healing
Pat H. Wheeler
Orchard Ave
Dial
Powers Electric Co
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Lejeune's
Crab Orchard
Glenn White Road
Compton Construction Company
Amiga
Mullens
Park Heights
Beck-ley
Elkins Brothers Coal Co
Burgess Street
Malcolm Elkins
Mary Chapo
Calloway Heights
McCreery Street
Rock
Arnott Swimm Co
Cleo Andrews
Minnie Winick
East
Brooklyn
New York
Greyhound
Virgil's
Seldman‘’s Style Shop
Prince Street
Lafayette Cafe
North Kanawha St
Queen St
Keystone Construction Company
Buick
East Rainelle
Star Clothing Company
Fateizh
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Summers
Monroe
M.C.M
Heber St
West Virginia
Charleston
Seidman‘s Style Shop
Mountain Motors, Inc
First Ave
Dia
Bridge Tavern
Sophia Jackimowicz
Scarbro
W. Warte
Dial Alba
Robert C. Egnor
G. D. Covey
Seckley
W. PB
Riffe
Piorists
Crab Orchard Rd
Snow Thornton Florists
Diak
Prince St
H. J. Houtz
George T. Jones
Murphy
Clinton G. Stover
Wyan
Thurmond
Perduethers
Ron Andrews
WE Harvey
Gray's Market Crab Orchard
Mandeville Transfer & Storage Co
Lewis Transer Company
Plymouth
Dodge
Rogers Tire Shop
Beckley Newspapers
Carolina
Crab Orchard Road
Mount Hope
Hotel Southern Company
Mt Hope
Bailey Jewelry Co
Neville St. Dial
Jeff
Fayette St. - Snuffer
Raleigh County Bank and
Christian Church
Ries
King Photo Supply
Pioneer Health Institute
South Kanawha Street
Main Street
Avon
North Kanawha Street
Stella
Wooddell's
Courthouse
Southern Dining Room
Forbes Tire Shop
South Oakwood Ave
Neville Street
People's Shoe Shop
South Fayette St
Stamford Road
Beckley Awning & Shade CO
South Kanawha St. Beckley, W. Va
John W. Eye
Neville St. Diar
Beckley Glass Co
Third Ave
Johnstown Road
Highland Street
Piney Avenue
Curtis Avenue
J. Everett
Shrewsbury Real Estate
Grove Ave
Warren
Warren Furniture CO
Adler Bargains
MacArthur, W. Va
John
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WSM
Coal City
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