Oak Hill Opens First Mail Carrier Service Tomorrow
Oak Hill launches city mail carrier service with two daily deliveries at 8 30 a m and 2 p m on weekdays and a single run on Saturdays Sundays and holidays Parcel post will be delivered on listed streets Edgar Davis Thomas Wilkerson and John Daniels appointed carriers by postmaster J A Baumgartner Marvin Richards contracted to handle parcel post The chamber of commerce had proposed this service in its 14 points plan for city improvement
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Oak Hill
Edgar Davis
Thomas Wilkerson
John Daniels
J. A. Baumgartner
Marvin Richards
Parcel Post
Highland Avenue
Ones Avenue
Ribb
Thompson
Taylor
Kelly
Lewis
School
Oak Hil
Central
Church
Washington
Summerlee
Chesnut
Richard
Park
Woods
Woodlawn
Wallace
Main
Blake
Owler
Mankin
West Central
Shumate
West Summeriece
Sanger
Virginia
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
Court Orders $1120 Split In Klirk Defamation Case
Clara Storchi will recover $560, each from Walter R. Kirk and Jessie Kirk, per a circuit court order after the Kirks failed to appear at the hearing. Jefferson amends a suit for $10,000 for personal injuries and vehicle damage from an February 1 auto crash near Surveyor on State Route 3. He was hospitalized with multiple injuries and medical bills totaling $156, with $1,300 in lost wages. Additional cases involve settlements, dismissals, and estate distributions.
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Clara Storchi
Walter R. Kirk
Jessie Kirk
Circuit Court
Kirks
Robert F. Jefferson
Hersie Estep
Driveway, Inc
Jefferson
Aroise
Fstep
Case Driveway Inc
Surveyor
Larry Worrell
John W. Worrell
Frank
Robert Prince
Elihue Price
Tracy Harper
Lowell Noeman
Oak Hill High School Enrolls About 1000 Students
Oak Hill High School reports approximately 1000 students enrolled as classes start at 8:00 a.m. today. Early and late groups dismiss at 2:45 p.m. and 3:43 p.m. respectively. A 45 minute lunch period is practiced to meet a board of education decision to shorten the minimum hour in larger schools.
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Wesqner State Wain
Oak Hill
Aty A
Board of Education
J L Bailey to Conduct Eccles Mine Inquiry
J L Bailey will lead an extended inspection of the Eccles No 5 mine in a move urged by the United Mine Workers safety committee. Bailey begins after completing a regular Stotesbury mine inspection, with plans to stay a couple of weeks if issues arise.
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Eccles No. 5
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
United Mine Workers Safety Committee
John J. Bailey
Winding Gulf
State Department of Mines
Stotesbury
Arch J. Alexander
Bailey
Eccles
Safety Committee
Alexander
Skaggs Family Reunion Observed in Alderson
A Skaggs family reunion was held at the Virginia Street home place marking what would have been the sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Skaggs. Attendees included Ernest Hambrick and family, Ralph Hambrick and children, James Hambrick and son, O D Gwinn and daughter, Howard Marrs and children, Maynard Seldomridge and children, Mrs. C P Skaggs and daughter, Elizabeth Skaggs, Elinor Skages, and Benny King among others from Radford, Fayetteville, Rupert, and Morgantown.
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Hegister
Alderson
J. P. Skaggs
Virginia Street
O. 'D. Gwinn
Shirley
Beckley Eyes New Western Auto Store
Arthur C. Cundy Beckley Chamber of Commerce director says Western Auto Associates in Cincinnati has inquired about a Beckley location. The firm seeks a suitable site and will confer with Candy about opening a new store in Beckley.
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Beckley
Arthur C. Cundy
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Western Auto Associates
Cincinnati
French policy breakup of Marte cabinet revealed
V Gbe reports that Schuman plans to exclude Communists and followers of Gen Charles de Gaulle from the new government, signaling a major shift in France's financial policy and political alignments.
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Marte
Schuman
Charles de Gauile
Hinton Fisherman's Paradise Is Gone
The New River below the Bluestone Main widened after engineers closed the gates to remove scaffolding. The river, once open, formed shallow pools in the business district allowing hundreds of fishermen to angle for trapped fish.
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Fress Hinton
Bluestone Main
Pineville Air Force Members Home on Leave
Three Air Force trainees from Lackland Field San Antonio Texas are on ten day leaves at their Pineville homes. The men are Jack Martin son of Mr and Mrs J W Martin Joe Weaver son of Mr and Mrs Ambrose Weaver and Jim Gunter. They plan to depart Sunday for San Montana Air Base.
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Pineville
Register
Air Force
Lackland Field
San Antonio
Texas
Jack Martin
J. W. Martin
Joe Weaver
Ambrose Weaver
Jim Gunter
San Mtinois Air Base
President to campaign speech in Iowa on Sept 18
A news conference outlined a campaign swing with a September 18 speech by the President near Dexter Iowa about 40 miles west of Des Moines. Plans include Detroit and four other informal Michigan appearances before a final westward return to Washington.
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Dexster
Iowa
Des Moines
Ros
Detroit
Michigan
Washington
Thomas E. Delney
Oak Hill Plans Drive To Aid Handicapped Jobs Seekers
Oak Hill city officials outline a concentrated drive to place more handicapped persons in jobs. A special committee will meet at 8 p m in the West Virginia State Employment Office to plan activities during National Employ the Handicapped Week October 3 through October 9. A representative committee has been chosen to lead the campaign. In other news, W R Callaghan said Clayton rashTEE drowned fishing Sunday night when a small skiff hit a submerged object and sank.
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Register
Oak Hill
West Virginia
Paign
Clayton Anal Anay
W. R. Callaghen
Committee drawn from service clubs and civic groups
The committee includes W. H. Booth of Veterans of Foreign Wars C. P. White of the Mercantile Board and Chamber of Commerce Delores Ripoll of the Business and Professional Women's Club William E. Winchell of the Vocational and Rehabilitation Service Roy L. Smith of the West Virginia Veterans Administration J P Painter and Mrs. Francis Shaw of the West Virginia Unemployment Compensation Department Henry Basham of the Fayette Tribune H F Shaw of Radio Station WOAY and Joe Hodson of the Fayetteville American Legion.
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W. H. Booth
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. P. White
Mercantile’ Board
Chamber of Commerce
Delores Ripoll
Business and Professional Women’s Club
William E. Winchell
The
Vocational and Rehabilitation’ Service
Roy l L. Smith
West Virginia Department of Veterans Administration
J.P. Painter
Francis Shaw
West Virginia Department of Unemployment Compensation
Henry Basham
Fayette ‘Tribune
H. F. Shaw
WOAY
Joe Hodson
Fayetteville American Legion
Contempt ruling looms in Red spying testimony
The hearing tackles alleged spying by a State Department figure as Rep. McDowell and Rep. Nixon push Peters for contempt. Chambers links Peters to a 1937 government job via Communist influence and cites several named individuals including Silverman and Bentley in the spy ring context.
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Rep
McDowell
R-Pa
Nixon
R-Cabf
Peters
Alexander Stevens
Chambers
Railroad Retirement Board
Abraham George Silverman
Irving Kaplan
Silverman
Elizabeth Bentley
Silver Man
U. S
Loss of trunks alleged in rain wreck suit
John Beckley Campbell through his mother Kay Maclin files a $1,360 lawsuit against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and the Railway Express Agency in circuit court. Campbell says two trunks were lost during a rain wreck in March 1947 at Quinnimont.
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John Beckley Campbell Minor
Kay Maclin
Chesapeake and Oho Railway Company
Railway Ex-press Agency
Campbell
Quinnimont
Board of Review Meeting Called by Appalachian Council
George Armstrong, chairman of the board of review, will conduct a meeting of the Appalachian Council, Boy Scouts of America, at Central Junior High School on Thursday September 2 at 7 30 p m pan.
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George Armstrong
Board of Review
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Central Junior High School
Yaxi Man Bends to Driving Charges After City Collision
Cecil Stewart was released on a $509 bond for a Friday Police Court appearance on charges of operating a car while intoxicated and with no driver's license. He was arrested after his Yellow Cab struck a vehicle driven by Charles Taws of Mount Hope on North Oakwood Avenue.
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Yaxi
Cecil Stewart
Charles Taws
Mount Hope
North Oakwood Avene
Two County Polio Cases Reported
Two new polio cases were reported in Raleigh County as children were taken to hospitals for treatment. Charles Fink age 1 of Shady Spring and Ruth Monroe age nine months of Beckley were noted by Mrs. Cart Price of the Infantile Paralysis foundation with treatment planned at Marmet Hospital and Morris Memorial Hospital respectively.
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Raleigh County
Cart Price
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Charles Fink
C. J. Pink
Shady Spring
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Ruth Monroe
W. F. Monroe
East Beckley
Marmet Hospital
Barbers Union backs midweek rest in Mullens area
Wyoming County barbers and beauticians union Local 737 met in Oceana to confirm year round Wednesday afternoon lay offs for rest. Shops in Mullens Pineville and Oceana sent twelve members who urged shorter hours and planned banquets at Jesse Mountain in early November with an inspector invited to speak. STINSONS HAVE DAUGHTER A Pineville couple welcomed a daughter weighing seven pounds one ounce at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch on Sunday.
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Aye Register
Weiler Mullens
Wyoming County
Regula
Loval 737
Barbers and Beauticians Union
Ernest Lask
Oceana
Mullens
Pineville
Inceme
Jesse Mountain
Stinsons
Carson Stinson
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Oak Hill draft board greets first day with 120 registrants
Oak Hill reporters note 120 men aged 18 to 23 registered on the first day of peace time draft. Volunteers Mrs. J A Wallace and Mais Pavel Wells aided the process while most registrants were married and many were veterans. An Milwaukee visitor Walter Joseph Elsner registered while passing through West Virginia and will forward to his home board.
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Dy Reever
Wester Oak Hill
Oak 16 Registration Board
J. A. Wallace
Mais
Pavel Wells
Walter Joseph Elsner
Milwaukee
Wis
West Virginia
Pickets, Plant Reopening Spark Injuries and Bus Strike
Foremen tried to enter the plant to reopen it on Saturday but were blocked by pickets. A near-riot erupted with multiple injuries and 27 people facing disorderly conduct charges. Evansville bus drivers also went on strike defying state law.
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Evansville
Fragmentary clash outside Burlington scene described
An unclear report describes a confrontation where Wallace is restrained by an extender, a man asks if he is in America, and a push is delivered. The excerpt also notes a fact about light speed.
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Burlington
Wallace
America
Vanity Beauty Shop Ad Claims Premium Hair Cream
An ad for Vanity Beauty Shop at 28344 Prince St lists a product Oil Wave with a $5.06 price. It mentions operators available with or without appointment and cites names Myra Wabler Richardson Eva Doyle Ella Booth. Contact phone appears as bi ét ak.
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Hetktey
Raymond's
Myra Wabler Richardson
Eva Doyle
Ella Booth
Prince St
Biét
Western representatives seek written train and traffic guarantees
Informants report Western delegates desire formal pledges on daily train flow through the Soviet zone to Berlin and on entry and exit of highway traffic. The Allied Control Authority secretariat will arrange a meeting, with Germany’s four military governors to discuss the currency issue in their first post March gathering after Russia walked out of the Allied Council.
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Moscow
Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Germany
Maret
Anicd
Storm advisory notes shift to northeasterly track
Present indications show the storm turning slowly to a more northeasterly track with increased forward speed toward the open sea east of Cape Hatteras.
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Cape Hatteras
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