14 000 Stamps Sent To Citizens For Raleigh Drive
The Tuberculosis Association reports 14 000 of 20 000 Christmas seal sheets mailed or delivered in Raleigh county by end of the first week of the 1944 45 campaign. Executive secretary Mrs Phil Wilson and secretary Mrs Helen Sluss coordinate volunteers Blanche Snead and Charles G Pauley as six thousand seals remain to be folded and mailed this week. The drive funds TB work including contact tracing X rays admissions to sanitoria and patient rehabilitation with pledges and letters from local residents and unions supporting wartime health needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuberculosis Association
Raleigh
Phil Wilson
County Board of Education
Frank L. Gernandez
Grandview
Pierce Clay
Surveyor
A. E. Suter
Virginia Railway Company
Beckley
Raleigh County
Eigh
Pinecrest
Hopemont
Crab Orchard Woman Is Fined in Assault Case
Elsie Heath of Crab Orchard pleaded before Magistrate J. P. Meadows after a shooting at Dirty Foot's on Crab Orchard hill left Ballard Hilton of Shady Spring with a leg wound. Heath paid $25 plus costs for assault and battery and $3 plus costs for drunkenness. Oakley Farmer of Crab Orchard received thirty days and a $10 fine for a second drunkenness offense. Hilton remains in Raleigh General Hospital in good condition with a flesh wound. A police warrant against Farmer for assaulting Hilton was filed but charges were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Heath
Crab Orchard
Raleigh County
J. P. Meadows
Dirty Foot's
Crab Orchard Hill
Ballard Hilton
Shady Spring
Hilton
Raleigh General Hospital
Heath
Meadows
Oakley Farmer
West Virginia War Casualties Inch Higher With Six Injured
The Navy department lists five men from Beckley and nearby areas wounded, including two United States Marines from Talcott and Dry Branch. The war department casualty list adds three more West Virginians wounded in the European theater, naming Private Roy W. Knight Birch River, Private Warren G. Mullens Wyco, and Technician Fifth Grade Kelly O Woods Besoco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
United States Marine Corps
Navy Department
West
Roy W. Knight
Coral Knight
Birch River
Warren G. Mullens
Mary A. Mullens
Wyco
Kelly O Woods
Lizena Woods
Besoco
Ford to Make Tank Engines For Army Contract
Ford Motor company won a $28 million contract from the army ordnance department to increase production of the standard tank engine and place its first large order for a new engine. Also notes Bolivia’s name origin from Simon Bolivar and independence hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FORD
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Army Ordnance Department
Bolivia
Simon Bolivar
South America
Four Youths Injured Sledding On City Streets
Four youths were treated in local hospitals for sledding injuries on Beckley and Mabscott streets Friday evening. Jack Front age 10 fractured his leg after colliding with a car near his home on Granville Avenue. George Weidensall 13 suffered head and leg injuries on Hargrove Street and was admitted to Beckley hospital. Erwin Basham Mabscutt chased by a car sustained facial and head injuries with no broken bones. Ray Gunther 8 was admitted to Raleigh General with a possible skull fracture after sledding incident on Cottage Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Mabscott
Jack Front
Mir
Mare Front
Granville Avenue
Jack
Raleigh General Hospital
George Douglas Weidensall
W. H.weidensall
Freeman
Hargrove Street
Beckley Hospital
Erwin Basham
Millard Basham
Mabscutt
S. A. Ford
Ray Allen Gunther
Lottie Gunther
Cottage Avenue
Seaman First Class Orville McGinnis Killed In Action
Killed In Action Seaman First Class Orville Lee McGinnis age 30 formerly worked at Cranberry mine and was killed in the Asiatic area. Survived by his wife Pauline McGinnis of Wickham and two children, and by his parents Mr. and Mrs. L A McGinnis of Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Lee McGinnis
Cranberry Mine
Pauline McGinnis
Wickham
Pauline Spade
L A. McGinnis
Sixth Street
Army film man Darrell King shoots for signal corps center
Private Darrell C. King formerly owned The Picture Shop now serves as a newsreel cameraman for the U S Army. He has worked with Fiorello LaGuardia Shirley Temple Milton Berle and Bill Robinson. King entered service in March and has been at Fort Custer Camp Crowder and Long Island. his wife and daughter plan to join him in Long Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrell C. King
Screen Magazine
United States Army
Signal Corps Photographics Center
Long Island
New York
Fiorello LaGuardia
Shirley Temple
Bill Robinson
Milton Berle
Beckley
Acne
Woodtrow Wilson High School
J. R. van Meter
King
Fort Custer
Michigan
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Judy
Change Of Venue Denied In Weirton Steelworkers Case
Judge J H Brennan denied a request to move the trials of 30 C S C United Steelworkers of America members indicted on felony and misdemeanor counts. Trials set for January 15. Indicted for unlawful assembly and inciting to riot. Red Men act conspiracy charges also noted. Governor Neely ordered state police to maintain peace in Weirton during organizing tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Cumberland
J. H. Brennan
C.S.C
United Steelworkers of America
Hancock County
Weirton Steel Co
Weirton
C.I.0
United Steelworkers
Weckrton Independent Union
FUGITT VISITS HUNTINGTON FOR KIwanis TRAINING
W. R. Fulgitt secretary of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce travels to Huntington to meet with Kiwanis officers and then proceed to Williamson for an all day Third Division Conference. He will present a talk on Responsibility of Leadership and plans to return to Beckley Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Fulgitt
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Huntington
Huntington Kiwanis Club
Williamson
Kawanis Club
Kawanis
Fugitt
Beckley
Several Jailed by City Police in Beckley
Josie Quarrels, a Beckley woman, remained in Raleigh county jail on drunkenness and indecent exposure charges after arrest on Prince Street Friday night. Roy William Moore of East Beckley to appear before Magistrate Mills on non support. he was jailed after wife obtained a warrant. Shearl C Hooper of Lego charged as Army deserter and Russell Allen Carter, Navy deserter, were released to military authorities. Thomas Jefferson founded Virginia University. Beckley chamber notes 80 reservations for 150-seat dining event on December 6. mail cards now. An ordinary goat yields a quart of milk daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josie Quarrels
Beckley
Raleigh County
Roy William Moore
East Beckley
Oley Mills
Mills
Moore
Clyde McDowell
Shearl C. Hooper
Lego
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
W. R. Fugitt
Thelor
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Sunday Register
W. VA
TB Association
Darrell King
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company
Woody Williams
Wonder Valley Gang
Lax
Prince Street
Ter
Russell Allen Carter
Eee Eithea
Inner Navy
Thomas Jefferson
United States
University of Virginia
Berman
Berman's
Berman’s
West Virginia
Kredit
Letra
Aias
America
Beckley Theatre
Wotel Hill
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