Skies Clear In Beckley as Winter Weather Carries On
Winter weather continued across much of the country with clear skies in Beckley and southern West Virginia. SRC workers resumed road checks for icy spots as temperatures rose from 20 to 24 at 8 a.m. Officials warned motorists to beware of night freezes while floods eased along the upper Ohio River.
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Beckley
U.S
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Raleigh
John McGinnis
SRC
Midwest
Plains
Rockies
Oklahoma
Kansas
Iowa
Midwest Prairie
Upper
Ohio River
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
Texas Panhandle
Cutbank
Mont
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San Joaquin River
San Joaquin Valley
Vernalis
Maryland
New York City
New England
Ohio
Liverpool-Steubenville
Wheeling
South Wheeling
Wheeling Island
Steubenville
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Marietta
Beckleyan Pleads Guilty to Gambling
Clyde Leasure of Beckley was sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to a gambling charge in front of Magistrate J. P. Meadows. He was arrested in a raid on a S Fayette Street establishment. Lucian D. Rutledge of Edwight was found guilty of trespassing and intoxication and given 40 days in Raleigh County Jail in default of fines and costs after being arrested near Beckley Hospital nurses' home on S Oakwood Avenue.
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Clyde Leasure
Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Leasure
S. Fayette Street
Meadows
Lucian D. Rutledge
Edwight
Rutledge
Raleigh County
Beckley Hospital
S. Oakwood Avenue
Recovers from Illness
Nyla June Kincaid daughter of Mr and Mrs Glen Kincaid is able to be out after being confined to her home by illness for several days.
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Oak Hill
Nyla June Kincaid
Glen Kincaid
Beckley Train Robber Scheduled for Solitary
A Beckley train robber named Ed Smith, age 50, faces extended solitary confinement in a Raleigh prison after escaping from a transport cage truck en route to a Macon County camp. He has a long criminal history dating to 1919 with multiple escapes and sentences for train robbery and robbery with firearms.
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Beckley
Ed Smith
Raleigh
N. C
Smith
Central Prison
Macon County
Associated Press
Prison Classification Board
Waynesville
Franklin
Wake County
Vance County
Oak Hill Driver Held in Beckley
Nash Rhodes, 23, of Oak Hill, faces four charges by City Police including lacking an operator's card no dealer's permit for license tags defective lights and brakes He must appear before Police Judge Anthony Sparacino Friday night Also arrested was Frayze Corey 25 of First Avenue charged with permitting a juvenile to operate a pinball machine He was taken into custody at the Rainbow Lunch 613 Neville Street
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Nash Rhodes
Oak Hill
Rhodes
Anthony Sparacino
Frayze Corey
First Avenue
Corey
Neville Street
Birchton 2 Mine Gets Added Safety Cautions
Inspector L M Morelli commended safety gains at Birchton No 2 mine but urged steps including moving explosives magazines to a top isolated area away from track and power lines He called for heavier rock dusting improved haulage and electrical hazard elimination a check in and out system eye protection smoking ban and other precautions while noting existing timbering ventilation safeguards and underground safety measures.
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Birchton No
Birch Mining Company
Birchton
L. M. Morelli
Raleigh County
Morelli
Hedrick Wins WV Sixth District in Official Count
The official certified results from the Secretary of State show E. H. Hedrick, a Beckley Democrat, defeating Latelle M. La Follette Jr. in West Virginia’s Sixth Congressional District. Turnout was about 69 percent with 637,367 votes cast from 1,080,113 registered voters. Final counts also confirm winners in statewide races including State Treasurer and Attorney General, plus three constitutional amendments and several congressional contests with district tallies noted.
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Hedrick
LaFollette
Secretary of State
Associated Press
E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
Latelle M. la Follette, Jr
Charleston
Clale
West Virginia
William H. Ansel, Jr
Springfield
Hal F. Morris
Ansel
Morris
William C. Marland
Glen Rogers
William H. Bardin
Point Pleasant
Marland
Bardin
Charles Ritchie
Supreme Court
Leslie E. Given
Robert L. Ramsay
Follawsbee
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
Cleveland M. Bailey
Clarksburg
Rush D. Holt
Weston
M. G. Burnside
Huntington
Hubert S. Ellis
John Kee
Bluefield
Arnold G. Porterfield
Mrs. F Canaday Sues For $35 000 In Circuit Court
Fannie Canaday of Glen Daniel filed a $35,000 damage suit against Fleet Carrier Corporation in Raleigh County Circuit Court over a June 26 auto collision. She was a passenger in her husband Raleigh County Deputy Sheriff Flynn Canaday’s car en route to Beckley on Route 3 when a vehicle driven by James Edward Crenshaw rammed the parked car amid road construction. The driver’s car, loaded with trucks, destroyed the vehicle. Crenshaw, a Pontiac Michigan resident, was arrested and pled guilty to hazardous driving.
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Fannie Canaday
Glen Daniel
Fleet Carrier Corporation
Raleigh County
Canaday
Crenshaw
Army Blackouts Inductee Totals Restricted
Capt Wyatte J Gay commander of the Beckley Army and Air Force recruiting station announced that figures on the number of Beckley area men being inducted will be restricted. He cited a written order from National Selective Service Headquarters in Washington and said the move was in the interest of national security.
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Beckley Area
Wyatte J. Gay
U. S. Army
Air Force
Gay
National Selective Service
Washington
Snead jailed on assault charge in Raleigh County
Dewey Snead, 27, of Beaver, was lodged in Raleigh County Jail yesterday on an assault warrant sworn by Glenville Redden before Magistrate J. P. Meadows. Snead allegedly beat Redden. Also jailed was Quinten Cook, 28, of Arnett, on drunkenness and assault charges. Five other drunks, including a woman, were jailed. further details unavailable.
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Dewey Snead
Beaver
Raleigh County
Glenville Redden
J. P. Meadows
Snead
Redden
Quiten Cook
Arnett
Deeds Filed in Raleigh County Clerk’s Office Totals Over $9,000
Deeds totaling more than $9,000 were recorded yesterday in the Raleigh County Clerk’s office. Transactions include E. L. Allenbaugh to Ernest Lee Allenbaugh for Lot 46 in Daniel Addition Beckley about $3,500 and Jesse Hodge to George Webster for Lot 5, Central Addition Beckley about $3,500. Additional transfers include Parthena Biggs to Joe Norden near Lester about $500 and CRAB ORCHARD COAL and Land Company with Loup Creek consent to R. W. Prather in Trap Hill District about $500, plus K. C. Butler to Harry E. Thompson for multiple Holly wood Addition lots about $500 and George A. Watkins to Sam and Mary Miller for Lot 15 Raleigh Court Addition about $500.
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Raleigh County
E. L. Allenbaugh
Ernest Lee Allenbaugh
Daniel
Beckley
Jesse Hodge
George Webster
Central
Parthena Biggs
Joe Norden
Lester
Trap Hill
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Company
Loup Creek Company
Christmas Seal Drive Totals $2803 in Raleigh County
Donations to the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association from the 1950 Seal Sale Drive reached 338 today, with 213 from individuals and firms and 125 from two local unions. Total receipts to date are 2803.37, supporting future prevention and health education efforts.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
A. J. Ginkel
Ginkel
Raleigh
Eccles
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Raleigh County
Larkin S. Philpott
Philpott
Health Department
Medical Society
Tuberculosis Association
Scores lowered for enlistments at Huntington Navy station
Aviation electronics mate 1/c E K Abshire announced today that Navy enlistment requirements have been reduced. Dependents allowances now permit one dependent for seaman recruit and seaman apprentice, unlimited for seaman or above. Armed Forces Qualification Test percentile dropped from 37 to 26. Former applicants refused are urged to reapply at the local Navy recruiting station.
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E. K. Abshire
United States Navy
Abshire
Comr
G. W. Wright
Huntington
Armed Forces
Navy
Beckley Doctor's Car in Accident
A two car collision at E Prince and Whitestick Street last night caused about 50 dollars in damage. A 1950 model car driven by Dr Fred Richmond of the Medical Arts Laboratory and a 1939 car driven by a Mr Smith of Wilmington Delaware were involved. Police state the vehicles sideswiped and Richmond property damaged.
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E. Prince and
Whitestick Street
Fred Richmond
The
Medical Arts Laboratory
Smith
Wilmington
Del
Richmond
Property Transfer Details in Sunset Memorial Park and Coal City
Lot details include Lots NE 15 and ME 15 Block 6 Buena Vista Sunset Memorial Park with no revenue stamps. Transfers note Charles Hill and wife to R W Johnson and wife Lot 2 Parker Addition Coal City Slab Fork District and price listed as 70 dollars.
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Buena Vista
Sunset Memorial Park
Charles Hill
R. W. Johnson
Parker Addition
Coal City
Slab Fork
Missouri Man Promotes HADACOL Cure Ad
Carl Schaffrin of St Charles states HADACOL restores appetite and energy after B1 B2 Niacin and iron deficiencies. He reports personal gains in appetite mood and work and urges readers to buy HADACOL with trial size 1.25 and large sizes 3.50, ordering from The LeBlanc Corp Lafayette LA.
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Carl Schaffrin
Perry St
St. Charles
Mr. Schaffin
LeBlanc Corp
Lafayette
LeBlanc Corporation
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Beckleyan
Register
RYTEX
Coronado
Commercial Printing Department
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
W. VA
Rytex Coronado
Bourbon
National Distillers Products Corporation
N.Y
Neville St
D. Snead
Missouri Man
Mercury
Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
South Oakwood Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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