Will Raleigh County back a postwar airport plan
The Raleigh County area is urged to back funding for an airport project. Editorial notes United Air Lines predicts major postwar growth in air travel and cargo. County court faces December 21 vote on another airport bond, with state aid expected after development begins.
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United Air Lines
U.S
Beckley
Raleigh County
Raleigh
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Re election 15 the aim congress knows who butters the bread
The piece argues Congress pursues reelection over doing right addressing farm prices wages and oil costs. It targets subsidies, raises, and political self interest amid wartime to peacetime shifts and calls Congress the world s greatest APPC users while fearing taxes prices and wages.
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Congress
Red Vinson
Fit
War Department Casualty Confusion Over Browskey Case
A War Department miscommunication about Private Frank Browskey’s status causes false hope for his widow Mrs Sophia Browskey and family. Telegrams gave conflicting, late notices of wounding and death, while press releases lag behind official reports, prompting calls for accurate, timely casualty announcements.
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Frank Browskey
Sophia
Mediterranean
War Department
Washington
Pvt
Irene Browskey
Pvt. Browskey
Browskey
Frank
Jin
Sarah Browskey
Coal powers U S energy and industry per a Bis tunings Institute report
A Bis Tunings Coal Institute report states coal supplies about 35 percent of U S mechanical energy and powers a large share of railroad locomotives. It underpins 83 percent of all wae plastics and aids four in seven American homes.
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U. S
U.S
Bis Tunings Coal Institute
Beckley area servicemen report home and overseas
News notes list soldiers and sailors from Beckley and nearby areas with updates on their service. Elgie Smith lands in North Africa after training in Florida and New Mexico. Joe Galluccio earns coxswain rating and sees Panama duty. Brother and nephew of Everett Fitzwater serve overseas in England and Italy. Ralph Vass and Ralph Dempsey Vass receive Navy and Army promotions and assignments. Shirley Godsey arrives in England after training. Paul Pegram earns sergeant rank in the Army Air Forces at Memphis. Prisoner of War Naaman Dingess in the Philippines reports health as fair. Additional family notes cover Canterbury medical discharge and new enlistees from Beckley area.
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Henry Smith
Harding Street
Beckley
North Africa
Smith
Jacksonville
Florida
Carlsbad Army Air Field
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Stoco High School
Beckley College
Seconny Smokeless Coal Company
Besoco
Joe Galluccio
D. Galluccio
MacArthur
United States Navy
Navy
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Panama
Norfolk
Virginia
Woodrow Wilson High School
Everett Fitzwater
Mabscott
Arthur
Fitzwater
England
Camp Claiborne
Louisiana
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Cable Rock
Dunedin Coal Company
Terry
Luther Redden
Uther Redden
Verseas
Claude L. Vass
Dempsey Vass
Long Branch
Iceland
Ireland
Vass
Pax High School
Ralph Vass
Koppers Coal Company
Ralph Dempsey Vass
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Seaman Vass
Raleigh County Service
Paul Pegram
R. C. Carter
Edgewood Drive
Walton Cook
Crab Orchard
United States Army Air Force
Municipal
Memphis
Tennessee
Camp Luna
Sergeant Pegram
Pegram
Jonber
James Pegram
Camp Croft
South Carolina
Shirley Godsey
Naaman Dingess
Ed Dingess
Edward Dingess
Tokyo
Tojo
Seaman Dingess
Pacific
Leslie Dingess
Deaf and Dumb Lumber tale and war era reminiscences
Frank Massey of Sundial recounts a misnamed enterprise the Deaf and Dumb Lumber company after buying a Pine knob timber tract and a partner’s sawmill. A later injury leaves Massey’s hand wounded. Perry Hunter inherits the mill. The column also notes a wardrobe thief tip, a cat fever scare, and a wartime Beaver County reminiscence of a New Guinea celebration with Beckley servicemen.
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Frank Massey
Sundial
Beckley
van Hunter
Frank
Deaf and Dumb Lumber Company
Van
Sil Coon
S. V. Coon
Pinecknob
Brother Coon
Massey
Pine~ Knob
Coon
Perry
Perry” Hunter
Naoma
Juvenile Court Settles Local Neighborhood Disputes
Judge Clay S. Crouse presided over a juvenile court session handling truancy, neighborhood squabbles, and a knife altercation between a 16 year old and a principal. Fathers and mothers faced admonitions to cooperate as the court urged schooling and responsible conduct amid wartime service talk. The truancy case moved toward a next hearing with the mother and boy required to attend.
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Clay S. Crouse
L. Martin
Crouse
Cub Scout Conference Planned in Charleston
Cub Leader Gerald A. Speedy of New York will lead a leader conference for Cub Scout leaders in Charleston on Wednesday. Beclley section leaders of the Charleston Area Council are expected to attend. Beckley hosts the council’s second largest Cub pack with Rev. David I. Rees, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, as cubmaster.
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Gerald A. Speedy
New York
Charleston
Beckley
David I. Rees
First Presbyterian Church
Trucking Firm Sued Over 48500 Damages in Beaver Collision
Suits totaling 48500 were filed in circuit court Friday by Mr and Mrs R A Hill and Joe Vance of Beckley and Una Mae Dalton of Greensville Monroe County against Roadway Express Inc Akron Ohio and Shirley H Mitchell of Winston Salem NC. The actions stem from a July 4 collision at Beaver between a Hill automobile and a defendant owned truck then leased to Mitchell and driven by another party.
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Circuit Cout
R. A. Hill
Joe Vance
Girl Marines Offer Equal Path To Officers
Staff Sergeant George, head of the local marine recruiting station, says every woman enlistee may be recommended for officer candidate school after basic training. He notes women serve in about 125 different roles and stresses discipline and duty as key benefits of Marine life.
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United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Foward George
George
Marine Corps
Marine
FIRM MERGE CENTRALIZES CLEVELAND OFFICE MOVE
The national housing agency will consolidate its Cleveland regional office with the Chicago headquarters on December 14. The new structure will serve West Virginia and three other states in the territory as officials announced today.
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Cleveland
National Housing Agency
Chicago
West Virginia
Driver Arrested After Harper Road Accident
Thayer Halroyd Spangler of Winston-Salem was arrested by state police for failing to stop at the accident scene on Harper road. Mrs. Hil reportedly injured, with civil suits filed: $24,000 by her, $7,560 by her husband, $5,000 by Mrs. Hill’s father Vance, and $10,000 by Swanson Dalton as next of kin.
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Thayer Halroyd Spangler
Winston-Salem
Harper Road
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