Parking Building Plans Drawn for Beckley Proposal
Beckley city planning weighs a municipal parking building on Prince street with a First avenue extension to the Baptist church area. An engineer’s map is required before final action. A committee will study renaming streets in three annexations. Mayor Winston and Councilman Freeman conclude terms January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley’s
Piot
Prince Street
Planning and Zoning Commission
First Avenue
the Baptist Church
Planning Commission
New Street
Neville
Prince
Randolph Norton
T. S. Rice
Robert Winston
J. O. Freeman
48 Area Veterans Given Discharges
Discharges were announced for 48 Beckley area veterans at two army centers Fort Knox and Fort Meade. Names include T-5 Winston H Ward Tioga Pfc William O Mize Prosperity Sgt Albert T Brown Oak Hill and more with many locals listed among the discharged personnel from the two facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Fort Knox
Winston H. Ward
Tioga
William O Mize
Prosperity
Albert T. Brown
Oak Hill
Fred Barron
Montgomery
Mason Adkins
Meadow Creek
Henry F. Rader
LaFrank
Herman Bradley
Glenm Jean
Denver C. Richmond
Hinton
Fort Meade
William C. Ransom
Coolridge
Woodrow A. Farrish
Ernest M. Brown
East Beckley
Elmer C. Michael
Marie
Harold W. Moore
Boomer
Arthur R. Burton
George H. Wills
Joe M. Lester
Baileysville
Marion J. Cannaday
Mullens
Eddie Hill, Jr
Raleigh
William E. Newton
Ansted
Ernest J. Miller
Longacre
Lee A. Neely
Jay B. Wilson
Olin N
Hight
Peterstown
Andrew J. Makra
Long Branch
Thedford VA. Davis
Mt. Hope
Junius E
Brown
Virgil C. McGuire
Springdale
Rudolph Privett
John Parker, Jr
Thomas Rice
Willard F. Cole
Princewick
Hubert L. Houchins
Beaver
Eli Harrah
Oak
Victory Fund appeals for more donations overseas support
The National War Fund solicits increased gifts to meet a 50,000 Victory Fund quota to aid U S O services for armed forces overseas. Secretary W R Fugitt reports 29,502 12 donations so far and only 13,152 62 of the National War Fund quota achieved. He urges county outlying committees to finish the drive quickly to ensure continued U S O recreation and services for troops abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National War Fund
Fugitt
Congress to Lose Healthiest Member as Samy Weiss Resigns
Samy Weiss of Pennsylvania announces resignation from the House to become judge of the court of common pleas in Pittsburgh on January 7. The 5'4" 150-pound Democrat is famed for refereeing 15 professional football games this season and for urging peers to pursue better health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Samy Weiss
House
Weiss
Pennsylvania
Couse
John Vorys
Ohio
Oren Harris
Arkansas
Emmett O'Neal
Kentucky
J. William Fulbright
Court of Common Pleas
Pittsburgh
Duquesne University
Discharged Beckley Area Sailors at Bainbridge Center
Eighteen members of the U S navy from the Beckley area were discharged at the Bainbridge Maryland separation center. Names include Richard Perdue Daniels Guy Stanley John Trimboli Joseph Watson Scott Glen Brewer Harvey Meadows Fred Daniels Lester Smith Jesse Smith Denver Lilly Milton Smith James Lilly William Curtis Harold Dodson Roy Cole George A Uldridge Frank Dietch Clarence Erskine Allen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Beckley
Bainbridge, Md
Richard Lee Perdue
Daniels
Guy S. Stanley
Dorothy
John Trimboli
Eccles
Joseph Watson Scott
Glen
James K. Foley Promoted in Japan Army Unit Dispatch
James K. Foley husband of Edith Foley of East Gulf has been promoted to technician fourth grade and assigned as first cook to a rifle company of the 136th Bearcat infantry regiment, 33rd division, part of General Krueger Sixth Army occupational forces on Honshu Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Foley
Edith Foley
East Gulf
136Th “Bearcat
Walter Krueger
Sixth
Honshu
Japan
Cousins Held For Jury Action On Rape Charge
Chester Cousins of Stamford is held to the grand jury on a statutory rape charge. Bond set at $500. He was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 60 days for illegal pistol possession, and remanded to county jail per magistrate J P Meadows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Cousins
Stamford
J. P. Meadows
Cousins
Civilians meat consumption trends from 1935 to 1946
Civilians averaged 126 pounds of meat per person annually from 1935 through 1939. In 1944 the average rose to about 150 pounds and forecasts for 1946 project a range between 145 and 155 pounds per person.
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U. S
Canada
Buckley
Watkins Drug Store
PurAsnow
General Food Store
Sophia Cash Mart
Guy’s Market
J. H. Akers
John Peters
Beaver’s Grocery
W. E. Palmer
Faye Farley
J. P. Stover
N. L. Calloway
Victory Fund
Arthur Edson
Associated Press
Area
Naval Service
Pillsbury's Best
Beckley Piggly-Wiggly
Ben-Gay
Ben- Gay
Baume Analgésique
Clark
Clark Stores
Ray
Heer
Clark Stores, Inc
Neville St
Beckley W. Va
Mullens, W. Va
Neville Street
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