Liquor Tax Favored to Pay State Bonus Plan
A liquor tax proposal to fund the governors veterans bonus plan was outlined by Del Bernard Woodyard chairing the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. The plan would require a two thirds legislative approval and likely go to voters in November 1950. The administration's bonus proposal includes tax measures on wine and whiskey as part of funding.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Del
Bernard Woodyard
Woodyard
House Veterans' Affair Committee
Roosevelt
Elans
Patteson
Senate
Svanes
D-Harrison
Sen
Amos
Kanawha
Bever Newton D. Baker Hospital
Martinsburg
United Spanish War Veterans
House
Li Tsung-jen Considers Flight to Red Zone for Peace
Acting President Li Tsung-jen may fly to Communist territory to seek peace if all other efforts fail. Li is listed as a war criminal by the Communists, with hopes for a Yangtze peace pact tied to concessions along the lower river. Military front quiet near Nanking as Shao Li-tze returns from Shanghai. a Shanghai delegation was expected to go to Peiping.
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Red Zone
Associated Press
Nanking
Li Tsung-jen
Shanghai
Hankow
Lower
Yangtze Valley
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
China
Yangtze
Fu Tso-yi
Pei- Ping
Nanxing
Pukow
Tsingtao
Shao Li-tze
Peiping
Mabscott Infant Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Robert Sherwood Oliver will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Caffee Cemetery in Mt. Tabor. He died at birth at 5 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Oliver, a brother William Newton and sisters Nancy Carol Glenna Lee and Ella Ruth, plus paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Oliver of West Jefferson North Carolina and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Phillips of Mabscott.
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Caffee
Mt. Tabor
Robert Sherwood Oliver
W. A. Oliver
Mabscott
West Jefferson, N.C
A. B. Phillips
South Kanawha Home Purchased by Mrs Dora Pennington
Mrs Dora Pennington of 105 Front Street bought a home at 1305 South Kanawha Street for about 6500 from Mr and Mrs E J Richardson. A deed was recorded in Raleigh County. Pennington plans to move in this week. Several other deeds filed yesterday list transfers in Beckley Crab Orchard and surrounding areas with prices ranging from about 500 to 2500 and properties on Pine Street Laurel Branch Road and Park Heights.
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Dora Pennington
Front Street
Kanawha Street
E. J. Richardson
Raleigh County Clerk's Office
Shady Grove
Richard Perdue
Lonnie E. Deeds
Hedrick Block
Hall and
Whitestick Streets
Beckley
Mose T. Ramieh
Wilson E. Greer
Ellison Addition
Pine Street
Ellison Avenue
Edwards named Huntington Colored Children's Home superintendent
Roy W. Edwards of Logan, a former teacher and now a Chesapeake and Ohio employee, was appointed superintendent of the Huntington Colored Children's Home, succeeding the late David L. Hays who was killed in a recent auto accident. An Eastern Panhandle measles outbreak may spread statewide. 666 cases year to date, under half of 1948's 242 in the same period. Wheat stocks on farms and in storage total 941 000 bushels, four percent above last year, while corn stocks reach 8 935 000 bushels, up from 8 141 600 in 1948.
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TRE Associated Press
Charleston
Roy W. Edwards
Logan
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Huntington Colored Children’s Home
David L. Hays
Panhandle
Hampshire County
Health Department
Federal State Crop Reporting Service
West Virginia
Former Raleigh Countian Expires At Pineville Home
John Lonker, about 80, a former Raleigh County miner and merchant, died last night at his son’s home near Pineville after a heart condition. Died discovered about 4:30 a.m. by hired man Adam Zebulas. Survivors include four daughters Frances MacDonald Detroit and three Beckley residents, three sons Mike Logan John Jr Sundial, and his widow Frances Lonker of Detroit.
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John Lonker
Raleigh County
Pineville
Adam Zebulas
Lonker
Ann Lonker
Washington, D. C
Frances MacDonald
Detroit
Mich
Steve Barthlemess
Beckley
Lee Tolas
Mike Lonker
Logan
John Lonker, Jr
Sundial
Frances Lonker
AFL Eyes Diplomatic Posts Abroad and a New Tabloid
AFL leaders plan talks on international labor ties and consider placing union members in U S diplomatic posts. The group weighs creating a national tabloid to spread its political program, with Green announcing a weekly paper to launch in Washington and reach unions nationwide.
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AFL
Schevenels
WFTU
State Department
U.S
William Green
Washington
Pin
Word Deed Aid Promised German Rebels by Reds
The German Communist Peoples Council issued a manifesto calling Germans to mass demonstrations against Western powers. It promised support from the Soviet Union and urged taking fate into their own hands while opposing a Western federal government and international Ruhr control. The council, recognized only in the Russian zone, seeks wider influence across Germany.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German Communist Peoples Council
Soviet Union
Moscow
Germany
Ruhr
German Peoples Council
Flames Kill Two Tofs in Kanawha
Two young children died in a house fire that destroyed a three room frame home at Youngs Bottom, five miles south of Clendenin in Kanawha County. Victims were Harry Eugene, 5, and Gloria, 2 1/2, children of Mrs. Pauline Deal. A third child, Bobby, 11, was not at home. neighbors said he had gone to a movie when the blaze was reported about 10:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
Clendenin
Young's Bottom
Here
W. L. Pence
Harry Eugene
Gloria
Pauline Deal
Bobby
City Firemen Present Laugh It Off Polio Benefit Show
Beckley firemen will stage a home talent show at 8 p m in the Memorial Building for the Raleigh County infantile paralysis campaign. The program is titled Laugh It Off.
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Beckley Firemen
Memorial Building
Raleigh County
Noose Sends Six More Nazis for War Crimes
The Landsberg Prison execution in Munich hanged six convicted war criminals, including two former concentration camp inmates who betrayed fellow prisoners. The Associated Press reports the sentences were carried out today.
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Noose
Associated Press
Munich
Germany
Landsberg
Parley on Policy Opposed by GOP
The Associated Press reports Republicans oppose a national policy conference for the 1950 GOP platform. A 14 member strategy group at the national committee considered whether to hold it in Omaha Nebraska last week. Senators and House members doubt many Republicans in Congress will participate. Senator Bridges of New Hampshire indicated a majority oppose the conference.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional
National Committee
Omana
Nebr
Senate
House
Congress
Hugh D.scott, Jr
Bridges
New Hampshire
Ground caves in mine area injuring many
Police report a mine cave-in near Carrondale Pennsylvania caused damage to homes and surfaces totaling about 160000 dollars. Thirteen others were left homeless in a three block area with three persons still hospitalized. Residents sought shelter with relatives or in hotels as authorities assess the aftermath.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Associated Press
Carrondale
146 More from State Are in the Army Now
Charleston reports 146 men from West Virginia entered the Army yesterday joining 431 previously inducted. National Selective Service headquarters cancelled February quota and announced no draft call will be made in March.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Army
Mountain State
National Selective Service Headquarters
Three Couples Seek Marriage Permits in Raleigh County
Applications for marriage permits were filed in the Raleigh County clerk’s office by three couples. Eugene T Cass of McAlpin and Sally Franklin of Sophia. Clifford Flannagan and Kitty Clark of East Beckley. Fred Edward Sparks and Macil Ellen Elmore of Beckley.
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Raleigh County Clerk’s
Eugene T. Cass
McAlpin
Sally Franklin
Sophia
Clifford Flannagan
Kitty Clark
East, Beckley
Fred Edward Sparks
Macil Ellen Elmore
Beckley
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Matt [Abraham
Park Heights
Mary Jane Wills
Charles M. Harless
Laurel Branch Road
Shady Spring
Roy M. S. Clair
Willie FE
St. Clair
Ooal City
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Basil Hawley
Ira A. [McGinnis
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Glen Daniel
Raleigh
Athens
Register
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Princeton
James Webb
Caperton Apartments
Corner State
Vermillion Streets
Miami
Fla
U. S
Ape Teaders
Russia
CIO
World Federation of Trade
Labor Advisory Committee
European Recovery Pro
Gram
British Trades Union Congress
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WFT
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Europe
Pet Ang Aay
Princess Pet
Ce Creas
GOP
L. R. Chittenden
Treasury Department
Prince Street
Neville Street
Continental Congress
Sun Inn
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Lafayette
Freak
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Wiedemann Triwin
Cowing Wewront
Beckley DistrIbuting Co
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Montgomery Ward & CO
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