Notice to Bid for Primary Ballot Printing 1944
Bids are invited by the Raleigh County Circuit Court Clerk for printing 4000 Democratic and 3000 Republican primary ballots on pink and white paper respectively. Ballots must be delivered to the Circuit Clerk by February 19 1944 with bond or certified check double the bid amount.
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Circuit Court
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Court House
van Hunter
Board of Ballot Commissioners
P.H
State Set Creates Eight-Member War Manpower Committee
Charleston announces an eight member State Management-Labor committee to advise the war manpower commission of West Virginia. First meeting scheduled in Charleston on February 16. Members include L Ebersole Gaines Mount Hope W V Coal Assn president H P Henshaw Huntington C O railroad VP W W Jennings Alloy electro Metallurgical plant manager W Martin Charleston Libby Owens Ford Glass. Labor members are William Blizzard UMW District 17 VP John B Easton WV Industrial Union Council president Thomas Cairns Charleston WV State Federation of Labor president G F Todd Grafton Railroad Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers.
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Charleston
War Manpower Commission of
West Virginia
Andrew Edmiston
Edmiston
L. Ebersole Gaines
Mount Hope
West Virginia Coal Association
H. P Henshaw
Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
W. W. Jennings
Alloy
Electro-Metallurgical Company
W. Martin
Libby-Owens Ford Glass Company Company
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers
John B. Easton
West Virginia Industrial Union Council
C.I.C
Thomas Cairns
West Virginia State Federation of Labor
G. F. Todd
Grafton
Railroad Brotherhood of Firemen and Engineers
James Duncan of Beaver Dies
James Thomas Duncan age 34, a fireman for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, died at 6:45 am in the Co and O hospital Huntington after a lengthy illness. Born November 18 1909 at Hinton he was the son of Leonidas and Mrs Duncan now of Beaver. He leaves a brother Corporal Edwin M Duncan and four sisters in Oceans Oak Hill Whitby and Beaver. He was a Mason and a member of the railroad firemen's brotherhood.
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C. and O
James Thomas Duncan
Beaver
Chesapeak and Ohio Railway Company
Co. and O
Huntington
Boby
Caffee
Hinton
Novemer
Leonidas Duncan
Edwin M. Duncan
California
Lacy McMillion
Oceans
John Frisk
Oak Hill
Donald Warden
Whitby
Joss Morgan
Masonic Lodge
Railroad Firemen’s Brotherhood
Man Held on Unlawful Wounding Charge in Stabbing
Wyoming County news reports John Toback held in jail on unlawful wounding after a stabbing at Glen Rogers Friday left Marko Sokolich, 50, hospitalized at Beckley. Toback to face magistrate hearing. deputy sheriff Asa Hurst escorted him to jail. Mullens portion: War Department Report shown at Rialto with Junior Woman's Club support for Fourth War Loan drive. free admission for bond buyers with Feb 7–15 dates. two war shorts added to program.
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Register
Pineville
John Toback
Glen Rogers
Marko Sokolich
Beckley Hospital
Toback
Asa Hurst
Mullens
War Department
Rialto Theater
Junior Woman's Club
Sicily
Salmero
Cc. C. Cassinelli
Rialto
Wyoming
Tuntor Woman’s Club
Wyoming Soldier Killed in Action
Private Clyde G Browning of Rock View is killed in the Mediterranean area as announced by the War Department last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Register
Rock View
Clyde G. Browning
Mediterranean
War Department
Truck Slid Into Parked Car On Icy South Kanawha
A truck driven by John Stump slid into a parked car owned by Jack Weaver in the 1100 block of South Kanawha Street. Damages to Weaver’s car were about $50. the timber hauler owned by Earl Snead of Flat Top was only lightly damaged. The incident occurred at 1 p.m. yesterday amid ice and snow.
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South Kanawha Street
John Stump Jn
Jack Weaver
Earl Snead
Weaver
South
Kanawha Street
Marriage of Esther Fairfax to Charles Cuyjet in 1944 Philadelphia
Mrs. Philip F. King announces the marriage of her daughter Esther Fairfax to Charles Jerome Cuyjet on February 9 1944 in Philadelphia After a few days in New York City the couple will return to Philadelphia where he works as a postal clerk at the city post office Services at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and nearby events accompany the notice PFC Sylvester Ramsey’s overseas service and local social and church notes fill the remainder of the column
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Philip F. King
Esther Fairfax
Charles Jerome Cuyjet
Philadelphia
New York City
John Goins
Lester
Skelton
Sylvester Ramsey
Camp Stewart Georgia
Clarence Hall
Sullivan
Ramsey
Tom Johnson
Tamroy
Annie Dee Lockett
Raleigh
Lockett
Wiley Hampton
Jimmie Dawson
Slab Fork
Mable Denny
Lenoir
North Carolina
Brown
Sexton Smith
Charlie Bradon
Drawford McGill
Donald Ray
Charles K. Freeman
William Freeman
74Th Aviation Sqdn
Lincoln Air Field
Lincoln
Nebraska
Freeman
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Anna Laurence
Bertha Adams
Virginia Lewis
Itmann
Wm. Free~man
Lillian Watkins
Nuttallburg
Frank Carter
Montye Deberry
George Reed
Hattie Ree
Pax News
Henry Hague
U.S. Army
Riley Pannell
Pax
FE. M. Brown
Mary Johnson
Hinton
Stotesbury
The
Missionary Society
Cousins
Sherman
Wise
Jasper Wise
R. J. Walthal
Pennsylvania
Charlie Wise
Bernice Carey
Semoco
Annie Pear Stephens
LeRoy James
Rodgers
Stratton Minstrel Set Tomorrow At School Auditorium
Stratton high school band will present its fourth annual minstrel Monday night at 8 o clock in the Mortor Reaves school auditorium. Proceeds benefit band supplies. Featured acts include The Rhythm Girls The Four Songbirds and the All Star Fun Makers per Director D. D. Crawford.
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Stratton
Stratton High School
Mortor, Reaves School
D. D. Crawford
Rhythm Girls
Four Songbirds
All Star Fun Makers
Silvestra Captures Black Helen Handicap at Hialeah
Silvestra trained by Woolford Farm ridden by Ted Atkinson won the $5,000 Black Helen handicap for fillies and mares at Hialeah Park. The mile and one eighth race finished in 1 52 4 with a four second cushion over the track record. Payouts were $6.40 to win and $3.50 for place and show. Moon Maiden paid $4.90 and $3.60, Fiddler’s Bit $8.90. A large crowd boosted betting and the park anticipated another million dollar day.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Woolford Farm
Silvestra
Ted Atkinson
Hialeah Farm
Moon Maiden
Hialeah Park
Allied authority shifts to Badoglio government in southern Italy
Allied authorities relinquish civil control of southern Italy Sicily and Sardinia and transfer conditional governance to the Badoglio government. Gen Sir Henry Wilson notes two limits including that administration must reflect Allied sympathies and provincial faith, with no binding Allied commitment to Badoglio and King Vittorio Emanuele. Badoglio pledges to surrender powers when Rome is liberated. War demands force cancellation of nearly two billion dollars in auto industry contracts.
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Associated Press
Naples
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Badoglio
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Pietro Badoglio
Vittorio Emanuele
Rome
Radio Programs Listing for Friday February 11
Radio schedule lists multiple serials dramas news and music across networks from 5:15 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. including Portia Faces Life Captain Midnight and Fred Waring shows with various guests and veterans of the war era.
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Portia
Life
Dick Tracy
Jack Armstrong
Chick Carter
Paga Farrell
Upe
America
Tim Healy
Lyn Murray
Chorua
Jer
Sullavan
Ack Armstrong
Bi- West
Ews Times
Volney Hurd
Lowell Thomas
Nbce
Henry J. Taylor
Dhs
Fred Waring
Wolfe
Ebs Fulton Lewis, Jr
Nbo Dateline
Chicago
Lone Flanger
Fulton Oursler
Navy
Freedom of Opportunity
Ahe Lyman
Gabriel Heatter
Rob Ripley
Ming
Brewster Boy
Chi
Amos
Andy
Nhe Garret Moore
Jimmy Durante
Che
Blu Cedric Foster
Lulu
Songe
Blu Sunny Skylar
Hla Sonk
Stern Mporta & Gueata
Cbs
Danca
Nawan
Hasia
Nhoo
Cha
Blu Cammant
Vance Orch
Mbe Wulh
Raleigh Mercer Men Join Wyoming Wildlife Group
The Wildlife club of Wyoming County grows with members from Raleigh and Mercer counties. The president Paul Greene and Leonard Lester report many sportsmen sending in dues from towns including Mullens Pineville Oceana and Mullens. Meetings occur first Monday each month at the McKinney barber shop in Mullens.
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Raleigh, Mercer
Wyoming Wildlife Group
Register
England
Ted Robinette
Boyd Mullens
the Square Circle Green
Henry Ells
Chester Green
Wildlife Club of Wyoming
Maben
Fonty
Rd Church
D. L. McKinney
Wyoming
Bud
Wayne Clay
Mercer
Raleigh
Claire L. Cook
Boyd Green
Frees
R. D. Bailey
Sportsman
Herndon
G. Morgan
Pineville
Bae
Cecil] Morgan
Oceana
A. Oley Cook
W. Hendrick
Bernard Ellis
Buzz” Blankenship
Pine
Bruce Mink
Everette Till
New Richmond
B. B. Brown
Baren
H. Toler
W. R. Haga
J. O. Bailiff
Bill Worley
W. Hi. Long
B. R. Hash
G. D. Skidmore
C. R. Beckelhimer
Milourn McKinney
Charles McKinney
R. W. Doss
Mullens
Harvey Pruett
Chester Hawkins
Koppersten
Lea Brogan
Scott
Elllott Massey
Latybrook
L. T. Anderson
Jack Cook
Frank Hundgens
Bluefield
Jashay Sizemore
Northfork
Sam Bailey
Crumpler
Charles Cameron
Independent Herald
Resilar
McKinney
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Economy Motors
Neville Street
DIAL
W. H
Bill" Canterbury
Sophia W. Va
Fayette County
Gatewood
Homeseekers Land & Building. CO
Beckley
Isabell Riddle
Sophia
W. Va and Son Corp
Clifford Riddle
U. S. Marines
W. Va
John Moorehead
Julia Mooreread
Hutchinson d& Trait
P . Grace L. Wilkes
W. W. Wilkes
Ben H. Ashworth
Employer-Labor Committee
James Duncan
Wyoming County News
Woman’s Club
Lillie Zeigler
Mary Bank Rogers
John and Roosevelt Payne
Edna Woods
Effieewis
Geraldine Carter
Eva Brown
Kaymoor
Gus Crawford
Bertha Johnson
Delia Johnson
Bernest Coleman
S. S. Union
Helen Blaney
Westmoreland Street
Alice Byrd
Fast Park
Cora Dickerson
Walter Mahan
Pauline
Wyen
Cora Harris
Sam Willonby
Harris
Maggie Hargrove
Gallpolis
Ohio
Janie Hairston
H. C. Nabrit
George Washington Carver
Mary Morton
Rosa Mitchell
Nabrit
Rosetta Payne
Mesdames Allen
Clarke
Carey
Hairston
Mitchell
Morton
Powell
Fdna Payne
Pidgie Weight
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ferrell
M. Hill
Roberta
Costella Penn
Olive Vaughn
Victory Club
Georgianna Powell Brown
Mary Edsey Adams
Fayetteville
Harold A. Turner
William Perry
Charlie Saunders
Lawrence D. Dandridge, Jr
Annie Perry
Ora Logan
Oak Hill Hospital
Garden Club
Rufus Viar
Amelis Saunders
Mt. Hope Fuiay
Gray Moore
G. H. Brown
Columbus
Amelia Saunders
Stratton Minstrel
Helen ’Cap
Kopperston
Ulve‘ Bailey
Jesse
J. W. Acord
Arthur Richardson
Homer
E. Stables
J. L. Foley
R. P. Christian
Mann
C. C. Reed
Sr. Allen Junction
A. P. Clifton
Corrine
James Haga
Ilmann
M. H. Lusk
Thelmer Trent
Chester Gould
Tracy
Ske
Pat
Jos
Little Annie Rooney
By Brandon Walsh
Zero
Moon -Mullens
DRI
By Willard
Blondie
Chi Young
Thimble Theater
Rps FU Mae
L, Lwant TO
Forge
Popeye
RoBert Storm
Special Agent X-9
X-9
Mascara
Alex, the Great
Roo
Gus Edson
Jont von
Trishai
Jon
Cimon
Gawe
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