Beckley Chamber backs SEA salary proposal
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce endorsed the State Education Association salary increase plan at its February 6 meeting. House Speaker John Amos and Senator Eugene L. Scott voiced support, with tax-raising to fund the measure under consideration. Chamber President Crewe Maples said letters of backing were received from Amos and Scott.
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State Education Association
House
John Amos
Eugene , L. Scott
Beckley
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Chamber
Rickard
Crewe Maples
Amos
Scott
Maples
Board of Directors
Senate
Body of Thomas Ryan Found After Plane Crash
The body of 21 year old Thomas Michael Ryan, great grandson of Thomas Fortune Ryan, washed ashore in San Francisco Bay 31 days after his private plane crash. Coroner says storm likely dislodged it from the submerged plane. Found by a shipyard worker and identified by a close friend. Ryan, a Army airforce fligh gunner in the war, worked for a Phoenix crop dusting firm and visited his mother in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Thomas Michael Ryan
Thomas Fortune Ryan
San Francisco Bay
John J. Kingston
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Young Ryan
Army
Phoenix
China on slow path to constitutional government
AP News features writer Harold K Milks reports that China’s move toward constitutional government is hindered by unresolved Kuomintang Communist talks and minor party demands. Observers fear progress will fail to meet next Christmas goals as minority leaders seek disproportionate ministry representation, risking a government dominated by the Kuomintang.
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Milks AP News
Nanking
China
National Assembly
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National Party
United States
Young China and
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Young China
Military Training Urged By Ratcliffe
Edwin Ratcliffe a former U S Army major addressed a Civilian Club on universal military training. He outlined plans by advocates of a compulsory military act preparing for presentation before Congress. Ratcliffe is an officer in the local Reserve Officers Association.
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Edwin Ratcliffe
Beckley
U. S. Army
Civilan Club
Leslie’s
Ratcliffe
Reserve Officers Association
Congress
Elks promote nurse training scholarship in Beckley
Beckley Elks lodge plans a three year scholarship to a Raleigh County girl to train as a nurse at a local hospital. The lodge will provide about 250 for uniforms and incidentals. Secretary Ross Irle offers full details.
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Beckley Elks Lodge
Raleigh
Ross Irle
Death toll on roads blamed on speeding and recklessness
A report cited by the Associated Press notes a death a day on West Virginia roads and links high speed with most fatal crashes. It warns intersections are dangerous and drunken or careless drivers cause many accidents, stressing vigilance for oncoming traffic.
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Peport
West Virginia
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