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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1949
Page
12
The article notes ongoing legislative action on a county junior college bill. It mentions state officials and political context as part of the report gathered from Raleigh Register and Associated Press dispatches. The piece also references unrest in Berlin and tax figures for December, indicating broader news coverage in the edition.
Senate bill from Senator Bowling would let county boards establish and maintain 13th and 14th grades linked to secondary schools or create high schools covering 11th through 14th grades with State Education Department supervision. House actions include sheriffs as jail feeding agents for counties under 40 000 and a driver safety bill banning TV receivers in moving vehicles with fines and possible jail.
About 73 operators from Harrisons Upshur Barbour Taylor Lewis and Braxton counties gathered in Charleston to oppose provisions of a proposed mine safety bill. They warn bans on solid shooting without cutting coal at the face and mandatory continuous fans and fire boss rules would force many small mines to close, threatening roughly 10 000 workers and 40 000 dependents in six counties.
Funeral services for Rufus Pulaski of Detroit and formerly Winding Gulf will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday from his brother Albert Pulaski’s home with Rev W B Peck officiating. Burial is in American Legion Cemetery Post 32 will handle graveside rites. Survived by mother Mee Martha Pulaski sisters Anna Kotcko Nelie Morgan a son Rufus Lee Sr four brothers Albert George Samuel William and an uncle Walter Chesman. Also noted a grass fire on Sunlee Avenue extinguished by Beckley firemen with no damage reported.
Los Angeles report says Dorothy M. Lemming, mother of three out of wedlock, told Louis Branch she would not live with him. Branch, an Angling Club operator from Azusa, seeks custody of June 6, Louise 4 and Louis, nearly two, in a suit filed yesterday. He states they met in 1940 and that she went to Reno for a divorce from her second husband. She returned saying she was lonely and could not stay away six weeks.
Martinsville Virginia district court held seven East Martinsville men without bail after preliminary hearings in a mass rape case involving a 32-year-old white woman. The victim testified she was assaulted multiple times, was dragged into woods, and feared retaliation if she screamed.
Charleston reports a legislative hearing on a proposed liberalization of the state workers compensation law with AFL and UMW support. Debate focused on raising maximum benefits from 18 to 25 dollars weekly, widows and orphans benefits, occupational diseases, and attorney fees limits. Union leaders argue costs are modest while employers warn of higher costs and hiring hesitancy. Enlistment details note 18 year olds may enlist for one year and others for four years.
Raleigh County Clerk Harry Anderson announced a March 5 special levy election. The $486,000 would fund Raleigh County Memorial Airport, recreation parks for white and Negro residents, debt liquidation, rest rooms, and courthouse repairs, after a bill clearing recreational spending on outstanding debts awaits Governor Okey L Patteson's signature.
The mutilated body found near Karpenisi has been positively identified as Lt Col Selden R. Edner an American air force officer 30 of San Jose California. Edner was an unarmed observer aboard a Greek Royal Air Force plane that made a forced landing January 21 in Karpenisi Greece. The American mission announced the identification based on medical records.
Raleigh County Education Association announces a change to its meeting schedule with a 9 am start tomorrow, reversing an earlier plan for an evening gathering. President Helen McClung confirmed the update.
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