West Virginia veterans bonus debate heats Charleston letters urged
The piece notes a veterans bonus bill now before the state Senate, with proponents and opponents arguing over its cost and benefit. Readers are urged to address senators and committee chairmen in Charleston, while a 1947 Charleston cleanup campaign and coal interests are referenced as surrounding issues.
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Charleston
Tieir
Eugene Scott
Beckley
Ward Wylie
Mullens
Vie Ebairsmen
Senate
Fire Away Aims to Clear Smoke in Charleston Area
A campaign in Charleston targets removing smoke from the pall over the area. Officials estimate an average of 1 143 tons of fly ash produced by local sources and industry affecting air quality and visibility.
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Charleston
Beckley
Bug Dust as seen through a Raleigh County mother’s lens
A Raleigh County mother recounts her time as a patient in Huntington State Hospital and accuses state neglect of better hospital care. She describes crowded conditions, mixed mental states, brutal chairs, feeble patients, and inadequate treatment while praising meals yet criticizing overall care.
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Raleigh County
Huntington State Hospital
Huntington Institution
Morever
Moundsville
Huntington Hospital
Huntington
I Was Locked Behind Bars And Locked In A War Ward
By Thomas F. Stafford a patient recounts surviving a wartime hospital stay marked by unsafe sanitation bare concrete floors shared baths and a window view of the outside world from a locked ward. A nurse and staff mistreatment are described along with limited therapy and neglected recreation during a grim hospital experience.
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Huntington
Lawmakers Debate State Insurance Split and Reform
Delegate Claude McLaughlin proposes a bill to cap any single firm at five percent of total state insurance. Critics call the plan unworkable while noting past skewed distributions favoring Charleston and Beckley agencies. Lawmakers urge a new formula to diversify agency shares and ensure broader access.
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Rush D. Molt
House of Delegates
William H. Isle
Beckley
Holt
Charleston Insurance
Ilomer Hanna
H. P. Meadows
Clarence Meadows
Lewis County
Hall
Claude McLaughlin
Lewisburg
McLaughlin
The Alchemist and the 21 Karat Heart Moral
A struggling man pursues gold through alchemy and loss. He blends quicksilver and tears with kitchen ingredients to prove gold requires more than wealth. His wife’s tears finally yield pure gold, teaching that compassion is the true wealth.
Nations pact promises amid Western Europe security talk
In Washington a commentator reflects on the North Atlantic pact and the difficulty of securing a firm Western alliance. The State Department has pressed Canada and Western European nations for months to reach a collective defense agreement to deter a Soviet attack and avoid isolation.
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Washington
State Department
Canada
Western Europe
Chamber of Commerce Endorses SEA Aid Plan
At a Board of Directors meeting, the chamber endorsed the SEA plan funding through a deficiency appropriation of 17.65 million for 1948-49 and 17.4 million for the next biennium. It also backed a constitutional change allowing counties to vote bond issues up to 5 percent of assessed value. Raleigh County could issue about 3.5 million over 30 years. property tax would rise for classes U and I to finance the plan.
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Chamber of Commerce
Tthe State Education Association
C.iGe Peregoy
Board of Directors
Peregoy
Raleigh
Ambiguous Atlantic Pact Faces Senate War-Declaration Test
The piece reviews the pending North Atlantic security agreement, its potential to obligate U.S. military action, and the constitutional limit that only Congress can declare war. It notes Senator Connally’s pivotal role and Secretary Acheson’s cautious assurances as the Senate weighs the pact.
Child Welfare Worker Employed in Beckley
The Department of Public Assistance in Beckley has employed Miss Mary Taylor of 708 South Kanawha Street as child welfare worker.
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Department of Public Assistance
Beckley
Huntington Hospital Expands Miner Rehabilitation Program
Huntington Orthopedic Hospital launches new occupational therapy facilities to treat disabled area miners funded by the United Mine Workers Health and Welfare Fund. Dr. A S Jones notes the program focuses on hand use through crafts and arts. Patients include Joseph Brown, Thomas Uessman, John J Davis, Charles Cook, Edward P Smith, Andy Sedlock, Early Holland, John Holley, Joe Kowalsky, James Mosby, Dorse Mullins, James E Roberts, George Roval, and James Safford.
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Huntington Orthopedic Hospital
A. S. Jones
East Beckley
Charles Cook
Thacker Mines
Edward P. Smith
Salt Rock
Andy Sedlock
Hetzel
Early Holland
Superior
John Holley
Edwight
Joe Kowalsky
Vivian
James Mosby
Anasalt
Dorse Mullins
Nelbarton
James E Roberts
Crab Orchard
George Roval
Feeles
James Safford
Sprague
ISEA Program Gets PTA Endorsement
Representatives of the education committees will be contacted by the Roland Hayes Negro Parent Teacher Association of Slab Fork to back the State Education Association's school program. They will use letters and telegrams urging increased appropriations to the program.
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Roland Hayes Negro Parent Teacher's Association
Slab Fork
State Education Association
Truman Fair Deal bogging down in Congress says Alsop
President Truman faces a hard fight as key pillars of the Fair Deal stall in Congress. Taft Hartley gains ground while taxes price controls and civil rights politics threaten to water down the program. White House pressure and potential compromises loom on housing education health and minimum wage.
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Truman
Congress
Robert A. ‘Taft
Lavor
Walter F. ‘George
Robert ‘Doughton
House Land Senate
Leon Key'serjling
Lontrols
Senate Democratic
Keyserling
Capitol Hill
Bob Taft
Senate
George Aiken
Kenneth Wherry
North
Brooks Hayes
Arkansas
Alben Barkley
White House
Scott Lucas
Your Enthusiasm Overwhelms Me in Serial Drama
Sam pressures Gail about Brad and Helena Sturm as rumors swirl around Brad’s hidden science work. A surgeon, a rich group of Europeans, and speculation test Gail’s loyalty while Sam flaunts plans for another date. Gail resists and heads home with Alexandria and Millicent amid tense social games.
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Sam
Brad
Gail
Einstein
Helena Sturm
Ition
Kay
Helen Sturm
Wedding Shadows at the Spencer Estate Feud
Gail joins a gathering of Alexandria's friends, then travels to Ridgefield with the Spencers. The vast nineties house, filled with stern proprieties, frames a quiet but tense visit. Gail writes to Brad, recalling the wedding and Sam's appearance, while the night ends with unresolved tensions.
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Ridgefield
Alexandria
Andrews
Millicent
Spencer
Fifth Avenue House
City
Mr. Spencer
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Mae Atkins set for Sunday
Funeral services for Eva Mae Atkins 61 of Coal City will be held Sunday at 2 p m at the Church of God in Josephine with Rev W E Winters and other ministers officiating She is survived by three daughters Virginia Smith Alma Crum Hazel Harvey four sons Virgil Lacey Alva and Arlie Atkins one sister R H Bradley five brothers and 11 grandchildren The body remains at Rose Funeral Home until 3 30 p m Friday then moves to the home of her son Alva Atkins in Coal City
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Eva Mae Atkins
Coal City
Church of God At
Josephine
W. E. Winters
Roland Kennedy
L. I. McDaniel
Virginia Smith
Alma Crum
Asheville
Hazel Harvey
Barkers Ridge
Virgil
Odd
Lacey
Fireco
Alva
Arlie Atkins
U. S. Navy
R. H. Bradley
Clarence
Hungate
Winding Gull
Irvin
Emmett
Lillybrook
Ira Jo
H. H. Hungate
Parker
Bank blaze caused by spontaneous ignition in Beckley area
Fire at the Bank of Raleigh, Beckley, yesterday caused negligible damage. Fire Chief Bernard Martin reported oil soaked rags in a rear room and warned the janitor Horance Lillard for preventing a possible disaster. Only the rags burned.
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Beckley Fire Department
Bank of Raleigh
Bernard Martin
Beckley
Martin
Horance Lillard
Funeral set for Wickline infant in Crab Orchard
Funeral services for Danny Ray Wickline seven week old son of Mr and Mrs Muriet Wickline will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at Oak Grove Christian Baptist Church with Rev T A Garten Mabscott officiating. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. The infant died in a local hospital Wednesday. Surviving are the parents a brother Jerry Lynn paternal grandparents H L Wickline Oak Grove and maternal grandparents John R Ellison Mabscott.
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Danny Ray Wickline
iMr
Muriet Wickline
Crab Orchard
Oak Grove Christian Baptist Church
Tev
T. A. Garten
Mabscott
Oak Grove
Jerry Lynn
H. L. Wickline
John R. Ellison
Mabscotl
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