Aiello Says Bosses Denied Raise in Beckley Area
Nick Aiello district vice president of United Mine Workers reports local supervisors in Beckley area seek the maximum government raise for bosses, arguing the price increase for coal should mirror wage gains. A Washington hearing on legality of denying raises while enjoying the price boost concluded last week with no result announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck-ley
U. MM. W
Nick Aiello
Aiello
Department of Interior
Department of Labor
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Washington
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employee
United Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Employee of the Mining Industry
District 50
Pennington Rites Are Set For Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Pennington 53 of Raleigh set for 2 p m at Caffee Funeral Home chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by husband Levi Pennington daughter Mrs E B Hatchinson son Vernon Lilly sisters Mrs A Carper Mrs C G Smedley Mrs Gladys Durham and brother T G Peters. Active pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Pennington
Raleigh
Caffee Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
St. Paul
Virginia
Walter Peters
Macpie Peters
Raleigh County
Daniels Baptist Church
Levi Pennington
BE. J. Hatchinson
Beckley
Vernon Lilly
Point Pleasant
W. Va
A. ©. Carper
Grandview
C. G. Smedley
Killarney
Gladys
Durham
Washington, D.C
T. G. Peters
Becker
Eunice Man Held on Fleeing to Avoid Prosecution
John Perkovich, arrested last week on a charge of unlawful fleeing Ohio to avoid a felony prosecution, is held at the focal jail until he posts bond to appear in a Cleveland court. Federal Commissioner A. D. Preston ordered detention awaiting extradition proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Perkovich
Ohio
Focal
Cleveland
A. D. Preston
Eunice
Perkesiths
Call for Raleigh County household family records
The Register asks householders in Raleigh County to fill four generation family record forms to celebrate the county’s forthcoming centennial. Carriers will deliver two blank sheets. keep one and return the other. Information should cover the present couple, their children, their parents, and grandparents, with birth years and origins as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Register
Richmond District Foxes Attract High Bounty Hunters
Rich mond district sees many dead grey foxes due to a 3.50 bounty by Charleston Conservation Commission. Since Game Protector Fred P. Clay’s death, Royal magistrates handle claims. Oley Mills reports hundreds of pelts and dozens of bounty applications from Richmond district trappers.
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Richmond
Conservation Commission
Charleston
Fred P. Clay
Royal
Oley Mills
Mills
Raleigh County
Bishop Cannon Seeks Referendum On Prohibition in Virginia
Bishop James Cannon, veteran prohibition advocate, seeks sponsors for a bill to allow a statewide referendum on restoring prohibition in Virginia. The plan would require a petition of 30 percent of last presidential vote, about 104000 names, to trigger a vote. The Senate committee discussed federal officer voting needs amid war and local election concerns.
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Associated Press
Richmond
General Assembly
James Cannon
Virginia
Cannon
Methodist Church
Old Dominion
Anlis Smith
Assembly
Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
A. P . Staples
Senate
Funeral service for Mrs Pack set in Cool Ridge
Funeral rites for Mrs M K Pack 68 of Cool Ridge are planned for this afternoon at 2 o clock at View rhareh with Elder Nichels in charge. The body was taken to the Cool Ridge home where it will lie in state until the service. Survivors include her husband Augustus C Pack five sons Walter Dewy and Dave all of Cool Ridge two daughters Mrs M W Harvey of Hinton and Mrs J Harvey of Cool Ridge two brothers and two sisters forty grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist church born December 9 1877 and had lived in Cool Ridge for eighteen years.
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M K
Cool Ridge
View Rhareh
Pack
Yao
Augustus C. Park
Arethir Park
Jonben
Walter Pack
Blacksboro
Virginia
Willie
Dewy
Dave
M. W. Harvey
Hinton
Jd. Py Harvey
OH. Russell
New
Fredrick Russell
Carp Creek
Hartley Dunbar
Mabscott
Primitive
Banfist Church
Hogs and Chickens Reach Record Levels in West Virginia
The Associated Press reports West Virginia farms show record hog and chicken inventories for January 1, 1948, with 351000 hogs and about 4.0 million chickens. Cattle and turkey numbers declined from prior years while horses and sheep also fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Co-Operative Crop Reporting Service
Negro Activities and Personal Notes from Mabscott
Community notices invite the Junior Missionary Society and the public to a Wednesday meeting with twin messages by Mrs. Sarah Braxton and Miss Pauline Bark at 2 00 pm on spiritual preparation led by Elder J J Dunlap. Local residents are listed with visits, travels, and illness.
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Junior Missionary Society
Sarah Braxton
Pauline Bark
Rose of Sharon
al Braxton
J. J. Dunlap
Lorenzy Reed
Kamp Elis
Lucy Carey
Stanaford
Benita Williams
Forbs
Christine
Lillie Pannell
Tena Bently
Portsmouth
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mabscott and
Whipple
Jop Mae Mabry
New York City
Mabscart
WM. Freeman
Lester
Ved Verlin Valentine
Hihome
Minden
Mabois High
Jessie Crawford
Alabama
Annie Jeffries
Detroit
No Stop Club
W. M. Jones
Mable Dennis
N.C
A. Smith
Red Cross urges servicemen families to bring affidavits for allowances
Relatives visiting the Red Cross office in the Bair building should bring required affidavits to speed applications for dependent allowances disability and death compensation or information on a service member. Officials outline needed documents for dependents and notes that discharged veterans with disability should apply now for potential future eligibility.
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Red Cross
Bair
George Bright
Bright
Junior Red Cross Cited By Army For Hospital Favors
Raleigh county Junior Red Cross members were praised by Ashford General Hospital officials for Valentine favors and decorations they made. Rachel Armour credited the donations with enhancing the Vatenline party and Heart Ball events. Under Mrs. G. T. Reynolds, ten boxes of napkins favors place cards hats and centerpieces plus 185 packages of cigarettes were shipped to patients.
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Raleigh County
Red Cross
Ashford General Hospital
Rachel Armour
G. T. Reynolds
Gascinski Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for Stanley Gascinski 60 will be held at the Stanaford Community church at 2 p.m. Rev Bev Jennings of Page will officiate. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Park. He was killed Thursday night in a fall at the Stanaford No 6 mine where he worked. Survived by wife Mary two sons Claud Bruno both of Stanaford and two grandchildren. He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 2. Pallbearers listed.
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Stanley Cascinski
Stanford
Stanaford
Bev Jennings
Page
Sunset Memorial Park
Gascinski
Stanaford No. 6
Poland
Mary Gagvinski
Claud
Bruno
United Minera of America
Union No. 2
William Welsh
Frank Withrow
Howard Thompson
Birdine Reed
Basil Young
Mason Riggs
Nice Stuff From Beckley Sent To Sailors In War Effort
Red Cross workers in Raleigh County wrote home from overseas bases thanking loyal women for gift kits sent to sailors and gunners mates aboard the S. S. Edward P. Alexander and others. The 288 kits came from the Memorial building production room with a goal of 1 008 for servicemen. A second shipment of 288 was set to depart for the Hampton Roads port this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
J. E. McCreery
F. Bloch
Register
Wao Sailo ‘Ors
Raleigh County
Jack H. Knight
Edward P. Alexander
Dean C. Smith Coxwain
Frank Carter
85Th Infantry
Gang Plank
Smith
Jack
S. S. Edward
T. C. Moorefield
Hampton Roads
Moorefield
C. F. Bloch
J. F. McCreery
Knilling
Population At West Virginia State Institutions Declines
West Virginia state institutions total 8 483 on January 1 1944 down from 8 875 a year earlier with penal facilities seeing the largest drop. Hospitals for the insane surgical hospitals correctional institutions and charitable homes rose by 84 while training schools tubercular hospitals and handicapped prisons fell by 486. Current counts include Hopemont Pinecrest and Denmar tubercular sanitariums totaling 1 164.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plass
Charleston
West Virginia
State Board of Control
Hopemont
Pinecrest
Denmar
Patrolman Seeks Leave for Navy Enlistment
Capt. William J. Trail announced the city council will be asked Tuesday night to grant leave of absence to Sgt. Karl Martin. Martin leaves tomorrow to be sworn into the navy and will begin boot training at the Great Lakes naval training station in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Trail
Karl Martin
Navy
Martin
Great Lakes
Minwis
Shangri-La Carrier to Be Launched at Norfolk Yard
The Essex class carrier Shangri La will launch at the Norfolk yard on Thursday. Sponsor is Mrs. James Doolittle wife of Gen. Doolittle who led the 1942 air raid on Japan. Secretary Knox to give launching address with flower girl Mary McClellan. Keel laid January 15 1944 built under war bonds funding.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Aire ‘Quact Canier
Wat
Navy Yard
Japan
Capitation Tax Collections Reported for 1944 Charleston West Virginia
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims released an honor roll showing 29 of 45 counties sending January capitation tax remittances. The $0.82 tax on males 21 and older funds toll roads and schools. Boone leads with the first reports, covering counties including Boone Fayette Monroe McDowell and Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
Boone County
Boone
Fayette
Monroe
McDowell
Raleigh
Kilgore Plans West Virginia Visit
U S Senator Harley M Kilgore a Democrat said he would spend a week in West Virginia visiting Wheeling Fairmont Morgantown and his home city before returning to Washington He attended a meeting of the human relations commission in Charleston and will include a battlefield trip in the Governors Conference program May 29 31
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Associated Press
Charleston
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
Eckley Democrat
West Virginia
Wheeling
Fairmont
Morgantown
Washington
Kilgore
Human Relations Commission
Governors
Hill Funeral Set Tomorrow for Charles Gordon Hill
Charles Gordon Hill 59 died Friday at 11 30 am when slate fell in Lilly brook mine. Funeral at Coal City Community church tomorrow at 2 pm with Rev Dewey Waddell and Elder A G Nichols. burial in Thompson cemetery. Survived by widow Josephine Meadows Hill four children and siblings. He was a Lilly brook United Mine Workers member. Body returned to residence this morning.
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Coal City
Charles Gordon Hill
Lillybrook
Dewey Waddell
A. G. Nichols
Thompson Cemetery
Wytheville
Maxwell
Nannie Collins Hill
Josephine Meadows
Hill
Fred Hill
Helen
Charles Hill
Camp Wheeler
Homer Hill
South
Na Wood
Stephen Hill
Maben
Lucy Richardson
Bluefield
Cora Kennedy
Margaret Burton
Lester
United Mine Workers Union
Exiled Poles May Meet Demands
London reports say the exiled Polish cabinet may bow to Moscow demands and resign, enabling Stanislaw Mikolajc muk to form a government acceptable to Russia. Poles in exile privately admit cabinet changes are possible to satisfy Soviet terms and remove anti Russian members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Moscow
Stanislaw Mikolajcmuk
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Churchill
Stalin
Cpl Haven H Upton Receives Good Conduct Medal
Cpl Haven H Upton son of Mr and Mrs Frank I Upton of Alderson was awarded the good conduct medal at an advanced army air base in the Mediterranean area. He entered service in May 1942 and serves with a signal corps company attached to a heavy bombardment wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OY Register
Alderson
Haven H. Upton
Frank I. Upton
Mediterraean
Upton
Signal Corps
Raleigh men begin training at Great Lakes naval station
Twenty three Raleigh county men arrive at the United States naval training station at Great Lakes for seamanship and drill instruction. They will take aptitude tests to determine assignment to a service school or immediate sea duty. Names include Darby, Norris, Bragg, Kleiman, Treadway, Biggs, Brand, Richmond, Coleman, Epling, Stanley, Wickline, Greene, Farley, Rogers, Smith, Proffitt, Henderson, Hornsby, Lilly, Jessup, Harris, and Tincher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Hlingis
Raleigh
Navy
Robert Darby
Ameagle
George Freeman Norris
South Oakswood Avenue
Beckley
Charles Howard Bragg
The
Beulah Stanley
Dorothy
Hesse Wickline
East Beckley
Homer Ward Greene
Ghent
Hubert Huston Farley
Glen Rogers
Milton Smith
Crab Orchard
Marvin Lee Proffitt
McAlpin
Ralph Henderson
B. G. Henderson
Monteval
Okie T. Hornsby
Mae Hornsby
Herbert Lilly
Odd
Chas. Jessup
Prosperity
Mkenneth Elwood Harris
Shady Spring
Ersil Albert Tincher
Stickney
Big Stick Miner Succumbs in Local Hospital Services Monday
Jack Baldelli a 61 year old miner for Lillybrook Coal at Big Stick died in a local hospital Friday at 10 am. Immigrated from Italy around 1912 he had no known survivors in the United States. Father John Halpin will conduct services at Rose Funeral Home chapel Monday at 2 pm with burial in Mount Calvary section of Strtiset Memorial Park.
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Jack Baldelli
Lillybrook Coal Company
Big Stick
United States
Italy
John Halpin
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Rose Funeral Home
Mount Calvary
Strtiset Memorial Park
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Pennington
JimmyRegles
Craig Quesenberry
Paris Sutphin
Bill Bondurant
Virgil Snead
G. W. Jobe
Bickle Hutchinson
J. N. Brown
Elmer Creger
JAFL
Pidgeon
Walter Pidgeon
Loretta Young
Goodyear Tire.and Rubber Company
Yyy Ubp.m
Richmond District
Foxes
Bishop Cannon
Vetereon
Army
Kat
Kor
Shangri-La
Dent Roosevelt
Shangri- Lava
Ned
Ava
James Hilay
Carter
Kester's Dry Cleaners
Main St
Cpl. Tipton
Paints Headquarters
Sherwin-Williams
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
Crosai
pSsin
Navy Station
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