Local Navy Recruiting Station Tops District in Enlistments
The Beckley, West Virginia navy recruiting station led the West Virginia District for the first 150 days of February with 21 new recruits and five ex-servicemen. Chief Watertender T. R. Sherman, in charge, supervised 64 district recruits for the fiscal year, and Edgar Brown Snow Jr became the second Raleigh County youth to join under a high school graduate program. The station will close next Monday for George Washington’s birthday.
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Beckley Navy
West Virginia
Navy
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Watertender
T. R. Sherman
Kenneth Price
Edgar Brown Snow, Jr
Edgar B. Snow
Princewick
Raleigh County
Sherman
Stoco High School
Snow
Great Lakes
San Diego
Cal
Memphis
Tenn
Earnest Dexter
Mills
Olley Johnson Mills
Egeria
Raymond Lewis Adams
William Booker
Adams
Robert Woodrow Smith
John Harry Smith
Price Hill
Beckley Station
George Washington
C P to Install Dial Equipment at Glen Daniel
C P to Install Dial Equipment at Glen Daniel expands Raleigh County exchange from 20 to 200 lines. E T Stromp of Chesapeake and Potomac Tele phone Co Beckley district reports the upgrade will cost about 10000 dollars and provide all service classes including single and two party lines.
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Glen Daniel
Raleigh County
E. T. Stromp
Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Ney Peek
Chicago
Henry Ford
Stromp
Driver Arrested After Long Race Near Whitlesville
Garrett Tabor of near Whitlesville posted a $55 bond pending a city police court appearance tonight on charges of drunken driving and failure to stop after a chase from Beckley to near Glen Willie when he did not heed an officer's signal.
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Garrett Tabor
Whitlesville
Tabor
Beckley
Glen Wiilie
Tony Garvick Held For Grand Larceny
Logan County suspects Tony Garvick is in custody at Raleigh County Jail awaiting a grand larceny hearing. Magistrate G O Mills said Garvick is accused of stealing personal property and a small amount of money totaling 96 50 from Beckley resident John Lonker.
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Tony Garvick
Logan County
Raleigh County
G. O. Mills
Garvick
John Lonker
Beckley
Southern governors plan anti policy protest group forms
Rep Colmer predicts about a dozen will attend as a resolution opposing the President's program is prepared for adoption. The group will work with southern governors, including South Carolina Texas Arkansas Virginia Maryland, while Senator McGrath says he will meet the governors Monday. The President spoke twice last night at different venues critiquing GOP budget cuts.
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Rep
Colmer
D-Miss
McGrath
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Texas
Arkansas
Virginia
Maryland
Wice
Jefferson-Jackson
Statler Hotel
Mayflower
Statler
Cold wave grips the Midwest and East
The weather report shows Pembina North Dakota at 22 below zero the coldest spot, while Alexandria Minnesota is at 14 below and Duluth 12 below. A strong northerly wind pushes much colder air into Ohio New York and Pennsylvania with readings in the mid teens to mid twenties. By Saturday morning temperatures are forecast near zero to five above in parts of New York and Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware with higher readings along the mid-Atlantic.
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Pembina
N. D
Alexandria
Minn
Duluth
Rocky Mountains
Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
New Jersey
West Virginia
Delaware
Churches to Open Training School
The Beckley Ministerial Association will host a week long training school at the Methodist Temple with state religious leaders as instructors. Sessions start Sunday at 2 30 p m and run Monday through Friday at 7 30 p m. Courses cover the Bible with Children church beginnings Bible origins and religious education techniques. Registration is free and open to all interested.
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The
Beckley Ministerial Associa~tion
Methodist Temple
Tocal Sunday Schools
iMets
R. C. Martin
Belle
West Virginia
Methodist Church
James Blair Miller
Bethany Cotleve
Bethany Memorial Church
Paul
Senator McCarthy Pushes Rent Control Amendment
Senator McCarthy plans an amendment to a 14 month rent control bill allowing states to establish their own programs. States would opt out when the governor informs the federal rent administrator that an adequate state law exists.
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McCarthy
Wis
iMan Accused of Wounding Wife
Eugene Lyall of Ellison Avenue is held on a $500 bond to appear at 10 a m tomorrow on a knife wound charge against his wife. Magistrate Mills also schedules tomorrow a second assault case involving Katherine Gordon and Betty Payne, with both women from Price Hill.
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Eugene Lyall
Ellison Avenue
To Morrow
Mills
Katherine Gordon
Betty Payne
Price Hill
Divorce Decrees Issued by Circuit Judge in Raleigh County
Eleven divorces were granted Friday by Circuit Judge Ben H. Ashworth with five law orders entered. Custody suits involved Delia Bateman, Earlene Motley, Pauline Spangler, and other petitions. Several cases were consolidated or dismissed. a physical examination was ordered in Redmond v Miller cases. Nurses Williams and Richmond to attend a state association meeting in Charleston.
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Ben H. Ashworth
Raleigh
Delia Bateman
Okey Bateman
Beulah Tyree Leach
Jessie
Lee Leach
Paintiff
Earlene Motley
Carroll Motley
Elnora Burke
Leonard Burke
Monono M. Burgandine
Frank J. Burgandine
I. W. Drake
Almedia Drake
Alison Miller
Parthena Miller
Freddie Homer Redmond
S. C. Redmond
Oley
Aileen Miller
B. K. Peter
Beckley Hospital
Keffer
Io Developments In City Robberies
City police reported no new developments in robberies at the Eagles Club on Prince Street and Wash-It-Quick Laundry on Harper Road. Thieves took about $1,009 and three quarts of whiskey from the Eagles Club by an unlocked window and safe. a canvas bag and a broken lock were found. At the laundry a heavy safe was stolen on December 20, containing records and approximately 55 cents. the safe was later found near the forest fire tower on Tams Mountain.
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Eagles Club
Prince Street
Harper Road
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Jon
Ast
Tams Mountain
Nations debate postwar settlement and Soviet rights in Austria
Diplomatic notes discuss delaying payments, Soviet extraterritorial claims in Austria, and troop withdrawal before a treaty. A U.S. and Britain oppose Soviet gains while France seeks time. Russia faces limits on oil rights and exploration if Austria is freed from Russian control. The report covers East West clashes and UN veto debates amid Palestine questions.
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Formants
Fie
Austria
Russia
U. S
Poland
U. N. Watchs
Greece
Ukraine
U. N
Korea
U.N. Assembly
Little Assembly
Security Council
United States
Palestine
Soviet Union
Holy Land
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