Seven Grade A Dairies Sell Milk in City
A Raleigh county survey by Sanitarian J E Willarns found seven local dairies sell Grade A milk and six sell raw Grade C milk. Greenbrier Dairy Products of Mabscott and three Charleston dairies supply Grade A pasteurized milk, with ungraded milk sent from Welch Milk and Franklin’s dairy store.
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Raleigh County
Sanitarian J
Sica Williams
Greenbrier Dairy Products Company
Maddscott
Fairies
Charleston
Greenbrier
Williams
Welch Milk Company
Franklin's
Biggs’ Dairy
Giampalo’s
Shumate’s
Beckley
High Cove
Jonben
Shelor’s
Sand Branch
Stardale
Cook Ridge
Angle’s Dairy
Albanese Dairy
Miscoe Dairy
Williams Dairy
Gregg Dairy
Eccles
Matherly Dairy
Daniels
Dairies
Mabscott
Blossom Dairy
Imperial Dairy
Valley Belt Dairy
West Virginia
U.S. Public Health Service
Crab Orchard Soldier Receives Combat Infantryman Badge
Private Donald W. Bowling 19 of Crab Orchard earned the Combat Infantryman Badge for superior duty on the front lines in France and Germany. The Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and National Guard member trained at Camp Shelby and Fort Knox before serving in France Belgium and Germany. He described the Brest battle as devastating with many buildings destroyed and spent time hospitalized. His latest news to family dated December 5 noted money sent from France and Belgium, and his brother Clarence serves as an Aviation Machinist’s Mate third class in Ottumwa Iowa.
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Donald W. Bowling
William Herbert Bowling
Crab Orchard
France
Germany
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
Manuevers
Michigan
Fort George G. Meade
Maryland
England
Belgium
Brest
Bowling
Register
Bowlings
Aviation
Clase
Clarence Bowling
Ottumwa
Iowa
Mabscott Man is German Prisoner
Private Chester Via of Mabscott was reported missing in Belgium since October 17. A POW card from Germany dated September 27 says he is alive and in good health awaiting transfer to a new camp. He enlisted in January 1944 and served in England France and Belgium. he is married with three children Alma Roy and Arlie. his brother Lieutenant Lawrence Via serves in the South Pacific with the U.S. Marines.
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Germany
Chester Via
Belgium
Via
E. C. Via
Ethel Via
Mabscott
Amigo
England
France
Alma
Roy
Arlie
Lawrence Via
South Pacific
California
United States Marine Corps
Dantine Lupino secretary reconcile after arrest
Helmut Dantine and Ida Lupino's secretary Miss Leslie Forrest settled a battery dispute after she accused him of chasing her and two other women at a New Year party. The charge was dismissed after she said she did not wish to prosecute and accepted his apology.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Helmut Dantine
Ida Lupino
Leslie Forrest
Helmut
Lupino
Miss Forrest
Rumor Shaw Dead Exaggerated Says George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw, in his 89th year, dismissed death rumors at breakfast in Hertfordshire. His housekeeper reported he told inquirers to “tell them it’s exaggerated” as telephone calls poured in.
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Ayot ST. Lawrence
Hertfordshire
England
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Wounded Private Propps Returns to England for Recovery
Wounded Private Junior Propps, 22, is back in England as a patient in an army hospital recovering from wounds in his left leg suffered in action in Germany on October 2. His mother Mrs Myrtle Propps of Beckley learned the news. His brother Eugene Campbell, also in service, is with the Fifth Army in Italy. Eugene has four years in service and three years overseas. Both brothers were formerly employed in Clyde, Ohio.
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Junior Propps
England
Germany
Myrtle Propps
Beckley
Propps
Eugene Campbell
Fifth Army
Italy
Eugene
Clyde
Ohio
Raleigh County Board Considers Eight Day Blizzard Pay
Raleigh County boards and teachers debate paying for all eight weather lost days. Ballard favors eight day pay but seeks prosecuting attorney advice before acting under state four day ruling. Ashworth confirms four day limit but waits for full board consent and legal clarity.
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Ballard
Co. C. Ballard
Raleigh County Board of Education
State Department
W. W. Trent
Ashworth
E M. Ashworth
County Superintendent of Schools
Bailard
Board of Education
Keith Bobbitt
W. W. Chambers
J. E. Daniel
Charleston
John Marshall
Marshall
Raleigh
Beckley Junior High School
Raleigh County
Judge Ben Ashworth To Hear Claims On Bluefield Fund
Mercer circuit court will hear three claimants over a trust fund that grew to over 30000 since a Billy Sunday revival in 1921. About 11000 was invested in a Realty company running the city hotel. the fund faces disputes among Bluefield groups, schools, and a Bible class over its use and trustees. Raleigh and Mercer judges navigate legal questions of administration, duties, and possible allocations for library, ministerial students, or playgrounds.
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Ben Ashworth
Bluefield Fund
Associated Press
Bluefield
Billy Sunday
Mercer Circuit Court
Bluefield Junior College
Virginia Asher
D. M. Easley
Raleigh
General Taylor flies to beleaguered 101st at Bastogne
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor of the 101st Airborne Division flew the Atlantic in a speeding jeep to reach his trapped troops inside Bastogne Belgium. The moment captured by an International Soundphoto shows the allied commander at the front amid heavy enemy actions.
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Washington
Bastogne
Belgium
Maxwell D. Taylor
101St Airborne Division
Atlantic
International Soundphoto
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County Sanitarian
Donald Bowling
Foon
Vwalves
Luzianne Coffee
Bologna
Leo Xunaic
Cannadays
Prince St
Court House
Chester
Dantine
Make
St. Seidman’s Style Shop
Prince Street
Vwdelifone
Beckley Music & Electric Co
S. Fayette St
Dial
THE
Pacific
Ray
Guam
Beaman
Neuman Bucker
Silsbee, Tex
Marine Corps Photo
International
Aturday Mgat
WJULS
Harry James
Fabt Paty
SPD
Baker's Furs
Baker’s Furs
Mouton Lamb
Otter
Kit Fox
Shop
South Fayette St
Western Union
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