Veteran Tams Employee Expires After 10 Month Illness
Waddy Shelor 70 of Tams died at a local hospital after a 10 month illness. A machinist for 27 years with Gulf Smokeless Fuel Co. he belonged to the Knights of Pythias. Survived by three sons, three daughters, one sister and nine grandchildren. Funeral at Tams Community Church Sunday at 2 pm. Interment Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers listed. Pythian Sisters to act as flower girls.
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Waddy Shelor
Tams
The
Gulf Smokeless Fuel Company
Shelor
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Will
Clarence Sheloy
Harry Shelor
Radford
Woman reports child abuse and neglect in Beckley home
Mrs Riley and Mrs Wood allege three burned arms by an older brother with a hot poker and note a paralyzed baby who eats with his toes. They say the family sought help from public assistance and the health department with only temporary fixes, while older children miss school and a mother dresses in fine clothes.
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Beckley
Department of Public Assistance
County Health Department
W. W., Hume
Fire damages Beckley church. investigation underway
A young people's meeting ended with a fire at a Beckley church in East Beckley. Martin plans to contact attendees to determine origin. doors were locked when units arrived. Patrolmen Kidd and Williams helped control the scene as a fire plug had been installed three months earlier.
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Martin
Kidd
Williams
Beckley
Talmadge Claims Governor Controls Executive Offices
TALMADGE declared himself governor of Georgia stating he has taken full charge of the executive offices and will not be bound by a court review of an Arnall-instigated suit on who should be governor. He, 33, was appointed by the General Assembly under a constitutional provision permitting legislative selection when no candidate wins a majority. His camp argues the death of Gov-Elect Eugene Tal madge voids a majority, allowing the legislature to pick a governor from write-in victors.
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Talmaige
Georgia
Talmadge
General Assembly
Eugene Talmadge
Youth Held For Entry Of Jailer's Dwelling
Billy West Roberts aged 18 faces burglary charges after entering Deputy Sheriff Leonard D Collins home on Chitech Street and taking a billfold. He allegedly fled from a chase to Watkins Drug Store on Neville Street and was later captured. The incident occurred while Collins described a scuffle in which Roberts was struck with a pop bottle. The report also mentions West Virginia Wesleyan College scholarship examinations and 1947 qualifying exams to determine admission for non-graduates, with exams to be administered at Beckley and 16 other sites by William D Foster.
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Billy West Roberts
Leonard D. ‘Collins
Chitech Street
Collins
Roberts
Church Street
Watkins Drug
Neville Street
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Woodrow Wilson High
Bean A. A
Riley Street
Graduhis
Dean Schoolcraft
William D. Foster
Beckley
Lewisburg High School
Lewisburg
Beckleyan Margaret Allen to Be Interred Sunday
Funeral services for Margaret Stewart Allen 75 of Beckley will be held Sunday at the Methodist Temple. She died after an extended illness at a local hospital and is survived by four daughters two sons twenty five grandchildren two sisters and two brothers. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Park with the body lying in state at the church prior to the 2 30 p m service.
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Margaret Stewart Allen
Sixth Street
Raleigh County
Mathent Chapel
W. Va
Andrew Stewart
Caroline Dickens Stewart
Andrew Allen
Methodist Church
Almedia Belcher
Kimball
S. J. Farmer
John Treason
Beckley
Robert McNeish III
Slab Fork
Arthur FE
Leslie E. Allen
Nettie Swafford
Seth
Angelene Webb
Eccles
Caffee Funeral
Methodist Temple
Glenn Stewart
B. M. Fox
Sunset Memorial Park
Jeran
Troops Move Food as Strike Ends in Britain
Troops continue food distribution while truckers return and strike settlement is praised by workers. Delegates claim gains include a 44 hour week and paid vacations, though the Road Haulage Association says no official offer was made. The government offered no public terms.
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Monty
Road Haultage Association
Legislature Proposes Salary Hikes and State Police Expansion
A resolution proposes raising legislators pay from 500 to 1500 annually and adding 6 a day for extended sessions. Senate also saw a State Police plan to boost department size from 230 to 364, with higher pay scales for ranks and troopers, plus strengthened leadership and more personnel across the four companies.
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Senate
Professor White Ill in Charleston Home at 81
Beckley resident known as Professor White, age 81, is seriously ill at his Charleston home. He headed a private school in Beckley in the early 1900s and later was associated with Beckley Seminary, the forerunner of Beckley Institute. The plot used for his schools became Woodrow Wilson High School site. He is father to Mrs. Harlow Warren and Bernard H. White Jr.
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White
H. White
Becley
Charleston
Prof. White
Beckley
Beckley Seminary
Beckley Institute
Woodrow Wilson High School
Harlow Warren
North Kanawha Street
Bernard H. White
Woodlawn Avenue
Committee Eyes Renegotiation of Large Contracts
The chairman said a cabinet member urged the committee to reexamine multi billion dollar contracts. Brewster noted big and small firms and dummy corporations would be reviewed, promising further exposures beyond past Garson munitions investigations and related grand jury probes.
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Atention
Brewster
Garssons
Garsson Munitions Combine
Plane crash near Los Angeles leaves crew unharmed
Aviation cadets report that engineer H P Lawrence and conductor George Coch rane of Los Angeles escaped injury after a locomotive and three baggage cars derailed. Seven passenger cars of the old-car train remained upright.
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H P. Lawrence
George Cochrane
Los Angeles
Small Nations Pressed for Own Proposals at Council
A Russian deputy foreign minister urged that smaller nations address the council only with their own treaty proposals. The United States Britain and France appeared to drop earlier support for the Australian proposal.
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Deputies
United States
Britain
France
Raleigh Heights Home Sold in Beckley Area Property Transfer
The Raleigh Heights house and a jet on Bluff Road were sold by Oran E. Cochran and wife of Glasgow to Russell E. Paice and wife of Beckley for 11 dollars per the county clerk filing. The 289 acre property fronts Bluff Road and is described as lot 7 in section 12 Glen Morgan Addition Town District. Other transfers include land sales in Paint Creek Crab Orchard Big Beaver Creek and Sand Lick areas with values ranging from about 400 to 4 000 dollars.
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Bluff Road
Releigh Heights
Oran E. Cochran
Glasgow
Russell E. Paice
Beckley
Raleigh
Cochran
Godfrey L. Cabot Co., Inc
Gas Company
Kaniawha
Glen Morgan
Adoition
Frederick Levi Pack
Ito Edgar C. Atha
Paint Creek
A. Lilly
Fo J. B
iComb
Crab Orchard
J.B. Combs
Flossie Combs
J. B. Combs
F. H. Lynch
Manuel i Perez Veloso
Big Beaver Creek
Shady Spring
Clarence
Roy Bower
Lloyd R. Bays
Winding Bull
Slab Fork
Mattie Saunders
Peter S Saunders
William Albert Minor
J — L. Lipscomb
Id. L. Foster
Lilly Land Company
Sixth Street
Alley
W. E. McGinnis
Snowden Williams
Blackburn Branch Road
Sand Lick
Clear Fork District
Faboul
French Indo China population hints at ministerial shifts
Auguste Champetier De Ribes, president of the Council of the Republic, is noted in an analysis regarding a popular Republican movement. The piece suggests Communists may push for a key ministry such as foreign affairs. About 25 million people live in French Indo China.
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Popular Republican Movement
Auguste Champetier de Ribes
Council of the Republic
Wishing Well Groups Named To Supervise Drive
Members of the Degree of Honor will lead the supervisory list for the March of Dimes wishing well on Main Street opposite the courthouse. Mrs. Carl Price announced the schedule with groups on duty tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Proceeds aid the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and polio victims.
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Carl Price
Hazel Scott
Cappie Wright
Edna Adkins
Irene Stove
Emma Jean Higgenbotham
Louw Ella Flint
Kathleen Green
National Foundation For Infantile
Kimball Man Held in Traffic Death Case
Magistrate J A Bailey ordered Eddie Harrell, 29 year old Kimball Negro, held for grand jury action on a manslaughter charge after his car struck and fatally injured E A Perkins, 21, of Bluewell on U S Route 52. Harrell jailed in Princeton on $1000 bond.
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Associated Press
Watertown Hotel Fire Kills Three
A three story Graystone Hotel fire in Watertown left three dead and two injured. Twenty seven guests occupied the ground and third floors as five men aided evacuations. Names of the deceased include William Mullen 65 and Eugene E Godfrey 63. Samuel Poole 65 died at Mercy Hospital. Conditions unknown for Joseph Kling 74. Clarence Kendrew 22 treated for shock. Cause of blaze undetermined after three hours.
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Associated Press
Watertown
N. Y
Graystone
William Mullen
Eugene E. Godfrey
Samuel Poole
Mercy Hospital
Joseph Kling
Clarence Kendrew
House of Good Samaritan
City Hotel
New York
Police Probe Car and Truck Theft In Boone County
Police investigate accusations that 17 year old Harry Donovan Buzzard of Sylvester stole a car and a truck and robbed a hitchhiker of 65 dollars. State Trooper Otto says no formal charges yet while more questions linger.
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Harry Donovan Buzzard
Sylvester
Boone County
C. N. Otto
Charles Marshall, Jr
Red Dragon
Buzzard
al Wrench
Reporter asks AP to rehear verdict against Kanawha Sheriff Brawley
Bayard F. Ennis, Charleston Gazette reporter, seeks Supreme Court rehearing of a 3001 verdict against Kanawha Sheriff D. Earl Brawley. He argues the punitive damages of 3000 and 1 compensatory were misrulings and urges the court to uphold exemplary damages proportional to actual damages.
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Associated Press
Bayard F. Ennis
Charleston
Brawley
Enis
Ennis
Raleigh County Marriage Licenses Sought and Issued
Two couples sought licenses in Raleigh County while two other permits to wed were issued. Applicants include Allard Chaney 35 and Ethel Ray Pennington 24 of Crow. Also listed are Ray Kincamen 31 and Charlotte Jane Brown 17 of Beckley and Otho Henry Lilly 29 with Margaret Elizabeth Kipps 28 of Jonben.
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Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
Allard Chaney
Ethel Ray Pennington
Crow
Ray Kincamen
Charlotte Jane Brown
Otho Henry Lilly
Margaret Elizabeth Kipps
Jonben
Christopher Hargrove
Cranberry
Marion Byrd
Raleigh
Negro Women To Aid Polio Drive Organizers Announce Committee
The Negro Women's Committee for the March of Dimes drive was announced today by Mrs. J. B. Elliott. The group will contact teachers principals churches lodges civic organizations and businessmen for cooperation. Assisting Mrs. Elliott are Mrs. R. J. Howard Mrs. D. D. Crawford and Mrs. Bernice Tyree.
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Negro Women's Committee
J. B. Elliott
Rites Held For Beckley Girl Margaret Ann Blevins
Funeral services for Margaret Ann Blevins 14 of Sylvia Avenue will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Regular Baptist Church Johnstown Road with Rev Everette Shaffer officiating. Burial follows at Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Active pallbearers named Earl McGrady Barry Woods Buren Adkerson Barney Seigel Richard Lemon Jack Kessinger. She died Wednesday night at Beckley Hospital after an extended illness.
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Margaret Ann Blevins
Graham L.blevins
Sylvia Avenue
Regular Baptist
Johnstown Road
Everette Shaffer
Caffee Cemetery
Mount Tabor
Earl McGrady
Barry Woods
Buren Adkerson
Barney Seigel
Richard Lemon
Jack Kessinger
Beckiey Hospital
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Atlantic
Columbus
Seidman’s Style Shop
Princest
Payne & Thompson Food Market
Fayette
Trilby
Raleigh Heights
Ellis Ward
Seattle
Wash
Mabseat Church of God
Mr. Ward
Seattle Christian Servicemen’s Center
W. B. Leech
Marshall
Otto
Pettus
G. L. Jarrell
Pettus School
Leevale
Coali River
Reporter’s Counsel
Aski
Tire Service
Third Avenue
Kelly-Springfield
Denman Truck Tires
J. E Huffman
M. A. Johnson
John Reed King
Pice
Eead
Post Office
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