Jaycees Propose Week to See Beckley Merchants Left Alone
Beckley Jaycees voted to declare a Leave Us Alone week to bar any requests for contributions from merchants. The tentative start date is March 15, conflicting with the 1949 Red Cross Fund Appeal beginning March 1. Awards were given to Arthur Goldstein and Bernard Martin for civic work and fire prevention, with new members Jack Bailey and Bill Brewster among noted recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkley
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Beckley
Hulett Smith
W. F. Watts
Red Cross Fund
Arthur Goldstein
Bernard Martin
Bill Barrett
Otis
Fl Chico
Arthur C. Cundy
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Verdet Aytaman
Columbia University New York
Eccles
Mystery Bullet Kills Young Heir in Florida Crash
Grenville Baker 27, heir to a New York banking family, died after his jeep wreck near Tallahassee. A coroner’s jury found he was killed by a pistol held by a party or parties unknown. A divorced tavern waitress with him offered no explanation.
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Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
Grenville’ Daker
Baker
Frank Stoulamire
Horseshoe Plantation
Duchess of
Windsor
Thelma Griffin
Fire Boss Ruling Backs Gassy Mines Protest
State mine inspectors issue fire boss regulations to superintendents of gassy mines amid walkouts by Cranberry and Stotesbury workers and idle aliners at Eccles No 3 and 6. UMW safety committees push immediate enforcement while district officials await Archiferent’s guidance. ruling bans foremen from acting as fire bosses and abolishes partial inspections, with surface reporting required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Raleigh County
Cranberry
New River Company
Stotesbury
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
Archiferent
State Department of Mines
United Mine Workers Safety Committees
George J. Titler
District 29
Alexander
Attorney General's Office
Mines Department
C. E. Jones
UMW
Raleigh
Fayette
AccDowell
Ponzi Dies After Turbulent Career of Fraudster
Charles Ponzi, the infamous financier whose 1920s schemes fleeced thousands, died in a Boston hospital ward. Invalid and partly blind, he had served four years in county jail and was deported to Italy after his frauds, which detectives estimated at over 15 million dollars from tens of thousands of victims nationwide.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janesro
Charles Ponzi
Ponzi
Plymouth
Bra- Ponzi
United States
Italy
Brazil
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WVU
Ted R. Hash
West Virginia University
Raleigh County Poultry School
Circuit Court Room
Hash
Fayette County
George Haldane
Albert Tieche
Jack Bailey
Ed Kandell
Bill Brewster
Otis Bennett
Arthur White
Bernard Marlin
C. C. Farmer, Jr
Reigster
Young
PTA
Register Stafe
Allen Junction
Welton
Parent-Teacher's Association
Welton School
Ponz
Boston
Europe
McnMuey
Potter's Field
Ace
Cohen Daug CO
Coats
MT. Hope
Oak Hill
Penney
Raleigh Register
Windber
rckTey
W. Va
Ersel County
Anna Ross Snyder
Lawrence Snyder
Nancy Janet
Elizaer
Gertrude
Beth June
Charlotte
Carnbrook
Nash
Stover-Nash Motor CO
Oakwood Ave
Beckley, W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Co
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