Unemployment for Beckley Area Follows Nation's Upward Trend
Unemployment in Raleigh Beckley area rises with seasonal factors as two million jobless nationwide and coal industry downturn affect local openings. State figures show December jobless claims up from November. total claims rise while active applications grow. Officials cite construction slowdown and export declines as key causes and note persistent job openings despite scarce postings.
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Raleigh Register
Heckley
W. Va
Beckley
M. Leseopudden
Beckley Olive
West Virgina State Employment Service
MILA
Isk Al-Tuie
Scotland
Raleigh
Boone Counties
Life Sentence Sought for Lee Scalf in Armed Robbery
Prosecutor Nel HL. Rogtasd seeks a life term for Lee Scalf 37 of Harper after a jury found him guilty of armed robbery of Luther Jones at the hunter's store on State Route 4. Deliberations took 24 minutes. Judge W A. Riffe set February 3 at 1 pm for sentencing. Lanele Ray Harvey 27 of Harper faces grand larceny related to the same robbery. Witnesses included Scalf's wife mother-in-law and brother-in-law whose testimonies conflicted with Harvey's.
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Nel HL. Rogtasd
Lee Scalf
Harper
Rateigh County Criminal Court
Sealf
Luther Jones
Hunter's
Bolt
Arnett
Kentucky
Ragland
W. A. Riffe
Lanele Ray Harvey
Purity
Seals
Harvey
Circuit Court jurors called as Raleigh County term nears
Becket county court convenes February 21 for petit jury duty with a list of jurors including Delbert Aliff and Jack Banfield. Last night Tri-County Basketball League results featured Mullens Esso beating Dorothy 66 44, Armco 112 38, Beckley Flower Shop 58 49.
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Walker
Esso
Armco
Dias Florat
Mullens
Dorothy
Artco
Sophia
Beckley Flower Shop
Marfork
Wien
Raleigh County
Delbert Aliff
I. B. Atlen
Jack R. Banfield
Orville Bryant
Robert Caffee
John D. Clay
Leslie C. Gates
Milton H. Gates
Dennald B. Genz
Alex George
R. S Goldsmith
Silas S. Gore
John
McCavus
John H. McKeever
Rutledge
Patton L. Nickell
Leonard
Romine
A. L. Kohver
Larabee
Hunter Smith
C. Ray Spangler
K. Taratee
D. Stanley
Robert Stanley
Carr
F. Sloul
Ross Stover
A. C
Subj L. Jarrell
Phin
Gilbert Thompson
Charles B. Jarrell
Thornton
Thomas W. Trent
G. Weaver
Beckley
Ses
Elvert Allen
Fairdale
Black Fits
Basham
Cool Ridge
Robert Gend
Brabhan
Gten Daniel
Fred Burwoodman
Jes Nleson
Saxon
Franklin D. Car- Fanes
Fry
Er Beaver
Ira Cochran
Mstes
Dewey Cook
Lester
Clark Dan- Sizemore
Bec
Glen Daniel
W. L. Hutchinson
Don Jarrell
W. MM
Jones
Bill Keller
Mabscott
Frenchie Lester
Governor Maloney
A. W. Oxes
Beaver
McKinley Patton
Bell
Ed Pettry
Harper
Tod Pellry
Montreal
Crocket
Price
MacArthur
Radford
Piney View
35 Criminal Cases Set Without Jury
Fayette Circuit Court disposed of 133 criminal cases without jury trials or continued them to a later term. Names include Sam Peoples, Albert Brown, Louis L. Smith, Mary Jane Groom, Perry Richards, Thomas Edward Tucker, Henry Lesher, Charles Adkins, Kermit Gardney, and others with various charges such as murder, grand larceny, breaking and entering, felonious assault, and drunken driving.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette Circuit Court
Sam Peoples
C. Bennett
Dorothy Thompson
Sault
Albert Brown
Louis L. Smith
Solin Wilkerson
Waymon Skaggs
Brand
Frank Fain
Ira Thomas Howell
Ohio
Frank Kinsley
James E. Biggs
James H. Pringle
Joe Walker
Virgil Rutherford
Curtis H. Rutherford
Mary Jane Groom
Calvin C. Neal
Perry Richards
Thomas Edward Tucker
Henry Lesher
James Robert
Glen Orren
Spencer Lyle
Elmer Buchanan
Morris George Robinson
Robert Curtis Brown
Charles Billings
Jack Rogers
Harald R. Guilliams
James Johnson
Brenton Davis, Jr
Fitzhugh Bailey
Charles Adkins
Kermit Gardney
William Gardner
Miners Drill Hazard Reported at Corinne Mine
Neal to investigate a complaint that Corinne mine workers drilled without water, causing rock dust exposure. Union safety chair said the dust release suffocated over a dozen men. Safety Director Jones reported to Inspector Deal, who promised to review today. excessive dust inhalation linked to silicosis.
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Neal
Corinne
Black Eagle Coal Company
Union Safety Committee
C. &. Jones
District 29
United Mine Workers
Deal
Jones
Five 17 Year Olds Enlist in Army and Air Force
Captain James C. Mathis announced five 17 year olds enlist in the army and air force. Army recruits include Bobby Ellison of Gold, Robert Goad of Mariscoll, Robert Alman of Beckley, Glenn O’Dell of Beaver, and Toxey Bolen of Odd, sent to Fort Knox. Walter Walkup of Victor joined the air force and heads to Langley Field.
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James C. Mathis
Beckley
Army
Air Force
Bobby E. Ellison
Gold
Robert R. Goad
Mariscoll
Robert L. Alman
Glenn W. O'Dell
Beaver
Toxey W. Bolen
Odd
Ft. Knox
Walter R. Walkup
Victor
Langley Field, Va
Williams Outpoints Bratton in 135-Pound Showdown
Ike Williams, despite a broken hand, defeated Johnny Bratton in a ten round unanimous decision in Philadelphia. Williams pressed the fight with crisp punching and a sharp defense, earning all three judges’ cards as Bratton tested the champion with a bold eighth round push. Williams weighed 135 pounds to Bratton’s, and the crowd of 813 witnessed the champion’s stubborn resilience.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. JL
Johny Bratton
Chicago
Bratton
Williams
Ike
Leo C Tella
Charley Dargert
George W Hodel Named General Manager At Pec Key Newspapers
George Warren Hodel is named general manager of Pec Key Newspapers Corporation at the annual meeting of directors and stockholders. Hodel previously served as assistant gerente. Re-elected president is Charles Hotel with other officers returning to their posts. This item notes several board members and officers by name.
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George Warren Hodel
Peckey Newspapers Corporation
Hodel
Charles Hotel
General Oreanager
de Robert Wristor
Ted G. McDowell
Second View
B. Post
Fred Ruschi
Tesar
Juses
Ciaeles Hodel
George Werten Hodel
Robert Wriston
Ted G McDowell
B. F. Stout
Fred Ke'sehi
Palmer Farley
Thou Stafford
Classified Notices and Service Ads Run Together
Classified section shows repairs, plumbing, radio, construction, storage and personnel ads. Listings name businesses like SINGER SEWING CO, MAXWELL AND LINCOLN PLUMBING AND HEATING, JOHN W. EYE RADIO REPAIR, CAMPTON CONSTRUCTION CO, Mandeville Transfer & Storage and area contacts. includes wanted to buy and staffing posts for maids waitresses and demonstrators.
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Singer Sewing 3 Machine CO
St Dia
Lowe Brothers
Maxwell
Lincoln
John W. Eye
Atlasey
Clayfield Wack
Nour
Resoco
Princeton
J. Campton Construction Co
Amt
Crow Sulilier Serves at Fort Lewis Washington
Janes Preston Adkins 17 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Adkins Crow has left Fort Kuoa Kentucky after base training and transferred to Fort Lewis Washington. He enlisted in Beckley October 14 and was a former Shady Spring High School student. He returned to Fort Knox from a Christmas furlough with his parents.
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Crow Sulilier
Fort Lewis
Wash
Janes Preston Adkins
Frank Adkins
Crow
Len
Fort Kuoa
Beckley
Shady Spring High “School
Adkins
Fort Knox
Radio Program Schedule Fragments and Memorial Poem
A fragmented radio schedule lists evening programs across networks with shows and times, followed by a moving memorial poem honoring A. L. Grimtett. The long OCR text mixes program notes with a family tribute dated January 20, 1948.
Mary M. Tilley Dies in Wyoming County
Funeral services for Mrs Mary M Tilley were held at 1 pm today at Pine Grove Church Ravencliff with Rev G P Goode officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove Cemetery. Born April 14 1804 in Wyoming County she is survived by son Goodall Lafferty of near Harmeo and brother J G Lafferty of McCitaws.
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Register
Mullens
Mary M. ‘Tilley
Nl Hole
Pineville
Pine Grove
Ravencliff
G. P. Goode
Wyoming County
Goodall Lafferty
Near
Harmeo
J. G. Lafferty
McCitaws
Dyson on Trial For July Murder
Princeton Ray Dyson of Bluewell faces trial in Criminal Court for the July 4 1918 stabbing murder of his brother in law Robert Bowman. Witnesses say Bowman was quarrelsome and had threatened Dyson. no direct killer witness was present. Bowman allegedly stabbed 16 times with a pocket knife during the fatal confrontation.
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Rowster Star
Princeton
Ray Dyson
Bluewell
Robert Bowman
Bowman
Dyson
Dayson
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