Four Treated At Beckley Hospital For Injuries
A Glen Daniel employee of Raleigh Wyoming Mining admitted with back injuries from a state mine accident at 12:30 a.m. A Fairdale electrician from the same company admitted for burns from a live wire and paint explosion at 1 p.m. yesterday. Also treated were two women from an Oak Hill auto crash, plus several others listed by Beckley Hospital, including Connie Dalton, Christine Jones, Larry Stover, and others from Beckley, Harper, Ghent, and Sophia.
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Sam Cole
Oak Hill
Alma Cole
F. W. Hilton
Cranberry
Beckley Hospital
Connie Dalton
Sullivan
Christine Jones
E. B. Jones
Mystery in Youths Slaying Probed in Huntington
Elmer Black, 20, a churchgoing farm youth from Five and Twenty Creek near Huntington, died of a fractured skull in a Huntington hospital. State police and Putnam County authorities investigated after Black was found unconscious in a ditch in the Frazier's Bottom area last Wednesday night after leaving a prayer service. His family could not secure a coherent statement. at the hospital he could only say somebody hit me.
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Associated Pre
Huntington
Putnam County
Elmer Black
H. Ramsey
Hurricane
Black
Frazier’s
Meetime
Offers to pay bills in jail
Edina editor James Beal of the Edina Sentinel spots an unusual ad from a prisoner in Knox County jail. The notice asks creditors to call at the jail so the debtor will settle accounts, revealing a novel jailhouse marketing effort tied to a shooting case.
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Associated Press
Edina
James Beal
Logan County School Heads Suspended
Logan County Board of Education suspended President Frank White and County Superintendent Paul C. Winter until January 31 for a hearing on charges from taxpayers James Stepp and A. C. Napier. Stepp and Napier alleged Winter issued two bounced checks and White countersigned them. the board named Ronald Shelton acting president and Alvin B. Gore acting superintendent. Winter refused to surrender credentials, pending talks with the prosecutor. White did not vacate the presidency.
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Associated Press
Logan
Logan County Board of Education
Frank White
Paul C. Winter
James Stepp
A. C. Napier
Stepp
Napier
White
Ronald Shelton
Charlies L. Williams
Lowden H. White
Little Words Ruined a Racket in Baltimore
Patrolman George Parke tailed a tall man in a shabby suit who passed a begging card reading I am deaf and dumb Please help me. The man asked for a drink and Parke demanded the card. Magistrate Elmer Hammer sentenced him to three months in the House of Correction.
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Baltimore
George Parke
Parke
Elmer Hammer
House of Correction
FBI Agents Nab Over 2600 Fugitives Last Fiscal Year
Special FBI agents apprehended more than 2 600 federal fugitives from justice in the last fiscal year. The report highlights the agency effort across districts and jurisdictions, underscoring intensified enforcement and successful operations.
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F.B.I
Since Miner's Friend Boosts Daily Work Demand
A reader testimonial praises Miner's Friend for relieving constipation and related back pain dizziness and indigestion. The ad claims improved appetite gas bloating heartburn and energy enabling full days of work and recommends Cohen's Drug Beckley for purchase.
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Cohen
Beckley
War in East Boosts State Herbs in Charleston
War abroad raises prices on culinary herbs and herbs for medicine. The West Virginia Department of Agriculture suggests expanding home gardens to grow sage dill parsley anise coriander summer savory caraway and other herbs to bolster supply and meals during wartime.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
West Virginia
Bulletin
Former Tate trial ends as defense rests after character witnesses
James I. Tate former Helen mine boss faces murder charges in the Henley case. Defense calls six witnesses to bolster Tate s good reputation after a cross examination that touched on prior conflicts and a claimed shiny object during the fatal confrontation.
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Dead Man
James I. Tate
Helen Mine
Dave Henley
J. Leonard Baer
Baer
Ned H Ragland
Fletcher Mann
Tate
Tug River
Virginia
Hemp Hill
Mann
Jim
J. T. Craddock
Helen
L. S. Cook
Itmann
A. K Smith
Beckley
George Thornley
John Spencer
Mabscott
Burp” Blankenship
Teachers 10 Study Parts in Defense in Raleigh County
Raleigh County teachers plan a meeting to discuss the role of education in national defense. Miss Ethel Keyser announced a county association gathering after an executive committee meeting to outline the event. Officials returned from Charleston where reports on the Victory education conference were presented.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh County Teacher’s Association
Ethel Keyser
West Virginia
Charleston
E. M. Ashworth
County Teachers Association
Classroom Teachers Association
County Parent Teachers Association Council
County Board of Education
Hungarians Donating To Yank Bomber Fund
At a January 18 meeting of Verhovay Hungarian Lodge Association Branch 2 the group agreed to back a national drive to purchase a bomber for the United States Army. The fund totals 60 dollars after 25 from the lodge and 35 from members. Donors are urged to send contributions to James Suzach, secretary treasurer, Box 292 Mount Hope. John Bernath of Scarbro is branch president. A donor list will be published.
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West Virginia Beer Retailers Association
Memorial Building
Mike Skaff
James Cavitt
Phillip Simms
Walter V. Ross
State Tax Commission
S. W. Neal
Tions
Lyle Studio
Branch 2
Verhovay Hungarian Lodge Association
National
United States Army
Martin Himler
Hungarian Miner’s Journal
Lodge
James Suzach
Box
Mount Hope
John Bernath
Scarbro
Bernath
State Education Committee Deliberates War‑Time Programs
At the county level a program was explained and proposed. Committee reports at the state meeting covered financing education during and after the war, teacher supply, health, nutrition, and physical education, safety, changes in the school program, education and civilian morale, and higher education.
Blue plate special and reserve power for defense needs
Uncle Sam's paratroopers carry three square meals in one pocket with powdered concentrated calories. The text links reserve power in military rations to corporate power reserves that supported tank factories and shipyards as defense demand rose.
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Uncle Sam
America
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Balkan States
Roy Cook
Mercer County
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Kessler
Henley
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