Bond and Stamp Buying In Schools Increasing in Raleigh County
Defense bonds and stamps purchases in Raleigh County schools total $11,078.40 from 77 reporting schools, with 1,636 pupils and 127 teachers pledged. December sales by pupils and teachers amount to thousands, and many schools have yet to report February’s expected surge.
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Raleigh County
M. Ashworth
Ashworth
Whitby
Byrd Prillerman
Clear Fork High School
Lester Junior
Lincoln
Edwight
Old Eccles
Cirtsville
Prosperity Hollywood
Collins
Ghent
Lillybrook
Teel
Institute
Sylvia
Stoco High
Hamlet
Lillyprook
John W. Davis
Clear Creek
Elliott High
Price Hill
Brooklyn
Pluto
Sable Rock
Sanders
Fitzpatrick
Brushy Gap
McDonald
Metalton
Daniels
Honaker
Lewis Williams
Sullivan
Trap Hill No
Abraham
Buffalo
Shady Spring High
Red Bird
Dorothy
Crab Orchard
Pettus
East Beckley
Raleigh
Lanark
Oswald
Richmond Falls
Harris
McKinley
Low Gap
Penman
Upper White Oak
Douglass
Affinity
Mt. Olive
Hot Coal
Farley Hill
Tommy Ridge
Harper Heights
Pine Knob
Egeria High
Killefer Aims to Convert Phillies With Running and Psychology
Bill Killefer, new Phillies coach, vows to convert last place club into a fighting team through running, conditioning, and psychology. He will focus on pitchers and catchers, with plans to apply discipline to infielders and outfielders. Honus Lobert supports a plan of hard work and fun in 1921 camp.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Bill Killefer
National League
Phils
Phillies
Grover Cleveland Alexander
John
Honus) Lobert
Kellefer
Killefer
Aly
Hia
Honus
Toach
Four Firemen Join Radford Defense Fire Unit
Four former Beckley firemen now serve in defense industries. Earl Ballangee Aulda Clay and C D Perkins are with the Hercules Power Company fire department at Radford Virginia Ballangee holds a lieutenant rating while Clay and Perkins are listed as firemen Sheriff Cummings works at the Carbide and Carbon plant in Charleston, not in firefighting.
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Beckley Department
Defense Industries
W. H. Weidensall
Earl Ballangee
Aulda Clay
C. D. Perkins
Hercules Power Company
Radford
Virginia
Ballangee
Clay
Perkins
Sherilf Cummings
Carbide and Carbon
Charleston
Wiedensall
Cummings
Man Cleared of Friend's Murder in West Virginia
Williamson Stewart White was acquitted by a Mingo Circuit Court jury after 20 minutes of deliberation for the killing of Millard Acord, his boyhood friend, at White's Delbarton restaurant on November 7. White testified self defense saying Acord knocked him down before the shooting.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Stewart White
Millard Acord
Mingo
Acord
White
Delbarton
First national billiard match played in Detroit in 1859
The first national billiard match in the United States took place in Detroit in 1859 with a stake of 15,000 dollars.
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United States
Detroit
City Council Denies Detroit Wage Increase Demand
Detroit City Council voted eight to one to reject a 15 percent blanket wage increase for municipal workers. The move freezes pay through the fiscal year, prompting union vows to hold a mass meeting and possible strike to pressure for higher wages amid rising living costs. Police protection was pledged for those reporting to work, while transit workers indicated potential picket lines around street railways property.
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Associated Press
Detroit
City
A.F.L
Edward J. Jeffries
Jeffries
Holroyd Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Dr. Samuel R. Holroyd 72 of Athens are set for 2 30 this afternoon at a Princeton hospital. Brother of Mrs Lallie McGinnis and uncle of Mrs Tom Lewis and Mrs George Williams of Beckley, he was Mercer County health officer and once a State House member.
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Samuel R. Holroyd
Athens
Holroyd
Lallie McGinnis
Tom Lewis
George Williams
Beckley
Princeton
Mercer County
State House
State Medical Leader and Spencer Hospital Superintendent
A notable figure who served as president of the State Medical Association and as superintendent of the state hospital at Spencer. The brief obituary notes his prominent roles in medical governance and public health service within the state.
Parkersburg Airport Manager Named Outstanding Young Man
Parkersburg Wade Stew art manager of the Parkersburg airport was chosen as the outstanding young man of 1941 by the Parkersburg Junior Chamber of Commerce yesterday.
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Associated Press
Parkersburg
Wade Stewart
Junior Chamber of Commerce
FASTEETH improves denture grip and odor control
FASTEETH powder stabilizes upper or lower plates to prevent rocking slipping or sliding. It is alkaline non acidic and does not sour or taste gummy. The formula claims to hold false teeth firmly and reduce denture odor. Available at drug stores.
Denver man acquitted after ammonia attack accusation
A Denver county court jury acquitted Ray Rennison, 34, on a charge of squirting ammonia in the face of Verda Sodia, 25, an elevator operator who had spurned his marriage proposal.
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Associated Press
Denver
Ray Rennison
Verda Sodia
Buckleys Canadios Mixture cough medicine sale
By Far the Largest Selling Cough Medicine Buckleys Canadios Mixture now on sale and made here in America acts like a flash on coughs due to colds or bronchial irritations. Buckleys is by far the largest selling cough medicine in all wintry Canada. Get Buckleys today at Watkins Drug Store Beckley Drug Co White Cross Pharmacy and all good druggists. Over 10 million bottles sold.
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America
Canada
Buckley
Watkins Drug Store
Beckley Drug Co
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Mary Beth Hughes
Defense Plan
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Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric
Generscstol
Adverticans Exchange
Pillsbury’s
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Allan Owan
James V Kern
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RKO Radio
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Alfred Hitchcock
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NOW
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Roger Clark
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Ree Gang
Rhodell
Lester
Maine
Calif
Florida
Nancy Hall
Ibs
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Chuck Roast
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