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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1948

Page

5

Inside Greece Guerrilla Camps and Fifth Column Tactics Revealed

Charleston correspondent Phil Conley reports from Salonica on guerrilla activity in Epirus Greece. Ex guerrillas describe training camps in Yugoslavia, orders to terrorize villages, and use of fifth column networks including youths to spy and select targets.

Sunday Register Beckley W. Va Charleston Greece Phil Conley West Virginis Halsen Fhil Conley Salonika Giotopoulos The West Virginia Review Conley Ioannis Giotopoulos Oes

Conservationist view on Raleigh County soil care and actions

A Morgantown Post editorial from December 26 1947 urges Raleigh County to expand soil conservation. It notes ongoing local efforts by Friends of the Land and farmers adopting strip cropping contour furrows and other practices amid coal mining damage. It underscores the need for greater use of agricultural services from Morgantown.

Floyd Rothlisberger Morgantown Raleigh County West Virginia Beckley Friends of the Land Moanongasia College of Agriculture Agricultural Experiment Station Agricultural Extension Division U. S. Soil Conservation Service C. N. Byiller Nallen J. R. Wood H. L. Anderson Walter Strand Edmond Fayette County Ethel B. Trail Daniels Fred Vines Odd H. d. Oram Lester E. L. McNeer Forest Hill K. Ferguson Bozo Ferguson

Eccles Man Arrested After Truck Crashes Into Fence

Carl L. Calvert of Eccles was jailed in Raleigh County after a truck backed into a fence at 110 112 South Heber Street. Police report he resisted arrest and lacked a license. Charges include drunk driving destroying property resisting arrest and driving without a license. He is set to appear in Police Court Monday night.

Carl L. Calvert Eccles Raleigh County Calvert Heber Street Calber

Mrs. Sallie Kidd Dies in Beckley at 82

Mrs. Sallie Kidd 82 widow of Milton Kidd died at 4 15 p.m. at home 206 Beckley Avenue after years of ill health. Born December 15 1865 in Summers County she lived most of her life in Raleigh County. Survivors include son H H Kidd of Lafayette Ind two daughters Mrs Lote Covey Beckley Ave and Mrs Fred Cook Harper three grandchildren five great grandchildren and five sisters. Funeral services at 7 p.m. Monday at the residence with Rev A H Wilson and Dr Ritchie Ware officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers named.

Sallie Kidd Milton Kidd Kidd Beckley Avenue Summers County Raleigh County First Christian Church H. H. Kidd Lafayette Ind Lote Covey Fred Cook Harper Minnie Montell Cincinnati Macy Hodges Hilltop Calter Funeral Home A. H. Wilson Ritchie Ware Sunsset Memorial Park George Tully Harold Holt Dan Covey Theeman Rorter W. P. Larew C. T. Ross

Anxiety Fears and New Psychotherapy Perspectives

Anxiety fears are reconsidered as a recognisable internal issue rather than an impostor threat. The text contrasts with Freudian views and suggests a hopeful, healthy view of psychotherapy and education. Elsewhere, radioisotope tracing may help protect apple crops by timing buds and tracking hormone uptake to prevent frost damage.

Richard Abrams Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics University of Chicago

Six Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Raleigh County

Six couples applied for marriage licenses at the Raleigh County clerk's office. Avender Bailey 26 and Freda Mae Meadows 16 had the three day waiting period waived due to his Army furlough. Other couples include Freddie Lilly 21 and Lulu Grose 21 both of Beaver. James Smith 22 of Mount Hope and Sylvia Vance 24 of Maple Fork. William Troxel 21 of Bristol Virginia and Betty Lee Courey 21 of Beckley. Orley Allen 22 of Edwight and Irene Chambers 18 of Brichton. Robert Saunders 18 of Stotesbury and Lillian Mae Ormandy 17 of Sophia.

Raleigh County Clerk's Office Avender Bailey Freda Mae Meadows Amigo U. S. Army New Jersey Ben H. Ashworth Freddie Lee Lilly Lulu Mildred Grose Beaver James Smith Mount Hope Sylvia Vance Maple Fork William Troxel Bristol Betty Lee Courey Beckley Orley Allen Edwight Irene Chambers Brichton Robert Jackson Saunders Stotesbury Lillian Mae Ormandy Sophia

Secret Senate talk on Marshall Plan and France shifting loyalties

Senator Tom Connally called a secret gathering to discuss Marshall Plan strategy while Senator Barkley diverted to his trip. Barkley praised Premier de Gaulle as holding back communists and noted De Gaulle’s complex alliances. He supported displaced persons as skilled workers in need, not mere trash, citing many from Soviet areas seeking refuge in harsh camps. Separate note reports Mullens conductor Robert Cawley recovering after surgery in Roanoke Virginia.

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Beckley Eagle Scout to Present West Virginia Report to Nation

Eagle Scout Earl Whitener of Troop 108 Beckley will present West Virginia's Boy Scout report to the nation in a Saturday broadcast from Governor Meadows office in Charleston. Whitener was chosen by district commissioners of the Appalachian Council for leading state gains in 1947 with Sam Pearis of Troop 121 Mullens set to deliver the council report alongside him. Six Scoutmasters will join the trip by bus, leaving Beckley at 7 30 a m. next Saturday.

Earl Whitener Beckley West Virginia Clarence W. Meadows Charleston Whitener Appalachian Council Sam Pearis Mullens Gus Walker Raleigh Wyoming Summers Counties Wisiker Pearis Governor Meadows Roy Keesee Eccles Harold Lilly Prosperity Robert Richardson L. A. Gethercole MacArthur Hayden Wolfe Glen. Rogers Charleston Hull

Concord College Leads High Schools In Future Business Leaders Drive

Concord College plans to aid high schools in organizing Future Business Leaders clubs. Representatives from Concord will visit Rupert High, Ballard, Princeton, and Arista to promote business education and launch a state-wide visitation series. The initiative, supported by the Concord Chamber of Commerce, includes a snack-bar project and new recreation room tile floor renovations at Concord.

Philip Lilly Athene Paul Eebifeorgians Concord * Chamber of Commerce Robert Powell Rupert High Concord Pend Day America Club Concord Group Charles Forbes Ballard College Carl Rextode Princeton James Crawford Arista Cloyd Armbrister Deartment of Business Administraton Concord

Funeral services for Charles Clemens in Crab Orchard

Charles Clemens 59 of Crab Orchard died Friday in a local hospital. Funeral services are today at 2 p m at Rose Funeral Home with Rev. Paul Smith officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Honorary pallbearers from Beckley Moose Club. Clemens a carpenter formerly of Fireco worked 15 years for Leckie Fire Creek Coal. He was born August 2, 1888 in Robbins Tennessee. Survived by wife Grace two daughters Tris and Edith both at home and two brothers Joe of McKeesport Pennsylvania and Ed of Jackson Mississippi.

Charles Clemens Crab Orchard Rose Funeral Home Paul Smith Beckley Sunset Meemorial Park Beckley Moose Club iFireco Leckie-Fire Creek Coal Company Clemens Robbins Tenn Grace Clemens Tris Edith Clemens Joe Clemens McKeesport E d Clemens Jackson Miss

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