6 Month Financial Report Shows County Heading for Added Deficit
Raleigh County faces a projected deficit at year end 1950 51 as six month finances show 60 percent of revenue spent and an overdraft over 100000. Total estimated income near 440000 with 152736 left on Jan 1 and about 227000 expended. County Clerk Harry Anderson predicts a better position next year but deputies threaten reduced operations due to budget limits and mileage costs.
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Raleigh
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Aroun
60 Countians Receive Induction Notices in Raleigh County
Sixty Raleigh County men will report for induction into the Army at 8:30 a.m. February 9 as announced by Aubrey Smith, clerk of Local Draft Board No. 1. A prior pre-induction call for 50 Raleigh youths for examinations was also issued, part of a recent surge of predraft testing.
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Raleigh County
Sophia
Doyle B. Davis
East Beck
Aubrey ©. Smith
Smith
John L. Brown
Skelton
Glenia Sanger
Oswald
Robert L. Humphreys
Winding Gulf
John R. Dove
McAlpin
Fred J. Sawyer
Slab Fork
Cecil H. Davis
Sprague
William E. Hill
Stanaford
James E. Ellis
Pluto Man Hurt When Hit by Car
A Pluto man named Jess Bennett was slightly injured at about 7 10 p m yesterday after being struck by a car on Beckley Street. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and released. The driver was Sidney Charles Strock a 32 year old from Rich Creek Va no charges were filed. Twenty five minutes earlier a 1940 coupe driven by Mrs James Houtz swerved and hit the rear of a parked truck on S Kanawha Street.
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Pluto
Beckley
Jess Bennett
Raleigh General Hospital
Sidney Charles Strock
Rich Creek
S. Fayette Street
S. Fayette
Land F
Strock
James Houtz
Limit Street
S. Kanawha
Houtz
Rites Set Today For Olaf Ottoson
Funeral services were planned for 2 pm at the Caffee Funeral Home chapel for Olaf Ottoson 69 of Powerline Drive. Burial would follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Ottoson, born in Norway, spent most of his life as a diamond setter and recently retired. He died by suicide using a paring knife. his body was found shortly before noon Tuesday in a bedroom. He belonged to the Lutheran Church.
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Olaf Ottoson
Powerline Drive
James Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Otouson
Norway
Ottoson
Diamond Setter
Air Force Magazine Editor to Address AFA Banquet
Air Force Magazine editor James H. Straubel will speak at a Beckley Squadron event at Black Knight Country Club on the current world situation. A Green Bay native, Straubel helped establish the magazine during World War II and published two books. Ralph Whitener accompanies him as former AFA director on this trip.
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Air Force Magazine
Black Knight Country Club
James H. Straubel
Beckley Squadron
Air Force Association
Straubel
Green Bay
Wis
Air Force
Air Force Diary
Army Air Forces
Washington, D. C
Ralph Whitener
AFA
Area Coal Production Drops Off
Coal production in the Winding Gulf and New River fields fell due to car shortages and a five day work week. Totals for the three weeks show 378,114 tons mined with a week’s low at 422,204 tons. Winding Gulf produced 224,929 tons last week, New River 152,215 tons. Losses include 54,661 tons for lack of market and logistics.
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Gulf Coal Field
River Field
New River Company
New River Field
United States
Agricultural Gulf Field
Winding Gulf
Hal M. Scott
Winding Gulf Operators Association
New Rivers Operators Association
Stanley Higgins
Engineers Open 300 Posts in Pacific Overseas Jobs
The Huntington District Corps of Engineers announced about 300 openings for overseas engineering posts in Europe, Japan, and Okinawa. Jobs include engineers draftsmen inspectors and more with salaries from 2875 to 8800 yearly. Contact J M Wheeler Corps of Engineers U S Army P G Box 2127 Huntington.
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Europe
Japan
Okinawa
Huntington District Corps of Engineers
J. M. Wheeler
Corps of Engineers
U. S. Army
P. G. Box
Huntington
Aviation Cadets May Sign for Air Force
An exception to the Air Force enlistment ban for men with no prior service was announced by Capt. Wyatte J. Gay of the Beckley recruiting station. Qualified applicants with a formal letter from Headquarters Air Training Command may now enlist in the Regular Air Force to secure ultimate selection for Aviation Cadet Training as pilot or navigator.
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Air Force
Wyatte J. Gay
Beckley
U.S. Army
Headquarters Air Training Command
Cardui Promotion Highlights Energy and Calming Claims
An advertisement touts Cardui as helping women through change of life by boosting energy and zest for life. It claims Cardui builds resistance to functional disturbances and acts as an antispasmodic to calm tension from periodic pain, offering a brighter outlook.
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Cardui
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