Amole Named Acting Postmaster At Oak Hill
E R Amole named acting postmaster at Oak Hill after serving as deputy assistant in Kayette counties. He must pass civil service exam to formalize the appointment, succeeding the retiring Howard Mehan who served 22 years and plans long rest and fishing. Mehan retired under a new law increasing pay for long-serving postmasters. Amole will receive statutory five percent of his salary as he steps into the role.
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Register Stadt Wesley Oak Hill
E. R. Amole
Kayette
United States
Howard Mehan
Y Mehan
Beélon
Nicholls County
Méhar
Post Office Department
Mahan
Happein
Hoowas
Ashford Named Fayette County Conservationist
Fayetteville reports Ward J Ashford, formerly with Greenbrier Soil Conservation District, is appointed Fayette County soil conservationist. He will work with Floyd Soil Conservation staff under Southern Soil Conservation District guidance. Summers notes his three years overseas with Greenbrier Soil Board and prior service as district soil scientist.
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Ashford
Fayette County
Register
Fayetteville
Ward J Ashford
Greenbrier Soil Conserva District
Fayette Council
Fayette Grand Jury In Session
Fayetteville grand jury convened with 16 members after commissioners Thrifts Jr and Thrift appointed six new jurors. The morning panel included Burdett, Dews, Moses, Nichols, and others. Huddleston and Rhodes named as commissioners to add more members. The panel will be in session today and tomorrow.
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Fayetteville
Meruier
Ducre
R. C Thrifs, Jr
Fayette
Industries show tax contributions for fiscal 1946 totals
Alderson cited mining as the largest contributor to gross sales taxes with 5,661,019 for fiscal 1946. Other sectors followed, including manufacturing 3,570,236 retail trade 2,631,966 wholesale trade 585,163 steam railroads 3,051,275 contracting 685,829 and utilities and service branches also reporting gems.
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Yast Severe
Sears
Gein
Alderson
Oak Hill Seeks Bids for Seven Streets Paving
Oak Hill city council votes to pave seven streets this summer including West Highland Third Avenue Second Street Railroad Avenue Mankin Avenue Kestnut Beech and Thompson Avenues. The recess between Bunker Hill Nos. 1 and 2 is to be spared per residents request. The street committee led by Tracy Moses hears complaints about beggars and junk yard licensing for Robert Gordon is deferred for a month. Noise at Luther's Nellie's Restaurant on Summerlee and Alain streets leads to police investigation.
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Oak Hill
Oak ‘H
West Highland Avenue
Third v Avenue
Second Street
Railroad Avenue
Mankin Avenue
Kestnut Street
Beech Street
Thompson Avenue
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill No. 1
Bunker Hill No. 2
Tracy O. Moses
Moses
Counitis
Robert Gordon
Luther’s
Nellie
Summer‘lee Avenue
Alain Street
Police Department
Taxi Certificate Hearings Highlight Beckley Shortage
Fire Chief Bernard Martin and other residents testified that Beckley taxi service is inadequate and that granting a certificate to England would ease the current shortage. The session reviewed operators including Radio Ceb Company Nu-Way C2b White Star and Robertson taxi firms.
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Tives
Radio Ceb Company
Nu-Way C2b
White Star
Robertson Taxi Companies
Bernard Martin
Beckley
England
Swedish Merchant Shipping War Losses Reported
The report states Swedish merchant shipping losses totaling about 600 tons. It notes ship losses during the war and cites a figure around six hundred tons, reflecting wartime damage to Swedish commercial vessels.
Callaghan Transferred From Fayetteville to Williamson
Corporal W L R Callaghan, in charge of Fayette county detachment of the Department of Public Safety, is transferred from Fayetteville to Williamson effective July. He served ten years with the State Police in Fayette county, with two and a half years in the Army. Fayetteville detachment now lists policemen R W Rule and F L E Springer. Mrs Callaghan and their one year old daughter Charlotte are moving to Williamson this week.
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Register
Oak Hill
WL R Callaghan
Fayette County
Department of Public Safety
Fayetteville
Williamson
United States Army
R. W. Rule
FL E Springer
Cailagna
Springer
Calladar
Cilotte
Oak Hill Retail Boom Attracts All Time High Sales
Oak Run shoppers packed stores as coal mine payrolls rose with extra vacation pay of $100 per miner. Merchants blamed wage hikes and back pay for a surge in buying and some planned price increases to cover higher wholesale costs. An enterprising retailer predicted inflation and noted eggs at 6 cents a dozen. A buyer’s strike by a hose wife was humorously cited as a reaction to the boom.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Run
OPA
Rent controls and inflation fears linger in postwar press
OPA chief Paul Porter warns rising stock and commodity prices signal speculation on inflation yet price controls may prevail. Meats scarce at primary markets. rents jump up to a third in many areas, spurring calls to freeze rentals. House Republicans stall separate rent measures, while Senate moves pace slowly. Navy reports on Bikini Atoll test detail airborne and underwater blasts, with questions about surviving crew and ships.
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OPA
Paul Porter
Broadcastingo Agency
Chester Bowles
House
T O
Spence
Banking Committee
Senate
Nevada
Navy Land
Three Men Named To Draft Oak Hill Charter
Oak Hill Charter Board appoints Stanley Higgins Jr R E Kelly and S D Morton to draft a new city manager charter. Higgins chairs the committee which will prepare a temporary charter for submission to the Charter Board, then to the Attorney General for legality ruling. Public hearings will follow and the charter may be put to a May 1 vote. Mayor C R HIM named charter board chairman and Stanley Higgin Jr secretary amid a seven member panel including Burnside Neal Morton and others. City Attorney Mahan of Fayetteville outlined four government forms under the Home Rule statute.
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C. R. Him
Stanley Higiain, Jr
Flitl, Higgins
R. £. Kelly
S. D.morton
B. C. Burnside
C.C. Neal
RR. Thomas
Charles E. Mahan, Jr
Fayetteville
iCharter Board
Beckley Musicians To Entertain Lions at Ladies Night
Beckley musicians will perform for the Lions Club Ladies Night at Black Knight Country Club. The event opens at 6 30 with dinner and includes officer initiation with Harry May officiating. The McKinney Sisters Dora Alta Louise and Anna Ruth join the Roush siblings with singing and Steve Abraham playing the accordion.
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McKinney
Myra Sue Roush
Eber Deem Roush
Steve Abraham
Lions Club
Black Knight Country Club
Harry May
Dora Alta
Louise
Anna Ruth
Roush
Abraham
Enrollment Rise Seen At Oak Hill High School
Oak Hill High School expects a larger 1946 47 term with 34 more students than last year. Principal G B Bobbitt says a full staff of 31 teachers is engaged and more may be allocated by the State. The building is undergoing renovations as openings approach September 3 after Labor Day.
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Reputer
OAK Hilt
Oak Hhs High School
G. B. Bobbitt
Fle
G. C. Neal
Census slips as press boat surveys animal counts
The passage notes animals survived on all ships visited by the press boat but a full census is not yet possible due to ongoing bad weather. No vessel has completed a thorough tally, leaving the total population uncertain for the moment.
Radcliffe favors compromise in meat price control dispute
Senate debate shifts as Radcliffe supports a compromise while Tobey of New Hampshire resists a clear course. Tobey remains at home weighing his future, leaving a potentially shaky banking committee majority for Barkley’s extension plan aligned with the President.
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Radcliffe
Sena
Tobey
New Hampshire
Banking Committee
Barkley
Senate
Gun linked to Mrs Caldwell murder at University of Chicago
Police recovered 87 310 in war bonds from a bag in a How ard Street elevated station check room and tied the gun found in Heirens dormitory to the December shooting of Mrs Marian Caldwell at her home. Three similar charges for attempted burglary will be filed. Benjamin Franklin invented the harmonica.
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Gates Hall
University of Chicago
Howard Street
North Shore
University
Marian Caldwell
Heirens
T Hide
Ice Truck Crashes Into Parked Vehicle in Oak Hill
A large truck from the Oak Hill Ice Company was damaged after colliding with a parked truck on Main Street near Brown Motor Company. Driver Berman Earl Meadows Jr swerved to avoid a car turning from Salem Road, injuring Meadows and Jack Fisher minorly. both treated and released at Oak Hill Hospital.
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Register
Witter Oak Hill
Oak Hill Ice Company
Main Street
Brown Motor Company
Berman Earl Meadows, Jr
Salem Road
J. M. Norman
Meadows
Jack Fisher
Oak Hill Hosepital
Farm Bureau Exceeds Quota in Raleigh County
H B Thomas reports Raleigh County Farm Bureau reached 552 memberships, with assurance of exceeding the quota. The tally, announced this morning, leaves last year’s 357 memberships behind, ranking Raleigh second in the state to Harrison County. A full report to Morgantown is due by Saturday.
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Raleigh’County
Bikini Atoll Test Damages Broad Fleet and Vessels
Reported battleships Carrier Independence Arkansas Nagelo and Pensacola along with the Submarine Skate and a tank landing ship suffered varying damage. About 25 others were hurt, while some escaped unscathed. Air power and atomic age tactics showcased despite heavy losses. Beached crafts and blast debris marked the Bikini lagoon scene as assessment crews worked.
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Independence
Arkansas
Pensacola
Skate
Navy
Ramey
Donneed
Ie Whn
Bikini Lagoon
Nevada
Revival Speaker IIs Tonight And Friday Schedule
Revival speaker slots this week feature three topics: The Rapture of the Church tonight, The Future of American Youth Thursday night, and Where Are the Dead Friday night.
State Gets Air Engineer Office
West Virginia gains a district airport engineer office in Charleston with Cmdr. Hayden Jackson set to lead and base operations by mid July. The federal aviation aid program allocates about 400 000 to the state initially and roughly 4 million over seven years with a dollar for dollar matching basis, as Rep. Randolph forges state funding goals and expansion of airports to smaller communities amid rugged terrain. Hayden, a 20 year pilot and former city engineer of Montclair New Jersey, previously oversaw aviation projects in several southern states and commanded on Attu during World War II.
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Associated Press
Washington
West Virginia
Charleston
Randolph
West Virginia Planning Board
Aviation Committee
Cmdr. Jackson,Hayden
U.S.N
Commerce Department
White House
Congress
Ffayden
Navy
iRandolph
Hayden
Montclair
M. J
Eniginisr
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
Attu
Aleutian Islands
Internationalization of Europe and Trieste debated by allies
Reports say Byrnes may back internationalization if the United Nations holds control rather than the four major powers. French and British sources favor permanent internationalization for Trieste, with an international zone including a coastal ship from Duilio to Cittanova as rioting and a general strike occur nearby. Invitations to the other 17 nations likely within days as ministers tackle German and Austrian questions.
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Illon
Byrnes
United Nations
Council
Trieste
Molotov
Newly Elected Mullens Officials Inducted Tonight
Mullens mayor and city commissioners are to be sworn in for a two year term at the regular City Council meeting. A new city recorder, city treasurer, and city attorney are expected to be named, with J J Howard Griffith slated as police chief and a city clerk recorder role created. A council vacancy will be filled by appointment.
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Vay Register
Mullens
Joe E. Orr
Gordon B. McGraw
Edgar £. Stone
Baren H. Toler
Ionight
J. J. Howard Griffith
Jpeest
Mel Graw
Pineville News Roundup Highlights Moves and Births
Pineville reports include Mrs George H Bragg and two children returning from a three week visit to Virginia Beach Newport News and other points along with Lasanna and Martha Johnson. Rosa Byrd leaves Pineville for Elkin North Carolina to visit relatives for the summer. Anna Kline from Williamsport Pennsylvania visits her daughter Mrs C M Shipman in St Albans. William Wright and wife welcome a baby boy William Robert born in Anderson Indiana. Pineville Eastern Star chapter to meet Thursday night at the Masonic hall.
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Pineville
Register
Virginia Beach
iNewport News
iVirginia
George H. Bragg
Danny
Jane
Lasanna
Martha Johnson
Ansted
Frank Johnson
North Carolina
Rosa Byrd
Elkin
M. D. Buck
Charleston
Mary
Jo Lyrd
Betty Lea Byrd
Eva Jane Jackson
Eddie Crews
Mr. Crews
Anna Kline
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
C. M. Shipman
Mr. Shipman
St. Albans
William Wright
William Robert
Anderson
Ind
Wright
Carrie Cooper
Grady F Mullins Named Instructor at Trade School
Grady F. Mullins of Pax has been hired by the Board of Education as welding instructor for the Wyoming County Trade School in Pineville. He succeeds L. K. Crane, who leaves after a long service since September 1944 and will return to Elton to start his own business. Mullins previously taught welding at Point Pleasant and served as a welding instructor in Raleigh County Vocational School before entering the U S Army.
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Register
Pineville
Grady F. Mullins
Pax
Board of Education
Okey &. McCourt
Wyoming County Tradte School
L. K. ‘Crane
Wyoming
Crane
Elton
Visit in Huntington Highlights Local Guests
Weekend visitors in Huntington included Mr and Mrs Frank Starkey James Willard Starkey and Miss Billie Shields as noted by the Register staff writer from Pineville.
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Register
Pineville
Dell Cooke
Algie D. Cooke
Cooke
Harry Bauer
Kathleen
Beckley
Huntington
Frank Starkey
James Willard
Starkey
Billie Shields
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Joint Task Force One
U. S. S. Appalachian
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Roger M. Ramey
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Carlisle
Lamson
Oak Hill High School
Benjamin Franklin
Harmonica
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Elton C. Fay
Vice Adm. W
Robert
Taylor
Schenley Laboratories
Tonight
CBS
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Church of God
Lester
H. E. Subleil
Clifton Forge
Virginia
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Itmann
JO Weshu
Cabin Creek
Grover C. Worrell
Mildred Roberts
Rex Roberts
Sugar Grove
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Raymond Wells
Carroll Worrell
Carolyn Ann
Cub Walker
Matlens
Camp JO We-Shu
G. C. Niswander
Linda—Niswander
Richlands
C. D. Stephenson, Jr
Brenda
Randy, Va
Bert West
Mitzi and
Dickie West
Arthury Blackburn
Ranny
D. P. Moore
Kopperston
Cabrin Creek
Sammy
Sue Lamberot
Eastern Star Chapter
Masonic Hall
Meadow Bridge
Rabhelle
Ae Bloc
Carolina Super Market Crab Orchard Road
Co-Operative Building and Loan Association
Raleieh
Jyne
Wuligvetl
W. A. James
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