Dean Ricketts Named Head Of Larger Local Vet Office
Dean Ricketts of Huntington will be officer in charge of occasional rehabilitation at the Pickus Building on Main Street starting Monday. The staff will grow to six or seven with John M. Walton remaining as staff. the new office will offer vocational rehabilitation and advisory services.
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Dean Rickells
Huntington
Veterans Administration
Pickus
Main Street
John M. Walton
Ricketts
National Youth
Robert S. Burton
Harold M. Kern
Beckley Army
Walton
Memorial Building
State Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Fairmont Electronics Plant Goes On Block
The War Assets Administration will accept bids at its Richmond office until July 26 for sale or lease of a Fairmont electronics devices plant operated during the war by Westinghouse. The 109000 square foot facility sits on a 194 acre tract and includes a radio tube plant, storage for hydrogen oxygen nitrogen alcohol and acid, plus a 100000 gallon cooling tower. The plant was built in 1943.
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Associated Ptresy
Charleston
War Assets Administration
Richmond
Fairmont
Westinghouse
Chester G. Dixon
WAA
Nobuhito of Takamatsu Offers Mansion for Rent
Tokyo reports say Prince Nobuhito Hirohito's younger brother would rent his Tokyo mansion to raise funds. His assets were frozen by Allied directives and he seeks a noteworthy tenant. The article briefly notes Aldous Huxley was blinded early in life and wrote a novel by touch at age 18.
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Lne Associated Press
Tokyo
Nobuhito
Takamatsu
Emperor Hirohito
Aldous Huxley
Army Holds Baker Hospital for Second Army
Martinsburg The New ton D Baker General Hospital declared surplus as of June 30 is being held by the Second Army for army engineers. Lt Col Leroy O Funck said a group from the fifth service command in Columbus Ohio will come Friday to discuss the matter with Washington officials. The staff is reduced to 63 enlisted men and six officers plus 10 other officers awaiting orders. The WAC staff will be removed next week. This is the 15th hospital Colonel Funck has been assigned to close.
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Wardensville
Canaan
Wacs
Funcks
Countess Renounces Title for Love and Sailor
Countess Nicolle de Rango of Paris plans to wed ex Army sergeant Robert-Ai-Clark of West Chester after meeting at her chateau during wartime. She will become Mrs in Elkton Maryland this month. Her husband Roland died fighting for France in 1940. She is visiting her Pittsburgh aunt and states she loves him and does not mind losing her title.
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Associated Pres
Pittsburgh
Elkton
France
Madamoiselle Berthe Levy
Bridge Collapse After Condemnation In Kentucky
A 200-foot covered bridge at Lair in Cyn thiana Kentucky collapsed into the South Lick River about 30 minutes after the state highway department condemned it. Built in 1870, the bridge had been in constant use until condemnation.
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Associated Press
Cynthiana
Lair
Licking River
Wilson's Daughter Takes Over Program
Eleanor Wilson McCadoy, daughter of the late President Wilson, joins CBS as a regular broadcaster. She will chair a Monday through Friday women’s program in a six month 1946 series and adapt lectures for radio.
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Wilson
New York
Eleanor Wilson MccAdoy
CBS
Associated Press Club
Charleston
West Vic
U. S
Bernard
Payne
Hold The Line Attitude Toward Prices Across Cities
New York and other major markets report a general hold the line stance on prices after OPA era boosts. Meat and dairy costs rise amid pockets of scarcity, with higher rents and mixed signals on nonfood items. Reports cite milk at high levels, beef and pork price shifts, and rent controls varying by city.
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Associated Press
New York
Chicago—Times
Sun
LOS Angeles — Times and
Herald & Express
OPA
Examiner
Leonard Kearns
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Maryland
Haircuts Go Up To $1 In Beckley Area
Fred W. Ramsey, president of the West Virginia State Beautician and Barber Association, says the price boost for haircuts including children's cuts stems from higher living costs and barber supplies. The vote took place July 4 and took effect July 5, with Mullens and the Beckley area in Raleigh and Fayette Counties slated to see the impact next week.
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Fred W. Ramsey
Beckley
West_ Virginia State Beautician and Barber Association
Raleigh
Fayette
Ramsey
West Virginia
Mullens
West
Baltimore and Ohio President criticizes coal car shortage coverage
R. F. White of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad condemned press reports on coal car shortages as biased toward operators. He urged fairness and noted that government investigators have visited the Fairmont area amid word of 30 mines idle on B and O lines and 50 mines idle in the district. The B&O said 1800 cars of a 3200 car order were placed on sidings yesterday.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
R. 8B.white
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Northern West Virginia Coal Association
The
Coal Association
George S. Brackett
White
Ian
Solid Fuels Administration
B 25 Bomber Stuck Across River In Huntington
The Huntington chamber of commerce shows a B 25 Mitchell bomber at the Chesapeake airport across the Ohio River in Ohio. Moving it to Huntington is blocked by the lack of a local airport, two bridges, and a flood wall, so the craft remains stranded until an engineering solution appears.
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Ant Maoudated
Huntington
Huntingon
Butter Priced Too High Prompted Shopkeeper Protest
Centralia Illinois grocer John Stedelin posted a sign on butter at 80 cents a pound declaring butter has risen 14 cents and urging customers not to buy high priced items. The note asserts collective action to keep butter affordable.
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Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
John Stedelin
Stedelin
Six County Scout Troops Attend First Period Camp
Six troops from the Piney River area join Camp Wilderness at Daniels for a week of training and recreation starting Sunday July 14. Camp director Guy Amato will supervise camp sites tenting and meals while John Pipa leads the aquatic program including swimming life saving and boating activities.
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Wilderness
Daniels, Win
Eh Area
Gus F. Walker
Eccles Jettizens
Roy. Keesee
American Legion Post No. 32
Beckley
Walker
John Pipa
National Aquatic School
Toledo
Ohio
Clear Fork Man To Be Buried Friday
Funeral services for Lawrence Clinton Huffman 28 of Clear Fork will be at Workmans Creek Methodist Church Friday at 2 p.m. with Rev Johnson Meadows of MacArthur officiating. Burial in Dunbar cemetery at Clear Creek. Huffman died yesterday at 4 45 p m after an extended illness. He worked at Owens Yacht Company in Baltimore during the war as a machinist. He was born March 19 1910 at Winding Gulf. Survived by wife Beulah Irene Huffman his parents Mr and Mrs Lewis W Huffman of Hinton one son Lawrence Edward one daughter Dorothy Lee six brothers Carson Beckley Cramer Eccles Gilvie Mariscott Thedford Hinton Noel Fireco and one sister Mrs C E Richmond Talcott. Body to be removed to home at Clear Creek from Calfree Funeral Home today at 3 p m remaining until funeral hour. Kilgore Opposes Dairy Decontrols. The Associated Press Washington Both Senator Kilgore and Senator Revercomb voted against an amendment to exempt milk and dairy products from price control which the Senate adopted 51 27. Also voted against exempting cotton seed soybeans and products processed from them.
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Clear Fork
Lawrence Clinton Huffman
Workman's Creek Methodist Church
Johnson Meadows
MacArthur
Dunbar
Clear Creek
Haffman
Owens Yacht Company
Baltimore
Methodist Church
Winding Gulf
Beulah Irene Huffman
Lewis W. Huffman
Hinton
Lawrence Edward
Dorthy Lee
Carson
Beckley
Cramer
Eccles
Gilvie
Mariscott
C. E. Richmond
Talcott
Calfree
Kilgore
Associated Press
Washington
D-W,va
Revercomb
R-W.va
Senate
Moone’s Emerald Oil Ad Claims Skin Relief
An old advertisement touts Moone’s Emerald Oil as a greaseless simple remedy for skin irritation. It promises comforting relief after a few short treatments and offers a money back satisfaction guarantee through druggists and White Cross Pharmacy.
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Moone
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