Meadows Leads Raleigh Group to State Democratic Convention
Beckley figures high with Judge Clarence Meadows Democratic nominee for governor and Rep. Joe L. Smith leading a large local delegation to Charleston for the state convention. Delegates will elect a permanent chairman, draft the party platform, and appoint eight presidential electors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Beckley
Clarence Meadows
Joe L. Smith
Harley M. Kilgore
Smith
Col. J. H. Long. Huntington
Louis A. Johnson
Clarksburg
Judge Meadows
Harry Anderson
Democratic Executive Committee
W. A. Stanley
Frank Halstead
Clay Crouse
Clint Howard
T. C. Glashen
J. A. Blake
Marie Ames
Senator Kilgore
L. L. Scherer
George W. Ballard
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
Bernard Harless
A. G. Fowles
Glen White
Leighton Farley
Criss
Democratic Party
Canning Center Sees Record Week With 2500 Cans Processed
The Beaver area canning center reported a record week with about 2500 cans produced for the school hot lunch program. J. M. Collins, supervisor, said total cans put up this summer nears 10 000 as residents travel long distances to use the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Parent-Teachers Association
Shady Spring
J. M. Collins
Collins
Beckley
Board of Education
Posthumous Purple Heart Awarded To Set J Nolan
Mr and Mrs James P Nolan of Raleigh receive the Purple Heart for their son Staff Sergeant James William Nolan killed in action. He went to Woodrow Wilson High in 1942, served after Camp Gruber, fought at Cassino, and died May 2 1944. Brother Technical Sergeant Charles Nolan serves at Camp Van Dorn.
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James P. Nolan
Raleigh
War Department
James William Nolan
United States of America
Congress
George Washington
Newburgh
New York
James W. Nolan
Washington
Nolan
Woodrow Wilson High School
Army
Camp Gruber
Oklahoma
North Africa
Italy
Army Infantry
8Th Army
Cassino
Nolan's
Charles Nolan
Camp van Dorn
Mississippi
Snuffer Funeral Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Vinson Snuffer a 46 year old Glen Daniel farmer who died in Clayton New Mexico will be held at the Trap Hue high school auditorium tomorrow at 2 30 p m conducted by the Rev James H W Neal of Mount Hope Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park The body arrived in Beckley yesterday and will be taken to the home at 10 30 a m this morning He was a charter member of the Raleigh County Farm Bureau and of the Elks lodge His death followed an asthmatic condition treatment in local hospitals failed to relieve Active pallbearers listed include Frank Humphrey Speed Mankin Tom Hartson G P Auldridge W A Winston Ted French J Lilly and A Lucas
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Vinson Snuffer
Glen Daniel Farmer
Clayton
New Mexico
Frank Humphrey
Speed Mankin
Tom Hartson
G. P. Auldridge
W. A. Winston
Ted French
J. Lilly
A. Lucas
Eccles Man Awarded Purple Heart for Italy Wounding
Pvt Kenneth Keesee of Eccles receives the Purple Heart from the War Department after being wounded on the Anzio beachhead May 8. He returned to the U S July 5 and is treated at Newton Baker hospital Martinsburg after initial care in Charleston South Carolina. He enlisted July 29 1943 and trained at Camp Fannin Texas overseas February. His parents Mr and Mrs Silas Keesee have two other sons in service Hugh Kessee at Fort Bragg and William G Keesee at Fort Benning.
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Kenneth Keesee
Italy
Silas Keesee
Eccles
War Department
Keesee
Anzio
Maly
States
Charleston
South Carolina
Newton-Baker
Martinsburg
Divorce Suits Filed for Reed and Wood in Circuit Court
Charlotte Ann Reed sues for divorce from Vernal Reed, filed by her father K. M. Taylor with attorney Verne Scott. A second divorce action lists Urania Wood versus Wilson Wood, with attorney C. R. Harless representing the plaintiff.
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Charlotte Ann Reed
K. M. Taylor
Vernal Reed
Circuit Clerk's
Verne Scott
Urania Wood
Wilson Wood
C. R. Harless
Beckley Marines Fight Together in Pacific Front
Four Beckley boys trained as Marines were sent overseas in the same unit last January and later attached to the Fourth Marine Division. They saw action in the Marshalls, Saipan, and are believed to be in Guam. One casualty reported is Private first class Bobby Saks with a minor hand wound on Saipan.
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Beckley
Marine Corps
Fourth Marine Division
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Guam
Pfe
Verne Lee Freeland
Lora Feazell Freeland
Neville Street
Bobby Saks
Abe Saks
Cottage Apartments
James Page
P. B. Barwood
South Kanawha_ street
Samuel Dixon St. Clair
Denzil Waren
ID. E. Warden
Quesenberry Street
Hawai
Denzil Warde
Universit of Virginia
St. Clair
Marguerite Ward
Wag
Bernard Dixon
Mount Hope
Marshalls
Saipan Island
Honolulu
Naval Hospital
Fred Helm
Oscar Helm
Saks
Helm
Missing in Action Lt Wilbur Davis Jr Over Yugoslavia
War department reports Second Lieutenant Joseph W. Davis Jr missing in action since July seven over Yugoslavia. He was 20, bombardier in the Army Air Corps, commissioned March 18, overseas duty April 1. A Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and former student at Washington and Lee and West Virginia Universities. Enlisted July 1942, trained in Texas and Topeka Kansas.
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War Department
Wilbur Davis
Wilbur Davis, Jr
Yugoslavia
Secretary of War
Joseph W. Davis, Jr
Alio
Adjutant General
Davis
Army Air Corps
Woodrow Wilson High School
Washington and Lee
West Virginia
Air Corps
Army Air Bases
Texas
Topeka
Kansas
Private James Walker Injured in France Invasion
Telegram from the war department reports Private James M M Walker brother of Betty Walker of Crab Orchard injured during the invasion of France. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker of Lester, he lived with his sister Mrs Liltin James of Crab Orchard. Age 22, he trained at Fort Benning and Camp Wheeler, Georgia and has been overseas five months after two years service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James MM. Walker
Betty Walker
Crab Orchard
France
War Department
Walker
Thomas Walker
Lester
Liltin James
See
Fort Bening
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Yanks Dig In At St Lo As Nazis Shell The City
Allied troops battle through rubble in St Lo with heavy shelling from German artillery. Majors Coan and Johns are cited for valor as American forces hold crypts and streets, fending off counterattacks while civilians shelter in ruins.
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Don Whitenead
Weiter NO
France
Geremsse
Callehp
Stedden Torwara
St. Lois the Amens
Coaning
Hawhose Bier
Church of Ste. Croix
Tewis
St. Lo
Sophia Clinic for Babies Set To Open
The Sophia well baby clinic will run from 10 a m to noon on Wednesday in the Boy Scout cabin at Sophia. Dr Henrietta Marquis will oversee the clinic with Ruth Bareo, county health nurse, making the announcement yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia "Well
Sophia
Henrietta Marquis
Ruth Bar‘eo
Deadline Tomorrow for Gas Station Coupon Exchange
The local war price and rationing board announced that dealers must exchange inventory coupons for gasoline deposit certificates by tomorrow. Coupons ceased to be ration evidence on July 15, and distributors must deposit those received before that date into ration banking accounts.
City marksmen face constant danger as targets
Residents quote Johns saying they are treated like clay pigeons always in the open and exposed to danger. He notes they are chipped but remain determined, while warnings about shooters echo through the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
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Netherlands Proper
Curacao
Surinam
Dutch East. Indies
Purple Heart
Set. J. Nolan
James Nolan
Glen Daniel
Eccles Man
Purple
Beckley Marines
Pacific
Glover Johns
Corpus Christi
Pex
Blanchet
Cecil Harvey
Met Pexver Road
Sweickley
You
Mom
Jane
Tial
Dad
Beckley Hardware & Supply CO
Heber Street
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