Registration For Liquor Rationing Lagging At Stores
Registration for liquor rationing lags after the opening rush with about 4 500 applications at Prince Street and South Kanawha Street stores. Prince Street manager Paul R. Gilmore says around 3 000 registered there and about 00 at the South Kanawha Street store. Registrations continue June 13 and liquor sales begin June 17. Clerks were swamped last week as registrants declined this week. State liquor officials urge registering to avoid a last week rush. Only registrations at one store are valid. duplicates will forfeit the card and bar purchase at all stores. The commission has hired 15 staff to check cards for duplicates in Charleston.
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Prince Street
South Kanawha Street
Paul R. Gilmore
Frank Lemon
Gilmore
State Liquor Commission
Charleston
Gifts From the Sky Lands Cash on Garibaldi Boats
Green backs fell from a passing plane onto fishing vessels at Garibaldi Oregon. Commercial fisherman Tom Hess reported seeing money drop while he ate on deck. He grabbed notes before they floated away.
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Associated Press
Garibaldi, Obe
Tom Hess
Sig
Moon's Emerald Off Foot Relief Claim Ad
Fiery burning skin on toes and feet described with severe sensation. Ad promotes Moon's Emerald Off as easy to use with no stinging, offering money back if not satisfied. Claims thousands have found relief and stresses morning and night application. Distributed by druggists widely.
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Moone
Moon
Stalin
Huntington Woman Recalls Lt Higginbotham Death Near Saipan
Letter from Huntington to Mrs Mae Higginbotham details the death of Lt Paul Higginbotham in the Saipan action. Claude Park Jr describes witnessing the crash, notes his own injuries and wartime losses, and invites the Higginbothams to visit. Lt Higginbotham, once a Register carrier, was reported killed on June 20 1944.
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Navy
Mae Higginbotham
Mabscott
Claude J. Park
Huntington
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Acer
Guadalcanal
the Solomons
Claude Park, Jr
Claude Junior
Junior
State Leads Fifth District Gains In Retail Sales
A 26 percent rise in West Virginia retail sales in the first four months of 1946 was the highest in the Fifth District, the Federal Reserve Bank reported. Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina also posted gains with district sales up 19.6 percent overall. April daily averages fell 6 percent from March but rose 31 percent versus April 1945, while coal strike tensions clouded production outlook for May.
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Associated Press
Richmond
West Virginia
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Fifth District
Poultrymen Told To Cull Flocks
Morgantown West Virginia poultrymen were advised to cull nonproductive birds to cut production costs for eggs and meat chickens and free grain for export. West Virginia University assistant extension poultryman Ted R Hash urged culling when egg output falls below 50 per 100 and stressed urgent need to maximize grain use amid overseas food shortages and domestic feed limits with culling heavily in May and June.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia
Ted R. Hash
West Virginia University
Parkersburg Airport Paving Bids Up Today
Wood County Court to open bids for concrete paving at the new county airport off Williamstown Pike. Plans call for about 11 450 square feet to connect hangar and taxi strip and 3 700 square feet from administration building to unloading ramp. Also notes regional coal production pause and resumption context.
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Parkersburg
Associated Press
Wood County Court
New County
Williamstown Pike
OPA Sets Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Prices for Several Counties
The district Office of Price Administration announced June 1 price changes for Raleigh, Boone, Fayette and Putnam Counties. Grape fruit prices vary by size with a 10 cent per pound change across large and smaller sizes. lettuce and spinach show small adjustments. beans and wax beans rise by ½ cent per pound. lettuce small heads fall by 1 cent. All other fruits and vegetables retain prior prices.
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Raleigh
Boone
Fayette
Putnam Counties
California
Arizona
The Third Finger Origin of the Ring Finger Belief
The article notes that the left hand's third finger was chosen for a ring because ancient people believed a vein ran directly from that finger to the heart.
Farmers urged to market cattle with little grain finish
Farmers can help feed the world by selling beef cattle fed with little grain. Kelly Farmer of Raleigh County AAA Farm Committee cites a U S Department of Agriculture statement noting insufficient funds to feed both people and livestock. Wheat and grain ceilings were raised to move grain abroad, so pasture and hay use must rise to sustain marketings.
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Kelly Farmer
Raleigh County
AAA Farm Committee
United States Department of Agriculture
Iie
City rejects tax hike on theater admissions 6 to 3
Clarksburg council rejected a proposal to raise the municipal tax on theater admissions by a 6 to 3 vote. The action aims to shift resources toward grain and bread supplies, with a farm adviser noting sacrifices in cattle finishing despite benefits to consumer grain availability. Government subsidies for cattle feeders of 50 cents per hundredweight will end June 30 due to world grain supply.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Connell
Ad Livesay dies. lifelong church organist remembered
Mrs Ad Livesay of Centralia Illinois, a piano teacher and church organist, remains celebrated for her boogie woogie style from Chicago years ago. She recalls how she used to pull the stops more efficiently, yet her pupils still hear a swing in her playing despite age.
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Associated Press
Live
Centralia
Ill
Ad-88y
Die Livesay
Chicago
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