Hospitals in Beckley Area Added as Penicillin Depots
The Associated Press reports nineteen West Virginia hospitals join a nationwide list of 1,000 depots for limited penicillin distribution to civilians. Beckley’s Raleigh General and Bluefield facilities among new sites will process requests from other hospitals and provide penicillin where supply allows. Also listed are Charleston St Luke's, Fairmont General, Morgantown Monongalia General, Princeton Myers Clinic, Huntington Memorial, and Williamson networks among others.
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Associated Press
Chicago
West Virginia
Chemical Bureau of the War Production
Beckley
Raleigh General
Bluefield
Bluefield Sanitarium
St. Luke's
Charleston
McMillan
Mountain State Memorial
St. Francis
Fairmont General
Glen Date
Reynolds Memorial
Hinton
Huntington
Huntington Memorial
Logan
Mercy
Martinsburg
City
Montgomery
Laird Memorial
Morgantown
Monongalia General
Oak Hill
Oak Mill
Philippi
Myers Clinic
Princeton
Mercer Memorial
Williamson, Williamson Memorial
Status Of 75 Raleigh County Farm Youths Reviewed
Review of about 75 Raleigh county farm youths deemed for possible deferment from military service has been completed. Farm agent H B Thomas said a new selective service rule limits deferments to six months or less, prompting a recheck of each applicant’s essential rating. He cited a family with four sons in service and one now 1-A. the mother is partially blind and unable to aid farm work. The report, with a recommendation for continued deferment, goes to the draft board. The method uses war units per acre and per head of livestock. 16 units are needed for deferment. Some farm youths seek release for war work, often in mines.
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Raleigh County
Agen
County Agricultural War Board
Thomas
Selective Service
Abraham Farmer
Coal Output Up Despite 10000 Miners Lost in District
George J. Titler reports Department of the Interior figures show May coal output rising about 12 percent per miner versus May 1943. Total bituminous tonnage May 1944 was 33,230,000, vs 47,417,000 in May 1943, with higher daily production. In Southern West Virginia, week ending May 13 saw 2,162,000 tons, down from 2,389,000 a year earlier, but with fewer workers the tonnage per miner increases amid labor shortage totaling around 100,000 industrywide. Production for week ending May 20 rose by about a million tons year over year. Figures come from daily operator reports to the Interior Department.
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George J. Titler
District 20
Department of the Interior
West Virginia
Tiller
Ana
Tia
ILRI
U. S. Department of Labor
Plan To Clean Up Wildwood Cemetery Trustees
A committee led by OL H Davis Henry B Keyser and Frank E Lemon aims to restore Wildwood cemetery. Trustees, historically including I C Prince and W H Hull, seek relatives to fund grave maintenance, offering to arrange care if individuals cannot assist directly. The effort echoes the ground’s origin linked to General Alfred Beckley and its long established self perpetuating board.
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Wildwood Cemetery
OL. H. Davis
Henry B. Keyser
Frank E. Lemon
Keyser
I. C. Prince
W.H. Hull
Davis
Hull
Prince
Alfred Beckley
Wildwood
Kanawha Street
City Pays 2420 In May Salaries To City Workers
City records show total May salaries of 2420 paid to staff including Mayor Robert Winston, W H Weidensall fire chief 250, police chief W J Trail 250, patrolmen such as Cottle 240 and Hutchinson 200, dump employee Ben White 50, city attorney Robert Ashworth 50, street commissioner Sterling Lee 175, radio operators Mary Burdiss 100 and others.
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Robert Winston
William Laren
Cnpie Lee Hedrick
Ben White
W. H. Weidensall
Olis Lyons
A. A. Allen
Aulda B. Clay
W. J. Trail
Ery
C. Ross Cottle
N. Hutchinson
Tommy Jones
Orval Zimmerman
Ralph Williams
Buck Gilkerson
Mary Burdiss
Virgin
Scott Mead
Helen Phiefar
Robert Ashworth
Sterling Lee
Semoco Mine Commended for Safety Improvements
The Semoco Mine of Shockley Creek Coal Co. with 13 workers producing 200 tons daily was praised by the U S Bureau of Mines for improvements prompted by inspectors. Dr R R Sayers cited timbering diagrams safer explosive handling ventilation and fire protection with further safety and ventilation upgrades recommended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Semoco
Beckley Welcomes Return of Mediterranean Pilot
Lt. Phillip Asharah, 26, a bomber pilot, is expected home in Beckley after returning to the United States from the Mediterranean theater of operations last August. He telephoned his father in Miami on May 30 to say he would fly to San Antonio and then Washington before reaching Beckley. His parents live at 241 Crawford Street.
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Phillip Asharah
States
Beckley
Andrew Asharah
Miami
Fla
San Antonio
Texas
Washington
Crawford Street
Beclley miner injured by slate fall at Big Stick mine
Garey Matherly, 29, a Sophia resident employed at the Lillybrook Coal company’s Big Stick mine, was treated at Beckley hospital last night after a slate fall yesterday morning. Official word said his left ankle was believed broken. he was the only injury in the incident.
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Garey Matherly
Sophia
Big Stick
Lillybrook Coal Company
Beckley Hospital
Scouters to Meet in Raleigh County at Commissioner’s Home
All Raleigh County Girl Scout leaders will be feted at a luncheon supper Tuesday at 7 pm. at the home of Commissioner Mrs J E McKenzie 602 Woodlawn Avenue. The Scout leaders monthly meeting will be held at the same time.
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Raleigh County
J. E. McKenzie
Woodlawn Avenue
Scout Leaders
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Isemoco
Bsharail
America
Allegany Refiners, Inc
American Oil Company
Arkansas Fuel Oil Company
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
James B. Berry
Sony Company, the
Bradford Penn Refining Corporation
Cities Service Oil Co
Colonial Beacon Oil Company
Continental Oil Company
Crown Central Petroleum Corp
Economy Gasoline Corp
Fik Refining Company
Ethyl Corporation
First National Oil Corporation
Freedom Oil Company
Frontier Fuel Oil Corporation
Gulf OF Corporation
Hartel Products Corporation
Jenney Manufacturing Co, Kendall Refining Company
Orange State Oil Company
Pan American Petroleum & Transport Company
Pennsylvania Refining Company
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp, Riverside Terminal Co
Shell Oil Co., Inc
Sinclair Refining Company
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company Incorporated
L, Sonneborn Sons, Inc
Southeastern Oil Standard Oi Company
Kentucky
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Sun Oil Company
the Atlantic Refining Company
The
Canfield Oil Company
Pennzoil Company
Pure Oil Company
Texas Company
the Waverly Oil Works Company
Tide Water
Associated Oil Company
United Refining Company
Viking Distributing Co
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