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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1943
Page
3
Shoes as No 17 expires June 15 and coupon 18 starts June 16. Local stores report crowds normal, many buyers unused, stock adequate or limited for growing children, while national retailers show a largest wave in history. Some shops lack brown white combo shoes no longer permitted.ोर्ट
The market bulletin shows cattle prices down week over week with steers and heifers lower, cows steady, and beef and sausage bulls slipping. Vealers, feeders, and western bred calves traded unevenly or higher. Hogs steady to unchanged, barrows and sows lower than last week. Lambs mostly lower, with slaughter ewes steady and limited old crop lambs. Also reported: produce demand slow with fruit and potato prices, and Chicago futures at new highs while oats pull back from gains. a note on the first fish about 500 million years ago.
Cincinnati will host a new short wave station W L W O with 750000 watts of total power. Crosley officials say the facility will broadcast pro‑American material in multiple languages from New York’s Office of War Information. The plan shifts American propaganda to a few powerful transmitters to overpower enemy broadcasts.
The article explains the shift to a 20 percent check-off on wages starting in July, replacing the 5 percent victory tax deduction. It covers how the 3 percent tax above $624 persists, the postwar credit plan, and required estimates and installments for nonwage earners. It also notes a minor adjustment and a Batista operation report from NAS.
Mrs D. Shreve of Berkeley county longtime receptionist at Governor Neely's office since 1942 served her last day and will move to Washington D C to join her husband in navy research work. She may take a War Department post and was a member of the West Virginia Library Commission. No successor named.
Canberra reports Prime Minister John Curtin said the commonwealth and Australian people would be glad to welcome Eleanor Roosevelt if she can visit Australia. Curtin expressed hope she could make the trip.
Following is a list of chancery cases filed in the Wyoming county circuit court. Logan Planing Mill company sues Rodney EF and others. Bailey and Shannon represent plaintiffs in W. P. Short et al. versus W. P. Lester et al. with D. Grove Moter for plaintiffs. James M. Brown sues L. S. Lusk et al., Paul D. Black as near attorney for plaintiff.
Actor George Sanders, 37, underwent an advance physical exam for army induction and was temporarily rejected. He remains subject to recall for a new examination. military authorities said.
Staunton airport manager Jr. P Grim announced the Civil Aeronautics Administration moved its war training service school to Clarksburg West Virginia to use larger, more concentrated facilities there.
Walter Buford Rirkman of Pemberton and Jack Greene of Mullens were accepted as applicants for enlistment in the United States Navy. The announcement came from the local naval recruiting station on Saturday.
State Geologist Paul H. Price reports surveys find numerous small manganese and iron ore deposits in several Eastern counties, with no large high grade resources. Prospecting near Pocahontas Greenbrier and Monroe counties yielded promising war material mines near Sweet Springs and Marlinton. Clifton iron ore is seen as having greater commercial potential due to steadier volume and cost than Oriskany type.
Washington Senator Wallgren said the probability of a large scale Japanese invasion of the West coast is practically nil even allowing for impulsivity. He replied to officers on the West coast who privately feared an attack likely aimed at Vancouver Island British Columbia. He called such officer opinion puerile and lacking military experience.
Philadelphia based Sun Oil announces the appointment of Franklyn Waltman as director of public relations. Waltman, a former Baltimore Sun Washington correspondent and ex Washington Post staff writer, succeeds the late Judson C. Welliver. Domestic airline routes reached about 30,000 miles in 1941.
The marriage occurred June 5 in Washington DC with ceremony at Howard University. Miss Wade is a Livingston College graduate and will earn a masters in religious education at Howard in February 1944. Rev Porter, son of local pastors, earned his B D at Howard in 1943. The couple will spend the summer in Chicago.
Dr. T C Green state veterinarian led a vaccination drive in Wyoming County sites Pineville Baileysville Oceana Jesse and Glen Rogers vaccinating nearly three hundred hogs. Only one suspected case was found and treated. Green offered further days of service if needed to contain any spread.
Mrs. J. Alden Emmons, aunt of Lieut. General Delos C. Emmons, died after a long illness in Huntington. A London County native, she had lived there 55 years since marriage. Survived by daughters Mrs. Aldine Emmons of Cincinnati and Mrs. John Biscoe of Huntington. Her husband, son of Huntington founder Col. D. W. Emmons, died in 1915. Lieut. General Emmons led Hawaii defense post Pearl Harbor.
A man allegedly resisting arrest shot Ravenswood mayor Ray E. Ritchie in the left leg on Ravenswood Main Street. Mayor, 53, escaped in a commandeered auto. police identify suspect Jack Vannest, about 30, of Ravenswood, named by another witness Clarence Thompson who said he was robbed at gunpoint after his car stranded.
The Allied air forces bombed a merchant ship and barges in the harbor during the day raid. After a white flag appeared the British navy landed to seal the conquest. Also reports visitations in Georgia and a fatal slate fall near Pineville.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Stines are visiting in the home of her mother Mrs Pearl Cook in Oceana.
Pineville may see reduced fire insurance rates after the West Virginia inspection bureau is asked to inspect the town. The move aims to secure reAdjustment by highlighting new fire fighting equipment and a reformed volunteer department. Property owners are urged to remove hazards at once to help win the reduction. The Rev. Mr. Stevens of Raleigh Grocery Co will preach at the Oceana Baptist Church after a Wednesday visit with A. C. Skeens.
Mullens resident Nash Bailey Jr arrives in Oceana to spend several weeks with grandparents Mr and Mrs Perry Bailey. Walter Pope and his mother return from a two week trip in Harlan Tennessee with Mrs Pope remaining for a longer visit. Nell Brewster, long employed in Charleston, spends the summer with her parents Dr and Mrs G W Brewster in Oceana.
Mrs Lacy McMillion entertained at her home on Thursday evening with two tables of bridge. After three progressions, prizes went to Mrs J L Blankenship for high, Mrs G W Brewster for second high, and Mrs J C Bradley for low. Refreshments were served to a group including Mrs A G Lugar and several other guests.
The OceanA Baptist Missionary Society held its regular monthly meeting at Mrs John Claypool s home Wednesday night with Mrs Lona Bane and Betty Ann Claypool joining in the program. Refreshments were served by hostess Mrs G W Brewster to members and guests including Virginia and Betty Ann Claypool Blanche Cook Maude Maxine Sturgill and many others. The next gathering is planned at Mrs Hattie Perrys home with Mrs Maude Cozart as hostess assisted by Mrs Eliza Bailey.
Argel Cozart and his wife and two sons returned Friday to their Baltimore home after spending several days in Oceana with his mother Mrs Tayes Cook and Mr Cook. Mrs Cozart and the children had visited relatives here for four months.
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