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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1946

Page

3

Voters Invite Meeting With Democratic Candidates

Raleigh County voters are invited to a 2 PM Sunday meeting in the Criminal Court room with all Democratic primary candidates. Sponsored by the Negro Democratic organization of Raleigh County, the event aims to help citizens vote more intelligently. Harley M Kilgore has tentatively accepted and E H Hedrick may attend.

Raleigh County Criminal Court Room Negro Democratic Organization Clinton Howard Howard Harley M. Kilgore E. H. Hedrick Rowand

John W Peters Jr Assigned To Pacific

COAL CITY Chief Boatswain Mate John W Peters Jr son of Mr and Mrs J W Peters of Coal City has been assigned to the Pacific area from the Naval recruiting station in Washington D C He left Washington Tuesday for California where he will receive further orders he has notified his parents Peters served during the war in the Pacific theatre of operations. Bird houses crowded hillside Birds crowded nesting sites amid housing shortage as a robin builds a nest atop a wren box while a mother wren broods on the first floor and a statistic notes waste in oil wells dropping from 80 to about 125 per cent

Y Register Coal City John W. Peters, Jr J.W. Peters Pacific Washington, D. C Washington California Peters Associated Press Hillside F. W. Gordon Gordon

Twelve Area Youths Enlist in Navy

The Navy reports twelve area youths enlisted or reenlisted during the first half of June under Cmdr. J. M. Tully. Eleven were from Beckley Eccles Glen Daniel Prosperity Mabscott Sophia and other locales. numbers include 186 first enlistments and four reenlistments. Discharges after December 7 1941 may be reviewed for honorable status if rating marks meet thresholds.

Navy Cmdr J. M. Tully West Virginia James D. Belvins Beckley Emanuel A. Amato

Complete Visit Returns Home After Week With Family

Besoco residents Mrs. Lee Roy Fraley and her children returned to Besoco after visiting her parents in Hernshaw. The Rev. Lee Roy Fraley traveled to Hernshaw Tuesday to accompany them back home.

Register Besoco Lee Roy Fraley

Dainty Is- As Dainty Does Dainty Is- As Dainty Does

Beauty editor urges daily baths and thorough grooming for active summer women. Emphasizes soap, wash cloth, and deodorant use, hair cleansing, girdles, and clean lingerie to keep charm and clothes safe and fresh during sports and dates.

Besty Clarke Perysonal Durates

Beckley Gas Rates Probe Recommends PSC Hearing

A three man committee led by Dorsey Biggs reports a rate differential between Beckley natural gas charges and those in Mount Hope Oak Hill Fayetteville and other areas. They urge a formal PSC filing a public hearing and further inquiry into supply permanence gas pressure and potential franchising to a competing distributor. The report notes cheaper rates where other suppliers serve Beckley residents.

Beckley W. M. Reeser Amere Gas Company Dorsey Biggs City of Mount Hope Oak Hill Fayetteville Public Service Commission Amere

Mowell Fined After Indictment Reduced to Assault

A maiming indictment against John Mowell was reduced to assault and battery by Judge W A Riffe in Criminal Court. He paid a $10 fine and court costs. Edward Mowell’s similar maiming indictment for Joe Novilis at Eccles was nalled. Both youths faced indictments from a Raleigh County Grand Jury. The meadowlark is listed as official third of seven states Kansas Montana Nevada North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Wyoming.

John Mowell W. A. Riffe Edward Mowell Joe Novilis Eccles Raleigh County Kansas Montana Nevada North Dakota Oregon South Dakota Wyoming

Senate Candidate Wins State Chess Trophy

The Associated Press reports Thomas Sweeney, Wheeling insurance executive and Republican candidate for U S Senator in West Virginia, won the West Virginia Chess Association trophy for solving and composing chess problems for the second year in a row.

Senate Associated Press of Pittsburgh Thomas Sweeney Wheeling Insurance U. S West Virginia West Virginia Chess Association

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