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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1947

Page

4

Southern Soil District Gets Second Bulldozer

A second bulldozer with a clam shovel will operate next Tuesday in Mercer County, Princeton, via cooperation of the West Vilginis Conservation Commission. The blade-equipped unit already works in Fayette County on loan from the Federal Soil Conservation Service. Both machines aid farm pond construction, improving water access during dry seasons.

Southern Soil Conservation District West Vilginis Conservation Commission Floyd Rothlisberger Princeton Mercer County Fayette County Federal Soil Conservation Service Corliss Oak Hill Raleigh Summers Mercer Fayette Counties Rothlisberger

Minter Realty and Lumber Company Chartered

A. K. Minter former Beckley mayor and family form Minter Realty and Lumber Company with $25 000 capital and $16 000 initial assets. Incorporators include A K Minter Sr Sue E Minter Virginia Weston Minter and A K Minter Sr. The firm will build and contract buy timber and timber lands and manufacture lumber and other building products per its charter issued by Secretary of State William S. O'Brien.

A. K. Minter Beckley Imayor Minter Realty and Lumber Company William S.o'brien Raleigh A. K. Minter, i Sr Sue E. Minter Virginia Weston Minter A. K. Minter, Sr

Rent Control Bill May Trigger Evictions in Region

A new rent control bill moving through Congress could trigger immediate eviction actions for about 500 families across Mercer McDowell Mingo Logan Wyoming Raleigh counties. The plan would remove the current waiting period and allow eviction procedures as soon as court action is possible. Edits cited include mine safety measures at E C Minter Coal Co No 1 in Rhodell with several permits for building upgrades and safety improvements.

Raleigh Congress Richard E. Bailey Bailey Bluefield Mercer McDowell Mingo Logan Wyoming A. A. Lilly Parker McGinnis W. L. Shumate Hill Street

Mechanical and safety measures for blasting and tunnel entry

The text mentions adopting a positive man check for explosive gas tests before blasting and installing air lock doors at tunnel entry. It also notes a pre war Japanese service, government sections, and tobacco growth restrictions, with references to arsenic cells and monopolies.

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