Raleigh Register Evening and Sunday Morning Circulation Rates
The Raleigh Register Evening and Sunday Morning published by Beckley Newspapers outlines subscription options with daily and Sunday mail rates for Beckley area readers, including one year and six month terms and notes a 1 percent state sales tax on all mall subscriptions within TM and nearby regions. The notice also lists managing editor W Randolph Norton and associated press credits, plus national ad representatives.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
W. Randolph Norton
Associated Press
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Evils of Beer Traffic In Roadside Lunch Rooms
A landlord decries roadside beer rooms serving minors and calls for enforcement of licenses. He plans to evict tenants misusing business spaces while urging licensing authorities and prosecutors to act. The piece argues wholesome recreation as a remedy and warns against rising prohibition sentiment if such venues remain unchecked.
Milestones toward Beckley’s modern air port goal
The Beckley area pursues a new airport as a milestone toward full air access. Prince emphasizes continued progress with a goal to liberate residents via air travel, removing mountain barriers and developing a site with $3,000 needed locally and $22,000 from federal funding for engineering work, with Raleigh in the not distant future.
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Prince Station
Beckley
Prince
Beckley Area
West Virginia
Raleigh
Prince Station opening draws 2000 fans and C and O praise
A crowd of more than 2,000 gathered at Prince to celebrate the C and O Railroad’s Prince Station debut. Governor Meadows, VP Hull, and local officials hailed the event as a milestone, noting turbines powered trains and future expansion to Beckley. The ceremony paused by rain, but pride in the mountains and rails remained.
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A. T. Lowmaster
Prince
B. L. Slater
Thurmond
Piney
Woodrow Wilson
Jim Prince
Beckley
EB. E. Bibb
Bibb
Chamber of Commerce
W. C. Hull
Raleigh County
Hull
J. Q. Hutchinson
Quinnimont
Gov. Meadows
Prince Station
Stalin Needs A Good U S Editor As Adviser
J M Roberts Jr argues Stalin should hire a seasoned American editor and US political insight to ease Soviet Britain US tensions. He notes American reactions to Russia's Iran/Poland actions shape trust and urges Moscow to consider American viewpoints through informed voices like Litvinoff and Maisky to reduce fear and recriminations.
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J. M. Roberts, JR
Stalin
United States
Russia
Germany
America
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
United Nations
Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Ivan Maisky
Hedrick Named To Special House Committee On Coal
Rep. E. H. Hedrick of Beckley is named to a special House subcommittee on coal by Chairman Andrew Somers. Hedrick, an unopposed Democratic nominee in the August 6 primary, is already on the mines and mining committee. The subcommittee will hold hearings soon on coal production uses and new activities, with Hedrick promising to study the matters for West Virginia. He also serves on claims, invalid pensions, immigration and naturalization, and World War Veterans' legislation panels.
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E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
Andrew Somers
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Hedrick
Mines and Mining Committee
Willold
West Virginia
Raleigh Register
Truman Cool With Pauley Opponents
The Associated Press reports a cool mood between President Truman and senators who fought Edwin C. Pauley’s Navy nomination. A letter to Senator Tobey shows Truman’s lingering anger over the vote, suggesting strained ties could affect campaigns in 1948.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Edwin C. Pauley
Capitol Hill
Mr. Truman
Tobey
Pautey
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
White House
Pauley
New Hampshire
Ickes
Macedonia
New England
Stonecoal Residents In Local Hospitals
Stonecoal residents are ill and receiving treatment at Beckley hospital. Mrs Rawena Hampton of Coal City and Toby Snow of Princewick are listed among patients, with Archie Shrewsbury of Sullivan also being treated for pleurisy. Mrs Major Hall of Coal City is improving.
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Coal City
Rawena, Hampton
Beckley Hospital
Toby Snow
Princewick
Archie Shrewsbury
Sullivan
Major Hall
Cora Bowers
Lessie Mac Bowers
Mrs Ethel Crowder To Be Buried Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Rae Crowder age 43 of Princewick will be held at her father Joe Farley’s home in Bolt at 2 p.m. Friday with the Rev Beecher Garrisor officiating. She died in a local hospital Tuesday night following the death of her newborn. Burial will follow in the Bolt area.
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Ethel Rae Crowder
Princewick
Joe Farley
Bolt
Beecher Garrisors
Stevenson to Represent Lew Sheffler Post at State VFW Meet
Lynn Stevenson of Lew Sheffler Post 4469 VFW heads to Parkersburg for the state convention on June 27 28 29. He was elected last night to attend the session since the post was reorganized two weeks ago. New officers were named, club room plans advanced, a lease site found, and local business support sought for remodeling and membership drive. The group backed state government bonuses for veterans and Stevenson will push for such legislation at Charleston. Resolutions from posts statewide support a World War II veteran bonus, to be on the convention agenda.
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K. Lynn Stevenson
Lew Sheffler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Parkersburg
VFW
Stevenson
Charleston
Burmeisters Bay 272 Acre Tract Sold in Shady Spring
A 272 acre tract in Shady Spring District was bought by Mr and Mrs R J Burmeister from Raleigh Coal and Coke Company for about 8500 dollars. Other deeds recorded include Beckley Lumber to L B Shrewsbury and C Lake Allen for 500 dollars and J H Lilly Land Company to H A Lilly for 500 dollars.
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Shady Spring
R. J. Burrmeister
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Beckley Lumber and Supply Company
L. B. Shrewsbury
C. Lake Allen
Lilly Land Company
Beckley
J. H. Lilly Land Company
H. A. Lilly
Clayton F
Mary F. Stover
Freeman Stover
Lawson
Clear Fork
Coal River
Maude Barrett
Et Als
Mike and
Elsie Rich
J. A. Barrett
J. A
Charlotte Rucker
O. R
Bertha Taylor
Fairview
Infant Hensley Burial Held at Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral services and burial for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Hampton Hensley of Calloway Heights were set for Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery at 2 p.m. The child died shortly after birth in a local hospital. Surviving relatives include the parents two sisters Theresa Marie and Betty Carol two brothers James Lee and Hampton Jr paternal grandfather Homer Kessell of Callaway Heights and maternal grandmother Mrs Sally Hensley. The body remained at Caffee Funeral Home until the service and was later moved to the family residence for viewing prior to burial in Bell cemetery. The infant is survived by husband O P Crowder and two sons Gallas and Bootie, parents Mr and Mrs Joe Farley Bolt four sisters Opal Thumbatt Dora Todd and others and two brothers Frank Farley and Wilbert Farley.
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Hensley
Hampton Hensley
Calloway Heights
Hampton Jr
Homer Kessell
Callaway Heights
Sallie Hensley
Keyser
Bell
O. P. Crowder
Gallas
Bootie
Joe Farley
Bolt
Opal Thumbatt
Metalton
Dora Todd
Sullivan
Coal City
Frank Farley
Wilebert Farley
Mystery over 200 acre Pinehurst tract in Abby Rand tale
Abby Rand arrives in Pinehurst to claim a 200 acre mountain parcel left by her late uncle Henry Floyd. An unsigned note warning her to leave town appears at Mrs McNeil’s boarding house while Ina Prentiss and Floyd push her to sell for $2000 via a mysterious Mr Smith. Abby investigates with Mike and meets Paul Durley, who reveals Floyd’s death months earlier.
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Abby Rand
Pinehurst
Henry Floyd
Ina Prenti85
W. A. Smith
Ina
Abby
Smith
Mr. Smith
Rand
Finehurst
Chicago
California
Mrs
Mike
Floyd
Ina Prentiss
Mr. Curious
Paul Curtey
Miss Rand
Paul Durley
Mr. Dudley
West
Cecil Lilly Fined For Drunk Driving
Cecil William Lilly of Oak Hill was fined 25 dollars and had his license revoked after appearing in Magistrate W. H. Level's court on a driving while drunk charge. He was arrested by state police Corp. W. B. R. Callaghan on Route 19 21 between Hilltop and Oak Hill.
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Cecil Lilly
Register
Qak Hill
Cecil William Lilly
Oak Hill
W. H. Level
Corp
W. BR. Callaghan
State Police
Hilltop
Independent businesses urged to study selling to compete
Large firms pursue revved up selling via sales analysts training and pep bulletins while independents with smaller scale must adopt a five point program. Learn selling basics, train staff with regular meetings and materials, master product selling points, establish incentives, and back up with advertising. Regional wartime surplus fabric sale and mass buying trends for auto dealers illustrate broader push to improve selling.
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Ble
United States
Y.M.C.A
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State Tax Commissioner’s Office
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Randolph Norton
O. Bigwigs
R. J. Bowman
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Bowman
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S. Austin Caperton
Slab Fork
Jesse Lineweaver
U.S
DeWitt MacKenzie
Ik Pant
British Empire
Britain
Stonecoal
Ethel Crowder
Lynn Stevenson
Burmeisters Bay
The
War Administration
Denver
Denver Auto Dealers, Inc
Furniture Association
National Furniture Review
National Retail Furniture Association
Lake Shore Drive
Edward Cahill
Department of Commerce
War Assets Administration
WAA
China
Solar Manufacturing Corp
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