Bread Allotment Cut On Stonecoal
COAL CITY Stonecoals stores cut bread allotments at start of week worsening shortage. Leckie Firecreck Coal Company allows one loaf per customer, says Evelyn Elliott. East Gulf C H Mead Coal Company reports not enough bread to go around. Miners complain they have no bread for lunches, saving what remains for breakfast and dinner.
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Register
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H. C. Whitley
Veteran Soldier Re-Enlists For Army Duty
Charles William Callihan son of Otto G Callihan of South Heber Street left Beckley Army recruiting station for Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio to undergo the Army physical after re-enlisting yesterday at the local station. A Scott High Madison graduate, he is a veteran of five years ten months in the service and served as an amphibious truck driver in the Ryukyus southern Philippines and western Pacific battles.
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South Heber Street
Beckley
Fort Hayes
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Western Pacific
Crab Orchard Man Stationed In Japan
Private Billy K Tolbert of Crab Orchard serves with the First Cavalry Division in the 8th Army occupying Japan. Overseas four months, Tolbert is in the Seventh Cavalry Regiment and wears the Victory Ribbon. Son of Mr and Mrs L E Tolbert, he was an electrician for Beckley Machine and Electric Co. He entered the army in August 1945. The Maxey family in Santa Ana reports twins born to Marion Maxey and William Maxey, two girls and two boys born this week at the same hospital.
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Associated Press
Santa Ana
Calif
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Eugene R. Maxey
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Shipboard Romance Ends In Wedding Aboard Liberty Ship
Purser Thomas Hennessey of New York aged 22 met Eunice Eaton 22 from England as she boarded the liberty ship William D Pender en route to the United States. The romance culminated in a marriage aboard the vessel. Eunice traveled to wed ex-Set Richard E Simmons of Manchester Connecticut International.
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England
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U. S
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Pioneer Coal City settler foresees larger community
Coal City pioneer Mrs. George Bowers predicts growth from the Sioco Water and Development Company low water project. She recalls moving 63 years ago to a woodland area and notes Coal City's dry ridge, with water needed for expansion, as she plans visits to family in Baltimore then. John W. Brown, San Diego bartender, wins Prohibitionist party nomination for County Central Committee.
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Associated Press
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Raleigh Transit To Get 4 New Busses
The Raleigh Transit Bus Company plans six new 27 passenger town buses to replace older models in Beckley. Two have already been placed on routes and four more are expected, with the new Ford Puster buses joining the fleet.
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Raleigh Transit Bus Company
Beckley
Coal City Supply Company To Occupy New Store In July
Coal City Progress reports Coal City Supply Company delays opening to about July 15 due to lumber shortages and building work. Co owners H C Whitley and partners J E Shumate of Coal City and S C Ballengee of Beckley own the building. Willard Smith to enter mercantile business in the vacated space. Also notes the town now has twelve mercantile stores and mentions Remus McVey opening a new store atop Pemberton Hill.
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Register
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Oal City Supply Company
H. C. Whiley
Whitley
J. E. Shumate
Coal City
S. C. Ballengee
Beckley
Calse
Willard” Smith
Philadel- Smith
Smith
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lego
Remus McVey
Pemberton Hill
McVey
Lillybrook
U. S. Coal Bill Up 267 Million Annual Cost
The O. P. A. estimates push the nation’s coal bill up by 267.25 million dollars yearly. An order raising anthracite ceilings adds 44.5 million, largely from household use, while a 12-cent-a-ton rise on bituminous coal boosts costs by 222.75 million. The increases follow a wage deal involving John L. Lewis and the AFL CIO.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
A. F. L. United
Eleven Veterans File Discharges With Local Board
Eleven veterans filed discharges with Raleigh County Selective Service Board No. 1 over the past two days. Names listed include Alfred B. Bazzerre Skelton William N. French Powhatan Point Bennie Belcher Beckley James Preston Blevins MacArthur Ted Walker Cook Beckley Robert L. Davis Sprague Thomas E. Mannix Beckley Lindsay H. Sadler Mullens Ernest W. Tucker Beckley William Turner Beckley and Merlin E. Brown Waukegan Illinois.
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Selective Service Board No. 1
Alfred B. Bazzerre
Skelton
William N. French
Powhatan Point
Ohio
Bennie Belcher
Beckley
James Preston Blevins
MacArthur
Ted Walker Cook
Harper Road
Robert L. Davis
Sprague
Thomas E. Mannix
North Kanawha Street
Lindsay H. Sadler
Mullens
Ernest W. Tucker
Legion Post Exceeds Army Recruiting Quota
Raleigh County Legion Post 32 reports its June enlistment drive surpassed its target, with a 100 percent overage. Chairman Glenn Webb said three men were set for Post 70, and Post 32’s June goal is met despite another month remaining. The note mentions ongoing enlistment activity and historical context.
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Voluntary American Legion
Raleigh County
Glenn Webb
Webb
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