Beckley City finances urged to fund needed improvements
The Raleigh Register urges Beckley’s City Council to levy sufficient taxes to meet urban needs. It argues that only the council bears responsibility for funding such services and that delaying financing worsens conditions as Beckley's growth and demand for improvements continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Beckley
WV. Va
Hinton
W. Va
W. Randolph Norton
Associated Press
Katz Agency
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Dallas
Mercantile Board
Te Council
Bluefield
West Virginia
Snake and Frog Parable on Coal Industry Politics
P. M. Snyder of Mount Hope compares government takeover of the coal industry to a snake swallowing a frog, warning of shifting policies under Hoover era and elections. The piece questions labor versus management control and cites potential radical government action as a cautionary tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.M. Snyder
Mount Hope
Snyder
John L. Lewis
Morgantown Post
A.F.L
U.M.A
C.I.0
Hitler
Germany
Truman OPA extension faces vote as deadline nears
The extension of the Office of Price Administration appears likely to pass Congress today or tomorrow to meet the Sunday deadline for current price controls. The Norse version seems likely to pass the Senate despite a filibuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
O.P.A
Congress
Senate
Beckley observer muses on growth and gardens
E W James of Piney View argues Beckley could double in size within current limits, notes absence of parks, and envisions 20 to 50 acre green spaces. He praises Raleigh Register and Post-Herald, reads multiple papers, and comments on local agriculture and upcoming blight guidance notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. James
Piney View
Beckley
James
Backus
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Charleston
Raleigh Register
Post-Herald
West Virginia
Thomas
F. A. Crouch
Shady Spring
Raleigh
Tom Largen
Lester
Russia Eyes German Unity Tug Of War In Europe
MacKenzie's analysis notes Russia's possible moves on Germany and the Western Allies role. The piece considers federated states versus united Germany, Soviet fears of a revived buffer in Europe, and the potential for a postwar tug of war among the Allies. A Fortune poll is cited on perceptions of Russian aims and long term peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts, Jr
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Moscow
Wola
Ruhr
Rhineland
Europe
England
Rhine
Feder
Ated
Socialist Unity Party
Social Democrats
America
Fortune
Whooping Cough Cases Reported Across Raleigh County
Health Dept reports fifteen whooping cough cases week ending June 22 to State Health Department. statewide total 58 cases. Wheeling and Ohio County lead with 22. other counts include Kanawha infantile paralysis one and German measles in Clarksburg Preston one case. Boone and Raleigh had typhoid two cases last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
McDowell
Logan
Doddredge
Harrison
Kanawha
Clarksburg
Preston County
Boone
Marion
Boone County
Bishop Strider Ordains Rev Pollanick at Mullens
The Right Rev. R E L Strider will ordain Rev Edward Bolles Pollanick to the priesthood at St Andrew's Church Mullens on St Peter's Day at 10 30 a m. Attending clergy include Willard L Kile J W Hobson John A Wilson Jr Warren A Seager J Frederick Virgin and Andrew B Jones. A luncheon will follow hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary for attendees and guests. Pollanick has served in Wyoming County since 1939 with a prior diaconate ordination in Brooklyn N Y in 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. L. Strider
Diocese of
West Virginia
Edward Bolles Pollanick
St. Peter's Day
St Andrew's Episcopal Church
Mullens
Beckley
Andrew B. Jones
Willard L. Kile
Holy ‘Trinity Church
Bramwell
Grace Church
Eckman
J W. Hobson
Christ Church
Bluefield
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Princeton
John A. Wilson, Jr
St. Andrew's Church
Oak Hill
Strider
Pollanick
New York
Virginia Theological Seminary
Wyoming County
Church of the Ascension
Brooklyn
N.Y
Lumbermen's Group To Meet Saturday
The Southern West Virginia Lumbermen's Association will meet tomorrow at 2 30 p m in the County Court house to discuss local and national topics affecting lumber production in the southern part of the state. Agenda includes industry problems and solutions to production bottlenecks and a discussion on the scientific use of lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbermen’s
Southern
West Virginia Lumbermen's Association
County Court House
Two Permits Issued For New Beckley Buildings
Beckley city recorder reports two building permits issued. J E Davis, Beckley, received a permit for an 18 by 20 foot office building at Johnstown Road and Smith Street valued at 200 dollars. James E Farley was granted a permit to build a five room frame house with full basement valued at 4000 dollars. Whistler's father, a noted railway builder, invented the original locomotive whistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Skelton Youth Learns Of Axes The Hard Way
Jimmie Ritter eight year old son of Claude Ritter of Skelton has been treated at Beckley Hospital twice in three years for ax injuries. At age five he cut the left thumb with an ax and yesterday sustained a chest wound from an ax. He was released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skelton
Jimmie Ritter
Claude Ritter
Beckley Hospital
Jimmie
Three Couples Receive Marriage Permits Today
County Clerk office records show three couples obtaining permits today: Walter B. Sweazy 39 and Mary Lee Miller 27 from East Gill. Clyde A. Morgan 35 of Naylon 6a and Mary Alice Wooten 24. George Dil ton 26 and Ruby Dillon 23 from Harper. Four couples applied, six licenses issued yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Sweazy
Mary Lee Miller
East Gill
Clyde A. Morgan
Naylon
Mary Alice Wooten
Odd
George Dilton
Ruby Dillon
Harper
Paul Edward Bragg
Virginia ‘Gardener
Beaver
Walter Franklin Hedgecock, Jr
Eccles
Doris June Hawley
Glen Daniel
John Cleo Taylor
Delphia Mae Workman
Clear Creek
Lee Franklin Yates
Rhodell
Marie Taylor
Killarney
Walter Howard West
Atlanta
Mary Amanda Sadler
Beckley
Oruce Huffman
Mount Hope
Orada Bostic
East Beckley
Herbert Gaston Smith
Bertha Bernice Watson
Slab Fork
Bernard
Clarence Holliday
Land
Alma Marie Dew
John D. Jones
Fairdale
Iona Lee Minnick
Sophia
Lige Howard Sergent, Jr
Leona Mae Justice
Winding Gulf
Army recruits finish final exams at Fort Hayes Columbus
Recruiters dispatch nine area men to Fort Hayes in Columbus after Beckley Army station enlistments. The enlistees include Cecil W W Martin of Affinity and Virgil Passaniti of Sopsia joining for three years as corporal and sergeant respectively, with others from Mabscott Beckley Harper Eccles and Quinmont listed for private ranks. One recruit, John E Harrah of Quinmont, is assigned to the Pacific Theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Beckley Army Recruiting Station
Cecil W.W. Martin
Affinity
Virgil Passaniti
Sopsia
Hampton H. Hutchings
Beckley
John E. Harrah
Quinnimont
Pacific Theater
Abby Rand investigates a mountain tract left by her uncle
Abby Rand arrives in Pinehurst to claim a 20 acre mountain property left by Henry Floyd. A tangled web unfolds with Ina Prentiss and Floyd's partner, a late uncle’s map, a mysterious bridge gate, and an engineer suitor Paul Durley revealing business promises as wage talks and local tensions simmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby Rand
Pinehurst
Henry Floyd
Ina Prentiss
W. A. Smith
Ina
Abby
Curley
Paul
Stone
Wattson
San Francisco
Palace Hotel
Rand
M. D
Market Street
Floyd
Portland
Miss Rand
Paul Durley
Iaa Prentiss
Eight area veterans file discharges with boards
Eight area veterans from Beckley Oak Hill Glen Morgan Mabscott Odd Pluto Epperly Whitby filed discharges with Raleigh County Selective Service Board No 1 and 3 in recent days. Names include Otis L Ballard Samuel W Kessler Richard G Starr Lowe ell Erskine Walker Mack Lilly Sanford J Meadows John J Hubbard and William H Norris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Selective Service Board
Otis L. Ballard
Beckley
Army
Samuel W. Kessler
Oak Hill
Richard G. Starr
Glen Morgan
Navy
Lowe Ell Erskine Walker
Mabscott
Mack Lilly
Odd
Sanford J. Meadows
Pluto
John J. Hubbard
Epperly
William H. Norris
Whitby
Tay RENT BUILDING No. 303 May Be Leased Next Month
Representatives Hedrick and Bailey of West Virginia report Building No. 303 at the idle Naval Ordnance plant in South Charleston may be leased next month if incoming bids suit the War Assets administration. The notice indicates bids are to be received soon for the lease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Hedrick J and Bailey
West Virginia
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
War Assets Administration
Small business can compete despite big mergers
Secretary of Commerce Wallace warned mergers threaten small business yet ignores two points. Most mergers involve large firms, not big swallowing small ones. Independent grocers and drugstores remain across from chains, proving competition works when small operators know how to buy, price, and run their stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Secretary of Commerce
Veterans’Division
War Assetsministration
RE * Construction Finance Corp
Bonneville
Western
Salt Lake City
Eighty Percent of Appliances Need Repairs at Philadelphia Clinic
A Philadelphia clinic offering free testing found that 80 percent of electric appliances examined required repairs. The test was conducted by a large appliance company to gauge future markets while noting broader consumer trends and economic signals across home goods.
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Philadelphia
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West Virginia University School of Agriculture
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Holliday
Linda Sarrett
Glen Morrison
Sabine
Kopperston
Linda
Mr. Hall
Glen Fork
Sarrett
MacKenzie
Health Dept
Whistler
United States
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Anand
Montgomery
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Hugh
France
Maly
H. Stanley Marcus
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