Labor Legislation Dead For Session
Washington A Popeil of labor regulation bills is dropped for the year as Senate leaders seek a presidential commission to study long range laws. House action on a minimum wage bill is postponed indefinitely and several measures are deemed dead. The Hobbs Anti Racketeering Bill remains on the Vice President's desk awaiting action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
House Rules Committee
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
Truman
Vce
White House
State DPA hires open for 14 social work posts in Charleston
The Department of Public Assistance announces 14 social work positions with salaries from 120 to 350 dollars. Applications must be mailed to the Merit System Council Office in Charleston and postmarked by July 16 to qualify for examinations. A written test will determine appointments and candidates will be notified of test dates.
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Department of Public Assistance
Merit System Council
Charleston
Appli
New Statement On India Expected
New Delhi observers await a Viceroy statement likely by weekend on forming a caretaker government to rule India during the Constituent Assembly. Election results probably not known until late July. Talks with Indian leaders for an interim government resume after returns. A plan to include all provinces and address communal representation may select one representative from each Bengal and Punjab province plus one Muslim seat.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
Lord Wavell
India
Constituent Assembly
Bengal
Punjab
McDowell Addresses Beckley Kiwanis Luncheon
Beckley editor Tee G. McDowell spoke to the Beckley Kiwanis Club at a noon meeting about Army heroes. He described case histories of medal recipients and soldiers who were wounded or killed in action, drawn from his Fort Knox Public Relations experience.
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McDowell
Kiwanis Club
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Tee G. McDowell
Beckley-Post Herald
Fort Knox
Discharges for 14 Area Veterans at Fort Meade
Between June 24 and June 27, 14 area veterans were discharged from the United States Army at Fort George G. Meade Maryland. Names include Charles E. Willey Dennis E. Garten Otis L. Ballard Sandy G. Banton Charles B. Arbaugh Charles M. Hall Ross L. Withrow Lowell E. Walker Lilly M. Mack Haymond J. Lewis John A. Holliday Phillip J. Withrow Nick J. Vergis and Shirley J. Harris.
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United States Army
Fort George G. Meade
Maryland
Charles E. Willey
Hinton
Dennis E. Garten
Bellepoint
Otis L. Ballard
Beckley
Sandy G. Banton
Lewisburg
Charles B. Arbaugh
Alderson
Charles M. Hall
Rupert
Ross L. Withrow
Pineville
Lowell E. Walker
Mabscott
Lilly M. Mack
Odd
Haymond J. Lewis
Meadow Bridge
John A. Holliday
Phillip J. Withrow
Ansted
Nick J. Vergis
Whitesville
Sherley J. Harris
Besaco
Alaska Launches First City Monkey Hunt After Bite Incident
Anchorage begins a historic monkey hunt after a pet macaque bit a resident in a kitchen. The animal, tied outdoors, escaped its leash and wandered in from the States, prompting officials to seek its owner and capture the intruder.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Art Larson
States
PSC Schedules Motor Carrier Hearings Here
Public Service Commission set twelve motor carrier cases for July hearings at Raleigh County Courthouse. Seven hearings span Monday July 1 through Wednesday July 3 with CC E Nethken presiding. cases include three Monday, five Tuesday, four Wednesday.
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PSC
Public Service Commission
Raleigh County Court House
Secreary
M. F. Wright, Jr
CC. E.nethken
Commission
How Sophie Kerr Masters Life And Work With Efficiency
Writer Sophie Kerr, famed for 19 novels and a Broadway play, reveals her method for success. She manages time by making deliberate choices, uses a strict schedule, hires help, and avoids arguments, focusing on writing and essential tasks. She moved from Den ton Maryland to prominence via Hood College and the University of Vermont, then edits and writes with disciplined routine.
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Adelaide Kerr
UP News
Sophie Kerr
Herbert
Manhattan
Council of the Wine and Food Society
Women's National Republican Clay
Jin
Miss Kerr
Denton
Hood College
University of Vermont
Pittsburgh
Gazette Times
Chronicle Telegraph
Woman’s Home Companion
Coney Isle Strip Shows Are Closed
New York officials suspended licenses of the Palace of Wonders Tirza's Wine Bath Revue and Bowery Follies at Coney Island for indecent exhibitions. License Commissioner Benjamin Fielding denounced the acts as a disgrace to America’s playground and cited explicit attire and performances. Tirza protested by asking, Why ain’t I got brains.
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New York
Coney Island
Benjamin Fielding
Tirza
America
Fielding
Attorney Sues For Own Benefit Over Damaged Car
James Edmundson of Beckley files a damages suit against Belle Alkali Company for 3000 dollars after his Pontiac sedan was wrecked on March 4 when driven by N Joe Rahall and struck a parked Belle Alkali trailer on Route 19 21. The accident left the car completely demolished and was filed in the Circuit Clerk's office.
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James Edmundson
Beckley
Belle Alkali Company
Ite
Edmundson
N. Joe Rahall
Princeton
State aid paid to Raleigh County schools to finish 1945 46
West Virginia state aid totaling 10 043 to Raleigh County Board of Education completes the 1945 46 fiscal year. The statewide final payment of 238 913 54 was issued to 52 counties with Preston and Mineral exhausted. Other area allocations include Fayette 7 234 Greenbrier 11 026 Monroe 1 274 Nicholas 16 784 Summers 2 310 Wyoming 4 689. Retirement deductions were settled with the state teachers retirement system. Additional July payments will aid building and maintenance while the next major disbursement nears the fall term.
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Raleigh County
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
Shrewsbury to be Interred Saturday
Last rites for William Riley Shrewsbury 71 of Clifflop who died Wednesday evening will be conducted at Clifflop school Saturday at 2 30 p m with Rev James Goode officiating Burial will follow in Clifflop cemetery The body will be moved to the residence from Caffee Funeral Home this afternoon at 3 p m Shrewsbury born in Raleigh County in 1875 was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church at Grandview He is survived by his wife Mary Lilly Shrewsbury a son James Shrewsbury of Clifflop a daughter Mrs Lula Gill of Beaver and eight grandchildren all of Beaver
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William Riley Shrewsbury
Clifflop
James Goode
Caffee
Shrewsbury
Raleigh County
Missionary Baptist Church
Grandview
Mary Lilly Shrewsbury
James Shrewsbury
Lula Gill
Beaver
Community Chest To Discuss Fall Drive
The Beckley Community Chest will elect its new officers at the annual meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Memorial Building. Secretary W R Fugitt said the first item is appointing dominating committees and discussions will cover this year's program and the fall campaign for contributions. A financial statement will be given and budget and campaign committees named. A president vice president secretary treasurer and seven directors will be elected. Organizations are asked to send representatives.
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Beckley Community Chest
Memorial Building
W. R. Fugitt
Fugitt
Matsuoka Dies After Declaring War Crimes Trial Incomplete
Yasuka Matsuoka former Japanese foreign minister who linked Japan with the Axis died at 66 in Tokyo Imperial University hospital. He refused to defend himself at the International War Crimes Court saying he had regrets and many things to say. Charges against him were withdrawn posthumously.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Yasuka Matsuoka
Japan
Axis
University of Oregon
Kenichiro
Imperial University Hospital
Europe
Gestapo
Alfred Meisinger
Matsuoka
Russia
Bandits Drop Safe After Alarm At Danville Store
Police report a daytime break in at a Danville Ill food store. Bandits shattered a front window and dropped a heavy safe onto the sidewalk before fleeing in a truck, abandoning the unopened safe. Nearby motorists and residents were startled by the commotion.
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Danville
Ill
Farm Strike Called a Flash in the Pan in Ohio
Murray D. Lincoln of the Ohio Farm Bureau called the farm strike declared by the Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association a flash in the pan. Protest leader H. H. Fackier claimed 70 percent of the movement's 17 000 followers joined to withhold produce against Office of Price Administration rules. Reports from New Haven Township dairy dumping contested by Wellington officials, whereas Belle-Vernon and local leaders denied widespread withholdings.
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Associated Press
Columbus. C
Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau
Chalre Ian
H. H. Fackier
Plymouth
Asceitan
Office of Price Administration
Fackier
New Haven Township
Huron County
Lorain County
Tucker
Shoe Repair Ad Promises Factory-Style Fixes
A storefront advertises factory-style shoe repairs for men women and children. It promotes thorough soles heels and dress and work shoes repairs with a confident promise of quality and service.
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