Army Organized Reserve Group Activated In Beckley
Beckley hosted the activation of the 293rd Composite Group Organized Reserve Corps with Col. Odi Casali to command the Beckley Military Sub-District. Captains and majors from counties to Huntley wore pins as Lt Cols Ashman Hearne Lynch Carr Smoot Hammond Ballard Donovan led battalions. Major Clyde E White presided. local leaders welcomed the new unit amid patriotic music and a War Department film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Edwin
Ratcliffe
Ted G. McDowell
Kenneth F. Humphries
John E. Cooper
Arnold W. Ashman
Montreal
Michael G. Hearne
Oak Hill
Gordon Berk Lynch
Beckley
Paul J. Carr
Hinton
George W. Smoot
Bluefield
Jackson A. Hammond
Wade H. Ballard II
Welch
Mike C. Donovan
Lewisburg
Clyde E. White
Huntington
William Laren
Glenn Webb
Raleigh
American Legion
Woodrow Wilson High School
Myra Sue Roush
Sam Raborn
America
War Department
San Pietro
Julian G. Hearne
West Virginia Military
Lawmaker seeks funds to keep Oklahoma school lunch program
Rep. Glen Johnson asked House Appropriations Chair Taber for permission to plead before the deficiency subcommittee to obtain extra federal money to sustain the school lunch program in Oklahoma past March 31. He warned Gov Turner that without funds 150,000 children in 1,800 schools could lose meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Glen Johnson
D-Okla
Taber
R-N. Y
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Oklahoma
Roy Turner
Turner
Musical Evangelist To Conduct Service In Beckley
Irish baritone and trumpeter of the Evangelistic Association of New England will lead a series of services with Baptist Church of Beckley from March 27 to 30. A Youth Rally is set for March 29. Rev Turkington, accompanied by a party, formerly served as evangelist with the New England association and as a chaplain in the First Armored Division during North Africa and at Cushing Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelistic Association of
New E Do
Baptist Church of Be Yliv
Turkington
Beckley Byte
New England Association
North Africa
Cushing Hospital
Boy Sentenced For 2 Murders In California
In Oroville California 14 year old Albert Jones received two consecutive five to life terms for the murders of Patricia Crandaw 15 and Mrs Myrtle Nielsen 46 last summer. He also drew up to 20 years for attempted murder of J H Nielsen husband of the slain woman. Judge Harry Dierup may commit him to Mendocino State Hospital after next Monday. The Butte County jury had convicted him of first degree murder but reduced to second degree. Nielsen denied the boy. The jury found him sane.
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Associated Press
Oroville
Calif
Albert Jones
Chico
Patricia
Crandaw
Myrtle Nielsen
Harry Dierup
J. H. Nielsen
Dierup
Mendocino State Hospital
Ond
Butte County
Crandall
Nielsen
Bullets Miss New York At Harlem Bar Holdup Suspects
Police fired 12 shots at Henry Jackson 33 Negro who asked to go to Harlem Hospital and was found unharmed. Jackson and a companion were arrested for a $250 holdup at Sugar Ray's bar and grill. Sugar Ray Robinson, owner, was away in training at Greenwood New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Henry Jackson
Harlem
Jackson
Sugar Ray’s Bar and Grill
Sugar Ray Robinson
Greenwood
N. J
Vets Prove Outstanding As College Students
Beckley College reports strong veteran performance with 200 veterans in the last year and a half. Only four failed, five percent dropped out due to VA monthly allowances. Women veterans fared equally well, with twelve enrollees and no failures. Current semester has 254 veterans among 700 students. Veterans are described as regular, diligent, and conscientious.
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Beckley College
K. Shroyer
Shroyer
Veterans Administration
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Army Organized Reserve
Kansas City
Glenn Hosman
Mary Eleanor Bell
Scarritt School
Redina
Dora Lee Vance
James Benton
Dore Lee
James
Poland
Greenbrier
County Board of Education
Associated
John Cabot
Newfoundland
Russia
France
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Norway
Gore Nw
Berman’s
KORD
Diamond Duette
Carenrine Wenly
NEW
Fc Weekly
West Virginia
Kredit Jewelers
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Hotel Hill Bldg
Orritary
Balogna
Crema
Crab Orchard Road
Honey Pure
Florida
Concord
Oko
Rber’ Baby Food
Hearth Club
Gal
Green Mountain & Irish Cobblers
Pioneer Motor Oil
Red Dog Feed
Armour’s
Victory Garden
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