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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1947

Page

4

Final Pre School Clinics Scheduled

The Raleigh County health department will hold final pre school immunization clinics Monday in three communities. Center Amigo school 10 a.m. to noon for Brushy Gap Rhod fel East Gulf Byrd Prillerman Negro Helen Helen Negro Sam s Branch and Blackberry schools Center Price Hill school to 1045 a.m. for Sand Branch Oswald Lewis Williams and Price Hill Negro schools Center Brooklyn school 31 20 to 12 noon

Raleigh County County Health Department Center Amigo Brushy Gap Rhodfel East Gulf Byrd-Prillerman Helen Sam Brooklyn

Veterans urged to join V-6 program in Raleigh County

Recruiting team will be on duty at the Raleigh County Court House Monday and Tuesday May 19 and 20 to provide full information on the V-6 program. Veterans may join either group by bringing honorable discharges and separation forms. Non-velocusts should bring birth certificates and be accompanied by a parent or guardian to sign consent papers. A complement of 110 officers and enlisted men is sought, with about 90 men and 10 officers in Beckley already showing interest. Notices have been sent to them.

Raleigh County Court House Beckley Mieeling

Western congressmen seek Senate restoration of Interior funds

Western congressmen and others press to restore large Interior Department cuts voted by the House. Governor Earl Warren of California told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that a crisis exists due to a slash in funds for reclamation projects.

House of Tuesda Senate Interior Department House Earl Warren California

County Cattle Sale To Be Set In Princeton Area

A meeting of the New River Hereford Cattle Breeders Association planned the calf sale for late October with venue to be announced. Tentative plans arose at a January Beckley meetup. the quarterly gathering will include members from Raleigh, Fayette, Summers and Mercer counties and be hosted by Mercer County Livestock Association led by Hack Scott and John M. Bailey.

New River Hereford Cattle Breeders Association Princeton Summers County Iain Beckley Raleigh Fayette Summers Mercer Sounlies Mercer County Livestock Association Hack Scott John M. Bailey Athens American Farm Bureau Federation

Norway wartime atrocities indict Rendulic units

An indictment accuses Rendulic and his early group of evacuating Finnmark, burning homes and churches, starving and destituting civilians, and killing those who refused to leave their homeland. The Second Panzer Army allegedly torched villages and burned inhabitants.

Rendulic Arly Finnark Norway Tendo! Second Panzer Army

Wallace in Scout Outfit in Mock Nationalist Speech

A man dressed in a Boy Scout costume carries a stuffed pig and props while delivering a rambling spoof about Uncle Sam, UNRRA, and Sears Roebuck. The cannibal chief questions his identity as he denounces the Truman Doctrine and calls for universal brotherhood and fraternal bonds.

Red Dee Santa Claus Sears Roebuck Wallace

Labor bill vetoSeen as test of President stance

The President would risk opposing organized labor to show independence, a move Byrd warns could swing voters toward electing a Republican president in 1948 to advance regulatory legislation, painting him as pro or anti labor. Debate centers on veto chances and electoral consequences.

Byrd D. Va

Battleline on Armed Forces Merger Debate Next Week

The plan would force Congress to record that the armed forces should not be merged under a single non elected head or overall high command. Separately, William Joyce of Allen Junction sustained leg contusions after a rock strike injured him at Raleigh General Hospital while employed by Black Eagle Smokeless Coal Company.

Tate Congress William Joyce Allen Junction Raleigh General Hospital Black Eagle Smoke‘less Coal Company

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