Three Raleigh County Men Get pistol permits
Three Raleigh County men were granted permits to carry pistols by Judge Ben H. Ashworth in the circuit clerk's office. E. A. Rippetoe of Granville Avenue, James H. Akers of Sophia, and F. B. Hanna of Shady Spring received permission to bear firearms for travel between counties to conduct business and transport payrolls and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Ben H. Ashworth
E. A. Rippetoe
Granville Avenue
James H. Akers
Sophia
F. B. Hanna
Shady Spring
Akers
Arious
West Virginia
Rippetoe
Princess Dorothy Coa
Bandytown
Boone County
Eunice
Raleigh County
Hanna
Beckley
Pinecrest Vets Program Set by American Legion
American Legion Post 32 sponsors a veterans program at Pinecrest Sanitarium on May 21 at 6 p.m. The Larkin Sisters quartet and gospel singer Richard Maxwell perform for bed patients via bedside radios, with a public repeat at Memorial Building at 8 p.m. Memorial Day plans include Girl Scout monument dedication on courthouse lawn with Governor Mead as principal speaker and ceremonies at courthouse and Wildwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinecrest Sanitarium
American Legion Post No. 32
Post
Larkin Sisters
Richard Maxwell
Veterans Hospital
Memorial Building
Clarence Meadows
Paving Delayed as Stone Shortage Halts Raleigh County Roads
George Gadd of the State Road Commission reports two Raleigh County resurfacing projects stalled due to a stone shortage. Work on U S 1921 from Raleigh to Shady Spring was slated to start yesterday but material has not arrived, likely due to railroad car shortages. A second project on State Route 41 from the 1921 By Pass to Lanark will begin after the first is finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
George Gadd
State Road Commission
U. S
Shady Spring
Gadd
Lanark
Former Officer Re-Enlists Here
A Glen Rogers veteran with a battlefield commission has applied for enlistment as a technical sergeant at the local Army recruiting station. Roy B. Gentry, Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient, served three years as forward observer in Europe and formerly held a second lieutenant commission. Other applicants include Lawrence Jackson Rader Glen Jean Navy veteran seeking Army Air Forces enlistment, William M. Massey Fayetteville field artillery, Roy Lee Roles George Beals discharged May 1 after 18 months unassigned or three years with the 82nd Airborne Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Rogers
Roy B. Gentry
John Baker
Beckley
Lawrence Jackson Rader
Glen Jean
Army Air Forces
William M. Massey
Fayetteville
Field Artillery
Roy Lee Roles
George Beals
82Nd Airborne Division
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Brotherly Love
Titler Attacks Hartley Bill After House Passage
George J. Titler of District 29 UMW blasted the Hartley labor bill, passed by the House, predicting gun thugs by coal operators if enacted. He linked the measure to outlaws on union welfare funds and industry-wide bargaining, while noting a harsher Senate proposal. Francis defended opposition to the bill, warning of threats to labor’s gains. Separately, Frank Davis was ordered released on $300 bond after contempt of court charges tied to alimony arrears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Titler
United Mine Workers
House
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
UMW
Titler
Francis
America
Hartley
New Jersey
House Labor Committee
Francis J
Congress
Senate
Logan County
West Virginia
Frank Davis
Ben H. Ashsworth
Davis
Glenna Davis Bedwell
Fire crews recover from costly extraction at station
A chaotic incident in Wadderson, Eng. saw a fire station drill team quickly finish a medical extraction and then confiscate dental gold. The chief rewarded the crew with a drink at a local pub before a fire destroyed all equipment at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masuacu
Associated Press
Wadderson
Eng
New York
Henry Cerul
Bers
Uncouth cager nabbed by gentle ref in San Mateo
Gene Moyers known as a top basketball official in the San Francisco peninsula, disrupted a San Mateo prep game by stopping play and announcing to the crowd that a rule violation entitled the participant to two free attempts at the basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Palo Alto
Calif
Gene (Monk) Moyers
Stanford
San Francisco Peninsula
San Mateo
Appeal Denied in Sophia Officer Case
A Raleigh County circuit court awarded W. D. Osborne $900 against Toy Blake Lusk Sophia police chief and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company for alleged failure to perform duties and mistreatment during a 1946 drunkenness arrest. State Supreme Court left the ruling undisturbed. two justices signaled they would grant an appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Toy Blake Lusk
Sophia
Hartford Accident and Indemnnity Company
State Supreme Court
Osborne
Lovins
Fos
New Packaging Device Keeps Two Halves Sealed
A packaging device wraps each half of sliced bread in an overwrap to preserve freshness longer. The system isolates halves to reduce exposure and drying, extending shelf life for bread products.
Cameramen Plan Picture Contest for West Virginia Meet
West Virginia News Photographers Association outlines plans for its annual meeting in Charleston on August 30-31. Gov. Clarence W. Meadows endorses the photographers, police recognize association cards, and a concurrent news photo contest is planned with the State Association of AP members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia News Photographers Association
W. T. Chambers
State Capitol
William E. Burchett
Col. Burchett
R. Diehl
Raleigh, Register
W. R. Barrett
Post-Herald
William Brown
Joseph Rimkus
Logan Banner
Ray Wheeler
Daily Mail
Lou Hutchinson
Gazette
Charleston Daily Mail
Specu
West Virginia News Brographers Association
Charleston
Polce
W. T.chambers
Huntington
Chambers
State Association of Associated Press
Will
Huntington Publishing Company
William R. Barrett
Charles Hough
Beckley
William R. Diehl
Raleigh Register
Joseph Hoffman
Lon Hutchinson
Charleston Gazette
Earl Benton
The
Charles
Ton Daily Mail
Veterans Affairs Meet At Jacksons Mill With WV Leaders
Roy Smith and Miss Margaret Hutman will attend a veterans affairs conference at Jacksons Mill May 16 to 18. Discussions will cover housing rehabilitation insurance and employment for the handicapped with officials from the Veterans of Foreign Wars and local American Legion Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Smith
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
Margaret Hutman
Jackson’s Mill
Bill Harris
Bill Honaker
Veterans
Foreign Watts
American Legion
Roy J. Smith
The
Legion
W. R. Fugitt
Tommy Jones
Charles Honaker
Montcoal Family Reunites for Mother’s Day Dinner
The Daney Romine family of Montcoal held a Mother’s Day dinner at their home reuniting after five years. Attendees included sons Dewey Romine of Portland Oregon Donald of Montcoal and four daughters Ruth Virginia Belle Mrs John Day Garrison and Mrs Emil Griffith with their spouses and children Ramzie Michael and his family also joined the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montcoal
Daney Romine
Dewey Romine
Portland
Ore
Donald
Ruth Romine
Virginia Belle
Gary
Zon Day
Gail
Marvin
Peggy
Joan Griffith
Romine
Ramzie Michael
CAP To Show Motion Picture Tomorrow
CAP units and the Beckley SAP recruiting section announce a 8 p m meeting in the Circuit Court Room to promote cadet recruitment. A film titled Memphis Belle depicts the 25th mission of a B fortress, followed by a Devil mps audition scene and a Philippine Is salute. A sticking issue is a husky male auditioning for voice teaching. A separate note tells of a six foot applicant delivering a haymaker during an alley discussion. A pigeon mutinously escapes from a postal bag as officials investigate its shipping origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Beckley Section
SAP
Circuit Court Room
Clinton “H. Dew
Beckley Cap
Memphis Belle
Jack
Mbs
Alaiy Patrol
Coombs
Boy Rescued After Pond Rescue Sparks Farm Flash
In Welborn Kas volunteers rushed to a farm pond where 11 year old Glenn Masterson had fallen. Firemen drained the nine foot pond to reach him. As water drained, the boy walked out saying you’re looking for me with a bemused grin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Welborn
Kas
Glenn Masterson
Glenn
Portsmouth Va Man Fined Twenty Five Dollars and Costs
Beatrice Hairston was shot in the right arm and hip during a fracas with her husband Charles Hairston a East Gulf Negro who was released on a $500 bond after waiving a preliminary hearing. The wife is in Beckley hospital in satisfactory condition. Earl Hunt of Portsmouth was fined $25 and costs for reckless driving after his truck struck a dismantled Navy barracks trailer on U S Route 19 21 at Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ania
Charles Hairston
East Gulf Negro
Liberty
Justice of ‘the Peace
G. O. Mills
Hairston
Beatrice’ Hairston
Beckley Hospital
Earl Hunt
Portsmouth
Justice of the Peace
Daniels
C. C. McGraw
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Pinecrest Vets
Wildwood Cemetery
Roy T. Elkin
W. W. Vines
Warren, Williams
Roy I. Smith
Princeton
Philadelphia Inquirer
Bobby Riggs
Lexington
Virginia Military Institute
John P. Swiecki
371St Army Ground Forces Band
Fort
George G. Meade
N Marble
Jack Taylor
Horace
Sophia High School
Continental Distilling Corporation
Pennsylvania
Yorkaire
Nt Re
Cao L Aleau Ae
Yorkaire Conditioners
Racoal Refrigeration Co
Second St
W. Va
Dial
O. Box
Astill
Camp Hill
Uncle Sam
Lewis Sutton
Man
Tor Lan
Mel Eas
Dayton
Beckley Tire & Rubber CO
Kanawha St
Mar. Shipper
MR. Farmer
Room
Liberty Street
New York, New York
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