Naming State Hospital Heads By Medical Standards
West Virginia's state hospital superintendents are chosen for party loyalty, not medical expertise. Governors appoint them to serve at will with senate confirmation, creating a political leadership that obscures hospital needs. The medical association urged legislative mandates for its input, suggesting a public health council with real technical authority to run hospitals.
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West Virginia
Senate
State Hospital
Goverlect Meadows
State Medical Association
Medical Association
United States
Pinecrest
Public Health Council
Strip Mining Law Reform Considered by State Board
Dean C R Orton of West Virginia University School of Agriculture says the State Planning Board is drafting a revision of strip mining laws. A Planning Board committee has studied the issue for some time and will include two weaknesses noted by The Register in the upcoming bill to be sent to the legislature. The first weakness concerns too-low bonds required of atrippers.
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State Planning Board
Dean C.R. Orton
West Virginia University School of Agriculture
Register
Planning Board
West Virginia
Dean Orton
Forfeit Decision to Replace Soil Sparks Mining Dispute
A reader letter accuses the state department of mines of mishandling strip mining enforcement in Beckley. The writer cites Morgan Town official William Moore as the lone enforcer and claims bonds are returned after written notice that soil was replaced. They charge the department with little conservation interest and loss of authority for enforcement.
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State Department of Mines
State Department of Dines
Willian Moore
Morgantown
Moore
State Mine Department
Beckley
Department of Mines
Public youth center in Prince Street under new paid supervision
A long standing youth center on Prince Street struggles with inconsistent management. The Beckley community raises about 1300 dollars from a football game dance and chorus minstrel show to fund operations. Noel Christian and Douglas Schwank are named as paid supervisors as a step forward, with city financing proposed to sustain operations beyond next summer.
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Prince Street
Beckley-Princeton
Beckley
Noel Christian
Douglas Schwank
Heavening
Rush Holt’s Independence Shapes Lewis County Delegation
Rush Holt wins a write in victory to become Lewis county’s delegate, assigned to neither party. His home support favors independence, while his past as U.S. senator and investigation committees adds prestige but wary party machinery. He is seen as honest, likely to influence state government debates without strong party alignment.
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Rusholt
Rush Tolt
House of Delegates
Lewis County
Bailiwick
Bush
U.S. Senate
Rash Hall
Rush Holt
U.S
House
West Virginia Graduates Share Army Air Field Honors
Six West Virginians recently graduated from the San Marcos Army Air Field as second lieutenants. Among them were Men O’War Duval and Clyde R. Hope, both from local families, with others serving as navigators and gunners in the air corps and Navy.
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Ames Dunlop Duval, JR
J. D. Duval
Woodlawn Avenue
West
James Pivot
Rose Cran Field
St. Joseph
Missouri
Air Transport Command
San Angelo Army Air Field
Clyde R. Hope
Randall S. Hope
Amigo
Hope
Republicans and Democrats Retain Seats in WV House
West Virginia will begin its 1945 legislative session January 10 with 65 Democrats and 29 Republicans. Veterans return, including Nell W. Walker as the longest-serving woman, Everett F. Moore and George Rairden among GOP old-timers, and Fleming A. Jones Jr. as the sole Negro Democrat repeating. Republicans gain 11 new members alongside 21 incumbents. notable returns include Charles R. Beard among Republicans and a mix of former mayors and lawyers across counties.
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Harry W. Ball
Associated Press
Charleston
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Nell W. Walker
Fayette County
G.O.P
House
Everett F. Moore
Moundsville
George Rairden
A. J. Lubimer
Mercer County
J. G. Kump
Fleming A. Jones, Jr
Welch
Jones
McDowell County
George Evans
B. Shannon
J. C. Tansbarger
House Taxation and Finance Committee
West Virgina
C. H. Payne
St. Thomas
British West Indies
W. Coleman
Harry S. Capehart
T. G. Nutter
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
U. S
Rush Y D. Moii
Lewis County
Walter Vergil Ross
Bluefield
Holt
Ross
Senate
W. Broughton Johnston
Mth
John W. Haldren
Ballard
Matthews
Lanse
Claude V. Swann
Huntington
Magee McLung
R. L. Matthews
O. H. Ballard
F. W. Syeafouse
Webster County
Russell A. Burt
Wheeling
M. M. Neply
Ohio County
Steve Russell
Daniel Hurd
Kanawha County
John E. Amos
I. L. Cavender
Julius A. Degruyter
C. H. Underwood
Tyler County
Fred H. Carder
Taylor
L. O. Jeffries
Putnam
Paul R. Maness
Preston
R. R. Rice
Berkeley Springs
Wobart Harvey
Monroe
Bradford Sayre
Jackson
Ralph P. Welton
Grant
F. EB. Strickland
Doddridge
Charles R. Beard
Martinsburg
Two Min Hurt in Mine Accidents as Health Branch Opens
James J. Stone, 59, of Sophia, receives treatment at Beckley hospital for a knee injury after a fall at Lillybrook Coal Company mines in Affinity. Andrew Callahan, 42, of Glen White, injured by a shovel at Koppers Coal Company mines in Glen White, is under care. Dr. F H Penn announces a county health department branch office opening in the courthouse quarters, with a health nurse providing Saturday vaccinations and conferences.
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James J. Stone
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Lillybrook Coal Company
Affinity
Stone
Andrew Callahan
Glen White
Koppers Coal Company
Register
Pineville
F.H. Penn
Health Department
Court House
Office of
Civilian Defense
Private Martin Returns From Overseas Combat Duty
Private Gary Martin, son of Mrs. Fannie Martin of Beckley, has returned from overseas with the Ninth Theater of Operations aboard the U S hospital ship St Min. He is being treated at Stark General Hospital before transfer to another army hospital. He has earned a Purple Heart and a Combat Infantryman Badge.
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Gary Martin
Fannie Martin
Beckley
U. S
St. Min
Stark General Hospital
Army
Martin
Nicholas County Men Casualties Named in War Department List
Two Nicholas County men, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Mansfield and Pvt. Clifford E. Skaggs, both of Summersville, appeared on a War Department casualty list. The release noted 48 West Virginians were wounded in the European theater of operations.
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Register
Summersville
Nicholas County
War Department
Robert J. Mansfield
Clifford E. Skaggs
West
War flag from Paris reaches Beckley hero post
A 9 by 15 foot German war flag with swastika and Iron Cross, once flown over the Continental hotel in Paris, is delivered to Radio Station WJLS Beckley by Major Joe L. Smith Jr. The flag’s provenance remains unclear though he served with General Omar Bradley’s Twelfth Army in France and Luxembourg.
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Continental
Paris
Beckley
Joe L. Smith, Jr
WJLS
Joe, Jr
Omar N. Bradley
Twelfth Army
Joe L. Smith
Joe L., Jr
England
France
Bradley
Duchy of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Col. Besler
O. K
West Virginia
Wheeling
Aachen
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association to name new president
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association board will meet at the Memorial Building at 7:30 p.m. to name a new president after Grover C. Hedrick and to plan 1944 45 activities. The meeting will discuss the 1944 Christmas Seal sale with a $7 500 quota for the county and X ray equipment purchase for local tuberculosis testing. Mrs. Phil Wilson notes volunteers will assist with mailing 20 000 seals and that the staff relies on volunteers due to limited office personnel.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Memorial Building
Grover C. Hedrick
Raleigh County
Phil
Iceberg sighting amid voyage to Teeland
On a bright March morning the ship nears safety under Allied air cover as an iceberg looms. Cherry contemplates danger and love as Douglas agrees to part, hoping Cherry finds happiness while Rory avoids her.
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Verry
Rory
Cherry
Coromandel
Teeland
Douglas
Taj Mahal
Clitz
Poulter
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