Muller Ailment Claims Raleigh Auditor at 70
Raleigh Heights resident and former Raleigh Coal and Company auditor E. Muller died of heart trouble at age 70. Born in Cincinnati to William Chris and Julia Dennis he served as secretary and treasurer for the Raleigh company and was a member of the Raleigh Lodge and country club. Funeral arrangements set for Grove Chapel with burial at Grove.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh Fe Company
Prior
E. L. Sternberger
Cincinnati Schools
Cinhool
Beckley Ends City Dogcatcher Term Early
Mayor says city dogcatcher tenure ran June through September and ends, leaving roaming dogs as county dogcatcher takes over authority. Warden shifts focus to Raleigh County seven magisterial districts while licenses remain obtainable from him.
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Beckley
Robert Winston
Anderson Warden
Warden
Raleigh
Ash-Mankin
Ameagle Pair Held For Jury
Charged with shooting John Edward Collins at their home on White Oak Creek near Ameagle last week. Helen and Irvin Knapp waived preliminary hearings and were released on bond to answer the criminal court grand jury tomorrow. Pearl Stover, mother of Mrs. Knapp, waived a preliminary hearing on a charge of bigamy. Collins says Knapp and Mrs. Knapp shot at him 14 times. he was hospitalized with gunshot wounds to both legs.
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John Edward Collins
White Oak Creek
Ameagle
Helen
Irvin Knapp
Oley Mills
Criminal Court
Mills
Pearl Stover
Knapp
Collins
Beckley
Raleigh
Cafe Fire Extinguished At Valencia Cafe
Beckley firemen answered a 5 30 a m alarm at the Valencia cafe on Prince street and put out a blaze in the restaurant refrigeration unit. Fire Chief W H Weidensall said a passer by raised the alarm and crews wore masks to avoid escaping gases. The motor failure caused the fire. no other damage. Residents above the cafe were evacuated as a safety precaution. Mike Rahal owns the building.
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Beckley
Valencia
Prince Street
W. H. Weidensall
Tafe
Fayette and
Prince Streets
Mike Rahal
Porterfield seeks divorce from James Porterfield
Beulah Huffman Porterfield files for divorce from James E F Porterfield in circuit clerk’s office as Fletcher W Mann attorney. Other recent suits listed include Percy Mullins Rico vs Ada Rica and Violet Haney Tilley vs Otis Tilley with C R Harless representing plaintiffs, Edith Floreen Haynes vs Harold Haynes, Josephing Monway vs William Monway with Floyd M Sayre attorney.
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Beulah Huffman Porterfield
James EF
John’ Porterfield
Fletcher W. Mann
Rece ‘Ord
Percy Mullins Rico
Ada Rica
Violet Haney Tilley
Otis Tilley
C. R. Harless
Edith’ Floreen Haynes
Harold Douglas Haynes
Josephing Monway
William Irvingllonway
Floyd ML Sayre
Allorney
Crab Orchard Corral Okey Mills Receives Purple Heart
Corporal Okey A. Mills son of Mrs Zona Mills of Crab Orchard received the Purple Heart for his actions in the D Day battle. He was wounded in Normandy on June 6 and last reported from England. Mills was inducted in November 1942 and worked in the mines at Melen before entering the service.
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Okey A. Mills
Zona Mills
Crab Orchard
Normandy
France
Sophia Soldier's Battalion Cited for Gallantry on D-Day
Private First Class William Rex Lovell of Sophia served in a battalion cited for gallantry on D-Day. The unit provided close mortar support for leading assault regiments under heavy fire, even after some landing craft were sunk. The battalion aided infantry for 12 days without relief under General Courtney Hodges. Lovell, a first army member, trained in Marfa Texas and camps in Florida Louisiana and Virginia before going to England in October 1943.
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William Rex Lovell
Sophia
Lovell
First Army
Courtney Hodges
H. N. Lovell
Marfa
Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Virginia
England
Miss Hall Weds Randall Shawver
The marriage of Miss Evelyn Hall to Randall C Shawver of Spate College Pennsylvania was announced by the bride’s parents. The double ring ceremony occurred September 4 at First Baptist church Baltimore in the presence of close friends. The bride wore a green crepe street length dress with talisman roses. Shawvers reside at 1928 Linden Avenue Baltimore where the groom works in defense.
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Evelyn Hall
Randall C. Shawver
Spate College
Pennsylvania
Evan Hall
Meadows Court
First Baptist Church
Baltimore
Maryland
Shawver
Woodrow Wilson High School
Alrs. Shawver
Linden Avenue
Five Beckley Attorneys Attend West Virginia Bar Meeting
A delegation of five Beckley attorneys led by I. L. Scherer attended the West Virginia Bar Association’s all day annual meeting in Charleston. Other attendees were Floyd M. Sayre W. A Thornhill Jr Carl C. Sanders and Judge Clarence W Meadows.
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Beckley
West Virginia Bar Association
Charleston
I. L. Scherer
Sixth District
Floyd M. Sayre
W. A Thornhill, Jr
Carl C. Sanders
Clarence W. Meadows
Worley Saga: Two Metalton Brothers in World War II Front
S/Sgt. Jack Worley 18, wounded in France while serving with the Seventh Army. He writes that he is treated in an Italian hospital for an arm wound after enlisting in 1943 and serving at Anzio. His brother Sgt. Eugene D. Worley, 22, landed in France on D-Day and remains on the Western front.
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Jack Worley
Isa Worley
Metalton
France
Seventh Army
War Department
Worley
The
Register
Italy
Anzio
Eugene D. Worley
Twenty six take state merit tests at Beckley college
Twenty six women and one man took the state merit system examinations at Beckley college for jobs as junior and senior clerks typists and stenographers. Applicants came from Charleston Fayetteville Oak Hill Hinton Mullens and Beckley area. Elizabeth Simmons Mary Janice Craig and others sat the tests under Miss Elizabeth O'Dell of Beckley college who oversaw the exams. Results will be mailed to each candidate.
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Beckley College
Charleston
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Hinton
Mullens
Beckley
Elizabeth Simmons
Mary Janice Craig
Mattie Lee Taylor
Mary L. Walton
Edna Myrtle Thompson
Barbara Dunkley
Elizabeth O'Dell
Bedksley College
Whitby Brothers Wounded In Italy And France
Mr and Mrs W F Keen Whitby have two sons awarded purple hearts for action in France and Italy Private First Class William D Keen earned his purple heart in France June 24 He is in an army hospital in Finland Private First Class Herbert S Keen was wounded in Italy and is a patient at Ashford General hospital White Sulphur Springs
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W. F. Keen
Whitby
France
Italy
William D. Keen
Finland
Herbert 5
Keen
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Australia to Set Up Consulates in New York and San Francisco
Canberra announces cabinet decision to establish consulates in New York and San Francisco. Information Minister Arthur Calwell says the commonwealth will appoint press attaches to Australian ministers in Washington and Chungking and to high commissioners in Ottawa and New Delhi.
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Australia
New York
San Francisco
Canberra
Arthur Calwell
Commonwealth
Washington
Chungking
Ottawa
New Delhi
Julia Ward Howe Writes Battle Hymn in One Night
Sleepless in the night Julia Ward Howe produced the famed Battle Hymn of the Republic in a brief productive half hour, yielding a defining Civil War era anthem and enduring patriotic hymn.
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Julia Ward Howe
Killarney Man Earns Diploma in Radio and TV
Thomas R. Beaver of Killarney completes a National Radio Institute course in practical and theoretical radio and television. He earned creditable grades and receives a diploma from the institute in Washington D C. Congratulations are due for this achievement.
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Thomas R. Beaver
Killarney
National Radio Institute of
Washington, D. C
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Presh of
Agree Mason
Memss Lodge
Ng Grove
Dr. Hil
Daring
Ting
Mrs. Muller
Lieuten. Muller
Germany
Donald
Angeles
Cali
Clarence Ray
W. D. White
B. Bibb
Russ Fisher
Breil
Terrier
Col
Ton
N.H
Panama
Richmond
Jqak Hill
Kanawha Street
East Beckley
South Fayette Street
Church Street
Second Street
Mount Hope
Schmon
PFC
William R. Lovell
Miss Hall
Randall Shawver
Mrs. Randall C. Shawver
the Star
South
Nehi Bottling CO
Burgeas St. Bocktey, Wi
Sgt. Worley
Whitby Brothers
Commercial Printing Department
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Nixon Furniture Company
Neville St
Gillette
Raleigh Tire & Rubber Co
Beckley, W. Va
Kanawha and
Prince Sts
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