Wife of Retired Railroader Dies
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. C. E. Ashley wife of Captain Charles E. Ashley former conductor of the Piney Braden C and O Railroad line who died at her daughter’s Charleston home last night. Surviving are six children and two sisters in law. The body remains at Caffee Funeral Home until arrangements are complete.
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C. E. Ashley
Charles E. Ashley
Piney Branen C. and
T. R. Rossen
Kanawha
Charleston
Quinnimont
Ashley
Piney River
Raleigh County
Reward Ashley Quinnimont
Rossen
L. K Simpson
Melvin Ashley
Kenova
Oswald Ashtey
Muir Jens
Wo. OW. Marrs
Inlaw
Nettle Holliday
Beckpees
Otis Sigler
Beckey
Man Charged in Hit and Run Incident
Jim Sims of East Beckley is held in Raleigh County Jail after police arrested him yesterday around 6 p m on a hit and run charge. Officers say Sims’ car struck Kyle Bahr’s vehicle on Prince Street and then fled the scene without causing injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Sims
New Grocery Store Openings Amid Shortage in Six Northern Counties
Clarksburg reports an average rise in new grocery stores opening in September across six northern counties: Harrison, Lewis, Doddridge, Barbour, Loshur, and Taylor. Officials warn new outlets may further thin scarce sugar meat and other staples, though 14 new restaurants also opened in the period, many led by World War II veterans.
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Associated Press
Clarksburg
Wire Control Board
Harrison
Lewis
Doddridge
Barbour Loshur
Taylor
AMVET May Finance Builders for Veterans Homes in State
State AMVET President Richard Marks revealed at the executive committee meeting that the organization may back a construction firm to source building materials from the government and erect veterans homes across sections of the state. The plan could be discussed at the state convention October 11 to 13, with Col Julian A. S. Myer of Richmond Virginia as principal speaker on housing shortage. Marks expects a large turnout, about 100 delegates.
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Richsmond
Marks
Goering Claims Atom Bomb Key to World Future
London’s Evening Standard quotes Hermann Goering in a prison interview asserting the atom bomb will decide the world’s future and that German opinion cannot be defined. He says the German people may not exist in 50 years and criticizes the Nuremberg trial as political and biased.
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London
The
Evening Standard
Hermann Goering
United States
Luftwaffe
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Goering
Standard
Sandard
Germany
Injuries Fatal After Fall Claim Prosperity Man
Funeral services for Samuel A. Cotile a 59 year old Prosperity resident who died yesterday after noon from injuries sustained in a fall at his home five weeks earlier will be held at the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel tomorrow at 2 pm. Rev Ralph Nordlund will officiate and burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery. He was born January 30 1887 in Mavis Braxton County and had lived in Prosperity for twenty years. He is survived by seven sons William Samuel Charles Kenneth Louis Thomas Cottle of Beckley Robert Cottle of Cranberry and Cilfee Funeral Home to handle arrangements.
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Samuel A. Cotile
Prosperity
Caffee Funeral Home
Ralph Nordlund
Wildwood Cemetery
Mavis
Braxton County
Cottle
William
Samuel
Charles
Kenneth
Louis
Thomas Cottle
Beckley
Robert Cottle
Cranberry
Cilfee
Weeks Divorce Granted and Chancery Orders Issued
Judge Ben H. Ashworth granted a divorce to John E. Weeks from Ruth Gayet Weeks. Sally B. Harris’s divorce action against Will E. Harris was continued amid a child custody dispute. Chancery orders required Carl Eppling to pay $25 weekly for Bernie Lilly Eppling and children and Robert Russell Wengert to provide monthly support to Dora Eliza Wengert.
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John Weeks
Ben H. Ashworth
John E. Weeks
Ruth Gayet Weeks
Sally B. Harris
Will E. Harris
Ashworth
Carl Eppling
Bernie Lilly
Eppling
Robert Russell Wengert
Dora Eliza
Beth Wengert
Renick To Address Young GOP Club Event
Myron Renick Fayetteville attorney will speak to the Raleigh County Young Republican Club about educational problems. Five counties Raleigh Summers Fayette Greenbrier Pocahontas will be represented by civic and educational groups at the Raleigh County Chamber meeting. President Douglas Schwank has ties in Southern West Virginia and expected attendees include representatives from five counties. The event begins at 6 o clock in the county courthouse. Ed Cheri of Atlanta, Ga., will discuss U S Army Veterinary Corps work inspecting dairy products.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh
Summers, Fayette
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Myron Renick
Fayetteville
Young Republican Club
Coun
Douglas Schwank
West Virginia
County Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Adl
U.S. Army’s Veterinary Corps
Ed Cher i
Atlanta
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America
Amvets
Hikosaku Sakamoto
Sharakawa
Samzon
Itsukushima Shrine
Takyo
Willard Theatres
Willard
Ivee
Beckley Drug Company
Cohen Drug Company
Thompson's Drug Company
Bart Beckley
Bradley Gaug Company
Home Optical CO
Neville St
President
Egypt
Abu
Renick
Young Gop Club
Skelton
Ps m
Berman
Berman’s
Neville Street
Beckley Theatre
Hotel Hill Bldg
Oak Hill
Blakes
Kord
Bulova
Elgin Benrus
Waltham
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