Canners Seek Machines to Cut Tuna Prices
The tuna industry, hit by recurring fleet tieups and glut in supply, turns to mechanized packing to slash costs and lower retail prices. Edwin Carruthers of Warrenton has developed a compact packing machine tested in San Diego, promising about 100 cans per minute with minimal labor.
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Harold Keen
Central Press
San Diego
Cal
Equatorial
Edwin H. Carruthers
Warrenton
Ore
Carruthers
Cornell University Engineering School
Astoria
Decision Stated In Deed Dispute
Special Circuit Court Judge George L. Ballard will issue a decision Saturday in the land dispute between Delena Radogan and George Thornton and Christopher C. Booker. Testimony concluded. pleas and demurrers to be heard. term to end tomorrow.
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George L. Ballard
Delena Radogan
George Thornton
Christopher C. Booker
Ballard
Boone County Court
Madison
Roanoke
Whitestick Street
Laura Swain
Booker
Harrison Swain
Swain
Cottage City School
Brentwood
Fanny Swain
Suzene Bowling Allen
Leslie Allen
Suzene Bowling
Allen
Homesick Cat Hikes 125 Miles Across Desert
Skipper the cat reportedly hiked 125 miles across the desert twice to reach her home town. Her owner, Seymour Ryan, moved from Tucson to Phoenix, prompting the cat’s first disappearance. he later found her near his old neighbor in Turpson, then she vanished again and returned footsore to Tucson. Ryan quips the cat wins paws down and can stay in Tucson.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
Skipper
Seymour Ryan
Tucson
Ryan
Turcson
Cannon Symbol of Middle Three Rivalry Sees Rutgers Triumph
The Little Brass Cannon, emblem of Middle Three football supremacy since 1940, has symbolically saluted Rutgers touchdowns. Gifted to Rutgers in 1931, the cannon was awarded to the leading Lafayette Lehigh Rutgers trio in 1940, with Lafayette first to win it, Rutgers gaining possession in 1945, while Lehigh never won the weapon.
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Associated Press
New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers
University
Lafayette
Lehigh
West Virginia Briefs Highlight September Benefit Drop
WV jobless benefits totaled 1.903 million in September, down five percent from August but over five times the 1948 figure, per Employment Secretary Cabell S. Davis. Governor Patton proclaims October as Parent Teacher Membership Month to stress citizen prep. In Kanawha County a 27-year-old Chesapeake man faces murder charges in the death of his brother-in-law. A head-on collision in Charleston leaves 37-year-old Paul Deboard dead. State finances show transfers boosted school and public assistance funds, shrinking the general fund balance to 35.71 million by September 30. The Conservation Commission urges brush burning permits within 300 feet of forest lands starting October 15.
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Charleston
Cabell S. Davis
Patteson
Associations of Parents and Teachers
Frank Griffin
Chesapeake
Kanawha County
Clyde Comer
Sam Whitman
General
R. E. Talbott
Conservation Commission
West
Overloads and Width Violations Lead to Fines
Five people were fined in hearings before Magistrate Ernest Richard on road violations. Ernest R. Givens of Pineville received a fine for carrying fire in excess of truck width. Out of state drivers James R. Ashby of Alabama James Arvon Boles of Winston-Salem NC and Cecil A. Boaz of Virginia were fined 50 dollars and costs for overloaded trucks. George L. Smith Jr. of Pine Knob was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. He was arrested by Constable Jimmy Warren.
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Register
Seth
Ernest Richard
Ernest R. Givens
Pineville
James R. Ashby
Alabama
James Arvon Boles
Winston-Salem
N. C
Cecil A. Boaz
Virginia
George L. Smith, Jr
Pine Knob
Jimmy Warren
Beckley Police Have Big Night
Beckley Police arrested six persons on charges other than drunkenness. Dwight H. Williams of Artie posted 15 dollar bond for court tonight for speeding. Charles E. Seigler of Loraine Ohio jailed for driving while drunk. Helen Lewis of Beckley jailed for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Corrine Leonard of Beckley jailed on an assault warrant at Arlington Hotel. Betty Davis and H B Chick Palmer jailed on trespassing charges at a hotel.
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Dwight H. Williams
Artie
Charles E. Seigler
Loraine
Ohio
Raleigh
Helen Lewis
East Beckley
Beckley
Corrine Leonard
Arlington Hotel
Betty
Mother Acquitted In Fatal Beating Of Young Son
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mrs. Martha Woodson Kalwai, a former Virginia society girl and child psychology student, is acquitted of fatally beating her 15-month-old son Henry on May 12. A neutral psychiatrist will examine her to determine if she can be discharged. Defense sought immediate release. prosecutors objected but agreed to the examination. The husband hopes to return to Rustburg, Va., to resume life.
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Associated Press
Wilkes-Barre
Martha Woodson Kalwai
Virginia Society
Hazelton
Kalwaic
Rustburg
Perez Spices States Rights Battle Lines in Louisiana
Leander H. Perez, States Righters’ Washington representative, has long shaped Louisiana politics with fiery rhetoric on states rights. He aided Huey Long’s defense in 1928 and opposed Gov. Sam Jones during the Plaquemines Parish clashes with the state militia. The timeline includes a 1941 boat explosion tied to Perez and recurring battles over tide lands and political power.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Leander H. Perez
Washington
Louisiana
Percy’ Bailiwick
Plaque-mines Parish
Persimmon County
Perez
Tidelands
Huey P. Long
Long
Sam H. Jones
Jones
Plaquemines
Birthrate crisis in French North Africa alarms officials
In Morocco Algeria and Tunisia population growth outpaces food and housing. Indigenous populations total about 20 million and climb yearly. Birth control is limited, health gains expand longevity, and infant death drops. Algeria could double in 50 years, Tunisia grows about 70,000 yearly, and Casablanca's bidonvilles strain housing. Engineers seek dams and groundwater to boost agriculture and energy, while Ain Chock project plans to move 80,000 residents from slums, prioritizing veterans and large families.
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AP News
Casablanca
North Africa
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Texas
Sahara
Department of
Oran
Africa
Bidonvilles
Gascan
Ain Chock
Draft Board 18 to Move In With Armed Services
Raleigh County Board 18 announces it will merge with the Army and Air Force Recruiting Station at 118 Main Street Beckley on November 1. Aubrey O. Smith, chief clerk, says the draft board will relocate to use the reception room and will register all selective service age individuals in the new office after the first of the month. The notice also covers a juvenile name change and adoption petition in Raleigh County Juvenile Court.
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Selective Service Board 18
Army and Air Force
Main Street
Armed Services
Beckley
Aubrey O. Smith
Raleigh
James C. Mathis
Smith
Sheldon Clemens
Ethel Clemons
Barbara JO Blankenship
Barbara JO Clemons
W. A. Riffe
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Nellie Blankenship
Seldon Clemons
Helen
Juvenile Court
Clemons
Leo Bridi
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