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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1948
Page
7
Neil C. Butler, 47, was sentenced to five to 18 years in the Charles Town circuit court after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the death of his 45 year old brother Harry.
Union officials push for a first round of pay boosts amid AFL CIO activity. Reports note John L. Lewis’ $50 000 salary benchmark, with implications for other union chiefs as conventions resume next spring. The Pittsburgh gathering highlights political action stances and proposed contract policy for miners.
The West Virginia Forest Council’s information and education committee plans at least eight forums starting early next year to determine local needs for a forestry program. A November 23 Lewisburg meeting will draft definite plans and organizers will involve chambers of commerce county Farm Bureaus and local groups. The goal is to promote reforestation woodland protection and timberland management through protective cutting with Carl Jotinson Harry Mosebrook Charles Archer Charles Hedel George Sharp Carl Holcomb and W R Keyser among the committee members.
Huntington theater company defies lottery ban as two movie houses plan usual give away day despite indictment of the Greater Huntington Theatre Corp and officials for alleged lottery law violations. A. B. Hyman, president, says gifts will be distributed only after court determines legality.
Tokyo police report a man Yone kichi Kude aged 60 in arrears of 6 39 yen. He fatally attacked his wife and six children with a hammer during sleep, then set fire to the house and later died by poison.
London report says a British source places the Western European Alliance headquarters in France. The site will host a joint land sea and air center with integrated planning under Viscount Montgomery as permanent military chairman.
Veronica Lake's mother, Mrs. Constance Veronica Keane, 47, sues Lake and producer Andre De Tott for 500 monthly support and 17,416 claimed due from a 1943 agreement. She says her daughter earns 4,500 weekly and says she has sacrificed assets to support the claim, presenting a contract copy for 200 weekly to her and her late husband.
Fire chief Frederick W. Welve recalls 34 London fires from World War II air raids while viewing Niagara River rapids and the falls and laments missed wartime protection ideas. He notes the river’s power and laments not having such resources in place.
Crab Orchard residents met with R G McCall of the State Health Department sanitation division to discuss sewer system options. A board of directors election was postponed. the community may seek incorporation and possible cooperation with nearby Sophia, population 2187, per West Virginia Water Commission orders.
The decomposed body of Carrie Young, 69, of Loudendale was found near West Virginia State College in a ravine on the Institute grounds. State police identify the remains as Mrs Young by husband William H. Young and son John. A passerby discovered the body in heavy underbrush while gathering walnuts. There was no sign of foul play and authorities say she wandered from relatives.
Dr. Richard Holland, Philadelphia educational leader, was among speakers on day two of the 83rd annual West Virginia State Baptist convention in Charleston.
As the presidential election three weeks away, Truman and Dewey trade harsh charges. Truman criticizes Gower’s allies in Congress while Dewey blasts Truman’s foreign policy. Campaign stops include St. Paul Wisconsin and Oklahoma as Senate races gain urgency. Henry Wallace campaigns in Illinois and Georgia with a Dalton stop planned.
In Berlin the Soviet Union urged Western powers to withdraw all military missions from the city. Sokolovsky questioned accreditation since the Allied Control Council ceased to exist after March 20, with Western powers not recognizing its dissolution.
A large rat allegedly caused an electrical outage at Lillybrook Coal Company by crawling into a transformer on a 15 008 volt line at about 5 am. The incident blew two bushings and forced suspension of day shift operations until repairs by 7 am. Five operations including Lillybrook Affinity Big Stick No 1 No 2 and Killarney mines were affected.
In Tokyo, Communist Ryuichi Tokuda arrived at the diet in a new double breasted suit as lawmakers mocked his attire. He denied Soviet ties and said his friends are in the United States.
Jurors were impaneled to hear the case against Randolph Perdue of Shady Spring and Delmas Worley of Shady Spring charged with stealing about 95 dollars a jewel watch from Kyle Adkins following a confrontation in an auto. Worley pleaded guilty to grand larceny this morning.
The Lew Sheffler post of the VFW plans to file a petition to Governor Clarence Meadows requesting removal of Dr. C. F. McClintic, director of the State Conservation Commission. A second petition, patterned after a letter from the Raleigh County Red and Gun Club, asks for a competent replacement. Governor Meadows says he has not received the letter and will confer with McClintic before commenting. groups accuse inaction on pollution of streams, especially the Green Drier.
The 100 candidates seek 32 governorships with 33 states holding elections. Republicans and Democrats split 24 apiece for current governors, while Maine has already voted. Georgia stands alone with no Republican candidate, Democrats contending with Herman Talmadge. Minor parties run in 37 races including the Progressives with 12 state entries.
France opens war on food speculators to drive down prices as protests spread. Public prosecutors receive a circular from Justice Minister Andre Marie vowing to prosecute profiteers. dockworkers threaten to shut ports in a wave of strikes. The coal mine stoppage enters its 16th day, crippling fuel supply and fueling fears over Europe recovery. Russia accused of undermining European recovery by offering weapons talks while pressuring for armament cuts. Sir Hartley Shawcross urges openness to ease tensions and improve democratic peace.
Four Amish men, wearing traditional beards and black garb, were sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to send their children to the community school. They had been released from Somerset County jail after a 12 day prior sentence for the same issue.
Raleigh County draft results show only three of the first 14 men examined are acceptable for induction. Draft Board 18 chief Aubrey Smith announced that 15 more men will be examined on Oct. 21, bringing Raleigh County’s total examined to 105. Original October call was estimated at about 99. Induction timing depends on word from state headquarters.
About 35 to 40 Cleveland postal employees who swore loyalty oaths will face hearings on charges of Communist party membership. Postmaster Guy R. Lucas said the hearings, led by a postal inspector, will be closed and aim to determine guilt or innocence amid 4200 city workers.
Greek police reported BBC correspondent Kenneth Matthews and a woman, Anne Michael, abducted by a small guerrilla group near Argos in the Peloponnese. The woman was released after minutes. military detachments were sent to chase the rebels.
In Rome the Communist boss Palmiro Togliatti warned of revolt at any moment and called for a new interior minister and government based on the laboring masses. He cited a July 14 threat, noted the wounded July 1 incident that spurred a general strike, and accused Premier De Gasperi of serving privileged interests amid a nine hour rail employee strike planned for higher wages the parliament deemed inflationary.
Baltimore police seek the owner of a horse that bit Benjamin Greenberg a 35 year old barber on the shoulder as he walked to his shed. Greenberg received tetanus shots after the incident and criticized the horse’s restraint.
H H Diggs reports a man identified as a Negro entered the rear of the Berry Street residence at 205 and assaulted Mrs. Margaret Diggs lifting her from a chair before fleeing. She was treated for shock and released, with police not yet arresting anyone.
Former West Virginia national guardsmen and others will meet in Morgantown October 23 24 to form the 201st Infantry Association led by Col H Paul Shaffer The group will draw from the 201st Infantry Regiment which served in Alaska during 1941 and remained largely a West Virginia unit during the war Officers will be elected after organization in Morgantown
Women volunteers will canvass homes in Beckley and Mabscott next week for the Community Chest. Meeting at 2 p.m. in the Memorial Building. Mrs. C. L. Bepler and others will lead. Joe L. Smith and A. F. Matson plan pep talks. Drive has reached $5,924.25 from business solicitations.
Mercer County Circuit Court continued charges of grand larceny against Albert Jennings Lewis Moore and Frederick Leslie to the January term. Judge F Morton Wagner also dismissed Monday's criminal court cases against Matthew Barlow for maiming and Wade Miles for cabbery. Prudence spokesman asks for bus service for about 25 children in Prudence and Harvey area.
Emmett Aaron Worrell of Beaver pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of his brother Albert Fred Worrell of Princeton. Worrell also confessed to unlawfully wounding Earl Akers of Realiver. He will be sentenced later. Other dispositions include Nathaniel Austin’s guilty plea to breaking and entering with sentencing on November 4.
Senator Revercomb of Maryland and a Nevada colleague will speak at a Mercer County GOP rally tonight at 7:30 in the courthouse. The event launches a planned series by the Mercer County GOP committee.
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