C. 40 Regains Greenbrier Hotel
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway has regained possession of the Greenbrier Hotel with the War Assets Administration granting entry rights to former owners pending a formal deed. Purchase is expected near the $3,300,000 government price paid in October 1942. Public opening planned after reconversion, with improvements including a new golf clubhouse. Big Boy Baylis III features Robert Farr Hughes in festival acts as the “now heaviest man in the world.”
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Greenbrier
Ashford General Hospital
War Assets Administration
WAA
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Baylis
Robert Farr Hughes
Fes
Russell named to vice president and secretary treasurer post
Robert Y. Russell of Baltimore will succeed Charles A. Robinson as vice president and secretary treasurer of four Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Companies serving DC Maryland Virginia and West Virginia after Robinson retires on January 1. The report notes Hughes stands six feet tall and weighs 710 pounds with a 102 inch chest. it requires five yards of material for a shirt.
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Baltimore
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District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Charles A. Robinson
Bell System
Hughes
GOP Accuses PAC of Stacked Vote Score Against GOP
GOP chairman charges CIO PAC stacked its boxscore to cast Republicans in a unfavorable light and omits votes on veterans rights government restraint and farm aid. He says the move favors Democrats and notes the piece aims to bolster the Truman administration.
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Washington
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Reece
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CIO
Political Action Committee
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Republican News
Orgaw
Cio-Pac
PAC
Chamber Plans Education Conference With Tri County Meet
Beckley Chamber of Commerce will join the State Education Association on October 3 for a conference linking education and business. National and state chamber leaders will discuss a survey on education's relation to business. Raleigh Fayette Wyoming counties leaders invited. FE Bibb renominated as chamber director. local meeting on October 30 to discuss a Friends of the Land chapter.
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Com Merce
State Education Association
National Chamber of Com‘merece
Pharos Reeder
West Virginia Sela
Chamber of Commerce and
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming Counties
Beckley Chamber
FE. E. Bibb
West Virginia
Charles Sodel
Friends of the Land
Beckley
Fourcatty
Southern Soil Conservation District
Hit Run Driver Kills Dog Shadowing Cloak Fashion Duel
Hollywood star Yvonne de Carlo reveals plans for England trip this spring and study in London while discussing a mink coat purchase she funded after beating Loretta Young to the claim. De Carlo spoke in a confessional tone during a sunlit interview on a movie set and noted her upcoming project with producer J Arthur Rapk.
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Gene Hands
Tri‘poli
Yvonne de Carlo
England
J. Arthur Rapk
Acting Conservatory
Lon-don
Yvonne
Loretta Young
Fit
Vel Takes Over Lever Territory After Army Return
Fred C. Griffin Jr., formerly of Dallas, named district sales representative for Lever Brothers. territory includes Raleigh, Fayette, Wyoming and Logan counties. Griffin, a 1935 Morris Harvey College graduate, served as first lieutenant in Europe and wears the Purple Heart. Beckley to host Griffin’s operations as Wayne Bussey returns to Clarksburg.
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Pittsburgh
Raleigh
Fayette
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Charleston
Griffin
Parkersburg
Army
Belgium
Beckley
Wayne ‘Bussey
Clarksburg
Bailey urges highways built with pedestrian safety in mind
Ernest L. Bailey former West Virginia state road commissioner called for including sidewalks and pedestrian underpasses in highway design. He spoke before the ENO foundation and said roads are currently built for motor vehicles only, increasing danger to pedestrians.
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Wey
Associated Press
New York
Ernest L. Bailey
West Virginia
ENO Foundation
Bailey
America
West Virginian
Vets Urged Not To Self Treat Malaria Attacks
Leo F. Steindler of the Huntington VA urges veterans with vivax malaria attacks to seek immediate medical care. He warns self treatment with atabrine can prolong the illness and that repeated attacks may occur after civilian return, though proper physician directed treatment can cure.
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Leo F. Steindler
Huntington
The
Veterans Administration
Steindler
Recruiters Send Men To Fort Hayes
Eight area men are at Fort Hayes Columbus taking regular Army physical exams Lt Richard Cummings local recruiting officer says they enlisted at Beckley Army station The men named include Eleanie Mel Lilly Carlos B Biggs John W Carson Billy J Robertson William Roy Sweeney Glen Henry Calvert and others POSTFONES TRAINS list Associated Press CLARKSBURG Baltimore and Ohio Railroad says two Washington Cincinnati passenger coach trains maiden runs set for September 29 postponed indefinitely due to equipment shortages.
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Fort Hayes
Columbus
Richard Cummings
Beckley Army
Eleanie Mel Lilly
Flat Top
Carlos B. Biggs
Eccles
John W. Carson
Beaver
Billy J. Robertson
Beckley
William Roy Sweeney
Postfones
Associated Press
Clarksburg
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington-Cincinnati
No Prices To Be Posted On Fruits And Vegetables
The Raleigh County Price Control Board announced no price ceilings for fresh fruits and vegetables in September. Oranges and bananas will remain on the weekly lists, with bananas added to the next dry grocery price list.
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Price Administration
Raleigh County Price Control Board
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Agriculture Secretary
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