Fire destroys nine hops at Knickerbocker Hotel
In Atlantic City New Jersey a blaze along the boardwalk destroyed nine huts and damaged the Knickerbocker Hotel lower floors. The fire spread from under the archwalk near Tennessee Avenue as gas mains exploded. About 300 hotel guests were evacuated by soldiers and police with no injuries reported. Property loss was estimated at $200,000 not including merchandise or personal belongings.
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Associated Presselantic City
N. J
Tennessee Avenue
Louis Watson
Pineville Youth Visits Relatives This Week
Roger Cox, son of Mr and Mrs Landon Cox, spends the week with his aunt Mrs B P Greene and Mrs Greene at North Fork.
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Register
Pineville
Roger Cox
Landon Cox
Ant
B. P. Greene
M¢.reene
North Fork
Beckleyan In England Helps Form Mountaineer Club
Beckley native Technical Sergeant Lawrence J. Kohne is a charter member of the first Mountaineer club formed in England at an Air Service Command depot in the United Kingdom. The gathering included West Virginia officers and enlisted men who shared hometown news and sang Mountaineer songs, as Kohne, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Kohne, husband of Opal Kohne, and father of 5 year old Myrna, serves in troop movement control. Kohne is a 1934 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate who later attended mess sergeant school in Hawaii and Chemical Warfare school in Texas. two Kohne brothers also serve in the infantry.
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AIR Service Command
England
Lawrence J. Kohne
Beckley
Mountaineers Club
West Virginia
W.a.c’s
Kohne
F. E. Kohne
Harper Road
Opal Kohne
Myrna
Woodrow Wilson High School
Army
Scholfield Barracks
Hawaii
Sheppard Field
Texas
Set. Kohne
Olen T
Pfc
Warren G. Kohne
Infantry
Germans Have Not Yet Sought Peace
A British government spokesman in London says Germany has made no peace overtures to the United Nations. The spokesman refuted rumors of talks and stated any peace emissary must approach the western Allies through Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower, who will not halt hostilities until an unconditional surrender is obtained from the German high command and staff.
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London
Germany
United Nations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Guest of Daughter in Covel Area
Mrs J R Shrewsbury of Covel is the guest of her daughter Mrs Glen Johnson and Mr Johnson in Pineville.
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Register
Pineville
J. R. Shrewsbury
Covel
Glen Johnson
Johnson
Illinois City Terrorized By Man With Poison Gas
Mattoon police pressed a round the clock search for a prowler spraying a mysterious poison gas into open bedroom windows. Nine residents including Mrs Carl Cordes were affected with nausea and partial paralysis lasting 30 to 90 minutes. Cordes was hospitalized after smelling a damp cloth found on her porch.
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Associated Press
Mattoon
Eugene C. Cole
Carl Cordes
Cordes
Partial Output Resumed In Plant At Huntington
Partial production returned in the steel erection and construction departments of the American Car Foundry Co. under a formula drafted by union and company officials. John LaMaur of the CIO United Steelworkers cited about 30 percent of the 240 men who quit last week as approving the agreement, with others to vote today. Negotiations continued on grievances behind two work stoppages and the army seizure of the International Nickel Co.
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Associated Press
Huntington
American Car Foundry Co
John LaMaur
C.I.0
United Steelworkers
International Nickel Co
York May Ban Music in City From Midnight to Seven
York Pennsylvania considers an ordinance to bar residents from singing playing the radio or any musical instrument between midnight and 7 am if approved. The proposed rule aims to curb noise complaints and enforce quiet hours citywide.
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Associated Press
York
Prowl Victims Describe Inflamed Lips and Speech Loss
Victims, mostly women, reported inflamed lips and inability to speak for nearly two hours after encounters with a prowler. The cloth involved was sent to the state Department of Public Safety for scientific scrutiny. Police said no prowler sightings occurred overnight.
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State Department of Public Safety
For Athlete's Foot Treatment Options
An article discusses deep fungal infection requiring a potent treatment beyond surface applications. It notes powders and ointments lack sufficient contact and promotes alcohol solutions for deeper penetration, mentioning a product from De vlcohol at Cohen Drug.
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Cohen “Drug
New Officers In Pineville Club
Pineville The Pineville Women's Club held its annual officer installation on Mrs Floyd Hiatts lawn in Kopperston This years officers are A P Boxley president W M Lewis vice president J H Justice secretary and R E Kuhn treasurer After installation a brief business meeting followed by refreshments hosted by Mrs Hiatt Mrs Cleo Short and Mrs J H Justice served as hostesses
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Pineville
Hiatt
Cleo Short
J. H. Justice
Mrs M P Howard Guest of Beckley Couple
Mrs M P Howard is the guest of Mr and Mrs E W Worrell Jr in Beckley for a visit noting social hospitality and hosting arrangements in Pineville society columns.
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Register
Pineville
M. P. Howard
E. W Worrell, Jr
Beckley
Beckley guests of the Shrewsburys on Friday night
Miss Julia Wire of Pineville Mrs. J K Moore and her son of Beckley visited Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. L B Shrewsbury in Pineville.
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Pineville
Julia Wire
J. K. Moore and Son
Beckley
L. B. Shrewsbury
Cooper Promoted to Corporal in Shreveport Army Post
William Warren Cooper has been promoted to corporal and is stationed in Shreveport Louisiana. He has two years of military service and trained at Camp Crowder Missouri. His wife Madeline Johnson Cooper lives in Pineville with their one year old son Michael Warren Cooper. He is the son of Mrs. India Cooper of Pineville and the late Tommy Cooper.
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Register
Pineville
William Warren Cooper
Shreveport
Louisiana
Corporal Cooper
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Coburns Visit Family in Maybeury Sunday
Mr and Mrs R H Coburn of Maybeury were guests of Mrs Coburns sister Mrs D T Layman and Mr Layman Sunday in a quiet family gathering that highlighted kinship and travel.
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Register
Pineville
R. H. Coburn
Maybeury
Know Aspirin Demand St Joseph Aspirin Title
The ad urges asking for St Joseph Aspirin claiming there is none faster or stronger and that it is the world's largest seller at 10¢. It emphasizes value and prompts readers to demand St Joseph Aspirin.
Tipple Visitors From Tipple Arrive In Town
Mrs Lon Shumate and her daughter Miss Janice of Tipple visited on Tuesday accompanied by Mrs Shumates father O J McGraw.
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Tipple
Trister
Eville
Lon Shumate Voy
Janice
Weekend guests visit Mullens host Mrs Elbert Cook
Miss Mildred Cook and Miss Elizabeth Wilson and Miss Klara Mae Wilson spent the week end at Mullens as guests of Mrs. Elbert Cook.
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Register
Pineville
Mildred Cook
Elizabeth and
Klara Mae Wilson
Mullens
Elbert Cook
West Virginia business listings clustered across towns
A dense enumeration of stores, coal companies, grocers, and related firms across West Virginia towns including Shady Springs Beckley Otsego East Gulf New Deal Gaston Alpoca Naoma Meadow Creek Slab Fork Oak Hill Glen Jean Meadow Bridge Laural Lookout Clifford Top etc. The list names multiple entities like Skaggs Cash Grocery Saunders Store Blevins Allen Junction and Raleigh Coal & Coke Co among others, reflecting a regional commerce directory.
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L. E. Miller Beckley
W. Va
Okes Blue Jay
Beaver Mercantile Company Beaver
Scott Store
Beaver
O. A. Lilly Beaver
W. E. Palmer East
Lanark Coals, Inc
Lanark
Napier Cash Store
W. S. Carr Stanaford
Lilly Grocery East
Gulf Mining Company
Crab Orchard
R. L. French East
Skaggs Cash Grocery
Shady Springs
Saunders Store
Beckley
Merchant Cash Grocery
L. Blevins
Allen Junction
Brule Smokeless Coal Company
Otsego
C. H. Mead Coal Company
East Gulf
New Deal Grocery Resoco
Gaston Coal Company
Alpoca
Patsy Albanese Lester
W. A. Winston Surveyor
Glen Daniel
F. H. Hawley
L. & A. Grocery Beckley
Kagey & Blankenship Rhodell
C. A. Allen & Baker
Rhodell
Gulf Cash Grocery
J. & F. Grocery Co
Bird's Store
Route 3
Hinton
J. C. Deeds
J. A. Walker
Garten’s
Meadow Creek
J M. Gilkerson
Grand View
Raleigh Coal & Coke Co
West Raleigh
Turner's Grocery
Maxwell Hill
American Eagle
Ameaglie
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Tlantic City
Ighter
Charles Brown
Parkersburg
U. S. Coast Guard
International
Londonderry
Strisco 3
Calif
A. M. Sizemore Sophia
South Side Market Beckley, W. Va
Aaran
Ivory
Star Coal & Coke Co
Red Star, W. Va
Beckleyan
Mountaineer Club
The
Illinois City
Purity Maid
Pineville Club
A. P. Boxley
Shrewsbury
Private Cooper
Camay
S. A. Cody
Fayetteville, W. Va
Sizemore Mercantile Ury
W. Prince
Talia Gad
Crowgey’s Country Sausage
Crowgey
R. R. Crowgey
Kellysville, W. Va
Wytheville, Va
Meadow Creek Supply Co
J. E. Gwinn
J. B. Simmons
J. C. Boggs
Freshman
Elton
Arndt
Sprague
Bailey’s
Mt. Hope
E. H. Richmond
Pluto
James L. Jarrell
Pine Knob
Jones Cash Store
Oak Hill
Q. J. Cotcamp
Fayetteville
Collins Cash Mercantile Co
Thurmond
Dun Glen Grocery
Fitzgerald & Company
F.D
J. E. Bing
W. Perry
G. N. Coleman
Joe Toth
Glen Jean
L. G. Shorter Hill Top
W. R. Dickerson Oak Hill
Peter Frayer Summerlee
V. P. Spradidin & Son Sun
Slab Fork Coal Company
Slab Fork
MacAlpin Coal Company No
MacAlpin
Mahoney Brothers
Scarbro
W. M. Snuffer
Christie Stover Saxon
O. J. Manning Fairdale
Coal City Supply Company
Coal City
D. W. Anderson's Sona Beckley
Semoco Supply Company
Eccles
Standard Fire Creek Coal Co
Beelick Knob
J. H. Gwinn Meadow Bridge
Joney Alley Springdale
F. A. Nelson Ballengee
Houchins Bros. Wayside
W. M. Horton Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Improvement Co
Beckley, W. Va
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