Improve Prince Road To Support Beckley Prince Station
The C and O railroad will add fast trains with the new Prince station, making highway upgrades essential. Beckley urges improving the crooked bumpy Prince Road from Pinecrest to Summersville to ease U S routes and better serve communities along New River. Government designation as a U S highway could straighten routes and enhance transport across the Beckley area.
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Prince
Beckley
Lanark
Pinecrest
Summersville
Gauley Bridge
U. S. 21
Bluefield
Prince Station
New River
Beckley merchants keep Saturday nights open for convenience
The Mercantile Board discussed closing stores at 6 p m on Saturdays but found it impractical for Beckley a Saturday night town with heavy Saturday eve shopping. With mines adopting five day weeks the idea could reemerge, while Morgantown’s six pm closing experiment is watched for potential lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley, Mercantile’ Board
Beckley
Mercantile Board
Morgantown
Permanent registration confusion leaves voters unregistered
Many voters assume their party registration transfers with them when moving precincts. The permanent registration law is effective only if voters stay in their original precincts. Moving requires a transfer to maintain registration, or they may appear at a new precinct without their name on the rolls and be denied a ballot. This has affected numerous voters since the law's implementation.
Debate Over Bible Instruction in Schools Sparks Local Opinion
Randolph Norton notes Fayette County women push for Bible teaching in public schools while Mount Hope High School offers a strong Bible course led by Dr. W. W. Pharr. Detroit faces a defeat on reciting the Lord's Prayer amid Church-State separation fears. The piece questions secular schooling and religious education, contrasting home and classroom influences with broader social fears about religion, science, and communism. Uncle Sam’s Berman T. Donaldson reports frost hints and seasonal weather chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette” County
Board of Education
Mount Hope
Detroit
Detroit Board of Education
Mothers Club
Voters urged to register anew at county offices
Law took effect and war time registration is voided for veterans. Beginning Monday everyone can register, with registrars in 108 precincts offering service before October 8. Veterans overseas under wartime rules must re register permanently at their precinct or county clerk. All eligible voters urged to register regardless of party. responsibility lies with the individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utley
Jew Gangsters Rob Two Banks in Palestine Shootout
Armed bands believed Jewish stern gangs raided the Jaffa and Tel Aviv Ottoman banks in daylight. They seized 6000 in Tel Aviv then fled on foot. In Jaffa Arab civilians were killed and a temporary Arab police officer wounded as six Jews were arrested and all loot recovered. A Life photographer witnessed the scene and reported deaths from a passing car’s gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jaffa
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Palestine Police
David Douglas Duncan
Life Magazine
Seamen's Strike Seen as Government Seizure Tactic
The speaker argues the AF L-C.LO. strike mirrors a government plan to seize an industry under strike action. He notes the state already controls ship lines through ownership and subsidies, making it a natural fit for such measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L-C.lo
Mrs Glenna Ham to Be Interred Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. Glenna Maude Ham 42 of Pemberton will be Sunday at 2 p m at the Pemberton Methodist church with Rev Stellie Parsons and Rev C D Walker officiating. Interment follows in Pemberton cemetery. Mrs Ham died Thursday at 3 p m after a yearlong illness. The body will be moved Saturday at 4 p m from Caffee funeral home to the Pemberton residence, where it will remain until the service. Active pallbearers are Ben Wilmoth Rogers Crawford Eldrich Hampton Kermit Alley Kenneth Maxey Tom Craweford. She was active in church and civic affairs and a member of the Christian Baptist church at Pemberton. Survived by husband Marion C Ham an employee of Lillybrook Coal Co two sons Cecil Robert Ham in Germany and Harry Lee Ham in service three daughters Mrs Frank Monarchy Mary Ella Ham and Barbara Louise Ham all of Pemberton three sisters Mrs H B Blick and Mrs Beulah Thomas both of Beckley and Mrs J C Ayers of Calloway Heights one brother Howard Coley of Beckley and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenna Maude Ham
Pemberton
Pemberton Methodist Church
Stellie Parsons
C. D. Walker
Caffee Funeral
Ben Wilmoth
Rogers Crawford
Eldrich Hampton
Kermit Alley
Kenneth Maxey
Tom Crawe
Ford
Germany
Harry Lee Ham
Frank Monarchy
Mary Ella Ham
Barbara Louise Ham
H. B. Blick
Beulah Thomas
Beckley
J. C. Ayers
Calloway Heights
Howard Coley
Fayette Rehabilitation Counsellor Visits Beckley
James B. Bland, Junior Counselor with Fayette County Vocational Rehabilitation, visited Beckley yesterday. He joined W. W. Lovell, head of the Beckley office, for dinner and did not make an official call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Bland
Fayette County
Beckley
Bland
W. W. Lovell
Child Cuts Lower Lip In Fall
Gary Wade Wilson three year old son of Kenneth Wilson of Cool Ridge sustained lip lacerations when his teeth punctured his mouth in a fall. He received treatment at Raleigh General Hospital for the injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Wade Wilson
Kenneth Wilson
Cool Ridge
Raleigh General Hospital
Berman’s Jewelry Case Dismissed For Nonappearance
In Circuit Court Judge Benji Ashworth dismissed the civil suit Berman’s Jewelry Store v Cecil F. Christian after the plaintiff failed to appear to prosecute. The order also allocates court costs to the plaintiff. A separate chancery order by Judge Ashworth grants custody of the couple’s 14-year-old daughter to the mother by mutual agreement, reversing a prior order favoring the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berman
Cecil F. Christian
Benji. Ashworth
Ashworth
Ashworth Jay
Amerifa
Six Area Veterans Given Discharges
Six area men are home after receiving their discharge papers from the U S Army at Fort George G Meade. Those discharged include James F Mays Raleigh Heights Beckley Otis W Kidwell Blue Jay Pie William R Staton Mullens John H Sumper White Sulphur Springs Harold R Smoot Mr Hope Lewis O Goins Fayetteville.
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U. S. Army
Fort George G. Meade
James F. Mays
Raleigh Heights
Beckley
Otis
Kidwell
Blue Jay
William R.staton
Mullens
John H. Sumper
White Sulphur Springs
Harold R. Smoot
Mr. Hope
Lewis O. Goins
Fayetteville
Adkins Furniture Dealer Dies at 52 in Mabscott
Leonard W. Adkins owner of the Adkins Furniture Company died at his home on Temple Street. Funeral arrangements set with Rose Funeral Home, First Baptist Church service Sunday at 2:30 conducted by Dr. Alvin Cook, burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by wife Edna, daughter Louise Arthur, sons C. V. Adkins and Clayton Adkins, Anna Ruth Ruppi, and many relatives including mother Minnie Adkins and several siblings. Active pallbearers named.
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Leonard W. Adkins
Adkins Furniture Company
Lat Mabscott
Temple Street
Rose Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Imorial Park
Fe Adkins
Edna Adkins
Louise Arthur
Ic. V. Adkins
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
iClayton Adkins
Anna Ruth Ruppi
DeKalb, Il
Minnie Adkins
Barbours‘ville
Ward Hale
Salt Rock
Arthur ‘Adkins
Qua
Sylvanus Adkins
Wayne
Leslie and
Blaine Adkins
Huntington
Haran
Dewey
Clifford
Barboursville
Elmer Adkins
Weston
Shirley Welch
Mabscott
John Brown
Roy , Dickerson
G. L. Jones
Hubert McGuire
Lester Alexander
P. C. Conner
Sophia Man Charged With Drunk Driving
George Lambert of Sophia will stand trial tonight at 7 in city police court on a drunken driving charge. City police said the man was taken into custody near the Lewis Terminal last night and lodged in the Raleigh County Jail. He was released this morning under property bond for appearance in court tonight.
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George Lambert
Sophia
City
Lewis Terminal
Raleigh
Family partnerships to dodge taxes face Supreme Court limits
Elmer Roessner reports on court rulings that a wife must invest her own capital or substantially share in control to be a true partner. If not, the husband bears all tax burden despite a formal partnership. The piece notes court focus on facts over paper forms and cites a case where a wife’s break from work to have a baby still counted as partnership. Also surveys druggists’ push to counter competition with management classes and other business notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Roessner
United States Supreme Court
Tax Cout
Circuit Court of Appeals
Training Officer For Blind Vets In Beckley
J. Doyte Yoak, senior training officer for the blind of the Veterans Administration, is in Beckley today per Dean Ritters, heading the offices. He is visiting blind veterans in Beckley, Bolt, and Fayetteville, operating from the Huntington regional office and making an official call at the local office monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Doyte Yoak
Veterans' Administration
Beckley
Dean Ricketts
Bolt
Fayetteville
Hittington
Woman Injured As Radio Overturns At Brown
Kitty Ann Boyd, 56, of Eccles, was treated after a radio overturned on her foot near Brown. The incident occurred as the locale discussed election campaigns amid a wartime committee plan. The Eccles woman, wife of E J Boyd, learned of ongoing investigations into defense contracts and procurement methods as part of the war effort.
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Brown
Kilgore
Pres
Kitty Ann Boyd
Eccles
Tion
Garsson
E. J. Boyd
Beck-Wyman-Rohl
Key Hospital
Hawaii
Greer Faces Old Life After Loss and Love Doubts
Greer wanders her small apartment in a post quarrel mood and contemplates a new life. She accepts lunch with Jessie Barlow, discusses Isobel and Rocky Alverson, and admits she no longer belongs at the Melody Club. Jessie asks her to a party, but Greer declines, seeking practical matters and a job, while recalling Jeff Mansfield kindly.
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Greer
Mr. Grafton
Isobel
Rocky
Melody Club
Jessie
Tessie
Municipal Auditorium
Jeff
Jeff Mansfield
Jess
Pal
Harriet
Avith Silver
Community Choir Directors Appointed for Groups
Youth and Adult choirs continue on page three with Mrs Cecil Brown Mrs Richard Lewis Mrs H E Milton Mrs Fred Canterbury Mrs J G Foster Mrs Lena Thompson J O Freeman Miss Violet Cook and Dr Alvin J Cook named director of both choirs in the announcement.
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Godby
Cecil Brown
Richard Lewis
H. E. Milton
Fred Canterbury
J. G. Foster
Lena Thompson
J. O. Freeman
Violet Cook
Alvin J.cook
Amigo Lad Sustains Fracture At Raleigh General
Shelby Stover eight year old of Amigo sustained a fracture of the right arm and was treated at Raleigh General Hospital yesterday. He is the son of George Stover and was discharged after treatment.
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Amigo Lab
Shelby Stover
Amigo
Raleigh General Hospital
George Stover
Prison term given in Princeton post office break in
Hughes, a Cabin Creek man, faced three years in the Federal penitentiary after admitting he broke into the Princeton Post Office while under morphine. He previously served sentences for breaking and entering a post office in Charleston and auto theft, with a vagary conviction noted. Ruth Vipperman received two years in the Federal Woman's Prison at Alder. She was arrested in Beckley for drunken driving in a stolen car and had a history of multiple marriages and prior charges in Montana Maryland and Charleston. The car involved was traced to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the incident followed a Beckley accident.
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Hughes
Federal Penitentiary
Charleston
Cabin ‘Creek
Judge More
Princeton
Raleigh
Moore
Ruth Vipperman
Beckley
Federal Woman's Prison
Alderon
Vipperman
F.B.S
Glen Daniel
Montana
Maryland
Wipperman
Winston- Salam
N.C
Carpenter Hurt Returning from Cranberry Mine Incident
Christian, a carpenter employed at the New River Company's Cranberry mine, was returning home when the accident occurred according to his account.
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Christian
New River Company
Assembly of God Revival Planned
The Rev. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Anderson of Santa Rosa California will open revival services Sunday at 7 30 p m at the Assembly of God church on Valley drive. Services will be held nightly next week at 7 30 p m Rev and Mrs Anderson will deliver messages and present special music including banjo electric guitar and accordion The Rev Tollie Bonds is pastor of the church.
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Lawrence R. Anderson
Santa Rosa
Cal
Assembly of God
Valley Drive
Anderson
Tollie Bonds
Raleigh circulation chief Bates hospitalized in Beckley
William E Bates circulation supervisor for The Raleigh Register is in Raleigh General Hospital after pains in his chest began last Saturday. He was bed ridden until admission yesterday as X rays are taken to determine his condition. He lives at 111 East Main Street in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Bates
Raleigh Register
Raleigh General Hospital
Bates
Beckley
East Main Street
Wyoming Young GOP Delegates Selected
Six Wyoming County delegates will attend a West Virginia Young Republican convention at the Frederick Hotel in Huntington in September 2021. Representing the Wyoming County Young Republican Club and the Young Republican Women's Club are Edna Holyard H W Dushkoff Ray Toler Eddie Pryor Fred T Kingdon and Mrs. Fred T Kingdon.
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Associated Press
Mullens
Wyoming County
West Virginia
Young Republican Ague
Frederick
Huntington
Young Republican Club
Young Republican Women’s Club
Edna Holyard
H.W. Dushkoff
Ray Toler
Eddie Pryor
Fred T. Kingdon
Steelman plan upholds WSB ruling on private shipping costs
The plan requires private ship operators to absorb the $5 to $10 increase themselves, rather than passing it to the public through higher shipping rates. In other news, Spruce Grove church near Basin hosts an all day fall service with Rev. Graham and Rev. Blakenship delivering sermons and inviting basket lunches. Samuel Diggs, 20, of Calloway Heights, received treatment for a laceration over his eye at Raleigh General Hospital. Jimmie Allen, 13, of Raleigh, treated for an injury to his right arm at Raleigh General Hospital and discharged.
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Federal Treasury
Steelman Plan
WSB
Spruce Grove Church
Register
Basin
Philip Graham
Lonnie Blankenship
Spruce Grove
Raleigh General Hospital
Samuel Diggs
Calloway Heights
Raleigh Motor Sales
Man recovers $5000 after gutter find in Chicago
A Chicago man lost five thousand dollars in a gutter but recovered it from a careful woman after a friend saw her pick something from the street and the man asked if she had found his money. The tale references California and the Pacific coastline briefly amid the odd narrative.
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Chicago
California
Pacific
United States
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