Melvyn Douglas Named Broadway Great Successor
Melvyn Douglas signs to take over next fall the lead in Waltz of the Toreadors after Sir Ralph Richardson's withdrawal for throat operation. Douglas previously replaced Paul Muni in Inherit the Wind during Muni's eye surgery, marking his rise as Broadway's Great Successor.
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New York
Melvyn Douglas
Broadway
Douglas
Ralph Richardson
Richardson
England
Paul Muni
Muni
Women Boss 90 Per Cent Of Buying And Building
Advertising manager notes that women influence 85 to 90 percent of consumer purchases and that retailers must court women as experts. The piece cites Macy's and national surveys showing women drive household goods, home remodeling, and even hardware purchases, with advertising guiding their shopping. It highlights that women read retail ads more than society pages.
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Macy's of
New York
Chicago
Rease
Sixteen Mine Fatalities Reported In August
Sixteen coal mine deaths were logged by the state Department of Mines in August, with six in the Fayette Raleigh Wyoming area. Raleigh saw Charlie Walker die from a root fall. Fayette saw William R. Keeney and Luther Chambers die from root fall and electrocution. Wyoming housed William O’Neal John Quincey Adams Billy Toler and Crawford Wilson notes on electrical safety and mine practice included. At Gauley Bridge a Friday wedding united Miss Anita Louise Burdette and A3C Cecil Arthur Nutter. he is stationed at Loomer and she from Falls View. The ceremony followed by reception at the church marked by gardenias and two-tone green gowns. Funeral services for Ray Cook, 56, Oceana, were set for morning at Evans Funeral Home Chapel with burial in the family cemetery.
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Department of
Mary Frances Coal Co
Wyoming
William O'Neal
Pocahontas Fuel Co., Inc
Iman
John Quincey Adams
Island Creek Coal Co
Billy Toler
Itmann
Crawford L. Wilson
West Virginia Department of Mines
Wilson
Gauley Bridge
Boonker Baptist Church
Anita Louise Burdette
Cecil Arthur Nutter
William’ Meredith Burdette
Falls View
Cecil Arlington Nutter
Loomer
Harry L. Stevens
Marmet
Baptist Church
Elsie Barnett
Joe Berrier
Rena Lilly
Malivon
Martha Akers
Charleston
Loretta Max
USS
Janice Lowe
West “Virginia
William E. Nutter
Morgan
Beltown
Seconda Dal
All
Crawford
Mars
J. A. Redmond
Frank John
Oceana
RNL
Ray Cook
Evans Funeral Home
Okey Cooper
Cook
Beckiey
Monie Cook
Dream job for lone outdoorsman in New Mexico forests
The State Employment Service announces a vacancy for a man to live alone in the high mountain country of northern New Mexico. He will track down and destroy porcupines in pine forests. The position pays $3,415 annually.
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Santa FE
N. M
State Employment Service
New Mexico
Weekend jail surge in Fayete County revealed
Fayete County jail lodged 18 men Saturday night with most charged as intoxicated. Tommy Lee Craddock, 25, Mount Hope Route 1, faced a driving while intoxicated charge and was fined 50 dollars, costs, plus one day in jail and six months revocation of his operator’s license. Harry Ellis, 47, Fayetteville, arrested on an assault warrant. hearing today before Magistrate R. C. Godsey. Glen Hill, Elis released after posting bond. hospital stay linked to bear attack near Whitesville.
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RNS
Fayete County
Tommy Lee Craddock
Mount Hope
Route 1
Virgil Lyons
RK. L. Oats
Harry Ellis
Andy Hinkle
Earl Dempsey
Fred O'Boyle
R. C. Godsey
Oak Whitesville
Glen Hill
Elis
Marshall
Blue Pennant
Charleston
Tal
Whitesville
Garrison Church
Charles Marshall
State Tops Own Coal Output Record Amid Regional Leads
State production for mid August hit 3,160,000 tons, beating last year's 3,130,000. West Virginia led with 3,160,000 tons for the week, with Pennsylvania at 1,739,000 and Southern West Virginia generating 2,227,000. National output rose to 9,950,000 tons, up from 9,829,000 the prior year.
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Virginia
Ohio
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Linois
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Missouri
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Oklahoma
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Utah
Colorado
Kentucky
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National Coalsey
Moonshine Case Faces U S Jury
Sprague man James M. Largent is scheduled to face the federal grand jury in Bluefield on January 22 after waiving preliminary hearing. He was arrested by Alcohol and Tobacco agents who found 12 and one half pints of moonshine in his home and he remains free on bond.
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Sprague
Federal Grand Jury
Bluefield
James M. Largent
Grand Juy
U.S
W. AL Riffe
Beckley
Largent
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Treasury Department
Brownie Troop 33 Seeks Recruits In Beckley
Seven openings exist in Brownie Troop No. 33 sponsored by Beckley Presbyterian Church. Eligible girls in second through fourth grades may contact W. N. Sprague at CL 3-786 or Mrs. C. A. Ivery at CL 3-7963 to join.
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Beckley Presbyterian
Hinkle Shoots Himself With Empty Gun
Clarence Ray Hinkle, 20, of Oak Hill is in fair condition at Oak Hill Hospital after an apparently accidental self-inflicted gunshot Friday night. His mother, Carrie Hinkle, said he had been drinking and playing with what he thought was an empty pistol when a trigger was pulled, the bullet entering his right temple. He was hospitalized about 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Oak Hill Hospital
Clarence Ray Hinkle
Mother of the Sun
Carrie Hinkle
Hinkle
Bear hunting season in Colorado flops due to dryness
Colorado Springs report cites abnormal dryness in the mountains as the cause of an unsuccessful bear hunting season last fall. State Game and Fish Department coordinator Robert Elliott notes bears entered hibernation earlier because of the dry conditions.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado
Robert Elliott
Caravan On The Road In Beckley Goodwill Tour
Beckley hosts the first of four Goodwill Caravan tours led by M F Barksdale with Chamber of Commerce city officials civic clubs and residents traveling to Raleigh County Gulf Section. The Wednesday caravan departs Valley Drive at 8 30 a m heading to the Coal River area and participants are reminded to bring a box lunch.
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Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
Gulf
Valley Drive
Coal River
M. F. Barksdale
Oceana Woman's Club Meets With Mayor Manning Speaking
Mayor W French Manning will address the Oceana Woman's Club at the first fall meeting to discuss community improvement. The 4 p m gathering takes place at First Baptist Church. African dialects are noted as used by more than 93 million people.
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Woman's Club
Oceana
RNS
W. French Manning
Oceana Woman's Club
First Baptist Church
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Janie Sandige
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