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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1943

Page

3

Hinton Woman's Club to Sponsor Cookery Demonstration

The Hinton Woman's Club will host a 2:00 p m October 1 cookery demonstration at Hinton High School auditorium for homemakers nutrition leaders and students. Miss Ruth Chambers of the National Livestock and Meat Board Chicago will show meat extender recipes and methods for cooking low point meat cuts. Printable recipes will be handed to attendees and dishes prepared will illustrate proper cookery methods for any cut of meat.

Or Register Hinon Hinton Woman's, Club Hinton High School Ruth Chambers National Livestock and Meat Board Chicago Miss Chambers

Hinton School Aims to Buy a Jeep With War Bond Drive

Central school pupils in Hinton plan to raise funds by December 7 through war bonds and stamps to purchase a U S Army jeep. Principal Miss Minnoe Cox notes last year’s drive nearly met the goal but funds weren’t earmarked for army equipment. The current jeep price is 1105.00. Church membership in the U S has increased by 3 million since 1941.

Register Hinton Central School Minnoe Cox

Effie Bennett Becomes The Bride Of William Burrus

Miss Effie Bennett daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennett of Hinton wed William Burrus tor pedoman third class U S navy in a five o clock ceremony Sept 24 at the Bennett home on Legand Ave Jnne The Rev H P Hackney officiated The bride wore a beige suit with brown accessories Attendants were Miss June Richmond and Miss Jean Bennett Burrus will report to New London Conn for submarine duty Mrs Burrus plans to remain in Hinton for now Attending were Mr and Mrs Bennett and Jennings Bennett.

Hinton Effie Bennett 8. Bennett William Burrus U. S. Navy Ber Burrus L. C. Burrus Richmond New London

Livestock Meet Set At Lewisburg

A meeting for fall livestock producers truckers dealers and processors in the Lewisburg area is scheduled for October 13 at 7 p.m. in the courthouse to elect a transportation chairman for the Area Livestock Industry Transportation Advisory committee. The committee will advise the ODT on directing motor truck movement for livestock in Pearl Harbor Greenbrier Fayette Raleigh Summers and Monroe counties.

Register Lewisburg Court House Livestock Industry Transportation Advisory Committee O.D.T A. E. Teagan Peahontas Greenbrier Fayette Raleigh Summers Monroe Counties

Draft notices sent to three men in Hinton

The local draft board mailed induction notices to three men. Charles Gravely arrived from Union county and Dorsel Hensley from St Albans. Walter McDowell Sembly of Hinton is the Summers County resident named.

Register Hinton Charles 5. Gravely Union Monroe County Dorsel Lee Hensley St. Albans Summers County Walter McDowell Sembly

Man Fined for Defective Brakes After Local Arrest

Peace Springs resident Jim J. Humphreys faced a hearing before Justice Kirk Heat h Wole on charges of driving with defective brakes. He was fined $5 plus costs after being arrested earlier today by Trooper B. W. Harrison of the state police.

In Register Winton Jim J. Humphreys Peace Springs Kirk Heath Wole B. W. Harrison

Coal producers urged to improve rock dusting, ventilation

West Virginia mines department urged coal producers and mine inspectors to intensify rock dusting as weather shifts dry out mines. Mines chief Jesse Redyard stressed reduced humidity increases explosion risk and urged maintaining ventilation to offset hazards. Department thanked producers and workers for cooperation during wartime pressures.

Associated Press Charleston West Virginia State Mines Department Jesse Redyard Redyard

Market Breaks Losing Streak In Tepid Trading

New York stocks ended the week with a slight relief from losses as gains in select issues offset broad profit taking. Transfers totaled 330,760 shares, with notable responsive moves in Colorado & Southern United Corp Alleghany and Cudahy Packing while U.S. Steel Bethlehem Santa Fe and Eastman Kodak underperformed. Bond markets saw selective reorganization as turnover reached 118,875 shares.

Associated Press New York Colorado & Southern United Corp Alleghany Corp Cudahy Packing Company Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Internationale Paper Pacific Coast Company Preferred Southern Railway Sperry General Motors Anaconda American Telephone U. S. Steel Bethlehem Santa Fe Southern Pacific U. S, Rubber Douglas Aircraft Standard Oi Eastman Kodak Consolidated Edison Puget Sound Power & Light Venezuelan Oleum American Gas Colonial Airlines Humble Oi U.S

Turtle in Lewis County Declared 50 Years Old

West ons Fifty years old land turtle found on Howard Hammer farm in Pendale by Harvey Burkhammer and grandson Gareth Lee Garton. District Game Protector May Casto reports engraving on shell reads R TW IBT, estimating the tortoise’s age at fifty years.

Weston Lewis County Casio Harvey Burkhammer Gareth Lee Garton Pendale Howard Hammer Casto

Davis Griffith Qualifies With Two-Pound Five-Ounce Catch

The 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs TAL Griffith of Clarksburg earned eligibility by pulling a two pound five ounce rainbow trout from Hartland dam. He attends Central Junior High School.

Associated Press Clarksburg Davis Lee Griffith Mes Tal Griffith Clarksbrg Hartland Dam

J P Harvey Dies In Summers

J P Harvey a Cave Ridge farmer died at his home in Summers County at 2:15 PM Saturday after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been in ill health for a year. Survived by wife Ida and five sons Owen Orig Wade Green Audrey. four daughters Rosroe Bennett Louise Lilly Stella Pack Erma. four brothers W L Harvey M I Harvey Henry Harvey Nelson Harvey. two sisters Ida Lilly Emma Adkins. twenty grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral arrangements were incomplete Saturday.

Hinton J. BP. Harvey Cave Ridge Mes Ida Harvey Owen Orig Harvey Wade Harvey Streeter Green Harvey U. S. Army Camp Stoneman Calif Audrey Harvey Emma Adkins

Ten Man Fined For Contempt In Texas Union Case

AUSTIN Tex District Judge J Harris Gardner found R J Thomas president of the United Automobile Workers in contempt and ordered three days in jail plus a 105 dollar fine. He confirmed the temporary restraining order barring union officials from soliciting membership without a license under Texas law and made it permanent. Thomas had addressed a rally in Pelly Thursday night defying the order claiming to test the law's constitutionality. His lawyer Ernest Goodman said a habeas corpus petition would be sought in the Texas Supreme Court.

Associated Press Austin Tex J. Harris Gardner R J. Thomas United Automobile Workers C.I.0 Gardner Thomas Texas Pelly Ernest Goodman Detroit Supreme Court

Spending Policy Ignored By Units and The Associated Press

Budget Director Cleveland M. Bailey reports state units failed to spend about 2 million dollars from the last biennium and redirected funds to the cash surplus. He notes 1.7 million went back to general revenue, 233 thousand to the red fund, and 46 thousand to the school fund, aiming to ease postwar budgeting.

Associated Press Charleston Cleveland M. Bailey Bailey General Revenue Nest

Wounded Youth Browne Returns to U S from North Africa

Private C. W. Browne Jr son of Mr and Mrs C W Browne of Beckley arrived in the United States and is a patient at Lovell General Hospital Massachusetts He spent four months in a North Attica hospital after being wounded suffering head injuries He has been in service since September 11 1941 and went overseas March 4 this year after basic training at Camp Wheeler Georgia He attended Louisville Kentucky schools and Woodrow

C. W. Brownle Jr C. W. Brownle Piney Avenue Beckley United States Lovell General Hospital Massachusetts Browne North Attica Brownlee Camp Wheeler Georgia Las Bees Marely Louisville Kentucky Woodrow

Funds to Back Subsidy Plans Being Sought

The administration seeks a billion-dollar fund to finance a 1944 all out food program through price supporting crop loans and subsidies to hold consumer prices near the 1942 level. Marvin Jones will ask Congress to extend the CCC bank life, boost borrowing authority by 500 million, and allow selling government commodities at a loss.

Associated Press Washington Marvin Jones Senate House Banking Committees War Food Administration Senate Banking and Agriculture Committees Jones Goneress Roosevelt W.F.A Congress Commodity Credit Corporation

Seek Mining Specialist Here

An opening for an associate industrial specialist (mining) at 3200 per year plus overtime. War Production Board duties in Charleston district covering several counties. Appointments require filing by October 1 with the Civil Service Secretary, Post Office Building.

United States Civil Service Region Winston-Salem North Carolina War Production Board Charleston Civil Service Secretary

Thompson Rites Set For Today in Whitesville

Funeral services for Mrs. Matilda F. Thompson age fifty five will be held this afternoon at three o clock in the local Baptist church. She died Saturday after a lengthy illness and will be laid to rest in Evington Virginia after services. Surviving are her husband Van Thompson three brothers Emil Frank and Benjamin all Hoeffle and a sister Miss Josephine Hoeffle all of Brooklyn and Evington Virginia.

Register Lutt Whitesvili Matilda FE. Thompson Whitesville Valley Funeral Home Evington Virginia Thompson van Thompson Emil Hoeffle Brooklyn New York Frank R. Hoeffle Benjamin J. Hoeffle Josephine L. Hoeffle

Hitler's Russian Gains Shrink After Year of War

War analyst Kirk L. Simpson reports that Nazi advances in Russia have collapsed over the past year. He notes the loss of Smolensk and territory to 230000 square miles, marking Germany's waning war effort as Allied and Russian forces press their advantage.

Hitler Russia Kirk L Simpson Berlin Stalingrad Volga Alexander Nommel Alamein Guadalcanal Rusia Artic Gibraltar Dieppe Atlantic Hiller Smolensk Latvia Lithuania Estonia Germany Tunisia Haly

Firm Plans Gas Pipeline From Texas To Charleston

The Federal Power Commission issued a conditional certificate to Tennessee Gas and Transmission to build a 1,228 mile natural gas line from Corpus Christi Texas to Charleston West Virginia. Construction must start by February 1 and finish by the winter of 1944 49. The estimated cost is 50 million dollars. Financing details remain unsettled, with Chicago Corporation to purchase 90 percent of Tennessee's securities. The commission found Tennessee has sufficient gas reserves at the southern terminal to justify the project.

Associated Press Washington Federal, Power Commission Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company Corpus Christi Texas Charleston W. Va Chicago Corporation Tennessee

Four Year Old Boy Struck By Car in Charleston

Rodney Simms four years old son of R L Simms of North Kanawha street was injured Friday when hit by an automobile driven by F H Thompson of Norfolk Virginia near 3 p m Police report the child has a compound fracture of the right leg and is in Beckley hospital in fair condition The parents do not blame the driver for the accident according to police

Rodney Simms R. L. Simms North Kanawha Street Beckley Hospital F. HW. Thompson Norfolk Virginia

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