Virginian Railway Settles $50,000 Suit Out Of Court
Fayette County Circuit Court settled out of court a $50,000 damage suit against the Virginian Railway Company. Terms were not revealed. The plaintiff claimed severe injuries after a train struck him last January while he was getting a bucket of coal. Eight named defendants include Mildred Haupt, a nurse at Oak Hill hospital, and John V. Oyier, Sr. and Jr., of Oak Hill, with a separate automobile accident claim on the Oak Hill Glen Jean road.
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Register
Fayetteville
Freel
Virginian’ ‘Railway Company
Int Aten Catilad
Fayelte County
Oweny
Mildred
Haupt
Oak Hill Hospital
Azairat
John V. Oyier
Oak Hill
Glen Jean
South Charleston Girl Weds J Ralph Taylor at Oak Hill Parsonage
Miss Virginia Wemesley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Sryant, married J Ralph Taylor September 17 at 9 30 in Oak Hill Methodist parsonage. The Rev A Angle officiated. The bride wore a gray suit with black accessories and red rosebud corsage. Mrs Taylor works for the federal housing authority in South Charleston and Mr Taylor for New River Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co.
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Virginia Wemesley
Birs
Guy Sryant
South Charleston
J. Ralph Taylor
Lee Taylor
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist Parsonage
Ts A. Angle
Taylor
Federal Housing Authority
New River- Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co
Oak Hill Rotary To Hold Forum on International Affairs
Oak Hill Rotary sponsors a four-author forum on international understanding with speakers including Nelson Bell Don Bolt Landrum Bolling Wayne Hanson John Morrison Grove Patterson. Events will be at Oak Hill High School with proceeds to the school band. tickets on sale for public events.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School
Neklon H. Bell
Don Bolt
Landrum Bolling
Wayne Hanson
John A. Morrison
Grove Patterson
Officers Named By Oak Hill Community Male Chorus
Oak Hill community male chorus elected officers at its first meeting held Tuesday in the Methodist church. Emlyn Thomas was chosen president Floyd Burns vice president and Roy D Jenkins secretary treasurer. Attending members included Rev A A Angle J W Thompson Roy D Jenkins Ozcar Neal Paul Campbell Owen Rickard Emlyn Thomas Jack Mason Wilmer Backus James Backus Seabirt Campbell George Coffey Jr and Floyd Burns. Paul Mackey directed and Mrs Jokn Estes served as pianist.
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Register
Oak Hill
Emlyn Thomas
Floyd Burns
Roy D. Jenkins
A. A. Angle
J. W. Thompson
Ozcar Neal
Paul
Young Girls Chorus Forming Under Local Music Teacher
Miss Mary Izadeth, a music teacher from Virginia, is forming a young girls chorus for ages 10 to 15. The first meeting is tonight at 7 30 and regular sessions will be held every Thursday from 7 30 to 8 20 in the Presbyterian Church.
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Ester Etati
F. Ayefteville
Mary Izadeth Oie
Vir- Eints
Creamink
Presbyterian Church
Fayetteville Girl Scout Leader Honored at Troop Event
Myles led a surprise party Tuesday night with 22 troop members present. Cake and punch were served as gifts were given to Miss Myles by the Fayetteville Girl Scout troop in a planned celebration.
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Fayetteville
Girl Scouts
HONG
Myles
Lockout Man Is Sentenced for Attempt To Kill
Ernest Myers of near Lookout is jailed awaiting transfer to the state penitentiary to serve a one to five year term after pleading guilty to attempting to kill Frank Malcolm on a Lookout area farm last July. Judge A J Thrift imposed the sentence. Malcolm was shot while working in his fields. Dockets for today were to be heard at Friday’s court session.
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al Register
Fayetteville
Ernest Myers
Near Lookout
Fayette County
Moundsville
A. J. Thrift
Myers
Frank Malcolm
Lookout
Malcolm
Cazes
V F W Members Plan Banquet in Oak Hill
Wesler reports VFW members met in Oak Hill city hall to discuss a forthcoming banquet. Quartermaster Jess Garcia proposed the event, with James P. Painter serving as commander presiding over the meeting.
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Register
Wesler
OAK Hill
Oak Hill Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jess Garcia
James P. Painter
Lookout Farm Woman's Club Meets. Cannery Open for Girls
The Lookout Farm Woman's Club holds its November 8 meeting at the home economics cottage with Mrs. L. E. Blume hosting and Mrs. Gladys Boley leading the lesson. Members paid 125 dollars toward the community house project, total now 200 dollars, while the cannery operated yesterday for home economics girls, supporting the lunch program. Mrs. Blume led in Miss Marian Miller’s absence. W. H. Haynes of Fayetteville taught deeds and wills, with visitors from Russellville, Fayetteville, and Edmond attending.
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Keister Statteri
Lookout
Lookout Farm Woman's Club
Home
L. E. Blume
Gladys Boley
Farm Woman's Club
R. C. Blume
Ex Army Chaplain assigned to Powellton
Rev. R. T. Mallory of Fayetteville, a former Army chaplain, will take his first post at the Powellton Methodist Church after receiving assignment changes in the recent Methodist conference. Mallory served about three years in the Army and previously led the Ivette Circuit before entering civilian ministry.
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Ayetteville
R. T. Mallory
Fayetteville
Powellton
Cowen
Urehay
Fayette County
Mallory
Ivette
Strike and political clash shake 1940s industry and politics
A mass labor strike disrupts power and rail industries as 3,500 workers walk out over an injunction while leaders of C10 and AFL unions mobilize in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile a heated national debate over price controls pits McCormack against Reece as OPA and farm concerns collide with political maneuvering.
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Allegheny Common Pleas Court
AFL
Ino
Pittsburgh
Railways Company
Duquesne Light Company
Stones & Laughlin Steel Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
McCormack
Massachusetts
Paul Porter
OPA
Carroll Reece
McCommack
Women of Moose Plan Friday Dance Event
Local Moose women announce a Friday evening dance at Oak Ridge Hall. Members invite neighbors to attend, with proceeds supporting lodge activities and community outreach.
Winona Lions Club Shows Film After Meeting
The Winona Lions Club screened the movie A Date With West Virginia at Nutall High School auditorium after their regular Monday night meeting. Worthington Rogers, club president, led the session in the Lions clubhouse.
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Winona Lions Club
Winona
West Voreinia
Winona ‘Lions Club
Worthington Rogers
Busness
Sin
iNuttall High School
Chiang's Troops Near Kalgan Close On City
Government forces push west from Johor and advance toward Kalgan to cut off Communist retreat routes. Units under Fu Tso Yi approach from East Sui- iyuhin, capturing Isinho and moving east as reports say Kalgan government may have shifted to Tolun. Authorities expect eight convergence routes to seal the city.
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Associated Press
Johor
Kalgan
Hsin Min Pao
Chiang Kai. Shek
Kuyan
Isinho
Kalpan
Tolun
Airmen Search of Wild Tibet Begins
A U S Army search team led by Lt. Col. Herbert Wurtzler pushed deeper into western China toward the Chinkiang valley seeking American airmen believed captured by Lolos. The mission, two days in, faces rugged terrain, Mongolian-like warriors, and sparse paths as it aims to locate white captives tied to the India to China flight over the hump.
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Associated Press
Chengtu
China
Chinkiang
Tibet
Herbert W. Wurtzler
U. S
India
Modified Colonial Style Home Plan With Front Kitchen
A design described as a modified Colonial type places the kitchen and dining room at the front of the house while the living room and library face the rear garden. A separate entrance to the kitchen is included. Cost estimated between 12000 and 15000 dollars, excluding land, dependent on local materials and construction conditions.
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Condi
Union Chief Mueller Freed After Court Apology
Union president George L Mueller, jailed for contempt, apologized to a three member Allegheny County Court bench for calling the court order a scrap of paper and was released for a few hours to attend a union meeting. He pledged to seek acceptance of a new company offer by 3200 members to end the strike, though the union demanded 20 percent raises. The meeting at Carnegie Hall included mueller’s counsel Herman Lipsitz and nine strike committee members who urged workers to return to work. The union voted to consider the offer until the injunction is lifted.
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George L. Mueller
Alleghany County Court
Mueller
Independent Association ofEmployes
Duquesne Lights Company
Carnegie Hall
Herman Lipsitz
Common Pioas
Walter P. Smart
Weather Clears for Dreamboat Long Hop Sail
The forecast shows improving conditions within 24 hours as the Dreamboat prepares for a long hop voyage. Strong winds ease as seas settle, enabling a smoother departure and clearer passage for the voyage ahead.
Present Greek troubles spark delayed withdrawal talk
Olivia Ann Chambers, six, suffered a left arm injury after a fall and was treated at Beckley Hospital. Jimmie J. Bolen of Blue Jay also injured a left arm in a fall and received treatment at Beckley Hospital.
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Greece
Olivia Ann Chambers
Stamaford Negra
Tne Child
C. C. Chambers
Beckley Hospital
Jimmie J. Bolen
Blue Jay
Chicken Dinners Planned by Ladies Band at Sophia Church
The Ladies' Willing Workers Band of the Sophia Church of God will serve chicken dinners from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at the church, announced by the Rev. WJ Blair. Dispatch notes discharge of Edwin A Braswell Jr of Bolt from the U S Army with Raleigh Cauly Selective Service Board 1.
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WJ. Blair
Eewin A. Braswell, Jr
Bolt
United States Army
Raleigh jCauly Selective Service Board
Maritime Commission figures disputed by shipyard execs
Testimony before the committee featured Kaiser and other operators criticizing the commission data. They said 19 companies turned 22.98 million dollars in capital shipyard investment into an estimated 356.01 million dollars in profits, while executives argued the figures overstated profits and misrepresented wartime operations. John A. McCone claimed his 1941-45 net profits were 8.24 million, far below the commission’s 44.42 million estimate.
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Sive
Maritime Commission
Kaiser
Commission
John A. McCone
California Shipbuilding Corporation
Couple Feted on 12th Anniversary
A surprise dinner party was hosted Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. W. Hobart Clay of South Mullens in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence W. Hall for their 12th wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Clay Lillian Frank Curtis Clay the honorees and their children Caral Sue and Larry Joe.
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Resizer
Mullens
W. Hobart Clay
South Mullens
Clarence W. Hall
Clay
Mr. Hall
Robert B. Clay
Lillian Frank
Curtis Clay
Caral Sue
Larry Joe
Mrs. Clay
Raleigh Woman Breaks Ribs After Fall
Blanche Bainheart eighteen year old wife of Williang Barnheart of Raleigh was treated at Beckley Hospital yesterday for injuries to her right ribs from a fall.
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Blanchet Bainheart
Williang Barnheart
Raleigh
Beckley Hospital
Yesternday
Foot Injury Suffers During Youth Football
Ten year old Tommy Winner son of Frank Winner of Lilly brook was treated at Beck ley Hospital yesterday for a foot injury sustained while playing football. The incident occurred during a game prompting medical evaluation and care.
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Tommy Winner
Frank Winner
Lillybrook
Beckley Hospital
Mullens Man Visits Son in Army Hospital
Mullens resident Johnny Snow visits his son Col. Harold Snow, a U S Army hospital patient in New York City with a leg wound from action in the European theater. He left Mullens yesterday with Pete Andrews of South Mullens, who will stay in the city for the rest of the week.
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Mullens
Army Hospital
Johnny Snow
Franty Avenue
Col
Harold Snow
U.S. Army Hospital
New York City
Snow
Pete Andrews
South
Visits Relatives By Register Stall Writer Pineville
Mrs Ryamond J Linkous of Welch formerly Mildrad Cook visits relatives here for a few days. She is daughter of Mrs C H Cook of Pinnacle. The world record for long nonstop railway runs is England with five daily runs of 300 miles, two covering more than 240 miles, and 42 more than 150 miles.
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Pineville
Ryamond J. Linkous
Welch
Mildrad Cook
C. H. Cook
Pinnacle
England
Tew
Injury May Bar Green From Stoco Contest
Mullens star Gilbert Green, Mullens‑Green, center, was injured in a scrimmage and will undergo X rays to assess damage. A possible fracture could keep him out of Friday’s game against Stoco. Rebel end Bill McClure, who sprained his ankle in the season opener, is cleared to practice and may see limited action tomorrow night.
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Register
Mullens
Gilbert Green
Green
Stoco High School
Bill McClure
Sophia
Bees Starving In Wyoming County
Hayes Cook, chair of the county AAA program, reports a honey shortage across Wyoming county. Heavy rains washing pollen from blossoms reduced honey production. bee owners like Ted Harvey and Anthony Byrd seek sugar rations to feed hives and prevent losses as bees die.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming
Hayes Cook
Oceana
AAA
Cook
Ted Harvey
Clear Fork
Anthony Byrd
Otsego
Ben ‘Byrd
Pierpoint
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Assault in Mullens
A man identified as Stratton Combs was sentenced by Justice W. R. Haga to 130 days in the county jail and fined $50 plus costs after a hearing on an assault and battery charge. He was arrested by state police on Pinnacle Creek near Keystone where he worked at a Koppers Coal Company construction site. He allegedly severely beat a fellow employee, causing dental injury. Combs admitted prior felonies, including a 10 year penitentiary term for second degree murder and a three year sentence for felonious assault.
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Pennsylvania
Register
Mullens
Stratton Combs
Justice of the Peace
W. R. Haga
Combs
Mullens State Police
Pinnacle Creek
Keystone
Koppers Coal Company
Tolers Observe 2nd Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs James Robert Toler of Pineville celebrated their second wedding anniversary at the home of Mrs Harrid M Roberts grandmother Sunday. Attending were Mrs Toler s parents Mr and Mrs Azel Brown of Pineville Mr Toler s brother Mrs Bessie Toler of Cleary Fork Miss Rose Pear Brown Mary Toler Glen Hickman Wesley J Brown Mrs Morgan Duty and son D M Duty Mrs Roberts and the honorees.
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Pineville
James Robert Toler
Toler
Harrid M. Roberts
Azel ‘Brown
Mr. Toler
Bessie Toler
Cleay Fork
Misses Rose Pear Brown
Mary ‘Toler
Glen Hickman
Wesley J. Brown
Morgan Duty
D. M. Duty
Roberts
Pvt Guy Goode Returns From China for Discharge
Pvt. Guy Gerald Goode concludes four years in the Marine Corps with a terminal leave spent at home with parents Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Goode of Itmann. He has been stationed in China since May and expects to be discharged in November.
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Mullens
Guy Gerald
Goode
H. H. Goode
Itmann
Marine Corps
Pvt
China
New PTA Group To Buy Equipment For Herndon High
Herndon writers report a newly organized Barker's Ridge District PTA plans to acquire a public address system and a 16 millimeter film projector for the high school auditorium. S. J. Matney will explore funding, with excess carnival funds considered. Officers for 1946-47 include Dove, Glover, Mrs. Martin, and Gillespie. Sixty members attended the initial session.
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A. Herndon
Herndon
Barker's Ridge
Parent
S. J. Matney
Alpaca
G. W.dove
F. W. Glover
J. L.martin
Covel
C. R. Gillespie
Garwood
Archie Lusk
Herndon and Vicinity
Charles Cook
Rex Gent
Covel and Vicinity
R. C. Lambert
G. W. Dove
Bud and Vicinity
W. E. Street
Alda Adams
Alpeca and Vicinity
C. BR
Gillespie, Garwood and Vicinity
Marylee Vaught
Tralee and Vicinity
Merle Robinette
Leslie Cole
Elmer. Skelton
District Moose Lodges To Meet Sunday at Mullens
Governors, secretaries and delegates of the Sixth district Loyal Order of Moose will convene Sunday afternoon in the Moose hall at Mullens. Lodges from Maloaka, Bluefield, Princeton, Welch, Northfork, Williamson and Mullens will attend. Mullens chapter 190 Women of the Moose will serve dinner. Betty Caudle sang The Lords Prayer with Mrs. H G Thomas at the piano. Linnette Telliver led the program.
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Mullens
Resistor
Secretares
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
Maloaka
Bluefield
Princeton
Welch
Northfork
Williamson
Women of the Moose
Women of the Moose Lodge
Betty Caudle
H. G. Thomas
Linnette Télliver
Two Permits Issued To Build in Mullens
Two new building permits were granted in Mullens in the past week according to City Clerk Gordon B. McGraw. Chanddo O'Dell of Moran Avenue received a permit to erect a four room dwelling on Lusk Avenue at an estimated cost of 2500 dollars with a 2.50 dollar fee. Otis Whitt got permission to construct a cinderblock garage near his West Mullins home and plans to operate it as a repair shop. cost not stated and fee not paid. John Moran of New Richmond paid 2.50 for a permit to build a cinder block structure on Deegans Avenue, recently completed and now occupied by Pauley Healing and Plumbing Company. There are about 95,000 Maori living in New Zealand.
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Register
Gordon B. McGraw
Lusk Avenue
Chanddo O'Dell
Moran Avenue
Otis Whitt
Sion
West Mullins
Whitt
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