Yet English Wife Move Into New Beckley Home
A Beckley veteran and his English-born family settle into a five room home at the corner of C Street and Wildwood Avenue. Leon Overchuck, his wife, and 14 month old Danny, noted as the heatihiest baby aboard the Saturnia, arrived in the United States in April. Leon works at King Photo Supply on Neville Street as the county records show numerous land transfers and home purchases across Beckley including parcels in Sunatta memorial Park, Glen Morgan Addition, Slab Fork, and North Beckley.
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Leon Overchuck
Danny
United States
Saturnia
C Street
Wildwood Avenue
Leon
Dan Operehuck
England
America
The
King Photo Supply
Neville Street
Deeds County Clerk's
John Kopee
Sel Memorial Park
Kyle
Mary Scott Jones
E. T
Opal Shotwell
Glen Morgan
Coy
Olah’ Gwens
Talmor
Julia Egnor
Slab Fork
Joe
Annie Huzoski
Peter J. Mitchell
Jols
Adaline Williams
Lonnie
Hillie Williams
Clear Fork
Aubrey Hatcher
Bernard Childers
B. M. Briggs
North Beckley
Glenn Shumate
Richard D. Ferguson
Charles Stansbury
Sallie F. Lilly
A.D. Saunders
Lilly Land Company
Beckley
Third Avenue
Country Cousins Take Pix Of Walking President
Two Alabama cousins visiting Washington woke at 3 a.m. to photograph President Truman during a morning stroll. Miss Jimmie Counts and Mrs. Pat Agee, with cousin A. Dee Counts, rode to the White House and, after a nod from the President, got a quick glimpse and a photo as he waved. Goose pimples and excitement followed as security men approved the snap.
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Associated Piers
Washington
Alabama
Truman
Jimmie Counts
Pat Agee
Decatur
Ala
A. Dee Counts
White House
Counts
Secret Service
Mr. Truman
Miss Counts
Coal Production Above Last Year
The National Coal Association estimates US bituminous coal production for the week ended Sept. 21 at about 12.33 million net tons. This compares with 11.78 million a year earlier, and places January through Sept. 21 output at roughly 376.96 million tons versus 428.19 million tons a year ago.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Coal Association Today
United States
Call Issued for Apple Pickers in West Virginia
Clarence Wooten Raleigh County Four H Club agent says men are needed to harvest the apple crop in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Applicants from the area apply at the County Agent’s office and will be paid 10 cents per bushel plus room and board. Transportation to the orchards and return is provided if workers stay.
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Panhandle
West Virginia
Clarence Wooten
Raleigh County
Four-H Club
Wooten
Indians Fed Up With Uncle Sam
A Northwestern Montana Native community marks American Indian Day with discontent over government broken promises and a protest against the Garrison Dam project that would flood tribal lands. Salish leader Stephen De Mers says Indians feel betrayed after years of unkept promises, despite compensation assurances.
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Associated Press
Polson
Mont
Uncle Sam
Montana Flathead Indian Reservation
Evast Flathead Lake
Stephen de Mers
The
American Indians of
Garrison Dam
North Dakota
Soaring Gliders Provide Relief for War-Weary Pilots
Los Angeles report highlights national soaring champion John Robinson praising sailplanes as quiet, vibration free craft easing nerves and improving piloting. He notes the Wright brothers as early glider pilots, cites his three consecutive national titles 1940 41 46, a 100 mile non stop hop, a 290 mile distance record, and foresees growing glider interest postwar. Also mentions Sam Colt demonstrations to fund revolver promotion.
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AP News
Los Angeles
John Robinson
Robinson
Elmira
N.Y
Wright Brothers
Jess Hazard
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New Beckley
Ginny Simms
Borden
Frank de Vol
Don Wilson
Donald O’connor
WJILS
Yank
Sylvia
Thomas R. Gagnet
Jeichi Kay
Shanghai
Ashima
Gagnet
Kuwashima
International
Fort Bethord
Dakota
G. I
Julia Smith
Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association
Fairmont
West Virginia Classroom Teachers Association
Chicago
Midwest
Mount Vernon
George Washington
O. D. Dorsey
American Fruitation
Lara Clay
Ethel Keyser
Eva Keyser
Woodrow Wilson High School
Corma Mowrey
Clarksburg
Kent
Onlu
D. G. MceGarey
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Mary E. Titus
National Education Association
St. Joseph
New Sal
Choes
Alice
Heber Street
Washington Tobacco
Chamberlain
Pound Borden Chocolate
MVE Orock Poor
Lydia Pinkhams
Deans Pills
Alc
Roux
Clairol
Kolor Bak
Carters Pills
Alka Seltzer
Scotts
Tac Vicks Salve
S.M.A
Carton
S.mla
Gillette Blue Blades
Wrisley Soap
Fiat Fish
Vilakaps
New
Perua
Sam Colt
Colt
Lloy
Mezi Hotel
Ranine
Vanity Mirror
N Modern
Beckley Theatre
Ives
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