Program for War Dead From Overseas Outlined in Beckley
Beckley area service groups meet at 7 30 p m in the Memorial Building to discuss the return of World War II dead from overseas cemeteries in the Hawaiian Islands and Europe. The first 585 from Pearl Harbor and about 2 500 others depart Hawaii for San Francisco tomorrow with arrival in New York planned for the last week of October. Next of kin will be notified only after bodies reach distribution centers and are sent to final resting places under military escort. Representatives from American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Red Cross and local funeral homes will attend to hear the burial procedure.
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Beckley
United States
Hawaiian Islands
West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
San Francisco
Europe
Rive
New York
American Graves Registration Service
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Red Cross
Oak Hut
Fayetteville
Mount Hope
Hint
Farm Bureau council to gather nine states at Jackson's Mill
Leaders from Vermont Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire New York New Jersey Delaware Maryland and West Virginia will attend the Northwest Farm Bureau Conference in Jackson's Mill September 29 to October 1. About 300 people expected with speakers from the American Farm Bureau Federation and Maryland University. Also notes WV potato goal for 1948 at 27100 acres and national and regional acreage comparisons.
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Farm Bureau
Northwest Farm Bureau
Jackson's Mill
Leland Booth
Morgantown
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Vermont
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia
O. D. Brissiden
Ilinois Agricultural Association
Allan B. Kline
J. O. Knapp
Usda Council
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Potomac River
USDA
Department
Power Company Buys Elks Lot On S Kanawha
Appalachian Electric Power Company buys a lot between its building and Beckley Junior High on South Kanawha Street from the Elks Lodge for about 12500 dollars. Elks trustees J E Lilly W M Harmon Lawrence Pruett J S Larrick and R J Ashworth signed the deed. Plans for the site were not disclosed due to absence of district manager C W Lovell who is in Ansted on business.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Beckley Junior High School
South Kanawha Street
Elks Lodge
Elks
Power Company
J. E. Lilly
W. M. Harmon
Lawrence Pruett
J. S. Larrick
R. J. Ashworth
Appalachian
C. W. Lovell
Ansted
Injured Woman Resting After Bus Crash in Ohio
Mrs Louise Carpenter of Fairfield Ohio suffered a fractured vertebra when a Consolidated Bus Lines vehicle struck her 1939 sedan sending it over a 30 foot embankment on Route 3 fifteen miles from Beckley. She was resting well at Raleigh General Hospital with daughter and son in law Leoda Cross.
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Louise Carpenter
Fairfield
Ohio
Raleigh General Hospital
Carpenter
Leoda Cross
Consolidated Bus Lines
Beckley
Property Transfers Include Cozort and Davis Deeds
Charley and Ettle Cozort transfer lot 225 in Mid-Cty Beckley to Mary Cozort. Robert V and Hazel Jones sell lot 5 in Laura Bailey subdivision near Sophia to Jesse and Freda Davis. Homeseekers Land and Building Co sells lots 10 and 57, block 9 Greenlawn Sunset Memorial Park to Cecil and Buenia Dillon for about $500.
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Charley and
Ettle Cozort
Mary Cozort
Mid-Cty
Beckley
Mabscott
Robert V
Hazel Jones
Jesse and
Freda Davis
Laura Bailey
Sophia
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Cecil and Buenia Dillon
Greenlawn
Sunset’ Memorial Park
Ohio Car and Bus Collision Near Shaded Parking Spot
A car pulled left to park in a shaded area and was struck by a passing bus. Damage was estimated at 300 dollars to the car and 100 dollars to the bus.
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Ohio
West Virginia Brewers Help Drive State Economy
The beer industry employs about 22,000 people in West Virginia and generates nearly 30 million dollars in annual payroll and economic activity. It supports 20 million in payroll plus 6 million in expenditures, with 3.5 million in state taxes paid by brewers wholesalers and retailers.
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West Virginia
Polish Pianist Maryla Jonas Sees American Women
Noted Polish pianist Maryla Jonas speaks in a New York hotel interview about American women's drinking habits and decline of home life. Her life spans Warsaw, Paderewski study, wartime exile, and a 1946 Carnegie Hall debut that launched her United States fame.
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Maryla Jonas
New York
United States
Central Park
Mme
Jonas
Mme. Jonas
Warsaw Philharmonic
Paderewski
Jarze ‘Krol
Warsaw
Poland
Miss Jonas
Berlin
Rio de Janeiro
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W. L. Sydenstricker
West Virginia University
Beckley Area
Stotesbury
J. F. Elkins
Skelton
Okey Brooks
Cranberry
George Tindilia
Stanaford
W. M. Daniels
Glen Rogers
West
College of Agriculture
Springfield
Mass
Richard Skaggs
Greenbrier
Lloyd
Price
Pocahontas
Howard Parsons
Marshall County
George Hyatt
Jersey
Farsons
Cornell
G. C
Ethel M. Hedrick
Lee
Catherine Calvert
Hedrick
J.T
Maggie H. Trail
Madge Hill James
North Beckley
Frank
Jeston Hillingshead
B. W
Viola M. Lilly
Rhodell
Slab Fork
D.C
Shady Spring
Joe
Josephine Norden
Walter T
Mildred E. Turner
Trap Hill
Bud Jones
State Road Commission
W. Va
Marsh Fork
Coal River
United States Department of Agriculture
Firth
Berman's
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Hotel Hill
Oak Hill
Joé Marsh
United States Brewers Foundation
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
U.S
AP News
WAA
War Assets Administration
Federal Works Agency
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Parker
Merco
Nordstrom
Richmond
Fourth St
Richmond Region
Baltiacre, MD
S. Calvert ST
Washington, D. C
4Th & Jefferson DR
W. Tel
Republic
Richmond, VA
E. End
Lee ST
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