Beckley Post-Herald from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 5

I By BOB CONNELLY, Aviation Editcr BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY. W. YA. MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 32, If you happen to glance skyward one of these days and see an airborne motor-boat soaring through the wild blue yonder don't even give it a second thought. It's probably just a new fangled contraption built bv BeckJey's Tonv gone haywire.

of the year, the report Sophia Soldier Is Killed In Mountainside Wreck FIV1 Private On Furlough; Dies As Car Leaves Highway An 18-year-old Sophia soldier County Bar To Select Special Circuit Judge August term of Rakeijh county circuit court will convene today to hear non-contested divorce cases. Post Office Informed On Tanny', 0 Mail, Baggage Chief Asserts momhs shows. jPvt. Louis D. (Doc) James, was The figure was compiled by the crushed to death at 11 p.

Charleston Chamber of Com- Saturday, when the automobile- he merce on the basis of data sub-i a driving plunged down a mitted by Amberican, Capital, mountain side near McAlpin on I Eastern and Piedmont airlines. ll Sophia-McAlpin road and I The four companies operate a pinned him underneath. Zingo, wno lives at 509 Orchard avenue and operates a grocery store Piney View it- having barrels oi fun this summer running his lo- foot boat powered by an airplane engine around lakes in the area. The craft is just Zingo about the most unusual thing incoming craft here. tver laid eyes on.

It explained thai complete apparently lost control of Zingo says the boat is perform- accurate records of a 6 ar a i8T ing remarkably well. What are not availble at the upe and swerv the road, ries him most, though, is keep-i airlines'offices. His chest was crusned. ing the boat on the water. "It's! On the basis of statistics for! Other assen 2 ers in the vehicle so darn powerful," he said, "it tost six months of the year, might take off anytime." 'the out- total of 43 passenger flights there' Jane Jones, 18, of McAlpin, daily.

i i was one of the five other The Chamber said the total passengers in the car, suffered was based on 31,461 passengers' lacerati a nd bruises on her left who boarded planes and an esri-' and was released after treat- mated 29,824 persons who left ment in a local ital 1 According to State Police, un ured TDhe wer a a warren Bell, and Jack I me four companies are expected The boat's engine is taken from to handle in excess of 130 0001 TtOVer of Soph ta and se a Lycoming airplane and is' locat- Passengers in and out of Charles- i Alo3nl nier of MeAlpin. ed on a specially-built platform ton during 1949 with a possiblity' James, wno nad just com-' the rear of the craft. Zingo a total might reach 150,000. set the boat on a trailer so all he Air Scoops: has to do is to drive around he comes to a lake and run trailer into the water. Denies Stand On i Information By Rep, Hedrick I The veil of confusion over the Chesapeake and Ohio's proposal to lift "Fanny" from the Pvt.

Jamei pleted his basic training with the asisted by the Rev. Third Armored Division, Ft. Knox.i Wilson. pleas. Jurors will report next Monday.

Members of the Raleigh county bar association today will one of their number to serve is judge during the term. At the last of court George L. Bailard was appointed yesterday when a top in the absence of Judge Bet H. railway company spokesman Ashworth, who Is still convaies- 'said a postal officials had cinr from i surgical openrtion. )Cen 10 ougllly briefed Qn the move.

J. W. Paul, manager of the C. mail, baggage and express a i department at Richmond, told the Post-Herald that he had informed postal officials at both Grafton and Washington, of the CO's petition to the Public Service commission. In both Jesse James Redden of Grand- posf'omcf where! view, was reported in "fair" con- left off dition at Raleigh General Hospital Dewe last night where he is being statement was an blunt de- treated For shotsun wounds mai OI a report wek Con Sunset teo fnotgun wounds.

gressman E. H. Hedrick to the Pick o' Wisconsin Blast Of Shotgun Through Window Hits J. J. Adkins Jack Pratt was home on furlough a i Interment will follow in Sunset wounas.

pressman E. H. Hedrick to the insoHrtatwi i i i iwas scheduled to report to Memorial Park with the Sophia! Beckley State Police said they Beckley Junior Chamber of Com- DUJ LineS. WHS i u'cro i .1 .1 to the th iH WaS i Bennin S. Ga August 30, Legion Post in chargej holding Andy Adkins andimerce that the post office was, i- assignment.

of grave-side services, Billy Scott also of Grand view in the dark about the fate 1 a uecausp nr Ino JfftV 8 His bod wiu be removed from! In addition to his parents, hei quesuoning in connection with i "Fanny," which for 20 years has! The boat seats three-but there's -sta-red SS hf Williams Funeral Home, i is survived by one sister, Mrs. 'the incident. i linked Beckley to the mainlines, no talking for the passengers. a Sophia, to the residence of his Garalene Osborne, of Sophia, and The shooting reportedlv At that lime, Representative Hed- The roar from the 6 5 7 lo aj Ko engine is too deafening. day.

He had come from Motive power lor the Buckland, of runeraioi craft comes from the terrific back hls TMss-country work ted 2t 2 lash of the air stirred up by the nn Sophia First Baptist church i Stovall, Jimmie Prunespi, Bill "police daV ag0naf Rev- Walter Toliver official-iSnyder. and Russell Ryles. Adkins were sitting in the kitchen PHYLLIS KESSLiR, 18. Green Bay, inlendent of the Railway Mail Service, Grafton, W. who jurisdiction over the transportation of mail to and from Beckley, W.

Va. and that general area, was notified on August 8th that petition had been filed with the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for authority to discontinue the passenger trains serving Beckley. Mr. Curry acknowledged receipt of my letter under date of August 10th. advising that he could not tell me at that time just what service he would be able to establish, but he was sure that the beginning service would necessarily be Star Route Service.

He also advised he hoped they could establish Highway Post Office Service later 10 cover Beckley and other offices affected. I have also talked with Railway Mail Service officials in Washington, D. C. who assure me that whenever passenger trains are discontinued affecting the transportation of mail, they would that proper, adequate and satisfactory mail service was provided for the area affected. The Post Office Department does not support or oppose our applications to the various State Commissions seeking authority to discontinue unprofitable passenger trains.

You probably are aware that the Government has a monopoly on the transportation of mail m. Tuesday at the Charles Byrd, Warren Bell, Jack kins Grandview i i a been told ttwt the post office will compete as "Miss Wijs- 91 of Postal Laws and Reg'" Redden and and Mrs. nt even know il was a possi-: consin" in the "Miss Ar commerdal going after nisi license Mr. and i Mrs. George Jones of Lundale, i Zingo's already had the boat out a number of times.

In a try- out at the Bluestone dam he said ew Thursoay to visit rela-i he had It up to 60 miles an jj vesum 9 ak HllL Jones ed a "I'm sure it will go much faster! Be chcraft though," he commented. and Dallas Guardsmen Plan Training On Range At New Armory America" beauty pageant at Atlantic City of the Odkins' home when a shot-I Meanwhile three Beckley groups! in September. (Interactional) gun charge crashed through the i 'h'Ch officially scrutinized! window and rammed into the Petition to the PSC press- he mail would be sorted aboard upper part of Redden's body. ec their Probes on stopping moving trucks. Mrs.

Adkins also juries, police said. suffered in- -9' Beckley-Quinnimont run. Wil- R. Barrett, chairman of the Chesapeake and Ohio officials have made six visits to Beckley ir. William F.

Watts, commanding officer of Company 150th ID Regiment, Beckley announced last night that a 1,000 inch eight gallons of gas for every four' isburg Friday as pan cf a Hi 21 i ported ancial loss to the company and that opposition to its discontinue- lion would be unreasonable. Paul's helped in constructing the boat a Candidate for a com- by Dave Wiseman, also of Pin-y mer a 1 license, flew to Prince- He added that in the new arm- View. He believes it is the only' Fnda to visit his sister, building present plans call for craft of its kind in Southern i a NcaL a st exchange where guardsmen Virginia. i a spend most of their loafing T-II i hours and procure most items oix Prisoners Flee handled in res lar army PXs MORGANTOWN, summer awarded I university students by the Dan- Armstrong were investigating the i Paul said his letter was foundation for their O's petition for the Sr. Cham-ied by Congressman Hedrick's school records, it of Commerce.

The Civitan club as reported in the Post i annmmreirl tnrJav meanu'hilp has ci iannounced today. Eyes On The Air If there are any young men in this area who are interested in getting in on the ground floor of aviation and receiving the best possible, flight training we suggest that he check into the Air Force's air cadet program. Recruiting for the air cadets is being slightly intensified in this section of the state with the tion of an Air Force officer The Lescanec (USAF), the Present plans also call for a recreation or study room with a reference library, where' guards- jtnen who are still students can study if they so desire, Watts i He stated that the local Na- to housewives today, jtional Guard is planning an all-out Miss Eloise Cofer, extension Aug. 21 recruiting drive for September and i specialist in food and nutrition a prisoners from state October which the Beckley Ju-1 West Virginia universty, suggested 1 awson near ninr Chamber of Commerce will! that the following practices would i State Road Camp With Fence Climb Specialist Offers 5-Point Program 10 MretCU IheSS The "fellowship 1 63 1 Bid To End Train Service; Betty Jean Hall, Mannington- lhlstarea would be on a 1 which appeared in the August 17th B10RGANTOWN, Aug. 21 Linger( Clarksburg Joel! Star rout system Under issue of your paper, and also Ed.

A 1 trt a i i A SVStPm HI 311 11 i ri i A i i meanwhile has demanded that the Herald. Here is his statement in i The wards included two weeksi TM sto more trains at Prince full: camping at the American or ac a My attention has just been call- 1 Youth Foundation a i he had lcarned that to article entitled. "Postal Off i- rrainino- ramn 1 discontinuation of "Fanny" cial Reported In The Dark About camp, Shelbv, Mich ulations). Section 90.2 of Postal Laws and Regulations reads, "The Postmaster General shall provide for carrying the mail on all post roads established by Law, as often as he, having due regard to productiveness and other circumstances, may think proper." The Post Roads designated are All Railroads, All Air Lines, All Canals, All Waters, All Public Roads and Highways. In my opinion this monopoly, in itself, obligates the Post Office Department to provide satisfactory mail service through the means and under the given them by Law.

It has been my observation that when the last mail-carrying: train, discontinued, the Post Office Department has always provided adequate substitute service and in many instances the service provided was superior to that formerly provided by train. five-point program to make the ifood dollar go farther was offered i system, the mail would be trucked Hannah, Arbovale, and McEee, 1 rt ippi. Thp 5, ay climbing over it wire fence, Ben W. in charge reported. I trucks, to post offices.

In the past, three mail clerks, working five a hours daily, have sorted 52 bags "shoot" for distribution for points along i i Buv or gather enly the quan end with a sham-battle to be held i titites of fresh fruits and vege jwitn the stalk composed of a sheaf "Fanny's" route i leaves through which a stem shoots up and bears the flowers appearing in the August "Post noth- The statement'that the Office Department knows ing at all of the request of the C. O. to halt train service to Beck- lev and has made no plans to substitute any other is and is not in keeping BARGAINS 1 Rifrig- erator. 6 Foot I Demonstrator Thor Auto- magic t1M.SC 1 With 150.00 3 Died your choici $14.95 5 New Automatic BECKLEY MUSIC AND ELECTRIC CO. 110 S.

Fayette St. Phont 33t3 it fcon hn Company- headed by First storage spaces iwo nours later. i Lieutenant Charles Miller putting; to prepare vegetables and The escapees were included in on a The scrap will in- I frvj it as near mealtime as possible; group of 29 new prisoners who elude using blank ammunition, i cook them quickly in a small were brought to the camp last smoke bombs, and colored smoke- amount of boiling water: use any behind of a a SI a n-i ing parties headed wiU oe ope, for b- leftover lifl uid. C. Hostuler and Adjutant Capt.

that the Air Force the best men physically and pointed out that there and standing physical strains, uirements of the for two college and the passing of a spe- t0da Prepare only the amounts your General Charles R. am eat at one meal. Re- and Sheriff J. announced the! heatin ca es loss in food value, scoured unsuccessfully! approval for the of the Cook meats at low temperatures the heavily wooded area Maxwell Hill site for a new Beck- tne most flav and nutrients Mountain for the i ey National Guard armory- Watts, andleas shrinkage prisoner. acted as an agent for the Miss Cofer suggested that to- Swisher identified the escapees state, said the actual purchase of matoes and raw ve etabie cial mental exam.

The two ye3ri a a be substituted for citrus fruits to college requisite a waived Ephriam Block, 19. sentence in i cut down costs 3nd at the same i a a a COUnty Jul this 6 wncSi'd "rrfSay ROUte time provide family members with t0 10 tN i men. slte vvhich is 800 feet square and Walter J. Lanier, 27, sentenced; contains 15'acres of land. Only State School Association Kanawha county June 10, 1948, one acre of the tract is needed fori ne ocre oi me iraci is neeaea lor; i i entmg on the exam! to two to 10 years for forgery- and the armory.

Construction plans are ead or I early Meeting 7ec said: wounding. unknown. i BUCKHANNON Aug. 21 tough. I'd a heck! Marion F.

Charles, 33, sentenced; i Members of the West Virginia Education association began gathering here today for the cn- nual school for leaders which i opens at West Virginia Wesleyan and a time limit on each. In commenting Capt. Lescanec "It's really of a lot sooner get the two years' in Logan county Julv this year I of college behind me rather "than to one to 10 years "for breaking (POLICE NAB YOUTH take that exam." and entering. CTORP 1 RHRRPl Asked if there were any sub-! Fisher Bryant, 17, sentenced in ll K-UDDtJ jecs he could warn the candidates! Logan county on June 1 18, this HUNTINGTON, Aug. 21 to brush up on before taking yeer to one to 10 years for auto A 19-year-old Westmoreland Approximately 125 officers of test, the Captain replied that youth, arrested early today, con- county education associations md couldn't answer that one.

Vsn Edward Ross, 20, sentenced fc5sed to robbing a store nere organizations affiliated with "The exams are changed every in Logan county on July 1. this. S53, Detective Chief Azel T. the WVEA are expected to at- few he explained," year, to one to 10 years for break- Bryant said. tend, that I don't know from one week'ing and entering.

Chief Bryant said John Brizen- to the next what the test will be' Manuel William Salisbury, i wil1 be a med in a burglary like." sentenced in Fayette county on to be issued tomorrow. Lescanec said the cadet train-; April 5 this year to one to 10 ing was the same program used i years for grand larceny. before and during the war to i -Air Force vacancies. POKTERFIELD OPTIONED Only difference is that the 1 EVV YORK. Aug.

21 thing has been greatly Bob Porterfield, injury-plagued WVEA president Margaret Leckie of the state education partment will preside at the ses- Pobce Inspector Don Maynard sions whose purp ose is leadership said a 1 youth was 3 ining and program coordina- rested later and is being held i on questioning in the robbary. pitcher of the New York Yankees. GONZALEZ COPS RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 21 CHARLESTON Aug 21 A banque and reception tomor- speeded up. ror instance, he said, during has been optioned to the 7 ewark Mario Gonzalez of Rio De row night will open the annual wartime a pilot started off with Bears, it was announced today.

Janeiro, won the Brazilian Open stale convention 1 of the Knights only two golf championship with a 72-hoIe of Pythias and Pythian sisfrs The knights sisters wikYold' a nt memorial service Tuesday hardly a place on at 11 a. m. at St. Mark's Methodis't the At-6 trainer plane and moved Porterfieid. recalled up to the P-47 or the P-40.

week? ago from the International score of 269. On the other hana. under the League where he had been option- present setup it is nothing un- ed once before, re-injured a nerve There is CAP Members Show Their Wings usual to see a cadet taking off on his pitching arm last Friday, ear'h where mosquitoes are not church. Business'sessions will be a jet after only six months of The 26-year old right hander had found. They even breed in icy held Tuesday and Wednesday flying the AT-6' a 2-5 won and lost record this pools of water in the Arctic re- with officers "being elected Tues- Faster And Faster season.

gions. day afternoon. Also, the training lasts only 12 months compared with 14 during the war. While in the air cadet program a man receives S7.1 a month. On successful completion of the course the cadet comes out with a second lieutenancy in the Air Force with the base pay of $336 a month.

Capt. Lescanec pointed out that there are additional vacancies in the Air Force for ground officers. Tnese serve in the administrative branch of the AF. They rio not have to take the qualifj-ing --x- amin given to sir carict5. Th-y must.

however, meet the two- year college requirement, besides passing a special reviewing ri at Bofiing Air Force Base, near Washington. D- C. The board Lescanec explained, ask all sorts of questions aimed at finding out how much common sense the can- didate5 has and also how well he is able to think things out for himself. "The whole idea behind screening tests is this." Lescanec said. "The Air Force is out to the cream of the crop for officers and is doin; the job the best way knows how." Proof Air travel is moving ahead by leaps and bounds in this mounts.n siate despite the efforts of un- back.

Proof be found in on passenger leston airport. Approximately gers boarded commerical establish; with the facts in the case. highway post office service. Here, TURCS nice you WAHT you WAHT! PRICE DOWN PAYMENTS yti cat fob 24 Five members of the Beckley Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol were flou-n to and from Charleston statement may airport recently to attend a two-week encampment at Andrews air field, near Washington, D. C.

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