Memphis Belle Returns Home After Europe War Flight
The Memphis Belle, heavily damaged, lands at National airport with original crew returning from 20,000 miles of escort missions over Europe. General H. H. Arnold hails the feat, while pilot Captain Robert K. Morgan notes German defenses shifted to daylight raids and praises P-38s and P-47s for escort duties.
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Washington
National Airport
Europe
England
Kihey
Germany
Robert K. Morgan
Ashville
N. C
Morgan
H. H. Arnold
Army Airforces
Memphis
Maryland WMC Seeks Pacific Coast Shipyard Workers
Maryland War Manpower Commission recruits Baltimore Hagerstown and Eastern Shore workers for Pacific coast yards including Mare Island Puget Sound and Remington. National order gives west coast priority, though local plants have unfilled jobs.
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Ocean City
Maryland
State War Manpower Commission
Pacific Coast
Baltimore
Lawrence B. Fenneman
WMC
Penneman
Civil Service Commission
United States Employment Service
Hagerstown
Navy
Mare Island
Puget Sound
Remington
West Coast
Sharp Increases in Tuberculosis and Venereal Diseases in West Virginia
West Virginia health officials reported a sharp weekly rise in tuberculosis cases from 26 to 83, syphilis from 82 to 90, and gonorrhea from 36 to 53 for the week ending June 12. Whooping cough rose to 129 cases, measles 33, while diphtheria scarlet fever chickenpox influenza and mumps declined or fell.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Health Department
Department
Bargaining Vote Ordered for Continental Can Wheel ing WV Employees
The National Labor Relations Board orders a collective bargaining election for Continental Can company wheel ing plant No 22 employees in West Virginia. Voters will choose among United Mine Workers District 50 chemical division CIO United Steel Workers of America or the independent can workers union.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Continental Can Company
Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers District 50
Chemical Division
CIO
United Steel Workers of America
Independent Can Workers Union
Only One Fugitive Still At Liberty In West Virginia Jail Escape
Deputy U S Marshals Pete Repep and Del Gaine said seven inmates escaped Randolph county jail by beating their way out. One fugitive, Oltie William Kennedy, 19, of Grafton, remained at large as of tonight.
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Elkins
W. Va
U. S
Pete Repep
del Gaine
Randolph County
Liberty
Oltie William Kennedy
Grafton
Penetrating Fungicide Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts a test product for athlete's foot costing 35 cents with a money back guarantee the next morning. It claims the solution penetrates deeply using 90 percent alcohol and shows faster germ reduction with full strength application, available at drug stores including Goodykoonts locally.
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Goodykoonts
Final Maxwell House Coffee Time sprees wrap tonight
The Maxwell House Coffee Time program ends with a bang tonight at 8 p m featuring Baby Snooks and other NBC radio favorites. The schedule lists Fred Waring, News of the World, Jimmy Durante and many acts across the day and night, ending with Mountain Music Time and Salt and Peanuts.
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Maxwell House
Fanny Brice
Lilly Land Co
Gordon Jennings
Melody Maestro
Korn Kobblers
Cole Baking Co
NBC
Chicago House
Hamilton Theater
the O'Neills
Gene
Glenn
Proctor and Gamble
JFG Coffee Boye
JFG Coffee Co
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Sun Rise Bottling Co
Bn-Farm
Rock Mineral Springs Co
General Mills
Perkins
Pepper Young
Lilly Land Company
Television Radio Schedule Fragment 17 June
A dense listing of NBC CBS and blue network programs for Thursday June 17 with times from 5:30 PM to 11:15 PM, noting shows such as News, Dance Time, Fred Waring programs, Captain Midnight serials, and Wings to Victory, among others.
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Bill
Nbc
Jack Armstrong
Chicago Dance Orchestra
Blu-West
Cbs
Basic Highway Patrol
Farrell
Blu-East
Mbs
Shrednik
Henry Taylor
Quincy Howe
News
Olga Coelho
Cbs-West
Harry James
His Orch
Johnon Family
Bob Burns
Variety
Nbc-Basic
Jayne Cozzens
Nbc-West
Blu
Cbs-Basic
Dancing Music Orchestra
Cbs- Dixie Art
Wfbrw
Henry Aldrich
cbs-Dixie
Mr. Bingle
Bing “Crosby
Major Bowes
Gavriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Rudy Vallee
Joan Davis
Nbe
Satan Wismer
Garry Moore
Jim Durante
Maj
Geo
Fielding Eliot
First
U. S. Navy
Ebs
Paul Sullivan
Gracie Fields
March of Time
Air Force Blu
Cgs
Paul Schubert
Perry Como
Nbceast
Fred Waring
West Virginians Killed In Action In North Africa
War department lists 229 U S soldiers killed in North Africa including West Virginians Pfc Kenneth R Carpenter of Reedy Staff Sgt Alwin J Purrer of route 2 Charleston Pvt Ray E Lynch of Webster Springs Pvt Harry E Nelson Jr Wheeling Pvt Ralph C Stephenson of Clendenin Pvt Carl H Westfall of Erbacon Pfc James Wey Wilson of La Frank.
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Washington
West
West Virginian Killed In Plane Crash
Clendenin West Virginia June 16 1943 Lt John Virgil Andrews 23 son of Mr and Mrs W A Andrews was among 21 officers killed when two bombers crashed between Ruidoso and Captain New Mexico His navigator Lt Andrews was a nephew of former state banking commissioner R Carl Andrews The War Department notified the family of the loss.
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Clendenin
W. Va
W. A. Andrews
War Department
John Virgil Andrews
Ruidoso
N. M
Andrews
R. Carl Andrews
Medical Society To Meet Today In Mercer County
Members of the Mercer County Medical society will meet this evening at 6 at the home of Dr John McGuire East River mountain for a Dutch luncheon followed by a medical program at 7 30 The auxiliary meets with Mrs C J Reynolds 1460 White thorn street at 8 Also a note on sea lions swallowing pebbles as aid to digestion.
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Watson
Fredric March
WHIS
U. S
Country Gentleman Magazine
Agriculture Extension Service
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Mercer County Medical Society
John McGuire
East River Mountain
C. J. Reynolds
Whitethorn Street
State Bankers Meet Saturday in Charleston West Virginia
The West Virginia Bankers Association shortens its 50th annual convention to one day in Charleston on Saturday. Speakers include David Auch on service charges, Harold Cherry on wartime investments, and William Powers on wartime personnel problems. Mayor James Garfield Stewart of Cincinnati delivers the banquet address as H P Henshaw presides.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Bankers Association
Homer Gebhardt
Huntington
David Auch
Columbus
Ohio Bankers Association
Harold S. Cherry
New York
Lionel D. Edie Co
William Powers
American Bankers Association
James Garfield Stewart
Cincinnati
H. P. Henshaw
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Gebhardt
Association
George M Moore
Union National Bank
Clarksburg
George Ward
Charleston National Bank
Edgar C. Trout
Citizens National Bank
Martinsburg
Speed Violators To Be Penalized In West Virginia
The office of price administration will intensify actions against speeding on West Virginia roads after 310 May violations were reported. Local boards suspend rations for one week to two months and issue serial numbers for each case to track dispositions.
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Charleston
W. Va
Office of Price Administration
West Virginia
OPA
Carl M. Frasure
Frasure
Brothers Meet in Battle of Tunisia
Truman and Vatus Ferrell, brothers from Livingston Tennessee, each entered the army separately, served overseas, and later met face to face in Tunisia. Their officers approved the reunion with 24 hours of furlough so they could celebrate together.
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Tunisia
Livingston, Tenn
Truman
Vatus Ferrell
Hazardous to Wed Younger Men Says Dorothy Dix
Dorothy Dix argues against marrying teenagers to younger men and urges women to seek partners who are already mature. A mother asks how to handle her daughter dating a younger, less respectable man while engaged to a service member. Dix says early marriage to younger men risks childish behavior and warns mothers to guide daughters for their own good.
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Miss Dix
Busines
Dot
Mabel
Dorothy DIX
Should a 17 Year Old Marry During Wartime
A 17 year old girl asks if she should marry a 19 year old fiancé in the army. The adviser recommends delaying marriage until after the war, arguing she is too young, she should finish school, and happiness lasting only if both partners are mature when the husband returns.
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Miss DIX
Marrage
Kit
Muriel
Bell Syndicate
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Clancy
Urs van Snootys
Flying Ortress
United States
RADIO
Centerville
Henry
Stewart Field
West Point
RAF Advanced Flying School
N. Y
News of the World
NBC News
John W. Vandercook
Robert St. John
Jimmy Durante
Xavier Cugat
Georgia Gibbs
Howard Petrie
General Foods
Aldrich Family
Durante - Moore Cugat—Reynolds Teb. Co
Nbc—News
Richard Harkness
New World Music
North Africa
Medical Society
America
National Optical Stores, Co
Princeton Ave
State Bankers Meet
Pvt
H. T. Christofferson
Flushing Meadows
Red Cross
Department of Parks
St-Joseph
Ven
Africa
Bataan
Coca-Cola Company
Bluefield Coca.cola Bottling Company
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