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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
6
Columbus Ohio June 23 America's governors at the 35th annual conference condemn any strike by any group anywhere in America as harming essential industries for the war. The resolution deplores stoppages delaying vital war equipment and urges submission of disputes to proper agencies for prompt fair action.
Resolution commends farmers and insists no further concessions on states rights except what is necessary to win the war. It calls for reclaiming rights relinquished to the federal government once the conflict ends.
Gov. Matthew M. Neely told a governors conference that the immediate postwar president would likely be Franklin D. Roosevelt John W Bricker or Wendell Willkie, with money conditions to be set by the federal government. He urged states to plan projects now to employ labor and warned of strings on federal funds. He also criticized his own state legislature and cited scriptural arguments about honor and prophetic warnings.
State School Superintendent W Trent announced the West Virginia association of county school superintendents will hold its annual convention in Charleston July 13 14. County officials will address current school problems organize work for the next term study teacher shortages new legislation effects and the evening public scheme all problem of fitting the school program into a War economy.
Martinsburg West Virginia June 23 U S Army engineers in charge of the Newton D Baker general hospital say the project is now so far advanced it may be ready for occupancy before October. Officers note absenteeism has dropped since lay offs raised fears of delays and the schedule remains on track.
Charleston June 23 The appointment of Dr W H B White of Shepherd College as head of a newly organized association of presidents of state supported colleges to study post war education problems was announced by State School Superintendent W W Trent President E S McLain of West Virginia Institute of Technology Montgomery became secretary of the group It was indicated a meeting probably would be held at Morgantown before the opening of the next school term.
Weather and crop conditions improved in the midwest and across the country easing official worries about 1943 production. The Weather Bureau weekly summary said the past week brought the most favorable agricultural weather of the season, lifting forecasts from a low point noted 12 days earlier by the Agriculture Department.
Abundant sunshine and adequate soil moisture favored farming with improved conditions noted nationwide. Yet drought persisted in the southwest centered on Arizona Utah and New Mexico while Arkansas and Louisiana eastward faced growing moisture needs and flood damaged soils required attention. Farmers pushed late planting hay harvesting and other early crops, working day and night to catch up.
Moscow reiterates call for a second European front this summer as Allied air raids pound the Ruhr and southern Germany. The air war dominates, with British American bomber chiefs pledging a round the clock campaign while Italian bases shift to shielded targets.
A report notes total war pressure on German cities with the Ruhr region hit by RAF raids at least 550 times. It also cites wartime output decline and shaken civilian morale amid the bombing.
The conservation commission reports more than usual anglers in 55 counties as fishing licenses rise, with bass creel limits eight per day eighty per season and muskelunge and walleye pike seasons through 1944. Fishing licenses total 29 420.50 for the month and 920 718.60 for the year to date, up over last year.
Instructions urge saving all meat drippings for fat ration use and turning them in to the butcher when no longer usable in the kitchen.
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