County Farm Bureaus Aid Storm Sufferers
Seven West Virginia county farm bureaus plus Fairfield County Conn contribute nearly 2500 dollars to aid tornado victims in Brooke Marion Harrison Taylor Barbour Tucker Randolph and Mineral counties. Leland Booth notes the fund will grow as rural neighbors aid distressed farmers and recalls Brooke county volunteers who worked July 4 to cleanup storm damaged farms.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
Fairfield County Farm Bureau
Conn
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Brooke, Marion
Harrison
Taylor, Barbour
Tucker
Randolph
Mineral
Leland Booth
Booth
Brooke County
Core of Regulars in the First Infantry Division
The article traces the First Infantry Division from Pershing's punitive expedition through Chihuahua to its modern role in World War II. It notes the original regiments 36th 16th and 26th in the division with later changes, its skeletonized formation for the Mexico campaign, and rebuilds with National Guard and drafted men. It highlights its North African spearhead status, Normandy record, and references Walter Naughton of the Los Angeles Examiner as an authority.
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Sth
6Th
7Th Field Artillery
Pershing
Villa
Chihuahua
France
National Guard
Normandy
Walter “Blubber” Naughton
Los Angeles Examiner
Examiner
Teddy
the Gazette
Rare Swans Produce Cygnets in Wyoming
Washington August six secretary of the interior Harold Ickes announces the birth of a pair of baby trumpeter swans at Jackson Hole National Monument Wyoming. The bird, once near extinction, marks a scientific milestone as the trumpeter swan population dwells near Yellowstone with fewer than fifty birds in 1931 and only five breeding pairs known.
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Washington
Harold le Claire Ickes
Secretary of the Interior
Jackson Hole National Monument
Wyoming
United States
Yellowstone National Park
Veterans Prefer Veterans for Postwar Discharges
War Department weighs a fair system to discharge veterans after Hitler’s defeat. Longest-serving combat veterans receive priority, then married men with children and dependents, followed by married men without children and single men. VFW advocates equal Pacific-region consideration as Europe winds down. White House aides hint at retirement plans if Roosevelt loses in November. Vice President Wallace aims to help reelect the President.
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War Department
Hitler
Jen
Germany
Pacific
VFW
Far East
Pennsylvania
Jonathan Daniels
Washington
White House
David Niles
New England
Fdr
Wallace
the Gazette
Coal Output Rises In Week And Yearly Total
The National Coal Association reports weekly bituminous coal production at 12,350,000 tons for the week ended July 28, up from 11,985,000 the prior year. For 1944 through July 29 output stands at 365,380,000 tons, an increase of 28,102,000 tons year over year. Mexico anticipates harvesting over 7,000 tons of pineapples this year.
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Washington
Aug
National Coal Assoc
Purse Snatchings Reported to Police
City police received multiple reports including two purse snatchings and two automobile thefts. A purse of 9.52 dollars plus sun glasses was taken from Mrs. W L Lilty near 1000 block of Lee St. Mrs Hessie Keeney reported her handbag with 8 dollars stolen while seated in a car near Washington and Dickinson Sts. Auto thefts were reported by Mrs Robe rt K Sibley and Lea Magarelli. A theft at Stewart's root beer stand on Kanawha Blvd East involved money, peanuts and other merchandise through a rear window.
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W. L. Lilty
Washington St. E
Lee St
Hessie Keeney
Malden
Washington
Dickinson Sts
Robert K. Sibley
21St St. Matro
Lea Magarelli
Riverview
Stewart's Root Beer
Kanawha Blvd
Roosevelt's Texans Organize for Fight
In Austin Texas militant pro Roosevelt Democrats vow to control the September state convention by counting delegates. They form a statewide organization to ensure all 23 Texas electors vote for Roosevelt and Truman, pressuring anti Roosevelt delegates and securing proxies and turnout for Dallas on September 12. Herman Jones of Austin leads the anti compromise group.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Roosevelt
Truman
Herman Jones
Dallas
Imperial forces retreat as Allies seize Tamu airfield
Allied gains in Manipur and Burma push Japanese back from Imphal and into Chinling exits. Tamu falls, giving the Allies a key airfield and control of Babaw valley routes. Stilwell and Alexander’s forces earlier escaped Burma via Tamu gateway. Allied air forces pound Kabaw valley forces.
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Imphal
Manipur
Chindwin
Burma
Tamu
Babaw
India
Joseph W. Stilwell
Harold Alexander
3D Tactical Air Force
Kabaw
Tiddim
Kilgore Eyes Hotel Deals and War Worker Push
Kilgore reports the Breakers will be returned to owners on December 11 and the committee will study army interests in hotels at Asheville Hot Springs Lake Placid and San Francisco. San Francisco chamber protests any such action at local hotels. The War Manpower Commission on the West Coast seeks 100000 more war workers to speed up production without hurting regional gains. England’s Northern Council of Grocers protests a government restaurant advertising catering for funerals and weddings.
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Asheville
N. C
Hot Springs
Ark
Lake Placid
San Francisco
D. YY
Sen. Truman
D.-Mo
Regional War Manpower Commission
West Coast
F. W. Hunter
England
Northern Council of Grocers Assoc
Fats and Oils Shortage Forecast For Winter Ration
The United States faces tightening supplies of food fats and oils with lard shortening and salad oils potentially returning to ration lists next winter if war demands stay high. Domestic fats and oils production for the year starting Oct. 1 is seen about 125 percent below the current season, and imports are unlikely to rise soon. Butter production shortfall worsens the outlook.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Woman Is Murdered In Washington Park
An attractive woman about 30 was stabbed to death on a wooded footpath in Rock Creek Park Washington. She identified herself as Mrs Erickson before dying and named her assailant to Lt Leland Parker and Miss Lucy St Lawrence, describing him as a dark skinned Negro about 25 in dark clothing. Police recovered no handbag or identification and noted the victim’s final effort to flee, stumbling on a rock.
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Washington
Rock Creek Park
Erickson
Park
William A. Snyder
H. Ralph Pearson
Leland Leroy Parker
Aberdeen
Lucy St. Lawrence
Liberators Compile Real Battle Record
Liberator bombers with fighter cover on long range Pacific missions shot down more Japanese planes than all other 7th Army Air Force fighters and bombers combined. From November through July 1943 they tallied 92 enemy aircraft destroyed, with another 195 probably destroyed or damaged by gunners. Sixty three 7th AAF planes were lost and 26 B 24s fell.
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7Th Aaf
3Th Aaf
GM Strikers Vote To End 32 Day Walkout
DETROIT Aug. 6 Striking workers at five General Motors division plants voted to end a 32 day work stoppage and return to work tomorrow morning. The dispute over production rates involved about 7,000 employees and shut down five Chevrolet gear and axle plants. The strike led to the ousting by the United Automobile Workers CIO of 10 officers from a total of 235, including president Nestor Dessy.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
International Board of the United Automobile Workers (Cio
Uawcto
Nestor Dessy
Omaha Drivers Walk Off Jobs Over WLB Contract Demand
All Omaha APL over the road truck drivers quit work today closing an estimated 35 terminals in a union action to press for a WLB approved contract with a wage increase. spokesman M. M. Kruppinsky stated the position tonight.
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Omaha
M. M. Krupinsky
Fireman Hubert A. Tully Dies at 50 in Clendenin
Hubert A. Tully, 50, a Charleston fire department captain before ill health led to retirement, died suddenly at his Clendenin home. A 22 year fireman and World War I veteran, he belonged to the First Methodist Bible class. Survived by wife Clara Samples Tully and brother Shirley J. Tully, services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Bartlett mortuary chapel, with burial in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Hubert A. Tully
Charleston
Clendenin
First Methodist Church
Clara Samples Tully
Shirley J. Tully
Big Rock
B. D. Roe
Jin Bartlett
Mower tragedy claims Webster Co youth near Camden
David Lee Barnette ten, of Jerryville Webster County, died after a mower accident at a Camden-on-Gauley farm. He was thrown from a mowing machine seat and into cutter bars, losing a left foot and a right arm. Survived by parents Buster and unnamed mother, sister Zelda May, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Barnette. Services set for 2 p.m. at Camden Methodist Church. burial by Dodd & Hart in family cemetery near Camden-on-Gauley.
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David Lee Barnette
Jerryville
Webster County
Richwood
Camden-on-Gauley
J. Barnette
Buster Barnette
Zelda May Barnette
J. D. Chapman
Camden-on- Gauley
Dodd & Hart Mortuary
Webster Springs
Aege
Russians hail triumphs of Americans in France
Moscow newspapers praised the American breakthrough in Brittany as the top foreign news of the week. The reports highlighted the success as a significant Allied advance and reflected Soviet enthusiasm for Allied operations in France.
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France
Moscow
Moscow Today
Brittany
Britain Seizes 2500 Miles of Waterways in War Effort
The report notes a combined effort to advance operations in the west and by Russian forces in the east. It argues this strategy speeds the war toward closure while highlighting Britain's extensive control of waterways, now totaling 2,500 miles in use.
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Britain
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