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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
2
A wartime note argues that traffic accidents slow the victory campaign by wasting materials and medical care needed for defense. It states injured workers miss production time, funds go to medical bills, and careful driving conserves tanks lanes and guns for the war effort.
The Institute of Scrap is appealing to industry and agriculture to sell obsolete machinery and scrap metal to aid war production. It cites 1,000,000 tons of industrial scrap plus 1,500,000 tons on farms, with each farm averaging 500 pounds, to be sold under government price controls.
Dec 24 report introduces Winston Churchill visiting the White House as guest of President Roosevelt. The piece notes his roles as soldier journalist author lecturer artist and statesman and cites his American mother and long career in wars and politics. It recalls a 1932 Washington lecture where he urged a broad agreement between the U S and Britain.
A fragmented wartime reminiscence recounts a British regiment near Chivehill with shells falling around a dug out and an inspecting general urging quick retreat. It mixes turn of the century figures, Boer War tales, and Churchill bravely cited for earlier medals, linking to a broader era of conflict and travel.
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