West Virginia payrolls rise in April in war economy impact
Richmond May 31 report cites the Fifth district showing mixed effects from wartime controls. West Virginia payrolls rose modestly while soft coal output surged, department store sales lagged March but four month total stayed above 1941. Labor scarce in some sectors, farm families supplying labor, while white collar workers find jobs as armed forces grow.
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Richmond
Sth
Federal Reserve District
Marck Terell
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntingon
Army
Navy
First Negro Recruits To Get Naval Training
At Great Lakes naval training station Lt. Commander Daniel W. Armstrong took charge of a Negro recruiting unit. Armstrong, son of Brig. Gen. S. C. Armstrong, recalls Civil War service and the founder of a Virginia institute. The article notes these are the first Negro recruits ever trained there.
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Great Lakes, I
Cins
Daniel W. Armstrong
S. C
Armstronga
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Armstrong
Bampton Negro Institute
Virginia
County Republicans to Meet June 13 for Campaign Plans
County Republican chairmen officers and state executive committee members will meet here June 13 for a general discussion of election campaign plans. State Chairman Robert H. C. Kay said vacancies will be filled and guests will attend a 2 pm luncheon. Attending will be state reps on the Republican national committee and presidents of the West Virginia Federation of Republican Women and the Young Republican League.
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Robert H. C. Kay
Republican
West Virginia Federation of Republican Women’s Clubs
Young Republican League
Kay
Bailey to Speak at Bluefield State Teachers College
Road Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey will deliver the commencement address at Bluefield State Teachers College. Forty seniors and five applicants for standard normal teaching certificates will graduate during Tuesday exercises.
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Bluefield
Ernest L. Bailey
Bluefield State Teachers’ College
Playground Institute Classes Begin Today
The Charleston Park commission launches four day training for city playground staff at 9 a m in the Municipal auditorium small room. Open to paid or volunteer workers locally and beyond. Fred Eberle from West Virginia Tech leads morning sessions on wartime arts and crafts and Harold Weekley from the Federal Security Agency leads the evening session on games and social activities at 7 30 p m.
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Bcsson
Charleston Park Commission
Fred Eberle
West Virginia Tech
Harold Weekley
Federal Security Agency
Seasion
Summer Course Rush At Carnegie Institute Of Tech
Summer quarter enrollment at Carnegie Institute of Technology includes M. Johnson Jr of 710 Red Oak Street George E. Merryman of 3906 MacCorkle Avenue and Alfred R. McClung of Smithers. Johnson Merryman and McClung are in mechanical chemical and electrical engineering respectively. The program enables December graduation instead of spring.
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Rush M. Johnson, Jr
Red Oak Street
George E. Merryman
MacCorkle Avenue
Alfred R. McClung
Smithers
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Johnson
Merryman
Chemical
McClung
Navy to receive Great Lakes personnel Tuesday
The lieutenant commander, with wide experience with Negroes, is noted. Born March 12, 193, in Summerville, N C, he graduated from Annapolis and served on the battleships Arkansas and Maine in the last war. Recruiters report confusion from a double examination but completed enlistment papers for twins Arvel Murl Berry and Marvel Earl Berry, 19, of Charleston.
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Great Lakes
Summerville
N. C
Annapolis
Arkansas
Maine
Naval
Arvel Murl Berry
Marvel Earl Berry
Charleston
It’s a Cockeyed World Wartime Roundup
Hollywood reports a parade of oddities as wartime life continues. Parliaments deem ballet not essential, a hearse not a pleasure vehicle, while a mouse nests in a Sikeston home and a Dallas decorator is colorblind. A Fort Bragg cookery student mails cookies home, a Golden City man’s davenport acts as a telephone receiver, and a Macksville optimist buys a gas station.
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Hollywood
Seattle
Sikeston
Navy
Dallas
Cuckies
Lancaster
Cooks and Bakers School
Fort Bragg
Fort Riley
Kan
Fort
University of Georgia
Golden City
Davenport
Buffalo
Los Angeles
Concordia
Philadelphia
Newark Mayor Orders Do Not Disturb Signs For Night Workers
Newark mayor Vincent Murphy moved to aid night shift defense workers by posting do not disturb signs outside their homes to curb daytime disturbances. He cited children at play, bell ringing, peddlers, and auto horn noise as harming sleep and worker efficiency.
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Newark
N. J
INS
Vincent Murphy
Merchants Strike Ends Union Organizing Effort
In Elagstaff Arizona May, merchants forced four AFL union organizers to leave town after negotiations broke down. Three departed with police escort, the fourth fled as crowds gathered. Organizers targeted culinary workers and bartenders while merchants had gone on strike last week, closing most shops and eateries except one buffet.
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Elagstaff
Ariz
Maygi
UNS
AFL
Merchants' Association
Drill awards at Greenbrier School ceremonies
Walter Bachman of Buckingham Valley Pennsylvania won the individual competitive drill during Greenbrier Military School's 130th commencement exercises. He is a member of Company C honor corps of cadets. William David Waddell of Mt. Lebanon Pennsylvania won the junior company competitive drill and is a member of Company E.
Psalm in Stitchery Panel Pattern 375 Offered
Handicraft notice promoting a needlework panel of the 23rd Psalm. Transfer pattern measures 12 by 16 inches and includes stitch illustrations color chart and materials list. Send ten cents plus one cent mailing to The Charleston Gazette Needlecraft Dept New York. Include pattern number name and address.
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Charleston Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Beulah Duffield Pupils Set Recital at St Johns Parish Hall
Beulah Duffield will present a piano recital at 8:30 p m today at St Johns Parish house on Quarrier Street. The program features works by Kreisler Lecuona Mendelssohn Strauss Grieg and Beethoven. Participants include Jayne Freeman Mary Jo Sippe Bonnie Jean Morton Reba Mae Beaver Eula Mae Crowder Robert Shafer Howard Boyd Lucy Belle Haynes Mary Lou Beckett Mary Gertrude Shafer Betty Puckett Neives Diaz Nora Jane Bowden Ellen Tucker Marieda Mae Der tick Patsy Marshall Patsy Buck tin Doris Waterstone Wanda Sigmon Jean Hamilton Bonnie Jones Roma Nasser Dolores Sigmon Loretta Jones Thelma Jean Stambaugh Patty Carte and Charlotte Morton.
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Beulah Duffield
St. John's
Quarrier Street
Kreisler
Lecuana
Mendelssohn
Strauss
Grieg
Beethoven
Jayne Freeman
Mary Jo Sippe
Bonnie Jean Morton
Reba Mae Beaver
Eula Mae Crowder
Robert Shafer
Howard Boyd
Lucy Belle Haynes
Mary Lou Beckett
Mary Gertrude Shafer
Glenville Student Drowned in River Near Arbuckle Farm
Glenville May 31. William Corkrean a 19 year old Glenville college freshman and inexperienced swimmer drowned in the Little Kana wha river near Arbuckle farm. Others recovered the body about an hour after he entered the water. he was the son of Dr and Mrs J E Corkrean of Jane Lew.
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Glenville
Willie Corkrean
Glenville College
Kanawha
Arbuckle Farm
Corkrean
J. E. Corkrean
Jane Lew
Noted Negro Leader To Speak at College
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, head of the National Youth Administration division of Negro affairs, will deliver the commencement address at 2 30 p m today as 100 graduates receive degrees at West Virginia State College in the college auditorium Daytona Beach Fla Dr John Davis president of Bethune Cookman College will confer the degrees Bethune is nationally prominent in education and social movements known as The Negro Race First Lady of the Negro Race and will speak with the audience about education and leadership.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Division of Negro Affairs
National Youth Administration
West Virginia State College
Bathima
Arikae Getuee
Bethune-Cookman College
Daytona Beach
Fla
John Davis
Prominent In Education and Social College
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