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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1944
Page
4
Summary notes that Sunday drinking is banned by the Secretary of Scotland, mentions Uruguay facing yarn shortages due to higher foreign demand, and reports ten frame houses shipped from Stockholm to Argentina as a donation for San Juan earthquake victims.
Advertisement touts Real Oatmeal Real oatmeal leads in protein energy and vitamin B among cereals. It claims adults gain stamina and energy in the morning, noting Quick Mother's Oats cooks while coffee is brewing.
Southern coal mines tied to the Jewell Ridge case await court action before changes to portal to portal pay. The case, arguing compulsory travel time pay, moves through the 4th Circuit after a failed direct appeal to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, back pay under a north zone contract is becoming payable to miners in West Virginia.
Three large railroads urged the West Virginia Board of Public Works to cut property assessments. Baltimore & Ohio requested $77.5 million, Norfolk & Western sought $365 million, Chesapeake & Ohio asked to drop to $80 million from $96.5 million, while Virginian Railway and Western Union urged reductions citing declining incomes and arbitrary assessment formulas.
Tax Commissioner George P. Alderson reported May receipts fell below last year, leaving 11 month total $364,774 under the 1942-43 record. Privilege tax brought in 2,798,737 versus 3,187,159 in May 1943, with year-to-date at 21,062,528 against 21,427,302.
J W Huston who dressed horses for coronations and Queen Victoria funeral spent a 12 day furlough with parents in Ansted. Pfc Vernon Hardy stationed at Camp Forrest Tenn. Pfc Fred E Nelson arrived in England. Prisoners to work on new penal colony on Isla Maria off Arauca Bay. Edward L Tolliver returned to Norfolk after 10 day leave. James L Rollins enrolled in naval training at Great Lakes after working at Electro Metallurgical Plant. Plus a note on a new orange flavored spice cake.
A tug boat has just raised rolling stock from 130 feet below the Sydney Harbor in Australia, a discovery that has alarmed authorities. The recovery followed a long salvage operation aided by equipment and rubberized bags, signaling ongoing concern over the aging railway assets and potential hazards in the harbor.
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