FDR Says Army Camp May Be Refugees Haven
President Roosevelt said wartime refugees could be housed in an army camp no longer needed by the military as part of a broader plan to shelter refugees near their homelands. He cited Taormina and Cyrenaica resorts as possible havens and noted financing could come from UN Relief or military funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roosevelt
Taormina
Sicily
Cyrenaica
Iulian
Libya
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Adriatic
John W. Pehle
War Refugee Board
Hull
Morgenthau
Simson
Peble
London
United Nations
Veterans of Far Flung Battles Booked for Gazette Army Show
Lt Herbert Hillman of Ike Ja and Cpl Versil Chapman of Clay West Virginia join Army Show at Ashford General hospital White Sulphur Springs next week. Hillman, promoted at San Vittore Italy, earned the Purple Heart and Silver Star. Chapman, B 25 gunner, survived several campaigns. Army motion pictures, a tented setup, and a public address system will support the event with attending band and Medal of Honor recipients Ernest Childers and Commando Kelly arriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassino
West
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Billman
San Vittore
Italy
Cpl Chapman
W. D. Chapman
Clay
States
Bismarck Sea
Wewak
Her. BG. Entaminger
Elmer Ferrell
Coca Cola Bottling Co
U. S. Army
Federal Building
Bob Gorham
Laidley Field
Army
DC Court Denies Right To Review WLB Orders
Washington June 2 A broad ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia held no statute authority for court review of War Labor Board orders. The decision could lead to dismissal of suits by Montgomery Ward & Co seeking injunctions against enforcement of WLB orders. Attorney General Biddle called the ruling fast important and noted it affecting the War Labor Board controversy. He also commented on McCarran report criticisms related to wartime seizures of Montgomery Ward properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
United States Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
U. S
Montgomery Ward & Co
WLE
Biddle
Shepherdstown Ballots Blank in Municipal Election
Shepherdstown voters faced a blank ballot on election day as no candidates were listed for mayor recorder and five council seats. Residents were required to write in their selections for all posts.
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Shepherdstown
James Pullen Inducted Civitan Club President
James L. Pullen was inducted as president of the Charleston Civitan club at a luncheon yesterday in the Daniel Boone hotel. New officers include Charles E. Roberts as vice president and James M. Heilman as secretary with Will iam L. Chambers as assistant secretary. R. P. Lipscomb becomes treasurer with P. B. Snodgrass as assistant treasurer. Sergeant at arms Guy M. Massey chaplain Rev. William Crane and secretary emeritus Frank A. Suter complete the slate along with new directors George S. Darlington O. R. Dawson Roth well E. Dewey O. P. Frame and Horace Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Pullen
Charleston Civitan Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charles E. Roberts
James M. Heilman
William L. Chambers
Secre
R. P. Lipscomb
P. B. Snodgrass
Guy M. Massey
William Crane
Frank A. Suter
George S
Ration Coupon Control Under New Charleston Board
Fred W. Borneman a civil service appointee heads the Charleston war price and ration board daily balancing of ration currency. All rationing currency or coupons pass through his hands for return. He serves as ration panel clerk in charge of reliening currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Borneman
Civil Service
Charleston
Ration Panel Clere
Night Baseball Scoreboard and YMCA Day Highlight
Baseball box scores show Cleveland, St Louis, Philadelphia, Chicago and Brooklyn games with pitchers Black Leonard Passeau Chipman and others. Obvious OCR issues obscure details but references to Homer Adams Raf fensberger Masilli Mathewson and Finley appear. Gov Neely urges West Virginians to observe YMCA centennial June 4 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely
West
Beauty Arts by Lois Pee and Zoe de Salle fashion notes
A Charleston Gazette item discusses Zoe de Salle fashion guidance on line, cut, textures, and minimal ornaments. It emphasizes simple, elegant silhouettes, high quality fabrics, and versatile outfits, advising careful foundation and color coordination for long lasting style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe de Salle
Zoe
Los Leeds
Charleston Gazette
Mines Chief Redyard Attacked by Blizzard
District 17 Vice President William Blizzard of the UMW charged that absenteeism in West Virginia coal mines is not costing production and blamed sickness for lost time. He criticized the state mines department for its injury statistics and claimed coal operators’ groups have control of Mines Chief Jesse Redyard, appointed in 1942, with violations of mine safety laws ignored.
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District 17
William Blizzard
UMW
Blizzard
State Mines Department
West Virginia
Jesse Redyard
Neely
Blizgard
Sublette Earns Third Air Medal Cluster
Ersel L. Sublette of Naoma, radio operator and gunner with an Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress group in England, received his third oak leaf cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement on bombing attacks over Nazi Europe. He is the son of Mrs. Nannie B. Sublette and enlisted in the air corps in October 1942.
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Ersel L. Sublette
Naoma
Bth Air Force Flying Fortress
England
Army
Azi
Europe
Sgt
Sublette
Nannie_B. Sublette
Nsoma
Air Corps
Safe Containing $5,000 Stolen on Summers St
Police reported a burglary on Summers Street where a safe containing about $3,000 to $5,000 was stolen from the Colonial Recreation. Thieves reportedly gained entry through a rear window Thursday night and fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summers St
Colonial Recreation
City
Plite
Mayeel Flier Awarded 2nd Oak Leaf Cluster
Tech Sgt Benny W Stephens of Maysel Clay county receives the second oak leaf cluster on the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during sustained operational flight missions in the Southwest Pacific. Lt Gen George C Kermey presents the award as commander of Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny W. Stephens
Maysel
Clay County
Southwest Pacific
George C. Kermey
Women's Ready-to-Wear Shop Opens at Capitol Street
The Charleston Outlet opens today under Miss W. J. Schwarte at 1230 Capitol St. A chain member, The Outlet offers weekly promotions with today featuring ladies handbags and cotton dresses. Miss Schwartz has extensive experience in merchandising with ready-to-wear stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Rew
W. J. Schwarte
Capitol St
Schwartz
Obituary notices from multiple West Virginia towns
Obituaries list Gary Richard Smith of Boomer aged 4 with services in Boomer Baptist Church and burial in Lean family cemetery. Thomas Lee Smith as surviving sibling. Mrs. Ley Jane Rock of Hillsboro dies aged 61. services at Hillsboro Presbyterian Church. burial in Ola group cemetery. Arizona Moore, 28, of Ronceverte, dies. services at Lincoln Baptist Church. burial in Lincoln cemetery. Mrs. Mary Elnora Barney, 58, Ansted, dies. survivors include two daughters, a son, and siblings. body at Washington & Coleman mortuary. James Sanford Hunt, 48, of Chesapeake, dies. services at residence. burial Sunset Memorial Park. Mrs. Roxie Gibson, 70, of Dunbar. services at Church of God. burial Sigmon cemetery. Mrs Tennessee McCallister, 76, dies at Rayford. services at Alles mortuary chapel Hurricane. burial Mount Vernon cemetery. multiple grandchildren and great grandchildren listed.
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Gary Richard Smith
Granville Smith
Boomer
Charlottesville
Boomer Baptist Church
Rev
M. Milam
Lean
B. C. Hooper
Ley Jane Rock
Bey Jane Rock
James F. Rock
Hillsboro
Elkine
Presbyterian Church
J. K. Fleming
W. M. Marshall
Ola Group
Wallace 1
Wallace Mortuary
Lewisburg
daugh+ters
Hallie Wells
Dailey
Gladys Hill
Addie Humphreys
Covington
Annie McCall
St. Albans
Virginia Jarrett
Charleston
Kyle
Sgt. W. Hock
England
Arizona Moore
Ned Moore
Ronceverte
Ronceverte Hospital
Lincoln Baptist Church
R. Banks i
Lincoln Cemetery
Wallace
Mary Elnora Barney
Ansted
Eugene Kyle
R. V. Pepper
Rebecca Barney
George Edward Barney
Rov Edward Woolridge
Lucy Randall
Washington & Coleman Mortuary
Montgomery
James Sanford Hunt
Chesapeake
Sunset Memorial Park
Pryor Mortuary
East Bank
Roxie Gibson
Dunbar
Church of God At
O. D. Cavender
C. M. Taylor
Sigmon Cemetery
Kizer
Putnam County
Tennessee McCall
Tennessee McCallister
Florida Payne
Rayford
Alles
Hurricane
John Henson
Mount Vernon
Put Fam
John Payne
Bids Sought for South Charleston Municipal Hospital
Federal Works Agency funds back a two story brick hospital in South Charleston with a basement and 75 beds. Bids open June 23 at 8 00 p m in Mayor L H Oakes office. Architecture by Herbert S Kyle. AA 3 priority rating blocks nurses home until material rules approved. Grant 452500 and Lanham Act loan 250000 cover hospital site equipment and nurses quarters.
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South Charleston
Federal Works Agency
L. H. Oakes
FWA
C. L. Vickers
Richmond
Vickers
Twe
Herbert S. Kyle
Charleston
War Production Board
Wax Production Board
Lanham Act
Damages Sought Over Winfield Dam River Pool Rise
Eva D. Sydnor of 461 Kanawha Ave filed suit in federal district court seeking 3500 dollars damages from the U S government. She says construction of the Winfield dam and the raised Kanawha river pool stage damaged her property in Kanawha City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha City
Eva D. Sydnor
Kanawha Av
U. S
Sydnor
Leslie W Sydnor
Winfield
Kanawha
Historic Cathedral at Rouen Destroyed
London reports a blaze at Rouen cathedral after a nearby explosion believed to be from a delayed action bomb or land mine. Flames engulfed the building and the archbishop’s palace, with the Joan of Arc bell reportedly melting in the fire.
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London
Rouen
France
Berlin
West Virginia Compensation Fund Payouts Rise From 1943
State compensation payouts in April totaled 59,309,359, down 2.4 million from March but up 530,904 from April 1943, Commissioner L Heatherlin reported. Construction and chemical sectors showed higher April wages, with total disbursed across employers at 23,918,449 versus March 26,753,969 and April 1943s 22,769,074, while chemical wages reached 4,653,622 after 4,250,852 in March and 3,678,403 a year earlier.
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West Virginia
L. Heatherlin
New Charters Issued By Secretary of State
The secretary of state issued charters for the Dorothy Gordon Coal Mining Co of Gordon Boone County with $1000 capital by H R Stalter Nelsonville C E A Winters Columbus and Marjorie Essex at Bextey Ohio and for the Industrial Realty Co of Huntington capital $10000 by Harry S Moore L G Brisbin and Martha R Brisbin.
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Dorothy Gordon Coal Mining Co. l
Gordon
Boone County
H. R. Stalter
Nelsonville
C. E. A. Winters
Columbus
Marjorie Essex
Bextey
Huntington
Harry S. Moore
L. G. Brisbin
Martha R. Brisbin
Draftee List Brings Eight Names to Draft Board
Preble county draft board has sent the army eight men: Noah Harvey Herman Daniel Boone Buster Brown David Longworth. Official records confirm all given names. Mexico grab in ing to stamp out Sung priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton
Preble County
Green lauds Russia but warns against Soviet Europe
Boston June 2 President William Green of the American Federation of Labor credits Soviet Russia for aiding in defeating Hitler and calls for Europe to avoid becoming a Sovietized Dupe state. He urges unity in production for the UN invasion and criticizes Britain delays while demanding immigration limits to Palestine be lifted.
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Boston
Russia
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Europe
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Green
Jaber
Soviet Russia
Hitler
Stalin
United Nations
Palestine
Great Britain
Fernbank School to Collect Waste Paper Wednesdays This Summer
Fernbank school will collect waste paper for salvage between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Wednesday during the summer. Mrs. J. C. Frierson, salvage chairman, announced. Paper will be taken to the school where a PTA committee will receive it. Mrs. Frierson said more boy volunteers are needed and provided the phone number 26-870 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernbank School
J. C. Frierson
Primary expense disclosures reveal modest spending totals
Primary expenditures of 2101 dollars were reported by Dr. E. H. Hedrick of Beckley. Democratic nominee for congress in the 6th district, yesterday, while State Senator EB Ray Reed of Clay, Republican, advised the secretary of state that he spent 419 dollars in his unsuccessful bid for secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
Congress
EB. Ray Reed
Damages Sought Over Clogged Sewers After July Flood
Sacred Heart of Mary Church at Weirton was flooded when a cloud burst clogged storm sewers with road building material. Bishop John J. Swint of the Wheeling diocese asked the state court of claims to approve a $900 claim against the road commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart of Mary
Weirton
John J. Swint
Wheeling Catholic
State Court of Claims
Road Commission
Young Man Fractures Collar Bone in Collision
Arthur Yates, 19, of North Turnpike, was struck by a car in the South Charleston underpass. He suffered a fractured collar bone and was treated at Dunn hospital. The driver was identified by police as J. H. Samples of 325 2nd Ave., South Charleston. Uruguay is urging private auto owners to use substitute fuels.
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Arthur Yates
North Turnpike
South Charleston
Dunn Hospital
J. H
2Nd Av
Uruguay
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Fort Oglethorpe
Ernest Childers
Kelly
James Pullen
Civitan Club
Cleveland
Borowy
Garbark
Calvert
Heving
Kileman
Rosar
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Black
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Hayes
Muncrief
Mancuso
Chicago
Dix
Leonard
Candini
Fertress Lee
Tresk
Brooklyn
Passeau
Holm
Chipman
Gregg
Owen
Lois Pee
Rlom
Lois Leeds
Redyard
Sgt. Sublette
Mayeel Flier
Army Camp
Richard Maxwell
Columbia Broadcasting System
John
Seth Parker
Helen Benner
Blue Network
Alec Templeton
Hymns of All Churches
Joe Emerson
Pat B. Withrow, JR
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
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5. T. Price
Pope Field
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