Churchill Echoes War News With Bold Strike Plans
Allied blow would strike Sardinia Sicily and Pantelleria as Daily Mail echoes Zero hour in the battle for bastion islands Rome warns of an Allied attack and Churchill may report to the House on his trip amid a meat shortage push encouraging home poultry farming and hatchery ads.
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Sardinia
Sicily
Pantelleria
Daily Mail
Bastion Islands
Rome
Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill Tour Through United States and Northwest Africa
A Downing Street statement says Churchill flew from the United States to Gibraltar, then visited General Dwight D. Eisenhower at his Algiers headquarters. He was joined by Eden and they toured Tunis and the British and American forces in northwest Africa.
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United States
Africa
No. 10
Downing St
Churchill
Gibraltar
Dwight D. Eirenhower
Algiers
Eden
Tunis
U. S
Northwest
Congressmen Push Release of Midwestern Gas Stock
Washington reports House and Senate leaders backing a plan to lift midwest gasoline stocks to eastern states hit by shortages. Rep. Fred Hartley Jr urged a delay free action and a 250000 barrel rail transfer could lift eastern deliveries by 50000 barrels per day. A 12 member eastern crisis committee will be chosen before Monday. A PAW transport chief will join talks as 1620000 barrels are expected to move east by end of next year, though military diversions could alter this.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House
Fred Hartley, Jr
R-N
Wold
Mid- West
Petroleum Administration — For War
Jubal R. Parten
PAW
Castom
Parten
Food Poisoning Warning Issued In West Virginia
State health department urged consumers to avoid ground meats and prepared foods left warm. Cases in Charleston linked to freshly ground beef. four girls including secretary Margaret Pillo fell ill after ham burgers. Officials urged refrigeration and immediate reporting of illness to aid investigations and protect others.
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West Virealni
State Health Department
Margaret Pillo
Achntic
Funeral Arrangements for Mrs H B Smith in Charleston
Mrs Katherine Dana Bowne Smith 70 widow of Harrison Brooks Smith, prominent Charleston attorney, died about 9 a m Friday at her home. Funeral plans await arrival of her daughter Mrs George Fox of Gainesville Florida. Body moved from Simpson mortuary to residence Hougemont South Hills. Smith known for charitable work in Charleston died of a heart attack after long illness.
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H. B. Smith
Katharine Dana Bowne Smith
Harrison Brooks Smmith
Charleston
George Fox
Gainesville
Fla
Simpson Mortuary
Hougemont
South Hills
Smith
Williamson Lawyer Childe Nelms Dies at 54
Childe Nelms 54 longtime Williamson lawyer and former U S commissioner city attorney chancery commissioner and school board member died today. A native of Taylorville he established the Williamson in 1923 after graduating from Georgetown University. He is survived by a widow and three children.
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Childe Nelms
Williamson
U. S
Taylorville
Nelms
Georgetown University
Southern State Auto Club To Receive License Plates
The Southern West Virginian Auto club in the Ruffner hotel will be freetiving depot for the small 1142-43 license plates which may be removed when the new 1942-447 windshield stickers are put into use between now and July 1. The large 2941-42 plates must be retained on the car for identification, but the little black and white tags which were issued last year can be used as scrap metal. Birth announcements say a daughter was born Friday at the home 643 Piccadilly addition to Mr and Mrs Ernest E Ashworth.
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Southern State Auto Club
Southern West Virginian Auto Club
Ruffner Hotel
Bombers Hit Taranto and Naples in Axis Raids
The Rome radio reported Allied air attacks with claims of 120 planes destroyed and damage at Taranto and Naples. One Liberator was shot down. Italian broadcasts warned workers in bombed areas face court martial. In Sicily a strong force struck Milazzo airfield, hitting three hangars and targeting Favignana.
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Taranto
Hallan High Command
Pantel‘ Acria
Traspant
Sicily
Rome Radia
Waly
Dakar Radio
Naples
Favignana
Fire causes light damage amid street incidents
The blaze, near the city incinerator, caused only a few dollars in damage. Some boys were said to have started it. Hose was used to tackle a trash fire. Origins of the Sissonville road and Virginia Street fires were not ascertained. The property owned by C H Cabell was involved.
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C.H. Cabell
Sissonville Road
Virginia St. E
Meat Prices Continue From Page 11
An OPA spokesman says no industry requests further government control and sees no conflict with the War Meat Board. The subsidy program costs $65,000 for the year, while the forthcoming coffee subsidy is expected to cost about $30,000,000 annually.
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OPA
War Meat Board
Gideon Official to Speak Tonight at Baptist Church Kenyon
Gideon official Kenyon A Palmer of Chicago associate editor of the Gideons magazine and secretary of the Gideon society will speak at Emanuel Baptist Church as guest in the pulpit of Rev. R C Cannon. Announcement made by J M Latraves state chaplain. Palmer arrived anticipating the Gideons state convention at Huntington and will discuss expanding Bible placements in hotels and other public reading sites.
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Gideon
Baptist Church Kenyon
A. Palmer
Chicaco
Gideons' Magazine
Gideon Fiple Society
Emmanuel Baptist
Society
Perry sets state record in army aviation cadet exam
George P. Perry scored 135 of 140 on the army aviation cadet exam, the highest mark in the state to date. The test, supervised by the Charleston examining board, has a passing score of 70. Perry, a Morris Harvey College alumnus and Carbide & Carbon employee, would begin a six month college training before flight school if he passes the physical.
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George P
Dick) Perry
Charleston Examining Board
Perry
Waller A. Farmer
Young Perry
Morris Harvey College
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp
Alderson
George TP. Perry
Plane Crash Victim Gilbert M. Jones Dies in Alabama
Gilbert M. Jones son of Mr and Mrs G Jones of Spring Hatch died from injuries in a Friday evening airplane accident at Silver Hill Alabama. He was an aviation machinist's mate second class at Pensacola Naval Air Training Center. Details were not released. Body to be sent home for burial. Survived by eight sisters and four brothers. Funeral arrangements by Snodgrass mortuary pending.
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Gilbert M. Jones
G. Jones
Spring Hatch
Silver Hill
Ala
Jones
Aviatios
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Training Center
Myrtle Grass
Spring MM
Juanita Mader
Gassaway
Virginia Hensley
St. Albans
Cloyd Jones
Brooklyn
Carl Ray Jones
Benjamin Harrigan
Andrew
Robert
South Charleston
Snodgrass Mortuary
Meat policy changes eyed by county supervisors
County supervisors plan to regulate livestock slaughtering to route animals through inspected plants, enforce federal permit adherence, ensure sanitation and minimal waste, and promote equitable distribution of meat supplies.
Repaving Plan Aims to Link Penn Av and Rigby Av
City official outlines long term road improvements including acquiring right of way to connect Pennsylvania Avenue with Rigby Avenue, hollowing Magazine area, and buying a new three engine for Kanawha City to replace the air unit. He argues a special levy is needed amid historic financing constraints and says the MacCorkle stretch repair is essential to ease traffic and bolster Charleston as a business hub.
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Pennsylvania
Rigby Av
al Magazine
Kanawha City
MacCorkie
Chesapeake & Ohio
Charleston
Postwar Outlook and Fiscal Restraint Endorsements
Hoffman discusses West Virginia’s postwar stability and rapid industrial growth while warning that excessive government employment risks freedoms and fuels deficits. The chamber lauds the 1943 legislature for cutting expenditures, resisting tax increases, and saving for a rainy day, urging stricter oversight of labor groups and expanded flood control and water management responsibilities.
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Aea
Hoffman
West Virginia
Chamber
Committee of Government and Taxation
Ayain
Old Sweet Springs
Chambers
Bry
Organization of Labor
Fires claim seven lives in Kanawha May hazards report
Fire Marshal Robert H. Kidd reported that seven people died in May from fires explosions and hazards in Kanawha county, accounting for about half of the state's total. Additional deaths occurred in Calhoun Hancock Logan Mercer Preston and Putnam counties.
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Kanawha
Robert H. Kidd
Calhoun
Hancock
Logan
Merter
Preston
Putnam
Jeffers Institute program includes national figures in Charleston visit
Jeffers expected to lead a national entourage as federal officials and industry executives join a Charleston event. VIPs, including Ford, Bacon & Davis and Mlaag-Knox leaders, prepare for a morning registration at 8:30 with fingerprinting, while local Gov. Neely and Mayor Dawson head the delegation.
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Frage A7
Jae Conquest
Malaysia
Radio Rasta
Shrine Mosque
CBS
Institute
Mutual
Charleston
Jeffers
WCHS
Army
Navy
G. W. Bacon
Ford, Bacon & Davis, Inc
C. H. Lehman
Mlaw-Knox Co
Mead
Neely
Dawson
Mie Hotel
No. 3
Guard
Harold I. Moore
Poes
One Cent A Day Old Age Policy For 70 To 90
The National Protective Insurance Co offers a new Old Age accident policy with hospital and general coverage for men and women aged 70 to 90. Benefits include up to 2000, rising to 3000, with monthly maximums of 150, plus doctor bills and large cash for fractures. The policy costs 3.66 per year, with 10 days free inspection, and requires name age and address to issue.
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Conta
National Protective Insurance Co
Pickwick Htdp
Kansas City
Han
Fa Limited
Military seizure ends as plaza crowds watch calm return
The report notes that 7,000 troops under Rawson entered the city forcing Castillo and his cabinet to resign. One soldier and fourteen civilians were killed. Buenos Aires returned to near normal with shops open and order prevailing, though guards kept spectators from government house.
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Naval Engineering School
Rawson
Castillo
Buenos Aires
Plaza de Mayo
Government House
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Hodalia
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Kanawha Flying School
Piccadilly Addition
Ernest E. Ashworth
U.S
Blaze
Sam
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Defense Transportation War Man
Weeseee
MS Siun
Fraby
Ajay
Mitality
Mother
Tto
the Water Control and Conservation Committee
New York Central
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