Weather summary and forecast across the Charleston area
Weather Bureau notes warmer temperatures from Maine to Georgia with stormier conditions in Tennessee. Local forecast lists daily public appearances of weather personnel at Kanawha Blvd offices and various towns, plus regional high and low temperature forecasts including New Orleans 88 and Nashville 86 with other 85s in major cities.
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All-Out Army and Air Force Recruit Drive Expanded
Capt Beacher H Brewer commanding officer Charleston recruiting station announced a new all-out drive focused on Kanawha County high school graduates. The area has been zoned into contact centers to provide information on joining the services. New itineraries for Charleston recruiters were released. S-Set Edward H Ghiz survivor of the Bataan death march.
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Beacher H. Brewer
Charleston
Kanawha
Brewer
S-Set
Edward H. Ghiz
Bataan
John R. Williams Named Wheeling Paper Assistant Manager
Wheeling News Publishing Co. announced that John R. Williams, a DuPont executive from Wilmington Delaware, will become assistant to the general manager of The Wheeling News Register and Intelligencer on August 1. Williams is married to Frances Stubblefield Williams, granddaughter of H. K Ogden, founder of the Ogden newspaper chain.
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Frances Stubblefield Williams
H. K Ogden
Ogden
Charleston
D. W. Stubblefield
On the Line Reminiscences From a former Post desk man
A veteran columnist recalls colleagues and pranksters from the Post desk, detailing how loyalty feuds and practical jokes shaped newsroom life. A former Times Herald staffer shares a Christmas Eve scam about a $94 debt that ends with a lighter correction.
Arena stages Shakespeare in the round on June 17
The front page note describes a high risk, intimate production with actors facing overhead spots and a restless arena crowd. It praises the challenging stagecraft while doubting the feasibility of Julius Caesar in such a stall design, hinting at dramatic swordplay through the stands and audience participation as a potential risk or spectacle.
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Jane Seymour
Fair
W. Shakespeare
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare
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Caesar
Plane crash kills parachute jumper in Kentucky
In Letcher County Kentucky a light plane crashed on a wooded hill killing 22 year old Robert Mullins of Pikeville Kentucky a WWII paratrooper who had been staging jumps at air shows in eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia. His wife crawled nearly a mile for help and suffered a probable fractured ankle and possible broken back. Hospital officials said she is expected to recover. She was taken to a Jenkins Kentucky hospital.
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Robert Mullins
Pikeville
Virginia
Jenkins
Mullins
Letcher County
Canadian Chrysler Walkout Averted in Windsor Strike
Windsor Canada June 5 threatened strike by 3600 Chrysler Corp of Canada workers was averted as the United Auto Workers Union CIO accepted a two year contract raising hourly wages by six cents and adding a four cent firm welfare contribution. The pact can be opened after one year for new wage talks and the strike scheduled to start at noon today was called off.
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Desperate citizens seek new party amid GOP decline
The text laments the Republican Party’s decline and a bleak national outlook. It imagines citizens forming a bold, new political movement driven by patriotism and honor, likening its rise to Mussolini but noting the CIO’s involvement.
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Six Years After D-Day U S Faces Same Grave Problems
This reprinted AP column recalls D-Day and the 1944 invasion, noting the scale of forces and the resolve shaping Allied victory. It reflects on Americans pausing work to follow events, the Normandy beaches, ships, planes, and the war’s climactic push against totalitarianism, as Roosevelt calls for unity and prayer.
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J. M. Roberts, Jr
Associated Press
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Omaha
English Channel
Europe
Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
After D-Day to Free Peoples and Atomic Control
A fragment from a wartime speech notes the cost of victory and the ongoing battle against totalitarianism. It recalls millions who never returned and urges continued support to aid free peoples, while warning of an atomic arms race and the need for universal military training in the United States.
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Washington
America
Lake
United States
Russia
Congress
U. S
Fragmented War Message on Delay and Speed
The text discusses delaying action versus rushing speed and returning safely. It references America joining Ags and Franklin Roosevelt in a prayer. It mentions riboflavin content in milk and a battle phrase about sunlight exposure and outcomes over three years.
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America
Franklin Roosevelt
Rosnberger Store Promotes Wallpaper Savings and Ideas
Mrs Raulenberger spends 3 75 and saves 17 50 on wallpaper at Martin Rosenberger paper store 809 Virginia Street Charleston WV to decorate a room with wood grains plaids and Weaves and to pick from patterns in the ABCs of Hanging Wallpaper booklet Offers free booklet and a special price of 1 30 per roll in a spring promotion urging homeowners to visit the store for economical projects and decorating inspiration.
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