Scouts Prepare Three Summer Camps in Charleston Area
The Charleston Area council announces three Boy Scout summer camps. Camp Wah-Tal-A at Clifton Fay County opens July to Aug under R. K. Hopkins with 200 capacity. Camp Walhonde on Coal River runs July 28 to Aug 0. Band Camp Wilderness near Raleigh County Aug 13 to 20.
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Charleston
Area Council
Grant Colins
Art Wrightson
Tom Ocheltrre
J. FR. Schoolcraft
J. T. Danies
J.T. Kay
Jack Henson
Stanley Preiser
Richard Dror
Richard Paine
Leland Oliver
Mickey Martin
Harry Beaver
Charles Brede
Huge Bombers Foreseen by General Royce
Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, commander of the Istaire force, predicts a future where American bombers larger than Liberators and Fortresses will strike Axis war centers. He says Germany has not yet seen the full power of the big fleets and the gigantic bombers replacing current models.
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Houghton, Mich
INS
Ralph Royce
Istaire
Germany
Arnold
Berlin
Hitler
Kanawha Girl Scouts Open Summer Day Camps
About 1,200 Kanawha County Girl Scouts will start summer day camps, with fees of 1 dollar for Charleston and South Charleston sites and 56 cents for Nitro and St Albans. Camps run June 21 to July 1, with various locations and leaders handling South Hills, Camp Betty Zane, South Charleston, Spring Hill, Sleepy Hollow, and St Albans sessions.
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Kanawha
Girl Scouts
Kanawha County
Charleston
South Charleston
St. Atbins
South Hills
Betty Zane
Edgewood
CC. W. Bowers
C. FT. Curry
New South Charleston
Spring Hill
C.J. Kennett
Sleepy Hillow
St. Albans
Gertrude Gatens
Thirty-One German Aliens Rounded Up in New York Area
FBI chief E. B. Conroy announced that thirty-one German aliens were rounded up in the New York area last week. The group included eight women five war plant workers and a Bronx air raid warden identified as Eugene Traxel who had citizenship revoked last May for fraudulent papers.
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FBI
N.Y
New York
Idnsi
E. BE. Conroy
Bronx
Conroy
Eugene Traxel
Lions Meeting Opens With War Bond Rally
Wheeling reports the Lions Club opening with a war bond rally and social activities. District governors Albert Of Harman and Daniel B. Sweanes will preside as Jean Cagney and Max Sauer participate in the program along with the Weirten Singers.
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Wheeling
Albert of
Harman
Nitra
Daniel BL Sweanes
Weirten
Ings
Jean Cagney
Max Sauer
Leesburg
Weirten Singers
Soldiers in Leeland Seek More Letters for Troops
Washington reports a plea from Chaplain Peter E Culton urging more letters to soldiers in Teeland. He notes troops have spent years with the units and crave home correspondence to lift morale and speed up mail calls. The War Department was informed of the request.
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Washington
Teeland
Peter E. Culton
War Department
Mai
Ohio Methodists Support Strikes When Necessary
The Ohio conference of the Methodist church approved unanimously a social service committee declaration stating that a strike may be necessary and not inherently against the government. It opposes labor racketeers and employer racketeers, condemns strike suppression, and condemns labor-baiting by press, screen, and radio while noting excessive profits by some employers.
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Columbus. O
Irp
Ohio
May West Virginia road deaths total 22
West Virginia state police report 22 people were killed in May highway accidents, down four from May last year. The five month total reaches 93 fatalities, with April 17, March 23, February 13, January 8, and traffic flow cited as not yet reduced to normal levels.
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West Virginia
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Eisenhower Named Outstanding Father of 1943
New York June 6 Gen Dwight D Eisenhower Allied commander in North Africa was named the outstanding Father of 1943 by the National Father's Day committee. The 53 year old general whose son is at West Point received a cablegram praising his sterling leadership qualities and devotion to the youth of today and future generations.
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New York
INS
Dwight I Eisenhower
North
Afica
Eceteral
Jalin
West Point
Elkview Student Wins High School Business Education Award
Sybil Cooper Jabovel of Elk View earned Elkview High School's first year business education award for outstanding work in typewriting shorthand and bookkeeping. She scored 99 of 100, outperforming nearly 3,880 contestants across more than 80 high schools.
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Sybil Cooper Jabovel
J. A. Cooper
Elk View
Elkview High School
Army Transportation Corps Seeks Officers For Civil Life Commissions
The Army Transportation Corps invites qualified civilians to receive commissions. Columbus procurement office says urgent recruitment for pier superintendents water terminal managers loading officials harbor boat operators and ship maintenance and repair officers. Eligible under 35 may be appointed if qualified. Also seeking motor transportation industrial traffic and highway traffic engineers.
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Army Transportation Corps
Columbus, C
West Virginia University Extends Courses in Charleston
West Virginia University will offer extension courses in Charleston from July 9 to August 27. Mrs Daisy Chapman Dorsey of South Charleston announced the program. Dorsey will teach botany with Dr L B Hil in education and Dr Q F L Curtis in psychology.
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West Virginia University
Charleston
Daisy Chapman Dorsey
South Charleston
Dorseys
L. BH. Hil
Q. FL. Curtis
Sailors Rout Zoot-Suited Youths on Los Angeles East Side
In June, bands of sailors attacked zoot-suited youths on the east side, with sheriffs reporting about 20 automobile loads involved. No serious injuries were recorded, though four youths were treated at hospitals for minor injuries amid ongoing clashes tied to a spate of violence against seamen.
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Los Angeles
Angeles
Guy
Ambrose Stewart
Two German Coal Mines Hit by RAF Bombing
Stockholm reports two major German coal mines temporarily out of operation as RAF raids devastate Ruhr fuel supplies. Dam breach at Madine flooding mines near Stein and Harbenberg, drowning dozens and igniting vast coal piles. Widespread destruction spans Cologne to Hanover.
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Stockholm
Germany
Reich
Ruhr
Madine
Ratherr von Stein
Rarbenberz
Eyewinesses
Rube Valley
RAF
Cologne
Hanover
Soldier Sends Thanks To Legion For Cigaets
A North Africa tank corps private writes May 22 to Mr John Brawley posthumously honored in World War I to thank the Legion for cigarets. The post had earlier shipped 20,000 cigarets to North Africa and 20,000 to the South Pacific. Grateful recipient is Pfc William Lauman of Parkersburg who says he likes army life and that the people over there have fine houses but dress funny.
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Tank Corps
North Africa
John Brawley
Legion Post
Skim
Wis
Thomas W. Sknee
South Pacific
Pfc
William Lauman
Parkersburg
Five West Virginians Listed as Wounded
The War Department announced five additional West Virginians wounded in the Middle East area. Pvt Raymond R. Burgess. Pvt Hubert Keelen. Pvt Richard L. Smith. Sgt Ernest J. Taylor. Pvt John E. Taney. All are listed with parents and hometowns: Burgess Pryt. Keelen Blue Creek Route 2 West Union Williamson Clear Creek.
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Washington
War Department
West
John E. Taney
Nora al. Taney
Clear Creek
100th Birthday Hailed by Bronx Resident
George W. Collier, who turns 100 on Monday, celebrated at his Bronx home with two birthday cakes each lit with 50 candies. He served as grand marshal of a Memorial Day parade and said he was having a fine time.
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New York
INS
George W. Collier
Collier
Bronx
H& Relatives
Pimples Disappear Overnight Promised by Eletrex
An ad claims a medicated squid product named Eletrex dries pimples overnight. It promises a money back guarantee and urges readers to try it at Cohen Drug Stores. The copy emphasizes quick, dramatic skin clearing and consumer satisfaction.
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Cohen Drug
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