State Sends 7 992 Into Draft Army
West Virginia will furnish 7 992 men the first year of selective service with high quotas and heavy calls in April and June. The Huntington and Clarksburg draft sites will run through June 28 30 with examinations continuing through Friday. State boards list white and Negro quotas by county with Kanawha and Raleigh among the higher counts and replacements anticipated after early calls.
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West Virginia
Huntington
Clarksburg
Barbour
Berkeley
Boone
Braxton
Brooke
Cabell
Calhoun
Clay
Doddridge
Fayette
Hancock
Hardy
Harrison
Jackson
Jefferson
Kanawha
Lewis
Lincoln
Logan
Marion
Monongalia
Monroe
Morgan
McDowell
MacDowell
Nicholas
Ohio Board
Ohio
Pendleton
Pleasants
Pocahon
Preston Board
Preston
Putnam
Raleigh Board
Raleigh
Randoldolph
Ritchie
State Draft Objector Sent to Labor Camp
The selective service head announced the first conscientious objector assignment in the state. William Arthur Hamlin of Huntington is ordered to report June 26 to Grottoes camp in Virginia for one year of unpaid work of national importance, instead of entering army training.
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State
Selective Service
Cabell
Local election tallies by county boards and numbers
The record lists numerous counts by county boards and districts including Roane Summers Tucker Tyler Upshur Wayne Webster Wetzel Wirt Wood Wyoming and others with varying figures in parentheses, suggesting ballot or vote tallies and district tallies across multiple jurisdictions.
Lillys Invite Mrs. FDR to Speak at Reunion
Beckley June 9 An invitation to speak at the Lilly family reunion will be extended to Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt announced secretary W T Lilly of the reunion association. The gathering, one of the nation’s largest of its kind, will be held August 16 and 17. Also invited are Wendell Willkie and Mrs Ruth Owen Hohde of Alderson former U S minister to Denmark.
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Beckley
Lilly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
W. T. Lilly
Reunion Association
Wendell TL
Willkie
Ruth
Owen Hohde
Alderson
U.S
Denmark
Bankruptcy filing for Raymond Rey White in district court
Raymond Rey White of Ohley filed two voluntary bankruptcy petitions yesterday in federal district court. He lists liabilities of 568.22 and assets of 125.
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Raymond Rey White
Ohley
Fair Enough Continued From Page Six Opinion
The passage reflects on humanity and the capacity to forgive and cooperate again. It contrasts the brutality of past actions with the repulsive character of the perpetrators, emphasizing remorse and reconciliation as essential.
A wartime assertive musing on national loyalties
The author critiques collective national culpability while warning against settling disputes by force or surrender. He notes the mixed moral character across eras and urges detestation of enemies for pragmatic reasons, not national vanity, ending with a reflective seasonal greeting.
Kiwanis Honors Charleston Stonewall Pupils Today
Dr. Mark R. Dodd assistant superintendent of county schools leads Kiwanis program at noon in the Daniel Bourne hotel to fete honor pupils from Charleston and Stonewall Jackson high schools. Secretary Mont J. Carmack confirmed details yesterday.
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Mark R. Dodd
Daniel Bourne
Charleston
Stonewall Jackson
Mont J. Carmack
Secret conference and London orders spark wartime turmoil
Report notes a secret meeting with local union leaders, a plant laden with orders, and a dramatic scene outside a Washington hotel showing Miss Kathryn Lewis, secretary of John L. Lewis, amid anti New Deal tensions and calls for change.
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Iocal
Washington
Jong
Kathryn Lewis
John L. Lewis
Lewis
America First Committee
Perplexing Political Moves Stir White House Labor Rift
Widespread criticism of Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins fuels a clash with the Office of Personnel Management. A three man committee advised abolishing the labor division, two members close to Perkins drafted the memo, and OPM officials threaten to sway Roosevelt. Aging commander debate cites Holmes. Commerce creates British Empire Unit led by W Butlerworth to tighten ties with dominions. Rep. Wickersham quips he is old enough for president. FDR once carried a friend's baby. decades later that baby, Charles Durant Maines, is inducted into the army.
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OPM
Miss Perkins
Mediaton Board
White House
Roosevelt
Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Oliver ‘Wendell Holmes
Lady Pollock
Commerce Department
W. Walton Butterworth
State Department
London
Dominions
Victor Wickersham
Oklahoma
Sam Massingale
Congress
Wickersham
Franklin Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie, N
Savings ‘Bank
John E. Mack
Iater
Fdr
Charles Durant Maines
Flint
Mich
Army
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