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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
2
The Italians rush troops from Savoy to Swiss frontier to round up French youths fleeing deportation and joining De Gaulle. Germany vows to release a POW for each paratrooper turned in as Doenitz lauds naval resolve in a DNB broadcast.
Northern West Virginia operators dispute a $1 a day wage plan while unions push for a higher figure in line with a central Pennsylvania pact. Mines report unusually good production as political and regulatory positions clear, with War Labor Board and price ceiling questions looming over underground travel allowances and added costs around 30 cents a ton.
Baruch, aged 72, emerges as a key elder statesman in Washington for postwar mobilization. The article notes his close ties to President Roosevelt, favorable view of the Office of War Mobilization, and his Wall Street origins. He is described as vigorous with limited hearing and a South Carolina native, son of a Confederate army surgeon.
General Eaker says Allied air forces flew over 4 000 sorties in May with a loss of 62 aircraft. He notes Flying Fortresses and Liberators dropped 2 800 tons of bombs on 16 targets. He also reveals civilian Allied agents in Nazi occupied areas received warnings.
General Enker and General Baker outline bombing strategy to aid a continental invasion. They claim daylight bombing proves effective, with USAAF and Eighth Air Force losses under four percent and total May sorties around 4,000 planes including 1,000 heavy bombers. They expect 15 to 20 percent monthly force increases and readiness to support invasion with coordinated air power.
The document outlines Treasury proposals for a pay as you go payroll tax, higher corporate taxes up to 55 percent, increased excise taxes on cigarettes and squors, and adjustments to estate and interest taxation. It notes a spending tax option with deductions from paychecks, aiming to fund wartime costs, and cites a bill signed by the President implementing wage tax deductions starting July 1 with specific weekly thresholds for married and single earners plus dependents.
The board discussed converting the single runway at the former Institute airport for improved landing facilities and studied water resources to aid industry with health department support. A timberland prospects report by the U. S. Forestry Service and state agencies was filed, with publication to follow. Auditor Sims outlined procedures to reclaim tax delinquent lands by rightful owners who settle back taxes and costs.
Rome reports 41 Italian soldiers killed and 85 wounded in the Chiania area with two raiders shot down and limited damage. RAF long range fighters continued attacking shipping in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean with Cairo saying planes sank two sailing vessels and left another sinking. all British planes returned safely.
Union officials in Fairmont and Harlan react to Ickes announcement on fines and a prolonged contract stalemate. Pittsburgh official calls the move rotten as miners press for a contract. Central Pennsylvania group outlines a tentative $130 daily rate based on portal to portal pay and travel time.
In a dispute over bargaining rights, United Fuel drillers and tool dressers press for NLRB authorization after an election among about 49 workers. Coulter claims a 98 percent majority, while Wallace disputes the count and notes ongoing production risks. The firm warns shutdowns could jeopardize $150,000 in wells and four months of work.
Fragmentary text describes Rose Fever and actions tied to Dr Piatti CabRinex and a druggist. The readable lines reference medical involvement, patient spirits, and prompting action, with unclear names and places. The piece appears to be an OCR fragment of a medical or legal notice.
In Beckley on June 10 a white ex soldier was stabbed four times by Sidney Sullivan after a quarrel on a city bus about a coal strike. Hilton Young, a Black coal miner, is in custody. Sullivan is hospitalized in fair condition after the attack.
During a Tennessee river crossing in a Army exercise two assault boats capsized on the Cumberland. A former West Point swimming champion major stripped his uniform and swam to check occupants, then returned, rinsed his pants in clay, donned gear, ordered his column forward, and hiked 14 miles in woolen undergarments after borrowing slack from a private.
The Charleston high school malling center processed 53 400 No 3 ration books yesterday, bringing the total to 126 500 as the state Office of Price Administration reported. Of 142 000 applications screened, 20 could not be processed. About 50 volunteers are needed to work 2 to 5 p.m. Mrs J C Fielding directs.
The Citizens Service Corps of Charleston announced yesterday that the mailing center will not be operated on Saturday nights.
Weston flier Lt Harold W. Lough of the naval air reserve is listed as missing in action in the Atlantic. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W Lough of Weston and was among West Virginia University friends. He was at Pearl Harbor when it was attacked.
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