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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
16
A news brief describes Soviet forces pushing through forests toward Viipuri after Raivola, with reports from Stockholm and Berlin claiming Finland ready to evacuate Viipuri and nearby isthmus while Helsinki says fronts are stabilizing. Finns resent lack of Nazi assistance and retreat appears likely.
Mrs. David Thomas of 1161 Bridge Rd asks city police to recover her son David Kr. 20 bicycle, stolen from the basement, bought with money earned as a Charleston high school senior. She offers a 25 dollar reward for its return amid wartime sentiments.
Soviet forces broke through Finnish lines near Terijoki and Raivola in continuous daylight fighting. Mobile units captured Kivennapa and advanced between lakes toward Leningrad, while German troops in the country were reported of poor caliber and little help arriving.
The text outlines a strategy where the Hed army would push west after removing the Finnish threat to its northern flank. It notes Russian warships operating from the Gulf of Finland and aircraft from Finland hurting German positions in the Baltic. British dispatches hint Finland's government may fall for peacemakers, a scenario considered plausible.
State Veterinarian T. Green reported the first West Virginia hog cholera outbreak in McDowell County since last summer. He will visit Welch today for on site investigation. A separate rabies outbreak remained serious with an 18 day quarantine in Elk Simpson Clark and Cole districts of Harrison County.
A Foreign Economic Administration statement reports Allied progress in disrupting critical war materials. It cites Russian capture of Nikopol and Turkey’s halted chrome shipments as major losses to Germany, while Spain curbs tungsten exports and Portugal suspends them.
A courtroom remark affirms the injured man’s sole offense as a wholehearted daily effort to work and aid war material production, supporting the idea that citizens and families backed the brave overseas fighters. The note ties patriotic duty to labor discipline in a wartime context.
About 30 000 ar of clothing gathered by the Charleston branch of the Greek War Relief Society is shown in boxes and cases. Workers including Margaret Louros helped with sorting and packing while Andy Raptis, chair, notes strong public response and good quality items. The local dairy association aided distribution. volunteers Bettie Fox, Bettie Williams, Sarah Mullens, Ellen Dudley, and Virginia contributed.
West Virginia Supreme Court ruled a Wheeling cleaning and dyeing firm must pay gross sales taxes on Ohio business. The decision distinguished service businesses from selling chattels, and followed prior rulings on interstate commerce. Other rulings affirmed demurrers in land and estate disputes and clarified jurisdiction and sentences in several county cases.
The village Las Chacras in Cordoba province applies for permission to rename to Tela-Canada meaning tree ravine. It argues Las Chacras is used by five other communities in Argentina and seeks distinct local identity.
Survivors describe dawn light over the hills as digging foxholes gave way to grim resolve. The men, numb and unbelieving, found life worth holding again as D rations were eaten and low jokes carried through the delay before the Alban hills confrontation.
Thirty additional persons have been selected for petite jury service the June term of intermediate court, to report June 22. Named jurors span districts including Charleston Elk London Malden Poca Union and Washington with numerous surnames listed by the circuit clerk.
Miss Lillian Chrislip presents a group of piano pupils in a recital at 8 p m tomorrow in St Johns parish house. Participants include Carol Bays Mary Lou Clendenin Robert Price Jr Judith Perry Connie Miller Betty Lowe Robert O Conner Martha Hamer Richard Zoeckler Margaret Connell Patricia Pierson Ann Turner Conrad McCalla David Little Diane Vantaelen Keith Brown Betty Jo Johnson Mary Ann Hamer Julia McCalla Frances Thompson Dorothy Twehig Billie McCalla James Crowder Nancy Casto Agnes
Kanawha county will be represented by a delegation of six persons at the Four H leaders conference opening today for a week at Jackson's Mill. Attendees include Mrs. W. K. Evans Ruth O'Dell Mrs Amoretta Belcher Margaret Quinn Mrs Mattie Price and Clarence J. Wooten county club agent.
Second Lt Frank A Hervatine formerly with Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp has received an oak leaf cluster to his Air Medal for meritorious achievement while participating in bombing attacks on Nazi Europe. Hervatine, a bombardier on the Flying Fortress Little Boy Blue, is a Thomas resident.
The U. S. government suit for 50 dollars alleged as rent on a dwelling once used by Red House Farms at Putnam County was dismissed yesterday in district federal court.
Charles Millard Ball of RFD 2 Charleston filed a voluntary petition in district federal court listing liabilities of 883 dollars and assets of 185 dollars.
The passage argues against leadership by hand chosen rulers and favors a political vacuum. It notes France as the first country where US theory of temporary governments is abandoned and questions domestic opposition to de Gaulle’s inclusion of all decent Frenchmen in his regime.
The quotation notes opposition to Churchill in England and to Roosevelt in America. It states a special cage around de Gaulle, claiming he alone can cure by “manimity, not majority,” reflecting a singular global reader's view.
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