Parkersburg airport expansion funded by War Dept grant
Washington reports War Department approval of a 360,000 allocation to expand and develop land for the Parkersburg West Virginia airport. Work to begin on a contract basis, with runways to be lengthened to 5,000 feet plus. Also notes more than 52,000 spent earlier and mixed wartime internment news for Twenty West Virginians in enemy camps, listing several service members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hubert Ellis
R. W. Vai
War Department
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis
Elis
Elin
Adeed
Jeonnirs
West
Jenny Hackley
Harpers Ferry
Germany
Capua
Malyore
W. Hudnall
Hudnall
Cedar Grove
Ruelox
Lilly Fox
Spenet
Charles C. Lester
Henry Lester
Helen Tech
Sth
Milton Ord
New Havens Tees
Sih
J. Mueller
Coletta A. Mueller
Wheelings
Robert Murphy
Viola Murphy
Huntington
Tony A. Novince
Odlin Novince
Sta Gary
W. VY. Rudisill
Carl Rudisill
Coldwood
Pfc
E. Rule
Roy C. Brown
Smanshy Brown
Birchriver
Ottman L. Burton
Fleet Burton
Hamlin
Alonzo Butler
Cornelia A. Buller
Elm Grave
Nazi Agent Details Ties To Goebbels Revealed In FBI Files
FBI files show Nazi agent Kuehn acted as an assistant to Joseph Goebbels and coordinated Japan’s covert efforts. He banked over $70,000 in three years and his wife traveled to Japan, returning with $10,000. He offered services to the Japanese consul in Honolulu to obtain American defense info and proposed a signaling system to relay Pearl Harbor movements.
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Rage
Joseph Goebbels
Iso Monalula
Wluidy
Kuehn
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Haywaiian
FBI
A Nickel A Pack Till the Yanks Come Back drive
Charitable appeal in The Gazette invites readers to donate cigarets to U S service men overseas. Mail form and enclosed amount to P O Box 2673 Charleston West Virginia for packs at five cents each. Donor may choose to publish name, but amount remains private.
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the Gazette
U. S
P. O
Charleston
W. V
CAA to Develop Airports at Martinsburg and Wiley Ford
Randolph D. and W. Val announced immediate CAA action to develop airports at Martinsburg Virginia and Wiley Ford known as Cumberland Maryland. The airport approval board authorized allocations of 300,000 for Martinsburg and 150 000 for Wiley Ford.
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S Randolph
W. Val
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Martinsburg
Wiley Ford
Randolph
Uimeberland
World War II Britain and Axis broadcasts spark invasion fears
Churchill urged testing air power in Britain to topple Germany and Italy while civil building halted for aerodrome work. Axis reports warn of imminent invasion as Mussolini faces drastic reforms. Rome radio claims Italy at a gravest hour and Hannibal at the gate. Vichy radio cites invasion of Sicily and Sardinia after Pantelleria and Lampedusa falls. Moscow radio notes daily blockades as police hunt hidden persons.
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Stew Churchill
Congress
Washington
Germany
Italy
Britain
Axis Europe
Laly
Benito Mussolini
Fascist Party
British
Rome Radio
Hannibal
Vichy
Sicily
Sardinia
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Balkans
Moscow Radio
Kilgore Event Highlights Human Rights Discourse
The report notes Kilgore’s remarks on global welfare and democracy’s human rights, stressing economic opportunity for all. It mentions a Charleston gathering arranged by the Elia lodge with Leonard Niggleman of Morris Harvey College as speaker. Observances occurred statewide despite wartime disruptions.
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Continuca Rom Sage
Aton
Charleston
Elia Lodge
Leonard Niggleman
Morris Harvey College
United Nations day parade in Free China crowds Chiang Kai-shek
Chungking celebrated United Nations day with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek reviewing the longest parade ever staged in Free China. More than 20,000 Chinese marched past the generalissimo, including home guards police nurses boy scouts Red Cross guides students government employees and merchants.
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Chungking
Generaliasima
Chiang Kai-shek
Free China
Generalissimo
Nickel-A-Pack Plans Cigarette Aid for Service Members
The Gazette copyright indicates the song Nickel Duck Till the Yanks Come Back, and thousands of packs of cigarettes are to be sent to service members from its area. A public event may be held to boost this effort many times over.
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The
Gazette
Flag Salute Debate Continues in Supreme Court Ruling
The court warns against coercive persuasion to enforce unity amid rising nationalism. Three dissenters led by Justice Frankfurter challenge the majority, defending liberty values and arguing against judicial invalidation of liberal legislation to promote national citizenship.
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Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Frankfurter
Justice Frankfurter
West
Aviation Cadets and Mechanics Grads From Army Programs
Thomas W. Mager of Ridgeview and other civilians and servicemen have completed aviation mechanic studies at Seymour Johnson Field and Perrin Field. Harry E Matheny Jr East Bank James Hunter Moore Griffithville and Lt Withrow Camp HowzeTex are in recent flight training or cadet programs under new Army policies allowing civilians to pursue wings. Kenneth F Lowry of Nallen qualified as an aerial pinner after aviation school and to join bomber crew training before overseas service.
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Thomas W. Mager
Ridgeview
Charleston
Seymour Johnson Field
N.C
Tecutse
Harry E Matheny
East Bank
James Hunter Moore
Griffithy+ville
Navy
Athens
Carlos Q. Withrow
Kana+awha City
Perrin Fierd
Tex
Army
Withrow
Camp Howze
Tes
Kenneth FE
Lowry
Nallen
Wage Fight Over Portal Pay Tests Miner Travel Costs
The War Labor Board plans to test the nations wage act as it weighs a proposed 1.30 travel pay for miners in portal to portal underground travel. Lewis challenges the board and seeks to shield workers from wage increases while Sen. Connally defends the anti strike measure as a wartime safety need.
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WLB
Lewis
Central Pennsylvania Coal Producers Assoc
Appalachian Conference
Lewie
MLB
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania
WLE
Tom Connally
D -Tex
Fathers Draft Advised Deferment Rules For Local Boards
The article explains how employers send forms to local draft boards to defer individual men per a schedule. Boards may refuse deferments, though rarely, and must review within six months. It notes about 6,000 to 3.01 million workers listed for deferment, with guidance prioritizing shorter training replacements, prior deferments, and single men over those with children, and using lowest draft-call numbers when families are equally replaceable.
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Rlraft
Selective Service
Child Dies From Injury in Bus Accident
Eva Gall Noe 3 daughter of Mr and Mrs Wade Noe of Chattaroy died in Williamson hospital from injuries suffered when struck by a bus in Chattaroy yesterday. The death was reported from Williamson.
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Williamson
Eva Gall Noe
Wade Noe
Chattaroy
Williamson Hospital
Aho
Birth notices from Charleston General Hospital
Mr and Mrs K L Price announce the birth of a son Saturday at Charleston General hospital. A daughter was born Saturday to Mr and Mrs H L Tyree of Scarbro at Charleston General hospital. Mr and Mrs Carmel Cantley of Whitesville announce a daughter born Saturday at Charleston General hospital. A son was born Friday to Mr and Mrs W A Newton at Nitro at Charleston General hospital. Mr and Mrs Dilly Kuhl of Three Mile are parents of a son born Friday at Charleston General hospital. Mr and Mrs Chester Strobel of Dunbar announce a daughter born Friday at Charleston General hospital.
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K. L. Price
Chamberlain Ct
Charleston General Hospital
H. L
Tyree
Scarbro
Carmel Cantley
Whitesville
W. M. Morlang
Kanawha
W. A. Newton
Dilly Kuhl
Three Mile
Chester Strobel
Dunbar
Army Officer's Widow Seeks Annulment After Husband Alive
Mrs. Martha Barnes Hewlett van Horn seeks annulment of her second marriage after learning Capt. Thomas Hewlett survived Corregidor and is held in a Japanese prison camp. The case centers on the army officer believed dead and the widow's remarriage in New Albany, Indiana.
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New Albany
Ind
Corregidor
Martha Barnes Hewlett van Horn
Thomas Hewett
Randolph County Jail Break Escapes Seven Prisoners
Seven prisoners escaped from Randolph county jail in Elkins at 12 45 am when jailer Ballas Pritt went to lock them in cells on the second floor. They overpowered him and seized keys. Sailer Pritt suffered minor wounds and his wife was struck in the face. The escapees included three federal prisoners, three soldiers two in uniform and one state prisoner.
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Randolph County
Elkins
Ballas. Pritt
Sailer Pritt
Miners Die in Cave-In at C. H. Mead Coal Co Mine
Two coal miners were killed instantly when a large section of rock fell from the mine roof at the C. H. Mead Coal Co. in Fast Gulf. Victims identified as Dim Whise Mine, 40, of Cornune, and Willtam Clayfurd, 3, of Coal City.
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Minera
Beckley
C.H. Mead Coal Co
Fast Gulf
Dim Whisemin
Cornune
Willtam Clayfurd
Coal City
Allied air raids aim at Sicily as Pantelleria falls
British heavy bombers from the Middle East command hit Catania causing fires and targeted Sicilian airfields. Aegean shipping aircraft set two enemy vessels ablaze and damaged another off Greece. One plane was lost. The raids may signal Sicily as next for heavy bombardments and possible occupation. Pantelleria Lamperdusa and Ty Linoss noted.
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Aegean
Fiehders
Middle Eastern
Aegean Sea
Greece
Italy
Pantelleria
Lamper Dusa
Ty Linoss
Logan Sells Mud Fork School Site At Auction
June 14 17 Logan announces public auction planned for June 28 of the Thompson school site on Mud Fork owned by the Logan County Board of Education since 1920. The two room building is being torn down and about 50 pupils will transfer to J. B. Ellis school as it expands from four to six rooms.
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Logan
Stallings de Journett
Thompson School
Mud Fork
Logan Counts Board of Education
de Journelt
Thompson Wilh
J. B. Ellis
Mason College Pupils to Present Recital at First Baptist
The Mason College of Music and Fine Arts will stage a costume recital by Mrs. Dorothy Ferrell’s pupils Friday at 815 p.m. at the First Baptist church of Chelyan. Participants include Nita Belle Wolfe Patty Joyce Petry Betty Jay Sawyers Jean Martin Rosemary King Batty Hudson Mae Fullingrad Elizabeth Souleyrit Carole Jean Murphy Phyliss Mene fee Bonnie Ferrell Joann An krom Barbara Ann Willshire Donna Jean Shappell Patricia McGraw Arlene Sheppard Shirley McCoy Norma Jean Bryant Erma Jean Lawton Alice Robinson Mickey Hanna Betty Lou McGraw Ardith Stanley Norma Horner Gwen Cat dell Dorothy Ferret a pupil for Arthur Metfout Walter Bricht and McHoul of the college faculty will present a two piano group.
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Mason College
Mason College of Music and Fine Arts
Dorothy Ferrell
First Baptist Church
Os Chelyan
Nita Belle Wolfe
Patty Joyce Petry
Betty Jay Sawyers
Jean Martin
Rosemary King
Batty Hudson
Mae Fullingrad
Elizabeth = Souleyrit
Carole Jean Murphy
Phyliss Menefee
Bonnie Ferrell
Joann Ankrom
Barbara Ann Willshire
Donna Jean Shappell
Patricia McGraw
Arlene Sheppard
Shirley McCoy
Norma Jean Bryant
Erma Jean Lawton
Alice Robinson
Mickey Hanna
Betty Lou McGraw
Ardith Stanley
Norma Horner
Gwen Catdell
Dorothy Ferret
Arthur Metfout
Walter Bricht
McHoul
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