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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
9
In North Africa and Central Africa troops faced malaria and dysentery, but health programs reduced illness. Daily quinine, mosquito nets, sanitation, and careful medical care kept soldiers healthy, with most cases traced to isolated lapses. Some cannot take quinine and use alternatives.
A collage of film listings shows many titles added including Acknowledged "Uatacn" cartoon with Habert Taps Jor and "Thomas Mitel" as part of new MOM novels featuring Reareem. Other features include "Spy Train" and "Catherine Crate" with famed actors, plus "The Navy Comes Through" with Pat O'Brien and George Murphy and "Ghost Hider" with Johnny Mack Atoen. The prose section notes observers on sleep, work hours, and noon rest needs in a camp setting, highlighting fatigue and efficiency concerns.
In a report to base and Propelitione committee Engel examines space, materials, profits, design changes, wages, and absenteeism across more than 50 war plants. He notes diverse skilled workers, including wartime reassignments, and a Michigan undertaker turned machinist who finds the work more lucrative and pleasant.
The body of Dayle Leon Cartwright, 18, was recovered from an abandoned strip mine pool near Kaon's run, near the Harrigan Marion county line, after a heavy rainstorm. Police said Cartwright and Junior Anderson were swimming. Anderson felt the rain start and survived.
The crash of a plane from the Quonset Point naval yard near Littlehampton killed a British pilot. The pilot’s identity was not revealed.
A dense radar of radio program listings and hosts features Johnny Presents Treasure Chest Evening dances and news segments. Notable segments include Maj. Gen. Eugene Jeybold and Uncle Bam in war coverage plus music by James and His Munemakers with various orchestras and dance bands.
A late Sunday storm toppled a large electric beer advertising sign on the south shore of the Kanawha River. The incident was reported yesterday with no immediate word on damages or injuries.
The piece argues for using feints limited landings and beachhead holds to split Nazi forces and create a second front without a full invasion this year. It emphasizes deceiving the enemy and maintaining European resolve rather than a grand, immediate retake of all France.
The article recalls Alfo born in New York’s Bohemian precincts, famed for arranging and tailoring work to singers. He mentored Sophie Tucker and Bee, influenced Ethel Merman and Lilian Shade, and coached numerous stars from Deane Janis to Connie Russell, shaping a generation of female performers through his studio work in Hollywood.
The state owned Marlinton trout hatchery will expand to boost rearing capacity with 12 new circular ponds and nine improved racesways. Construction starts immediately as the hatchery, now holding about 25,000 trout or 25 percent of capacity until six inches long, seeks higher output.
Washington reports that 47.7 per 1000 of 21 to 33 year olds examined for armed services in 44 states tested syphilis positive. Among Negroes in one southern state the rate reached 405.9 per 1000. Dr. Thomas Parran noted 46,000 rejections per million due to syphilis and 15,000 per million due to gonorrhea. if this pattern continued to 10 million examined, over 610,000 would be rejected for venereal diseases.
West Virginia officials say students with religious scruples have not been required to salute the flag since a three judge federal court ruled against the rule a year ago. Judge John J. Parker led the special court that handed down the decision and the state board of education quickly updated its pledge guidance. Refusal on religious grounds will not lead to dismissal, clarifying the situation nationwide.
At the 10th annual convention of the American Newspaper Guild CIO delegates unanimously adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt to veto the anti strike bill. The measure would place organized labor in a no legal strait jacket as stated by Sam B. Eubanks executive vice president in Boston on June 14.
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