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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1944

Page

13

New Cut Coming In Beer Supplies Wholesalers Told

New cuts in beer supplies loom as war demands strain civilian stocks. Mead J. Mulvihill warns West Virginians will face reduced beer availability this summer due to 15 percent brewery allotments for military use and a broader postwar outlet expansion. Russell Hopkins notes forthcoming price regulations may standardize wholesale margins. Officers and directors of the West Virginia Beer Wholesalers Assoc. are reappointed to lead the group through the year.

West Mulvihill Pittsburgh Russell Hopkins Chicago National Beer Wholesalers Assoc Hopkins Office of Price Administration M. BR. Garner St. Louis

Anzio Express Bears G. I. Signatures

In Civtavecchia on June 14 G. I. Joe Autograph Day features three captured giant German railway guns at Anzio beachhead. The 60-foot barrels, firing 580-pound projectiles, stand in railyards, now signed in ink by countless doughboys, with comments beside each name.

Civitavecchia Naly Anzio

Meeting to study junior high curricula revisions planned

The state steering committee led by Forest W. Stemple of West Virginia University will meet June 26 and 27 to consider steps for revising junior high school curricula to align with changing world conditions. The article also notes early Mexican Indian culture dates back to around 2nd B.C.

Forest W. Stemple West Virginia University Mexico

Allied Traffic Control System Is Invasion Nerve Center

In a secret West England command post wartime, an advanced Allied traffic control system coordinates troop movements, ships, and supplies for D-Day. Charts, colored dots, and red balls track replacements and timing, tying army, navy, air branches to Ike’s planning and the invasion timetable.

William Omun Yuu England France Britain Channel Dwight D. Eisenhower

Vast Air Fleet Smashes Enemy To Aid Invasion

Allied air forces launched a massive assault across France Belgium the Netherlands and Germany with more than 1500 U S Fortresses and Liberators plus 500 750 heavies from Mediterranean bases The raid targeted oil refineries in Hungary and Yugoslavia and struck air fields from Paris to Brussels including Le Bourget Creil Cha teaurun and Eindhoven while Royal Air Force planes targeted German transports and front line support continued with few German fighters encountered First reports noted substantial aerial activity as the invasion effort intensified.

Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force U. S France Belgium Netherlands Germany Mediterranean Hungary Yugoslavia Jass Britain Emmerich Rhineland Gerrmany Budapet Caen Caens Royal Air Force le Bourget Paris Brussels Crejt Etampesmondesir End Chateaueun Brussels-Melsbroeck Eindhoven

Royal Family Feasts on Princess Meals in Guides Tale

New York report says Princess Margaret Rose at age 1 is doing Girl Guides cooking for a badge. Royal family allegedly dines on her "practice meals" from rationed foods. Separate dispatch notes bombing results near Budapest refineries, airfield at Kecskeney, and raids toward Paris rail yards and a road junction at Gallardons Pont.

New York Jane M Princess Margaret Rose Girl Guides John Corbett Kingston Ontario Corbett Girl Scouts Elizabeth Shell Doolar Hungary Budapest Fanto Caprag Zagreb Osijek Yugoslavia Kecskeney Britain France Paris Chartres Gallardons Pont

State Employment Needs Stressed At Meeting Here

West Virginia job seekers should prioritize home state employment, especially in coal and lumber sectors, under a new War Manpower Commission priority referral plan effective July 1. The plan, approved by the state labor management committee, requires all workers to apply through the employment service, with external employers only favored if their needs support the war effort.

Nf Laboer West Viginia Industries State Charleston Andrew Edmiston Edmiston War Manpower Commission U. S. Employment Service WMC West Virginia Cam i Ome A. L. Schoenthal Washington Jack Donnachie

Local Man Promoted to Staff Sergeant in Flying Fortress Unit

B Nester duty as ball turret gunner with 8 17 Flying Fortress group based at an advanced base in Maly has been promoted to staff sergeant. He has completed 11 combat missions since arriving in Tralyn last spring. Married to Mrs Virginia M Nester of 220 3th Avy, he is a South Charleston high school graduate formerly with Carbide and Carbon Chemical. Parents Mr and Mrs MM FE Nester reside in South on. Carrier hearings set Beckley June 19 20 for motor carrier and common contract cases with four more in insburg on June 20.

Bill B. Nester Munner Maly Virginia M. Nester 2203Th Avy Sgt Nester South Charleston Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corps Tralyn FE. Nester South €On Public Service Commission Beckley Insburg

Boy, 15, Admits Slaying 14 Year Old Girlfriend

Springfield, June 14. William Roach, 15, confessed to shooting Carolyn Bennett, 14, a Forest Park junior high pupil, after claiming she was going out with other boys. Judge Spooner entered a not guilty plea for capital murder. Roach to June 21 trial date. bail set at Hampden County Jail. Roach, nephew of a former city councilman, led police to the weapon and re enacted the crime at the scene in Forest Park.

Springfield Mass William Roach Carolyn Bennett Massachusetts Ralph 5 Spooner Roach Hampden County War Lagher Gallagher Everett Cook Forest Park Junior High School

Armentrout Bail Denied Over Fatal Shooting Claim

Jasper Armentrout, 72, held in Randolph County jail on two charges of fatally shooting neighbor Rollins Cooper, was denied bail by the state supreme court. He claimed he needed at home to supervise a 3500 acre farm. Unclear details about fuel oil shortage affecting Durango factories appear in the report.

Armentrout Jasper Armentrout Randolph County Rollins Cooper State Supreme Court Durango Mexico

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