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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
20
Early trading showed investors moving from air transport and sugar to gold mines while prices rose fractions and most major issues posted gains. Chrysler and General Motors advanced, Bethlehem Steel fell, and Sears Roebuck and Harvester slipped. curb activity included Brewster Aero and Republic Aviation with solid volume in NYSE and bond market gains easing late.
New York June 14 reports tempered selling and a cautious bullish tone in the stock market. Final hour bids for motors and industrial specialties lent buoyant touches as leaders from Monday and Tuesday showed readable gains.
Ad touts Lydia E Pinkham's Compound as a remedy for middle aged women suffering nervousness irritability and blues during the hormonal transition. Claims regular use builds resistance to distress and offers a stomachic tonic effect with benefits for rich and poor alike following label directions.
Reactions to short covering and damage to southwestern wheat pushed grain futures lower in Chicago trading. Wheat settled around 4% higher to 4% lower than the previous session, with July at about 1.58, oats up fractionally, rye steady, and barley drifting lower. Market tone remained unsettled as cash wheat and feed values showed modest moves.
June 1 Chicago hog and cattle market reports show continued heavy hog shipments with no relief in congestion. Salable hogs around 18 000 to 23 200. cattle and calves also abundant with steady to higher prices for select grades. sheep market steady to higher with several high value lambs and wooled lambs noted. Bulls and heavy cattle active, cows near steady, overall market activity cautious amid ample supplies.
New York reports show eggs at 23 058, firm, with varied wholesale butter prices across grades. Chicago WPA notes butter market firm and unchanged at ceilings, while eggs likewise stay firm.
The report shows bond averages and commodity price movements with New York wholesale price indices declining to 106.87, a high of 107.58, and a low around 103.29. Pittsburgh notes demand for potatoes and regional fruit and vegetable prices, plus marriage and death notices, and a Raleigh Distributing Co charter for Beckley, with founders G A Mohler and E G Larcick.
Hanover reports Mrs. Walter Bankert baked a cherry pie for her son Chief Warrant Officer Richard Bankert. On June 3 the pie reached him somewhere in Italy where he and his buddies enjoyed it, a note that drew attention and even a photograph in an Italian newspaper.
At the 30th annual State Christian Endeavor convention in Clarksburg the 300 attending members heard Rev. Daniel K. Poling of Philadelphia urge neighborliness to avert another world war. Dr. E. O. Bond of Salem College led quiet hour, with other leaders from Lexington and Wheeling conducting sessions.
Idaho political update shows Glen H. Taylor leading Sen. Clark by seven votes with 2977 tallied in 705 of 845 precincts. James Hawley ranks third. Gov. Bothellsen wins GOP nomination by nearly two to one over Ben Johnson. White and Dworshak are unopposed in their districts. Also, Dr. Charles P. Harper to represent state education department at a war and post war guidance conference.
In Fairmont on June 14, management and labor committees said most northern West Virginia coal miners would convert retroactive wage and vacation settlements into war bonds. Net retro pay for travel time for three months of 1943 is 31.00 dollars. a 50.00 dollar vacation payment nets 39.50. Payrolls begin reflecting these bonuses tomorrow with the first portal-to-portal pay installment. The vacation payments are due July 1.
A special meeting at Union mission chapel begins at 7 45 this evening with speaker Mrs Charlotte Soule of New York. A 20 year missionary, it is her first West Virginia appearance. Pat B Withrow leads music including the children’s choir and William Ray Penn performs selections.
The Woman's auxiliary of Kanawha City Presbyterian church meets for monthly business and inspirational session at 2 p m today with a 1 45 p m prayer for armed forces. A Daily Vacation Bible school starts at 9 a m Monday at Morris Memorial Methodist church under Rev. George W Thumm who will supervise.
Fragmented OCR list shows team names and partial scores from a night baseball matchup between New York and Washington with St. Louis and Chicaza also mentioned. Following lines mix in building permits, addresses, and repair jobs across Kanawha Avenue and various streets, referencing multiple individuals and firms such as Stewart Motors, Chamberlain Court, and Mary Sybil Caldwell.
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Daughters of Union Veterans, and Women’s Relief corps at the Daniel Boone hotel elected state presidents and officers, naming delegates to the national convention in Des Moines. Delegates-at-large and alternates were chosen, with officers spanning Parkersburg Charleston Huntington Wheeling and other communities. Colombia shipped wild rubber in 1843 for U S trade and goods.
British forces expelled Japanese from a ridge 18 miles northeast of Imphal and RAF aircraft attacked enemy dumps and transport toward Tiddim. A Monday tank attack in Imphal was repulsed with five tanks lost, and an ammunition dump was seized on the ridge above the town. Japanese casualties were put at 900 killed over two days near Imphal. Patrols noted increased enemy movement near Kohima as operations continued toward Jessami and the Imphal road area.
The fragment shows wartime rhetoric emphasizing victory and forward momentum toward Berlin. It highlights a declared aim to win by more than speed alone, noting the need for effective generalship and practical strategy beyond mere rapid advances.
The readable excerpt speaks of civilions and citizens lifting eyes to grasp the true dimensions and grandeur of a collective enterprise, suggesting a broader call to envision noble public aims beyond mere arithmetic counting.
About 37 prisoners remained after a castle assault as survivors recount heavy losses. The battalion commander doubted the count when none of the scaling British soldiers were wounded, only to confirm the startling result. A German lieutenant, who cried surrender in fluent English, lay among the dead, yet the defenders had orders to hold until 9 pm.
Tiskelwah chapter No. 45, Order of the Eastern Star, Tuesday elected officers including Worthy Matron Mrs. Carl Norcross Worthy Patron M L Donohoe Associate Matron Mrs. Charles Hayas Associate Patron Dan C. Schneider and Secretary Miss Margaret Lewis.
Treasurer Mrs Peart Strom and associate conductress Mrs Edythe Aller named. Conductress Mrs Henry Glags and trustee Mrs ck Morgan listed for three years. Ambiguous text notes milk bottle or lettered items and several transcription errors.
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