Kanawha Sugar Ration Error Triggers Cuts In Use
Kanawha county faces a sugar shortage after an error in rationing orders granted industrial and institutional users excess allotments for May and June. The correction reduces May and June levels to target baselines with July adjustments to follow. Dr. Carl Frasure plans a regional appeal to extend the shortage period. Domestic use remains unaffected.
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Kanawha County
Kahawha County
William DeMuth
West Virginia
Frasure
Carl Frasure
OPA
Cleveland
Peiod
Moone
Morales
Nat
Kanawha
Kanawha Board
DeMuth
Teacher Dies Tilling Victory Garden Row
SPENCER June 15 A passing motorist found J K Snodgrass dead among furrows of a Victory garden at Gau deeville. The 66 year old school teacher and former Roane county superintendent collapsed and died of a heart attack at work. Survived by his widow and four children. Funeral will be Wednesday.
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Spencer
J. K. Snodgrass
Gaudeeville
Roane County
Snodgrass
St Albans Circle Meets at First Baptist Church Today
St Albans News reports Katharine Chilton Mission Circle No 1 and 2 of the First Baptist church hold a joint meeting with Mrs L White presiding and Mrs R A Melton in charge. Other notes include military enlistment for Charles Louden and travels of several residents, plus a Rainbow Girls box social at 8 p.m. in the Masonic temple inviting Masons, Eastern Stars and spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Chilton
First Baptist Church
L. White
R. A. Melton
St. Albans
The
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Army Plane Crashes Into Hangar in San Francisco
Two men died when an army plane crashed while attempting to land at the San Francisco airport and ignited the No 3 hangar. The blast destroyed the hangar and four army planes, with first estimates placing damage at $500,000. Names of the dead were not released.
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San Francisco
INS
Poisoned drink ends man in New Britain case
Stanley Borguin, about 40, drank whiskey from a bottle sent by parcel post and died. Detective Sgt. James Kelly said Eva Pas, 55, was booked on suspicion of murder connected to the case. A postal clerk identified her as the woman who mailed a package Saturday. Borgula, a night shift factory worker, married last December.
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New Britain
Conn
Stanley Borguin
Parges Post
Sgt
James 3. Kelly
Eva Pas
Borgula
Tworker
Italian Storm Troops Reported in Leningrad Assault
Stockholm report cites Vra Dagligt Allehanda with details of a heavy land and sea attack on Leningrad by Italian storm troops and assault boats. The piece notes bombardment and artillery fire starting two days earlier, with Virginio Gaydi claiming Italian units reached Soviet waters. An Italian communique mentions motor torpedo boats possibly moved overland and attacking a Russian convoy in the Black Sea off the Crimea.
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Stockholm
Vra Dagligt Allehanda
Leningrad
Ae Virginio Gaydi
Black Sea
Crimea
Glider Trainees No Prior Flying Test Expanded
Washington June 15 army air forces eliminated a prior flying test for glider trainees to widen the pool of potential pilots. The War Department said the change should admit more applicants aged 18 to 25 who meet basic physical and mental requirements, expanding access to glider training.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
War Department
Nazi Tribunal Executes 18 Patriots of Poland
London dispatch reports the German tribunal executed 18 Polish patriots. Charges cited include attacks on railway transport used by the German Army in Russia, aiding the Allies, helping prisoners escape, and interfering with Nazi military plans.
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Poland
London
Russia
Japan to Exchange 683 From Shanghai
Berlin dispatch reports 883 citizens from the United States Canada and Latin American nations to be repatriated under a Japan exchange plan. They are set to sail from Shanghai June 23 to 25 aboard Conte Verde and will exchange at Lourenco Marques for Japanese nationals sent from the United States aboard Gripsholm.
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Berlin
Shanghai
United States
Canada
Japan
Lourenco Marques
Portuguese East Africa
Gripsholm
Westend
Manila
Peiping
Tienisin
OPA Inspectors Map Charleston For Price Regulations
OPA inspectors study Charleston maps to start a survey of maximum price rules. Led by W H Barnes and operating from Dr Carl Frasure's office, the effort aims to educate merchants and fix unintentional violations of the price code.
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OPA
Charleston
Carl Frasure
West Virginia
W. H. Barnes
Dr. Frasure
Peoples Building
Lee and
Summers Streets
Two State Steel Men On Committee of OPA
Fi J A A Henry of Weirton Steel in Weirton West Virginia and J L Neudorfer of Wheeling Steel in Wheeling West Virginia named to an 11 member general steel products advisory committee of the OPA. Administrator Leon Henderson named Walter E Watson of Youngstown Sheet and Tube as committee chairman.
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State Steel
OPA
Washington
J. A&a. Henry
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
J. L. Neudorfer
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Wheeling
General Steel Products Advisory Committee
Leon Henderson
Walter E. Watson
Youngstown Shee. and Tube Company
Enlistments at Charleston Navy Recruiting Station
List of new enlistees from Charleston and surrounding towns including Melvin Hess Albert Dodson Lloyd Gates A Kellar Charles Johnson Howard Robinson David Kingres Richard Holcomb Jesse Lowe Maley Beech Bottom Herbert Baker Jesse Shaw Wilbert Baker Clayton Lane Carl Spurlock Richard Vannatter Matt Ty Mitchell Hemphill John Soutar Paul Howard Pennington Robert Brown William Combs Bartley Janes Morgan Edison Barlow Robert Hughes James Shelton Edger Wills Patsy Bate Jr John Whyte Walter Scarbro Patsy Bate Jr John Whyte etc gibberish truncated
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Charleston
Melvin N. Hess
Albert E. Dodson
Lloyd C. Gates
Hoy
A. Kellar
Charles D. Johnson
Howard L. Robinson
Parkersburg
David C. Kingres
Richard M. Holcomb
Jesse 4
Holden
Richard L. Vannatter
Fayetteville
Matt Ty
Mitchell
Hemphill
John P. Soutar
Paul M. Howard
Huntington
Paul E. Pennington
Widemouth
Robert C. Brown
War
William D. Combs, Jr. Bartley
Janes W. Morgan
Edison A. Barlow
Robert 5. Hughes
Wheeling
James J. Shelton
Sprague
Edger L. Wills
Summersville
John F. Hoke
Meadow Creek
Walter W. Scarbro
Dry Branch
Patsy Bate, Jr
John FE. Whyte
Fairmont
Wallace P. Cremeans
West Hamlin
Benjamine F. Pugh
Williamstown
Billie H. Shepherd
Brilliant
Property Line Dispute Ends in Mingo Killing
Williamson June 15 The dispute over a property line between the Carter and Trent families led to a Saturday shooting at the Carter homestead on Gilbert Creek near the Logan border. Howard Carter was killed and Walter Trent, 57, was wounded. Trent later held at a Logan hospital.
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Carter
Trent
Logan
Trent Homestead
Glenn
Williamson
Carters
Old House
Gilbert Creek
Trents
Will Rogers Jr Files for Congress Nomination
Will Rogers Jr son of the humorist filed as a Democrat in California 16th district to challenge Rep Leland Ford who has filed for both parties. The move marks Rogers first political step in a bid to unseat Ford.
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Los Angeles
Will Rogers, Jr
Young Rogers
Congress
California
Leland M. Ford
Ford
Noted newspaperman Clarke Dies After 13 Years at Brighter Side
The article recalls Clarke a gifted all around journalist who served as managing editor of the Morning Journal in 1883 and editor of the Criterion in 1898. He wrote plays for Julia Marlowe and Grace George, published books and poems, with The Fighting Race bringing him fame. He recited the poem The Rough Rider at a St Patrick dinner when Theodore Roosevelt attended.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Clarke
Herald
Standard Oil Company
Nazi Agent's Wife Born in U S Sentenced
Frances Goellert Gros, an American-born animator for Hollywood cartoons, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring with her husband, Dr Hens Helmut Gree, to send defense information to Germany. He had admitted arriving in the U S ten years ago with sabotage orders from Heydrich and already faces a lengthy sentence. The judge said the term serves as a deterrent, noting her love for her husband influenced the act of disloyalty.
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Los Angeles
INS
Frances Goellert Gros
Hens Helmut Gree
Germany
Gros
Inte Reynhard
Heydrich
Gestapo
Ben Harrison
Ted
War Labor Board Edict Replaces 125 Strikers' Jobs
War Labor Board Chairman William H. Davis ton appealed to the U S employment service to provide workers at the Arkwright Corp Fall River Massachusetts to replace 125 strikers who failed to return to work today as ordered by the WLB In a telegram Davis requested that the service direct Fall River managers to secure necessary replacements as previously arranged.
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Washington
UIS
War Labor Board
Willliam H. Davis tonJaht
U. S. Employment Service
Arkwright Corp
Fall River
Mass
WLB
John J. Carson
The
Employment Service
Davis
Spying Debate Over Communist Front Unions
A columnist argues for spying on a labor group seen as a Communist front linked to Harry Bridges. They cite Atty Gen Biddle saying the party advocates overthrow by force and urge Americans to spy as patriotic.
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Sen. la Follette
Francis Biddle
Harry Bridges Cage
United States
Fom
Biddle
Retired in 1913 Buried at Woodlawn in New York
The obituary notes a man who earned $20,000 per year and retired in 1913. He rests in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. Copyright 1943 for The Gazette.
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Woodlawn
New York
the Gazette
Property Transfers Show Broad List of Charleston Area Deeds
A long docket lists numerous transfers and interest changes across Charleston and nearby districts. Names include J B Sipple Louise Oakes Gwinn Olivia Wahl J L Crowder A G Farr Daisy Carlin Farr Cass A Downs C R Robinson Louise Clark Steele and others with parcels and lots in Elk district Belle Riverview Jefferson Park Union St Albans and Marmet among additions and subdivisions.
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J. B. Sipple
Louise Oakes Gwinn
Laidley and
Gates
Charleston
Olivia H. Wahl
Laidley
Victoria Legg
J. L. Crowder
Elk District
F. L. Tarry
James Woodrow Jennings Hill
Brownstanf
Marmet
Bertha A. Drake
Alpha Louise Morris
Sadie Gunnoo
Cass A. Downs
C. R Robinson Et al
Riverview Addition
Belle
E. EB. Neely
Louise Clark Steele
Backus
South Charleston
Gaylord H. Miller
Francis T. Lillie
Jefferson Park
Charleston Building and Lawn Association
Eleanor War
North Rand Street
Louris Haynes
Voila Edens
Elk
Davéryon
London
Mary S. Winkler
Marlin Killeen
John P. Turner
St. Albans
Pd Rather Be Right on French revolt and Vichy fleet
The author questions who the French can revolt against while under Laval and Vichy. He argues Hitler values the French revolution over the fleet, keeping hands off to preserve Vichy prestige, while critics protect the fleet to shield Vichy. The piece mocks ideological conflicts and prompts inquiry into allegiance.
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M. Laval
Laval
Jess Petain
Vichy
Hitler
Funeral Directors Open 3 Day Convention Today
The West Virginia Funeral Directors Association led by President Howard K. Brown of Martinsburg will open a three day convention in Parkersburg with a school of instruction as a feature. N. Howard Rogers of Keyser is slated to succeed Brown as president.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Howard K. Brown
Martinsburg
N. Howard Rogers
Keyser
Brown
Navy nominates Gail Morgan for captaincy in Navy
Commander Gail Morgan of Porters Falls Wetzel County West Virginia was nominated by President Roosevelt to be a captain in the navy.
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Washington
Comdr
Gail Morgan
Porters Falls
Wetzel County
W. Va
Roosevelt
Navy
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Renainer
F. M. Pile Hardware CO
Biel
St. Albans News
Charles Louden
Mrs. CH. Louden
U.S. Army
Fort .Thomas
Max Tullon
Cincinnati
Mary Sue White
W. H. Keyser
Miss White
Buck Lake Park
New York City
Washington, D. C
Frances B. Lee
Chesapeake] and
Potomac
L. H. Baier
J. Harold Purdy
Madisonville
C. B. Melton
Bluefield
West Virginia Synodical Training School
Kralian
Kentucky
Bourbon Avery
Falls
Bourbon
Bourbo
OLD Jordan
Old Jordan, Country Distillers Products
Adentavilla
KY 'A
Old
Ees
Tae
U. S
Mingo
Howard Carter
Aoa A
Cedar Paint
Lake Evie
Detoit
Focal Travel
Lake Erie
Sanducky
Great Lakes
Koppers Coal CO
Miner
Queen Cooper
Home Bay
Stanaford
Baptist Church
Saya
Oak Hill Kelly
Sophia Sophia Drug
Hope MI
Nope
Drwe Co
Funeral Directors
Removin Preanira
Blue-Jay
Tate Fm
Haifa
Impich
Jas Ola
Eater Beree
Bayvents
Quarrier Stree
Post Office
LE. Nash
Mgr
Capitol
Prinipal
Victory
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