Dunbar Gunner Receives Oak Leaf Cluster for Air Medal
Staff Sgt. Casto of Dunbar receives the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for meritorious aerial missions over Europe. Before service he studied at Dunbar High, trained in aircraft mechanics at Keesterfield Biloxi and Willow Run, and gunnery in Harlingen. He serves as right waist gunner on a Liberator crew based in England.
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Dunbar
Europe
Gren E. Casto
Army
Casto
Dunbar High
Keesterfield
Biloxi
Miss
Willow Run Factory
Mich
Harlingen
Tex
L. O. Casio
Payne Av. Dunbar
England
Free for Asthma During Summer Free for Asthma During Summer
Advertises a free trial from Frontier Asthma Co promising relief from summer asthma attacks caused by heat dust and humidity. Claims to help even with lifelong suffering and discouragement and urges readers to send for the free trial without cost. Provides an address in Buffalo for the Frontier Building.
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Prontier Asthma Co
Frontier Asthma Co
Frontier Bidg
Ingara St
Buffalo
Strike Ended at B 29 Factory in Chicago
A strike at the Dodge Chicago plant of Chrysler ended after a mid morning conference. Workers return to work immediately while the company reconsiders the dismissal of Arnold Bull who sought 1.45 an hour instead of 1.35. Union officials cited bad supervision and discrimination as factors.
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Chicago
INSI
Japan
Dodge
Tool Gr Os
Arnold Bull
Thomas J. Parker
Union
Buti
Ben Grass jailed in default of 3500 bail
Ben W. Grass, 20, of 90% Beechev, pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and larceny in municipal court. Held to the grand jury by Judge Harold H. Nett, Grass was moved to the county jail in default of a 3300 bond. He allegedly broke into the Rateliff garage at 1003 Kanawha Blvd EB and stole 30 from the office cash register.
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Ben W. Grass
Beechev
Harold H. Nett
Grass
Rateliff Sarage
Kanawha Blvd
Flying Tiger Sergeant Seeks To Locate Father
Staff Sgt. Bill D. Stanley, 27, just back from China and India after 73 missions with the 1dth air force, seeks his father Richard Dick Stanley not seen for four years. His family lives in Montgomery and Beckley area. he is a brother of Roy F Stanley.
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Bill D. Stanley
China
India
Famous
Flying Tigers
Richard
Dick” Stanley
Beckley
Dpetie Stanley
A. Ford
Gary Wayne Stanley
Montgomery
Set
Stanley
Roy F Stanley
Madison St
Industrial Plant Tour Arranged by Valley Engineers
A joint meeting of all technical engineers in the Great Kanawha Valley will be held Monday June 26 with a tour of larger local plants. W P Connally of Bakelite Co will toastmaster at a Daniel Boone hotel dinner. Col W F Rockwell will speak, heading the Manpower Utilization Committee and directing several large firms.
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Kanawha Valley
W. P. Connally
Bakelite Company
Daniel Boone Hotel
Col. W. F. Rockwell
Army Nurse Maxwell joins McGuire General Hospital
Lt Mamie H Maxwell ANC formerly at Marianna army air field Ela reports for duty at McGuire General hospital Richmond Va Col P E Duggins McGuire commander announces the 1784 bed facility is designated an evacuation hospital ready to receive overseas patients and to handle large flows of medical cases with little advance notice Maxwell trained at Mountain State Memorial Mayo Clinic and supervised operating room for five years
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Charleston
New Hospital
Mamie H. Maxwell
ANC
Marianna Army Air Field
Ela
Army
McGuire General Hospital
Richmond
Walt Maxwell
Mountain State Memorial Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
P. E. Duggins
McGuire General
Way
Als
Reading Demonstration Open to Public at Morris Harvey College
A public reading demonstration at Morris Harvey College will be held at Mercer school on Thursday from 8 to noon led by Dr. Shirley Copper. Grades below sixth will present from 9 to 10 under critic teachers, followed by a sixth grade choral reading under Mrs. Margaret Maroney. A general discussion runs 12 to 12 with Miss Winifred Newman and H. K. Baer.
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Pepulie
Mercer Shon
Shirley Coopter
Morris Harvey ‘S College
Margaret Maroney
Winifred Newman
H. K. Baer
Dunbar union district Amwar loan bond sale totals
The Dunbar union district raised sixty thousand dollars this week led by Dunbar and Nitro bank sales as C A McCarty reports. The district aims for one million with Kanawha Valley Grocery Sloan Department and Chapmans Grocery topping quotas. Margaret Boggess of the Kanawha Valley Grocery was first to hit a $300 quota and achieved a $1,000 sale. The Pioneer Woman's club set a $7,500 quota with 73 members each receiving a $100 bond.
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Union District
C. A. McCarty
Dunbar
Kanawha Valley
Sloan Department
Chapman's Grocery
Ray Cole
Margaret Boggess
Kanawha Valley Grocery
Pioneer Woman's Club Haad
Robert Perry
Accused Grocer Gets New Trial
Charleston grocer Allane Gayton, 68, saw a circuit judge grant a new trial after ruling that improper evidence about a threat to a third party may have influenced the jury. Gayton was convicted in 1943 of voluntary manslaughter in the October 1942 shooting of Montague Brandon after an in-store dispute.
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Allane Gayton
Charleston
Julian F. Bouchette
Gayton
Bouchelle
Gaylon
Willie Lewis
Charleston Wegro
Montague Brandon
Brandon
State Penitentiary
Latters
Tive
Lewis
Dunbar Approves Three Year Special Levy
Voters approve a three year special levy for Dunbar's Gere and police departments. The measure provides about $4 for the fire department and nearly $5,000 annually for other municipal needs, per the mayor.
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Dunbar
Charleston Officer Seen in War Picture
First Lt. Joan W. Crist of the air corps in Italy appears in a news short “Battle Over Europe” at the Kearse theater. Son of John W. Crist Sr. of Nitro he holds the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. A Charleston High School graduate with service in Panama and Hawaii, his sister Mrs. A G Dearien lives at 8923 Staunton Ave.
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Charleston
Joan W. Crist
Air Corps
Taly
Tle
Europe
Kearse Theater
John W. Crist
Nitro
St. Crist
Charleston High School
Panama
Hawaii
A. G. Dearien
Staunton Av
Woman's Relief Corps officers hosted at Edgemont
Mrs J Turley entertained state and national officers of the Woman's Relief Corps Thursday afternoon at her home Edgemont Lowh Hills near Charles Town attended the state meeting of auxiliaries to the Grand Army of the Republic held Tuesday and Wednesday at the Daniel Boone hotel Guests included Mrs Effie Rousher Mrs Hazel L Hamilton Mrs Maude Shively of Wheeling Mrs Grace O'Brien of Huntington Mesdames Wallace Bias Bess Harrison Sue Rice Henry Marlani Mary Brom Jenny McEldawney and Fred Walls A 6 o'clock dinner followed at the Daniel Boone hotel.
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Effie Rousher
Hazel L. Hamilton
Maude Shively
Wheeling
Grace O'Brien
Hunteington
Mesdames Wallace Bias
Bess Harrison
Sue Rice
Henry Marlani
Mary Brom
Jenny _€. McEldawney
Fred Walls
Tne Group
Daniel Boone Hotel
Patrol To Install Officers After Dinner at Wren's Neat
Patrol to install officers Wednesday after an afternoon dinner at Wren's Neat. Mrs Henry Glass and Mrs J Anderson will supervise the induction. Officers listed include Mrs Dallas Tickle president Miss Ernestine Wolfe vice president Miss Margaret Cummings secretary Mrs Monie J Kennedy organist Mrs Pearl Strom captain Mrs EJ Burnette first lieutenant and Mrs Henry Glass second in command.
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Wren's Neat
Henry Glass
J. Cal Anderson
Dallas Tickle
Ernestine Wolfe
Margaret Cummings
Monle J. Kennedy
Pearl Strom
EJ. Burnette
Henry Qiass
Priest Patrick McDermott Dies After Clarksburg Crash
In Clarksburg June 17 the Rev Patrick H McDermott 51 pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception since 1912 died shortly after a milk truck backed into the curb as he crossed the street before his church Assistants rushed him to a hospital where a transfusion failed Police Chief Jule Brasseur said the driver James W Hustead 18 of Spelter is free pending investigation The Rev Patrick Mullally chaplain of St Marys hospital administered last rites.
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Clarksburg
Patrick H. McDermott
Fr. McDermott
Church of the Immaculate Conception
E. A. Griffith
Jule Brasseur
James W. Hustead
Spelter
Patrick Mullally
St. Mary's Hospital
Hodges Seeks Airline Hearing Impact on Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce official Hodges states ninety nine cities, including Charleston, are affected by Florida Great Lakes airline proceedings. He traveled to Washington to present Charleston’s exhibit as six major carriers contest for routes linking Chicago and Detroit to Miami, with Charleston likely to act as gateway to Jacksonville and the southeast. Airlines named include Eastern, American, National, Pennsylvania Central, Delta, Continental, Western, Chicago and Southern, Colonial, Virginia Central, Southeast and State.
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Charleston
Civil Aeronaustics Board
Washington
Charles £. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Hodges
Tereminals
Chicago
Detroit
Great Lakes
Miami
Fla
Jacksonville
Eastern
American
National
Pennsylvania-Central
Delta
Western
Chicago and
Southern
Colonial
Virginia Central
South
State
District Boy Scouts Camporall Planned at Kanawha Forest
Charleston council district comprising counties will run the annual camporall on Saturday and Sunday at Kanawha state forest. The program includes cooking campcraft safety sanitation emergency site building compass map making dramatic skits Indian dances songs and other activities.
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Charleston Council
Kanawha State Forest
Council Meeting Scheduled for Tomorrow Evening
Mayor Dawson announced yesterday that a city council regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
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Dawson
P. m
Disturbance in Bluefield Ends With Tear Gas Clash
Bluefield police faced a near riot after arresting a soldier at the city bus terminal. State police were called as the crowd dispersed. a number of bystanders and the soldier were involved, several injured from tear gas and bruises. None of the injured were identified. Mayor W C Sndex promised an investigation into the incident.
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Bluefield
W. C. Snndex
Ras
Enlistment of 25 Men Reported by Navy Recruiter
The navy announced the enlistment of 25 men yesterday through local recruiter A. J. Carey. Names include Robert Dulaney from Montgomery and Wilbil Morris Fitzwater of South Charleston along with several others from Charleston Fola Oak Hill and Pinch. The list shows a mix of hometowns and multiple early twentieth century surnames.
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Navy
A. J. Carey
C. Sp
Robert
Fudge Dulaney
Mont.gomery
Wilbil
Morris Fitzwater
South Charleston
Leonard Austin Jeffery
Fola
Samuel Claude Legg
Gallagher
Roy Franklin Campbell
Clendenin
Glenn Starcher
Walton
Robert Lee Elswick
Milami
Marvey Harold Harless
Foster
Sherman Yale
Nearman
Charleston
William Sink
Billy Lee Higginbotham
Boomer
Harmond Lee Sparkman
Crown Hill
Leslie Lester Koontz, Jr
Montgomery
Obituary for Mrs. Lucinda Hager Hager at Belle and Hinton
Mrs. Lucinda Hager age 9 eyed yesterday at her daughter Mrs. Jackson Patton's Belle home. Survived by granddaughter Mrs. Harold Ferrell of Belle. Services at 3 p.m. at Fidler and Frame mortuary Belle Rev E H Gold to officiate. Additional services at 10 39 a m tomorrow at Greenbrier Burial Park Hinton.
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Lucinda Hager
Lucinda Hagar
Jackson Patton
Belle
Harold Ferrell
E. H. Gold
Geenbrier
Hinton
Navy Physician To Speak At Exchange Club Meeting
Navy physician John R. Comer Godby will address the Charleston Exchange Club at a luncheon tomorrow. The club also plans a golf and dinner party Wednesday at Kanawha Country Club.
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Navy
Exchange Club
Ly, Comer
John R. Godby
Charleston Exchange Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Kanawha Country Club
Night Baseball Scores Between Boston Washington and Pittsburgh
Baseball scores show Boston and Washington tallying runs in a night game with a final 11 15 2 while Pittsburgh loses 1 to St Louis. Pitchers Wolff Guer ra Lefebvre and Car ranquel are listed with Wolff as losing pitcher and Munger W Cooper noted for St Louis.
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Boston
Washington
Bowman
Parige
Wolff
Carranquel
Lefebvre
Guerra
Pittsburgh
St. Loui
Roe
Stevicevich
Lopea
Munger
W. Cooper
Lt Stem Receives Air Medal Honor in South Pacific
Lt Ralph Hall Stem of Charleston, serving as aerial observer with the 193rd Army Air Forces in the South Pacific, is awarded the Navy Air Medal cluster. Former Armour & Co. employee, he earned his commission at OCS Miami Beach. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W W Stem of 22044 Clendenin Street.
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Army Air Forces
South Pacific
Ralph Hall Stem
Charleston
Army
Armour l& Co
Stem
Officer Candidate School
Miami Beach
Fla
W. W. Stem
Clendenin St
Theft Brings Life Term in Local Case
Logan circuit judge C. C. Chambers imposed a life term on Okey Nelson after a conviction under the habitual criminal act for stealing 370 dollars from Matt Nelson. The two men are not relation.
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Logan
C. C. Chambers
Okey Nelson
Matt Nelson
Amor No Te importte Saber record review
Xavier Cugat and his Waldorf Astoria orchestra release Amor with Carmen Cantillo on Columbia as a lively hit for dance floors and radio. The reverse No Te Importe Saber mirrors the same polished style, slower but equally catchy, already featured on radio and in Broad way Rhythm.
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Xavier Cugat
Waldorf- Astoria
Mexico
Columbia
Cugat
Carmen Cantillo
Ginny Simms
Amor
Eastern Front War Could End After Koenigsberg Krakow Line
Analysis notes the Red Army would need to cover vast distances to East Prussia Krakow and the Tron Gate to crush Germany as retreating Wehrmacht loses cohesion and heavy weapons. It argues even a remote collapse is likely with mounting losses driving Germany toward defeat in the second half of the war.
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Middle Danube
Romania
Yugoslavia
Wehrmacht
Red Army
East Prussia
Kracow
Tron
Koenigsberg Krakow
Russia
Six Moonshine Stills Seized in WV Raid by Federal Agents
Federal alcohol tax unit investigators in West Virginia confiscated six moonshine stills and arrested 14 defendants in 12 cases last week. Also seized were 16 gallons of tax unpaid whiskey, a pair of gallons of mash, and one truck.
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West Virginia
Federal Alcohol Tax Unit
Peace Table Sizes Stir Debate in WWII Leaders
In a satirical exchange from Merry-Go-Round, Lockwood ponders what Jad would do if forced to sit beside Stalin Churchill Chiang Kai-shek and Gov Dewey at peace talks. He notes Stalin is five five, Churchill five seven, Chiang Kai-shek five three, Dewey five eight, citing Life magazine’s caption about the governor’s height.
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Jad
Churchill
Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Lockwood
Chiang Kaishek
Dewty
Danny
Life Magazine
Albany
Membership Campaign Opened by Junior Chamber
The Charleston Junior Chamber of Commerce opened a chain drive membership campaign with J L Hinkle John Marshall Alex Gettman and Odes Rolingon on the committee. Each new Jaycee will have a sponsor for the first 30 days and prizes will go to members obtaining the most applications.
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Charleston
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Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
T.S. Smith
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W. B. Stevens
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