Army Has Deluxe Four Engine Plane for Government Use
Washington reports confirm a four engined transport plane built for government missions. Maj. Gen. Harold L. George says the Douglas C54 Skymaster adapts a DC-4 and will serve high level military and diplomatic travel. President Roosevelt and Churchill voyages are noted but use is not limited to any single figure.
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Charleston
Army
Washington
White House
War Department
Hoosevelt
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Early
Douglas
Carly
Harold L. George
Air Transport Command
ATC
George
Teheran
Cairo
Air
Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Birth Announcements From Chesapeake and Diamond
Birth notices list a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. James Mc Grae of Chesapeake on June 15 at McMillan hospital and a son for Mr. and Mrs. David Comer of Diamond on June 17 at McMillan hospital. Additional births include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brooks Engader of 1019 Cobeway South Charles ton on June 2, a son for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campbell of sir Samuel Ci on June 1, and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edward Sutton of Lindale on June 14 at Mehtillan.
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James McGrae
Chesapeake
McMillan Hospital
Art
David. Comer
Diamond
McMillan
Gilbert Brooks Engader
Cobeway
South Charles
Ton
Charles Campbell
Samuel Ci
Mehillan
Paul Edward Sutton
Lindale
Mehtillan
Three Charleston Men Return From Pacific Service
Three Charleston men Staff Sgt William Rowan Staff Sgt John Beaire and Sgt Victor McGuire shown with captured Jap equipment on a Pacific island. Rowan a combat engineer now runs a sawmill there and has 38 months overseas. Beaire a Washington and Lee graduate serves as judge advocate with Americal division and has 28 months overseas. McGuire a coal miner veteran of the Bougainville fight earned the Bronze Star Combat Infantryman badge and other honors.
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Charleston
William 5. Rowan
John W. Beaire
Victor B. McGuire
Pacific
Rowan
Jackson St
State Road Commission
Richwood
Sgt
Heaire
Lee St
Washington & Lee
Len
Bougainville
Americal
Sat
McGuire
Dave McGuire
Daniel McGuire
Essex
Don H. AlcGuire
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting and Social at IOOF Hall
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Patriarchs Militant will meet at 8 p.m. today at the IOOF hall Lee and Capitol Streets for a business session. A games party and social hour will follow with Mrs. Zella Bradley as auxiliary president and Mrs. George Breeden of the American Lesson Auxiliary Post 116 Cedar Grove and Mrs. D. W. Ram'r mentioned.
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Ladies Auxiliary of the Patriarchs Militant
IOOF
Lee and
Capitol Sts
Zella Bradley
George Breeden
American Lesson Auxiliary
Cedar Grove
D. W. Ram'r
Wallace Visits Chungking Sees China Soviet Border Vision
Vice President Wallace arrived in Chungking to confer with Chiang Kai-shek and predicted the China Russia boundary could resemble the US Canada frontier as a joint relations line. He quoted Hu Shih on joining friends, noted cultural and commercial exchanges, and planned meetings with Chinese and American soldiers and farmers.
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Chungking
Henry A. Wallace
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
China
United States
Canada
Ching
Manchuria
Wallace
Hu Shih
Siberia
Asia
North Pacific Basin
Mme
Roosevelt
T.Y. Soong
Gen
Hoying Chin
Wang Chunghui
Supreme National Defense Council
World Court
Bond Sales Insignia Awarded to Charleston Retail Staff
Nearly 100 salesmen and saleswomen in Charleston and Kanawha county earned the Sth war Joan's V-300 insignia for selling at least 400 in bonds across the counter. Quotas were set at 300 per employee, and several stores have already surpassed the target.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
Merchant Police Exchange Faces Court Action in Charleston
American Detectives Inc of Charleston filed suit for an injunction against West Virginia Investigation Bureau alleging 10 improper business methods. The case cites mutual accusations of trying to control merchant police outfits and requests oral evidence set for July 6 before Judge Charles Ritchie.
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Common Pless Court
American Detectives, Inc
Charleston
West Virginia Investigation Bureau
West Virginia
Charles Ritchie
American Tha
West Virginia Bureau Alleges Fraud Ties In Firm Treating Clients
The defendant through agents Irving A. Cohen and El com Horn allegedly told American clients the firm is a gyp operation about to fail to win contracts. The West Virginia bureau denies the charges while alleging George T. Swain, former employee and current manager of American, used confidential information to build a new business and pose as the bureau.
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Irving A. Cohen
Elcom
U S Chamber Estimates 3500 Ships Totalling 20 Million Tons
The U S Chamber of Commerce projects that by war’s end the United States will operate about 3,500 ships with a combined 20 million gross tons, reflecting a massive expansion of maritime capacity.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
United States
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Concord
Dillon
Amicias N. Vasiliou
Navy Department
Nick Vasiliou
Red Oak
Young Vasiliou
Merchant Police Exchange
Victor Garden
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