Navy Urges Parents to Let Sons Enlist in War Effort
A public appeal from Lt. W. A. Saunders, West Virginia navy recruiting chief, urges parents to allow sons 18 to 21 to enlist. He says withholding consent harms national survival and notes enlistments at Charleston station include Lang, Cable, Ferguson, Spurlock, Weavor, West, Harrison, Lambert, Garvin, Jackson, and others from several towns and states.
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W. A. Saunders
West Virginia Navy Recruiting District
Naval Service
Lt. Saunders
Navy
Charleston
Edward R. Lang
Howard J. Cable
St. Albans
Wayre Ferguson, Jr
Huntington
Peter A. Spurlock, Jr. Logan
Herman R. White
Wellsburg
James K. Weaver
Cranberry
Charles E. West
Morgantown
Walter Harrison
Mona
Harold D. Lambert
Hugheston
Hobart W. Garvin
Thomas H. Dillon
Ronceverte
Everett Dillon
Kermit
Clero M. Windom
Parkersburg
Robert L. Cox
Independence
Bays T. Wingste
William G. Hall
Co¢burn
Elmer J. Queen
Ransom, Ky
Clyde Stacy
Hardy
Walter J. Schraeder
Dillonvale
Three Slain Two Hurt In Power Plant Blast
FBI investigators probed a Liberty Powder plant blast at Mt Braddock Uniontown area that killed three men Thomas Crayton Regis Owens and Joseph Sikes and wounded two others. Office workers and five other employees escaped injury as windows shattered for miles. The explosion affected the cotton king unit and other buildings stood distant.
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Uniontown
INS
FBI
Liberty Powder Company
Mt. Braddock
Thomas Crayton
Lemont
Regis Owens
Dunbar
Joseph Sikes
Obituary notices from Charleston area deaths last week
Obituaries list Mrs. Mari Asbury Kay 85 of Dunbar Line died after illness. Also Mary Anne Crouse 84 of Summersville. Creighton Hale Warrington 18 of Bowne mont drowned in Kanawha river. Mrs Hallie Slack Henking 42 of Madison. Samuel Badger Jr 24 of Donnally Street. Mrs Elizabeth Childress 80 of Alum Creek. Fred Snodgrass 48 of Piedmont Road died near Clarksburg. Funeral details follow through local churches and mortuaries.
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Creighton Warrington
Creighton Hale Warrington
Bownemont
Metropolitan Baptist Church
J. Simms Percy
Spring Hill
Preston-Lawson Mortuary
Warrington
Kanawha
Scott Warrington
Paul
Charles
Force
Samuel Badger, Jr
Samuel Badger
Donnally Street
Harden and Herden Chapel
C. B. Johnson
Spring Hill Cemetery
Mr. Badger
Elizabeth Childress
Alum Creek
Tlam
Hill Top Baptist Church
J. C. Hatfield
Childress
Snodgrass
South Charleston
Obituary notices from Spencer and surrounding areas
Multiple deaths and services listed from Spencer, Gandeeville, Dundonridge, Boone county, and Elk Two-Mile. Rev J H Whitt will officiate at Dale Chapel services. Hoff infant Neil Lee Hoff buried at Hoff Cemetery. John L Cain 74 of Dundonridge funeral at Koch Cemetery. Harold Wesley Williams infant burial at Ferrell Cemetery. Rufus Pauley 75 funeral at Withrow Cemetery with relatives Wade Jess Withrow Ed Jones Henry Harper noted among survivors.
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John L. Cain
Wesley Shaffer
Dundon
Koch
Dundon Ridge
Mr. Cain
Willams
Harold Wesley Williams
John Wesley Williams
E Street
South Charleston
Ferrell Cemetery
Boone County
Snodgrass Mortuary
James ‘Thomas Williams
B. N. Harrington
B. V. Williams
Ottawa
Rufus Pauley
Pleasant Road
William J. Withrow
Elk Two-Mile
G. W. Grubbs
Withrow
Bartlett Mortuary
Wade Withrow
North Charleston
Jess Withrow
Charleston
Ed Jones
Hownemont
Henry Harper
Huntington
South Charleston Lions hear T D Gray on dinner agenda
South Charleston Lions Club will host T D Gray director of the conservation commission as guest speaker at the regular dinner meeting today at 6 45 p m at the Open Door Tea Room. Election of board members is the main item on the agenda.
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T. D. Gray
The
Conservation Commission
Lions Club
Melons in Bottleneck Struggle to Reach Market
Atlanta dispatch reports an acute fuel shortage hindered South Georgia farmers from moving watermelons to market. Despite ration cards, fueling stations ran dry delaying shipments. Commissioner For Linder notified and sought relief from U. S. Senator Walter F. George in Washington.
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Atlanta
INS
South Georgia
Georgia
Linder
U. S
Walter F. George
Washington
Chinese Valiantly Resist Jap Drive
Chinese forces hold key rail line segments as the Kiangsi front sees heavy clashes near Lungyu Chuh sien and near Kwangfeng. Japanese advances along the Chekiang Kiangsi line push toward Fukien border, with Chinese communiques reporting reorganization and counterattacks amid mounting losses.
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Chingking
China
Lungyu
Chubsien
Jong
Chekiang Province
Kiangsi
Chekiang
Chekiang-Kiangsi Rai
Kinhwa
Chuhsien
Chekiang-Kiangsi
Kwangfeng
Fukien Province
High Command
Hangchow
Nanchang
Kwelki
Kwangteng
Shangjao
Objector Sentenced for Draft Act Violation in Hartford
Fred Cutler a Wesleyan University junior from New London was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to violating the selective service act. He was arrested last February as a conscientious objector. Chile raises defense budget by 1.44 million to cover costs of conscripts. Argentina weighs costly plan for guayule rubber plant.
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Hartford
Conn
INS
Fred
Cutler
New London
Wesleyan University
Oo Chile
Ag Argentina
Guayule
Red Guerrillas Kill 26000 in Six Months on Eastern Front
Moscow dispatch reports radio from Montov indicating Russian guerrillas have killed 26,000 Germans in two eastern front sectors over six months. The tally cites 11,900 Nazis slain near Leningrad and 15,000 in the Smolensk region.
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Red
Moscow
INS
Germany
Montow Radio
Leningrad
Smolensk
Argentine freighter Cardenas sunk by Italian sub
Belem Brazil reports the Argentine ship Cardenas torpedoed by an Italian submarine with 34 survivors landed at Port Salinas in Para state. Buenos Aires says the 4800 ton Rio Tercero may have been sunk by a mine or torpedo. it was near New York when lost. The sea incident adds to wartime Argentine losses and German attacks.
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Belem
Brazil
Cardenas
Port Salinas
Para State
Buenos Aires
Enrique Ruiz Guinaz
New York
Fortunstela
Uruguay
Spain
Victoria
Cape Hatteras
U. S
Germany
Senate approves aid bill for civilian victims
Washington reports the Senate today passed a bill authorizing compensation to civilian victims. Details indicate government funding and eligibility criteria are being established for relief, amid questions from House members about scope and implementation.
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Washington
Senate
Eastern Star Installs New Heads in Charleston Chapter
Charleston chapter No 88, Order of Eastern Star, installed new officers for the coming year. New officers include Margaret Cummings as worthy matron Hyman Galperin as worthy patron and several others serving as associate matron secretary and treasurer. Installing officers named include Hyman Galperin J M Perkins C G Javins and others.
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Aileen Cunningham
Una Robertson
Martha Denny
Eleanor Pickens
Marjorie Gloyd
Mary Midkiff
Reading
Phyllis Allen
Martha Faye Foglesong
Joan Jarrett
Laban Gwinn
Miss Meadors
Miss Foglesong
Huntington
Charleston
Order of Eastern Star
Margaret Cummings
Hyman Galperin
E. E. Snyder
B. B. Evans
Mae Atkins
Lorentz Steele
Thelma Casto
Esther Shaw
Mattie Goodwin
Carmen Carper
Adah
H. A. Hetz
Ruth
Tillie Andrews
Esther
Gilaine Hess
Martha
Esther Meadows
Electa
Edith Litton
Lillian Holmes
Sentinel
Roy L. Smith
Dent W. Young
J. M. Perkins
Mrs John W Davin Dies in Huntington
Mrs John W Davin 42 wife of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway vice president died suddenly at her Cleavland home after several days of illness. Besides her husband a daughter survives. Funeral services will be held in Huntington Thursday.
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B. R. Board
Inlaw
J. W. Board
Spring Hill
Second Avenue
Mesdames
Edgar ‘Syms
Stephan Mermond
William ‘Jones
Ollie Gaynor
Charles Whit ‘Ley
Glen Knight
DeVon Crane
Chiude Stover
Clint Westfall
James Barrette
Russell Board
Freda Board
Betty Barrett
Phyllis Dake
Carolyn Barrett
Anna Maye Westfall
May June
Fythian Sisters of
Iris Temple No. 40
P. m
V. F. W. Hall
Nannie Martin
Elm Street
Huntington
John W. Davin
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Clevaland
Alere
1.45 Inches of Rain Leaves Debris and Mud
A Kanawha valley storm dumped 145 inches of rain causing flash floods in streets, driveways and gullies with debris and mud. Winds snapped branches and damaged lines but no major destruction. Services were briefly interrupted while temperatures rose from 66 to 80 degrees under overcast skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
United Fuel Gas Company
Army awards 2.9 million service shoes contracts
The army announced awards for the manufacture of 2 900,000 pairs of service shoes. Contracts include Craddock Terry Shoe corporation of Lynchburg Virginia with 60,000 pairs split into 10,000 from Farmville and 50,000 from West End factories. Perry Norvell company of Huntington West Virginia received 27,000 pairs.
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Boston
Army
Craddock Terry Shoe Corporation
Lynchburg
Farmville
West End
Perry-Norvell Company
Huntingeton
W. Va
Hitler’s Uncle Alois Kozelsky Dies at 83
EAST BERNARD Texas June 27 Adolf Hitlers Uncle Alois Kozelsky aged 83 died in East Bernard He was Hitlers mothers brother and knew Hitler as a third grade student before coming to the United States He described Hitler as ignorant with a one sided mind and power driven He had been an invalid for nearly years before death
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East Bernard
Tex
Adolf Hitler
Alois
Alois Kozelsky
Fuehrer
Kozelsky
Hitler
United States
America
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Mari Asbury Kay
Martha Asbury Kay
Arnold Asbury
Howard
Luther
Carr
Henry
Edgar Asbury
Elly Stone
East Kanawha Estates
Starcher Baptist Church
Clyde West
Poca River
Noble Long Mortuary
Mary Anne Crouse
Flora Fagan
Vaughan
Simons and Bell Mortuary
Summersville
Vaughan Baptist Church
L. T. Jones
Glen
Harry Crouse
Nuttallburg
Clarence Crouse
Clinton Crouse
Blakeley
Minnie O'Neal
Cabin Creek
Hallie Henking
Hallie Slack Henking
Madison
Madison Methodist Church
Madison Memorial Park
Hunter and Hunter Mortuary
Fred Snodgrass
Piedmont Road
Clarksburg
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Greece
Derna
Crete
Gobi
Libya
Sodecanes Islands
Gelexandria
Suez
Turkey
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EGYP
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South Charleston News
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J. A. Nichols
Central Court
Montague
Stockton Street
Bartlett
John Hall
Burnwell
Thea
Dane Hall
Burnwell Baptist Church
PA. Saunders
Gay
Kit Richard Henry
Montgomery
Charles Virginia
Civilian Defense Organization
Betty Lou Meadors
First Baptist Church
P.m
Betty Bryant
Highland Avenue
Martha Mallory
Juanita Lewis
Duke University
Hoth
R. G. Mallory
G. L. Lewis
Morris Harvey College
Jim Burtnett
Verdun McGibbon
Philadelphia
H. J. Burtnett
Montrose Drive
Messrs. Burtnett
McGibbon
Drexe Institute
W. ©. Collison
St. Francis Hospital
Boyd Oxley
R. S. Crouch
Kanawha Turnpikes
Don and
Clyde Oxley
South Hills
Oxley
Helen Eads
RB. H. King
Athens
Eastern Star Order
Employer Compensation Commission
Sen. Thomas
Ida
Wake Island
John Davin
Iit Kalling Gertoa
Erate
Virginia
Dial
Az Aecol
Jordan
Kentucky
Country Distillers Products
St Duatsville, Ky
Jordan Dibtillery Mratswrick
Way
Cory
Jordan Kentucky
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