Senators Propose UN Led Peace Settlement
Four senators from both parties call for a United Nations association with real authority to draft the peace settlement ending the current war. They argue sovereignty must be pooled to enforce international law and urge voters to demand clear foreign policy positions from candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
United Nations
Carl A. Hatch
D-N. Mt
Lister Hi
D-Ass
Harold HH Burton
Joseph H. Bath
R.-Minn
United States
Britain
Russia
League
League of Nations
World Organization
Issor
Congress
Barrier Falls as Hengyang Drive Presses on
The last major barrier in the Hengyang campaign appears to have fallen and Japanese forces push along the Canton-Hankow railway with encirclement tactics likely near Hengyang. Chinese communiques note fierce battles along the Siang and Liang river fronts as U.S. air power strikes river crests near Chuchow and supports the Hunan province fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crungking
Hengyang
Changsha
Hengshan
Hunan
China
Canton- Hankow
Liang River
Leichishih
Hengsuan
Siang River
Siangtan
Siangjiang
Paint Seth
Liling
Fengyang
1Th
U. S. Army
Arenes
Chuchow
Joseph W Stilwell
Democrats Select Local Delegates Mass Meeting Charleston Delegates Chosen
Democrats in Kanawha County held mass meetings selecting 114 delegates and many alternates for the state convention in Charleston on July 24 where the party platform will be adopted and eight presidential electors cast votes. Delegates named include H H Huffman Adam Burford Violet Stooks Elmo Cannon Marvin Ash Estelle Kelly and many others across Charleston and London districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha County
Charleston
H. H. Huffman
Adam Burford
Violet Stooks
Elmo Cannon
Marvin Ash
Estelle Kelly
Mabel Bardyyell
Luther Carson
G. C. Rovertson
Heistey Hager
Hubert Kidd
Esa Richardson
C. F. Hopson
J. Simms Percy
Wilmer Long
Gladys Melton
George Moore
Julia Morton
Johin Love
Narcia Kubach
Berkeley Minor
A.B. Davenport
Charles K. Payne
William Burkhat
C. E. Kimbrough
Sam Scott
William Lonesome
Jim Melton
John Woodrum
Robert Smith
F. B. Lee
Lynn Goshorn
Mose Boiarsky
Everett Cunningham
Mary Henderson
London
Ernest L. Bailey
Mollie Branscomb
Scott
Chapman
Chauncey M. de Pree
Alton Dolly
Ben F. Duty
Jack Finnegan
Gerald Greene
Earl Goff
John Howell
Ed Hutchinson
B. F. Morris
Avery Morgan
Charles Peters
Allen Peyton
W. GN. Shober
Playground Activities Shine Across Charleston in June 1924
The week of June 1924 opened with renewed energy on 19 Charleston playgrounds. Lincoln formed junior and senior softball teams with color themes, an art club, and a daily meeting. Cabell-Dunbar featured a floor show. Robins started art and handcrafts with folk dancing. Watts celebrated West Virginia Day with flowers, state images, war stamps drive. Kanawha Boulevard saw popular paddle tennis and a birthday party for those born in June. Riverview organized rhythm, dance, drama, and glee clubs with a first all-day picnic and a new newspaper, The Boyd Newsette. Lions Club Playground hosted a 420-attendee community social with a Taft softball win, and outdoor popcorn became a hit. committees formed for patrol, governance, and crafts as the Capitol’s playgrounds maintained active programs.
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Charleston
Lincoln
Cabell-Dunbar
Robins
Watts
West Virginia
Kanawha Boulevard
Capitol Courier
Playyground
Enington Manor
Riverview
Glee Ib
Boyd's Playground
Boyd
Boyd Newsétte
Lions Club Playground
Taft
Lions Club
Five West Virginians Wounded in Action
Five West Virginia soldiers were listed as wounded in action by the War Department. They include Pfc. Thomas R. Bowen of MacDunn, Pvt. Delbert L. Murray of Morgan town, Cpl. Harry O. Rowan of Buckhannon, Pvt. John W. Vostavitch of Wheeling, and Cpl. Raymond Poszich of Jenkin Jones, all from the Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
War Department
Mediterranean
Thomas R. Bowen
Mys
Virginia M. Bowen
MacDunn
Delbert L. Murray
Elizabeth M. Murray
Rt 3
Morgantown
Harry O. Rowan
Lona ¥. Rowan
Buckhannon
John W. Vostavitch
Race Vostravitch
Wheeling
Missionary Olive Hodges to Speak at Central Methodist Church
Miss Olive Hodges, who served 40 years as a missionary to Japers, will speak at 8 p.m. today at Central Methodist church. A United States machinery will be used in a new cement plot in Panama, per summit committee members. A social and dance is planned next Friday night at the Boys and Girls Club rooms on Virginia Street from 8:36 to 11:00 p.m., hosted by the playground student government. invitations extended to other young people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olive Hodges
Japers
Central Methodist Church
United States
Panama
Summittee
Virginia St
Season's First Open Air Concert On City Levee
The Beni Kedem Shrine band directed by George H. Crumb performs tonight at 8 p m on the city levee foot of Capitol St with a varied program including National Emblem Desert Song and Light Cavalry selections as plans call for weekly concerts if bands are available Marcus Cohn oversees arrangements and says past seasons drew thousands
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Capitol St
George H. Crumb
Marcus Cohn
Bag
Ley
Rom
Service Members from Kanawha Area Reach England and Other Posts
Soldiers and sailors from West Virginia and nearby areas are reported arriving in England and posting to bases across the U S theater. Names include Pvt Fletcher G Herold Camp Bowie Texas and Cpl John Tompa now in England, with others stationed at Fort Benning Fort Hood Camp Hood Lakefield and Samoa. Many received promotions and completed training, while family members note furloughs and transfers across the service network.
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Fletcher G. Herold
Camp Bowie
Tex
Elizabeth Hereld
Virginia St
John Tompa
Cat Tomps
Ward
England
Army Air Corps
Kelley's Creek
Leonard M. Wilson
Spencer High School
Santa Ana
Cal
Dos Palos
Merced
Pfr
Jewett Mayo
Pettryert
Camp Chaffee
Ark
C. Petiry
Naoma
Princess Dorothy Coal Co
Eunice
Brosher
Cpl
Wanna Petiry
Camp Bunner
N.C
Law
General Hospital
Atlanta
Gay
Boyd E. Miles
St. Albans
8Th Air Force i
Herman F. Lykins
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corp
Hendricksfield
Sebring
Fla
Tampa
Vincent McKenzie
J. V. McKenzie
Quinwood
Liberator
Naval Training Station
Sampson
N. C
Fred
Hop) Varvis
Kenneth Edward Mounts
Ashford
Thomas Cline
Kanawha Falls
Benjamin Davis
Celival Davis
le Wash
Benjamin Harris
Billy) Petry
Lanty Petry
Packsville
Atlantic
Earl H. Murphy
Helen
Tech
Italy
Kanawha County
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Clay E. Gillisple
South Charleston
Roy R. Underwood
Hugheston
Roy D. Hays
Falling Back
John H. Saber
Eskdale
Ray A. Underwood
London
John H. Johnston
Howard W. Young
Charleston
West Virginia
Army Signal Corps
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Frederick E. Covey
Beckley
Robert Thomas Cummings
Big Stone Gap
Thomas, J. McCarthy,Jr
Hinton
James A. Prazier
Nitro
Herbert A. Reaves
Princeton
Walter J. Gordon
Gordon of
Sathy
Washington, D.C
Huachuca
Ariz
Knox
Camp Lejeune
Robert Leslie Sarver
William Sarver
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
William B. Miller
Army Air Forces Officer Candidates School
San Antonio
Virginia
Charles Edward McClanahan
Melville
R. 1
Ray Shearer
MacCorkley
Donald &. Shearer
9Th Air Force
Kenneth E. Hicks
A. E. Hicks
Wevaco
Robert L. Butler
James H. Buller
Shrewsbury
Sioux Falls Away Air Field
Sioux Palle
L. Gilbert
Chanute Field
Lewis Gilbert
Jack S. Arnett
South Pacific
13Th Army Air Force
Gibe
Doily Evans
Bernett
Beechey, Stott
Berton
Smith
R. E. Smilin
Marlinton
Pearl Smith
Valley Bend
Ruth L. Parks
Dorothy
Notice on Publication Dates for Service Member Photographs
The Gazette regrets cannot promise a specific publish date for service member photographs. In many cases two to three weeks may pass from submission to appearance. Pictures may be ahead of yours, and The Gazette cannot be responsible for lost mail or misplacement in the office.
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Gawette
Gazette
Military families and service members listed in postwar notices
Wartime personnel from Charleston area and surrounding towns are named with where they serve or trained. The list includes Carl A. Hager at Ft. Bliss Texas, Wyatt Pritt in Alabama, Maxine Peyton with Wacs in Kerney, and Charles Leavens at Will Rogers. Other names note England duty, the Anzio evacuation hospital kudos, and awards like the Air Medal for Ralph L. Coleman.
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Pie
Carl A. Hager Yett
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Laura Hager
Bromntland
Wyatt Pritt
Goldie Pritt
W. R. Pritt
Lockwood
Alabama
Maxine Peyton
Elizabeth Peyton
Rand
Wacs
Kerney
Ft. Des Moines
Statler
Washington, D. C
Charles H. Leavens
Charles C. Leavens
Kimberly
Will Rogers Held
Oklahoma City
Okla
Traffic crashes dominate West Virginia May totals
State Police accident prevention bureau reports speeding caused 34 percent of West Virginia street and highway crashes in May. Fatalities in 24 accidents, injuries in 25, with year to date at 424 crashes, up 14.9 percent from 369. Twenty deaths and 377 injuries reported so far. many counties yet to report fatalities. A stray line notes cosmetics laws in Australia unrelated to the rest.
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West Virginia
Barbour
Boone
Braxton
Brooke
Doddridge
Gilmer
Hampshire
Jackson
Jefferson
Lewis
Marlon
Monroe
Nicholas
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Putnam
Hitchie
Roane
Summers
Tucker
Tyler
Upshur
Wirt
Wyoming
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Berg
Light Cavalry
Suppe
Sam Haber
Chicago Symphony
Korn- Zak
Shrine
Gill, Schadel
Davidson
Provost
Remick
the Trombones
Chenettet
Oklahoma
Rodgers
Chamber of Commerce
Victory Hut
Municipal Auditorium
Joseph
George Pullin
O. P. Hill
Gaizette Phate
L. Builer West
Orvil Biller
O'Dell
Wiliam Williams Righ
Sarmpson
N. Y
Key West
Bill Williams
Notosmine
James F. Warner
Henry Warner
W. W. Jones
Van
Camp Cooke
Cal. Tech
James Warding Coffman
Ft. Benning
Ida Coffman
Sissonville Rd
Cpl. Coffman
Elk Grocery Co
B. Y. McCormick
Pvt
David T. steCormick
Yueying
Field Artillery
Pfc
Burl A. Davis
James Davis
jChelyan
Unt
East Bank High Schnol
Davis
Carnegie-Mlinois Steel Corp
Armed Forces
Earl R. Osborne
Pt. Dix
R. M. Osborne
Valley Camp Stores
Sth
Kenneth E. Leake Fright
Roy T Leake
Washington St. W
van Buren
David E. Londeree
New Guinea
Charleston High School
John M. Londeree
duPont
Belle
Park Chapman
Rigod
R. L. Chapman
Louis St
Air Corps
Ireland
Freemanfield
Seymour
Ind
Goodyear Aircraft Plant
Akron
Pyt, Bette Jo Curry
Homer Curry
Rt. 2
Taurine Corps
James A. Burges
Staligna
RM Burgess
Chin
Trinidad
Charles Songer ¢Right
Thomas Kellenberger
Goshorn
Atlantic City
Army Air Corps Engineers
Sgt
Songer
Norman A. Martin Teft
Arnold C. Martin
Roxalany
Dunbar
John H. Cavender Wight
Iva Cavender
Charteston
Sedalia Army Air Field
Miss
Mildred Caverder
Michael
Ralph L. Coleman
C.B. Coleman
Greo Ferris
Bth Army Air Force
Thas
Europe
Lt. Coleman
Gaul‘ley Bridge
Tri-State College of Engineer
Ing
Union Carbide Co
Louise Jf. Coleman
Edgar Dale Hannigan
Gilbert Hannigan
Magison St. Montgomery
40Th
Anzio
Hannigan
Iisted
5Th
Army Clerk School
Des Moines
Albert B. Buckley
George Black
Biddy Black
Holly Grave
Clarence Adamson
Charles A. Liveersedge
Marion C. Liversedge
John J. Liversedge
St. Charles
M. A. Bailey
Richwood
M. H. Bailey
Baisley
Ft. Knox
Mary Lettman
Merle Johnston
Eugene Overstreet
Mimue Overstreet
India
Betty Overstreet
Spring Steet
Felta Monteler
Clyde Mosteller
Bownement
Hudson
Young Farmers Clubs
Herman Wills
Camp Shelby
C. F. Wills
Dawson
Charles Charles
Loyd L. Humphreys
Camp Lee
Pleo
Noble L. Humphreys
L. B. Humphreys
Thurmond
Pic
Curtis Anderson
Clyde Anderson, Jr
Clyde Anderson
Arbuckle
Curtis
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Clyde
Pallenbarger
Jre
James W. Petfenharder
Signal Corps
Drewfiel Fla
and . M. B. Pelfenbarger
Gaielagher
Harold W. Clark
Fred A. Clark
France
Sgt Clark
Flying Fortress
Mre. Hiroda Sublett
Mayer G. Saunders
Elationes
J. M. Saunders
Seo
Camp Hood
L. E Painter
Carroll Ct
Ist Cl, Virgel HK
Seabees
Ist Cl. Loyd JM
Eetat Buard
Ate ‘Lantic
Kenneth L. Chapman
Panama Canal Zone
C. EB. Chapman
West Va
Australia
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