FDR Asked To Aid Storm Sufferers
Rep Randolph seeks federal funds for rehabilitation of at least 40 West Virginia families hit by Friday night tornado. He says Roosevelt will study the catastrophe after a report from Red Cross official Joseph Carter. County tallies include Randolph 30, Barbour 44, Preston 16, Tucker 35, Harrison 224 to 300, Brooke 2, Marion 35, Taylor 20.
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Washington
Randolph
D.-W. Va
West Virginia
West
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Red Cross
Barbour
Preston
Tucker
Harrison
Brooke
Marion
Taylor
Army
Fayetteville man elected director of Chesapeake and Potomac Telepign Co
L Ebersole Gaines of Fayetteville was elected a director of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telegraphine Co. of West Virginia at the board meeting announced by Lloyd B. Wilson. A Princeton graduate and West Virginian, Gaines is a coal operator and attorney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, vice president of the National Coal Association, and a member of the American and West Virginia State Bar Associations. He also serves as a trustee of Lawrenceville School and is active in Fayette and Raleigh counties communities.
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West Virginia Coal Assoc
National Coal Assoc
American Bar Assoc
West Virginia State Bar
Gaines
Rotary Club
Lawrenceville School
Fayette
Raleigh
Invasion casualty recalls Normandy landing and return
Col. Michael C. Murphy 37, among first invasion casualties returned to the U S, describes landing a glider within 15 feet of a German tank column without being fired on. He recounts crossfire, snipers, and the lengthy three day sea evacuation, plus field conditions and efforts of medical staff after Ste Mère Église.
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France
Murphy
England
Normandy
Findlay
Bowman Field
Mary Louise Eville
Lafayette
New York
Michael C. Murphy
United States
Ind
Air Transport Command
James A. Lester
Clio
Mich
Ste. Mere Eglise
Giider
Eastern Panhandle Seeks Fruit Pickers
Martinsburg June 3 Approximately 640 workers are needed to harvest Berkeley and Jefferson counties apple crop this season. Orchardists discussed plans to obtain prisoners of war through September and October, and into early November. If unavailable, Bahamas natives may be secured. Last year convict labor from Moundsville state penitentiary was used, though many may not be available this year.
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Martinsburg
Berkeley
Jefferson County
Bahamas
Special Training For Paralysis Battle
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will fund $50,000 to train men and women in health education to combat infantile paralysis. Fellows will study at Yale University, the University of Michigan, and the University of North Carolina, receiving $100 monthly for 12 months plus tuition and fees. Basil O'Connor called for competent health educators to improve polio outbreak response and aftercare.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
U.S. Public Health Service
Yales University
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
Colorado Labor Endorses Roosevelt for 4th Term
The Colorado State Federation of Labor endorsed a fourth term for President Roosevelt in a resolution affirming faith in his leadership. It pledged to work to the limit of its endurance in support and cooperation with Roosevelt to preserve American ideals.
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Colorado Labor
Roosevelt
Denver
Colorado State Federation of Labor
Auto License Bureau Speeds Plate Delivery
The state road commission's mobile license bureau will be open continuously from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. all week to speed the issuance of 1944-45 auto plates to motorists applying in person. Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey announced last night. The bureau normally operates 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m.
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State Road Commission
Ernest L. Bailey
Frontline Battles Narrow Lines Across Italy’s Central Front
Allied reports detail intensified fighting around Massa and Follonica with forces pushing east and west of Lake Trasimena. American 36th division joins the 5th army while French colonial units rout Germans near Citita Paganico. Luftwaffe resistance remains stiff north of Perugia as air operations target Romanian oil facilities.
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Monterotondo
Follonica
Massa
Lake Trasimena
Sarenteano
Pestia
Castelvieta
Perugia
Fifteenth Air Force
Livorno
Pisa-Rimini
Rome
Peralia
U. S
5Th
Sth
Salerno
Cititela Paganico
Spahis
North Africa
Chiusi
Ploesti
Romania
Death of Newsweek war correspondent Shenko reported
Berlin broadcast cites Tokyo dispatch stating Shenko, a Newsweek war correspondent, and the B-29 crew were killed June 13 in a raid over southern Japan. Editors were informed that William T. Shhenkel, 38, of Silver Spring, Maryland, previously listed as missing from the raid.
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Tokyo
London
Berlin
Tokyo Dispatch Today
Newsweek
Shenko
Japan
War Department
William T. Shhenkel
Silver Springs
State Officers Given Temporary Promotions in War Dept Report
The War Department reports temporary promotions of officers including Harry Emil Erickson from lieutenant colonel to colonel, with Erickson based in Wheeling West Virginia. The advancement also lists James Burke Rich Jr of Charleston West Virginia and Barzelous Eugene Haines of Ramney as promoted from second to first lieutenant, with details from 1608 Kanawha Blvd.
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Washington
Hany Emil Erickson
CAV
Wheeling
W. Va
War Department
James Burke Rich, Jr
Inf
Kanawha Blvd
Charleston
Barzelous Eugene Haines
CMP
Ramney
evacuation ordered in berlin after daylight air raid
Twenty Hungarian passengers arriving in Lishon report Nazi authorities ordered evacuation of Berlin. They said Reich Chancellery and other important buildings were damaged in the daylight air attack by American bombers last Wednesday, according to a London radio broadcast recorded by CBS.
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Lishon
Berlin
Hitler
Reichschancellery
London Radio
CBS
Drowned Teen Pennington in Coal River at Peytona
Juanita J Pennington a 16 year old from Lick Branch Boone county drowned yesterday afternoon while swimming in Coal river at Peytona Witnesses said she could swim but entered a deep pool and drowned before rescue Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Everett Pennington two sisters Ruth and Ruby and four brothers Ray Norman and David at home and Ernest Pennington of the army air corps Body taken to Cunningham mortuary
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Juanita J.pennington
Lick Branch
Coal River
Peytona
Boone County
Miss Pennington
Everett Pennington
Ruth
Ruby Pennington
Norman
David Pennington
Ernest Pennington
Army Air Corps
Cunningham Mortuary
Leadership Conference Replaces Women's Camp at Jacksons Mill
Miss Gertrude Humphreys announced a leadership training conference to be held the week of July 4 at Jacksons Mill in place of the usual state farm women’s camp. The program targets farm women club officials to pass on instructions to their communities.
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Morgantown
Jackson's Mill
Gertrude Humphreys
Miss Humphreys
West Virginia University
Farm Women Club
Days of Wrath Begun In France Says Arnold
General Arnold, chief of the Army Air Forces, declared during an Army Hour broadcast that American air superiority over Germany will be maintained and increased until final victory. He said aerial dominance will extend to Japan, with the recent B-29 raid only the beginning, after returning from a visit to the European front.
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Washington
H. HB. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Eid
Army Hour
Japan
Prisoner of war reported for Mullens air force sergeant
War Department informed Mr and Mrs M C Houck of Mullens last week that their son, Tech Sgt Harry M Houck, radio operator aboard a Flying Fortress, is a prisoner of war in Germany after the Augsburg mission. He completed 24 missions after enlisting in 1942 and joining the European theater of operations last September.
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Harry M. Houck
Augsburg
Germany
War Department
M. C. “Houck
Mullens
Said Houck
New Generals Revealed With Allies in France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS Allied Expeditionary Force June 25. Maj. Gen Townshend? Town send Gerow and Joseph Lawton Collins were disclosed as corps commanders of American forces in France. Eisenhower placed Brig. Gen Joseph Pierre Koenig, commander of French forces in Britain, in command of all resistance forces in the interior of France.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Leonard Townsend Gerow
U. S
Britain
Joseph Lawton Collins
Guadalcanal
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph Pierre Koenig
West Virginia Park Cabins In High Demand
The conservation commission says reservations are returning daily as cabins fill up. R B Griffith reports most cabins are booked except at Babcock State Park and in state forests. Demand this season is unusually heavy amid wartime travel restrictions.
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West Virginia
The
Conservation Commission
R. B. Griffith
Parks Division
Babcock State Park
Episcopal Church Pension Fund Rises in 1943 Assets
The Protestant Episcopal Church pension fund reports assets of 37.63 million dollars as of December 31 1943, a yearly increase of 358 thousand. The fund pays an annual pension roll exceeding 2.4 million for retired clergy and widows and children of deceased clergymen. Bishop Cameron J. Davis notes the year end market value of investments tops book value by about 2.2 million.
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New York
Church Pension Fund
The
Protestant Episcopal Church
Cameron J. Davis
U. S. Pulpwood Supplies Show 27 Percent May Rise
U S pulpwood supplies for May reached 1 284 000 cards, a 27 percent increase from May 1943, according to the War Production Board. The total was seven percent below May 1942. About 1 216 000 cards came from domestic mills, a 31 percent rise over 1943, but they did not meet domestic demand.
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U. S
Washington
War Production Board
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Greenlee Brothers Security
Clarence
Benson
ChArleston Nations Bank Building Building & Loan Association
Ravenswood, W. Va
E. V. Howell
Union ‘Mission
Iya Valley Bible Conference
Sundey
New Phone Co
Eastern Panhandle
Moundsville
Chors Senn
Gunist Deh
Cuarrien
Emybody
Pepsi-Cale Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Frenchleed Battler
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., of
Charleston National Mortgage Co
Fred C. Wells
Charleston National Bank
Kanawha County
Juanita ‘Pennington
Episcopal Church
Canada
Trai
Colby
Kanawha Malle Bank
Sifol AN Ou Deposit Insumancs
Stevens
AML
U.S
Nu-Tread Tire Co., Inc
Jas Capitol
Washington Street
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