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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1943
Page
3
Ernie Pvle ebreaa ye Home Good recounts a perilous return from Tripoli to Algeria and Tunisia. The journey crossed vast Sahara dunes two to three hundred feet high as Luftwaffe operations and battle raged, ending with a triumphant yet dented homecoming and a minor fall on the airdrome steps.
Buckhannon officials said the first annual West Virginia Methodist churches summer camp begins July 8 at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The report also notes police detainment of three Jersey City youths planning to flee to Canada to join the RCAF after a window was broken.
Washington June 27 two West Virginia senators Kilgore and Revercomb joined 50 colleagues in rejecting a conference report by 52 to 17 that would strike three federal payroll employees. Revercomb criticized lifting limits on the President's emergency fund and noted confidential funds. The measure would bar salaries for Lovett Virgin Islands secretary Goodwin Watson and Dodd of the FCC amid Dies committee ties. The House had approved the restriction, the Senate later did not, and the dispute returned to conference.
Interior Secretary announces 1942 average coal mining costs rising to 226.82 per ton compared with 224.29 in 12 months to Sept 1942. District costs vary: northern West Virginia 5.0, panhandle 2.01, southern West Virginia and Virginia 2.5508 with 2.6297 in parentheses for calendar year 1942.
Logan June 26 A survey shows three men died in Logan mines since resuming operation under United Mine Workers directive Jessie Vance 54 a conveyor helper fractured in slate fall at Guyan Eagle Coal Amheratdale Pete Cryway 56 killed by slate fall Lorady mine Lorady Mining Co and McKinley Browning 42 struck by falling logs at Utilities Coal Co Kistler total mine deaths in the county this year rise to 19 with 17 killed in the first half of 1942.
Lend-lease shipments totaling about 170000 tons valued at 40 million dollars aided the North Africa drive. Distribution aimed to win Arab and European goodwill to spur production and blunt Axis efforts, per Stettinius. Eisenhower requested the program to secure native support and protect supply routes from Casablanca to Tunisia. The aid helped rapid Allied gains and possibly saved many lives.
Washington June 27 17 War Manpower Commission reports a monthly revised total of 201 labor market areas classified by supply. Group IV areas show adequate supply to meet known needs including Clarksburg Fairmont Huntington Parkersburg Wheeling and others. No areas placed in acute shortage or impending six month shortages.
New York June 27 The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs will trim its July convention from about 2000 delegates to 65, said Dr Minnie J Maffett Dallas president. The gathering at the Sagamore on Lake George New York will be attended only by board members including executive committee standing committee chairs and state federation presidents. The full convention is canceled this year at the request of the Office of Defense Mobilization.
Boulder Colorado reports that Colorado College plans to stop using titles in faculty gatherings. Professors deans and doctors will be addressed as Mister Miss or Mrs by colleagues in senate sessions and official events.
A concise axiom contrasts battlefield success with strategic thinking. It asserts immediate fighting secures victory while thoughtful planning achieves lasting peace, underscoring a balance between action and policy in wartime outcomes.
Paul L. Wharton of Wheeling was elevated from senior vice commander to commander of the West Virginia Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars at its 22nd annual encampment in Fairmont. He selected Emmett C. Jeffrey of Parkersburg. Geneva Baker of Clarksburg was named auxiliary president, replacing Evelyn Batton. Clarksburg chosen as 1844 encampment site.
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