West Virginia Counties Exceed June War Bond Quotas
War bond sales quotas in nine West Virginia counties have been surpassed as of yesterday. Pocahontas Pleasants Logan Tyler Wirt McDowell Marion Wyoming and Clay led the pace, with Pocahontas first to pass its quota on June 37. Payroll savings participation rises. 42 firms report 40,073 employees in the 500 plus group, and 198 firms in the 100 to 500 group account for 27,442 more participants.
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West Virginia
F. Roy Yoke
Pocahontas
Pleasants
Logan
Tyler
Wirt
McDowell
Marion
Wyoming
Clay
Coal field payroll plan spurs stamp cashing backlash
The state list expands with 150 more industries and 87 515 employees enrolled in the payroll allotment for war bonds and stamps. Reports from coal fields say stamp sales backfire as miners authorize partial pay in stamps and rush to post offices to redeem. Montgomery post office opens a window to cash stamps, coal operators say the stamps behave like script.
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Montgomery
37 Kanawha Negroes Enter Armed Service
Selective service boards Nos 1 2 3 and 7 yesterday sent 87 Kanawha County Negroes to Huntington preparatory to induction into the army. Names include Caleb David Irwin Ralph Jerome Mayhew William Fleetwood Nalis Joe Moore Julius Harlow Lewis William Reynolds James Russell Forney James Fitzhugh Pilson Jessie Lewis Newson Isom Reese Frank Brunell Allen Scott Harris David Fields Richard Edward Howard Dennis Wardell Dunningama Lee Andrew Hasson Elmo Swain William Ernest Johnson Richard Leon Pemberton Wise Lindsey Carl Clarence Rankins James Rudolph Brown Eugene Harper William Rubin Jenkins Lawrence Allen Cunningham William Henry Harston Jr Cleophus Washington Randell Harold Newman George Russell Brown Wilbert Robert Green Lloyd Webster Thompson Charley Wesley Howard Warren Kenneth VanHook George Richard Johnson Lula Clifford Isaac Percy James David James Delmer VanHook.
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Kanawha County
Huntington
Caleb David Irwin
Ralph Jerome Mayhew
William Fleetwood Nalis
Joe Moore
Julius Harlow Lewis
William Reynolds
James Russell Forney
James Fitzhugh Pilson
Jessie Lewis Newson
Isom Reese
Frank Brunell Allen
Scott Harris
David Fields
Richard Edward Howard
Dennis Ward
George Russel Brown
Wilbert Robert Green
Lloyd Webster Thompson
Charley Wesley Howard
Warren Kenneth VanHook
George Richard Johnson
Lula Clifford Isaac
Percy James David
James Delmer VanHook
16 Enlistments Marked Up by Navy Recruiters
Navy recruiters at Charleston yesterday marked enlistments for sixteen men. Names include Fred E. Williams Brady W Milam Charles R Franklin Hebert A Anderson John Voaniak Mongoh Herbert Linville Jarrett L Mallory Russell R MacDermott William L Nelson Wilson Camp John L McCoy Alex J Karnis Willis E Warder Ashby B Morton Sylvester William C Bluthard Russell E Patterson William W Hinkle.
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Navy
Charleston
Fred E. Williams
Brady W
Milam
Charles R. Franklin Ald
Hebert A. Anderson
Huntington
John 5. Voaniak
Monongah
Herbert Linville
Brun Jand
Jarrett L. Mallory
Russell R. MacDermott
William L. Nelson
Wilson Camp
John L. McCoy
Bluefield
Alex J. Karnis
Willis E. Warder
Clarksburg
Ashby B. Morten
Sylvester
William C. Bluthard
Martins Ferry
Russell E. Patterson
Bellaire
William W. Hinkle
Washington, D. C
Gazette Daily Quiz Questions on World War II Facts
A set of ten quiz prompts from The Gazette asking about Axis submarine activity off Louisiana, the head of the Office of Price Administration, Australia’s minister to the U.S. succession, aspirin tablet grain content, a baseball club buying Jimmy Foxx, Rural Electrification Administration department, a San Antonio death of a self styled goat gland expert, Paul Revere’s craft, the author of The Call of the Wild, and which U.S. presidents also served as New York governors.
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Gulf Coast
Louisiana
U. S. Office of Price Administration
Maj
Richard Casey
Australia
United States
Major League Baseball Club
Jimmy Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Rural Electrification Administration
Department of Commerce, Agriculture Or Interior
San Antonio
Texas
Paul Revere
Martin van Buren
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York State
The Devil's Dream in All That Money Can Buy?
The photoplay selection at the start and in spots within the film is titled The Devil's Dream, an old piece used as the opening cue and repeated during the program.
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