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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
5
Fifteen men from South Charleston were inducted into the army and 25 into the navy as assigned to military units from Kanawha County. Names include Grant Fuller Jr, Thomas J. Fish er, P Reed, Jesse G. Wark, among others listed by local selective service boards.
A Kanawha county selective service board report lists Donald M. Estep’s navy induction in Pittsburgh and two Huntington-bound inductees. It names several enlistees from Charleston Reed Rand Cinco Malden Belle South Charleston Pinch and other towns, detailing numerous individuals awaiting service.
The State Department released excerpts of Col. Juan Peron’s La Plata speech from June 10, viewed as a statement of Argentina’s totalization policy under the regime not recognized by the United States. Peron said nations will quarrel over the peace, and Argentina seeks national expansion via resource development and selling surplus production.
Attractive local girls will join the chorus for the Suh War Loan Stage revue at 4 pm tomorrow in the municipal auditorium. Sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Catholic Daughters, the performers trained by Helen Cox Schrader will present new dance routines. participants include Lykas Holt Norm Holt Lou Herrmann Ruth Exline and Bess Doss.
The United Mine Workers suit against Semet Solvay Co. over portal to portal pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act was dismissed in district court. The New River Co also plans to drop its similar suit after signing a supplementary agreement of December 1943, approved by the union. The judge cited the agreement as a reasonable settlement that renders further prosecution unnecessary and provides a $40 retroactive portal to portal payment, adjusting wage periods and daily totals for miners.
Birth notices list several new arrivals. Among them a daughter to Clarence King and wife in Garrison on June 35 at Charleston General Hospital. a son to Lawrence Dutt Jr. and wife in North Charleston on June 26. a daughter to Claude Kirby Jr. and wife in South Charleston on June 26. a daughter to Robert Kelly and wife at 4122 Central Ave on June 27. a daughter for Lawrence Jefferson and wife of Gallagher on June 24 at Hernshaw with grandparents named Me and Mrs T J Asbury. and a daughter to Charles Morris and wife of Sanderson on June 26 at their residence.
Hazleton Pennsylvania June 29 Senator Guffey predicts Governor Dewey will win Maine and Vermont including Maine Vermont. He recalls 1936 predicting Landon would carry only two states and asserts Roosevelt will carry all 48 states.
Thomas J. Schofield head of the West Virginia Office of Price Administration was the chief speaker at a dinner of the Charleston chapter of the West Virginia Truckers Association in Kanawha hotel. FW. Buley spoke on brick market elimination and George E. White outlined interstate transport rules. Entertainment featured Ruth Crouch Eleanor Troutman and Dolores Perry in dance skits. Meeting organized by Q. W. Van Delinder.
Gerald L. K. Smith of the America First party said Dewey's April speech in New York City used weasel words and failed to satisfy the nationalists. The Chicago report notes Smith's statement issued today criticizing Dewey's remarks.
Supreme Headquarters AEF reports that General Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill held a series of conferences this week at Allied headquarters. They discussed grand postwar policies and machinery for military control of Germany, with western front leaders participating. The meetings emphasized long term planning and campaign strategy.
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