Bartenders Head List to Get New Jobs
Washington February 2 Thousands of selective-service registrants with dependents were ordered to seek essential war jobs within 60 days or face induction. The War Manpower Commission issued a list of 65 non-deferrable occupations including bartenders florists and newsboys effective after April 1. McNutt said more are coming as labor needs grow and offered U S Employment Service help.
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Washington
Selective — Service
Congressional
War Manpower Commission
Selective Service Bureau
WMC
Paul V. McNutt
U. S. Employment Service
Roosevelt
Joint
Auto seizure urged in rubber conservation plan
War department undersecretary Robert P. Patterson urged seizing about seven million private passenger cars and the fifth tire on all 27 million passenger vehicles to save rubber. He testified before a joint House Naval Military committee, citing unacted December recommendations to rubber director William M. Jeffers amid Army Navy tensions.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
War Department
Congressional
Robert P. Patterson
Army
Navy
William M. Jeffers
Patterson
House
Naval - Military Committee
Jeffers
Theatre Ticket Admits Mrs Odell to Strand or Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs W E Odell of 223 Dorsey Street to tonight's showings. The Strand offers A Yank at Eton with Mickey Rooney. The Dixie offers Springtime in the Rockies with Betty Grable and John Payne.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
W. E. Odell
Dorsey Street
Eton
Mickey Rooney
Strand
Rockies
Betty Grable
John Payne
Dixie Theatre
Herschel Ogden Rites Planned Tomorrow
In Wheeling admirers memorialize Herschel C Ogden 74 who led a chain of 15 daily newspapers as plans are set for his funeral tomorrow at 3 p m at St Matthews Episcopal Church He died Sunday night in a Wheeling hospital after a stay since Christmas holidays.
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Wheeling
Herschel C. Ogeden
St. Matthews Episcopal Church
Vote Planned in House for Contest Bill
Charleston February 2 A bill arising from the Bevvercomb Funkhouser primary contest was brought up for a vote in the house of delegates. The measure by Delegate Taylor would grant circuit courts jurisdiction over election contests involving federal or state offices.
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Charleston
Chapman Bevvercomb
Raymond J. Funkhouser
House of Delegates
Taylor
D.mingo
Circuit
Kanawha County
State Supreme Court
Senate
House
Tts
Ansell D.hampshire
State Continues Fight To Get More Gasoline
Washington February 2. West Virginia spokesmen pressed to widen the eastern seaboard gasoline supply at a conference with Ralph E Davies of the petroleum coordinator office. Attendees included four state refiners, State OPA Director Carl M Fraure, Ferrell of the gasoline division, Charleston Chamber of Commerce head Hodges, and Senators Kilgore and Revercomb. Kilgore said invitations were sent to Elk Refinery Carbide and Chemicals Pure Oil and Quaker State refineries in Charleston and Sistersville.
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Washington
West Virginia
Eastern Seaboard
Ralph E. Davies
OPA
Carl M. Frasure
R. C. Ferrell
State Tax Department
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Kilgor
State Plans To Seize Steel Of Cecil Bridge
Chief Engineer M. L. O Neale of the Road commission said steel from a dismantled bridge over the Tygart river at Cecil would be used to construct a new span over the Tug river connecting Matewan with Kentucky. He cited acting Attorney General Ira J. Partlow that the material belongs to the commission, not the county court.
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Charleston
M. L. O'Neale
Road Commission
Tygart River
Cecil
Taylor County
Tug River
Matewan
Mingo County
Kentucky
O'Neale
Ira J. Partlow
Lend program defense details in U S aid to Britain
Major George A. Spiegelberg testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee that under lend lease, U S forces in the United Kingdom spent about 1 million dollars on British commercial purchases since last June. He said most articles and services are procured as reciprocal aid from Britain, with 1,121,786 ships’ tons received from June 1 to December 31, 1942. See LEND PROGRAM Page 5.
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Washington
George A. Spiegelberg
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
United Kingdom
Spiegelberg
General Purchasing Board
Lend Lease Administration
Flynn trial nears end in statutory rape case
In Los Angeles a Superior Court jury hears closing arguments in the Errol Flynn statutory rape case. Betty Hansen testified about a Bel Air party last September 27. Defense and police witnesses disputed the door latch history and timing of the alleged assault.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Errol Flynn
Bel Air
Betty Hansen
Lloyd Eads
Miss Hansen
Flynn
Fear in Mine Wages Rise Prompts Alarm in West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports the West Virginia State Chamber of Commerce viewing wage trends with alarm. It estimates coal miners averaging 156 dollars monthly now would see about a 100 dollar monthly rise if a two dollar daily increase and six day week are adopted. The analysis signals inflationary pressure across the 125,000 miners.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Chamber of Commerce
Four Beer Dealers In State Cited To Board
State Director T C McKinley of the Brewing Industry Foundation said license revocation proceedings were started against two Raleigh county beer establishments and two other retail dealers in Randolph county. Tax Commissioner George P Alderson set February 10 11 to hear a show cause proceeding against them.
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Charleston
T. C. McKinley
The
Brewing Industry Foundation
Raleigh County
Randolph County
George P. Alderson
More Jap Soldiers Shot In Guadalcanal Struggle
U S troops steadily mop up Japanese forces on Guadalcanal as the Navy reports 62 enemy killed and 22 captured in the Jan 28 communique. Marauder bombers raided Japanese bases at Munda on New Georgia on Jan 29 30 in the same action.
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Washington
Guadalcanal
Solomons
U. S
Navy
Munda
New Georgia Island
Churchill Pays Royal Visit to Turkish Head
Churchill flies to Turkey bearing Allied strategy from Casablanca. He meets with President Ismet Inonu in three talks asserting support and warning Hitler of a spring invasion. Turkiye seeks equipment and mobilization aid to strengthen defenses.
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London
Churchill
Casablanca
Turkey
Hitler
Ismet Inonu
Roosevelt
Inonu
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
Europe
Great Britain
United States
Tur
Hope drops suit against brother while sister-in-law pursues claim
Los Angeles reports Bob Hope has asked his attorney to drop the $1,425 loan suit against his brother and sister-in-law James Hope and wife Marie Towne Hope. Marie Towne Hope continues with a $2,300 claim for secretarial work and joke cataloging and cites a promised salary raise later replaced by talks of a bonus.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
James Hope
Marie Towne Hope
Hope
Hilliard A. Schendor
Succasunna
N. J
Gremlin
Woman Falls From Fifth Floor Window in Clarkburg Hotel
Police report Eva Lewis aged 28 died after falling from a fifth floor hotel window in Clarksburg. Chief Jules Brasseur said a continuing investigation would determine if an fee is needed. Lewis, a native of Ritchie County, had lived in Clarksburg for several years.
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Clarksburg
Jules Brasseur
Eva Lewis
Brasseur
Ritchie County
Clarks-hurs
Germans Routed From Tiny Tunisian Village
Allied forces, led by American raiders, drove Germans from Sened near Maknassy and repulsed a counterattack. Western Tunisian front saw allied counterattacks restoring gains near Pont Du Fahs. Allied bombers hit Tunis docks and at least two ships in harbor. News suggests a unified North Africa command under Eisenhower may be formed.
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London
Maknassy
Sened
Faid
Tunisia
Pont du Fahs
Tunis
North Africa
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Russians Near Rostov Advance From The South
Moscow reports Red Army pins wedge toward Rostov to within 40 miles after seizing Zernovoy and pressing toward Kursk Kharkov and Krasnodar. Soviet noon communique notes more towns captured west of Voronezh as axis forces retreat amid stiff German resistance on the southern front. Then confirms a German prisoner’s story by discovering Hungarian officers bodies in Kochetovka.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Red Army
Rostov
Zernovoy
Kursk
Kharkov
Krasnodar
London
Voronezh
Kochetovka
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs J F Barcus in Johnny Doughboy
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs J F Barcus of 33 West St Charles Street to attend Johnny Doughboy featuring Jane Withers and Henry Wilcox in a program likely to draw local interest.
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Grafton Sentinel
J. F. Barcus
West St. Charles Street
Johnny Doughboy
Jane Withers
Henry Wilcox
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Herschel Ogden
Cecil Bridge
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Alice B. Holt
Grafton Sentinel Publishing Co., Inc
John S. Palmer
England
Ene Es Flynn
Office of Price Administration
Scot Flynn
Ste’ Grourdhuu
Groundhog
Marmot
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