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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1944
Page
6
Taylor County reports fifth war loan totals at $768,295, 184 percent of its $421,000 quota with post office figures pending final national tallies. County chair O Jay Fleming notes strong local efforts in E, F, and G series as salesmen continue work through July.
Dr. Robert F. Gerkin of this city was elected president of the West Virginia association of Optometrists at the close of the 37th annual convention in Charleston. He recently joined the board of examiners in optometry, succeeds Hays L. Post, and serves as Kiwanis club president in Grafton. He has practiced over ten years and is a Northern Illinois Optometric School graduate. He will succeed William Greenspon as state president and will return from the convention tomorrow.
Press dispatches report Red Army vanguards within 60 miles of East Prussia as Soviet columns strike toward Luniniec and Slonim. Rokossovsky’s White Russian army advances on Brest Litovsk and Warsaw rail routes while other units near Pinsk and Memel. Nearly 500 places fell in yesterday’s westward surges as the drive tightens. The Russians now stand 178 miles from Memel on the Baltic coast.
The USDA announced 28 counties in Georgia, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin qualify for Farm Security Administration aid. Eligible operators can receive loans or small grants to resume 1944 production after flood or windstorm damage. WV counties include Barbour, Brooke, Harrison, Marion, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, and Tucker. Applications go to the local Farm Security office.
Charleston July 11 Charles E Hodges former WVU Alumni Association president will speak on a radio reply to Governor Neely regarding the dismissal of Dr Charles E Law as university president The talk will run 1130 PM to midnight Thursday over the four city WV network with Charleston Huntington Clarksburg and Parkersburg stations Neely said a change in Morgantown administration was necessary to protect the universitys future.
Critics hail National Premium Beer as worth its high price and a distinct brew found in limited, exclusive spots coast to coast. Distinctive product from National Brew, Baltimore Maryland, sent to West Virginia as a token of victory.
Charleston July 11 The Conservation Commission for the first time adds black bear to West Virginia closed season. Bear may be hunted Nov 27 to Dec 2 with a one bear limit per hunter. Deer season set for Dec 4–9 with one deer per hunter. Commission also discusses Cabin Creek game refuge and elects Raymond J. Lambert as chairman.
Allied Headquarters in Italy reports a rapid advance halting Nazi forces, claiming 150 miles gained in one month since Rome fell. Over 35,000 German prisoners taken, enemy losses described as beyond calculation. Three divisions virtually destroyed and many of the 24 remaining divisions reduced to teleton forces. Map shading indicates territory won.
President Roosevelt indicates he would accept nomination if the convention demands it and would serve if elected. He says he does not want to run in a political sense but would remain as commander in chief to finish the war if the people command him to continue. Governor Dewey, the Republican nominee, had no comment.
Taylor county sent four men into the armed services yesterday morning. Paul Leo Moran Chester Gay Rogers Ray Vernon McVicker and Earl Raymond Hawkins departed for Huntington induction center. Hawkins came from Elyria Ohio with the others from the county. The small group had requested immediate induction and was the first group in day, with another induction and pre induction planned later this month. The exact size and date of the next calls were not disclosed.
At the national convention Governor Earl Warren cites gains in Republican state governorships as proof the party will fare in November while Dewey and Bricker win vice presidential nods. Boston Mayor Tobin and State Treasurer Hurley vie for Massachusetts governor with CIO backing noted and disputes over bloc support. Utah Washington Michigan New Hampshire and Oklahoma voters choose congressional and state nominees as Minnesota backs Thys. Byron Allen seeks the combined Democratic Farmer Labor nomination amid tight races.
The proposal would allow WPB field offices to grant spot authorizations to manufacturers for producing needed goods if they show idle labor and machinery not needed for war work. A major concern is ensuring such spot decisions are thoroughly checked by military manpower.
A vivid wartime notice extols paper as the indispensable ally from draft card to discharge. It claims ration packing, cartridge wrapping, barracks, and cooking rely on paper, asserting soldiers live, train, travel, and fight with paper. The piece envisions peace terms on paper handed to veterans.
Uniforms and furloughs report for several service members. Jack McDargh, son of Mrs Gladys McDargh of Yates Avenue, is bound for Great Lakes Illinois for U S Navy flight training. Pvt Edward Morgan, U S Marine Corps, from New River NC, visits family in Parkview on a ten day leave. Pfc James G Rauscher, son of Charles E Rauscher of 234 West Francis Street, earned gunner wings at Harlingen Army Airfield and may become an aerial combat team member or serve as a trainer there.
Production officials in Washington seek to channel labor through field offices to locate idle reservoirs of workers. The military group fears local pressures could divert manpower if Washington imposes curbs. Nelson advocates field offices as the best route to identify idle labor and allocate it efficiently.
Rescue crews recounted a mine air test after lowering two canaries via a three inch vent and dropping a microphone into the pit. Officials said excessive lethal gases would have killed the birds, but a 15 minute lapse between drilling and lowering the birds cast doubt on conclusiveness. A spokesman noted fresh air entered during that interval.
Philadelphia division of Bendix Aviation trains thousands of former professionals in plant schools to perform precision aircraft instrument production. The article notes a growing class of workers reshaping American industry since 1940.
In a Philadelphia plant a model of altitude meters with 120 distinct parts was manufactured, each unit valued at over a million dollars. Last year a month’s quota included 175,000 air speed indicators. The main rail trunk line of Japan runs along Honshu’s east coast.
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