Letters to the Editor and Advertising Representative Blurb
A garbled OCR passage mentions letters to the editor and communications for discussion of interest. It lists National Advertising Representative J. J. Devine and Associates with addresses in Detroit Chicago New York and Atlanta, indicating a generic classifieds or advertising service context rather than a direct news event. The text is fragmentary and reflects an ad sales or editorial formatting note rather than a specific incident.
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Congressional Sportsmanship and War Ration Debates
In Wheeling Intelligencer reflections on congressional conduct critique lawmakers who mock business and praise patriotism while attacking dollar a year men and pensions. The piece argues public esteem for Congress has fallen, warns of electoral consequences, and urges higher quality candidates to restore trust. It also discusses gasoline rationing as a wartime control measure and its implications for postwar planning and individual choice under coercion.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Congress
Donald Nelson
Truman Committee
Committee
Ration Card Inflation Threatens Gasoline Limits
The New York Times notes inflation in ration cards as A, X, and B cards distort distribution. With more cards issued than expected, buyers may receive more gasoline than feasible, risking devaluation of the basic three gallon unit to possibly two gallons.
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New York Times
Cordell Hull and postwar trade scheme profiled
Central Press columnist Charles P Stewart reviews Cordell Hull's push for postwar commercial treaties. He outlines Hulls aim to bind nations through reciprocal trade pacts, the political risks, and the broad coalition envisioned including Britain, Russia, China, and Latin America, alongside U S. allies. The piece contrasts idealistic goals with wartime constraints and questions Hulls longevity and impact. The column ends with local election results from Pineville Welch Richwood and Smithers.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
Cordell
Hull
Dr .Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Cordell Hull
Senate
Latin Americas
Germany
Japan
Italy
England
Britain
Latin America
Russia
Cordell’s
Department
U.S A
Canada
Australia
China
Scandinavia
Spain
Hitler
Mussélia
Hardening the Iron Effort in the Caribbean War Talks
Editorial argues for stiffening wartime posture in Caribbean territories. It warns against French surrender to Nazi pressure and supports immobilizing French navy ships to prevent use by the Axis. Emphasizes dangers to Allied communications and the need to act decisively in the face of aborting armistice terms.
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Laval
France
Russia
Hitler
Mada
Bascar
Japan
Pineville Election Brief Reports Induction Order
The article notes Mayor Thémias K. Stockert Jr has been ordered to report for Selective Service induction. The town council may name a successor later. Also referenced is A. A. Browning, a former justice, in connection with Pineville elections.
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Thémias K. Stockert, Jr
Pineville
A. A. Browning
Early West Virginia Law and Court Roles in Taylor County
A historical notice recounts 19th century Taylor County beginnings detailing the court cryer role, then sheriff deputies, and last voiced in 1880. It covers West Virginia legal luminaries like Francis Harrison Pierpoint and John J. Carlile, the push for public buildings, site negotiations at Warder’s lands, and the first Edward Armstrong court preparations with jurors.
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William A. Reynolds
Chad Hopper
Taylor
John’ Brown
Virginia
Francis Harrison Pierpoint
West Virginia
John Letcher
Francis Harrison
Pierpoint
John 8
Carlile
United States
Western Virginia
Clarksburg
John
Hoffman
Supreme Court of Appeals
Burton Despard
Edgar Davidson
Mortimer Johnston
Robert Johnson
Robert Linn
James K. Smith
Augustus Smith
Apriliant Youngawyers
John S. Carrie
Prac
Rogers
John Cather
Robert
John Leeper
Charles W. Newton
John A. Guseman
John Warder
Fairmont-Beverly Pikes
Warder
Guseman
Pres. Rogers
Joseph L. Carr
Joshua ©. Robinson
Edward J. Armstrong
Uncensored France becomes a book by Porter
John Selby reviews Roy P Porter s account of France from defeat to fall with emphasis on the occupied zone Porter once led The Associated Press in occupied Paris where censorship and rivalries shaped dispatches He later rewrote the material into a widely popular series and final book The work faced delays due to wartime censorship and travel obstacles in Lisbon
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Roy P. Porter
France
Porter
Associated Press
Paris
Tog
Lisbon
Studebaker Workers’ Wages and Provisions Discussed
Continued discussion outlines kind and amount of work expected, compensation and living provisions for workers. Mentions meals lodging and support for workers facing conditions, with references to German and French workers and international war context.
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Turo
Tibby and Marg Face War Time Engagement News
Tibby battles doubt after telling Mary she will marry Wayne Courtright while Marg navigates enlistment plans for John. Both women weigh love, duty, and a coming war, with Marg facing Hawaii to join as nurse and Tibby awaiting an engagement ring as she plans a spring trip home.
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Wayne Courtright
Tibby
Marg
Wayne
Mary
Tivhy
John
Marc
Hawaii
Demest
Oly
America
Tabby
Bin
Lani
Steena Winters
Abs
Germans Still Won’t Tell Hitler What They Think
A fragmented 1944 era column notes Germany’s silence toward Hitler amid war strain. It touches on Allied bombings at Mannheim, public sentiment, and a critic’s view of wartime humor and censorship, with stray remarks on public figures and protests.
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Germany
Herr Hitler
Porter on French Resistance and Petain Marshalls
Porter surveys French attitudes toward collaboration and the difficulty of enforcing German rules as peasants smuggle food and officials connive. He notes de Gaulle's forces’ relation to the homeland and defends Petain Marshalls as sincere. Also mentions student farmer programs and Studebaker guidance for local efforts and youth farm placements.
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Gether
Porter
de Gaulle
Petainy
Teel
Marshalls
Ee Sen
Pit
Studebaker
U. S. Employment Service
Sinc
U. S
Fema
Two Airplanes Crash Near Nitro After Training Flight
A Curtiss or similar trainer plane and another aircraft from Parkersburg vanished from Fort Wayne flight routes. They circled over Nitro for about 45 minutes before Whiteman’s craft descent sparked a fire, leaving both planes damaged.
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Cfriian
Parkersburg
Fort Wana Ind
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