Editorial urges salvage of waste paper in Grafton county
An editorial notes households hold average 17.5 pounds of newspapers 20.5 pounds of magazines 5 pounds kraft and 2 pounds waste basket paper urging salvage. It cites county farmers and spreading Boy Scouts service as key to expanding collection to meet wartime needs. Local clubs and individuals with spare time can help, even for a single Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Department of Commerce
Countie
Boy Scouts
Pash
Allied air force flies 3100 sorties in day long raids
The Mediterranean Allied air force reported 3100 sorties yesterday with five Italian-based planes missing. Giurgiu Romania’s key oil port along the Danube hosts large storage, quays, and a pipeline to Ploesti fields. Exclusive night figures show over 5000 planes in two-way assaults dropping about 7000 tons of explosives. About 17 million women in the United States are employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iterranean
Giurgiu
Romania
Ploesti
Conservation farming plans for Flemington farmstead urged
Soil and water conservation plans were made for Albert Harris and others on Route 1 in Flemington. With planting nearly finished, a diversion ditch above fields may intercept runoff to protect corn and oats from heavy rains. The district technician will advise on feasibility and help build it, emphasizing soil moisture retention for dry spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Harris
Flemington
Carl Zinn
Roy Kerns
Tries to Dig Contested Ceiling and Deputy Disbursement
The text outlines a legislative struggle over a ceiling approval and notes a plan to curb an economy minded civilian playboy inviting a G I merrymaker as a special deputy disbursing officer responsible for handing money to the cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Merrymaker
FBI Arrests Draft Evaders in Baltimore Deception Ring
In Baltimore on June 3 the FBI arrested 14 men and one woman accused of evading the draft or aiding in faking mental illness to obtain deferments. Inductees and intermediaries faced charges. bail totaled 29,500 with a June 13 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John W. Vincent
Baltimore Fair Office
Navy
Army
Fifth Regiment
Vincent
Chester T. Ruby
Leon D. Shapiro
Morris Molofsky
War Manpower Chief faces senators on job-referral plan
Today McNutt will confer with several senators on the operation of the job-referral plan. Senator Johnson praised it, while Senator Wallgren questioned its necessity amid the manpower emergency. Chairman George said it may help but could be hard to administer. McNutt noted peacetime hiring drains the war workforce. Sea water can be made drinkable by adding silver oxide and tartaric or citric acid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNutt
Johnson
D.-Colo
Paul McNutt
Wallgren
D.wash
Truman War Investigating Committee
George
D.-Ga
Senate Postwar Planning Committee
Obituary for Eyleene Batson Bennett dies at 51
Funeral services were held at 2 p m for Mrs. Eyleene Batson Bennett 51 of 216 West Main Street wife of Sheriff Lee Bennett and member of a pioneer county family She died Memorial Day after seven months illness in a Pittsburgh hospital Survived by husband mother Lucy M Burdett Batson son Lewis Bennett in New Guinea daughter Georgeanna Bennett of McKeesport Pa Interment at Woodsdale Cemetery Pallbearers were Charles Kunst Ray Matthews Lloyd Shriver Fred Mason Howard Courtney Clyde Kimmel The American Legion home on Latrobe Street closed until 3 p m in her honor as a charter member of Auxiliary Unit No 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Eyleene Batson Bennett
West Main Street
Pittsburgh
Lee Bennett
Methodist Church
Order of the Eastern Star
Lucy M. Burdett Batson
Lewis Bennett
New Guinea
Georgeanna Bennett
McKeesport
Arthur Lazenby
Woodsdale
Charles Kunst
Ray Mathews
Lloyd Shriver
Fred Mason
Howard Courtney
Clyde Kimmel
American Legion
Latrobe Street
Bennett
Alban Hills Battle Shapes War's Early Phase
The piece reports heavy Allied actions around Rome and the Alban hills as Kesselring’s forces engage. It notes significant casualties and equipment losses amid a strategic effort to break the Allied trap, with the outcome of the battle uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souweeeo
Rome
Alban Hills
Kesselring
West Virginia Hereford Breeders Meet at Morlunda Farms
Hereford breeders from West Virginia and nearby states gathered in Lewisburg for a field day at Morlunda farms. Oscar Nelson, president of United Carbon Company and owner of the farms, invited breeders from Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Morlunda Farms
Oscar Nelson
United Carbon Company
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
Famous pitcher joins new West Virginia Improvement firm
Flint Rhem former St Louis Cardinals pitcher will join a new West Virginia Improvement Company office next week. He pitched in five World Series encounters and was NL’s highest paid pitcher in 1926. He retires in 1938 due to ill health. The firm, led by Van R. Farley, will remodel homes using Inselbri¢ Inselstone exterior sheeting. Beef cattle on Indian reservations rise from 100,867 to 111,590 from 1942 to 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Viria Improvement Company
Flint Rhem
St Louis Cardinals
Rhem
Promotions and transfers divide wartime notices
Military announcements list Francis B. Flanagan promoted from captain to major at Blackland Army Air Field Texas where he serves as group operations officer. Other items name Bethany College graduate Gleason L. Brier later stationed at New Orleans, officers at Camp Crowder and Great Lakes, soldiers sent to North Africa and Europe, and Joseph Warder Fordyce elevated to first lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis B. Flanagan
Charles E. Flanagan
Gleason L. Brier
High Street
Our boys must keep on fighting war bonds
The message urges continued wartime support with the call to keep buying war bonds until victory is achieved and backing the war effort remains essential.
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United States
Tygari’s Valley Soil Conservation
District News Conservation Farming
Opera House — Sun
Mon
Bluesy
Boston
Bargain Mat Sun
FBI
Malone's Drug & Chemical Co
Mars
Ramblanc
Cara Nome
Malone’s Drug & Chemical Company
Washington
Margaret Heyser
Joyce Myers
Greyhound Company
Eneral
van R. Farley
Fort Pitt Shoe Stores, Inc
Pms
Pope Teean Sae
Junior Morrison
Buckleyfield
Cot
A. M. Lipscomb
Russ Street
Dover
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Morrison
Charles, Frederick 'Fred) Bonner
C. F. Bonner
Dewey Avenue
Huntington
Great Lakes
Tinos
Pfe
Fay Heinuman
West Boyd Street
Great Bend
Kansas
Dalhart
Texas
Camp Crowder
Barton E. Murphy
Fort Thomas
North Africa
Roy E. Knight
Maple Ayveniue
James E. Knight
USN
John Edwards
Akron
Pvt
Robert Lea | Humphreys
Hag
Frances Gawthrop
J. R. Humphrey
Lincoln Street
Joseph Warder Fordyce
J. F. Fordyce
Webster
Dixie
Paulette Goddard
Fred Macmurray
Eim Otel
Roland Cae
Young
Hillary Brooke
Porter Hall
Sidney Lonfield
Serean
Darrell Ware
Karl Tunberg
Paramount Picture
Paulette
Fred
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