Boys Over 14 Use Vacations for Farm Jobs
Wartime notice invites boys over 14 in Morgantown and surrounding areas to seek farm work to support West Virginia wartime food production. Benjamin F. Creech says many teens and adults not employed can fill full time, part time, or seasonal positions on farms, with training for ages 16 to 24 at a Tucker County farm.
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Morgantown
Benjamin F. Creech
West Virginia
Creech
Tucker County
Nerations
West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia Department of Education
National Youth Administration
West, Virginia
Aericulural
Truck Skids Into Railroad Fence At Local Store Yard
A National Mattress company truck from Huntington toppled onto soft ground while unloading mattresses at Siehler's Furniture Store yesterday. No injuries were reported though a section of the B and O railroad fence bordering the property was torn down. California laurel roots are noted as substitutes for imported briar in English pipes.
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Siehler
National Mattress Company
Huntington
B&o
California
Completion of and team neta pipeline expansion details
The article outlines a 20 inch Conmuen aeons eb ennet pipeline to Norris City delivering about 65,000 barrels daily, with 45,000 staying locally due to transport limits. An eastward extension due by Jan 1 will send 165,000 barrels daily, rising to 235,000 as flow increases, while military demand soaks up additions, reducing civilian supply.
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Conmuen
Ennet
Norris City
Atra
Great Britain
Jimmy Doolittle
Mediterranean
Guadalcanal air battle signals Japanese defense shift
The War Today column analyzes the Guadalcanal air engagement as a turning point with Japan on the defensive, noting 32 dive bombers and 45 Zero fighters shot down versus six American fighters, and suggesting the Allied convoy was a likely target while examining Japanese pilot training and equipment disparities.
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Max Hill
Guadalcanal
United States Navy
Navy
South Pacific
Tojo
Tokyo
Pacific
Leif Erickson
Associated Press
Associaed Press
London
Erickson
Honshu
Rising Sun
Grafton Man Led Western Virginia Secession Drive
In 1861 Western Virginia pushed for separation from Virginia as the Confederacy moved to seize Fort Sumter. Delegates from Taylor, Marion, Monongalia and nearby counties faced expulsion at Richmond. John Burdett and George Hansborough led anti and pro secession groups, prompting Western leaders to seek a Wheeling convention and a new state formation.
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Letcher
State Capitol
Richmond
Taylor County
John 8. Burdett
Pruntytown
Burdett
Western Virginia
Piedmont
Tidewater
Brown
Preston
Taylor
Burley
Marshall
Carlile
Harrison
Dent
Monongalia
Hall
Marion
Hubbard
Ohio
Jackson
Wood
McGrew
George R. Latham
Western Virginian
Grafton
Virginia
South
Fort Sumter
Morgantown
Kingwood
John 8. Carlile
Clarksburg
Union
F. A. Cather
Flemington
Thomas H. Cather
John
Latham
Washington Hall
Wheeling
J. J. Allen
Benjamin Bailey
Gasoline stocks near critical levels nationwide
A Bureau of Mines informant warned gasoline stocks are rapidly approaching critical levels across the country except the west coast. No prediction was given on potential further restrictions, including in the Midwest.
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Bureau of Mines
West Coast
Midwest
Latham's Leading Men Highlighted in Local Meeting
Prominent figures including Thomas Wilson Urdet, Dr S Wilson, T T Monroe, Thomas Kennedy, James Warren, and James M Means are named as top leaders in Latham in a discussion of community leadership and civic progress. The gathering underscored their status as key figures driving local initiatives.
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Urdett
Thomas Wilson
Dr.s. Wilson
T. T. Monroe
Thomas Kennedy
George
James J. Warren
Latham
James
M. Means
Delegates Chosen for Wheeling Convention in May 1861
In Taylor County the respective communities selected delegates who will attend the Wheeling Convention on Monday May 13 1861 to discuss the state's path amid growing sectional crisis.
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Taylor County
WLB Faces Travel Pay Clash in War Time Labor
The wage and hour board weighed whether travel time counts as working time under the fair labor standards act. Officials noted average travel time of 48 minutes daily, while some miners exceed that, risking travel pay claims if set on an average basis. Public members debated basing pay after 35 hour weeks for miners. AFL CIO leaders urged Roosevelt to veto anti strike legislation as the coal walkouts linger.
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Guetary Ickes
WLB
WLR
William H. Davis
Nh T. Lewis
Tinted
Lewis
Roosevelt
Willam Green
American Federation of Labor
AFL
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
David B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Labor Bill Sparks AFL CIO Outcry in War Era
WLB tensions threaten to split AFL and CIO as leaders denounce a wartime union ban. They condemn the bill as the worst anti-labor measure in a century, born of revenge and malice and liken it to fascism. The act would punish union leaders who order strikes in government operated industries during war time.
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WLB
AFL
CIO
Congress
China Fights On Various Fronts West of Salween River
Chinese troops push west of the Salween into Yunnan near the Burma border and clash on the outskirts of Owchikkov as other units strike east to disrupt Japanese railway communications Canton Hankow. Chinese authorities also report capturing two Japanese Marine surveyors on June 10 near Puklen province while Allied submarines operate off the China coast raising concern in Japanese-held areas.
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Salween River
Yunnan
Burma
Owchikkov
Canton-Hankow
Puklen
China
New Rationing Continues Amid Lend-Lease Strains
Government measures push forward rationing due to lend-lease needs, dairy feed shortages, scarce manpower, and sharply rising consumption. Officials warn future curbs may deepen as supply pressures persist and wartime demands intensify.
Officials reassure on nonessential items during rationing
Civilians and servicemen face a relaxed rationing outlook as wool supplies improve. Officials reiterate that liquor and cigarettes are not on the possibility list, while stressing the aim to avoid handling nonessential items. China’s history is noted as extending to 2205 B.C.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press Bueau
Middle East
Europe
Lampedusa
R.A.F. Boston
Pantelleria
Algiers
Office of War Information
International
Bota Ap
THE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bell State
Gratton Banking & Trust Co
B.C
Chaplin
Oona O'Neill
Debu
Charlie Chaplin
Rockies
Camp Carson
Signal Corps
Phil
Frank
Lear Ey
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