Eskimos recruited for Alaska defense in war effort
Eskimos are being recruited for Alaska defense as war grows global. The piece notes the shift from peaceful Arctic life to military readiness, highlighting Alaska’s strategic stakes, Japanese threat proximity, and the role of free enterprise in supporting wartime production and supply chains.
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Alaska
Arctic
Danzig
Point Barrow
Japan
Canada
United States
United Nations
Aviation Dominates Naval Strategy In War Outlook
Stewart cites U S Army leaders and Congress as endorsing a shift from battleships to aircraft carriers. He notes inland aviation needs training, the carrier as backbone, and air delivery challenges while predicting widespread aviation influence on surface transportation and post office services.
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Charles P. Stewart
Central Press
U.S. Army
George C. Marshall
West Point
Carl Vinson
House of Representatives’ Naval Affairs Committee
Congressman Vinson
Ralph
Brewster
Private Enterprise Proves Worth in Wartime View
Hinton Daily News notes Thurman Arnold argues free enterprise underpins industrial democracy during wartime. The piece counters fear of permanent federal controls, stating cooperation between government and free enterprise can win production and secure postwar prosperity.
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Hinton Daily News
Thurman Arnold
Saturday Evening Post
Herbert Hoover
Bureaucratic expansion in Ohio county rationing
Wheeling Intelligencer notes how wartime rationing grew from a single tire board to include automobiles, typewriters, and sugar. A transfer to Price Administration prompted a board for every 50 000 people, unnecessary for Ohio county’s ~72 000 residents, with councils and boards expanding beyond need.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Ohio County
Civlian Defense
Price Administration
Defense Council
Ohio county rationing board debate in wartime setting
Local officials warn a second rationing board for Ohio county would cause duplication and confusion. They favor expanding clerical help to the existing board rather than splitting into two to cover the 50 000 population. Staff pay and office costs cited as burdens, arguing a single coordinated board is more efficient.
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Ohio County
Washington
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County orders prisoners to work roads in 1925 Grafton plan
Taylor County court ordered convicts to labor on county roads to cut costs. Sheriff Newton and Deputy Bolyard to repair old shackles for fines work. Prisoners to be transported by big truck daily from the jail to road sites, with state police backing enforcement on roads. History notes moonshining origins and old West Virginia distilleries.
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Taylor County Court
H. B. Newton
A. R. Bolyard
Grafton
Hobart A. Brown
West Virginia
Chipps
Tickles
Pomeroy
Simpson
Flemington
Sand Lick
Wendel
Gross
Alkire
Browntown
Galloway
Astor
Rosemont
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Temperance Societies
Webster
Candidacy Announcement for County Commissioner in 1942 Primary
A candidate proclaims seeking the nomination for county commissioner in Taylor County with support from voters in the UK Democratic primary on August 4 1942 and requests voters consider reelection to the court.
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Taylor County
Dian Weston runs away to the farm amid town gossip
Dian Weston plans to flee Ardendale with a suitcase of belongings seeking quiet at her grandfather Weston's farm. Her car fails, funds are scarce, and she battles Aunt Martha's pity while awaiting a ride from Joe Algood in a roadster who speeds past.
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Memyes
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Miss Aggie
Dian Weston
Ardendale
Fred Mayhew
Jerome Carr
Jerome
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Aggie
Joe Algood
Joe
Algood
You Don't Have to Exercise Fore Forty Says Dr Steincrohn
The review notes Dr Peter J Steinerohn of Hartford Conn argues exercise is overvalued after age forty in his book You Don't Have to Exercise Doubleday Doran. He contends people under thirty can exercise but older adults should avoid strenuous routine.
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Hartford
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Steincrohn
Middle aged exercise advice warns against overdoing it
Dr Steinerohn argues that though conception of activity is possible, the body is a 40 year old machine needing care. Moderate exercise is fine, but tapering in the forties is advised. He says most midlife exercisers push beyond healthy limits, and suggests posture, calories, sleep, breaks, and hobbies as antidotes.
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