Legion Group Plans Record Drive in July
The American Legion Auxiliary and American Legion launch a campaign July 3 to 31 to collect old phonograph records. Chairmen are Mrs. Dallas Wolfe, Mrs. L. M. Loraw, and Mrs. A. N. Peters with Legion support. Records totaling 100 pounds will be shipped to Columbia Recording Co. Proceeds fund new records for overseas camps and coast guard. Volunteers across neighborhoods will collect, call, or receive records at collection centers.
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American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Dallas Wolfe
L. M. Loran
A. N. Peters
Grimes
Legion
Lee Bennett, Jr
Columbia Recording Company
Daval
Coast Guard
Voluntary Legionaires
Wolfe
Archie Bartlett
Fetterman
C. E. Burke
Loraw
Peters
Fingerprinting in Webster Civilian Defense drive
Twenty nine persons were fingerprinted at Webster under civilian defense activity last Monday night. Local troopers G Frank Randall and W R Sergent led arrangements with assistance from Miss Mildred Keefer of the Civilian Defense office. Similar fingerprintings had been held previously at Flemington and Wendel.
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Webster
G. Frank Randall
W. R. Sergent
Mildred Keefer
Civilian Defense Office
Flemington
Wendel
Parkersburg man named deputy collector for IRS
Camden Uhl of Parkersburg West Virginia assumes duties as deputy collector for the U S Bureau of Internal Revenue replacing L A Yeager who is transferred to Parkersburg. Uhl completed training in Parkersburg and will occupy the vacated house at 210 Warder avenue. Yeager’s family moves to Parkersburg next Tuesday.
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Camden Uhl
Parkersburg
W. Va
U.S. Bureau of Internal Revenue
L. A. Yeager
Uhl
Yeager
Vacatee House
Warder Avenue
Sega
Rationing Roundup Details Overlapping Blue Stamp Validity
Washington announces blue food ration stamps N P and Q from book 2 will be valid July 1 to August 7, inclusive, for processed foods. Blue stamps June K L M keep validity seven days into July with a similar carryover through August 7. Red stamp dates for July will be announced soon as OPA continues seven day overlaps for convenience.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Coffee ration to be liberal amount soon
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will base the next two coffee rations on one pound every three weeks, the most liberal allowance since rationing began. The current ration is one pound per four weeks, with earlier rates ranging from one pound per six weeks to five weeks. Large stocks of green coffee are on hand.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Coffee stamp validity schedule for rationed coffee
The text notes regular imports sustain stock and warns that a worsening supply could require smaller rations. It lists coffee stamp validity: stamp No. 21 allows one pound from July 1 to July 21, stamp No. 22 covers July 22 to August 11, and stamp No. 24 currently in use expires.
Women’s clubs launch buy a bomber campaign for Japan
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs announces a national buy a bomber drive to fund and purchase bombers for dropping explosives on Japan. President Mrs John L Whitehurst of Baltimore says the effort will add to current purchases and urges rapid action to mobilize bonds and club support. The plan targets 50 heavy bombers with state and local clubs expected to participate.
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Washington
Japan
General Federation of Women's, Clubs
John L. Whitehurst
Baltimore
Federation
Seder
Army maneuvers to be held in West Virginia state
The War department announced that U S Army maneuvers including live ammunition drills will be staged in West Virginia. The area sits largely in the Monongahela national forest and spans Preston Tucker Grant Randolph Pendleton Webster Pocahontas Nicholas and Greenbrier counties. Access rights are being negotiated for small private parcels. The 13th Army Corps will direct the drills which will continue for the duration and include overhead live fire on government land.
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Washington
West Virginia Mountains
U. S. Army
Mountain State
War Department
Monongahela National Forest
Preston, Tucker, Grant
Randolph
Pendleton
Webster
Pocahontas Nicholas
Greenbrier
13Th Army Corps
Army
Thos A Devers dies suddenly in Washington Pa
Thomas A Devers born December 20 1885 in Grafton died of heart failure at his home in Washington Pennsylvania yesterday. An employee of the Tygarts Valley Glass Company for 32 years he was a Christian church member survived by widow Mary Ellen Neel Devers and three children Eddie McWilliams Grafton Lloyd E Devers Baltimore Md Doyle W Devers Portsmouth Va. Also surviving are four brothers Hyson Thornton Samuel Luther of RFD Grafton John Simpson and two sisters Martha Satterfield and Katherine Trader of RFD Grafton. Funeral services Saturday June 26 at Bartlett Funeral Home at 10 30 with Rev Lois R Luzader officiating, burial Bluemont Cemetery.
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Thomas A. Devers
Grafton
Washington
Devers
Dhe Tygarts Valley Glass Company
Christian Church
Benjamin and
Elizabeth Boyce Devers
Mary Ellen Neel Devers
Eddie McWilliams
Lloyd E. Devers
Baltimore
Doyle W. Devers
Portsmouth
Hyson
Thornton
Samuel
Luther
RFD
John
Simpson
Martha Satterfield
Katherine Trader
Bartlett Funeral Home
V Mail Makes Navy Mail Fast as Letters Reach Sailors
Anxious parents seek news of sons in the Amphibious Force with weeks of silence. Navy Postal Service explains delays stem from mail handling and letters, urging V Mail usage for top priority. Fleet Post Office and commanders monitor mail to improve morale and delivery speed.
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Navy
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Division 2
USS
Fleet Post Office
New York
N.Y
Navy Postal Service
Alligator Steak on Daytona Beach Menu Debut
Day to Day restaurant operator C. P. Miller in Daytona Beach Florida says three foot alligator steaks are now a regular menu item priced at $1. Miller touts the meat as clean with a distinctive flavor, served with potatoes a green vegetable a salad and dessert alongside beef and pork offerings.
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Daytona Beach
Fin
C. P. Miller
Meanest Man in This City Steals Flags at Eagles Lodge
Grafton residents report a theft at the Fra ternal Order of Eagles lodge rooms where twenty three single star service flags were taken. Lodge officials note over forty service members existed and flags were only partially displayed on walls. If the thief is linked to a member or guest the member may be dismissed. Secretary Leland Price mentions a ten piece orchestra with vocal specialties for Saturday night.
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Grafton
Order of Eagles
Leland Price
Ies
Coffee Stocks Normalize As Rationing Eases
At the end of June the OPA reported coffee supplies have reached a normal level for the first time since rationing began. Indications point to sufficient imports to sustain that volume, signaling relief in a key consumer shortage.
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OPA
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Legion Group
U.S
Civilian Defense News
U. S
Sae
Skaggs
Thos
A. Devers
Washington Pa
Czechsforkia
Europe
V-Mail
Howe
Eagles
Featuring
Ray and
His “Modernaires
Standard Garage Co
West Side
F. Martin
FBI
Warner Brothers Presents
Gorilla Man
John Loder Ruthford
Tombstone
Frontier Marshall
Randolph Scott
Nancy Kelly
Cesar Romero
L. D. Delaney
Lincoln Street
Malone's Drug 4 Chemical Co
THE
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
West Virginia
Ver
Preston
Seba
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