West Virginia War Notes and Political Short Takes
West Virginian items report a war hero from Grafton saved crew mates by leaping on a runaway gun after bullet wounds in the South Pacific. Other briefs note Carbide plant earns a third white star on the Army Navy E pennant at South Charleston. Dora Josephine Chambers, WAC, gets temporary promotion to first lieutenant. A. M. Rogers withdraws from secretary of state race. three Republicans remain. Governor Neely urges Army Day observances. Harry L. Largent named Morgantown city clerk succeeding Russell Bolton.
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Eeeeeuod Lom Pie — Ellenworth R. Day
Grafton
W. Va
South Pacific
Set
Charleston
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
South Charleston
Washington
Dora Josephine Chambers
WAC
Logan
War Department
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Murdered Model Syria Verne in Penthouse Mystery
Argus Steele and Ellen Curtis piece together a web of suspects after Syria Verne is killed in her locked penthouse. A sallow stranger, Pierre Sturgis, Dory Carstairs, and a Hollywood contract drama swirl around a night of tensions, with Grange leading the police inquiry.
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Syria
Verne
Pierre Sturtis
Argus Steele
Ellen Curtis
Penguin Club
Ellen
Argus
Lucy Callahan
Martinelli
Hollywood
Pierre Sturgis
Pierre
Bill Carstairs
Playboy
Dorry
Bill
Roger Flagg
Model Agency
Grange
Argus Speciely
Lucy
Steele
Butch
Groves
Smith
Sturgis
Carter
Carters
Maison
Synn
Frippley
Dancer Martinelli
Pariogr
Syen
Fla
Ind
Goa
Grance
Doris
Dory
Dorey
Wong Carstairs
Syria Verne
Ingange
Germany Will Try It Again Says Sigrid Schultz
Sigrid Schultz argues in her book that Germany will attempt another war. She warns Americans to see through camouflage and beware appeasement risk. Schultz cites 1940 staff plans and predicts Nazism may persist amid defeat.
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Sigrid Schultz
Berlin
Chicago Tribune
Germany
Atlantic City
Palm Beach
Miss Schultz
Japan
United Nations
Gunther's D DAY book seen as personal travelogue
John Gunther's new book D DAY follows a rapid, personal itinerary from Scotland to North Africa, Malta, Sicily, Cairo and beyond. The reviewer notes the work records weeks of his life and travels during the invasion period, with detailed notes and a broad Balkan survey from Turkey.
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John Gunther
Harpers
Gunther
Mr. Gunther
North Africa
Scotland
Malta
Guntl
Sicily
Cairo
Turkey
Middle East
Accra
Ascension Island
Brazil
John Hersey
Evn
Wendell Hike
Willkie
Balkan
Hankly
Future TV Industry Boosting Day Of Prosperity
New York March 15 RCA executive Thomas F. Joyce told the Sales Executive Club of New York that television will be a major postwar prosperity driver. He demonstrated live actor displays to show television’s product merchandising potential and predicted a postwar billion dollar industry with jobs, suggesting home sets around 200 dollars. He noted a 613 percent purchase readiness among people for that price.
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New York
Thomas F. Joyce
Joyce
RCA
NBC
Mrs. North
Eddie Cantor
Carole Landis
Kay Kyser
Sammy Kayr
Dorothy Lamour
Dr. Christian
Frank Sinatra
Dennis
Jack Carson
Morton Gould
Alec Templeton
Blu—T Connee Boswell
Dunninger
Hal McIntyre
MBS
Xavier Cugat
Voting in overseas military ballot plan debated
The article outlines a final compromise on absentee voting for servicemen. It requires expedited handling of postcard applications for state ballots and states that federal ballots will be issued only if a state ballot was applied for before Sept 1 and not received by Oct 1. The home state governor must certify federal ballot validity under local law. Each state decides use and counting of federal ballots.
West Virginia campaign clash over political bosses versus taxpayers
In a speech, Charles Town businessman criticizes machine politics and questions Funkhouser's Republican record, asserting the key issue is whether West Virginia is governed by political bosses or by taxpayers and voters. Links accuses Hallanan of taking sides amid party divisions and highlights Dawson's critique of Funkhouser’s stance on the New Deal and Deal tactics in West Virginia.
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Page
Dawson
Charles Town
West Virginia
Hallanan
Link
Funkhouser
Roosevelt
Neely
M. M. Neely
New Women in Industry Shine Amid War Work Stars
A feature profiles Mary Shade and other women in wartime labor, detailing skilled roles in lumber and shipyards. It highlights Mary Shade’s log carriage work, welding queens Edna Slocum and Lee Clounts, and notable figures Isabel Patry and Anna Weihe. The piece honors thousands of resilient workers balancing strength and traditional femininity.
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Mary Shade
Museum of Modern Art
Washington
Cora Lee Clounts
Kaiser Shipyards
Richmond
Gramma Patry
Connecticut
War Workers Grandmothers Club
Patty
Anna Weihe
Columbus Aeronautical
Anna
Labor Management Committee
Ada Moultrie
Ada
Elizabeth Kennedy
Newark
Navy
Coast &Ard
Soviet gains in Ukraine push toward Romanian frontier
A Soviet communique reports crossings on the Bug river near Gaisin and captures at Mikhailovka, with 280 localities over three Ukrainian fronts. Desperate German breakout attempts failed as Red Army forces closed on encircled divisions, inflicting heavy losses in manpower and materiel. The broadcast notes the Korsun pocket and ongoing pressure on German units north of the area.
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Nikoleov
Chekhovichi
Bug River
Gaisin
Vinnitsa
Mikhailovka
Red Army
Kirovograd
Nove Archankelsk
Uman
Four Army planes start around world flight from San Diego
The round the world mission launches with four Army planes from Rockwell Field in San Diego led by Major Frederick L. Martir and pilots Lowell H. Smith Leigh Whe and Erik J. Nelson. A New York Police commissioner addresses churchgoers criticizing the Prohibition era and law enforcement posture as a sinister basis for federal policy while noting the need for discipline in aviation and military service.
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Army
RockWell Field
San Diego
Cali
Frederick L. Martir
Diehe
Te Apne
Lowell H. Smith
Leigh
Erik J.nelson
Ae RE
New York Police Commission
Jlicheré
Boright
Hoye
Russian and German Broadcasts Mention Crimea Front Actions
A New York broadcast quotes a German source reporting Russian forces have launched new attacks at the Kerch and Perekop areas at both ends of the Crimean peninsula. The note follows the fall of Kherson, with Kherson’s isolation cited and German garrisons on the peninsula left to endure.
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New York
Athcie
Keren
Perekop
Crimean
Sila
Kherson
Crimean Peninsula
Raid on Capital Fires Ravage Warehouse Shelter
The attack sparked a massive blaze in an underground shelter housing 4,000 people. Firemen fought for two hours as AMERICAN soldiers and MPs joined rescue crews to contain incendiaries.
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Lonon
Eish Capita
Ander
All America selections for new Victory Garden vegetables
The article highlights new vegetable introductions for Victory Garden planting, noting limited seed distribution but encouraging trial of varieties. It mentions Garden-Graph Great Baker lettuce Iceberg types and others, praising large heads, resilient flavor, and suitability for slicing.
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Victory Garden Halmory Press Agsboigtton
Cubit Balgo
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