President stakes out wartime cost limits in vetoes and calls for shared sacrifice
The President defended his veto of the Bankhead farm price bill saying living standards must drop for the duration of total war. He warned that price controls must be paired with wage and profit limits to avoid inflation and urged a clear national pattern of sacrifice and loyalty to stabilization.
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Bankhead
War Labor Board
Roosevelt
Congress
Pratt Harbor
Siir
Morgantown Debate on What Defines Typical West Virginia
A Morgantown Post editor’s remark about Morgantown as a Pennsylvania city draws a Southern West Virginia reply. The debate centers Morgantown’s blend of university life with coal country, and whether it represents West Virginia’s typical community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post-Herald
Ray Lee Harmon
Morgantown
Pennsylvania
Monongalia
West
Plan Worth Considering for Raleigh Representation in State House
Raleigh county faces underrepresentation as three smaller counties have more delegates. Delegate John Ward proposes a constitutional amendment to fix apportionment after each census, freezing Kanawha at eight and giving Raleigh five total delegates. The plan shifts from politics to a state mandate with secretary of state using census data to distribute remaining seats. Ward notes the idea is fluid but worth early exploration for future legislative harvests.
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West Virginia
Raleigh County
Kanawha
Marion County
Monongalia
Morgantown
West
Raleigh
House of Delegates
John Ward
Ceoil Miller
Ward
Secretary of State
They Will Not Object to Dog Owner Responsibility
City faces a dog problem as gardeners fear damage and anxiety grows. Mayor A K Minter invites all dog owners to address the city council on Tuesday night April 18 to share views and seek a balanced solution for gardeners and pets.
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A. K. Minter
War Time Moviegoers Rally for Rationing Support
A Beckley theater show includes Red Cross nurse pleas and WAAC recruiter Virginia Pitman calling for 100000 volunteers. Amid rationing jokes and wartime notes, the piece urges public sacrifice to back the war effort and minimize postwar hardship.
Jones Warns of Problems After the War
Secretary of Commerce Jones warned of postwar issues including how to allocate wartime productive capacity and what to do with government owned manufacturing facilities. He noted more than 2.6 billion dollars invested in airplane production and other sectors as plans for peacetime use unfold.
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Associated Press
New York
Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Workers Getting Fatter Paychecks in February
West Virginia's industrial wage earners received larger pay envelopes in February than in prior months with workmen's compensation fund subscribers reporting 46.0 million dollars paid in 28 days. Commissioner Hoaberlin said the total covered all industries while coal mining payouts reached about 21.7 million. overall February payments rose from January and a year earlier.
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Associated Dress
Charleston
West Virginia
Workmen's Compensation Fund
Workman's Compensation
CL. Hoaberlin
Men O' War In the News on Guadalcanal and Army News
Wounded on Guadalcanal during a day bombing attack, Technical Sergeant Edward Eugene Carr, son of Mrs. Emey Carr of Prudence, rests at home on a 30 day furlough. He describes brutal jungle fighting, difficult supply runs, and a perilous battlefield where even "dead" enemies could ambush. Carr, who arrived August 1942, recalls heavy bombardments and fierce Japanese resistance. He mentions meeting former schoolmates and plans to return to Santa Barbara after leave. Also in this feature, Clifford H. Martin of Killarney earns corporal rank in the Panama Canal Zone, and Private James Dillon Jr. of Eccles completes an intensive airplane mechanics course at Lincoln Nebraska. A reunion in England links Sergeants Mark Spangler and Bil Davis, both from Maynor, in a touching home-town moment. Major Francis McRae Banks of Beckley, in Washington DC, continues service in military intelligence since October 1941.
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Guadalcanal
Edward Eugene Carr
Emey Carr
Prudence
Carr
Sergeant Carr
R. C. Crotty
Boomer
Maxine Carr
Guynelle Carr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Santa Barbara
California
Panama Canal Zone
Clifford H. Martin
W. B. Martin
Killarney
United States Army
Raleigh Register
James Dillon,jr
James L. Dillon
Eccles
Army Air Base
Lincoln
Nebraska
Clifford Martin James Millen
England
Maynor
Mark Spangler
Duff Spangler
Okey Stover
Bil “Pee Wee" Davis
J. H. Davis
Tey
Davis
Beckley
Nother
Raleigh County
Francis McRae Banks
F. L Banks
Military Intelligence Service
Washington, D. C
Complications Deepen in Reed Jewel Theft Night
In the Reed guest room Margo rests as Dimity the maid recalls her name. Mrs. Reed confirms jewels are still missing after police search Josef’s effects and the garage. Roydon is jailed after accepting James’ check. money found with Gustav’s belongings points to the ring sale. Taumdson remains at large. Nicholas Lundson speeds toward Chicago fleeing with the crown jewels.
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Mrs. Reed
Margo
Dimity
Mr. Reed
Fenton
Piedmont
The
Crown Jewels
Nicholas
Princess Margo and Mrs. Reed Seek Hidden Jewels
Margo, guided by Mrs. Reed, plans to search the rooms above the garage for the stolen crown jewels. They confront reporters at the villa and, after a fruitless hunt with guards present, conclude Gustav may have hidden them. The suspect Josef lies unconscious in hospital as the clue hunt continues. To Be Continued.
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Margo
Josef Kendrick
Ventralia
Piedmont
Mrs. Reed
Josef
Margot
Gustav
Local World War II Army Transfers and Graduations Reported
Private First Class Wiley R. Beavers, a Beckley native and Woodrow Wilson high school graduate, completed basic training at Keesler Field and was transferred to Brookings South Dakota for army administrative school. Several area soldiers were reassigned from Fort Thomas reception to Camp Swift Fort Benjamin Harrison and the Army Air Forces at St. Petersburg and Lowry Field. Sergeant Billy Sandie Pierce, 20, son of Mrs. Ora Pierce, graduated from the armament school at Lowry Field after serving at Fort Thomas Atlantic City and Fort Myers.
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Wiley R. Beavers
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Brookings
South Kakota
Army Administrative School
W. R. Beavers
Granville Avenue
Beckley
Beavers
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Washington and Lee University
Uncle Sam
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
942Nd AB Security Bn
Camp Swift
Texas
Delbert
M. Braxton
Raleigh
Alfred L. Henry
Harold L. Howard
Slab Fork
Garland Jackson
Winding Gulf
Walter Q. Peters
Fast Beckley
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Charles T. Ward
Tams
Army Air Force
R.T.C
St. Petersburg
Florida
Bruce R. Borrer
Arnett
Ralph E. Smith
Sophia.s
Ergeant
Billy Sandie Pierce
Ora Pierce
Helen
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command
Lowry Field
Colorado
Army
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Fort Myers
Sergeant Pierce
Mullens High School
Koppers
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Red Cross
Solomons
New Guinea
Virginia Pitman
WAAC
Memorial Building
W. C. Griffith
Beckley Hotel
Grif
Griffith
Tunisia
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Chapter
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Piedmont Police
Reed Guest Room
Mascot
Balkans
Emanuel Amato
D. C. Ashton
Worth Harper
Robert Thompson
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