Group Begins Annual Drive for Early Tuberculosis Diagnosis
Fayette County tuberculosis association opens its annual Early Diagnosis Campaign for April to stress early detection amid wartime strain. Mrs. Faye Dillon cites overcrowded housing and rising prices as risk factors and notes chest x rays are essential for detecting the disease. screening is planned for Tuesday, April 27 in Layland with pamphlets and posters distributed countywide.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Layland
West funeral this afternoon
Gladys Anderson West 43 of Red Star dies suddenly at home. Burial at Hill Top Baptist church with Rev. R. D. Farry officiating. Interment Hill Top cemetery. Survived by husband RB J West six sons Squire Jr Henry Theodore Morris Ralph Russell all at home two daughters Lucille and Hazel one half sister Mrs Charlotte Williams of Jersey City.
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SW Register
RED Star
Gladys Anderson West
Hill Top Baptist Church
R. D. Farry
Hill Top
Charlotte Williams
Jersey City
New Jersey
Squire Jr
United States Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Henry
Theodore
Morris
Ralph
Russell
Lucille
Hazel
James Dixons Condition Improves After Pistol Incident
Oak Hill youths James Dixon and Sarah Janes Ashley were playing when a pistol fired injuring Dixon in the thigh. Ashley, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ashley, cannot recall handling the weapon or whether it discharged on the porch. Dixon is expected to recover.
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Register
Oak Hill
Young James Dixon
Sarah Janes Ashley
John Ashley
Oak Hil
Diate
Oak Hill Couple Observe Their Golden Anniversary
Oak Hill Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Jarrell mark their golden wedding anniversary on April 2. Family plans a surprise tea were canceled due to Mrs. Jarrell’s sudden illness. eight children and eight grandchildren reside in the area. The couple wed in 1893 at Alum Creek near Charleston and moved to Oak Hill in 1902 where Mr. Jarrell worked in public works and served as postmaster.
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Register
Oak Hill
C. M. Jarrell
Lawrence Thompson
Jarrell
Blackout Scheduled for Fayette County on April 14
Howard Carson Fayette county coordinator of civilian defense announced a countywide blackout set for April 14. He urged all local divisions to hold pre blackout meetings to train volunteers and noted a new alarm system and changes in signals will be used with further details to come.
Freeman Smith Slashed Eye Injuries at Bridge Tavern
Freeman Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Farr Smith of Oak Hill, is recovering at home after a beer bottle attack at the Bridge tavern in Scarbro left him with a slashed artery over his left eye and multiple facial cuts. He received initial care at Oak Hill hospital.
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Register
Oak Hill
Freeman Smith
Bridge ‘Tavern
Scarbro
Farr Smith
Oak Hill Hospital
Carolyn Dillon Celebrates Tenth Birthday in Fayetteville
Carolyn Dillon marked her tenth birthday with an afternoon party at the Fayetteville home of Judge and Mrs. Fitt. Attendees included Margaret Cline Betty Johnson Stanley Gaines Sheila Donnelly Patsy Donnelly Kaymoor Harlin Taylor Gaye Garten Leo Mazzocchi Ardit Jones Cody Eubanks Janie Phillips Eugene Chapman Carl McClung Frank Miller George Allen Ruth Castle John Myles Estil Dillon Jr and the honoree.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fitt! Dillon
Carolyn
Margaret Cline
Betty Johinson
Stanley Gaines
Sheila Donnelly
Patsy Donnelly
Kaymoor
Harlin Taylor
Gaye Garten
Leo Mazzocchi
Ardit Jones
Cody Eubanks
Janie Phillips
Eugene Chapman
Carl McClung
Frank Miller
George Allen
Ruth Castle
Jhon Myles
Estil Dillon, Jr
Edward Radford Promoted to Sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood
Edward Radford formerly of Fayetteville and son of Mrs I E Radford has been promoted to sergeant while serving with the Army Engineers Corps at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He joined the service in April 1942.
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Register
Fayetteville
Edward Radford
Army ¢Éngineer Corps
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
I. E. Radford
Silicosis Blamed for Fraga Death in Whipple
Funeral services for Thomas Fraga 46 of Whipple will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at Tyree Funeral Home. The Spain native died after a two year illness attributed to silicosis following coal loading work. He belonged to United Mine Workers and is survived by wife Anna and children Lena Tommy Lila Fay Jackie Lee Della Nora, all of Whipple.
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Register
Whipple
Thomas Fraga
Tyree
W. J. Jackson
Scarbro
A. #. Eggleston
Hill Top
Fraga
Spain
United Mine Workers Union
Anna
Lena
Tommy
Lila Fay
Jackie
Lee
Della
Nora
Linen shower honors Fayetteville fire victim Eva Kidd
Mrs. Eva Kidd, who lost her home in a Fayetteville fire, was guest of honor at a linen shower hosted by her daughters Mrs. John Day and Miss Pauline Kied at Mrs. P. C. Vance’s Brooklyn home. Dozens of attendees and many gifts were recorded from local families and friends.
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Sy Register
Brooklyn
Eva Kidd
Fayetteville
John Day
Pauline Kied
P. C. Vance
Ed. Holstine
Frances Holstine
Gene Rhodes
Delbert Fox
Forrest Youns
Snodgrass
Blanch van Hoose
J. Miller
Johnson
Sadie Johnson
Hunter
C. A. Dangersfield
William Spangler
Garten
Ann Wie
Lena Wire
Virginia Wire
Julia Wire
Lieutenant Ford Home on Ten Day Leave
Lieutenant Harry G. Ford of the United States Army Air Corps is home on a ten day leave en route to Albany New York. He has served since September 1941 and transferred to the Army air corps in May 1942. Ford earned his commission as a second lieutenant at Eagle Pass Texas and is assigned to a transport command at Homestead Florida. He is the son of Mrs P D B Ford who runs a dress shop in Oak Hill.
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Oak. Hill
Harry G. Ford
United States
Army Air Corps
Albany
New York
Ford
Eagle Pass
Texas
Homestead
Florida
P. DB. Ford
Oak Hill
Mother and Son Recovering After Incident at Home
Mrs Claude Hill and her son John Hill, residents of the local home, are reported well again after an event at their residence. The community awaits further details on the incident and their condition.
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Sonne
Car Hill
Claude Hill
John
Seven Men Placed In Class One A By Board
The Fayetteville Register reports seven registrants of royal selective service board No. 2 classified as I A at a weekly meeting. Names listed include Walter Thompson Harold Wilson Alonzo Pitts Harley Grose William Sunday Eugene Frieson Floyd Stover and others with IV A 1 8 and 1 C designations for additional enrollees.
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Register
Fayetteville
Royal Selective Service Board No
Walter Thompson
Harold Wilson
Alonzo Pitts
Harley Grose
William Sunday
Eugene Frieson
Floyd Stover
Robert Austin
Charles Deming
Arbit Bailey
William Withrow
Charles Wells
William Senmions
Robert Haley
Albert Amick
Willie Hill
Ale
Thomas Jasper
James Belcher
Carl Washburn
Stanevich
Shea Services Set For Today
Funeral services for Mrs. John J. Shea 40 of Harper read will be held this afternoon at 2 at her home with Rev Henry H. Miller in charge. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Mrs Shea died at her home Thursday afternoon. John J Shea and three children John Houston Frances Marie and Billy Jean all at home one sister Lona Mann of Frances alias one brother Maynard Dunford of Killarney. Willie Brown a Negro of Glen Jean underwent a minor operation April 2 at Oak Hill hospital and is reported in improved condition.
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John J. Shea
Harper Read
Henry H. Miller
Sunset Memorial Park
Shea
John Houston
Frances Marie
Billy Jean
Lona Mann
Frances
Maynard Dunford
Tubercular patient to enter Pine Crest Sanitarium for observation
Thayer resident O N Thayer, 48, will enter Pine Crest Sanitarium Beckley on April 4 for observation and treatment of a tubercular condition. Birth announced for Thayer couple Morris and Mrs. Ervin, eight pound daughter born April 11. Both mother and baby reportedly doing well. Oak Hill and Oak Hill Hospital entries note appendectomy and operations on April 2 with satisfactory conditions. Mount Hope resident Mrs Joe Lilly returns home from Oak Hill Hospital in improved condition.
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Register
Thayer
O. N. Richmond
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Morris Ervin
Weiler
Welding Course Is Shortened During War Effort
Beck Jey college welding school now sends about one welder daily to U. S. shipyards. The course, cut from three months to two weeks, feeds engineers and managers pleased with wartime production. The college had long trained welders before Pearl Harbor, but rebuilt its program on a full wartime basis.
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Beck
Jey College Welding School
Pearl Harbor
D. K. Shreyer
Beckley College
Roosevelt Faces Debt Limit Boost and Legislative Clash
A 1943 editorial outlines Roosevelt administration battles over a raised statutory debt limit from 125 to 210 billion and a raft of measures. It notes disputes with Congress on rural policy, tax plans, vetoes, and staffing posts, with pending actions on reciprocal trade, coal pricing, manpower use, wartime agencies, and anti racketeering and absenteeism bills.
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Rooseault
Roosevelt
Senate
Edward Flynn
National Democratic
Australia
W.esb
OLA
OWL
Consorship
Board of Economic Warfare
Capitol
Kulday Hill
Agriculture Department
Labor Department
War and
Navy Departments
No Extension Pact Signed After Five Year Contract Change
Association secretary returns to Fairmont after the death of his only grandchild, Theodore Sehaible Jr. The report notes a five year contract replacing the usual one year term and a no extension clause being signed.
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Association
Fairmont
Theodore Sehaible, Jr
Eastern Front Battle Lines Shift as Soviet Offensives Advance
The front map shows Marshal Timoshenko’s northern push below Lake Umen menacing Staraya Russia with feints and a possible assault. Soviet forces reportedly lie about 12 miles east of Taganrog on the Stany Azov, while western Roslov defenses may refer to Taganrog.
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Semen ‘Timoshenko
Lake Umen
Staraya Russia
Taganrog
Stany Azov
Roslov
Taganrop
Farm Scrap Drive Seeks Usable Machinery in Wyoming County
Farmers in Wyoming County will be asked to search for scrap iron and steel as the state initiates a campaign starting May 1 under Judge B D Bailey. The drive targets usable farm equipment that can be restored, while severely damaged machinery is preferred for scrap.
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Pinevilile
Farimners
Wyoming County
B.D. Bailey
Bond and Stamp Drive Hits $92,904 Total
Wyoming County teachers and pupils invested $92,904 in war bonds and stamps with elementary schools contributing $41,143.54 and high schools $8,761.45. Mullens High School led all schools with $8,203.45 while Ben Punman topped elementary schools with $8,070.68 in war bonds and stamps.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming
Virgil TH. Stewart
Mullens High School
Ben Punman
Draft letters urge farm work and waivers as war need grows
Hershey outlined letters to registrants in class 4-F and those aged AC 88 to 44 warning that failure to contact county war boards could lead to waivers of disabilities or age to permit induction. Letters to those over 45 stress dairy farm work as a national duty. Unofficial reports say Charleston draft quotas for West Virginia were cut in April.
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Hershey
County War Board
Selective Service Board
Charleston
W. Va
Rival service members wed in Morgan County union
Betty Clivare Noland of the WAVES married Glen Hovermate, an aviation cadet, at Nashville army air center. Noland is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul H Noland of Great Cacapon. Hovermate is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Havermate of Hancock Maryland across the Potomac River. The ceremony sparks discussion of inter branch harmony.
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Associated Press
Berkeley Springs
Varius
America
Morgan County
Nashville Army Air Center
Betty Clivare Noland
Glen Hovermate
Noland
Thir Waves
Paul II. Noland
Great Cacapon
Aviation Eadel
Lawrence Havermate
Hancock, Md
Potomac River
Twenty three killed in traffic accidents in March
The Associated Press reports twenty three persons died on West Virginia highways during March, the second lowest March total on record. The fatalities in the first two months of 1943 totaled 24, compared with 4 in the same period last year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mines in Williamson County shut over union dispute
Four William son district mines producing about 40,000 tons daily closed today after a union operator clash. Both sides said normal operations would resume Monday. Mines argued workers earned time and half for Saturday under a six day pact. operators said since closing April 1 workers would have only five days this week.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Williamson District
Wyoming blackout praised for smooth execution
PINKVILLE residents report the Wyoming county blackout conducted as a minute air raid test went off without incidents. Civilian defense workers commended for excellent cooperation during the period from 8 10 to 8 25, noting no accidents.
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Register
Pinkville
Wyoming County
Allied air offensive in North Africa reports heavy gains
Gen Eisenhower announced continued progress as Allied air forces claim to have shot down 172 Axis planes while losing 76 Allied aircraft during heavy operations. He praised allied unity and noted Rommel’s forces being pushed from Mareth and the Mareth forts with Tunisian gains expanding Patton’s force with the ninth infantry division added to the Tunisian front.
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Pont du Fabs
Dwight J. Eisenhower
North Africa
Asis
Africa
Erwin Romine
Mareth
Fisenhouwer
Cien
Harold Alexander
Bernard Lee Montgomery
Eighth Army
Dijebel Borda
Bir Marriott Pass
Gabes
Fight Army
Eisenhower
Patton
Fifth Army
Divest
Search for dog bitten soldier in Pittsbiegh
Baltimore area state police and army officers hunted an unidentified soldier bitten by a rabid dog in Pittsbiegh. A message from Major Albert Callan said the soldier boarded a train in Pittsbiegh after the bite. the dog was later confirmed rabid and further efforts were ordered to locate the soldier.
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Vic
Baltimore
Maryland
Army
Pittsbiegh
Albert Callan
Army Inteligence
Albany
Pittehingh
Callan
Parkerburg Lawyer Dies At 84 In Parkersburg
Parkerburg attorney Horation Russell 84 died of a heart attack while dictating to a stenographer. senior member of Russell Hiteshew and Adams, he practiced until about two years ago and is survived by his widow Careye A Stevenson and two daughters. The note also mentions a Hawaii songbird fact of 60 species.
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Parkersburg
Horation Russell
Russell
Russell, Hiteshew and Adams
Careye A. Stevenson
W F. Stevenson
Pineville Crash Kills Roanoke Driver in Head-On collision
A head on collision near Pineville between a car and a truck left Johnny Harris of Roanoke dead at the scene. Stacy Mullens of Pineville was seriously injured and hospitalized in Welch. Two Mullens men in the truck, W. C. Floyd and Carl Cecil, were uninjured. The truck belonged to Bluefield Produce and Provision Co. Harriss car was en route to Oceana when the crash occurred in front of Charley Cook’s East Pineville residence.
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Pineville
Stacy Mullens
Welch
Roanoke
Harry Caldwell
Here
Johnny Harris
Mullens
W. C. Floyd
Carl Cecil
Charley Cook
East Pineville
Caldwell
Appalachian
Ocanna
Harris
Oceana
Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
Charges Against Woman Dismissed in Delinquency Case
The case of Mrs. Leroy Lawson charged with contributing to the delinquency of two minors was dismissed after Judge Clay Crouse ruled the evidence insufficient to hold her for trial. A preliminary hearing had been set for Friday night, but defense attorney Ben Ashworth moved to dismiss the case. Magistrate George O. Mills granted the motion, with character witnesses from the Salvation Army and neighbor L. Miller expected to testify if needed.
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Leroy Lawson
Clay &. Crouse
Lawson
Ben Ashworth
George O. Mills
Malpin Woman Struck by Bus Hospitalized Then Released
Mrs. Ottavia Buford of McAlpin was injured yesterday when a local taxicab collided with a Consolidated Bus line vehicle. She was thrown against a seat, suffered a knee injury, was taken to a hospital, treated, and released to return home.
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Ottavia Buford
McAtepin
Consolidated
Jines
Lehman Plans to Go to London
Herbert H. Lehman, director of foreign relief and rehabilitation, announced he will travel to London within a few days to gather information on relief problems for war victims in Axis-liberated areas. He will not pursue a united nations relief negotiations, citing Washington as the venue for such talks led by Hull and Roosevelt. Lehman will be accompanied by his special assistant U. R. Jackson.
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Washington
Herbert H. Lehman
New London
New York
United Nations
Blora
Hull Lehman
Roosevelt
Tih
U. R. Jackson
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James Dixon
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Wade H. Trump
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Ralph Jarrell
Hameline
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Millard
Buddy” Jarrell
Fort Bliss
Rupert and
Williard
Jack” Jarrell
Bob
Gene Jarrell
Peggy
Jimmy
Ellen Gay Jarell
Hamelin
Frances Bea
Yoyce Maddon
Marjorie Ellen Jarrell
Oak Him
MR. and
Mrs C. M. Jarrell
Carolyn Dillon
Lieutenant Ford
Fayette County Board
George Harding
WH. 2P
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Charles ‘Todd Rof
Rooster
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Charles Duncan
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