Merchant Rites Set Sunday for Edith B Merchant
Funeral services for Edith B Merchant 62 of Minden will be held Sunday at 11 am at Pleasant Valley church Minden Rev Saunders of Kaymoor will lead burial at Cash Hill cemetery She died Tuesday after a five year illness from a stomach ailment She was born August 7 1881 at Cash Hill Summers County She belonged to Pleasant Valley Baptist Church Survivors include husband James Merchant three brothers Clarence Medley Harry and Jarvis Merchant and children George Julius Charles and Rosa Merchant all of Minden Huntington and Sanger respectively
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Register
Minden
Edith B. Merchant
Pleasant Valley Church
Mr. Saunders
Kaymoor
Cash Hill
Summers County
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church of
James Merchant
Clarence Medley
Havco
Harry
Jarvis Merchant
George Merchant
Huntington
Julius Merchant
Sanger
Charles Merchant
Rosa Merchant
Fayette County Tuberculosis association reports yearly drive
Mrs Faye Dillon executive secretary releases annual records showing 1173 x rays at nine clinics with 1250 attendees. The report lists 1041 tuberculin tests 254 physical exams 244 sputum exams 102 blood tests 39 rejected selective service men 251 homes visited 974 persons under supervision 90 office nursing visits 31 public lectures 177 newspaper articles $3573.66 Christmas seal sale totals distributed literature 671 admitted to sanitorium 94.
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Register
Fayetteville
Faye Dillon
Fayette County
Two Men Fined For Driving Without License
Fayetteville two men faced charges of driving without operator's license. Magistrate W H Hevet released Everett Gollihue of Scarbro and Ruben Wilson of Turkey Knob after fines were paid.
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Register
Fayetteville
W. H. Hevet
Oak Hill
Everett Gollihue
Scarbro
Ruben Wilson
Turkey Knob
Army private on seven day leave visits family
Long Branch resident W Ross Marlin of the United States Army is spending a seven day leave at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs R L Smallman. Marlin has served one year and is presently stationed in Waco Texas.
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Lin
United States Army
Mrs. R. L. Smallman
Marlin
Waco, Texas
Fayette Red Cross Total Exceeds Goal by $2900
Fayette county 1943 Red Cross war fund drive surpasses its $20,000 goal with reported collections near $23,000. Ansted, Beckwith, Oak Hill and dozens of towns, coal companies, and organizations contributed varying sums, led by Oak Hill $2065 and Mount Hope $1700. A list of district totals and corporate gifts is provided, with April 20 as the deadline for final reports.
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Register
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Red Cross
C. R. Hill
Ansted
Falls District
Alioy
Boomer
Falls View
Glen Ferris
Gawler Bridge
Beckwith
Brooklyn
Backus
Claremont
Corliss
Clifftop
Cunard
Caperton
Carlisle
Danese
Edmond
Fayettewilie
Fire Creek
Gatewood
Gien Jean
Garten
Graydon
Harvey
Hilltop
Jodie
Kingston
Kaymoore
Kathryn
Lansing
Lawton
Lookout
Laurel Creek
Layland
Lochgelly
Lees Tree
Meadow Fork
Minden
Meadow Bridge
Mount Hope
Nallen
Nuttalburg
Sewell
Salem
Thurmond
Victory
Winona
Willis Branch
Whipple
New River Company
Koppers Coal Company
New River and
Pocahontas
Coal Run Coal Company
Mary Frances
New River
Laurel Creek Coal Company
Laurel Smokeless Coal Company
Southside Coal Company
Signal Knob
Fayette Study Club
Daughters of American Revolution
United Daughters of the Confederacy
American Legion Post No. 59
American Legion Auxiliary of
American Legion
Farm Workers Recruited From Fayette Are Pleased
Fayetteville reports indicate the Farm Security Administration is sending farm workers from unproductive Fayette county farms to eastern states to ease labor shortages. Workers pay their own way to placement centers and later relocate with families. letters from recruits praise the arrangements and express gratitude, noting favorable placements in New Jersey with large operations and responsibilities.
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Sam J. Crouse
Fayette County
F.S.A
Crouse
W. H Helminioller
Mr. Crouse
New Jersey
W.H. Helmintoller
Ten Men Put In Class 1-A
Fayette county registrants are classified as 1-A for military service at local board No. 1 meeting. Names listed: Frank Dietch Stephen Czikora John Woods Jr Jethro Martin Cleates Taylor Hassell Carter Guy Combs Willis Jones James Jones Lon Keaton. Other tentative 1-A picks and additional classifications noted.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Frank Dietch
Stephen Czikora
John Woods
Jethro Martin
Cleates Taylor
Hassell Carter
Guy Combs
Willis Jones
James Jones
Lon Keaton
Russell Meadows
Edward Fox
James Burns
Alonzo Crowe
Henry West
Ambin Evans
Clarence Taylor
Sylvester Jones
Edward Crumweller
Ralph Crisp
Myron Renick
Harsold Williams
Orville Burgess
Joseph Bragg, Jr
James Salango
Frank Bradley
Baby clinics open in Fayette at Dr Bittinger's office
A prenatal and well baby clinic began today at Lochgelly and Summerlee in Fayette county under the county health department. Dr. W P Bittinger conducts the clinic monthly with the health staff. Guest medical consultants Dr Arthur J Lesser from Washington DC will visit, joined by Dr Lenore Patrick of Charleston and Dr Don V Hatton of Fayette county health department.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Maternal and Child Hygiene
Charleston
Don V. Hatton
Fayetteyville
Hosford buys $21.9 million in war bonds first day
Cleveland financier Harry W. Hosford, once a cabin boy on Lake Erie freighters, purchased 21.9 million dollars in war bonds on the opening day of the second war loan drive, as announced by his secretary.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Harry W. Hosford
Lake Erie
Fayette County Tuberculosis group to meet tonight
The Fayette County Tuberculosis association holds its annual meeting at 7:30 in the circuit court room Fayetteville. President Hardesty of Mount Hope urges full attendance of all members and donors. E P Wells of Charleston, executive secretary of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health association, will attend and address the group. A film Middletown Goes to War will be shown. A board meeting follows to discuss officers election program and budget.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Middletown
New Building Is Proposed for Fayetteville School
Fayetteville plans an eight room brick school to replace the burned one at duagland. The Fayette county board of education and architect H Russ Warne discuss a project costing 35000 to 40000 if approved by the war production board. If funded, construction would start immediately with eight classrooms a study hall library toilets furnace rooms and an office. The plan allows future addition of an auditorium and gymnasium.
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Register
Fayetteville
Duagland
Fayette County
Night bombing strikes Danzig and Koenigsberg amid heavy air battles
Izvestia reports German bombers hit Danzig and Koenigsberg starting fires in multiple districts including near the harbor and a power station while Red Star notes frequent air battles on the Donets front and rear railway junctions. It claims German losses were heavy with some engagements seeing up to half of attacking formations shot down.
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Danzig
Koenigsberg
Izvestia
Red Star
Donets
Quebec Premier Threatens Legislation Over Mill Strike
Premier Avclard Godbout announced drafted legislation to end a 10 day old strike at three Price Brothel and Company mills. About 1,275 workers at Kenogami Riverbend and Jonquiere halted work demanding recognition of the National Syndicate union as their bargaining representative ahead of a conference with company reps.
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Associated Press Quebec
Avclard Godbout
Price Brothel and Company, Ltd
Kenogami
Riverbend
Jonquiere
Lake St. John
Quebec
National Syndicate Union
AFL says wartime wage policy erodes worker confidence
AFL leaders warn the April 8 1943 executive order curbs on wage boards undermines wartime labor policy. They point to 17000 pending WL B cases and say two thirds seek inequalities with 10000 likely approved. Meany Woll Watt Durkin Lopez Hewitt sign the statement urging exceptions for pending cases.
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Little Steel
W.L.B
Byrnes
A.F.L
War Labor Board
Tripartite War Labor Board
George Meany
Matthew Woll
Robert J. Watt
Martin P. Durkin
Louis A. Lopez
Fred Hewitt
Yank Bombers Hit Japs On Solomons
Washington reports American bombers attacked Japanese positions in the central Solomon Islands on Thursday destroying a building thought to be a power generating station and sinking an 80 foot vessel as announced by the navy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
OCD DISTRIBUTING NEW OWI BOOKLET FOR HOME use
Charleston WV civilians distribute an Office of War Information booklet to each home with a service member. The pamphlet warns against revealing military information in ordinary conversation and was prepared at the request of the armed forces.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mine Victim's Rites Set Sunday
Funeral services for James Fred Lewis 50 of Prosperity killed in a Sprague mine accident will be at 2 49 pm Sunday in Sophia Baptist Church with Rev. Lewis Akers officiating Burial will follow in Farley Cemetery Sophia Lewis a World War One veteran and United Miners of America Local 5778 member is survived by his wife two sons his mother and three sisters The body will lie in state at the Prosperity home from 11 am Saturday
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James Fred Lewis
Sprague
Sophia Baptist Church
Lewis Akers
Sophia
Farley
Lewis
Stamford
Ash County
North Carolina
Dick Trivitt
Alfred Lewis
United Miners of America
Ethel Snodgrass Lewis
Jimmie Dale
Jackie Lee
Dick Lewis
Prosperity
Myrtle Vaughn
C. H. Law
Port Moresby New Guinea casualty tally and date
A MacArthur spokesman updates losses in New Guinea up to April 1. Allied casualties total 10 531 with 4 354 killed or missing and 5 977 wounded. Japanese casualties around 38 000, mostly killed. US losses 2 175 killed or missing and 2 144 wounded. Australian 2 379 killed or missing and 3 833 wounded. Japanese landings occurred in northeast New Guinea in January 1942.
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New Guinea
Port Moresby
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Allied Forces Press Tunis Area as Axis Fights Rebound
Allied fighter planes swept forward over Tunisia while ground forces held the Enfidaville line about 50 miles south of Sousse and pressed the Axis in open terrain. German losses include 600 planes and 150 more on the ground since the Mareth offensive began March 20, with air strength so reduced that Tunis fighters rarely engage the American British air offensives.
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Tunis
Bizerte
Eighth Army
Enfidaville
Sousse
Forwar
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Two Fayette Men join The Seabees
Two applicants from Fayette County proceed to Huntington for final Navy Construction Battalion enlistment examination. Randolph Ruben Toney of Carlisle and John Lawrence Witt of McKendrie are volunteers for service in the Seabees. Three seventeen year olds, Jennings Geoffrey Willis of Crab Orchard Earl Marion Lane of Crab Orchard and Almando John Rufini of MacArthur, have passed the local test and await acceptance papers.
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Navy Construction
Retailers Convene Tonight in Raleigh County
A meeting of retailers and handlers of citrus fruits produce and meats in Raleigh County will be held tonight at 7:30 in the Memorial building. W R Fugutt secretary of the local rationing board announced the event with a moving picture on handling fresh fruits produce and meats to be shown by Davis and Hayman of the state office of price administration. It is urged that every retailer wholesaler and institutional user be present or represented.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Building
W. R. Fugutt
Davis
State Office of Price Administration
Hayman
State Office
Fugitt
Raleigh County Grocers Association
Palermo Hit by American Planes
Ninth U S Army Air Force Liberators attacked Palermo and Catania harbors by daylight yesterday. In Palermo hits were seen near the oil quay warship dock sea plane station and an oil storage depot. In Catania large fires burned near the gas works port railroad station and power station. An oil tanker in Palermo harbor was damaged.
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Associated Press
Cairo
U. S. Army Air Force
Catania
Palermo
United States
America First Criticism and Global Trade Debate Sparks Row
The speaker condemns giving away American wealth and national assets while contrasting foreign leaders' priorities with domestic calls for "America first." He references a proposed bank and large losses in Tennessee, arguing for prioritizing U.S. interests over international concessions. The remark notes partisan backlash against the term "America first" in Congress.
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Tennessee
Joe Stalin
Russia
Churchill
England
Congress
America
OWI Probes Invalid Ration Stamps in Charleston
Charleston headquarters of the Office of War Information reported that the Office of Defense Transportation and the Office of Price Administration are separately investigating truck operators who exchanged invalid ration stamps for gasoline and the filling stations that accepted them. The inquiry covers numerous infractions disclosed in the second quarter.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Office of War Information
Office of Defense Transportation
Office of Price Administration
Upton Services Set Sunday
Funeral service for John M. Upton age 78 of Jumping Branch will be at his home at 2 PM Sunday. Burial in family cemetery. He died at his Jumping Branch home at 4 AM. Survived by wife Elizabeth V. Upton and numerous children, siblings, thirty-one grandchildren, six great grandchildren.
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John M. Upton
Jumping Branch
Mr. Upton
Elizabeth V. Upton
J. Alf Lilly
J. T. Meadow
J. L. Upton
J. A. Upton
J. G. Upton
Cleo Andrews
Beckley
B. O. Ratliff
Hinton
Rey Smith
Huntington
Amanda Upton
G. W. Upton
Clear Creek
Dora Thornton
W. H. Walker
E. M. Young
Clifford Young
Omer Young
Farm Bill Battle Over Abolishing FSA Spurs House Debate
Lawmakers clashed as farm groups and the agricultural committee fought the abolition of the FSA. Appropriations Chairman Cannon chided the farm group, and an intercommittee dispute risked stripping the bill of provisions on parliamentary grounds. Four of about 40 provisions were cut, while Tarver of Georgia urged cattle state reps to prove good faith by cutting funds for cattle disease control.
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Agricultural Committee
F.S.A
House
Appropriations
Cannon
D.-Mc
Tarver
D.-Ga
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Long Branch
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Eekuei Ma Zi
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Fayette
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Spalaceland
Johnny Mack Brown
Tex Ritter
Cheyenne
TB Group
Yric
Walter Winchell
Ozzie Nelson
Robert Donat
MR. Pitt
Solomons
Seabees
UPTON
Cohen Drug
W. Va
EWT
Erma Ward Rogers
Gyvenast
Prof. Pickard
Balka
Fred Delmar
Jack Gray
Silver
Beckley Drug Co
Main Street
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H. L. Sessler
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