No Peaceful Solution Seen To Demands of Hindus for Immediate Independence
An India independence crisis looms as Congress leaders push Gandhi to lead a mass nonviolent struggle against Britain. Cripps and Churchill allies insist on preserving order until after the war, with no evident compromise. In the Pacific, Japan seizes Kei Aru and Tamimb ar islands, threatening Port Moresby as MacArthur notes quiet on land fronts. Chiang Kai-Shek forces press Japanese outposts near Wenchow and the Kiangsi Chekiang line. Suichang reportedly recaptured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
India
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Hull
All-India Congress
Mohandas K. Gandhi
London
Stafford Cripps
Privy Seal
Churchill
Britain
Bombay
Washington
State Department
Australia
Imperial Tokyo
Timor
New Guinea
Kei
Aru
Tanimbar
Douglas MacArthur
Port Moresby
China War
Chiang Kai-Shek
Wenchow
Kiangsi-Chekiang
Suichang
Lishui
Chekiang Province
County Court Hears Legal Aid For Thornhill Bill
Sheriff Ash Mankin filed a $1318 claim to county court for July prison feeding and courthouse workers pay. The court weighs requiring an itemized purchase account while ADA Thornhill studies legal timeframes. A separate $11 mattress bill prompts talk of replacement covers and laundry readiness as federal review looms. Mankin says detailed federal requirements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ash Mankin
W. A. Thornhill, Jr
John S. Smith
Mankin
Nazis closing octopus grip on Caucasus
German mechanized forces tighten around the Caucasus as Tikhoretsk falls and a new pincer threatens Stalingrad. Soviet dispatches report heavy fighting, renewed German advances southeast of Stalingrad, and a frontline shift east of the Don River with reserves being committed.
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Associated Press
Germany
Upper
Caucasus
Tikhoretsk
Rostov
Great Volga River
Stalingrad
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Kerch Strait
Russia
Moscow
Don River
Kletskaya
Voroshilovsk
Black and Caspian
Armavir
Nevinnomysskaya
Voroshi
Caspian Sea
Astrakhan
Volga
Kretskaya
Second Front Issue Keeps European Capitals Agitated
London reports say official circles and media push the second front as vital while Dutch exile Premier Gerbrandy urges patience for action. Moscow radio links Britain USSR accord to timing, as Hitler forces focus on oil fields in South Russia. Berlin propaganda highlights Western defenses with reports of coastal fortifications and Norway mining.
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Associated Press
London
Pieter S. Gerbrandy
Netherlands
Moscow
Britain
U.S.S.R
Europe
Russia
Caucasian
Berlin
Zurich
Woman Seeks Free Sugar Bonus Confusion
In Keene New Hampshire a woman argued at her rationing board that the No 7 coupon was a two pound sugar bonus she should not have paid for. A board member confirmed the coupon is a bonus but the shopper said the grocer charged her.
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Keene
N. I
West Virginia Warm Day, Cool Tonight Predicted
A partly warm day with continued cool conditions tonight. Overnight low reached 52 degrees reported by official weather observer L A Mauck. Yesterday's high climbed to 71 degrees.
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West Virginia
L. A. Mauck
Local streams near flood stage after heavy rainfall
Beckley and surrounding areas received 3.01 inches of rain in the first three days of the week, with 2.04 inches falling yesterday. Water levels rose in city storm drains and small streams, washouts were being investigated, and the Greenbrier was rising but not at flood stage at Alderson. Nathan Wright of the state road commission cited high water but no road closures.
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Beckley
L. A. Mauck
Mauck
Nathan Wright
State Road Commission
Clear Fork
Little Coal River
Greenbrier
Alderson
Honest Boys Praised for Returning Found Purse
Captain Tommy Roberts of the city police lauded three Piney View youths Edward McMillan 12 James Thompson 14 and Robert Biggs 16 for returning a purse found on Prince street containing 161.97 to its owner A A Buck Ross manager of the Beckley Hotel Garage.
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Tommy Roberts
Prince Street
Piney View
Edward McMillan
James Thompson
Robert Biggs
A. A “Buck” Ross
Beckley Hotel
Now Scarce Bananas Aid Baby With Celiac Disease
An 11 month old Hagerstown infant with celiac disease improves after banana shipments from Baltimore arrive. Submarine activity disrupted Atlantic banana boats, causing shortages. George A Ward of a Baltimore fruit company supplied bananas, with more en route. Johns Hopkins experts note strained apples pears and apricots as alternatives.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Baltimore Fruit Company
Atlantic
John W. Weinberg
Weinberg
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
George A. Ward
Ward
New York
New Orleans
Harriet Lane
Eight Seek To Join U S Navy
Eight men sought entry into the Navy today per Petty Officer Johnny McDorman at the local recruiting station. Four were sent to Charleston for examination and four were accepted as enlistment applicants. leaving: Cecil Irven Jones Stephenson Clifford Smith Ragle Cabell Hensel Edward White Ury Robert Lee Pennington Harper. applicants: Robert Leonard Harvey Hinton Eugene Frazier Merritt Beckley Lacy Roy Worley Sprague Ralph Richard Humphreys Union.
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Navy
Johnny McDorman
Charleston
Cecil Irven Jones
Stephenson
Clifford Smith Ragle
Cabell
Hensel Edward White
Ury
Robert Lee Pennington
Harper
Robert Leonard Harvey
Hinton
Eugene Frazier Merritt
Beckley
Lacy Roy Worley
Sprague
Ralph Richard Humphreys
Union
First Citizen Is Convicted Of Treason
Max Stephan, a German-born American citizen, becomes the first person in 159 years to be convicted of treason in the United States. A U S District Judge Arthur J Tuttle orders him hanged on November 13 1942 inside Milan Michigan federal detention prison after his federal conviction for aiding the flight of a Nazi flyer from a Canadian camp.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Max Stephan
United States
U. S
Arthur J. Tuttle
Stephan
Milan
Mich
Beckley Airport Land Purchase Backed by County Leaders
County leaders discussed adding a contingency fund to the levy to cover airport land purchase if the government moves to build a new airport. A $100 city contingency is also proposed. President John A. Smith urged voter input before final levy decisions. Justice noted support but called for buy-in from large taxpayers, whose stance newspapers say is favorable. The plan awaits state tax commissioner approval. Earlier, the airport committee reported Penman tract owner Judge Walter Davis involved in the land matter.
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City of
Beckley
John A. Smith
E. E. Justice
Airport Committee
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Walter Davis
Penman
Four Local Women Leave Raleigh for WAAC Service
The first group of women from Raleigh County depart for Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio for final WAAC examinations before enlistment. Sergeant Rudolf Linek of the local recruiting station sent four contestants on the bus to Columbus. after exams they will proceed to Fort Des Moines Iowa for training if they pass. The group includes Vivian Canday LaCleda Thomas Margueritte Smith and Frances Boyko from Beckley and area towns.
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Raleigh County
Armed Forces
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Rudolf Linek
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
W.A A.C
Final three precincts may alter results Raleigh contest tight
Walter J. Hedrick leads K O Green by 15 votes for the fourth six year board of education nomination as final results hinge on three sealed precincts. Across Raleigh County 105 precincts counted, with Price Hill Cranberry East Park yet to be unsealed by the county court tomorrow.
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Walter J. Hedrick
K. O. Green
Board of Education
Raleigh
Price Hill
Cranberry
East Park
Hedrick
Green
F. J. Moore
Robert Chambers
J. E. Daniel
Golden Meadows
Brown W. Payne
Frank Billups
Billups
Keith D. Bobbitt
Payne
C. M. Goodwin
Bobbitt
Charles Griffith
James F. Houchins
Frank Willis
Snowden Thompson
House of Delegates
John C. Ward
O. C. Flint
John Hall
Frank Lemon
Lemon
Charles Evans
Fred George
Lyonelle Lilly
Wilmer Snuffer
Clifford White
H. G. Farmer
E. E. Justice
Justice
W. E. Covey
Winning Tactics Still Used By Japanese In New Guinea
General Blamey said Japanese troops used the same commando methods from Malaya and the Philippines in the Buna Gona landing. He noted small, highly trained units and jungle warfare expertise. Supply lines and routes across the Owen Stanley range pose the main Allied challenge, with no special new threat from the foothold.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Malaya
Buna-Cona
New Guinea
Sir
Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
Sir Thomas
Owen Stanley Range
Port Moresby
Kokoda
Buna-Gona
Queen Wilhelmina to Address Congress and Broadcast
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands will address a joint session of Congress, join President Roosevelt in a nationwide radio broadcast, and hold a press conference. The visit marks her first time in Washington as a reigning queen, with the audience at the Senate chamber and the networks carrying the joint broadcast starting at 1 p.m. for about 20 minutes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Congress
Roosevelt
Capital
Senate Chamber
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt’s Press Conferences From Her Daughter, Crown Princess
Juliana
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Gress Working Committee
County Court
Thornhill
Ringling Brothers- Barnum and Bailey Circus
Pennsylvania Railroad
S. H. Simmons
Duquesne
Simmons
Wae
U. S. Navy
Max Stephans
WAAC
Vivian Canaday
Lester
LaCleda Thomas
Oak Hill
Margueritte Smith
McGinnis Street
Frances Boyko
Past Beckley
County Clerk’s Office
Panuan Peninsula
The
Philippines
Wilhemina
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