Axis Bombing Totals and West Virginia Education Meeting Dates
Axis bombing reached 1 149 066 tons this year covering a third of total air strike activity. The State Education Association plans six regional meetings. Beckley is a center October 13 with Charleston Wheeling October 20 and Clarksburg Romney October 27. Raleigh Fayette Wyoming McDowell Mercer Summers Monroe Greenbrier Nicholas Pocahontas counties are in the Beckley region, serving 3 400 members. Friday program continues October 13 with a Saturday conference of county leaders and superintendents. Local boards are to dismiss schools for the gathering. Margaret G. Phillips cites a convention shift to regional format due to travel and OPS requests. next full convention set for Wheeling. Parkersburg hosts the S E A delegate assembly November 2 3. counties to elect delegates by October 13.
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Huntington
Charleston
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Romney
County Education Association
Boards of Education
Margaret G. Phillips
OPDT
Parkersburg
Jake Miller Arrested Again by City Police
Jake Miller was arrested yesterday after a second warning for selling exposed food on Neville Street. He was jailed about 3 44 p m, released about 30 minutes later on a 1000 bond signed by his wife Doris Miller. Police Chief W J Trail said Miller's attorney J Leonard Baer planned suit to recover fees, with trial set for Tuesday.
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Doris Miller
W. J. Trail
Miller
Neville Street
Ross Cottle
Buck Gilkerson
J. Leonard Baer
Miss Walker Dies At Egeria Home
Miss Walker, 29, died at her home in Egeria Texas. She is survived by her father and many siblings including Cord Walker Delpha Walker Cora Walker Oda Walker Fetter Walker Mrs Reed Mrs Blankenship Clark Walker and Mason Walker plus relatives in War Miss Cord Walker of Egeria and others. The body will be taken to the father's home Monday at 9 am with funeral services at Egeria school at 2 pm led by Rev Gilbert Walker. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Evgeria.
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War
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Egeria
Delpha Walker
Pineville
Basil Akers
Arista
Cora Walker
Cherry Creek
Oda Walker
Rhodell
Fetter Walker
Odd
W_ P Reed
Princeton
Lacy Blankenship
Clark Walker
Amigo
Boyd Walker
Camp Butner
North Carolina
Verlin Walker
Camp Walters
Mason Walker
Lenox Walker
Gilbert Walker
Evgeria
OPA Cuts Beef and Lamb Prices for Utility Grade Meat
The office of price administration announces tomorrow price reductions on point-free utility beef and lamb with cuts cheaper by up to 20 cents versus top grades. Other utility cuts average about 12 cents less than better trades meats, while hamburger remains the same price across grades. Utility grade C meat comes from grass-fed cattle with minimal grain, and is identifiable by a yellow butter-color fat layer and a lean with few fat streaks.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Rubber control plan studied by U S Britain and Netherlands
Postwar rubber production and needs are being studied in London by the United States the Netherlands and Great Britain as a preliminary step toward an international rubber control scheme. The announcement signals coordination with a broader program to mobilize economic action for postwar problems.
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Washington
London
United States
Netherlands
Ggeat
Britain
United Kingdom
Weintraub Out For Two Weeks With Hand Injury
New York Giants first baseman Phil Weintraub will be sidelined at least two weeks after injuring his left hand while fielding a ground ball against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The cut between the thumb and index finger required three stitches.
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Phil Weintraub
New York Giants
Weintraub
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bombers Need 700000 Tons High Explosives For 1944 End
Washington reports the Army Air Forces require more than 700000 tons of high explosives for the remainder of 1944, on top of 472054 tons already dropped since January. The war department notes a dramatic rise in European theater tonnage, with 405212 tons in the first half of the year, while in the Pacific a rapid advance creates need for 50000 tons of incendiaries. Brig. Gen. Counland cites lighter fighter opposition and improved weather handling as factors enabling more missions.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Army Air Forces
Pearl Harbor
Ath
6Th Air
England
Normandy
R. ©. Counland
Pacific
Judge Wins Out Against Moths and Gets His Vest
Springfield report: federal Judge Charles G. Briggle wins a quirky dispute with moths over wearing a vest under his robe next winter. The War Production Board had blocked extra vest yardage, but the judge argued for common sense and prevailed after a conflict involving a tailor, a double breasted suit, and moths.
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Springfield
Charles G. Briggle
War Production Board
W.P.B
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Britain Receives Two Billion in Lend-Lease Food Aid
Washington reports the United States furnished Britain about 2 billion dollars in food under lend-lease over 3.25 years. Food shipments averaged around 50 thousand dollars monthly and represented roughly 10 percent of Britain’s daily food supply. Officials foresee curtailment after Germany’s defeat but have not finalized plans. Reverse lend-lease to Britain totaled about 1.53 billion dollars, mainly machines, services, and essential civilian supplies.
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Lendlease
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Ecenny
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Foreign Economic Administration
Public Forum Letter From Beckley Reader On War Losses
A Raleigh Register letter from Beckley expresses anger over thefts and safety while a family with three sons in the Pacific fights for the U S. The writer asks for publication to expose a thief and shares concern about home thefts and wartime duties. The piece also touches on British lend-lease discussions and U S war economics.
Immigration Law Prohibits Mongooses Entry Into U S
Washington quotes reveal government stance that certain exotic pets, even from returning servicemen, cannot enter the United States. The Lacey Act bans mongooses and many other animals, with officials noting enforcement has sent mongoo ses to the lethal chamber for illegal import. Public concern from a Long Beach mother underscores anxiety over pets accompanying troops.
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Francis J. Kelly
Washington
West Virginia mine death verdict pins fault on mines dept
A coroner's jury returned a verdict finding negligence by the West Virginia department of mines in the Shinnston No 4 Katherine Coal Co operation disaster that killed 16 men on March 24 1944. The panel also faulted Katherine Coal Co to a lesser degree and suggested prosecutors study possible criminal action.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia Mines Department
Shinnston
Lawrence Mills
Katherine Coal Company
J. Philip Clifford
Harrison County
Mines Department
Jesse Redyard
John Spiker
Katherine
West Virginia Department of Mines
Department of Mines
Katherine Coat Company
L. S. McGee
State Mines Department
McGee
Redyard
E. Y. McVey
Mills
McVey
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