Sicilian invasion tale from ship Cook Dol Liggett
Ship's cook Dol Liggett of the U S S Henry Lee recalls the Sicily landings with Junior Reynolds of Beckley West Virginia. They describe dawn unloadings 9 500 ships 2 a m air attacks and a four day no sleep stretch plus escorting prisoners back to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dol Ligectt
Séwal
Iowa
Junior Reynolds
C. B.reynolds
Fecles
Beckley
Reynolds
Navy
Liggett
Marine Corps
U.S.S
Henry Lee
Sicily
Register
Africa
Greece
Malta
Ene
Oran
United States
Harry Lee
Germany
Texas
New York
Newport News
Virginia
West Virginia
Ford Family Returns to Ford Motor Company Duties
Henry Ford II, aged 25, and son of the late Edsel Ford, is released from active naval reserve duty to resume leadership at Ford Motor Company. He assumes duties as chairman and joins the board of directors while the company plans future expansion and management continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
Henry Ford
United States Naval Reserve
Ford Motor Company
Adsel B. Ford
Edsel Ford
Henry Ped
Forti Motat ‘Lo
Henry
Friday the Thirteenth Unlucky Day in Beckley
On Friday the thirteenth Beckley residents faced mishaps and odd happenings. Mrs. F C Givens of 514 Woodlawn avenue broke her left arm after slipping on a stair landing and was hospitalized. Private Roy Wood of Rhodell lost two fingers at Raleigh General Hospital while recounting a coal dragging accident. In contrast, painters from High Point climbed Raleigh Steam Laundry’s smokestack to paint it black and inscribe the company name. County life continued with no notable errors, as County Clerk Harry Anderson and Judge Clarence Meadows ran routine business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Givens
Woodlawn Avenue
Raleigh General Hospital
Roy Wood
Rhodell
Camp Bragg
N. C
Wood
High Point
Raleigh Steam Laundry Company
Raleigh Steam Laundry
C. C. Haynes
Carl Sults
Raleigh
Harry Anderson
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley Man Earns Life Time Honorary Commission At Camp Dawson
Beckley based Company H of the West Virginia Third Regiment earned a life time honorary commission after a week of training at Camp Dawson Quinwood. Captain C L Bibb commanded the unit in camp while Captain Wm D McKain led the Beckley company during maneuvers. Private Glenn B Shanklin served as public relations officer and mess duties were praised by Alex Cook who ran the Memorial building parking lot. The company was named color company with Sergt Allen Warren and Corp A H Harvey as color guards and Simnoklin served as bugler and orderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
C. L. Bibb
Camp
Dawson
Cficer
Wm. D. McKain
Alex Cook
Cook
Glenn B. Shanklin
Company H
W. J. Meadows
Allen Warren
Corp
A. H. [Harvey
Simnoklin
Gas Rations Cut Sparks Beckley Shortage Concerns
Gas rationing in Beckley delayed shortages as three gallon coupons become valid after midnight. Local stations report limited or no gasoline amid new policy, with Gulf and Standard Oil executives noting supply constraints. Some stations expect further outages around dates when new allotments arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Beckley
R. 3
Lucas
Standard Oil Company
Hcs
Gulf Oi Corporation
Washington Welcomes Visitors Week Amid War Era Ties
Washington plans a Welcome Week with civic groups churches and the U S O promoting hospitality and tolerance for newcomers. The drive aims to show unity during wartime and stress shared values as local labor and service organizations back the effort. A Hartford mattress fire incident briefly interrupts the news with responders extinguishing flames while the resident remained in bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Board of Trade
Federation of Women’s Club
War Hospitality Committee
Post War Plans for Raleigh County Tapped by Committee
Fletcher W. Mann leads the Raleigh County Committee for Economic Development in a meeting on postwar planning. The group aims to absorb returning workers, expand after the war, and explore coal markets while organizing sub committees for action research publicity and public relations. Regular meetings will occur every fourth Friday at 7 30 in the Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher W. Mann
Committee For Economic Development
Raleigh County
Mann
Jesse Jones
Beckley
W. MM. Reeser
Dro J. L. Knewacaver
L. TI. Davis
George W. Bright
C. L. Allen
Paul Barwood
Robert Davis
Austin Caperton
L. A. Gates
T. R Ragland
Robert Burns
Eugene Scott
Randolph Norton
Herbert Kendricks
Orders Against Two Firms Filed By War Production Board
The War Production Board issued consent orders against two Pittsburgh area firms for violations of limitations orders. McConnell and Watterson Co. of Kittanning and C o A Brilhart Hardware Co. of Scottdale admitted violations and face immediate penalties. The firms were barred from selling or delivering new heating or plumbing equipment through October 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Regional War Production Board
Tociay
Pittzburek
W.P.B
McConnell Cunt Watterson Co. Ing
Kittanning
C.oa. Brilhart Hardware Co
Scottdale
EL Hf. Cole
Regina
Cole
McConnell and Watterson Co
C Brifhart Co
Major Could Do It Again At City Airport Crash
An errant navy and later army plane ripped through barriers on the municipal airport main taxiway. An irate airport commissioner asked the major about the incident, and the officer replied that more barricades and red lights were put up to prevent a repeat as a stubborn vandal attempted the same stunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas
Anager
Cniaine
Pittsburgh Decline Tied to Rail Shipments and Coal Output
The University of Pittsburgh business research bureau attributes a drop in business on Jac week to lower rail shipments and a reduction in bituminous coal production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Business Research Bureau
C. & C. Adds Trains On Its Main Line
Wartime passenger traffic prompts C and C railway to expand service on its main line. Starting August 22, two previously split trains will run as distinct units on separate schedules. Westbound changes shift Richmond section to train 43 with new departure times from Hinton Prince and Thurmond. The Washington section becomes train 3 with revised timings. Other trains including the Sportsman and George Washington see relettered numbers and adjusted departures from Hinton and Thurmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hervier
Richmond
Hinton
Prince
Thurmond
Washington
The
Sportsman
Norfolk
Thurmond Bar
Old Na la
Sgeorge
Hint “Sonal Ted A.m
George Washington
Winton
Finn
Bureau proposes warning smells for metal mines
Washington officials outline options to alert miners to danger using compressed air scent lines or mine fires. They cite ethyl mercaptan for its rotten vegetable odor as a warning stench. A stray note mentions barnacles with six pairs of legs and no heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Bureau of Nines
Judge Crouse Seeks Public Help For Juvenile Reform
Judge Crouse of the juvenile court urged county residents to cooperate with an educational program to curb delinquency and neglect. He proposed a five point plan involving churches civic groups and labor organizations to guide youths toward useful roles supporting property preservation and wartime efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay S. Crouse
Juvenile Court
Crouse
Elouise Laing
Janice Ward
Department of Public Assistance
Runaway Truck Ends Week at Four-H Camp
A Hartzog owned truck escaped its parking and rolled toward the Greenbrier River during the last day of the Raleigh county Four-H Camp. No injuries or damage occurred. Camp officials reported 163 members and 23 leaders, with Miss Patty Thurman named Spirit of the Camp and the Delaware tribe winning tribal warfare honors. Temperature reached 102 degrees at Talcott, with excellent swimming and a heat drawback noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Greenbrier River
Winton
E. R. Hartzog
Sophia
H. B. Thomas
J. B. Deck
Carl Stover
Crab Orchard
Thomas
Dorothy Stanley
Mt. ‘Pabor
Jo Ann Moye
Hard H
Johnnie Hartzog
Hilda Gayheart
Willis Stover
Price Hill
Talcott
Mary Elizabeth Wolfe
4-H
J. 8.Deck
Woolton buys world tea supply for next year
Lord Woolton announced he had secured the world non axis tea supply for the coming year totaling about 312 500 tons. The tea will be allotted to United and neutral nations on the same basis as last year amid shortages from the Netherlands and East Indies. Dolores Rodriguez of Trenton Michigan asks the WLB to raise her 1 dollar monthly allowance by 50 percent.
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Register
London
Lord Woolton
Combined Food Board
United and
Neutral Nations
Netherlands
East Indie
Funeral services set for Mrs Adda Melrose Taylor
Funeral services for Mrs Adda Melrose Taylor 68 of Odd are set for 2:30 PM at Mountain Valley Baptist Church. Rev Phillip Graham will officiate with burial in Ode cemetery. She died Saturday after a nine month illness and is survived by Wiley Taylor husband son Roy Fields Wallace daughter Rita Lilly four brothers Errett Croy Joan K Croy Marrett Croy William Croy sister Eula White and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adda Melrose ‘Taylor
Odd
Mountain Valley Baptist Church
Phillip Graham
Basin
Ode
Caffee
Beckley
Taylor
Bland
Virginia
John E
Adina Harmon Croy
Wiley Taylor
Roy Fields Wallace
Cambria
Rita Lilly
Cincinnati
Ohio
Errett Croy
Princeton
Joan K. Croy
Roseville
Marrett Croy
Portland
Maine
William Croy
Arkansas
Eula White
Huntington
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Eccles
Don Liggett
Ford
WAL. Ae Lumber CO
Central Aa Ont
Ing
Clarence Marshall
Sinclair
A. Rucker
Rufus Astworth
Astworth
Ad Amecra
Carital
Hartford
Conn
Beckley Drug Co
Main &T
Major
Jean Harpham
Ohio Wesleyan University
Firestone Aircraft Company
R. A
Ray
Harpers
Practical Welding School
South
Kanawha St
Fast Beckley
Judge Crouse
OFTEA
Dolores Rodriguez
Trenton
Mich
Taylor Services
Union and Yellow Cab Co., Inc
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Railroad Croming
W. VA
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