State Airlines seeks permit for Beckley routes
State Airlines plans three new routes with Beckley as a stop, filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board for hearings likely in February or March 1944. Proposed Detroit to Jacksonville via Columbus Charleston Winston-Salem Charlotte and Columbia. Detroit to Wilmington via Columbus Charleston Raleigh and Pinehurst. Cincinnati to Norfolk via Portsmouth Huntington Charleston Roanoke Lynchburg.
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State Airlines
Charlotte
N.C
Pras
Civil Aeronautics Board
Beckley
Detroit
Jacksonville
Fla
Columbus
Ohio
Charleston
W. Va
Winston-Salem
N. C
Char- Totte
Columbia
S. C
Wilmington
Raleigh
Pinehurst
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Huntington Charleston
Roanoke
Lynch
Burg
H. K. Gilbert, Jr
Piedmont
Great Lakes
Florida
Eleven Bokano Family Members in War Work Effort
Louis Bokano and his Crab Orchard family are spread across defense jobs in Detroit war plants, with eight in production and three in military service. The clan includes sons Louis Jr and Bill in camps or overseas, daughters in plants, and plans for the wife to take a job once she becomes a citizen. The story emerged during a holiday visit from Tony and Tony Jr Lopes, who live in Crab Orchard, and notes the family’s Hungarian origins and wartime bonds.
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Louis Bokano
Crab Orchard
Raleigh County
Louis
Detroit
Tony Lopes
Perfecto Decal
Stamford
Louie Bokano, Jr
Misses Gazelle
Edith Bokano
Bill Bokano
Army
Camp van Dorn
Miss
Joe Bokano
Camp Haan
Cal
Yuxie Bokano
Tones
Tony Topes
Tony Jr
Raysal
McDowe County
Lopes
Hungary
United States
Jimmie
Register
Readability yardstick judges FDR speeches as genius
AP report notes a Columbia University study showing President Roosevelt’s addresses read by seventh graders. It contrasts OPA regs, described as confusing, with simpler phrasing using a 760-word basic vocabulary.
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Rouse Velt
Office of Price Administration
Institute of Educational Research
Teacher's College
Columbia University
New York
Irving Lorge
Genir
OPA
Lorge
American Bible Society
Geltysbure
Lincoln
Geltysburg
Army
Detroit Family Threads Through Hard Times Amid Crowding
Justine, 13, helps a chicken and eggs business in Detroit while Jimmie works in a restaurant. Mrs. Lopes boasts of her brother Luxie, a technical sergeant who sped three months of schooling into three weeks. The father and two daughters Gazelle and Edith have been in Detroit almost two years, with others following. she endures tough living conditions due to crowding.
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Justine
Detroit
Jimmie
R A F Crosses 10000th Atlantic Flight
The Atlantic has been crossed 10,000 times by RAF USAAF transport aircraft. The 10,000th crossing was by a Flying Fortress piloted by Lt H W Monsky of the USAAF, landing at a British airfield on Christmas Eve after a non stop night flight of over nine hours.
Samuel W Farley Dies At Ury
Samuel W Farley 87 of Winding Gulf died at 6 45 pm Friday at the home of his son in Ury. Born January 15 1855 he was a Mission Baptist church member. Surviving wife Carolyn Hunt Farley three daughters four sons one sister and one brother. 48 grandchildren 68 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. Short services at the Ury residence Monday at 1 pm then at Sophia Baptist church at 2 pm. Burial in Farley Cemetery Farley Heights Winding Gulf.
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Samuel Wesley Farley
Winding Gulf
James A. Farley
Ury
Jay
John Henry
Lucy Cole Farley
Mission Baptist Church
Carolyn Hunt Farley
Frank Wallace
A Boys
Sophia Baptist Church
Eugene Nichols
Levi Akers
Sophia
Farley Cemetery
Farley Heights
Winding Gull
Christmas Before
In this period a five shilling fine was imposed for Christmas feasting or labor abstinence. Southwest American Indians kept a winter Solstice ritual, part pagan part Christian, handed down through medicine men. They perform the rites before Christian services then join the church. Merry Christmas now greets all languages, crossing boundaries and soothing conflicts.
Hopkins Denies Writing Letter About Willkie Nomination
Washington report states Harry L. Hopkins denied drafting a letter predicting Wendell Willkie would win the Republican nomination. The claim appeared in the Sparks book One Man Wendell Willkie, linking Hopkins to the document cited by supporters and critics.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Price
Senator Connally
D.-Tex
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Comnelson Sparks
Akron
Result of A B C formula for schooling level
The passage outlines a calculation using three components A B and C to estimate the minimal schooling level needed to understand a sample. It cites Dr Lorge values 7 1301 1073 and 1.6126 and notes a P.S. that 1 2 grades are needed.
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Lorge
P.S
Ward study on soldier vote leaves question unresolved
Delegate John C. Ward of Raleigh County reviews congressional data on military absentee voting. He notes only 2 of 48 states have peacetime absentee processes and details West Virginia's multi-step method, the lengthy delays, and the impracticality of global ballot transport for servicemen, weighing a federal ballot plan versus state absentee rules.
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Ward
John C. Ward
House of Delegates
Raleigh County
Congress
Jone— Ward
West Virginia
Secretary of State
Australia
Southwest Pacific
North Africa
Maly
Great Britain
Army
War Ballot Commission
Navy
Onerein
Fire truck damaged en route to Christmas blaze in city
Fire Chief W H Weidnesall reports a fire at Maze R Brown residence on Norti Kanawha Street caused about 25 dollars in damage. While en route the fire truck skidded on ice bending two fenders and a bumper. A separate Coal City fire destroyed an N room frame house owned by J Ritter with six children, believed to start from an overheated furnace. the Ritters seek temporary housing with neighbors. Distinct entities: Maze R Brown, Norti Kanawha Street, W H Weidnesall, J J Ritter, Coal City, Lillybrook coal mines.
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Maze R. Brown
J. J. Ritter
Coal City
Ritter
Lillybrook
Icy roads halt Beckley Xmas bus traffic on routes
Icy conditions along Flat Top highway and Hinton Road shut down Greyhound and local buses between Beckley Mullens and southbound routes from noon. No highway accidents reported by state police though a North Kanawha street pole was snapped likely by a car. Police not notified of the pole incident. Private Marty Payne returns to California after furlough with Oak Hill parents.
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State Road Commission
Flat Top
Hinton Road
Greyhound
Beckley
Mullens
Tommy Roberts
North Kanawha Street
K. M. Jarrell
North Kanawha
Register
Oak Hill
Marty Payne
United States Army
California
Camp Fannin
Texas
Flu Blamed For Production Drop
Washington Interior Secretary Ickes reported soft coal production fell to 12 175 000 tons last week after 13 million tons the prior week. He attributed the decline largely to the influenza epidemic and said the drop was unexpected and regrettable. Hard coal also declined for the fourth straight week and Ickes called the situation critical, noting manpower as a core issue alongside the flu impact.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Little Things to Be Produced to Ease War Shortages
Washington program to expand 1944 civilian goods production targets small comforts like bobbie pins pots and pans elastic tape and textiles. Office of Civilian Requirements plans action after study shows civilians complain about shortages of everyday items more than major conveniences.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Civilian Requirements
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Gilbert
Shveini
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Ak Ae Ing
Fdr
Atlantic
Samuel W. Farley
Gulf
Hopkins
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Beckley Lodge 1606 Loom
Cecil Swimm
Raleigh County Ration Board
Jack Hollandsworth
Richmond
Kanawha Street
East
Prince Street
South Fayette Street
Church Street
Second Street
Pork Hill
Mount Hope
Hinton
CMON
Vernon W. Moses
W. M. Moses
Mount Nebo
Seymour Johnson Field
North Carolina
Santa Monica
Fort Myers
Alexandria
Louisiana
Nicholls County High School
Moses
Beckley Day and Nite
Home Insurance Agency, Inc
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