What’s in Stalin’s mind
Roosevelt urged unity among the United States, Britain, and the USSR as World War II continues. The piece warns Stalin’s aims remain unclear, stressing that Soviet victory over Nazi Germany is paramount while cautioning against ignoring possible postwar motives and the danger of World War III.
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Roosevelt
United Nations
Joe Stalin
United States
Great Britain
Churchill
England
Japan
Germany
Mr. Churchill
Mr. Roosevelt
Russia
Stalin
Berlin
Rome
Tokyo
Claire Luce
Congress
SHERIFFS PUSH FOR HIGHER PAY AND JAIL FEED PROFITS
A house of delegates judiciary committee faces a likely rejection of a bill to raise sheriffs salaries and remove jail feeding profits. Despite public testimony, sheriffs lobbyists and deputies sway the panel, signaling machine politics victory as legislators hesitate to defy powerful county sheriffs.
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House of Delegates Judiciary Committee
House
House of Delegates
Sher
Jail profits clash with legislature over sheriff run boards
Judge Ben Moore criticizes jail profit schemes as political machine tactics persist. West Virginia citizens traveled to Charleston to demand abolition of jail feeding profits, signaling growing public support. Both parties resist ending sheriffs' boarding houses, but plain people vow to continue the fight against a cancer on democratic government.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Democratic Party
Judiciary Committee
Huntington
Ben Moore
House
Six Day School Plan May Hurt Farmers Says Note
A proposal to run schools six days a week on Saturdays could shorten the term by five or six weeks and disrupt farming. The piece argues farming is year round and children help with farm work beyond spring and fall, so extra school days on Saturdays may not aid farmers. It notes winter tasks and busy Saturdays on the farm, urging careful consideration of the impact on labor and harvests.
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Boards of Education
Boards of Educaton
Greenbrier Beauty at Risk From Tanneries
A Greenbrier River beauty risk is raised by a Pocahontas county tannery dumping black refuse into the river. Delegation to the House of Delegates game and fish committee warns pollution could color the stream for 125 miles and kill fish, urging preserved natural beauty alongside industry.
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Greenbrier
Game and Fish Committee
House of Delegates
Pocahontas County
Cheenbrier
WV House Debates Teacher Pay Rise and Jail Food Reform
A WV House session weighs a $25 monthly teacher raise for about 14,000 teachers and rejects “bonus” framing. Delegates Flint Ward and Miller back the higher pay but worry distant allies may limit the amount. The piece also discusses reform to stop sheriffs from taking daily prison feed funds and predicts the judiciary committee may table the jail feeding bill.
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Raleigh County
O. C. Flint
John Ward
Cecil Miller
Ward
Miller
A Teacher’s Viewpoint on the Teacher Raise
A coal miner from Summerlee rebutts editorials on teachers strikes and calls for fair raises. He argues teacher education costs and salaries force talent away, urging taxpayers and legislators to balance tax cuts with educational needs, warning of wider strikes if conditions aren’t changed.
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Vaca
Men O War In the News Army and Navy mail from Beckley area WW2
Private First Class Delbert Williams of Clear Creek trained at Fort Bragg then Norfolk before overseas. Private First Class Larry Stone reports from India after serving in Walterboro and Savannah. Arthur E Holdren in the Pacific promoted to third class petty officer after Navy enlistment in 1941.
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Raleigh County
Africa
Delbert Williams
Virgie Williams
Clear Creek
Armed Forces
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Coast Artillery
Williams
Norfolk
Virginia
Beckley
Clear Fork High
Dethert Williams School
Arthur B. Holdren
Florida
Army
Pacific War Area
Arthur E. Holdren
W. D. Holdren
Shady Spring
Holdren
Navy
Shady Spring High School
Lawrence
Vaught
B. T. Vaught
Winding Gulf
Lillian B. Grovely
Mercer Street
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Woodrow Wilson High School
Portsmouth
Philadelphia
Lawrence C
Claude E. Stone
Crab Orchard
Larry Stone
India
Stone
Fort Thomas
Savannah
Georgia
Walterboro Air Base
South Carolina
Quartermaster Corps
Air Corps
Carlos Stone
Nashville
Tennessee
Army Air Corps
East Gulf
West Virginia
Alph C. Baker
Kentucky
Engr
Camp Swift
Texas
Walter F. Watzelza
East Beckley
Camp Campbell
195Th Ordnance Company
12 Corps
Fort Jackson
Columbia
Toney Black
Whipple
Michael J. Seman
New Amsterdam
12Th Army Corps
Antietam
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Lookout Mountain
William H. Simpson
Ames O. Buster
John T. Gilchrist
Quartermaster Rtc
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyoming
F Army
Storm-Driven Rescue A Daughter Joins Father at Sea
In a fierce harbor storm, Mary urges onto the Corsair to assist her father in a mission to rescue survivors from the Saints Islands wreck. With Standing Bear unavailable, she dons gear and sails into darkness as the rescue begins. The plan hinges on her courage and seamanship as a perilous night unfolds.
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Mary
Saints
Father Francis
Standing Bear
Dad
Yacht Club
Sarge
Navy
Dads
Dr. Paul
Club
Miss Mary
Puss
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Raleigh Register
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John L. Lewis
Albert Barlow Summerlee
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Walterboro
S.C. Gosh
Roy Coulters
J. P. Hibbard
Railroad Avenue
Point Pleasant
Camp Forest
Ordnance
Couriers
Meytle
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