Fayette County Board classifies 36 registrants as 1-A
Lookout Board lists 36 registrants from district No. 4 of Fayette County placed in 1-A, with remaining classifications in 1-A-C 1-C and II-B IV-H IV-F. Names include Curtis F. Davis Aaron W Bragg Hermet N. Fink John W. Wayne Hubert E. Douglas Ernest W. Rose George E. Johnson Everett J. Ingram Earl Harrah Chalmer H. Barker Damion Farley and many more.
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Bs Register
Kout
Fayette County
Curtis F. Davis
Aaron W Bragg
Hermet N. Fink
John W. Wayne
Hubert E. Douglas
Ernest W. Rose
George E. Johnson
Everett J. Ingram
Earl Harrah
Chalmer H. Barker
Damion Farley
George E. Walker
Clarence Hash
Lloyd M. Gwinn
Clarence H. Workman
Alfonzo Ferguson
William A. Neal
Russell I. Lively
Robert H. Bland
William V. Scott
Clinton A. Bays
Pershing E. Shuck
Allen Chesmey
Ross A. Dever
Arlie W. Berry
Clifford T. Moses
Vincent H. Hanson
Glen C. Killen
Walter E. Adams
Raymond M. Adkins
Orval Allport
Oliver H. Ballengee
Thomas Banks
Thomas A. Maynard
James W. Lively
Wilbur O. Adams
Harold K. Hess
Dencil R. Cruikshank
James E. Flint
Harold I. Gwinn
William H. Davis
Irene J. Knight
Charles R. Lawrence
Gilmer H. Kincaid
James R. Smith
Aaron Carver
Cranston H
Lewis Davis
Carl D. Robinson
Leon M. Malcher
Hovis Davidson
Charles A. Miner
Fred D. Patterson
Francis McCluskey
Harlow Adams
Nathaniel Parks
Fifty volunteers pledge blood for Oak Hill drive
Fifty people have volunteered to donate blood for a new Oak Hill hospital blood bank to open March 1. Mrs S W Price of Scarbro is named chairman of the drive by W H Haynes of Fayetteville, head of the Red Cross chapter sponsoring the campaign. A blood expert will visit March 1, per Reeves, hospital staff head. Fifty donors per week will be allowed. more volunteers are invited.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
S. W. Price
Scarbro
W. H. Haynes
Fayetteville
Red Cross
Reeves
Poolroom Proprieter Faces Slot Machine Charge
Fayetteville Dick Moe Cutcheon, proprietor of a Main Street poolroom, was charged with operating a slot machine in his business. Trooper W R Callaghan found the machine in the pool room’s section reserved for Negroes. Stanley Sorbrosky of Oak Hill will be arraigned for driving while intoxicated by officers Callaghan and Starcher.
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Register
Fayetteville
Dick Moe Cutcheon
W. R. Callaghan
Stanley Sorbrosky
Oak Hill
W. H. Level
Callaghan
Glen Starcher
Boulder Kills Skelton Brakeman in Caboose
Hugh Keaton of Skelton C and O brakeman was killed when a 1000 pound boulder rolled from a mountainside and pierced the caboose roof east of Cotton Hill at 9 30 this morning. The train was eastbound and his death was instantaneous. His brother Dewey Keaton also works for the railroad out of Hinton. He had recently been recalled after a layoff. Details on railroad damage or any traffic delay were unavailable at noon today.
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Register
Cotton Hill
Hugh Keaton
Skelton
Dewey Keaton
Hinton
Curfew Plan Aims to Curb Wheeling Delinquents
Wheeling officials study curfew enforcement to cut juvenile misbehavior. Councilman Russell Goodwin proposes issuing warnings after 9:30 or 10 p.m. with parental notification on second offense and police action on the third. Air raid sirens discussed as a warning method.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
Russell Goodwin
Goodwin
Allied forces repel Axis attacks near Kasserine and Tebessa
The daily communique says heavy fighting northwest of Kasserine left Axis troops with casualties and tank losses after a strong attack. German tank thrusts from Kasserine Gap toward Tebessa were driven back by American armor. Other enemy assaults near Medjez-el-Bab were repulsed, with Rommel’s forces under pressure as Montgomery advances toward Mareth. The Eighth Army movements threaten Rommel from Medenine toward Mareth, while Tebessa remains a key objective for Axis forces.
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Kasserine
Shiba
Thala
Kasserine Gap
Tebessa
Medjez-el-Bab
High Command
Berlin
Rome
Rommel
Kasserine Pass
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Cairo
Medenine
Gabes
Mareth
Reuters
Ben Gardane
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tepessa
Algeria
Gandhi in hunger strike. condition worsens in detention
Gandhi remains on a 21 day fast at the Poona palace of the Aga Khan, his health described as grave and weakening. A Bombay government communique warns it may be too late to save his life if the fast continues, while appeals pour in from across India for his release. The Indian opposition Political leaders and a New Delhi conference urged Prime Minister Churchill to free him, but the government stance did not change.
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Aga Khan
Gandhi
Bombay
India
All-India Congress Party
Lord Linlithgow
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Council of State
New Delhi
Churchill
Subcontinent
Hitler
Bay of Bengal
Burma
China
United Nations
Orient
Cripps
Japan
Mohandas Gandhi
Grand Coulee Dam Turns City Into Air Conditioner
Grand Coulee Washington earned the nickname air conditioned city as a Bureau of Reclamation study found temperatures 10 to 20 degrees cooler than surrounding arid areas. A waterfall effect from the dam with summer winds blowing over the spray cools the area, delivering more comfortable summers and unchanged winters.
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Grand Coluee
Wash
Bureau of Reclamation
Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
Niagara
Soviet Report Claims Push West of Rostov In New Gains
The Russian midday communique reports continued advances west of Rostov with more towns captured southwest of Voroshilovgrad in the Donets basin and west of Krasnodar in the Kuban valley. It notes 800 German dead north of Kursk as reinforcements rush to hold a sector while Soviet mobile units seize towns and a strategic highway. The report omits forces west of Kharkov threatening the Dnieper valley.
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Rostov
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Krasnodar
Caucasus Kuban
Kursk
Orel
Kharkov
Dnieper
India at the crossroads A wartime view by an American observer
The author recalls censoring notes in New Delhi and outlines three urgent reasons for quick India settlement. He stresses India as a strategic Allied base, urges a unified UN role, and warns of dangers from Cripps fallout, famine pressure, and Gandhi’s hunger strike potentially triggering a broader crisis.
Restaurants To Get Less Food During Rationing
Washington reports that restaurants will receive about the same rationed share of canned, dried, and processed fruits and vegetables as individuals. The exact percentage is to be announced soon. Rationing will begin March 1 for both restaurants and households, with venues responsible for distributing available supplies to diners.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Spotlight on Expenditures From Roosevelt War Fund
Congress may demand a full accounting of spending from a $631.5 million emergency fund granted to President Roosevelt for secret war projects. Senators Tydings and Taft urged thorough review before any renewal, warning against blanket appropriations and a revolving fund. The fund, begun in 1940, covered defense and war needs and was gradually reimbursed to reach the total.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Tydings
D.-M
Taft
Ohio
Senate Appropriations Committee
WV Senate hears liquor advertising ban and voting age change
Speaker Amos leads backing from the department and labor groups as a measure to bar liquor advertising in newspapers radio and TV moves in the West Virginia senate. Senator Hall also sponsors reducing the voting age to 18 from 21. House bills include road contract equipment charges banking dormant accounts unclaimed at 10 and over turning to the state school fund if unclaimed. mining supervisor licensing. town sergeant fee limits.
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West Virginia
Senate
Senator Hall
Raleigh
Ferrell
D.-Logan
Banking Department
Slaughterers face penalties over allotments and prices
A government warning targets two slaughterers who threaten meat supply by exceeding allotments or price ceilings. The note highlights rising black market slaughtering seen as a risk to future meat availability. An Agriculture Department report shows hog numbers up, but the pig crop rise lags demand, suggesting possible shortages. The bean and pea rationing signals meat supply may be smaller than forecast.
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Wickard
Agriculture Department
Tomorrow: The Man Gandhi
A brief note introduces a feature on outstanding leaders of his era and previews tomorrow’s segment on Gandhi. The line signals a planned profile focusing on Gandhi as a pivotal figure.
Scrappy Lieutenant Recalls Desert Tank Fight
Tru man O. Boyd, 23, an aide-de-camp from Long Beach California, describes destroying three light tanks to prevent capture and marching 35 miles through enemy lines in Tunisia. He laments Axis tactics and vows they will not meet on equal terms.
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Associated Press
Tunisia
Truman O. Boyd
Long Beach
Calif
Week End Arrests Dwindle in Local Jail History
Assistant jailer Lewis Reed says only four men were arrested and jailed over the weekend for drunkenness. He suggests fewer arrests reflect wartime manpower shifts, liquor shortages, and the push against absenteeism by coal, railroad, and other employers, marking the weekend as possibly the jail’s lowest ever intake.
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Lewis Reed
Reed
Ed George
Policemen's Ball Sets Fundraiser Night at Elks Club
Mayor A K Minter and city officials finalize plans for the Victory Ball at the Elks club and the Smokes for the Yanks cigarette drive to aid American service members. Jimmy Wilder and Police Chief Tommy Roberts organize banners and a recruitment booth with marine and navy volunteers. Ticket sales are reported satisfactory as funds aim to buy a city police two way radio set.
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A. K. Minter
Elks Club
Minter
Jimmy Wilder
Tommy Roberts
Navy
Frank Heldebrand
Three Marines Reach Final Exam for Enlistment
Three recruits were sent to Charleston today from the local marine recruiting station for final examination prior to enlistment in the corps. Sergeant Howard George reported this morning. They are Joseph F.E. Jordan of Oak Hill, Paul F.E. Pauley of Beav er, and Bradford A. Keatley of Glen Morgan.
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Charleston
Marine
Corps
Howard George
Joseph FE. Jordan
Oak Hill
Paul FE. Pauley
Beaver
Bradford A. Keatley
Glen Morgan
Raleigh County Board Meeting Tonight in Courthouse Office
The Raleigh county board of education will hold its scheduled February meeting in the superintendent’s office at the courthouse this evening.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Superintendent of Schools
Allied Bombers Bomb Rapports Over Solomons and Dutch East Indies
Allied reports say bombers plastered Buin Faisi area in the north Solomons with 23 tons of bombs, returning with another load and starting fires visible for 50 miles. Two Japanese planes were destroyed on the ground, a hangar demolished, and other buildings damaged. Despite heavy anti aircraft fire, all Allied planes returned safely. Other bombers attacked Amon and shipping in the harbor of the Nether lands East Indies, with two of six Japanese planes shot down and two more likely down. Japanese planes attacked Buna New Guinea for the first time since its fall, described as nuisance raids causing no damage or casualties.
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Associated Press
Australia
Buin-Faisi
North
Solomons
Amon
Netherlands East Indies
Buna
New Guinea
Ceiling Price Set on Top Grades of Soy Beans
The Office of Price Administration with Secretary Wickard approved a $1.66 per bushel ceiling for top grade soy beans not previously under price control. The limit applies to soy beans sold by farmers to country elevators, covering raw unprocessed beans from 1942 and earlier crops, with an exemption for beans sold for seeding in 1943 to aid oil and oil meal availability.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Wickard
O.P.A
Mahood Miller Wedding Planned
Fayetteville announces the engagement of Miss Mary Margaret Miller to Sergeant Robert Mahood. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Miller of St Thomas Ontario. he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T H Mahood of Fayetteville and an instructor at Keesler Field Mississippi. They plan to wed in March in Cleveland Ohio at the bride’s aunt’s home and will visit Fayetteville with Mahood’s parents during their wedding trip.
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Fayetteville
Mary Margaret Miller
Robert Mahood
Carl E. Miller
St. Thomas
Ontario
Sergeant Mahood
T. H. Mahood
Cleveland
Ohio
Keesler Field
Mississippi
Forger Arrested After Cashing $20,000 in Forged Checks
Forest Bedford Hughes, a prolific check forger, was arrested in Cincinnati, Ohio. He cashed forged checks totaling over $20,000 across four years, including three in Beckley last fall at George's, Piggly Wiggly and the Fashion Shop. He used his own printing equipment to forge checks drawn on a Charleston bank and two Charleston firms. Hughes traveled by trailer to move his gear. a large truck was needed to haul it away on arrest. He faces trial first in Knoxville, then Beckley, with additional forged checks in Charleston noted.
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Charleston
Corkran
Knoxville
Tennessee
Beckley
Cochran
Hughes
Government price supports for farmers entice diverse crops
The program offers incentives of 50 dollars per acre on 20 percent of suitable acreage for fresh vegetables like carrots beans cabbage onions and peas with a three acre minimum. Navy and pint o beans get 20 dollars per acre while dried soybeans receive 15 dollars per acre plus a guaranteed 1.70 per bushel for designated quality. government will buy all No. 1 potatoes at a later announced price, ensuring a market even if yields exceed average.
Wingrove Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for Dewey Wingrove 43 were scheduled at his home at 1 30 this afternoon with burial in Doe Lively cemetery. He died Saturday night after a seven year illness of nephritis. A miner at Long Branch, he was born October 20 1899 in Long Branch.
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Register
Long Branch
Dewey Wingrove
Doe Lively
Navy enlistment for Clifford Henry Free from Glen Rogers
Clifford Henry Free of Glen Rogers has been accepted as an applicant for enlistment in the United States Navy. Chief Petty Officer J Anthony Jr in charge of the local recruiting station reported today.
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Clifford Henry Free
Glen Rogers
United States Navy
J. Anthony, Jr
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