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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1942
Page
7
The Navy announced that the Republic, a tanker owned by the Petroleum Navigation Company, was torpedoed by an enemy submarine off the Atlantic coast. No further details were provided.
The county court approved a list of Democratic registrars for permanent registration set to begin April 1. A re-precincting committee reported 28 new voting precincts and boundary changes affecting 39 others to align with voter numbers. A map of precinct boundaries will be prepared for court review. Names span multiple districts including CLEAR FORK MARSH FORK SHADY SPRING SLAB FORK TOWN and outside Beckley.
Nellie Stanley Harden 57 of Whitesville was buried Sunday at Colcord cemetery after a 2 30 funeral at Whiteville Baptist Church. She died Friday at Raleigh General Hospital after months of illness. Survived by six sons Arnold Johnny Harvey Vernon Lloyd and Buster in the army at Fort Knox Ky and a daughter Mrs Charles Riddle of Ferndale.
Fire swept the Sprague showroom and offices of Mountain Truck Company at about 1 a.m. damaging two cars by water and heat. Fire Chief W H Weidensall says the cause is not definite but likely a car wiring fault. Damages are fully insured. Mrs Bertha Beavers of Beavers Grocery alerted Beckley Fire Department.
Funeral services for Roy Has kell Jones 43 of Sophia were postponed from today to tomorrow. The body will be returned to Mrs. Ethel Blackburns home. The service is set for 2 PM at Sophia Baptist Church with Elder A G Nichols officiating. Burial follows at Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor.
Dr. Greene presented a resolution from the Slab Fork Parent-Teacher Association to name James L. Hornbeck Sophia High principal, which was tabled after Ashworth urged prioritizing the high school. The board discussed bus liability insurance, deciding to raise coverage from 100000 to 300000, with bids open to all insurers and a special meeting set for Saturday March 7 at 8 pm before the March 15 policy expires.
The account notes that the destroyer Pollux carried one officer and 91 men when pounded apart, while mentioning the Truxtun sharing a lineage with the Reuben James, sunk off Iceland with 100 officers and men lost last autumn. The Pollux had only recently been taken over by the navy, and its normal crew size of 6,085 tons is not stated.
Witnesses in Goleta and Montecito described a submarine firing about 15 shells from a deck gun off shore at 7 10 p m near Goleta damaging a pumping unit and derrick at Bankline Oil not starting fires and leaving minor marks on an oil storage tank a gasoline plant and the ground authorities say the shelling used a 4 or 5 inch gun and lasted about 25 minutes with one gun and no extensive damage expected
Recent contributions totaling 146.98 bring the Red Cross War Fund to 6640.50, Raleigh County chapter officials said today. Donors include Montgomery Ward and Company with 37.50 and Mab employees with additional gifts.
Threats by 18 year old Slab Fork man Joe E. Miller lead to knife brandishing charges and a death threat to Stratton High School teacher J M Brown. Miller jailed for 60 days after a $50 fine. Blanch Mann charged with fatal stabbing of Frank McCoy released on $1,500 bond after waiver of preliminary hearing. Arnet Short arrested on bad check warrant and drunkenness. probation revoked and case to be heard before Judge Mills.
Reported fresh Chinese troops stream into Burma to check the Japanese advance after Dutch troops retreat across the Bilin to Sittang corridor. Churchill cites Japan at 26 divisions in the Far Pacific, estimating 390,000 to 500,000, while noting Allied forces are smaller. A lull in the Philippines follows.
Enos Allen Smith, 75, died of cancer at 3 30 a.m. at his daughter's home in Odd. He was a Baptist Church member. Survived by three daughters Mrs Hawley Mrs Ida Worley of Thurman and Mrs Wanda Cox of North East ND. two sons Emmett of Harvey and Bill of Thayer. three sisters Mrs Katherine Harrah Elton WV Mrs Virginia Allen Mabscott and Mrs Hannah West Jumping Branch. 33 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements incomplete this morning with various local donations and church support noted.
Warren French son of Reverend D W French of Crab Orchard has taken a position as an electric welder in Bethlehem Steel Company's ship building department in Baltimore. A Woodrow Wilson High School and Beckley College welding school graduate, he previously worked in the Atlantic and Pacific Supermarket stockroom. He resides in Baltimore with his wife Betty Fitzpatrick.
Policy paragraphs describe aiding production abroad of military weapons and improving allied transportation and communications. Trucks road-building gear locomotives tracks and ties will enhance transport. Radios telephones wire equipment will strengthen allied communications. Raw materials tools generators and machine oil will expand their own weapon production.
Reports say Soviet forces drove numerous prisoners and a detachment killed 130 in a foray that destroyed three tanks. Coinciding with the Red Army’s 24th anniversary, more than 14,000 Germans were reported killed as Russians captured key positions near a large southwestern city, possibly Kharkov, 400 miles from Moscow.
President Roosevelt outlined Allied gains in the Southwest Pacific, noting growing American bomber and pursuit plane strength and thousands of troops in action. He warned of heavy Japanese resistance, affirmed MacArthur’s commendable defense of the Philippines, and urged public resolve while debunking rumor-driven losses. He called for continuous work, equal service, and readiness to sacrifice conveniences for total victory.
Rebba Rhodes 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilford Rhodes Mead will be buried in Mead cemetery after funeral services at home at 2 30 pm She died Sunday in a local hospital after a two weeks illness of peritonitis
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