Scrap Paper Drive Aims For 200 Check To War Fund
Beckley Jaycees collect scrap paper with goal of 200 dollars for war relief. Campaign ends Saturday evening with bundles to be left outside doors. Jack Nuckols leads effort. two prior Saturdays yielded 124 dollars. Boy Guards from Beckley Junior High assist with trucks and pickup. 30 volunteers plus 1830 unit offer support.
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Beckley
Erce
Jack Nuckols
Jaycees
War Relief Fund
Beckley Junior High School
John Gray Hutchinson
Nuckols
Pan American Parley Seals Solidarity and Boundary Accord
The Pan American Conference closes with unanimous solidarity and a Peru Ecuador boundary settlement. Delegates adopt 41 resolutions halting Axis relations and forming joint military financial and economic boards. Peru agrees to withdraw from occupied zones and both nations accept a status quo roughly to 1936. Axis control mechanisms and hemisphere currency stabilization plans are outlined with inter American defense collaboration to be formed.
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Associated Press
Peru
Ecuador
Axis
Pan Can
To Indorse
Amazon
Argentina
Chile
Germany
Italy
Japan
Washington
inter-American Defense Board
United States General Staff
Elks Initiate Ten New Members in Beckley Lodge
Exalted Ruler Robert Ashworth announced the Beckley Lodge would initiate a second class, the Win the War class, on March 18 to boost membership. Ten new members were initiated last night: Ray Richmond, Frederick Bennett, Arthur Sydnor, J. B. Heller, Robert Yaple, Sam Roberts, P. D. Aldlerson Jr., John E. Huffman, Fred Bsharah, and Wendell Harvey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Robert Ashworth
Beckley Lodge
Ray Richmond
Frederick Bennett
Arthur Sydnor
J. B. Heller
Robert Yaple
Sam Roberts
P. D. Aldlerson, Jr
John E. Huffman
Fred Bsharah
Wendell Harvey
Return to Horse to Upset Present Traffic Ordinances
Seattle lawyers probe ancient traffic laws as wartime shift to horse power looms. Corporation Counsel A. C. Van Soelen notes hazy rules on horses downtown, trucks, and right of way. He cites 24 hour nuisance rule for impoundment and jokes about a one horse town with horse radish in the directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Seattle
Corporation
A. C. van Soelen
Breweries
van Soelen
Allies Letting Germany Risk Turkey Involvement
The report describes German attempts to use Turkey as a stepping stone for Axis advance in the Middle East. President Inonu receives gifts from von Papen, while Turkey hesitates to commit, backed by a 500,000 man army and difficult terrain. Britain keeps Turkish favor by supplying fighter planes and spare parts to blunt German moves.
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Middle East
von Papen
Germany
Inonu
von Ribbentrop
Goethe
Asia Minor
Prussian Academy of Science
Turkey
Britain
Petroleum supply to feed synthetic rubber output
The bulk of the feedstock for synthetic rubber is expected to come from the petroleum industry as demand grows for rubber substitutes and new processes accelerate production. Producers anticipate closer ties with oil firms to secure supplies and refining, shaping future markets.
Crawford Takes Lombard's Part
New York Columbia Pictures says Joan Crawford will fill the role meant for the late Carole Lombard in He Kissed the Bride and donate her $112,500 salary to charity. Distributions include $50,000 to Red Cross, $25,000 to President's Infantile Paralysis drive, $25,000 to motion picture relief fund, and $12,500 to navy relief. Crawford on leave from MGM to start filming in Hollywood next week after Lombard's death in a plane crash during a defense bond drive.
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Associated Press
New York
Columbia Pictures
Joan Crawford
Carole Lombard
Miss Crawford
Treasury Department
Red Cross
Columbia
Navy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios
Hollywood
Miss Lombard
Civilians to be Registered for Defense Duties
Raleigh County registrars will set up desks in 55 community centers tomorrow and Saturday to register about 10,000 volunteers for civilian defense tasks. Volunteers may choose from more than 30 service lines, from watching for enemy aircraft to inspecting inflammable housetops, all unpaid and voluntary.
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Raleigh
Raleigh County Defense Council
Fletcher Mann
Defense Council
Mann
Home Guard
W. R. Fugitt
C. G. Peregoy
Convicts Plea To Fight The Japs From Prison
In a federal penitentiary program Atlanta convict Morris Rudensky pressed Representative Louis C Rabaut to let inmates fight in the war. Att Gen Francis Biddle cited 25 prisoners for defense production. Rudensky, editor of Atlantian, praised the meet and urged a way to join the fight. Biddle shook his hand amid an emotional exchange as an inmate band played.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Morris Rudensky
Louis C. Rabaut
Detroit
Francis Biddle
Rudensky
Atlantian
God Bless America
Biddle
Defense Council Lists Committees
WHITESVILLE citizens form a civilian defense group with W. E. Doss as acting county coordinator. H. F. Morgan elected president, D. R. Branham vice president, A. J. Showen secretary. Committees named include Police, Utilities, Signs and Alarms, Formations, Foods and Handling, First Aid, Hospitalization, Fire, Transportation, Civilian Guards, Emergency Housing, and Sanitation and Health with listed chairs and leaders.
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Register
Whitesville
W. E. Doss
Boone County
H. F. Morgan
D. R. Branham
A. J. Showen
E. C. Wilson
C. R. Eskew
Ofa Stump, Jr
O. E. Stump
Ernest Zeergeer
Alvin Miller
W. R. Caffee
H. Clay Porterfield
R. D. Cook
F. D. Branham
Ed Shibley
W. L. Barbour
Yankee Name Origin Tells American Dutch Roots
The term Yankee, used for an American, traces its roots to Dutch language origins. It reflects historical linguistic exchange as settlers and traders interacted in early American history. The label evolved over centuries to describe people from the United States.
Earnings Increase for Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific Railway
The Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company reports a 1941 calendar year operating net income of 5,958,046, up 19.21 percent from 4,998,100. Operating revenue reached 22,621,591, a 23.48 percent rise from 1940, and total revenue 318,320,382.
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Assoc Ss
SY Cincinnate
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company
Southern
Miner’s Friend relief story boosts weary workers
Mr W M Abbott of Prudence West Virginia, a New River Co. leader, says the Miners Friend relief helped him quit a bout of constipation, dizziness, headaches, back and leg pains, gas, and bloating. The item lists New River Co. stores distributing Miners Friend through Gulf Mining Co and several drug and coal company outlets.
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W. M. Abbott
Prudence
W. Va
New River Co
MT. Hope Central Pharmacy
Mt. Hove Drug
Crab Orchard
Metalton Gulf Mining Co
Semoco Supply Ci
RED Star Star Coal & Coke
All Lillybrook
Miner
Cohen's
Neville St
Beckley
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Allies
Crawford Takes Lombard
Charity
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France
Raleigh Countians
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Prince Harald
U. S
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Rumford Baking Powder
Box A
Rhode Island
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White Oak Drug Raleigh
Eccles Raleigh Coal & Crab Orchare Coke Imp. Co
Affinity Pemberton Coal & Coke Coal Co
Fame Carrols
Fame
C&e
Dinty Moore
Vera
Maxwell House Coffee
Reeex
Wimpep
Kraut Fame
Kale
Fame Beets
CIA
Green Peppers
Kentucky
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Chuck
AGS
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