Plans for Montroal and Stratton Gymns Ready
Plans for Marsh Fork and Stratton High School gymnasiums will be shown to the board of education and its advisory committee tonight. Superintendent E. M. Ashworth said architect W. F. Martens of Charleston reviewed tentative plans. The two additions, part of a three year building program, would start after July 1 funds become available.
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Marsh Fork
Stratton High School
Board of Education
E. M Ashworth
Archi
W. F. Martens
Charleston
Beckley
Ashworth
Sophia High School
Beckiey Junior High School
Alex B. Mahood
Bluefield
Registrars Trained for New Type Voter Registration Cards
The Associated Press reports that 55 county clerks will receive 28,000 sample permanent voter registration cards this weekend. The cards, printed on cheaper stock and marked sample, precede a multi-million production to support the new system, with training for registrars named February 4 and registration set about April.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. S. O’brien
O’brien
Sheriff Hill Kills Constable Then Self in Court Building
In Houston soft-spoken Sheriff Norfleet Hill fatally shot Constable Charlie Graham and then killed himself in his Criminal Courts Building office. Deputy Ira Saunders was wounded while attempting to disarm Hill as Graham and his nephew Lawrence Graham sought to resign as deputies. Hill died in Chief Deputy Nevill's arms after Graham pleaded, "Please don't shoot me, sheriff, remember I've babies."
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Associated Press
Houston
Sher- Norfleet Hill
Charlie Graham
Criminal Courts
Tom Maes
Graham
Ira Saunders
Hill
Dan Jackson
Lawrence Graham
Grahams
Frank Nevill
Jury Duty Supplies Strain Tacoma Courts
In Tacoma a juror shortage risks slowing court work as 45 jurors reported for duty and more are to be called. Federal Judge Lloyd L Black plans four additional jury calls to find enough able citizens for service, aiming to keep trials moving without interruption.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Lloyd L. Black
Jews to Ponder Human Rights at Temple Beth-E Tonight
The Jewish congregation at Temple Beth-E will hear Rabbi Harold Gelfman speak on The Progress of a Liberal about President Roosevelt and his achievements. A round table on Human Rights versus Property Rights follows tea and cakes served by the Beckley sisterhood. Attorney J Leonard Baer will discuss the rights topic.
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Temple Beth-E
Roosevelt
Harold Gelfman
Gelfman
Beckley Sisterhood
J. Leonard Baer
Railroad to Dam Project Planned
HINTON city council approved a right of way for a railroad spur to Bluestone Dam site at a special meeting Tuesday night. An ordinance directs the city attorney to draft an agreement with either United States engineers or Dravo Corporation containing a construction indemnity clause, with the mayor authorized to sign for the city.
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Register
Hinton
Bluestone Dam
United States Engineers
Dravo Corporation
Alaska Fortified With More Food
Alaska expects ample winter food supplies as merchants aid in civilian stocks. Government investigator George Sundborg states there is no possibility of a shortage, noting more food in the territory than ever before. The survey followed Gov. Gruening’s wartime request.
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Anchorage
Alaska
United States
George Sundborg
Sundborg
National Resources Planning Board
Ernest H. Gruening
Leaks in Four-H Dam Delay Repairs to Spring
County court notes leaks in the Four-H dam on Little Beaver Creek from mortar joints. Army engineer J. J. Conrad says leaks are not serious and delaying repairs until spring may prevent further work. Rip-rapping to protect banks continues as funds from the W P A grant may run out by March 1. A Raleigh County Park Board, appointed by the court, plans to meet next Wednesday to discuss future park development and apply for additional W P A funds after inspection of the dam.
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Little Beaver Creek
Harry Anderson
Anderson
J. J. Conrad
W. P.A
W. P. A. Grant
Raleigh County
Park Board
Future Draftees to Get Physical Training First
Prospective selectees will receive pre induction physical training to condition them for armed service. Rejected draftees may undergo rehabilitation training for remediable medical defects. John B. Kelly announced the Hale America conditioning program with five core elements. Brig. Gen. Lewis Hershey emphasized making draftees physically fit for strenuous training. About half of eligible draftees were not fit for service, according to Selective Service data.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Armed Services
John B. Kelly
Philadelphia Sports Writers Association
Kelly
Lewis Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Armed Forces Selective Service
Social workers in much demand in wartime New Orleans
Dr. Elizabeth Wisner of Tulane university calls for a surge in social work during wartime. She notes many Tulane social workers have already moved to defense and wartime jobs and likens the current era to the last war when social work gained momentum. She cites morale problems from the war era.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Elizabeth Wisner
Tulane University School of Social Work
Tulane University
Wisner
American Red Cross
Brazil Tightens Reign as Axis Sympathy Probed
Brazil acts to curb Axis influence with strict scrutiny of social and cultural groups in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre. Authorities imprison sympathizers as delegates to a regional foreign ministers meeting survive a sea crash near Rio.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Pan-America
Fort Copacabana
Rio
Federal
Porto Alegre
Enrique Ruiz Guinzau
Among Men in the Army and Social Work Before War
The article notes that many leading social workers who served in the army before the war have effectively vanished from public life, leaving a gap in postwar social service leadership and memory.
Raleigh County Leads West Virginia Defense Bond Sales
Raleigh Countians have spent $350,000 of the nearly 17 million dollars raised to purchase defense bonds in West Virginia up to January 1, Roy Yoke, state administrator of the defense savings sales, announced. Kanawha County led the state with $3,075,825. other county totals include Boone 49,575 Fayette 706,141.75 Summers 121,618.75 Wyoming 62,000 Monroe 160,000.
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Raleigh
West Virginia
Roy Yoke
Defense Savings
Kanawha County
Boone
Fayette
Summers
Wyoming
Monroe
Negro to be sentenced February 5 for unlawful wounding
Cather Nowlin will be sentenced on February 5 by Judge Clay 8 S. Crouse for unlawful wounding. He is out on bond awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty yesterday afternoon following jury impanelment for the trial.
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Cather Nowlin
Clay
S. Crouse
Accord Ends Border Dispute as Pan American Leaders Laud Conciliation
Last evening, residents burned documents in kitchens while a Brazilian rule demanded two thirds Brazilian membership in societies and banned political discussion. Porto Alegre police prohibited public use of German, Italian and Japanese. Pan American leaders hailed the Peru Ecuador accord as a victory for American conciliation principles.
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Brazil
Porto Alegre
Peru
Ecuador
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