Raleigh County $200 monthly pay bill is not law
Dr Ward Wylie of Mullens sparked a mistaken $200 a month figure in a Raleigh County court bill that never became law as the West Virginia Senate never approved the $200 rate. The amendment reduced it to $125 and no enacted act authorized $200 per month. The issue could be settled by court ruling if doubt remains.
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West Virginia Senate
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Mullens
Slerk
Harrison County
Neely
Acts
West Virginia
Senate
Dr. Wylie
House
Raleigh
Burma
A. K. Minter
From &O
Raleigh County Rubber Drive Sets Impressive Record
Raleigh County collects 273 tons of scrap rubber about 546000 pounds likely a state record per population. Average West Virginia and Raleigh totals are compared with national estimates, urging continued gathering for war needs and tires, amid uncertain long term effects from the campaign.
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Raleigh County
West
Gas Rationing Scrutiny Over Politician Fuel Privileges
Officials consider allowing special gasoline rations for politicians to attend polls, act as election officials, or support candidates, prompting public concern over rationing for campaign purposes. The OPA ruled yesterday that such exemptions may be used for voting logistics and essential campaign needs.
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OPA
OG DUST And War Talk In Raleigh County
Randolph Norton reflects on hog farming and war era shortages in Raleigh County, noting the rising value of sows, fencing shortages for gardens, and efforts by the Raleigh County Agricultural War Board to secure wire, nails, and staples. He wryly comments on weather, sidewalks, voting, and the impact of automobiles on democracy.
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Court House
R. E. Hall
Farm Security Administration
Frank Halstead
Raleigh County Agricultural War Board
Raleigh County
Hall
Halstead
H. B. Thomas
van Carper
Blair
Star Light and Silent Fear in War Time Romance
In a late night at the hostess house Mary Lee feels a surge of hope amid worry for Jake and Red Hamil. Jake drags Red toward medical help, contemplating deceiving Mary Lee about Red’s fate to spare her pain, while Mary Lee hurries home, hearing her name whispered by memory and awaiting a startling call.
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Jake
Mary
Mary Brown
Peggy
Alberta
Oklahoma
Ole Peter
Red Hamil
Red
Vesper
Fulton City
Benton
Springville
Double Purpose Spurs Nazi Drive for the Suez Canal
New York dispatch notes Rommel and German forces aim to advance toward Alexandria raising concerns over tribes encountered. It claims Hitler seeks to cut Allied supply flows via Suez and to deepen ties with Japan as it pushes toward India. The canal’s strategic value is highlighted by Mussolini calling it life itself and by prior shifts in Italian and British trade through the route.
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Canada
Orient
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Italy
Ethiopia
England
Eritrea
Suez Canal and Middle East War Efforts Amid Desert Trials
An analysis notes American use of Eritrea as a base for troops and war materiel while Nazis push toward Suez. It describes harsh climates, diverse native troops paid 15 to 25 cents daily, and the canal’s strategic value as a lifeline with limited actual passage of goods. The piece recalls Ismail’s cotton profits funding Suez, the 1869 opening, and Rommel’s potential blockade impact.
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Qattara
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Libya
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Borano
Eritrea
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Farouk
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Men of War in the News on furloughs and recruits
Mrs Mary Hunter Zebroskey visits with her husband Private Charles H Zebroskey who left May 18 for the army after duties at Fort McPherson Georgia and Camp Shelby Mississippi. Private First Class Ira Lee Robertson Marines trainee at Parris Island and Chicago seeks corporal rank results. Keller brothers Sgt Sherman Boyd Keller 23 and Walter Warren Keller 18 serve in Camp Livingston Louisiana and Camp Shelby Mississippi after florist work in Beckley Junction. Herman Sparks 21, son of Mrs H T Sparks, spent furlough. Mark Twain High School graduate 1940, formerly employed by Slab.
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Georgia
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Raleigh
Ira Lee Robertson
Sprague
Parris Island
Chicago
Camp Livingston
Louisiana
Misissippi
Sarah Margaret Keller
Beckley Junction
Sherman Boyd Keller
Walter Warren Keller
Boyd
Erman P. Sparks
H. T. Sparks
Mr. Sparks
Sophia
Herman
Mark Twain High School
The
Slab
Business Will Get a Holiday
Donald M. Nelson announced a War Production Board plan to abolish unnecessary forms and consolidate them. He said a new committee will review and reduce the volume of government questionnaires and forms requested from American industry.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
W.pb
Prisoner Makes Leisurely Exit From Town
SUMTER South Carolina an escaped prisoner took his time escaping. He visited a dry cleaning shop to collect a suit, bought new shoes, pawned an old suit, then rode a bus toward Statesburg where police caught him.
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Associated Press
Sumter
S. C
Statesburg
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