Questioning Liquor Profit Sharing With Cities
A reader critiques a state law that allocates liquor store profits to city governments. The piece notes Beckley and several towns in Raleigh County receive funds while questioning the law’s purpose and whether state losses or gains justify municipal shares. It argues liquor sales burden law enforcement but that other agencies suffer similarly, urging scrutiny of profit use and criteria for city allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Liquor Control Commission
Beckley
Mabseott
Sophia
Lester
Rhodell
Raleigh
Mabscott
Treasuries
Boy Scout
Girl Scout Clubs
Yalcas
Salvation Army
D.P.A
President Roosevelt Faces Limits on Forcing UMW Contract
Roosevelt at a Friday press conference said no law empowers the government to compel United Mine Workers to sign a contract with mine owners. He noted authority to operate mines but not to control the union. Reporters pressed for broader power. he hinted readers consult the Connally Smith anti strike bill, which does not cover private plants.
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Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Connally-Smith
Smith- Connally
War Labor Board rules and mine operations amid wartime strike
The piece explains miners' protests over wartime control of mines and the government’s lack of authority to reopen private operations. It notes owners’ willingness to sign government-like contracts, the urgency due to Europe invasion, and the need for uninterrupted coal supply as the war effort continues.
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Washington
War Labor Board
UMW
Europe
Beckley Area War Effort Stands Without Camp or Plant
The Beckley region thrives without army camps or war industries yet pledges full wartime participation. Coal fields feed the nation and, despite a quiet home front, local men serve abroad while miners and families prepare for peacetime prosperity.
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Beckley
Winding Gulf
New River
Associated Press
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Summers
Sicily
Italy
Hiller
Petersburg
Fayelteville
N. C
Chapel
Norfolk
Ouimle
Gant Split Into One Big Target in Air War Fare
In a wartime note, Gant is described as once three parts but now a single large target. The text implies a shift in aerial combat tactics during the era of Flying Fortresses and Pas, with Mussolini enduring the pressure of a consolidated target area and seeking a hidden refuge.
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Mussolini
Eisenhower Shows Night Strike Will of Allies
Eisenhower demonstrated for the Allies that night attacks can be conducted with stealth, proving capability to strike decisively when the hour is unknown and daylight concealment is possible.
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Eisenhower
Off the record limits on news speak sparks editor fight
A bevy of editors decry officials who cloak statements as off the record. Detroit Free Press chief Douglas Martin orders reporters to refuse such information, arguing that confidences should not muzzle coverage. The piece argues a free press must self censor only under law and rejects official secrecy as a form of censorship.
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Detroit Free Press
Douglas Martin
Detroit
Free Press
Byron Price
Hollow
Public Forum Letters on War, Democracy and Duty
Letters from Beckley readers reflect wartime perseverance and unity. W Gaston Caperton urges garden plots near Dry Creek and criticizes Democratic intra-party bickering while praising American resilience. A Beckley citizen lauds service members, civilians, and wartime democracy as Pearl Harbor memories ground national resolve.
Army Promotions From Raleigh to Florida in World War II News
The clipping lists multiple World War II era promotions and assignments: James William Nolan, 20, of Raleigh, promoted to sergeant after eleven months in the U S army, formerly at Camp Gruber Oklahoma and a 1942 Shady Spring graduate. Mose Eller Jr 21 of Sophia promoted to corporal at Camp Roberts California. Smokey Lively promoted to private first class at Camp Blanding Florida. Lennelwood Donaldson 22 of Beckley commissioned as second lieutenant from Fort Belvoir Virginia after engineer officer candidate school. Aviation Cadet Paul J Fourney 22 of Blue Jay arrived at basic flying school Garden City Kansas following elementary flight training in Oklahoma.
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Louisiana
James William Nolan
James T. Nolan
Raleigh
United States Army
Sergeant Nolan
Camp Gruber
Oklahoma
Shady Spring High School
Nolan
Charles Nolan
Panama
Mose Eller
Sophia
Army
Field Artillery
Camp Roberts
California
Eler
Martha Eller
Dale
Koppers Coal Company
Stotesbury
Intel
Smokey” Lively
Walker Lively
Long Branch
Lee Lively
Service Co. A. P. O
Camp Blanding
Florida
Lennelwood Donalson
B. T. Donalson
East Beckiey
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Army of the United States
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
West Virginia University
Donalson
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Paul J. Fourney
E. J. Fourney
Blue Jay
Garden City Army Air Field
Garden City
Kansas
Chickasha
Fourney
Concord College
They Call It Pacific Tee b by CLARK LEE
In 1943 Clark Lee recounts Bataan and Corregidor defenses as Japan overran the Philippines. Hurley ferried supplies from Australia by ship and small boats while MacArthur organized blockade running. Submarines brought aid and news, Quezon fled to Mindanao, and US efforts largely failed to reinforce the doomed island stronghold.
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Bataan
King
Mariveles
Corregidor
Washington
Philippines
MacArthur
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Pat
Pacific
Australia
Port Darwin
Java
Darwin
Stimson
Urley
Macassar
Molucca Straits
Don Esteban
Baaan
Arthur Wermuth
Cavite
Bird
Cebu
Cabecaben
Thomas Cook
Quezon
Mindanao
Malaya
Pearl Harbor
Sayre
Navy
United States
North Africa
Clark Lee
The
Viking Press
Beckley Soldier Honaker Promoted and Local Inductees Named
HARLES L. HONAKER JR of Beckley has been promoted from private to technician fifth grade while training as a high speed radio operator at Camp Crowder Missouri. Recently inducted area men sent to Fort Thomas reception center include Calvin C. Cotton Raleigh Floyd G Tyson Oswald Carl O Spradley East Beckley James Green Jr Lilly Brook Laton C Burger Beckley Carlton W Claytor Raleigh and Willie Molley Beckley for Engineer RTC Fort Leonard Wood Fort Belvoir Virginia.
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Walker Avenue
Beckley
West Va
Raleigh Register
West Virginia
America
Adolph
Nso
Main Street
Wes
Lown
Pearl Harbor
Camp Bunner
Harles L. Honaker, JR
C. L. Honaker
Vine Street
Honaker
804Th Signal Training Regiment
Central Signal Corps School
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Woodrow Wilson High School
Charleston
United States Army
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Air Forces Center
Engineer
Jefferson Barracks
Calvin C. Cotton
Raleigh
Floyd G. Tyson
Oswald
Carl O. Spradley
East Beckley
Engineer Rtc
Fort Leonard Wood
James Green, Jr
Lillybrook
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Laton C. Burger
Carlton W. Claytor
Willie Molley
Apple Market Plans Formed by Four-State Growers
The Associated Press reports 80 apple growers and canners from a four state area drafted a marketing and distribution program for the 1943 crop. Henry W. Miller of Paw Paw, Illinois, was named chairman of the joint committee to implement the plan with participation from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland. The group will meet with OPA officials in Washington to discuss price ceilings and related issues. The report notes a separate line about mackerel rolls in nets.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
Henry W. Miller
Paw Paw, I
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
OPA
Washington
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
W. Va
Hinton
W. Randolph Norton
National Advertising
Katz Agency
Fifth Avenue, New York City
Advaie
Sunda
Aaa
Net
Norton Ome
Randolph Dust
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Ed Flynn
New York Times
Eleanor Roosevelt
Flynn
New York
the Times
Thurmond Arnold
U. S
American Newspaper Guild
Arnold
Norton
Dry Creek
Seome
Wallace—Jones
W. Gaston Caperton
Longfellow
Roma Cain Carter
T. E. Carter
Philipspine
Manila Bay
Noilo
Princesa
Athens
Concordian
Blue Jay Society
Phi Delta Pi Fraternity
Raleigh Baking Company
Apple Market Plans
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