Children Dying Like Flies In Europe Due To Famine
British Famine Relief Committee reports a 40 percent rise in infant mortality in German occupied Europe after four years of war. The survey covers Belgium France Poland Finland the Netherlands Greece and notes skervy rickets anemia and eye infections. It cites reduced rations for Poles and Jews and widespread undernutrition among children with high death rates especially among infants in occupied regions.
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Europe
Associated Press
London
British Famine Relief Committee
Belzium
France
Paris
Karelia
John P. Thelen
American Red Cross
Netherlands
Greece
Wage Stabilization Urged As Price Controls Strain
Washington reports a push for new legislation around wage stabilization to preserve price controls. President Roosevelt has discussed options with leaders as farm prices rise and wage costs push ceilings, with Henderson seeking authority and a freeze on wages to curb living-cost increases. Senate approval funds the O P A for this fiscal year at 1.857 billion dollars amid limits on subsidies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Leon Henderson
Henderson
House
Senate
O.P.A
Bloody struggle for Voronezh rages on in Eastern Front
British sources say German divisions moved from Belgium and France to strengthen the eastern front as Russian defenses endure a fierce assault near Voronezh on the Don River. Allies doubt a second front will relieve Red Army pressure this summer. In North Africa, Axis forces reestablished a coastal height near El Alamein. A German light infantry regiment from Crete joined the Egyptian line.
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Associated Press
Caucasus
Voronezh
Don River
Germany
Britain
United States
Europe
Belgium
France
Egypt
el Alamein
Hill of Jesus
North Africa
Crete
Four Die In Gasoline Blast At Cincinnati Rent-A-Car Lot
Four men died and a fifth was critically injured when gasoline from a sheared pump exploded at the Hodge drive-it-yourself agency on Sycamore street Cincinnati. Police Sergt Carl Hille and four others perished. several dozen suffered minor injuries from flying glass as the three story brick building was torn. Fire Chief Houston said a parking attendant backing a car into a pump may have triggered the arc and ignition as fuel spilled. The Hodge facility housed about 40 vehicles.
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Associated Press
Cincinatti
Cincinnati
Carl Hille
Hodge Drive
Sycamore Street
Fountain Square
Louis Schraffenberger
Sergeant Hille
Albert Bass
John Rehe
Norwood
Hodge Company
Herman H. Hodge
Perry Fell
Barney J. Houston
Houston
Hodge
Forest Fire Cuts Marseille Lyon Rail Service
A forest fire near Calis sane halts Marseille Lyon railway service as reported by Vichy dispatches. A second fire destroyed about 25 000 acres of timber in northeastern Bouches du Rhone department.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Calissane
Marseille-Lyon
Vichy
Bouches du Rhone Department
Directors to Meet Beckley Chamber Tonight at 8
Beckley Chamber of Commerce directors will convene in the Memorial Building at 8 p m for a routine business session to approve bills and review the financial statement. Secretary W R Fugitt reported. They will also discuss decisions from yesterday’s airport committee meeting on the potential use of condemnation to secure the Penman airport site.
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Beckley
Bond sales near half of Raleigh County quota
Bond sales in Raleigh County for the first half of July total 70,421 dollars, within 29 dollars of the 141,900 dollar quota set by the Treasury Department. Banks, Beckley Post Office, and local company offices contributed, with 44,875 from banks, 24,421 from the post office, and 1,125 from Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company and Beckley Credit Bureau.
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Raleigh
Treasury Department
B. E. Carter
Civilian Defense Council
Beckley Post Office
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Beckley Credit Bureau
Carter
Pemberton Man Dies from Mine Accident Injuries
Ollie Riddle aged 52 of Pemberton died July 15 in a local hospital from chest injuries sustained in a Lillybrook mine accident. He was admitted Monday after the incident. Funeral at Freewill Baptist Church Coal City at 2 p.m. Friday with Rev D W French. Burial Coal City Cemetery. Survived by wife Hattie and four sons Homer Orlando Clyde Garland. five daughters Sylvia Alma Stone Smallwood Roosevelllen. three sisters Zanie Cassidy Mandy Perkins Vesta Lambert.
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Ollie Riddle
Pemberton
Lillybrook
Freewill Baptist Church
Coal City
D. W. French
Crab Orchard
Coal _ City
Hattie Riddle
Homer Riddle
Orville Riddle
Princewick
Clyde and
Garland Riddle
Sylvia Riddle
Alma Stone
Seat Pleasant
Maryland
Douglas Smallwood
Washington, D. C
Hazel Thornsberry
Moorehead
Kentucky
Leona Roosevellen
Bennings
D. C
Zanie Cassidy
Mandy Perkins
Clear Field
Vesta Lambert
Two Medium Size Vessels Are Sunk
Washington reports two medium United States merchant vessels torpedoed. One was hit in the Atlantic off South America, the other in the Gulf of Mexico. Survivors were landed at east coast and Gulf coast ports.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy
United States
Atlantic
South America
Gulf of Mexico
East Coast
Gulf Coast
West Virginia Sees Moderate Temps Today and Tonight
A weather update reports moderate temperatures across West Virginia for today and tonight. Winds are light with no major precipitation expected. Local high and low readings are anticipated to fall within comfortable ranges, aiding outdoor plans.
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West Virginia
Young Married Men Youths Needed to Win War
Secretary of War Stimson said young married men and youths aged 18 to 20 would be drafted to win the war against the Axis. He noted that the Selective Service already drafted some young married men and that lowering the draft age to 18 would eventually be necessary, though those in the group should not change immediate plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
War Department
Army
Noisy Children Trigger Fatal Shooting in San Francisco
In San Francisco a 68 year old woman, Mary Slater, was charged with murder after shooting Lucien Doyen, 38, during a dispute over noisy children in the downstairs flat. Doyen, a Southern Pacific Hospital employee and father of three, died from a chest wound. Slater reportedly confessed but said Doyen provoked her with insults and noise.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Lucien Doyen
Frank Ahearn
al Corrasa
Mary Slater
Doyen
Southern Pacific Hospital
Slater
Three Tracts In Clear Fork Sold For 54 Acres Total
Three tracts totaling more than 54 acres on Buck's Branch in Clear Fork District were sold to Daisy Kidd Cook by Stanley and Dana Cook. Other transfers include Homeseekers Land and Building Company selling four lots in Eccles Truck Farms Trap Hill District to E. E. Carter and Rose Carter, and a lot in Surset Memorial Park to Gladys Surbaugh. Oriie and Lola Lilly sold a lot in Parkview Addition to Dock Lively. Lilly Land Company sold Lot No. 8, Court Addition, Beckley, for 385 dollars. D. C. Wade trustee sold 53 acres on Middle Sand Lick to David Ashworth and Carl Sanders.
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Buck’s
Clear Fork
Daisy Kidd Cook
Stanley
Dana Cook
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
E. E
Rose Carter
Eccles
Trap Hill
Gladys F. Surbaugh
Buena Vista
Surset Memorial Park
Oriie
Lola Lilly
Dock
Mazie
Gobblers All Hopped Up
In Wawawai Washington a turkey flock of about sixteen hundred birds escaped hunger by feasting on grasshoppers invading peach and apricot orchards. Ranchers now plan to add 7,000 more turkeys to boost pest control efforts and eradicate the infestation.
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Associated Press
Wawawai
Wash
Gasoline price cuts promised by OPA in east coast
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will pursue a gasoline and oil price reduction on the east coast once subsidy terms are finalized. An earlier 2.5 cent rise to offset higher tanker costs is under reconsideration as the defense supplies corp backs financing for the more costly ship movement. Details remain pending and impact across states including West Virginia is uncertain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Jesse Jones
Defense Supplies Corporation
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Appeal for Lower Gas Price Planned in Charleston
Governor Neely announced a 10 a.m. meeting in Charleston with Leon Henderson to discuss annulling an O P A gas price increase in West Virginia. He will be joined by Senator Harley M Kilgore Joseph Rosier and a West Virginia Hose member.
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West Virginia
Leon Henderson
M. M. Neely
Harley M. Kilgore
Associated Press
Charleston
Neely
Joseph Rosier
The
Hose
Sugar Boards Conclude Last Sessions This Month
The Epperly sugar rationing board will hold its final meeting July 29 at Collins Elementary, with plans that all in the section have registered for their canning sugar. The Shady Spring High School board will not meet after August 1. Residents who have not received their allotment by month end must apply at the Memorial Building office as files are moved from rural meeting spots.
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Epperly Sugar Rationing Board
Collins Elementary School
Madeleine Thompson
Shady Spring High School
Lucy Mossberg
Memorial Building
Barbara Emmons
Two Hundred Killed In Japanese Typhoon
Berlin reports from German broadcasts say a typhoon struck northern Japan and Formosa killing two hundred five people. The Tokyo dispatch cites Berlin radio as the source for the casualty figure.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Japan
Formosa
Tokyo
Berlin Radio
War Labor Board Sets 44 Cent Steel Pay Hike
In Washington authoritative sources say the War Labor Board will announce a 44 cent daily wage increase for Little Steel workers. Philip Murray led a 125 member CIO committee in Pittsburgh to decide whether to accept the ruling, with insiders noting a precedent of not always obeying WL B decisions.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
C.i.o.’S
Little Steel” Mills
War Labor Board
Washington
C.I.O
Phillip Murray
Murray
C.I.C. United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Bethlehem, Republic, and Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
W.L.B
Japanese Navy Losses Reach 89 Ships Since Pearl Harbor
An Associated Press tally from U S army navy and General MacArthur headquarters in Australia reports the Japanese navy has lost 89 fighting ships since Pearl Harbor. It also notes 48 U S naval craft of all types, including auxiliaries, lost on all fronts since the submarine sinking of the Reuben James. Chairman Walsh estimated Japan's fighting ships at about 260.
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Associated Press
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Army
Navy
MacArthur
Australia
U.S
Reuben James
North Atlantic
Walsh
D.-Mass
Naval Affairs Committee
Rival Parties Fight for Edge in New Precincts
County court discussed which of the county 108 precincts should have Democratic or Republican majorities on election boards after reprecincting last spring. The decision will rely on majorities from the recent registration. Debate also covered double election boards for 250 to 400 plus voters, with costs kept down by shared work days. Election officer wages and list approvals remain unsettled as party chairmen hold lists awaiting a political settlement.
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John R. Smith
Dairies in Raleigh County graded by inspector
Raleigh County dairies averaged 78.71 percent compliance with state health requirements in April. Of 17 dairies graded including four Grade C and 13 Grade A, High Cove Dairy in Jonben and Mareum Dairy tied at 95 before Mareum went out of business. Williams’ Dairy scored 93. Shumate’s, James’, and other Grade A dairies ranged from 63 to 89, with production levels listed. Pasteurized dairies were graded differently. Lewisburg Ice Cream Co and Blossom Dairy scored 78 and 62 respectively, with two more outside the county and two not recently graded.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
County Health Department
High Cove
Jonben
Mareum
Williams’ Dairy
Shumate’s
James’ Dairy
Biggs
Booth
Cook’s
Giampalo
Mountain State
Shelor
Stardale
White Oak
Fayette County
Gregg
Cooper
Willis
Raleigh County
Sanitarian O. R. Lyons
Lewisburg Ice Cream Company
Blossom Dairy
Welch Milk Company
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Martinique
Charles de Gaulle
Boguchar
Chamber of Commerce
Penman Land
Charles Giglia
Helen Burton
Radford
Virginia
Helen Elaine Burton
Andrew Gadd
Annie Craig
Minden
Jarrell Melvin Mickey
Willie Mae Campbell
Gobblers
OPA
Kilgore
Steel Union
Health Department
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