Beckley poised for airport hub and airmail pickup plans
West Virginia aviation adviser W E Hart says Beckley could become a major air interchange for north south and east west routes. He notes Beckley sits at a strategic crossroads with existing P C A and American Airways services and urges local groups to push a southern airmail pickup line linking 34 towns from Huntington to Tri Cities.
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Robert Burns
Raleigh County
W.E
Bill) Hart
Beckley
West Virginia
Penman
Universal Air Transportation and Commerce
Hart
United States
P.C.A
Pittsburgh
Birmingham
Washington
Nashville
Detroit
Huntington
Charleston
Roanoke
Norfolk
Wytheville
Bristol
Knoxville
Charlotte
Winston- Salem
Bluefield
Mid-West
Bill Hart
Superior
Penman Road
Kanawha River
Tri-Cities
Kingsport
Johnson City
W. L
Virginia
Jennings Randolph
House of Representatives
Congress
West
Post Office Department
Neely
Welch
West Virguia
Beckley and
Bluefield Chambers of Commerce
Swift
Wallace Is Dead The War President Reframes Wallace Jones Power
The press frames Roosevelt as wrecking Wallace and Jones politically by chastising them over war materials. The real point is boosting wartime import access and authority. Wallace, a scientist at heart, is not a strong politician. the focus remains on winning the war and improving material flows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wallace
Jesse Jones
Jones
Washington
Mid-West
The telegrams bring home names of fallen and heroic boys
A war desk reflects on telegrams to mothers about sons killed or cited for valor, and how news from the front carries first names and addresses back to Main Street. The author notes reporters and wire services carry thousands of stories, honoring many who serve, and recalls Ronald Roach and other familiar names from Beckley area.
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Beckley
Mount Hope
Patton
Sicily
Shady Spring
France
Pantelleria
Navy
Marines
Register
Adolf
Short Handed Farmers In Dire Need of New Workers
The farm labor shortage grows as harvest nears with 500000 to 740000 more seasonal workers needed nationwide. California seeks over 300000 for July to October, New York about 100000 in September, while states enlist volunteers and diverse groups including Bahamans Jamaicans Mexicans and even prisoners of war to fill gaps.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
California
New York
Kansas
Oklahoma
Victory Corps
Oklahoma Ordnance Works
Camp Grant
Illinois
Truax Field
Wisconsin
Iowa
Massachusetts
Georgia
Arizona
South Dakota
Nebraska
Pacific Chapter 29 narrates first Guadalcanal raid and carrier action
The account recalls a Pearl Harbor assignment to a large carrier, its August 6 to 8 operation in the Solomon Islands, Marines at Tulagi and Guadalcanal, air battles that downed Japanese planes, and the carrier task force returning south after a heavy clash with minimal ship damage.
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Midway
Omer
Carrie
Philippines
Pearl Harbor
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Iran
Guadalcanal Island
Tulagi
Gavutu
Tanambogo
Guadalcanal
Guadalacanal
LeRoy Simpler
Tenaru Plantation
Tenaru
Bruce
Rabaul
Harold Larsen
Bataan
New Guinea
Army
Navy
Clark Lee
The
Viking Press
General Patton's Father Born in Kanawha Valley
Charleston records show Lt General George S Patton Sr born September 20 1858 in Kanawha Valley. His father George S Patton served as a Charleston lawyer and Kanawha Riflemen captain before the Civil War and later brigadier in the Confederate ranks. The elder Patton died June 19 1864 after injuries in battle.
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General Patton
Kanawha Valley
Charleston
Kanawsha
George S. Patton
Sicily
Kanawha County
George 5S, Patton
George S
Susan Glasell Patton
Fredericksburg
Virginia Military Institute
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
Patton
Richmond
Thomas L. Broun
Capital Street
Kanawha Riflemen
22Nd Virginia Regiment of Infantry
Giles Courthouse
West Virginia
Dry Creek
Lewisburg
Droop Mountain
Frederickburg
VMI
Institute
California
Blood and Guts
Lhe Gabriel
Cal
Franco Warns On Unity In Spain Speech At Council
General Francisco Franco addressed the supreme council of the fajanae and warned against interference with the unity of our nation. The Madrid radio reported his comments during the session urging discipline and national cohesion.
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Franco
Associated Press
London
Francisco Franco
Spain
Supreme Council of the
Fajanae
Tron
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W. Va
Randolph Norton
National Advertising
Katz Agency
Fifth Avenue, New York City
Ee Suec Net
Morris Knowles
Southern District P.C.A
Wallace IS
Heckley
Kek
Atlantic
Shirley G. Toney
R. L. Toney
Harper Road
United States Naval Air Force
Cocna
Florida
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Toney
Woodrow Wilson High School
Sheldon L. Toney
North Africa
David
Goliath
Sergeant Toney
United States Army Air Forces
Bowman Field
Kentucky
Oklahoma City
Meridian
Mississippi
Robert Toney
United States Marine Corps
Ravie E. Cook, Jr
R. E. Cook
San Francisco
Parris Island
South Carolina
Corporal Cook
Quartermaster School
Camp Lejeune
New River
North Carolina
Beckley College
Beckley Ice and Feed Company
Armed Forces
Tie E. Cook, Jr
Craddock
Fort Bliss
Texas
Pax High School
Koppers Coal Company
Long Branch
Ronald Craddock
Aule. Dillon
Mya
A. T. Dillon
Reservoir Road
163Rd Station
Sheppard Field
Army Air Forces
New Era
Logan
Pacific
U. S
Toredo Pene
Juce Harwood
Channel
Lunea Qe Fount
Neary Kukoom
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