Rover Boy Is Home Again After 24 Hour Brush Search
Richard Cozad, known as Rover Boy, returned to Barboursville parents after a day and night in Sky High Ridge brush. About 75 volunteers and state police aided in the search. he showed only minor scratches and insect bites and was found near his grandparents’ home three quarters of a mile away. Dr. R H Curry reported no serious effects and the boy had a healthy appetite before sleep.
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Associated Press
Barboursville
Richard
the Rover
Lee Cazad
High Ridge
Charles Cozad
R. H. Curry
Ethel McDowell
Robert Cazad
German Armies Close On Rostov And Stalingrad In War
German and Slovak troops, part of a massive offensive, reached the outskirts of Rostov and pressed toward Stalingrad as Soviet forces fought along the Don bend. Moscow reported heavy fighting in the Rostov region and near Voronezh with tens of thousands of enemy casualties and continual counterattacks.
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Associated Press
Rostov
Don
North Caucasian
Russia
Caucasus
Middle East
Genghis Khan
Batu Khan
Don Bend
Volga
Stalingrad
trans-Caucasus
Soviet Union
Berlin
Vichy
Stockholm
Hitler
HytiVan
Taganrog
Likhaya
Voronezh
Japanese land on New Guinea after Coral Sea defeat
General MacArthur reports a Japanese landing at Gona Mission near Buna on the Papuan peninsula. Allied planes bombed and strafed the coast, 150 miles southeast of Salamaua, costing the enemy a transport and landing barge sunk and a seaplane shot down. Allied fighters lost two aircraft.
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Associated Press
MacArthur
Australia
Coral Sea
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Gona Mission
Buna
Papuan Peninsula
Salamaua
Hotchkiss Woman Lulu Fada Davis Dies at 49
Mrs. Lulu Fada Davis, about 49, died at 3 a.m. at her Hotchkiss home after a short illness. She was survived by her husband, George M. Davis. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the residence with Rev. Eli Lilly of Jumping Branch and Rev. Eugene Nichols of Sophia officiating.
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Lulu Fada Davis
Hotchkiss
George M. Davis
Eli Lilly
Jumping Branch
Eugene Nichols
Sophia
Siamese Twins in Dubuque Expected to Live
Siamese twins born to Mrs. Floyd Sabers near New Vienna Ia. were reported by Dr. Carl B. Hall to have a good chance to live. The girls, joined at the base of the spine, weighed nine pounds ten ounces together. No separation operation is planned now due to fatal risk.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Floyd Sabers
New Vienna
Carl B. Hall
Ricketts Held After Sullivan Shooting Malicious Wounding
State police jailed William John Ricketts of Sullivan on a charge of malicious wounding after a poker dispute at his home led to a shooting that wounded Charles Gullet in Sullivan. Gullet was treated at Beckley Hospital for leg and side wounds and listed in satisfactory condition.
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William John Ricketts
Sullivan
Charles Gullet
C. C. McGraw
Rickett
McGraw
Gullet
Beckley
Ricketts
C. C. Taylor
Fireco
Airport survey to test Beckley military airfield site
Beckley hopes rise as the Chamber of Commerce names Robert Lowell Davis to conduct an initial survey of the Penman tract for a military airport. Davis will work with E. H. Shriver and the airport committee to prepare for a War Department and Civil Aeronautics Authority review. Mayor A. K. Minter will host a meeting to outline required survey work and funding plans, with at least 500 dollars proposed.
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Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Lowell Davis
Penman
War Department
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Davis
A. K. Minter
E. H. Shriver
Chamber Board of Directors
Charles Hodel
E. Smith
George A. Watkins
C. D. Phillips
J. T. Hollandsworth
C. C. Maples
Minter
Weidensall and Lyons Set for Fire Service School
Beckley Fire Chief W. H. Weidensall and Otis Lyons of the local fire department will travel Saturday night to Morgantown for the twelfth annual Fire Service Extension School at West Virginia University. Registration Sunday, classes Monday through Friday. Weidensall, WV Fire Chiefs Association vice president, is named assistant instructor on inspections and their importance and will serve on the association school committee.
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Beckley
W. H. Weidensall
Otis Lyons
Morgantown
State Fire Service Extension School
West Virginia University
Weidensall
West Virginia Fire Chiefs Association
Fire Chiefs Association
West Virginia Weather Calls For Mild Temps Today
Mild temperatures prevail across West Virginia with slightly cooler readings expected in the eastern portion tonight. Skies remain largely clear and daylight hours should remain pleasant statewide.
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West Virginia
Portion
Ballots Mailed to Instate Voters Misstep Warns Raleigh County
Raleigh county officials warn that mail ballots sent to voters still within West Virginia will void their ballots. An absentee ballot application was mailed to about 100 Raleigh county residents who work in Charleston and elsewhere in the state. To vote by mail, a circuit clerk must issue the form and affidavit by July 24 with the ballot mailed to the applicant.
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Raleigh
Pitt O’brien
Secretary of State
West
O’brien
John Ward
Charleston
Ward
Circuit Clerk's Office
First Trial Opens in Federal Moonshine Case
The first trial of Beckley federal court's second annual term began with Will Gaither, a McDowell County man charged for possessing a still and liquor, while prosecutor Ketchem called it the briefest case. Separate moonshine cases saw Bowles plead guilty and Ollie Hassan obtain a continuance. Santo Jr. faced a selective service registration charge as hearings continued.
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Beckley
McDowell County
Chad Ketchem
Will Gaither
Ketchem
Dwight File
Gaither
Harry Noel Bowles
Meadow Creek
Ben Moore
Bowles
Breckinridge Bowles
Charles M. Love, Jr
Love
Nejib Mahoud
Ollie Bau Hassan
War
Welch
Hassan
Moore
Bluefield
Joe William Santo, Jr
Carl Sanders
Milburn Given Five Years Probation for Narcotics Fraud
Federal Judge Ben Moore sentenced Dr. A A Milburn to the maximum five years probation on condition of entering the Lexington narcotic farm until cured. He pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining narcotics from a local drug store and was barred from reapplying for a narcotic license during probation. Dr. R J Howard pleaded guilty to issuing the prescriptions but denied profit, claiming he acted out of pity. The judge deferred Howard's sentence and ordered probation officers to investigate further dealings with narcotics.
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Ben Moore
A. A. Milburn
Lexington
Milburn
R. J. Howard
Personnel of UMW Office Is Revealed
An office force of five persons heads the newly created District 29 of the United Mine Workers. President George J. Titler leads the staff with four field representatives from New River and Winding Gulf. The roster includes vice president Nick Aiello and secretary treasurer D. M. Stamper, plus James Leeber Jr. as assistant treasurer, with a large slate of regional representatives and seven from Pocahontas and Tug River. Quarters on the Raleigh County Bank building’s third floor house 14 redecorated rooms as negotiations continue.
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District 29
United Mine Workers
George J. Titler
New River
Winding Gulf Fields
Raleigh County Bank
James Leeber, Jr
Titler
Nick Aiello
D. M
Lester McClung
Tom Scarlas
Pocahontas
Tug River
Welch
William Lester
B. H. Jenkins
John Grygiel
R. H. Inscore
M. M. Dyson
Harry James
Luigi Gugliotta
Leeber
Young Democrats To Meet Tuesday
The Raleigh County Young Democrats Club announced a meeting next Tuesday at 8 p m in the Criminal Court room at the courthouse. Local candidates will be introduced and Circuit Court Judge Clarence Meadows was to be invited as guest speaker. Public invited.
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Raleigh County
Young Democrats Club
Criminal Court
Court House
Circuit Court
Clarence Meadows
Teddy White Narrowly Survives Caboose Collision Near Surveyor
A split-second leap by Virginian Railway trainman Teddy White saved his life when an eastbound freight plowed into the rear of a waiting eastbound train near Surveyor. The impact splintered the caboose, wreckage flew 30 feet, and Engineer Ira Stone said orders may have been wrong. No injuries beyond White’s escape, track undamaged, line cleared by morning.
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Teddy” White
Virginian Railway
Surveyor
Ira Stone
Stone
Eccles
White
Mullens
Six Leave For Army Enlistments From Local Men
Sergeant Rudolf Linek announced six men were sent for army enlistment and three were accepted as applicants. Departing for the Fort Thomas reception center in Kentucky were Floyd L. Barnum Wind ing Gulf James Hypes Boggs Second Creek Loren Edward Hobbs Fayetteville Billy Lee Harvey Rhodell Everette EF Underwood Beckley Thurman McGrady Rhodell Accepted were William L. Lawton Lawton Charles W Massey Hinton and Shannon B Bartgis Bellepoint.
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Rudolf Linek
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Floyd L. Barnum
Winding Gulf
James Hypes Boggs
Second Creek
Loren Edward Hobbs
Fayetteville
Billy Lee Harvey
Rhodell
Everette EF. Underwood
Beckley
Thurman
Sherman McGrady
William L. Lawton
Parachutist Reported Sighted in Maryland
State police were dispatched to the Charles Miller farm near Elliott City to investigate a report a parachutist had landed there. The army said it was investigating with no immediate details available. An officer said something had dropped from an airplane but the exact object was unknown.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Charles Miller
Elliott City
Army
UMW Demands Stop in CIO Feud Over Dues
James B. Easton accuses UMW leaders of intending to boycott the state CIO convention to harm the organization. George J. Titler, head of District 29, says UMW action stems from a debt dispute with the CIO and instructs locals to cease per capita payments and participation until settled. Titler notes the CIO attacks on John L. Lewis and UMW efforts to raid District 50 locals.
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James B. Easton
State Council of Industrial Unions
United Mine Workers
George J. Titler
District 29
U.M.W. International Union
International Executive Board
C.I.O
Congress of Industrial Organizations
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
U.M.V
C.I.0
C.I.C
U.V.W
Easton
British drive Germans back in desert war at El Alamein
British Army of the Nile under General Auchinleck reports pushing Axis center from positions on the El Ruweisat ridge and consolidating gains. Northern and southern sectors show inconclusive fighting with the Axis flanks under assault. Coastal fighting around Tel el Fisa and nearby ridges continues as dust storms limit air support but later bombers and fighters aid central front.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Claude Auchinleck
Tel el Fisa
el Makh Khad
Meteiriya
R.A.F
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Fort Moresby
W. J. Ricketts
Army Airport
Lyons
Virginian
Register
Sophia Lore
Mabscots
Dr. Milburn
UMW
Young Democrats
William Ware
Mrs. Ames
Teddy’ White
Maryland
CIO
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