Fourney Absence Delays Hiring of School Superintendent
Raleigh County school board postponed selecting an assistant superintendent for elementary schools and acting on the attendance director recommendations due to E J Fourney's absence. A special meeting was set for July 28 at 6 45 p m with Superintendent Ashworth to visit Mournou.
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Raleigh County School Board
E. J. Fourney
E. M. Ashworth
Vssita Mournou
Keith D. Bobpitt
Fourney
C C. Bullard
Hinton
Ballard
Trap Hill
Chambers
Bobbitt
R W. Chambers
J. E. Daniel
Ashworth
Greenbriar
Monroe
Pocahontas
Jess
Daniel
Marsh Fork High School
Soviets Gain Ground Near Orel in New Offensive
Moscow reports Soviet forces pressed from the south of Orel with gains of several miles as Stalin claimed Germanys summer offensive was smashed. The communique says Red Army liberated villages near Orel, advanced northeast and east of the city, and destroyed hundreds of German tanks and guns.
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Associated Press
London
Orel
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Red Army
Stalin
Zmievka
Belgorod
Moscow Radie
Soviet Monitor
Donets Basin
Izyum
Voroshiloverod
Krasnodar
Caucasus
Russia
Rokossovsky
Vatutin
Popuy
Stalingrad
Ty Ores
Kursk
Moscow
WV Drivers Urged to Renew Licenses Before Sept 1
West Virginia motorists about 100000 must renew operator licenses by September 1 under a 1939 law. Renewals can skip reexamination if no lapse. Unrenewed licenses become invalid and require learner permits and a full exam. Forms available at state police, mail with 75 cent fee to the automobile bureau in Charleston.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Road Commission
West Virginia
Ernest L. Bailey
Commission
Automobile Bureau
Bailey
Eer
Greek pilots join attack against Crete
More than 100 Allied warplanes including Greek fighters attacked Crete in a daylight operation hitting German camps, ammo dumps, airfields, and facilities. Seventeen Allied aircraft were reported lost amid heavy air battles as Greek fliers joined the first major operation on native soil, with boosts from King George visiting Libyan squadrons.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Crete
Hellenic Air Force
Greece
Berlin
Middle East
Hierapetra
Bay of Spinalogna
Mirabella Bay
West Virginia war fund starts with $16648 check
The West Virginia state war fund committee received a $16,648.14 check from the Charles Town Jockey Club at Governor Neely's office. Beverley Broun presented the check on behalf of A. J. Boyle as state racing commission chair. Talbott accepted as fundraiser chair noting the drive has not launched yet.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia State War Fund Committee
Charles Town Jockey Club
Neely
Beverley Broun
State Racing Commission
A. J. Boyle
Eastern Panhandle
Uss.o
United Seamen's Service
War Prisoner's Aid
Talbott
Allied forces seize Trapani as Sicily push advances
Allied headquarters report Trapani and Termini captured in western Sicily. American troops seize Marsala and push along the north coast toward Messina while British Eighth Army and Canadian units press German positions around Catania. Axis forces trapped. 110000 prisoners reported with 60000 already in Allied hands.
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Associated Press
London
Trapani
Sicily
Reuters
North Africa
Termini
Palermo
Messina
Marsala
Eighth Army
Catania
North Post
Berlin
Seventh Army
Leonforte
Allied Air Raids Pound New Georgia and New Guinea
Allied air forces dropped 80 tons of explosives on Japanese positions on New Georgia and 60 tons on Lae, starting fires. No ground change occurred at Munda. Fires burned from the Lae raid as Allied planes damaged three Japanese float planes near Aroe islands. Japanese raids hit Bena Bena and Engoi inlet, while Allied aircraft set fires on three barges and a launch along the New Britain coast.
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Southwest Pacific
New Georgia
Lae
New Guinea
Munda
Aroe Islands
Darwin
Bena Bena
Salamaua
Engoi Inlet
New Britain
Willkie Urges Open Race Letter for Negro Rights
Wendell Willkie outlines seven steps to curb racial discrimination and urges both parties to change attitudes toward Negro voters. He cites housing and political status as key issues and warns fascism thrives on prejudice, urging unity with Allies to defeat it at home and abroad.
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Associated Press
New York
Wendell TL
Willykie
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
Detroit
Hich
Willkie
Abraham Lincoln
Atlanta
Harlem
Danger Hour Seen Nearing For Japs on Kiska Island
The Navy reports a coordinated air and sea assault on Kiska Island by U S forces including Army bombers and Warhawks with Canadian crews. Naval bombardment followed with heavy and light guns, causing fires and a major explosion. No American ships were hit and one plane was downed but rescued.
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Kiska Island
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Aleutians
Hitl Island
U. S. Pacific
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S
Kiskea
Mediterranean
Wallace Attacks American Fascists In Detroit Press Conference
Vice President Henry A. Wallace denounced American fascists at a Detroit press conference and warned the Democratic party could split between progressives and conservatives. He defended his idealist label and pledged to fight to keep the party from ceding power to big business interests.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Henry A. Wallace
Democratic Party
Wallace
Roosevelt
Washington
Wallstreet
Re Examination of Enlisted Men to End Limited Service Tags
The War Department announced a re examination of all army enlisted men labeled limited service who cannot meet general service standards. Those failing minimum physical standards will be discharged or reassigned, while limited service designation may be eliminated for a broader service pool. Soldiers not retained due to disability return to selective service jurisdiction after discharge.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Army
Former Raleigh Teacher Returns to Beckley Visit
Mrs. B L Ranson of Chicago, formerly Miss Lillian Vogt, arrived from Huntington to visit her mother Mrs. Ida Vogt in Crow and plan to return to Marshall College for a bachelor of arts. She taught 12 or 14 years in Raleigh county and last session at Ilamewood school in Chicago, invited back for next year. She expects to resign as Democratic committeewoman for Shady Spring district. Her husband manages the Veterans Credit Exchange in Chicago.
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B. L. Ranson
Chicago
Lillian Vogt
Crow
Beckley
Huntington
Marshall College
Ranson
Rideigh County
Ilamewood School
Shady Spring
Ida Vogt
Veterans Credit Exchange
Jeep for government proposed by Peoples Life Insurance
A. J. Manane of Beckley advises that all sub offices staff donate to present a jeep to the government. On July 20 Mangus Bowling and agents travel to Washington to present the vehicle to officials of the Peoples Life Insurance company.
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A. J. Manane
Prince Street
Beckley
Peoples Life Insurance Company
Mangus
C.J. Harvey
J. P. Coulson
BEA
Washington, D.C
Vatican broadcast claims pope protested to Roosevelt
London dispatch says Vatican radio recorded reports of a pope protest to President Roosevelt over the bombing of home. AP notes such a protest was reported by German radio as well, but the Vatican broadcast disputed the claim and labeled the reports unfounded.
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London
Vatican Radio
Associated Press Today
Roosevelt
First American raid on Norway by flying fortresses
American Flying Fortresses mounted an 1,800 mile daylight raid on Trondheim Norway and hit Heroya with an aluminum plant destruction. Seventeen German fighters were downed with one American bomber missing. crew landed in Sweden and were interned.
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London
Uns
Arctic Circle
Tronheim
Norway
U. S. Army
Heroya
Sweden
Trondheim
Gibraltar
Murmansk
Germany
Admiral Hipper
la Pallice
Bordeaux
Oslo
Rome Open City Hope Grows Says Daily Mail Dispatch
The Daily Mail in Madrid reports rising belief in Rome being declared an open city. The pope is cited as negotiating on Rome's behalf while Hitler allegedly urges the Italian government to relocate to Verona, 250 miles north.
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Fly Roatster
London
The
Daily Mail
Madrid
Rome
Telter x x X
Adolf Hitler
Dalk
Verona
Mussolini Troops Gloomy Over Terrible War
Madrid Rome dispatches report Allied bombers devastate the Mediterranean theater. Italians arriving in Rome from Sicily spread gloomy tales of an unequal struggle as Allied air superiority pounds evacuation points and shattered ports, railways, and docks from Sicily to Naples.
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Madrid
Rome
Mediterranean
Sicily
Ialy
Palermo
Strai
Messina
Astratt
Nebrodi
Aaples
Agenda
Jand
United Nations
Dads May Escape Service Says West Virginia Official
State Selective Service Director Carleton C Pierce voiced hopeful estimates that pre Pearl Harbor fathers may be exempt from induction. He cited exemptions for men with children born before September 14 1942 and noted about a quarter of August inductees are married without children. Pierce also said the September draft call could be lighter by about ten percent and that WV relied on 18 year olds aging into 1-A.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Selective Service
Carleton C Pierce
Hinday
West Virginia
Pierce
Union Withdraws No-Strike Pledge At 500-Delegate Meet
The Maintenance of Way Brotherhood Milliman authorized to withdraw its no strike pledge to President Roosevelt anytime. The 500 delegates approved a resolution giving Milliman power to act to enforce wage demands after a denied 8 cent award versus a 20 cent demand. The union claims 390000 members.
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Associated Press Detroit
Milliman
Railroad Brotherhood Maintenance of Way Cavfu
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
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