Old Sweet Springs May Be Used As a Military Hospital
Old Sweet Springs near the West Virginia Virginia border sits idle after evacuation in 1943. Governor Neely seeks to repurpose the site for military or veterans use as a federal decision on a treatment center nears. Government and health officials weigh options while options for Camp Fairchance fall through.
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Old Sweet Springs
Associated Press
Charleston
J. B. Offner
Monroe County
Statehouse
Neely
M. M. Neely
West Virginia
Old Sweet
Washington
Offner
S. L. Saler
Camp Fairchance
Boone County
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Morris Harvey College
Barboursville
State Chamber of Commerce
Hopemont
House of Delegates
Senate
Marks
Pinecrest
Mailman’s Headache and the Letter Bonanza
Corporal Merle Griset of Tustin California handles about 200 letters monthly as an army mail clerk during his long overseas assignment. He receives mail from all states and many war theaters, totaling roughly 3000 letters in 16 months. He previously saved letters but discarded 900 in one day to manage the flood.
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Associated Press
New Guinea
Merle Griset
Army
Griset
Tustin
Calif
Orange County N.Y.A
Santa Ana, Calif
Australia
Grisel
Catholic Weeklies Challenge Rome and Ruhr Bombing Parallels
The Commonweal says no difference should be drawn between bombings in Rome and the Ruhr and the English city, while the Tablet argues that protecting religious sites cannot ease sorrow that the United Nations did not spare Christian relics. Both editorials urge Catholics to resist Nazi violence and defend Peter’s tomb.
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Associated Press
New York
the Commonweal
Rome
Ruhr
Tablet
Brooklyn
United Nations
England
Malta
France
Naples
Genoa
Peter
Wallace defends domestic gains amid wartime production praise
Wallace lauds food and war goods output as a modern miracle and says he will travel to meet the American people, though he faced removal from his post by President Roosevelt after clashes with Secretary Jesse Jones. he offers no comment on the dismissal but expresses pride in the agency's work.
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Wallace
Board of Economic Warfare
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
British Confidence and War Outlook Across the Atlantic
Paul Patterson of the Baltimore Sun says American optimism differs from British resolve yet Britain shows strong confidence. He notes a long, hard road ahead to defeat Germany and Japan and urges American publishers to visit England to see how wartime stability and control are maintained amid four years of conflict.
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Associated Press
London
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sun
Britain
United States
Patterson
Central
Germany
Japan
England
Promotion of Leonard G. Sims to sergeant in USAF
Leonard G. Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sims of Beaver, is promoted to sergeant in the United States Army Air Force. Inducted March 13, 1942, he graduated Chanute Field and serves with the 30th Troop Carrier Squadron at Del Valle AAB in Austin Texas. He previously taught in Raleigh County Schools at Ameagle. His brother Sergeant Claude Sims Jr. is stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia and will leave today for his post after visiting their parents.
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Leonard G. Sims
Claude Sims
Beaver
United States Army Air Force
Armed Service
Air Corps Technical School
Chanute Field
Illinois
30Th
del Valle Army Air Base
Austin
Texas
Claude Sims, Jr
Camp Gordon
Georgia
City Licenses Deadline Set For August 1
Mrs. Frances Biggs city recorder said the license deadline for dealers is August 1. Anyone without a city license by the end of next week faces a 10 percent penalty.
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Frances Biggs
City Recorder
Board sets 6:45 meeting as August 17 levy date debated
The board planned a 6:45 p m special meeting with Ashworth promising to present school principal recommendations at the August 17 levy date. Leaves of absence were approved for several teachers, pension policy details were reviewed, and a large list of janitors for multiple schools was approved along with coal contracts and bill payments totaling over twenty one thousand dollars.
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Ashworth
Rachel Venters Cook
Killarney
Dorothy W. Reeves
Dunbar Negro
Winding Gulf
Betha Conner
Amigo
Raleigh County
D. W. Calloway
Luther H. Clark
Elizabeth Compton
J. H. Harvey
J. A. McGinnis
W. O. McGinnis
J. N. Shumate
Lula FE. Cooper
George Stover
A. S. Dickens
QO. Freeman
Beckley Junior High School
Babbitt
Beaver School
Howard Redden
Rich School
Clear Fork
J. W. Swanigan
Collins High
George Burdiss
Marsh Fork High
R. W. Williams
Shady Spring High
W. L. McCommack
Stoco High
M. D. Gunter
Trap Hill High
S. P Daniel
W. J. Broyles
Woodrow Wilson
W. A. Comer
N. J. Lilly
Ameagi
Michael C. Watts
Fortland Shipyards See Women Clean Talk, Mrs. Martin Says
Mrs. Jane Martin of Henry's shipyard Oregon Shipbuilding Corp reports a drop in unprovoked profanity since women began running many west coast yards. She notes some coarse exceptions but says female leadership has softened language and fostered decorum, with a department trial fining oaths to fund cigarettes for service members.
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Associated Press
Fortland
Jane Martin
Brisk
Henry
Oregon Shipbuilding Corp
Tommy
Juanita
Beulah
Mrs. Martin
Martin
Shipyard
Tightening Tires Rules Eased to Curb Replacements
The Office of Price Administration loosened rationing for fire and recapping services for commercial vehicles with a goal of limiting tire replacements to when absolutely necessary.
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Register
Washington
Office of Price Administration
DAILY CROSSWORD acCROSS 1 Flintlike rock and more
A crossword style list with clues and numbers for across and down entries. Samples include Flintlike rock surfeited goddesses of seasons malt kilns aloft inexperienced attitudes gaze ointment wine receptacle sorrow exclamations pig side and many other theme clues across and down.
West Virginia Rep Pushes Morgantown Airport Funding
Rep. Kings Randolph announced a $250,000 development project for Morgantown airport including runway widening to 150 feet and a new fighting system. He cited Civil Aeronautics Authority support and noted military planes use the site. he plans to address an aviation rally in Wheeling Friday July 30.
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Washington
den Kings Randolph
D-Wva
Elkins
Wy Va
Otheantown
Randolph
Charman
West Virginia Staff Aviation Advisory Board
Civil Aeronautics Administration
A.A.B
Morgantown
der Randolph
A.A
Manogalia
Wheeling
Intercity Clubs
Ohio Valley Board of ‘Trade
West Funeral This Afternoon For W Burl Vest
Funeral services for W Burl Vest 63 lifelong Jumping Branch resident will be held this afternoon at 2 o clock in his home by the Rev Lilly and Rev Willie Harvey burial will follow in West cemetery Vest died Friday afternoon at 1 o clock after a three year illness of a heart ailment He became seriously ill during the past six weeks Union certified by The Associated Press as bargaining representative for employees of the Pure Oil Company in Comfort Dawes Miami and the West Virginia field area
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Register
W. Burl Vest
Jumping Branch
Rt Lilly
Willie Harvey
West Cemetery
West
Associated Washington
National Labor Relations Board
C. I. O. Oi Workers International Union
The
Pure Oil Company
Thentington
W Va
Comfort
Dawes
Miami
W. Va
West Virginia
Sophia Lions Club buys 20000 cigarettes for Sicily fighting men
The Sophia Lions Club arranged purchase of twenty thousand cigarettes for distribution to soldiers serving in Sicily. The gift aims to support troops and boost morale during the campaign.
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Sicily
Sophia Lions Club
Senator Sees Roosevelt In Fourth Term Inevitable
Senator Haleh of New Mexico predicted Roosevelt will be the Democratic nominee for a fourth term unless the war ends and peace is concluded soon. Senator Taft suggested Republicans might court disaffected Democrats while Senator Nye of North Dakota said Roosevelt would run again if he can win and Republicans should fight Roosevelt policies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Haleh
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Hatch
Thos
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Alabama
Roose
Ivett
Nye
RND
North Dakota
Allied Air Pressure Tightens Sicily Front
Newsservice report from the Sicily theater notes Allied planes bombing the Mareth Front style fighting near Messina and Catania while German forces edge defenses on Mt Etna. NBC's Alfred Wage describes patrols penetrating Catania and reports Berlin and Vichy bulletins on evolving advances. Evacuation of Palermo is cited amid sharp combats along the front as Axis forces hover near Enna and western Sicily.
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Alfred Wage
NBC
Sicily
Catania
Mt. Etna
Xoxox
Berlin
Enna
Ger Iman
Sixtus
San Stefano
Hattan
Palermo
Alles
Allien
Prisoners Sent to Croatia Camps Reported by AP
A Bern dispatch quoted by Tass says many Italian political prisoners and many Italian soldiers were sent to concentration camps in Croatia. The report claims the total detainees at three camps for deserters and refusers has risen to 40,000, with hundreds of Italian officers held for alleged disobedience and subversive activities.
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Associated Press
Moscow
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Scranton
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
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Etena
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