Contempt Case Slated for Today
A federal court contempt hearing is set for today for Sheriff Ash Mankin and Jailer H P Thomas. A Raleigh County Bar Association committee prepared recommendations calling for an itemized accounting of prison purchases and costs, a plan for four assistant jailers, and a deputy sheriff at all times to escort inmates to magistrates or courts. The report seeks to curb liquor in the jail and to restrict trusties to misdemeanants under deputy supervision, noting prior issues of divided authority and illicit access.
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Ash Mankin
H. P. Thomas
Raleigh County Bar Association
Bar Association
Cook
Countywide Property Assessments Rise in Raleigh County
Total assessments reach 55 432 594 up 2 827 354 fueled by stronger business activity and higher inventories. Assessor Ira Whitlock notes gains mainly from commercial and industrial assets with minimal increases for individuals. Slab Fork leads personal and Class One values while Town District tops real estate in Class Two and Three.
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Raleigh County
Ira Whitlock
A. B. Redden
Slab Fork
Clear Fork
Marsh Fork
Richmond
Shady Spring
Air bombing and the war in Europe analysis
The piece questions the impact of large scale Allied bombing on Nazi war production and the Russian front. It weighs whether air power can quicken victory, notes limits of immediate effects, and outlines scenarios depending on whether the USSR can halt the German advance or the Wehrmacht redoubles its efforts in the Caucasus and western factories.
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Harris
Reich
Giulio Douhet
Italy
Douhet
Hitler
Caucasus
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Germans Shift Troops in Don Drive Toward Caucasus
The Associated Press reports Nazi forces cut the last major rail line to Caucasus oil fields and push toward Rostov. Soviet lines near Stalingrad resist, with large-scale battles in the Don bend and intensive tank and artillery actions. Stalin cites Russian heroes for morale as Red Star notes heavy fighting and German attempts to drive wedges into defenses.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Caspian Sea
Caucasus
Stalingrad
London
Crimea
Kerch
Taman
Rostov
Europe
Stafford Cripps
George C.marshall
U.S. Army
Joseph Stalin
Russia
Alexander Nevsky
Mikhail Kutuzov
Napoleon
Don River
Red Star
Don
Pravda
Communist Party
Germany
Semecen Timoshenko
Kretskaya
Fedor von Bock
Bataisk
Rostov-on-Don
Courts Seek Balance Between Labor Rights and Military Secrets
A Dallas Fort Worth area case holds that firms engaged in secret war production may bar National Labor Relations Board access to plant records and union organizers when military secrecy is at stake. Judge T Whitfield Davidson noted the NLRB may examine labor relations but not violate security, granting a declaratory judgment to American Manufacturing Company of Fort Worth. The decision signals possible higher court review.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
National Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
T. Whitfield Davidson
American Manufacturing Company of
Fort Worth
International Association of Machinists
AFL
Labor Board
NLRB
Davidson
Ceremonies Planned for New Citizens in County Court
Special ceremonies emphasizing citizenship privileges and obligations will be held in the criminal courtroom tomorrow morning before Judge Clarence W. Meadows. About 42 new citizens will be presented by George K. Rosenberg with talks from W. M. Reeser, Rev. Earl M. Grose, and Federal District Judge Ben Moore.
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Clarence W. Meadows
Judge Meadows
George K. Rosenberg
W. M. Reeser
Telf
Rosenberg
Veteran Divine Dies In Mt. Hope
The Reverend Isaac Newton Dickens 81 died this morning at his daughter Grace Feazell’s Mount Hope home. A 17 year Baptist missionary and the marrying parson he officiated at county courthouse weddings after couples presented licenses. Funeral at Pine Knob 2 p m Sunday with Rev. Paul Webb and Rev. Pierce Cook presiding. He leaves widow Elmira, three sons Ralph Pete Bilton, three daughters Lizzie Grace Della, 32 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
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Isaac Newton Dickens
Grace Feazell
Mount Hope
Baptist Church
Pine Knob
Paul Webb
Pierce Cook
More Plentiful Gasoline and Rubber Seen
Washington reports Petroleum Coordinator Ickes said nationwide gasoline rationing is not needed now to boost deliveries to eastern states. He avoided discussing universal rationing, noting the East may face heating reductions next winter, with about 1,250 homes and other oil-heated buildings affected.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Joel Dean
OPA
Leon Henderson
Roosevelt
Oil chief cites new butadiene capacity
Petroleum Co ordinator Ickes said the oil industry has uncovered capacity to produce 200000 tons annually of butadiene. He noted this would expand supply and referenced further details in Story No. 1 on Page 2.
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Washington
Ickes
Raleigh County Coal Firms Donate to War Chest Total
Empl oyees from New River Company Cranberry and Skelton Birchton Coal Company plus Lowe Brothers Electric and Black Knight Club Golf committee contributed to the county war chest. Donations, reported by Drive Chairman A. J. Truman, bring the drive total to about 33,224.64 with receipts up to 32,137.84 and pledges yet to be received.
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Raleigh County
County War Chest
A. J. Truman
New River Company
Cranberry
Skelton
Birchton Coal Company
Birchton
Truman
Black Knight Country Club
War Chest
Lowe Brothers Electric Company
U.S.C
Tams Miner Receives Treasury Certificate of Appreciation
Myrketo Mangan, a miner, donated 20 dollars plus 2.50 in war stamps to the U S government rather than accept a war savings bond. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. sent a certificate of appreciation for the patriotic gift, routed via county and state war savings officials.
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U. S
Myrketo Mangan
Tams _ miner
Ben
Treasury Department
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morganthau, Jr
Mangan
B. E. Carter
Carter
F. Roy Yoke
War Savings Staff
Morganthau
Income tax move urged to fund war bonds plan
Senator Brown proposes channeling all individual incomes above 25 000 into government bonds for the war period to add 6 271 000 000 to revenue. He favors a post war rebate to repay capital outlays, with adjustments to keep debtors current, while unions push congress to back Roosevelt's income cap. Roy Little of Atlantic Rayon urges higher taxes to double next year’s levy on 20 000 net income.
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Associated Press
Washington
Brown
D.-Mich
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
C.S
Nathan E. Cowan
Congress
House
Treasury
Roy Little
Providence
R. I
Atlantic Rayon Corporation
Local man in jail charged with bigamy
Andrew Graham of near Odd is jailed on a bigamy charge after police arrested him on a warrant from Agnes Graham. The warrant accuses him of unlawfully marrying Agnes in May 1941 while he had a 1915 marriage to Florence Lusk of Wyoming County still active. A preliminary hearing was not yet held, with bond to be posted for a grand jury appearance in October.
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Andrew Graham
Odd
C. C. Walker
Agnes Graham
Graham
Florence Lusk
Wyoming County
Oley Mills
Auto Blaze Causes $150 Damages in Queen Street Fire
A fire in the engine of N. R. Coleman of Queen street caused about 150 dollars in damage to the auto and its garage. Bernard Martin said the blaze started from defective wiring under the dash, possibly a short when the ignition was turned off. The owner left the car 20 minutes earlier and about 100 gallons of water were used to extinguish the fire.
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N. R. Coleman
Queen Street
Bernard Martin
Martin
More Trained Civilian Defense Volunteers Seeks Attendees
About 750 Raleigh residents volunteered for civilian defense work with 152 attending training and only 21 completing the course. Officials warn the blackout drill cannot proceed until enough volunteers are trained and courses may continue or end based on turnout. Names of graduates are listed and plans for a new control room and communications center are under E R Stromp.
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Raleigh
Peregoy
E. R. Stromp
Awaits Hearing On Charge Of Larceny
Dorothy Brown arrested by Constable Howard Keatley on petty larceny charge. Preliminary hearing before Magistrate Oleg Mills today in Beckley Junction. State that Brown allegedly took a pocketbook with $12 from Dewey Marks at his restaurant and beer parlor.
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Dorothy Brown
Howard Keatley
Dewey Marks
Beckley Junction
Oleg Mills
Marks
West Virginia Weather Warm and Humid This Afternoon
West Virginia continues warm and humid today with moderate temperatures tonight and scattered thundershowers this afternoon.
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West Virginia
Appalachian to Expand in Wyoming and Put Substation Online
Appalachian Electric Power Company announces a million dollar sub station to serve Wyoming and Raleigh counties near a junction of 132000 volt lines from Logan Glen Lyn and Cabin Creek. Construction to start soon with War Production Board priorities and steel shortages prompting wood use. completion forecast in twelve months. The company also expands Cabin Creek Logan and Glen Lyn plants, boosting capacity to 190000 kw at Glen Lyn and 80000 kw at Logan with costs running into millions.
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Baileysville
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Wyoming County
Raleigh County
Logan
Glen Lyn
Cabin Creek
Kopperston
Bluefield
Herbert Markle
Appalachian
War Production Board
Markle
The
Raleigh Register
K. W
Ten Killed As Airplane Crashes At Wold-Chamberlain Field
North west Airlines employees die when a U S army cargo transport crashes during takeoff at Wold Chamberlain field. Fire burns bodies, hindering identifications. Known dead include Kenneth S Olson 28 Minneapolis co pilot John F Fisher 26 Fremont co pilot Leonard O Larson aircraft mechanic and several Northwest groomers Wilbur C Rose Paul F Parke Winston A Luchau.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Wold-Chamberlain Field
Kenneth S. Olson
John F. Fisher
Freemont
Leonard O. Larson
Leo D. Hinseley
Wilbur C. Rose
Paul F. Parke
Winston A. Luchau
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Christine Hawthorne
Board of Economic Warfare
Hawthorn
Ceed
Dewitt MacKenzie
Wide World
Stalin
Divine
Mt. Hope
Coal Company
Tams Miner
Michigan
Auto Blaze
C. T. Adair
FE. E. Bibb
Earl O. Christian
John H. Collins
Posie C. Conner
C. R. Fix
T. M. Harris
C. W. Hogg
H. L. Humphries
Walter L. Humphries
W. J. Jackson
Harry R. May
K. S. Levy
J. F. Vaughan
P O. Warden
Eva Keyser
Ethel Keyser
Betty Goldsmith
Eva Felter
E. M
Wyoming
Ritter
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