U S Ships Watch for Nazis WANTS 10 KEEP GERMAN UNITS FROM ATLANTIC
United States naval task force joins Britain's home fleet to block German warships in the Atlantic. King George VI inspects a U S battleship cruiser and destroyers, praising the force as it operates from UK bases to guard Arctic supply routes and allied shipping. Rear Admiral Giffen commands the task force under Admiral Stark while receiving orders in European waters.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Adolf Hitler
Tirpitz
Admiral Hipper
Russia
Arctic
George VI
United Kingdom
Edinburgh
King George
Robert Giffen
Giffen
Harold R. Stark
European
Teachers Leave To go to School.
A number of Whitesville teachers have left to enroll in summer term programs at colleges including Concord State Teachers College in Athens Duke University in Durham Morris Harvey College in Charleston and Marshall College in Huntington. Other local residents are noted in the piece with family matters and visits.
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Whitesville
Selma K. Stover
Concord State Teachers College
Athens
Anita Facinelli
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Lena Easton
Evelyn Gabany
Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Beulah Jo Price
Marshall College
Huntington
Facinelli
Raleigh
Chester Stump
O. E. Stump
Charleston General Hospital
Reno Sees Short Earthquake Felt Around City
A sharp quake lasting six to eight seconds was felt in Reno and within 30 miles yesterday. No damage reported. Many residents called police to ask if bombs were falling.
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Associated Press
Reno
Nev
Raleigh County Free Textbooks Reach 19 666 This Year
Raleigh County schools issued 19,666 new free textbooks this term, bringing total in use to 32,804. Assoc Supt Sherman Trail notes 37,967 owned, 5,163 unused. about 8,500 children benefited. Program begun 1939 40 with 11,188 books. growth continues as grade by grade expansion faces state book revisions.
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Raleigh County
Sherman Trail
Trail
Board of Education
State Board of Education
Notice of Sale Under Trust Deed in Raleigh County
Public auction will occur at the Raleigh County Courthouse front door on July 17, 1942 at 10:00 a.m. The sale covers two tracts totaling about 54.93 acres in Raleigh County West Virginia, plus rights from a 1999 deed and mining equipment owned by Geo F Barnard Isa belle Barnard James G Windle Jr and Gertrude Y Windle. The deed of trust was dated June 26 1941 and recorded in Book 103 page 66. The property includes extensive land description and associated mining machinery and equipment.
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Geo. F. Barnard
Isabelle Barnard
James G. Windle, Jr
Gertrude Y. Windle
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Court House
Raleigh
Paint Creek
Spruce Fork Gap
Dixon Branch
Clear Fork
Eliza Wiseman
James Stover
Wiseman Tract
McKinley Land Company
Spruce Fork
Coal River
Lick Run
Paris Stover
Rhoda A. Rowles
Paint Mountain
Wiseman
Deborah A. Stover
Doff D. Farrow
Robert Griffeth
Rowland Land Company
Gearnard
James G Windle, Jr
Selectees To Be Honored Before Induction
Rotary Club plans celebrations for 155 draftees leaving for army induction. M A Johnson says troops will be sent off in the usual style with possible high school band music. Draft Board No 1 will send 60 men Friday, boards No 1 and 3 Saturday, with 40 for board 3 and 15 for board 1. All calls this month are white registrants. In San Diego O P A executive John A Donnelley notes no ceiling prices, learns grocer ignores rules but now complies.
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M. A. Johnson
Rotary Club Committee
Board No. 1
Board No. 3
Mineral rights sale notice for land in Raleigh County West Virginia
Notice describes real estate and mining equipment now on the land, previously conveyed to Geo F Barnard and James G Windle Jr by deed dated June 26 1941 recorded in Deed Book 175 page 374 in Raleigh County West Virginia. Terms: cash in hand on day of sale. Dated June 9 1942 by O L Hedrick Trustee.
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Geo
Ted
O. L. Hedrick
Do This Every Morning for 30 Days Kruschen Salts Ad
An advertisement urges taking Kruschen Salts daily for 30 days to relieve headaches bowel sluggishness and bilious digestion caused by bile flow issues. It promotes availability at Kay's Cut Rate Drug in the U S A with a money back guarantee and notes it as a remedy for occasional constipation with larger box usage advised.
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Kay
Williams to lead Raleigh County Bar at dinner
George W. Williams city attorney elected president of the Raleigh County Bar Association for the coming year at a dinner honoring Clarence W. Meadows the newly named circuit judge. Officers named include David D. Ashworth Floyd M. Sayre J Q Hutchinson and W A Riffe. The group voted full paid up membership for members in the armed services and list attendees at the event.
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George W. Williams
Raleigh County Bar Association
Clarence W. Meadows
Raleigh
Armed Service
Millard F. French
W. H. File, Jr
Joseph Luchini
Ben H. Ashworth
Robert J. Ashworth
George L. Ballard
Misses Lafferty Jobe to Visit Miss Kershaw in Huntington
Misses Inez Lafferty Thresa Jobe and Frances Jobe will be weekend guests of Miss Alice Kershaw in Huntington.
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Register
Glen Jean
Inez Lafferty
Thresa Jobe
Frances Jobe
Alice Kershaw
Huntington
Legion to Help Observe Flag Day in Stamford
Beckley Legion Post No. 32 will stage Flag Day events Sunday at 2 30 pm in Stamford with a flag raising, Judge Clay S Crouse address, and an honor roll for about 35 local men in U S forces. Woodrow Wilson High Band and Davenport Sisters provide music as defense stamps and bonds are urged.
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Beckley American Legion Post No. 32
Criminal Court
Clay S. Crouse
Stamford
R. E F. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson High School
U. S
Wilson
Koppers
W.M. Reeser
Legion
Memorial
Beckley
D. B. Jarre
Reeser
Luther Fink
J. L. Knight
Charles Perdue
H. C. Collins
Entire Village Wiped Out In Revenge for Heydrich
London reports the Nazis murder 31 more Czechs in Prague and Brunn after Lidice is destroyed in retaliation for Reinhard Heydrich. The Berlin radio lists Lidice at 483 residents, while London Czech sources claim up to 1,200. Women sent to camps, children placed in institutions, town levelled.
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Heydrich
Associated Press
London
Reinhard Heydrich
Lidice
Prague
Bruenn
Berlin
Bohemia and Moravia
West Virginian Honored in Navy Cross Award
Lieut. Commander Frederick B. Warder of Grafton West Virginia received a Navy Cross among four awarded to submarine commanders. His submarine sank three Japanese war vessels and damaged two others, according to yesterday's announcements.
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Washington
Frederick B. Warder
Grafton
W. Va
Whitesville Organizes Choir for Church Services
A committee named by the ladies' Bible class at First Baptist Church Whitesville will organize a choir to sing at regular services and provide special music. Mary Hendricks of Elk Run was chosen chairwoman, with C R Eskew and Ruth McNeley as assistants. Rehearsals follow Wednesday prayer meeting, and all interested singers are invited to attend.
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Whitesville
First Baptist Church
Ladies’ Bible Class
Mary Hendricks
Elk Run
C. R. Eskew
Ruth McNeley
The
Baptist Church
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