Raleigh WPA Dissolution Affects Local Road Projects
Raleigh County WPA nears abolition this week as the state road commission will hire private labor to complete three projects including Harper road widening, Fireco-Whitby road surface, and Crow to Grand View road. WPA had built sewers, Woodrow Wilson high school play area, four H camp on Little Beaver, and thousands of small shrines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.P.A
Raleigh County
State Road Commission
Harper Road
Fireco-Whitby
Grandview
Beaver-Grandview
Woodrow Wilson High School
Second Street
Little Beaver Creek
Ralveigh County
Schools Set to Run Lunch Programs With Charges Handy
County schools now serving lunches will set charges themselves after April 1. If meals meet A standard the Food Distribution Administration pays five cents per student per day. B standard earns three cents. F standard yields one cent. Most districts report A menus, including milk, vegetables, meat or eggs, bread, margarine, and a hot dish, with C menus earning three cents. If surplus commodities end, A menus gain two extra cents. Student participation in hot lunches has risen since rationing began.
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Food Distribution Administration
E. M. Ashworth
Department of Public Assistance
Ashworth
Soft coal output stays high despite slight week drop
Soft coal production remained elevated in the week ended March 6, with 12,350,000 tons reported by Solid Fuels Coordinator Ickes, a small decline from the prior week's 12,680,000 tons amid strong demand and widespread six day mining. Anthracite output was about 1,243,000 tons, down 35,000 from the previous week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Tekes
Bureau of Mines
Divorce Suit Filed by Nellie Massey in Circuit Court
Nellie Massey files for divorce from Biddle Massey in circuit court with C. R. Harless as her attorney. Attorney Brown WW. Payne appears for Norman C. Street who also filed a divorce suit against Laura Street.
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Nellie Massey
Biddle Massey
C. R. Harless
Brown WW. Payne
Norman C. Street
Laura Street
Anthony To Leave Local Navy Office for New Assignment
Chief Petty Officer J. Anthony Jr departs Monday to report to an assignment outside New York after 18 months heading the local navy recruiting station. Enlisted March 15, 1920, he has 24 years of varied service, serving in Europe Hawaii both US coasts Australia and Pacific islands, including 10 years in China with posts at Shanghai and Qingdao. He served on ships such as the Reuben James and the Oklahoma and many others that were sunk before U S entry into the current war. Chief Carpenter's Mate Richard F. Gilliam, arriving to take charge, has 16 years in navy service, including two and a half years at Charleston recruiting, two years at sea and foreign service in the Philippine islands, a tour on the U S S Trinity, and duties in Yokohama in 1940. He has served on the Hannibal and the Arkansas.
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J. Anthony, Jr
New York
Anthony
Navy
Europe
Hawaii
United States
Australia
Pacific Islands
China
Shanghai
Qingtao
Reuben James
Oklahoma
Richard F. Gilliam
Beckley
Charleston
Gilliam
U.S.S. Trinity
Othe Philippine Islands
Caribbean Sea
Yokohama
Japan
Hannibal
Arkansas
Elswick Rites Set for Today at Coal City Church
Funeral services for Archie Elswick, 32, are set for 2 PM at the Community church in Coal City with Rev. Cleve Young of Sophia officiating. Elswick died instantly last Saturday night when he was shot at Oswald.
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Archie Elswick
Coal City
Cleve Young
Sophia
Elswick
Oswald
Military notices from Mount Hope and Beckley area firms
Army personnel updates show Private Fred Plumley at Camp Haan California with two brothers at Fort Bragg North Carolina in glider training. Vincent Paul Tem mink promoted to staff sergeant at Rapid City bomber group. Agene R Hunter promoted to private first class in Chicago radio operator school. Private Eugene Hunter now at 994 T S S sp room 11324 Chicago Illinois. Carrington Lobban in Camp Shelby Mississippi recovering from foot operation. Paul Ke Sells newly arrived soldier at Jefferson Barracks Missouri. Ed K BeZ inducted into army sent to Camp Wolters Texas.
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Fred Plumley
C. A
S. L
Camp Haan
California
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Basil L. Plumley
Jamie Plumley
Vincent Paul Temmink
Mount Hope
Rapid City
South Dakota
Agene R. Hunter
van Hunter
East Prince Street
Beckley
Army Air Forces
Stevens Hotel
Chicago
Illinois
Hunter
Armed Forces
Flamingo
Miami Beach
Florida
Eugene R. Hunter
T. S
Jeutenant Carrington L. Lobban, “4 JR
Carrington Lobban
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Rivate
Paul KE. Sells
E. O. Sells
Rhodell
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
Parents Are Given Fines In School Attendance Case
Two more parents were bailed into court and fined for permitting their children to be absent from school. Sherman Trail, assistant superintendent, said six similar convictions have occurred this year. The defendants, both Negroes, were Mrs Ira Gilchrist of East Beckley and Ernest Gillespie of East Park. Each paid fines and costs. Magistrate Oley Mill warned them against further offenses.
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Beckley
WOPA
W.P.A
Huntington
Sherman Trail
Ira Gilchrist
East Beckley
Morton-Reeves School
Abram G. Hill
Ernest Gillespie
East Park
Oley Mill
Lawtering
Bus overturns injuring five on Cedar Point bound trip
A chartered passenger bus carrying thirty five men from Richwood West Virginia toward a naval project at Cedar Point Maryland skidded on Schaffenaker Mountain in Hampshire County West Virginia and overturned today. Four passengers were brought to Winchester hospital for concussion and shock. Others suffered superficial injuries.
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Associated Press
Winchester Va
Rinhwood
W. Va
Cedar Point
Schaffenaker Mountain
Hampshire County
Logan Council to Donate Parking Meter Receipts
The Logan city council announced that all receipts from 140 parking meters next Wednesday and Thursday would be donated to the Red Cross as part of a fundraising campaign aimed at raising eighteen thousand eight hundred seventy dollars and seven hundred.
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Associated Press
Logan
Red Cross
County Banquet Showcases Morgan County Self Sufficiency
Kiwanis hosts a banquet in Berkeley Springs grade school highlighting local production. Dishes include ham from Webb Sargent, potatoes from Irish cobblers, green beans from James Buzzerd and Ford Shipfey, tomatoes and apple butter from Morgan County sources, and county-made milk cream, peaches, cream cheese, pickles, rye coffee, and butter.
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Associated Press
B. Ruppenthal
Leslie Cain
Ford
Speakers Named For USDA Meet
The joint USDA county war board and Consumer Advisory group meet in the county court room at 9 Monday. Blair Bennington opens with purpose, Eugene Scott discusses the 1943 food outlook, Franklin Lilly reports farms visited, and farmer crop goals are set.
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U.S.D.A
W. R. Fugitt
Increase in coal prices allowed by OPA in Indiana
The Office of Price Administration allowed a 20 cent per ton rise in Bituminous coal prices for district No 11 Indiana due to overtime six day work weeks and higher operating costs. The adjustment mirrors boosts in other districts as they adopted the six day work week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
District No. 11
Indiana
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Many Appetizing Foods Unrationed Says Official
State office of price administration clarifies unrestricted processed foods for West Virginia households. Items include artichoke paste, candied fruits, cereals, chocolate syrup, corn syrup, nuts, olives, bouillon, molasses, peanut butter, pickles, noodles, pasta products, jams and other preserves, and frozen or preserved produce in certain packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
State Office of Price Administration
City To Govern Flood Wall In Huntington
Huntington will turn over the 11 million flood wall protecting Cabell county from the Ohio River to city control this spring after Guyandotte section work. A seven member flood wall commission will oversee operation and maintenance and ensure readiness during high water. Central and west sections functioned well during last year’s flood. Guyandotte pump work remains. final turn over date to be decided by the district U S engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntington
Cabell County
Huntington District
U. S. Engineers
Harry Pockras
Col. Pockras
Guyandotte
U. S
Sergt Richard Satterfield Visited by Lady Astor
Lady Nancy Astor visits Sergt Richard Satterfield wounded in a Lorient bombing raid. His mother, Mrs Wayne Satterfield, says a letter reports the MP found him in good spirits and calling himself a Yankee, though West Virginians may differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fairmont
Richard Satterfield
Lorient
France
Nancy Astor
Wayne Satterfield
Lady Astor
Sergt. Satterfield Jm
Boy Drowned as Bridge Collapses in WarForney
Sixteen year old WAR-Forney Whited drowned in the Dry Fork river when an old bridge collapsed beneath her and two friends. The other youths, Bobby Beavers and Jack Calwick, swam to shore. Whited’s body remained missing as volunteers search the water. Police Chief Henry Gross coordinates the rescue while high water from the Elkhorn and Tug rivers halted traffic and flooded Welch.
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Associated Press
Forney Whited
Dry Fork
Whited
Bobby Beavers
Jack Calwick
Henry Gross
Waller Hadley
McDowell County
Sherriff
U.S. 53
Maitland
Welch
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ED K. Bez
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Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Infantry Rtc
Camp Wolters
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Beckley Drug Co
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Federal Home Loan Bank System
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Municipal Auditorium
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