Mrs Dias Held for Grand Jury Action
At a hearing in Magistrate George O Mills court Mrs Josephine Dias was held to a grand jury under a $500 bond after a city police court trial resulted in a quashed warrant due to lack of supporting testimony The hearing featured Captain W J Trail and Patrolman Jimmy Morris witnesses who testified about a 1230 a m call to Dias Floral shop on South Oakwood Avenue where a cold boy was found The defense counsel offered no witnesses and the case may proceed to the grand jury with the child moved to the Davis Child Shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George O. Mills
Josephine Dias
Mills
W. J. Trail
Jimmy Morris
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Trail
Morris
Hutchinson
Dias Floral Shop
Oakwood ‘Avenue
Glenn ‘Orran
Devot
Dias - Floral ‘Shop
Dias
Eden Warns That Road To Victory Is Long, Hard One
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden meets President Roosevelt for talks on wartime strategy and postwar planning. Eden cautions that the road to victory is long with setbacks ahead while emphasizing unified Allied efforts and continued pressure on Germany and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
Associated Press
Washington
Anthony Eden
Roosevelt
White House
John, G. Winant
London
Dominions
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
Winant
Lord Halifax
Daughter Born to McKinney Family at Pineville
Announcement of the birth of a six and three quarter pound daughter to Mrs. Elmer McKinney at 3 20 o clock Friday. The child is named Patricia Pauline. Father is Private First Class Elmer McKinney stationed at Fort Pierce Florida.
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Register
Pineville
Elmer McKinney
Patricia
Pauline
Fort Pierce
Florida
Cast Selected For Annual Woodrow Wilson Minstrel
Cast selections for the high school minstrel are announced by director Glenn Sallack. The show themed Black Magic will run March 23 and 24 in the high school auditorium with tickets on sale Monday. Martha Covey stars as the crystal gazer, with That Old Black Magic and Star Dust among numbers. Interlocutor Trueman Sayre leads the cast including Jimmy Meadows John Doss Carl Drewry Jack Keatley Larue Norris Harold Williams. The finale features You're in the Army Mr. Jones, a Red Cross scene, Angels of Mercy and When the Lights Come On Again All Over the World led by Miss Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden
White House
Stephen Bearly
Roosevelt
England
Embassy
Massachusetts Avenue
Ambassador Halifax
Army
Germany
Japan
Glenn Sallack
Martha Covey
Sydney Johnson
Tru
Eman Sayre
Brdmen
Jimmy Meadows
John Doss
Carl Drewry
Jack Keatley
Larue Norris
Harold Williams
Will
Mr. Jones
Sug
Jimmy Mays
Red Cross
Angels of Mercy
Miss Liberty
Wardens Must Know Signals For New Alert System
Director Carl G. Bachman says wardens must master the new alert signals and follow defined routines at each signal to avoid harassing citizens. After nine counties tested the plan, he urged strict citizen compliance to keep blackouts effective.
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Associated Press
Charleston
0.C.D
Carl G. Bachman
Bachmann
Car Damaged by Hit and Run Driver Near Central School
City police report an automobile owned by Ross Ivle was struck by a hit and run driver last night while parked in front of Central School on South Kanawha Street. The other driver’s identity was not learned. Ivle’s car was damaged to the extent of 50 to 73 dollars.
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Ross Ivle
South Kanawha Street
Irle
Eden Remarks Hint at Allied Unity After War
Eden refused details but said Allies cannot be content with merely ensuring a new German government. He favored a strong France, saw no rift with Britain or the U.S. on North Africa policy, and stressed enduring cooperation with the Soviet Union. He acknowledged complexities of Mihailovic versus Partisans and predicted future Allied councils may resolve postwar borders and relief plans.
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Eden
Germany
Italy
France
North Africa
Russia
House of Commons
United Nations
Britain
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Ferren
Congress
Fden
Roosevelt
Hull
Possiby
Hose
William Strang
Haiy
Afrhan
India
Burma
Malaya
Local Raleigh County Residents Aid Tax Collection
Mrs. Elizabeth Meadows reports strong local cooperation with U S tax collectors as Raleigh county residents, coal company payroll clerks, postal workers, and volunteers help fill income tax blanks ahead of tomorrow midnight deadline. The post office window stays open until midnight Monday since cash returns are not accepted by law. Local workers express willingness to fund purchases of battleships aircraft and guns, with no refusals observed.
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Raleigh County
Elizabeth Meadows
Internal Revenue Agents
Coal Company
War Production To Hit Peak This Fall
Washington reports that War Production Board chair Donald M. Nelson told a Senate subcommittee production will peak next fall, easing labor demand and reducing employment as efficiency improves. Debate centers on manpower and army size for 1944, with plans for a possible emergency worker corps and farm labor deferments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Senate Appropriations
Mayden
D.-Ariz
Nelson
Joseph T. McNarney
Ade
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Pile Relief
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a fast aid for piles urging immediate use. The cooling soothing formula is claimed to relieve itching and discomfort, with 35¢ for a box and 60¢ for a tube with applicator, and money back if not delighted.
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Peterson
West Virginia to expand car sharing program
Officials from the West Virginia Office of Price Administration and Civilian Defense announced a broad plan to boost participation in car sharing. Directed by OPA Director Carl M. Frasure and OCD Director Carl G. Bachmann, the program aims to save tires gasoline and reduce transportation burdens by forming car sharing clubs and coordinating riders through defense council volunteers and local transportation committees. Renewals of gasoline rationing may be obtained by club members. Those without clubs can form one later and reapply, Frasure said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Price, Administration
Civilian Defense
West Virginia
O.P.A
Carl M. Fraesure
O.C.D
Carl G. Bachmann
Defense Council
O.p.a.s
Frasure
Nelson predicts wartime industry to level off after late 1944
Nelson told how industrial operations would peak in October through December 1944 and then level off with slower demand for workers. He noted gains in efficiency lowering man hours per unit, especially in aerospace, and urged that 1,800,000 more workers are needed in war industries this year, with 1,300,000 from the armed forces to be removed. replacements would come from older workers the physically handicapped and civilian curtailments, plus some from farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quate
Senate
Bankhead
D.ala
Hayden
Mand
Nelson
Nelsson
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Jeft
Mariensiel
Tirpitz Haven
Royal Air Force
Churchill
Great Britain
Amay
DCO
Woodrow Wilson
Wardens
U. S
Main Street
C. L. Rakes
Joe Sparacino
Beckley
Beckiey Hoel
Tuck” Davis
OCD
OPA
South Pacific
William A. Halsey
Tight
Millard F. Harmon
Guadalcanal
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince Street
Syracuse
Vulcan
Henry Conway Hardwake
Neville Street
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