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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1945
Page
3
An editorial urges honorably discharged service members to buy land and build homes while wartime controls and prices are favorable. It cites potential government help, limited limits on area and cost, and warns that postwar ceilings and material costs will rise.
The Pocahontas Fuel Company buys 16 000 acres of timberland in Bland County Virginia as part of a wider push to reforest mine timber areas in the Beckley region. The move follows thinning timber supplies from winding Gulf and New River districts with several firms already planting seedlings, urging farmers to participate and curb erosion by planting trees on mined lands.
The piece debates a March 28 strike poll among miners, noting government control and wartime law. It argues the election may not halt production, as the government could seize mines under the Smith Connally act, while blaming Congress for the statute and suggesting amendments could be costly.
In a 7 to 2 decision the Supreme Court upholds wage hour rule barring home embroidery work. Justices Stone and Roberts dissent note many workers, about 10 percent, would be forced to abandon long-time occupations to seek factory employment or lose their livelihoods.
Tokyo predicts a major Allied retreat in the Pacific once the tide turns to Japan, but the article offers no approximate date for when an oceanic upheaval might occur.
Reports indicate Yala has not appeared in the dispatches for days, with officials and observers debating the cause. The monicker was again set against it from the start, fueling speculation and cautious commentary from analysts.
Men O War Renox H Bussie Stewart one of 45 survivors of the Reuben James is at sea with the 58th fleet in the Pacific. In a letter to his parents he details raids from Pearl Harbor Majuro and Enewetak and the invasions of Saipan Guam Leyte Formosa Luzon and Okinawa plus a China Sea cruise. He notes heavy combat including multiple Jap planes shot down and a vivid nighttime display of tracer fire. Bussie has two brothers in service and a cousin in the Navy Seabees heading to Camp Parks California after a 30 day leave.
Aiello seasoned labor leader active in District 29 Beckley offices since 1941. He helped organize coal workers in Winding Gulf and adjacent areas, aided DuPont Morgan-Hrown plans, and led foremen’s union drives in District 28. He also served as international representative and vice president of District 29.
Aiello and Mrs. Mary Aiello of Brooklyn are traced through unions and districts from Indianapolis to Fairmont as Aiello moved from District 17 to District 21. He led the district from 1921 to 1926, remained with it through 1934, married Julia Pica in February, and helped organize widen mine workers in Clay county the following April.
In the Stettin area Allied forces report 2000 prisoners taken, among them Lt. Gen. Schleinitz commander of the 402d German infantry division, signaling a significant German unit disruption.
Ernie Pyle describes a calm start to the voyage to Japan aboard a U.S. carrier in the Western Pacific. The fleet forms into self contained units under Admiral Mitscher with air patrols and submarines guarded by destroyers. Pyle enjoys comfortable living, shares a cabin with Lieut. Comdr. Al Masters, and notes movies, a clean laundry surprise, and camaraderie aboard ship.
Randolph Norton notes spring forecasts and old signs for corn and peas planting. He quotes E W Morris from Ury on whip-poor-will signs and Henry Wallace on oak leaf size, while discussing pet weather and last autumn’s cold spell. He also mentions fish farming ideas, a 350 fish pond, Helen Keller’s letter on deaf blind education, and a Raleigh General doctor asking about planting English peas now.
The text notes that some individuals captured during the winter Ardennes offensive had been detained by the Nazis for just over a month before their transfer, while others remained held for more than two years.
Kobe suffered extensive damage as 2,500 tons of incendiaries fell in a fourth air assault by Marianas based B 29s. Fires raged for hours around Mitsubishi aircraft plant Kawasaki locomotive works and docklands while Kobe’s industrial belt burned. Maj Gen Curtis LeMay noted a nine square mile area in ashes and three more miles badly hit. First fruit trees were sent to Quebec in 1608.
The eleventh armored division joined the advance between the Rhine and Moselle, breaking through the German line. One column pushed eight miles southeast to seize Buechenbaeres, 12 miles southwest of Simmern, while a second column moved seven miles southeast to capture Wuerrich, 9.15 miles west of Simmern. The 90th infantry division advanced three miles on a six mile front and entered Boppard, seven miles south of Coblenz, with Doughboys also taking Bad Salzig Holzfeld Pfaffenbach and St Goar, towns seven to 14 miles south of Koblenz.
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