Red Dog Level Patchwork On West Virginia Roads
The piece laments patching holes on the Shady Spring to Summers county line road under strip mining damage from White Oak mountain coal. It argues the makeshift bill exempts mines operating before March 11, allowing ongoing harm, warns of long term countryside destruction, and urges industry restoration financed by those causing damage.
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Shady Spring
Summers County
White Oak Mountain
Germany
Japan
West Virginia
Virginia
Carolina
Buckus by Randolph Norton and local notes
Ernie Pyle fans will find his latest column on this page. A Beckley area sailor rescued at sea by a destroyer is praised, while Mrs Gertrude Stinnett reports a credit bureau telephone scam. Spring humor from H B Snead jokes about sap rising and planting peas as a playful local clipping.
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Ernie Pyle
Ernie
Beckley
U. S. Navy
Gertrude Stinnett
Beckley Credit Bureau
Bureau
Plenty of Cabbage In a Food Crisis The Nation Relies On Cabbage
The article argues cabbage stockpiles in the United States are 56 percent above the ten year average, framing cabbage as a reliable staple during food crises. It notes cabbage can be eaten cooked or uncooked, pairs well with corned beef or sauerkraut, and could sustain meals when meat is scarce.
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United States
Nazis Going Underground Sees Russian Caution
Russian soldiers understand the Nazis’ ruthlessness and anticipate danger as the conflict intensifies, with reports noting the enemy’s unpredictable tactics and potential for clandestine actions.
Highway dream along New River from Hinton to Narrows
The writer envisions a river grade highway from Hinton to Narrows following the New River and Greenbrier route from Point Pleasant to Bellepoint, detailing two main stretches through Gauley Bridge and Meadow Creek. He notes lingering winter effects on coal use and laments the uncertain season while reflecting on fuel savings and household consumption.
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Fred Stout
Hinton
Kanawha
Fred
Stout
Thurmond
Gauley Bridge
Fayette Gorge
Quinnimont
Meadow Creek
Point Pleasant
Bellepoint
Greenbrier
White Sulphur
Bluestone Reservoir
Narrows
Warning on Nazi underground activity issued to Red Army
Gen. Vasily Ulrich, president of the supreme military tribunal, cautioned Soviet troops that Himmler is organizing vast underground resistance in Germany. He warned that every post is vulnerable and that thousands have fraudulent documents while arms, printing presses, and radio links are hidden. He urged vigilance against spies and saboteurs amid expected Nazi underground actions.
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Red Army
Vasily Ulrich
Supreme Military Tribunal
Ulrich
Himmler
Germany
Nazi Party
Mosquito Bombers Drop Heavy Bombs on Germany
Report notes two ton blockbusters released by Mosquito aircraft with long range missions. The text suggests 11 ton bombs delivered to target via grasshopper bombers, detailing a strategic air raid method.
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Germany
Fighting First Beet German fears in war letters
Pfc. Lawrence Wood, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wood of Skelton, serves with the Fighting First. He writes of the First Infantry Division’s long history of “firsts” in World War I and World War II, noting its feared reputation and recent German medals sent home from Germany. Wood details deployments from England to France Belgium and Germany since February 1943.
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Lawrence Wood
Sam Wood
Skelton
Wood
France
Germany
Rhine
America
England
North
Africa
Sicily
Siegfried Line
Belgium
Saarland and Palatinate fall reshape war in Europe
The Allied Patton Patch forces break German defense in the Saarland and Palatinate west of the Rhine, eliminating a major obstacle to a Ruhr invasion. The victory cripples two German armies, with casualties likely over 100,000, and shifts German focus to depleted southern industries as Russians push in Hungary.
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U. S
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Patch
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Cologne
Saar-Palatinate
Rhine
Montgomery
Reich
Saar
Silesia
Bavaria
Czechslovakia
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Eisenhower
Alps
Hitler
Ludwigshafen
Seventh Army
Otterburg
Kaiserslautern
Lewis Hawkins
Moselle
Seventh
Third
Pateh
Allied Advances Shrink German Strongholds in Palatinate and Ruhr
Allied forces press the Saarland Palatinate and Ruhr regions as German resistance collapses. Patton’s tanks near Speyer and Landau, Mainz battles continue, while Eisenhower’s air and ground units isolate key Ruhr cities and push toward Gladbach and Mulheim. Neustadt falls as first and third armies drive deep into German heartland.
Allied air campaign destroys German rail hubs and airfields
A sustained Allied air operation across north Germany, coordinated by the western air command under Gen. Eisenhower, leveled ten airfields and scorched scores of railway centers and fortified towns. An RAF recce pilot reported widespread infernos as nineteen German planes were shot down and forty five others plus three gliders were destroyed on the ground.
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Missouri
Western Air Command
Eisenhower
High Command
R.A.F
Snow Begins Amid Measurable Rainfall Across Stations
Weather reports show .58 inches of rain at each station from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. yesterday, as the first snowflakes fell last night. The data notes conditions affecting travel and local activities during the transition from rain to snow.
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Rhine
Valhalla
Grees
Sea Gave Jimmy Back
Ernie Pyle recounts the rescue of Lieut. James Van Fleet by a destroyer off the Western Pacific. Jimmy, saved seven minutes after plunging, is treated like a guest aboard, with scrolls, gifts, and a return ice cream aboard. Two rescuers, Franklin Calloway and Melvin Collins, earned Bronze Stars for similar actions off Leyte last fall.
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Jimmy
Ernie Pyle
Western Pacific
Jimmy van Fleet
Findlay
Franklin Calloway
Oakland St
Philadelphia
Melvin Collins
North Winest
Otumwa
Iowa
Leyte
Court proceedings feature drunken defense and bill of particulars sought
In the Raleigh court Cody a plumber advised by J S Butts admits no defense beyond drunkenness after a mistaken belief about attorney Williams. A bill of particulars is sought in James Shaw and Randolph Perdue grand larceny case for $28 50 in goods from L R Black. Trial docket adjusted for Ulysses D Price a numbers case. Bond forfeitures and capiases issued for several defendants including Evans Campbell and Pemberton.
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Cody
Alley
J. S. Butts
George Williams
Butts
Ballard
James Shaw
Raleigh
Randolph Perdue
L. R. Black
Beatrice Evans
Princeton
Vera Jamison
Crab Orchard
James D. Craft
East Beckley
Charlie Hamiet
Eva Ingram
Garnett L. Campbell, Jr
Alexander Pemberton, Jr
German food crisis and Hitler last stand plans
German food rations will be sharply cut as population dislocation cripples the economy. Swiss reports say Hitler plans a final stand in Berchtesgaden as Allies and Russians push toward Berlin amid anticipated chaos and a possible collapse of Nazi Germany.
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Joseph Stock
Reich
Adolf Hiter
Berlin
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Hitler
Nation's Highest Award To Be Given To Hero's Mother
First Lt. Jimmie W. Monteith Jr. posthumously earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading his infantry platoon on D-Day at Normandy, blasting two machine gun nests and guiding tanks to destroy a pillbox. The award will be presented to his widowed mother in Richmond by Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn. Monteith, a 1938 Jefferson High School graduate from Richmond, attacked through barbed wire and minefields, silencing three German guns before being killed by a light machine gun. His brother Robert P. Monteith serves in Hawaii.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr
Normandy
D-Day
Richmond
Jimmie W. Monteith, Sr
Frank Dorn
Joseph W. Stilwell
Army
Aaron B. Jones
Monteith
Thomas’ Jefferson High School
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
J.g
Robert P. Monteith
Hawaii
State Farmers To Protest Planned 14 Potomac Dams
West Virginia Farm Bureau will file a formal protest against the federal plan for 14 dams in the Potomac river basin. President Clyde Bonar tours the eastern panhandle to rally opposition. dams would flood farm land and affect rail and river infrastructure. A public hearing by the board of engineers is set for April 3 in Washington.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Potomac River
West Virginia Farm Bureau
Clyde Bonar
Burlington
Bonar
Panhandle
Patterson Creek
Potomac
Springfield
South Branch
Keyser
Hampshire
Mineral County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Public Service Commission
Board of Engineers For Rivers and Harbors
Washington
German broadcasts report near Komarom and Tolbukhin advances
German communiques say Komarom at risk from spearheads ten miles distant from the Austrian frontier. Southwest of Budapest Tolbukhin forces pushed 12 miles west of Székesfehérvár and clash on both sides of Varpalota, 46 miles from Budapest.
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Danube
Vag
Komarom
Budapest
Feodor Tolbukhin
Szekesfehervar
Varpalota
Farley Appointed Conservator of the Peace at Big Stick
The circuit court approved James A. Farley as conservator of the peace for Big Stick Baileywood Affinity Sullivan Pemberton and Phillips. He was appointed by the county court on petition of the Lillybrook Coal company which agreed to pay the county treasurer 100 dollars monthly for his services.
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Circuit Court
James A. Farley
Big Stick
Baileywood
Affinity
Sullivan
Pemberton
Phillips
Lillybrook Coal Company
Red Cross Total Shows Big Gain
Donations to the Red Cross War Fund rose by 862.66 to 17104.15 as of noon today after cinema audiences contributed through two local theaters. Mrs. A F Matson in charge said minglers from the Beaver Coal company building would add later, with merchants slow to display flags due to weather. Mt Tabor Baptist and Sophia Methodist Sunday schools contributed as well.
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Red Cross War Fund
A. F. Matson
Beaver Coal Company
Industrial Committee
Red Cross
Mt. Tabor
RFC Refutes Senate Committee Report
WASHINGTON The senate war investigating committee released a long in preparation report on surplus property disposal and drew an immediate rebuke from one of several disposal agencies.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
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