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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1943
Page
12
More than 50 tons of high grade steel were removed from Clarksburg city streets after a four month streetcar rail removal project. It was immediately shipped to wear plants.
Readable text notes a 193 Chevrolet DeLuxe Sean with tag 9490 and a 1937 Willys Pickup. Mentions mileage and a price of 395 dollars for the Chevrolet model. No clear event or full context available from damaged OCR.
Produce demand slow with apples and potatoes listed across Pennsylvania and New York markets. Wheat, rye, and oats show mixed moves in Chicago while Baltimore cattle and calves prices reflect steady demand and tight supply. hogs advance and various beef and dairy categories show variance by weight and grade.
In Raleigh County court a suit for divorce is filed by Hazel Sayers against James Sayers. The order requires the non resident defendant to appear and protect his interests within the first publication. Attest: Van Hunter, Clerk. A separate notice states a motor carrier hearing set for April 6 1944 in Charleston by the Public Service Commission to consider a certificate for a common carrier route Am Eagle to Beckley via state and secondary routes, with a local passenger restriction between Maynor and Beckley. objections may be filed.
City council unanimously approves a victory garden on the municipal lawn to aid war food production. Firemen and other workers will be assigned to farm chores as part of the effort. American warplane engines are tested for operation across 67 degrees below to 120 degrees above zero.
A mixed puzzle listing across and down crossword clues with a cryptogram quotation by Byron. It includes multiple numbered entries for rock to stone, birds to beasts, and daily cryptogram text.
London reports observers expect rapid expansion of U S air power in Britain after Maj Gen Ira C Baker said daylight precision bombing has passed its experimental phase. The U S Army Air Forces plan to match RAF strength and bomb load, sending heavy bombers across the Atlantic to Britain and toward Breslau in Silesia, with new faster planes carrying greater loads.
The Mingo board of education directed Boyd Randall, former Williamson High School principal, to appear April 6 for a hearing on charges of incompetency and neglect of duty. The action followed Circuit Judge Charles Ferguson’s order to restore Randall to the principalship and to pay him 450 in salary lost through demotion to a graduate school.
Compared with last week fat lambs and slaughter ewes held steady with top and popular prices near 18.00. Good to choice wooled lambs around 70 lb sold 17.00 to 18.00, medium grades 15.00 to 17.00, plain and common 11.00 to 13.40. Choice slaughter ewes 9.00, medium to good 8.00 to 10.50, cull and common 4.00 to 7.00.
A dense read of radio listings for March 28 detailing program times, show titles, and hosts across networks. Notable items include church services, dramas, music segments, news, and varied entertainment from 6 a.m. through late night. The long list notes The Lutheran Hour, The Wake Up America Forum, The Jack Benny Program, One Man's Family, and News periods among others, with multiple stations and program blocks interleaved.
The Dund Wollen Mills shipped 200000 cigarettes to U S forces abroad split between the Pacific and Africa. Pacific cargo went to Lt Candy Marvin Porterfield and a former Martinsburg physician. Africa to a morale officer for a company including Private Karl Hollis. Martinsburg American Legion backs a fund drive for similar purchases. The local school board votes to extend leaves only for non serving teachers and to place on a preferred list those who have replaced those on leave. In 1942 Britain collected over 804 million discarded transport tickets for pulping.
Berkeley County schools report 26 teachers on leave of absence. Superintendent C William Rapp notes 109 are serving elsewhere, with one or more reasons given for the absences amid ongoing adjustments in staffing.
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