Army Priorities to Govern Travel Through Air
The war department will put domestic air travel on a full wartime basis with the army operating or controlling over 300 transport planes. About 80 airliners to be taken over, 70 converted to cargo carriers, and remaining planes to keep commercial schedules but available for emergency military missions. Priority rules tighten. train travel urged for most. Regular service may be curtailed later. airmail to continue on nonessential routes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
War Department
Roosevelt
Nichols
D.-Okla
House
Department
Two couples apply for county marriage licenses
Two couples have applied for marriage licenses in the county clerk's office here. They are Billy Edward Pack, 21, and Lucille Virginia Wilkerson, 19, of Price Hill. Ivan Douglas Whitehead, 21, of Beckley, and Gaye Marie Cooper, 21, of Skelton.
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Billy Edward Pack
Lucille Virginia Wilkerson
Price Hill
Ivan Douglas Whitehead
Beckley
Gaye Marie Cooper
Skelton
Ring continues as Van and Janice plan Lorimer trip
The scene shows Blossom's enthusiasm for gifts while Van reveals a letter from Janice's father, inviting them to Lorimer for a weekend. He reasons their visit will reassure Janice’s mother and outlines travel plans by train Friday evening, with Monroe as a meeting point, and a hopeful departure next weekend if Janice can take Saturday off work.
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Blossom
Van
Janice
Lorimer
Monroe
Education Board Hearing Starts
Logan Circuit Judge C. C. Chambers overruled a demurrer filed by three Logan school board members facing removal. Superintendent Paul C. Winter testified as the first witness, detailing board members Ronald L. Shelton Charles L. Williams and Louden H. White alleged conspiracy to vote as a bloc. The trio denied the conspiracy charges and denied improper employment of relatives and removal of authority from Winter. A hearing was set for May 22 after Winter’s suspension by a 3-2 board vote following taxpayer association charges.
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Associated Press
Logan
C. C. Chambers
Logan School Board
Paul C. Winter
Winter
Logan County Taxpayers’ Asociation
Ronald L. Shelton
Charles L. Williams
Louden H. White
Unlimited Gasoline Deliveries Approved
Charleston State Defense Coordinator Carl G. Bachmann announced the War Production Board will permit unlimited gasoline deliveries to filling stations in 47 West Virginia counties exempted from rationing. The notice, from WPB Director of Industry Operations J. S. Knowlson, follows prior cuts in deliveries for stations outside the eastern panhandle.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Carl G. Bachmann
War Production Board
West Virginia
Bachmann
J. S. Knowlson
W.P.B
Panhandle
School Board Names Acting Superintendent After Vote
A 3-2 board vote named Lon FE. Browning acting superintendent of the graded school. The board rejected Winter's teacher list, approved Browning's replacements, and remains at odds with Winter who withholds credentials and records, placing them with the circuit court clerk. Other dissenters include President Frank White and P. C. Dingess.
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Lon FE. Browning
Winter
Browning
all-Democratic
Frank White
P. C. Dingess
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