Men in the service from West Virginia colonies and beyond
The article profiles multiple service members and families during wartime. Private Arden A. Dodrill Jr from Arden Dodrill, Jr. and Grace Dodrill Manning learn he is aboard an Atlantic transport, after leaving New River NC. James O. Elliott visits ACE AT CAMP BOWIE, and Wesley S. Burnside from Dry Creek is at Fort Snelling awaiting furlough. Edward H. Epperley completes Chanute Field training, Alpha Woods Jr. serves at Camp Livingston, while Woodrow Sowder is in Alaska as a bugler. William Underwood remains at Scofield Barracks Hawaii as he nears 19. Sergeant Quentin R. Shumate returns to New River and poses with Iowa Shumate and family after earlier service in Puerto Rico and Guantanamo.
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New River
North Carolina
Marine Barracks
Arden A. Dodrill, Jr
Marines
Grace Dodrill Manning
Atlantic
Dodrill
Roanoke
Virginia
Trap Hill
Arden Dodrill, Jr
I. N. Alderman
Eccles
Leathernecks
Ace
Camp Bowie
Texas
James O. Elliott
James D. Elliott
Beaver
Harwood James
Beckley
Wesley S. Burnside
Dry Creek
West Virginia
Woodrow Sowder
Ira Sowder
Pax
Army
Alaska
William Howard Underwood
George R. Underwood
Thurmond
Scofield Barracks
Hawaii
Mount Hope High School
Quentin R. Shumate
W. H. Shumate
Glen Daniel
Iowa Shumate
H. J. Oram
Lester
Shumate
Puerto Rico
Guantanamo
Cuba
More Money for Dependents In Prospect
Washington report notes the House backing at least 50 dollars monthly for privates and seamen, as a military committee reviews how much of a fighting man’s pay should be allotted to dependents. Hearings on the proposal continue with officers from Army Navy and the selective service system to testify. passage could send the bill to conference as Senate figures differ.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Army
May
D.-Ky
Navy
Senate
House Military Committee
Paul V. McNutt
War and Navy Departments
Price Ceilings To be Explained in West Virginia
A corps of speakers will be recruited from county civilian defense offices to explain retail price ceilings effective next Monday. The campaign, drafted at a meeting of district supervisors, will target farm, labor, church, and Negro groups with lectures. Training will be in 25 centers statewide for lawyers, ministers, teachers, and labor leaders.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Office of Price Administration
O.C.D
Government Finance For West Virginia School and Hospital
Government funds to finance a 12 classroom elementary junior high school at Spring Hill near South Chaveston and an 86,400 dollar Morgan town hospital expansion. Monongalia County will contribute 12,200 dollars toward the 115,200 dollar hospital project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Richmond
Morgantown
W. Va
Spring Hill
South Chaveston
C. L. Vickers
Federal Works Agency
Monongalia County
Huntington Labor Quarrel Certified
Washington reports a labor dispute at Huntington between the Steel Workers Organizing Committee and International Nickel Company certified to the War Labor Board by Secretary Perkins. The strike concerns 2100 workers seeking wage increases and union security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Huntington, W
War
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
International Nickel Company
War Labor Board
Perkins
Income Tax Plan Opposed in Senate Faces Opposition
Senate finance committee members Brown Lafollette Van denberg and Taft oppose a House Ways and Means plan to tax low income earners with exemptions of 500 for singles and 1200 for married couples. They favor a sales tax or withholding on wages and investments to widen the base. A separate note says a Chinese patrol captured three elephants carrying four tons of artillery and ammunition for the Japs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
George
D.-Ga
Brown
D.-Mich
Lafollette
Wis
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Taft
Ohio
House Committee
First Lady Deflects Slacks Slant on Press Day
First Lady Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt declined to wear slacks, saying only young and thin women could, and she would not want government staff in slacks unless necessary. She supported socks at home, favored stockings for dress-up, and noted minimal sugar use with guests bringing their own if needed. She plans to invest a portion of earnings in war bonds.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Five Day Per Week Bread Deliveries Planned
Charleston report says about 97 percent of West Virginia bakers will cut deliveries to five days weekly starting May 21. Orren L. Jones, secretary of the state bakers association, announced the plan to omit Thursday deliveries to conserve rubber gasoline and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Bakers
Orren L. Jones
Jones
State Bakers Association
State Supreme Court weighs relief fund petitions in Webster and Preston Counties
The West Virginia Supreme Court took under advisement petitions by Raymond Kenny demanding writs to compel Webster and Preston counties to provide funds from general levies for relief. Kenny seeks transfer of 3100 dollars from Webster and 5046 dollars from Webster County to relief funds, noting laws require 15 percent of total levies for relief. He alleges Webster County allocated only 1000 of 4100 and Preston County only half of 10092 for relief.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Supreme Court
Asistance
Raymond Kenny
Webster
Preston
Mandamus
Kenny
Webster County
Preston County
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Alph E. Woods, JR
R. E. Woods
Murray Street
Camp Livingston
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South
James Elliott
Wesley Burnside
Ralph Woods, Jr
Woodrow Lowder
William Underwood
Sergeant and
Mrs. Shumate
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Central Press
Huntington Labor Quarrel Certified
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Bob Steele
Tom Tyler
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