Raleigh Family War Bond Campaign Urged Countywide
Hal M. Scott explains local contacts and an organized volunteer effort to promote war bond purchases across Raleigh County. Prosecuting Attorney Bailey ties bonds to supporting soldiers, noting high interest, tax treatment, and earnings power, urging 10 percent payroll deductions via coal and lumber firms to meet wartime goals.
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George W. Bright
Bailey
Wyoming
Ast
Bright
Price Ceiling Rules Won't Cut Costs Sharply
West Virginia price ceiling rules will not lower living costs but will prevent further increases and roll back some rises since March. Dr. Carl M. Frasure, state director of the office of price administration, said merchants may charge the highest prices collected in March 1942. He stressed the goal of stabilizing the economy and noted inflation fears outstanding since 1939.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Carl M. Frasure
Office of Price Administration
Frasure
Ugly Ducklings Turn Out to Be Ace Birdmen
Huntington story notes that boys in Cabell County schools embrace model plane building under the Navy department program. Director C. J. Gould observes strong interest across ages and skills, with 550 local planes and 50 types being built. He predicts the air age will surpass the gasoline age as youth excel in aviation crafts.
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Huntington
C. J. Gould
Gould
Cabell County
Navy Department
West Virginia
Fuel Oil Rationing Expands to 15 Midwestern States
The War Production Board extends fuel oil curtailment to 15 midwestern states from June 15 affecting new installations after that date. Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Wisconsin face limits, while Oregon Washington see 50 reduction in fuel oil and gasoline. Gasoline in these two states also cut to two thirds. Seventeen eastern states and DC begin card rationing Friday with 50 cut in gasoline and fuel oil bans for new installations. The WPB also excludes 93 counties from rationing, including 47 in West Virginia 10 in New York 25 in Pennsylvania 10 in Virginia and one in Maryland.
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Associated Press
Washington
New War Production Board
Illinois
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Louis Johnson to Return to America after Operation
Washington reports Louis Johnson personal representative of President Roosevelt in India will return to the United States soon after an operation for a nasal infection in New Delhi. Johnson, a Clarksburg West Virginia attorney, was advised by his physician to travel home at once.
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Associated Press
Washington
Louis Johnson
Roosevelt
India
United States
New Delhi
State Department
Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dining Car Cooks Are Held For Trial
U S Commissioner Neil Moran ordered two dining car cooks held for federal grand jury action on charges of stealing valuables worth 6000 dollars from passengers on through trains. Roosevelt Dukes of Jersey City and Smith Matthews of Cincinnati were charged with thefts on Baltimore and Ohio trains between Parkersburg and Martinsburg.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
U. S
Neil Moran
Roosevelt Dukes
Jersey City
N. J
Smith Matthews
Cincinnati
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Final hearings for citizenship coming in June
Ogan Circuit Judge C C Chambers will hear final arguments May 21 in removal proceedings filed by Logan County taxpayers against the school board majority. The following day the same faction will hold a hearing for Superintendent Pau C Winter, whom it has suspended. Testimony followed Judge Chambers overruling a demurrer from defendants Shelton Williams and White. Taxpayers allege official misconduct and conspiracy to usurp the superintendent’s power. the majority accuses Winter of willful neglect, incompetence and insubordination.
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Associated Press
OGAN
C. C. Chambers
Logan County School Board
Pau C. Winter
Judge Chambers
Ronald L. Shelton
Chares L. Williams
Louden H. White
NYA Youth Projects Shifting to War Basis in W Virginia
West Virginia NYA programs move to war production and training. All but one project are now on war basis, including Institute for Negro youth, with a new foundry and training in mechanical skills such as airplane sheet metal work. Parsons Tucker County remains on regular out-of-school work.
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Associated Press
Charleston
National Youth Administration
West Virginia
Glenn S. Callaghan
Callaghan
N.Y.A
Institute
Tucker County
Parsons
Farm Bureau Opens New Membership Drive in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Farm Bureau will start its annual membership drive on Wednesday May 27 with a board of directors meeting. This year prizes are war stamps and bonds for top recruiters, tying the drive to the county war effort. Members gain 50 cents toward defense for each $2 membership as stamps are purchased. Leaders hope to surpass 803 members, with plans to continue through June 25. F. L. Miles and local officers will participate.
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Raleigh County Farm Bureau
H. B. Thomas
Farm Bureau
Thomas
F. L. Miles
State Farm Bureau
C. E. Shumate
Harper Road
John L. Clay
Dry Creek
H. G. Farmer
Bolt
Clayton Scott
Glen Morgan
Price Regulation Bulletin Limited Copies Now Available
The General Maximum Price Regulations Bulletin No 1 issued by the OPA has few copies sent to Mrs G P Stinnette manager of the local Credit Bureau for distribution She said by Monday May 18 every item in the bulletin must be marked with ceiling price in plain view Merchants may request copies if they are scarce and available
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O.P.A
G. P. Stinnette
Credit Bureau
Colcord Child's Funeral Saturday in Kentucky
David Winton Jordan three years old died of sympathetic leukemia in a South Charleston hospital. Funeral services will be held in Catlettsburg Kentucky Saturday at 10 a.m. He was born October 6 1939 and is survived by his parents Franklin Leon Jordan and Mrs. Jordan a brother Frederick and his grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Pad en Colcord and Mr and Mrs E B Short ridge of Louisa Kentucky. He received several blood transfusions including three from Mrs McMullin of Philadelphia the woman with the golden blood. He grew critically ill Tuesday afternoon after a brief rally.
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Register
Colcord
David Winton Jordan
Southharleston Hospital
Catlettsburg
Kentucky
Franklin Leon Jordan
Frederick
Albert Paden
E. B. Shortridge
Louisa
Nazis Move Against Jazz Again Label It Anglified Negro Music
The regime resumes suppression of jazz and swing, denouncing the music as Anglicized Negro music and signaling renewed censorship. Authorities target clubs, radio programs, and performers, aiming to curb what they deem degenerate cultural influence. Jazz musicians face state scrutiny and potential bans.
Holland Adopts Cherry Leaf Cigars
A new method in Holland uses cigars made from dried cherry leaves with wrappers soaked in tobacco juice, creating a distinct product. This change highlights local tobacco processing and marketing shifts.
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Holland
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