Murray and Van Bitiner May Face Ouster Next Monday
In Cleveland and Charleston reports the United Mine Workers and United Steelworkers faces a looming leadership clash. Delegates expect a Washington showdown next Monday at a policy committee meeting called by John L. Lewis, with Philip Murray possibly elected USA president and leaving his UMW post.
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Murray
van Bitiner
UMW Ai
Associated Press
Cleveland—Organized Steel Workers
C.S.O
Philip Murray
John L. Lewis
C.S.O. United Steelworkers of America
Washington
United Mine Workers Union
U.M.W
Lewis
U.S.A
C.I.0
U. S.A
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Mine Workers’ Union
Charleston
United Mine Workers District 17
West Virginia
Percy Tetlow
International Union
van A. Bittner
District 17
George J. Titler
Titler
U.m.w’s Chemical Division
United Construction Workers
A. D Lewis Bittner
William Blizzard
C. Fremont Davis
Harry Bennett
M. A. Tetit
Tetlow
International Executive Board
Guerrillas Challenge Nazi Grip Behind German Lines
Soviet reports from Kharkov sector describe Marshal Timoshenko’s forces crushing a key German strongpoint after a 40 minute battle. The Red Star notes five surrounding villages seized, and German counterattacks repelled as guerrilla groups grow bolder behind enemy lines.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Semeon Timoshenko
Kharkov
Red Star
Red Star Ward
Izyum
Barvenkova
Kerch
Caucasus
Pravda
Russia
Bus Firm 5 Defendants in Damage Suit
A year after an auto bus crash near Eccles on May 21 1941 a $5 000 damage suit was tried in circuit court. Mike Donovich sues Atlantic Greyhound Corp alleging personal injuries and car damage of 550 after his 1500 car was wrecked when a Greyhound bus traveling 40 to 50 mph collided with his vehicle. The bus driver testified he horned and braked as Donovich crossed the road. Donovich had been off work due to a mine injury but was earning compensation at the time. The case was expected to go to the jury this afternoon. An order dismissed Watts versus Macs Metal Company as settled.
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Mike Donovich
Eccles
Glen Rogers
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Welch
D. K. Bowers
Donovich
Mike
A. W. Watts
Marc’s Metal Company
Couple Applications for County Marriage Licenses
The county clerk reports two marriage license applications. Fred Thomas, 22, and Betty Louise Martwell, 18, of Sophia, seek a license. Ralph Daymon Williams, 23, and Dorothy Mae Garten, 18, of Beckley, also apply.
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Fred Thomas
Betty Louise Martwell
Sophia
Ralph Daymon Williams
Dorothy Mae Garten
Beckley
Sophia Chamber To Laud Ruble
Sophia Chamber of Commerce will meet at 8 tonight in the Boy Scout cabin to draft year plans and hear a report on a nearly 100 percent membership drive. President O A Phillips says only one solicitor failed to join. officers reelected include C G Richardson, W J McElrath, and Joe Carnahan as secretary. The chamber may adopt a resolution thanking Mayor Criss Ruble for water and street improvements and leadership.
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Sophia Chamber of Commerce
O. A. Phillips
Phillips
Chamber
C. G. Richardson
W. J. McElrath
Joe Carnahan
Sopnia Chamber
Criss Ruble
Weather Update West Virginia East Covered By Rain
Occasional rain affects eastern West Virginia today with cool temperatures through today and tonight. Stronger showers unlikely but coastal moisture lingers, keeping skies overcast in the hills and valleys.
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West Virginia
East Portion
George named as assistant county jailor
Ed George of Beckley has been appointed as the Raleigh County jail's assistant jailer. He has filled relief jailer roles over two years and has worked the 6 am to 6 pm shift on weekdays, assisting the night jailer on weekends. Sheriff Ash Mankin says court approval is needed for salary authorization and the appointment.
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Raleigh
County Bar Association
Beckley
Ed George
The
Bar Association
George
Ash Mankin
Draft Aims More Coordination Between Draft Boards and Jobs
Washington The War Manpower Commission directed selective service local boards to consult federal employment service offices before drafting anyone skilled in a critical war occupation. The eight point program by Paul V. McNutt seeks fuller national manpower use and closer coordination to protect irreplaceable war industry workers.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission Today
Federal
Paul V. McNutt
Manpower Commission
Eight Recruits Leave Beckley Army Office
Eight men were sent from the local army recruiting office to a reception center for induction. Sergeant Rudolf Linek reported this as the largest group to depart the Beckley office in two months. The eight are Joseph T. Maynor of Harper, Charles A. Durham of Eccles, Charles O. Wiseman of Affinity, Lawrence E. Malone of Mabscott, Richard E. Price of Lochgelly Fayette County, Randolph L. Zeigler of Affinity, Steve J. Fekete Jr. of Affinity, and Charles Herbert of Sprague.
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Army
Rudolf Linek
Beckley
Linek
Joseph T. Maynor
Harper
Charles A. Durham
Eccles
Charles O. Wiseman
Affinity
Lawrence E. Malone
Mabscott
Richard E. Price
Lochgelly
Fayette County
Randolph L. Zeigler
Tax plan moves to ease income tax bite by installments
Washington The Ways and Means Committee explored installment payments for income taxes to cushion steep rate increases in low income brackets. It unveiled a new program raising surtax ranges and proposing withholding credits up to 10 percent from salaries, aiming to shift tax due on March 15 next year. The plan would add about 2.756 billion dollars to current revenue, with exemptions of 500 for singles and 1200 for married couples, and a baseline 6 percent tax.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Glen Rogers Still Waiting for OPR Edict
The Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company awaits an OPA order to allow about 1000 workers to return at Glen Rogers while noting no change yet. Charles C. Dickinson warns arbitrary price caps could close mines, urging individual adjustments and stressing no blanket protest. Operators may submit financials to show continued operation under the new price list.
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Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Office of Price Administration
Glen Rogers
Charles C. Dickinson
Charleston
National Coal Association
O.P.A
Dickinson
FDR Dictator Urges Hoover
New York report claims former President Hoover urged granting President Roosevelt dictatorial economic powers to win total war. Hoover said such powers would be temporary and warned against crystallizing fascist economics, while arguing civil liberties must be kept and columnists allowed private debate during wartime.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt
Hoover
National Industrial Conference Board
First Giant One An Hour Bomber Rolls Off Ford Willow Run
DETROIT reports the Willow Run plant produced the first B 24 E bomber on an assembly line half a mile long as Ford expands war production to about 70 contracts including tanks weapons and parts. Edsel Ford and Charles Sorensen describe the project as matching automobile mass production and doubling wartime output with a potential one bomber per hour rate.
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Ford
Associated Press
Detroit
Willow Run
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
National Association of Manufacturers
Charles E. Sorenson
Consolidated Aircraft Corp
Pratt & Whitney
Henry Ford
Ingersoll
Sorensen
81 Draftees Leave to Start Army Life Grim Faces
A crowd at the Greyhound station watched 81 draftees depart for an army reception center amid grim faces andaloof farewells. The trio of buses carried recruits from draft boards 3 1 and 2 with Turner noting 92 total expected and sergeant Ware assisting to maintain order. Local Rotary members provided cigarettes cigars and gum while Woodrow Wilson High School band played martial tunes ending with America.
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E. H. Turner
Draft Board No. 3
W. C. Ware
H. D. Gibbs
Turner
Aubrey Smith
Eunice
Greyhound
Rotary Club
M. A., Johnson
Paul Feigley
J. L. Huffman
O. B. Harris
Woodrow Wilson High School
Glen Sallack
Bulgarians Seek Peace After Axis Entry
Sofia dispatches, censored for Switzerland, report Bulgarians regret joining the Axis last spring and seek peace by compromise. The Neue Zürcher Zeitung cites that even ardent German supporters doubt a decisive victory against the enemy coalition.
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Sofia
Switzerland
Germany
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Held For Non-Support Altman Smith Arrested in Edwight
Altman Smith, who left his Raleigh family May 4, was arrested by Deputy Clyde McDowell in Edwight where he had been working. Magistrate Oley Mills ordered $80 monthly support for wife Nellie Smith and five children under 16, plus a 12 month jail term unless bond posted. Rev J L Lineweaver and public assistance aid the children. wife had sworn out the warrant on Tuesday.
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Altman Smith
Raleigh
Clyde McDowell
Edwight
Oley Mills
Mills
Nellie Smith
J. L. Lineweaver
Office of Public Assistance
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Jesse McComas
Huntington
John C. Hudson
J. B. Porter
House Group
Yunnan
Chungking
Foochow
Fukien
Chinese High Command
China
Chekiang
Tokyo
Kinhwa
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Hangchow
Shanghai
Ningpo
Changlochien
Chientang
Tung River
Chietang
Yunnang
Burma
Tengyueh
Shan States
Bhamo
Japan
OPR
FDR
Ford Company
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