Navy seeks uniform truck loads to speed wartime shipments
Minority Leader McCormack released a navy complaint accusing state commerce barriers of delaying war supplies. Acting Navy Secretary Forrestal urged uniform gross loads, weights, dimensions and speeds for interstate trucks, citing delays from state marine laws and rigid tags, with incidents in Maine Iowa and Wells Maine in 1941 and ongoing issues along the Atlantic coast.
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Associated Press
Washington
McCormack
Navy
Maine
Iowa
Atlantic
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Director of Defense Transportation
Atlantic Sea‘board
Iowa Highway Department
Wells
Portland
Norfolk
U S Government Reaches New Peak of Magnificence
The American Journal of Sociology reports that the United States has entered a War State as an expanded executive government dominates amid war and depression. Ogburn notes this centralization mirrors wartime needs, with democracy persisting in rights and opportunities for the less privileged.
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Chicago
American Journal of Sociology
United States
William Fielding Ogburn
Ogburn
University of Chicago
Washington
Government business gaps hinder Maine license plate purchase
Forrestal argued no sufficient government business to justify buying Maine license plates. He provided McCormack with a letter copy from Secretary Knox to War Production Director Nelson urging issuance of necessary instructions to remedy the difficulties.
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Forrestal
Maine
McCormack
Knox
Donald M. Nelson
Camp Counsellors Prepare for School Training at Walhonde
Charleston Area Council staff from Kanawha Raleigh Fayette and Alleghany districts will attend a preliminary training session at Camp Walhonde June 5 to 7. Plans call for camps at Walhonde Beaver Beckwith and Ronceverte this summer. Walhonde opens its seventeenth season July 15 and runs four one week sessions through August 12. The camp lies on Coal River at the forks of Big and Little Coal and features steel double decked cots cabins tents a large mess hall and a central lodge.
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Charleston Area Council
Camp Walhonde
Charleston
Richard K. Hopkins
Kanawha
Raleigh
Fayette
Alleghany
Walhonde
Beaver
Beckwith
Ronceverte
Hopkins
St Louis and Pittsburgh clash amid late ninth changes
In a tense game at St Louis, multiple substitutions occurred late in the ninth as several players entered and exited. Beazley earned the win for St Louis with Beazley the pitcher of record while e. Losing pitcher was e. The game featured key hits by W Cooper and Sauer, with Beasley and Gumbert contributing defensively. Attendance reached 16,577 with 2:54 duration.
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Anderson
Lopez
Heintzelman
Phelps
St. Louis
Pittsburgn
Hopp
Elliott
Coscart
W. Cooper
Rikard
Crespi
W . Cooper
Fletcher
Moore
Barrett
M. Cooper
Brown
W Cooper
Marion
Coscarart
Gustine
Martin
Pittsburgh
Wilkie
Willkie
Beasley
Gumbert
Winnin Iteher
Beazley
Stewart, Sears and Dunn
Names of service men sought in Raleigh County
Mrs George Bright executive secretary of the local Red Cross chapter asks Raleigh County parents of sons in military service to telephone or mail their names and addresses to the Red Cross office in the Bair Building. Include nearest telephone number and family physician for contact in emergencies.
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Raleigh County
George Bright
Red Cross
Bair
Bright
Twelve Couples Seek Licenses in County Clerk’s Office
A list shows twelve couples applying for marriage licenses. Names include Jessie Willard Ashbury and June Ruff of Dry Creek, John Bowden and Clara Sweeney of Beckley, Leon Carpenter and Cletius Sparks of Beckley, Richard Crawford and Ida Radford of Fort Benning and Glen Morfan, Willie Grant and Cassie Smith of Mullens and Amigo, Quention Hall and Mary Drummond of Pemberton and Sophia, James Holloway and Elizabeth Brown of Beckley, Edgar McCreery and Dorothy Jackson of Beckley, plus others such as Kyle Plumley and Della.
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Jessie Willard Ashbury
June Marcella Ruff
Dry Creek
Leon Wesley Carpenter
Crab Orchard
Cletius Irene Sparks
Beckley
Richard Lee Crawford
Fort Benning
Georgia
Ida Marie Radford
Glen Morfan
Willie Ronie Grant
Mullens
Cassie Thelma Smith
Amigo
Quention Roscoe Hall
Pemberton
Mary Allene Drummond
Sophia
James Franco Holloway
East Park
Elizabeth Brown
Edgar Earle McCreery
Dorothy Leah Jackson
Kyle Plumley
Essex
Maryland
Della Jen
Teens Named In Community Incident Report
The report lists individuals including 18 year old Daniels resident Nings. 25 year old Sprague man Steve Stanley Sodosky. 20 year old Sprague resident Virginia Violet Berg. 21 year old Munition resident James Lawton Sitser. 16 year old Posey resident Betheline Webb Cook. 20 year old East Beckley resident Edward Earl Spradley. and 20 year old Octavia Harris of East Beckley, described as East Beckley Negroes.
Timothy L. Kearse Dies in Charleston Hospital
Timothy L. Kearse, former attorney for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and owner, died in a Charleston hospital after a heart attack late last night. His death prompted notices of his career in rail and legal circles.
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Charleston
Timothy L. Kearse
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Sugar found on health officer steps in Chapel Hill
In Chapel Hill North Carolina health officer Dr W P Richardson found a bundle on his office steps tagged to the health department. The package contained 25 pounds of sugar.
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Associated Press
Chapel Hill
N. C
W. P. Richardson
Health Department
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Beckley Optical Co
Prince Street
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Murray
Haas
Sauer
Lee
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Frey Joost
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Reardon
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Gilbert
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Novikoff
Nena
Lowrey
McCullough
Nyee
Berman
Elgin
Spicnuia
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Bomans Mat
Neville St. Beckley
John Ward Bowden
Clara Lee Sweeney
Kearse
Sweet Charity
Charles E. Fuller
WJLS
Boone
Kanawha, and
Logan Counties
Fifth Congressional District
Memorial Building
W. Va
C. O. Hanson
Pol. Adv
America
Wits
Ake
de Rye
Lewi$ Furniture Company
Neville Street
Beckley, W. VA
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