One Foot on the Soil and American Security
Louis Bromfield argues in C and Q magazine that owning land provides security, health, and dignity. He notes a migration from small city lots to rural life, backed by bankers and labor, and praises land ownership as a hedge against inflation. In Beckley area rhetoric ties land to opportunity amid postwar fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Bromfield
Register
Bromfield
Ohio
Q. Magazine
W.P.A
America
Beckley
The People’s Shield and the Press Free Speech
Prime Minister Churchill says Americans enjoy broader press freedom than Britain and that wartime reporting should remain uncensored. He warns any change to press rights would require a constitutional amendment and broad public support, underscoring press freedom as a cornerstone of democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Commons
Quebec
Roosevelt
Willy
Congress
Newspaper Week Calls for Independent Press Safeguards
The piece argues the press is a key bulwark against tyranny and must remain independent from politicians and special interests. It urges the public to demand freedom from government control, noting newspapers serve the common good and reflect the people’s will.
War Cartel Menace and German Industry Ties
Senate hearings reveal fears that German industrialists aim to rebuild international cartels after the war. U S justice department testimony accuses German firms in America of acting as fronts for Argentine affiliates to base new price fixing and production schemes. Some European economists view cartels as essential to postwar economic reorganization despite U S opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Department of Justice
Miller
United States
Don’t cash those bonds new war bond cashing procedure
The new treasury plan allows bondholders to cash bonds at banks but aims to help hold bonds longer. Critics say the rule is misread as immediate cashing, risking the war effort by turning bonds into liquid money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
The
Treasury
Liberators Open Palau Campaign in Bold Daylight Raid
13th Air Force Liberators attacked Palau in a daylight raid marking the start of a campaign against the strongest remaining Japanese base protecting the Philippines. Staff Sgt. Robert Nelson Greene of Beckley served as a gunner aboard one of the giant bombers. The raid followed past Allied victories over Truk and Yap and involved long overwater flight with no fighter cover.
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Thirteenth Air Force
Japan
Palau Islands
Beckley
Robert Nelson Greene
Westwood
13Th Air Force
Pacific
Philippines
Palau
Sgt. Greene
C. R. Greene
Gorman Greene
Raleigh County
Westwood Drive
Truk
Yap
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Bougainville
Rabaul
Kavieng
Woodrow Wilson High School
Youngstef
Army
Lowry Field
Colorado
Armour School
Flexible Gunnery
Kingman
Arizona
Brothers in arms near reunion in South Pacific
Two Lanark step brothers Efe Toney Esquina and Warner Neely serve in army and navy respectively in the South Pacific. Neely, son of Mrs Esquina, joined October 1942 after working at Leslie's Diner. Seaman first class Neely trained at Great Lakes and awaits a planned meeting with his brother. Also noted is Edwin Miller of Beckley receiving the army Good Conduct Medal for service in the Panama canal zone since December 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illiam D. Snyder
Sophia
Navy
States
Australia
Asia
Boyd Snyder
New York
Seaman Snyder
Mark Twain High School
Tams Mine Tipple
RS. Oranetta Roberts
Tamroy
Johnstown Road
Beckley
South Pacific
California
Sherman Roberts
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Hindis
Boston
L.S.T
Lorena Roberts
Barbara Ann
Hubert
Pax
Roy Lee Roberts
Saipan
Bougainville
Norfolk
Virginia
Jacksonville
Florida
Alexander Roberts
Fort Hueneme
Camp Parks
Shady Spring High School
Alex
William Snyder
Roberts Roy Lee Roberts
Layton Arnold Carney
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
West Indies
South America
Africa
England
French
Seaman Carney
A. B. Carney
South Kanawha Street
Lanark
Army
Efe
Toney Esquina
Pedro Esquina
Warner
Neely
Mrs. Esquina
Fequina
Detroit
Michigan
Seaman Neely
Leslie's
Armed Forces
Great Lakes
Col. Monro
Jungle Infantry
Panama
Bug Dust from Harold M. Riffe on railroads and readers
Harold M. Riffe riffs on railroad initials and customer routing rights for coal shipments. He riffs on Virgini an and Chesapeake and Ohio tracks and recalls old poems, newspapers, and a Raleigh Register reader's quip. He notes upcoming Baptist and W L University ties to the governor race and ends musing on life in wartime Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Tissue
New River Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hoebuck
CM & St. P
N. P
Topeka
Sante Fe
Funk
State's Ground Water Supply Improves With Heavy Rains
The Associated Press reports West Virginia’s ground water supply improved after heavy rains. Gardens across the state remain productive for home canning while late crops such as string beans and lima beans may recover if frost is delayed. Pastures and alfalfa show strong growth. tobacco varies by area. the winter apple crop is average but undersized and damaged by moths. grapes ripen. Weekly rainfall averaged 0.98 inch with Cranberry Glades receiving 2.08 inches and Fairmont 0.20 inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Parkersburg
West Virginia
U. S
Bureau
Cranberry Glades
Fairmont
Army bomber crashes in hillside near Ravenswood
An army bomber crashes into a hillside miles from Ravenswood. The five man crew bailed out unharmed. The craft rafted off the hill and settled in a creek, described as a total wreck. Weather was overcast with a high near 93 and a low around 33.
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Associated
Fress
Ravenswood
Jackson County
Foster Morris
Morris
Hinton
Cranberry Glades
A Quiet Offer Tests Julie and Thorny at the Summer House
Rankin and two Chicago men push a buyout of Julie and Thorny's Midvale plant arguing it would save costs and profit after the war. Julie weighs a threefold motive to clear her father, build a son's career, and aid the war effort. Thorny signals readiness to proceed as the lake breeze cools the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Raleigh Register
Plant
quEek Thorny
Chicago
Julie
Rankin
Mr. Rankin
Hike
Turso
Jonathan
Countess la Favre
Julie Saew Thorny
Thorny
Nin
Disappointed Client Rejects Gentlemen's Offer
A distressed client tells Thorny she cannot accept the offers from the gentlemen, apologizing for being a disappointing client. The scene focuses on her direct, private appeal and emotional tension as she holds up her hand.
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Hier
Thorny
Thorny and Julie in a tense factory scheme
Thorny argues with Julie about a lucrative setup for outsiders while a factory plan seems possible. Rankin urges delaying a night decision as the party contemplates the morning, then Julie hints she has something important to reveal. The scene ends with Thorny wary and intrigued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qlowly Thorny
Julie
Erich
Thorny
Rankin
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WAR Cartel
Ohr
Paul R. Anderson
Bud
Pvt
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Wan
C. A. Carey
Paul Anderson
Marue Neely
Harold M. Riffe
Qaid
Wagnalls
Hoover
Kleiser
Baptists
Washington and Lee University
Charleston
Clarence Meadows
D. Boone Dawson
Lexington
Adolf Hitler
By J.c.fleming
Lois Ebu
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