FBI raids in Beckley seize 23 aliens and arsenal
A multiagency eight hour raid in Beckley Raleigh county netted 23 Italians under investigation and confiscated weapons radios cameras and dynamite materials. Agents released suspects on recognizance pending further inquiry. Evidence turned over to deputy marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
West Virginia
U. S
Phillip Baer
United States
Robert Miller
Kuhel
Arnold Moore
Tommy Roberts
A. Scalise
Kuhnel
Italy
Willkie Talks With Chiang Kai-Shek Through Dawn
Wendell Willkie spent six hours in conference with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, the longest meeting yet with a foreign leader, and rose before noon for further engagements. The Chinese press extolled his visit, noting plans to rename Chungking Street after Willkie and praising his “sunshine” visit amid war plant tours and rest periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chungking
Wendell Willkie
Chiang Kai-Shek
Willkie
Ta King Pao
Indictments handed down after grand jury probes
A county grand jury questioned 12 witnesses on primary election practices and handed down 73 indictments after an all day session. Testimony focused on Coal City Glen White precincts with several witnesses from Teel precinct. Prosecuting attorneys said no irregularities were found in the overall inquiry. The jury wrapped main business and prepared for October court docket as they adjourned for a noon recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teel
Teel School
Floyd Sayre
John Tanner
W. O. McGinnis
Robert Greer
Billie Burdiss
Roy Snyder
Shuck Meadows
F. J. Moore
Harry Anderson
W. I. Snyder
G. O. Mills
A D. Preston
Ned Ragland
Court House
Glen White
Ragland
W. A. Riffe
Grand Jury
Coal City
Criminal Court
Clay S. Crouse
Crouse
Treasury Eyes Six Billion In Added Levies
Senate debate centers on a proposed $6,000,000,000 in new levies atop the pending revenue bill as Chairman George cites a total tax take of about $26.5 billion for the coming year. He lists federal, state, and local levies and projects national income near $110.9 billion, amid wartime wartime tax policy shaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George
D.-Ga
Finance Committee
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau
de Strabe
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
German Attacks Against Stalingrad Fail Described
Soviet dispatches credit Red Army forces with repelling 22 separate German assaults in the 43 day siege of Stalingrad as 45 000 German attackers come up short. Russian troops press north of the city, breaking deeper into the Nazi protective line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stalingrad
Churchill silent on Stalin plea in Moscow letter
LondonPrime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons no further statement from Britain's government is called for regarding Stalin s letter to the Associated Press Moscow bureau urging Allies to fulfill obligations. He warned not to press unsettled staff matters at a significant time. In Moscow editorial cartoons and combat reports, Soviet and German moves around Stalingrad show heavy fighting, encirclements, and casualties as winter nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associatedress
London
Churchill
House of Commons
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Henry C. Cassidy
Associated Press
Moscow
Stalin
Britain
Pess
Pravda
Boris Efimov
Red Star
Izvestia
Japanese Reverses in Pacific Fronts Signal Allied Gains
Allied air forces in the Pacific claim success across New Guinea, the Solomons, and the Aleutians with 22 Japanese planes shot down in a week, ships damaged, and a destroyer crippled. U S Marines hold Guadalcanal as Japanese efforts to reinforce by night fail. MacArthur reports Australian advances in New Guinea past Kagi toward Myola Lakes as Allied air activity continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Aleutians
Solomons
Navy Department
U. S
Guadalcanal
Viru Harbor
Douglas MacArthur
Kagi
Owen Stanley
Myola Lakes
Cooper Sued For $10,000 Timber Man Named In Suit
A $10,000 damage suit against Don Cooper, timber man at Sand Lick, was filed in the circuit clerk’s office. Maggie Vernatti, administratrix of the estate of Luther Vernatti, claims Vernatti was killed while working on a truck for Cooper. She is represented by Sayre and Bowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Cooper
Sand Lick
Maggie Vernatti
Luther Vernatti
Vernatti
Cooper
Sayre and Bowers
US Planes Fight Way Homeward From Bombings
US bombers and fighters engaged Japanese forces near Rabaul and Buna in New Guinea as Fortresses bombed New Britain installations and attacked destroyers and a transport. Pilots Subko Wesche and crew described heavy anti aircraft fire and Zero interceptions during their mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain
United States
Buna
Boris Subko
Kearney
N. J
Subko
Frederick Wesche
Roselle
United Mine Workers Open War Time Convention in Cincinnati
John L. Lewis leads 2800 delegates from 26 states and Canada at a two week UMW convention in Cincinnati. The leaders debate wage hikes about $2 a day, a longer 35 hour week, manpower shortages, and a rift with CAO while weighing Ickes urging a six day week against the need to maintain coal production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cincinnati
United Mine Workers of America Today
John Llewellyn Lewis
U.M.W
States
Canada
Harold L. Ickes
CAO
Lewis
Roosevelt
Ickes
Washington
Italians claim to have sunk U S battleship
Italian high command issued a special communique claiming the submarine Barbarigo torpedoed and sank a United States Mississippi class battleship in the Atlantic off Freetown. No independent confirmation exists and the U S Navy offered no comment on the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
United States
Atlantic
Freetown
West Africa
High Command
Barbarigo
Rome
Econonique
Rome Radio
Brazil
Navy Department
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
FBI
E. E. Kuhnel
Beckley
Raleigh
Elbert Hubbard
City Hall
Register
Kai-Shek
Treasury
The
Adolf Hitler
Caucasus
Don
Volga
Mozdok
Causasus
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Voronezh
MacArthur
U.S
Africa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!