Beckley Health Climate Draws Relocation Hopefuls
Secretary reads letter from Charleston resident seeking Beckley for family health as locals discuss attracting newcomers. They cite cleaner air at 2,500 feet, fewer fumes, and a plateau climate that helps respiratory issues. calls for more jobs, improved transportation, and recreational facilities to support growth.
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WR. Fugitt
Chamber of Commerce
Charleston
Beckley
Prince
Not for Newspapers Alone Freedom of the Press
Attorney Fletcher Mann addressed Kiwanis on Newspaper Week stressing that press freedom serves the people, not just journals. He warned that stifling the press harms public liberty and cited Germany Italy and Japan as cautions.
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Fletcher Mann
Kiwanis Club
Tie
Germany
Italy
Japan
Beckley Sees Growth as Miners Families Move In
An editorial notes Beckley's population rises despite wartime limits as miners and their families move closer to work. It cites teacher reports of enrollment up 100 and a housing shortage while merchants see brisk business. The piece argues growth depends on better recreation, sanitation, and city services.
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Mieets Wieeve
Beckley
Becklew
Lillybrook
Long Branch
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Merchants
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Sophia
Mullens
Pineville
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Raleigh county servicemen listed in England and elsewhere
Three Raleigh county men Cpl Billie Crews Cpl Dennil Daniel and Pvt Angela Campbell began their military careers January 21 1942 and remain together in England Their families live in Semoco Saxon and their prewar jobs included welding at a Baltimore plant and work at Shackley Creek Coal Campbell attended Trap Hill High School and trained at Fort Belvoir Camp Hyder Vancouver WA and a California camp prior to overseas service Lt John G Bryson Coast Guard officer with two brothers in service and a West Virginia University Cornell graduate also in the European theater Rickman Gilbert G Purple Heart recipient Marine who set foot on Guadalcanal is back in the Pacific with Pvt Walter Rickman on guard duty in Florida and Pvt Austin F Neubert an Army cook in New Guinea writes home about chasing the Japs and Philippines news
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Raleigh County
England
Cpl
Billie Crews
C. W. Crews
Semoaco
iCpl
Dennil Daniel
Ash Daniel
Saxon
Angela Campbell
Frank Campbell
Semoco
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Daniel
Trap Hill
Campbell
Fort Belvoir
Virginia
Camp Hyder
Arizona
Vancouver
Washington
California
Baltimore
Beckley College
Shackley Creek Coal Company
Ohn G. Bryson
United States Coast Guards
Scotts Field
Illinois
Sgt
Bob Bryson
Aleutians
Camp Lee
Gilbert G. Rickman
G. L. Rickman
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Filapatrick
Road
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Guadalcanal
States
Pacific
Pvt
Walter B. Rickman
Camp Green Cave Springs
Florida
Walter Rickman
New Guinea
South Pacific
Austin F. Neubert
Mabscott
Philippines
C. F. Neubert
William Withrow
South Pacific Theater of War
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Raleigh Register
Meadows family wartime service spans two brothers and mother’s pride
VT and Mabscott residents Vt Howard Meadows 18 has completed basic training at an Arkansas camp and is transferred to Camp Pickett Virginia. His brother Clayton left October 2 for Navy boot camp. Their mother Mrs. Mary Meadows awaits further details as Capt Walter J. Hughes earns a Silver Star in France with a tank battalion.
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Mabscott
Arkansas
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Raleigh Cola- Cola
Beckley
Clayton Meadows
Navy
Hhey
Mary Meadows
Madscott
VRS
Lillie F. Hughes
Walter J. Hughes
France
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England
Hansford L. Hughes
North Africa
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1St
Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
Hughes
Anzio
Italy
Germany
Berlin
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Monteval High School
FDR Like A Wife By JACK STINSETT
Washington column compares President Roosevelt to a loving but irascible spouse in his press relations. It notes hundreds of bi weekly news conferences and constant contact with the media, while acknowledging occasional distancing over secrets or illness and detailing his selective quotes and guidance on how stories should be written.
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Shington
Ciel
Roosevelt
Grid Iron Club
White House
aMinning al Wis Critteisim
Washington
Model Husband and Nude Painting Sparks Philadelphia Exhibit
Maurice Molarsky, a noted Philadelphia artist, claims his painting of a nude was removed from a current exhibit after his wife interrupted the show. He says the hanging committee placed the work where it could be seen from the street, threatening family harmony.
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Philadelphia
Maurice Molarsky
Tug Iy
Mataerky
Molarsky
Peddlers and Weather Talk From a Bygone West Virginia Day
A reflective piece recalls itinerant peddlers with harmonicas and moral slogans, the fixed routes of lightning rod salesmen, and a yearly cattle buyer who stayed for meals. It questions weather forecasts, noting varied rain across West Virginia and the limits of broad predictions from the weather bureau.
Wet conditions halt planned grain planting in West Virginia
The U S Weather Bureau reports cropland in West Virginia remains too wet in several areas for planting wheat barley and rye after heavy summer drought. Week ending October 3 saw about twice normal precipitation and foggy rainy mornings while pastures and meadows benefited though tobacco and late soybean harvests lag. Fruit set is heavy apple picking peaks despite undersized fruit from insufficient thinning.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
U. S. Weather Bureau
Romeo and Juliet feud stalks Midvale in murder saga
Susan Corboy shields her lover Erich Scarborough as Detroit papers push a killer tale linked to the rival Scarborough clan. Aunt Sarah accuses Susan of murder while Susan faces a deadly town rumor and a police case that may indict Erich.
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Erich
Sis
Thorny
Susan
Detroit
Midvale
Janie
Merril
Sarah J
Julie
Scarbrough
Sarah
Scarbrough House
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Peters
Susan Corboy
Chick Malloy
Juliet
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