U S. Bomber Force Says Army Size Must Soon Be Fixed
Fifteen farm state senators petition Selective Service Director Hershey to pause dairy and livestock worker inductions for 90 days to prevent irreparable food production loss while a general manpower plan is resolved. They warn of rising farm auctions and sold or culled herds as drought to continue. Agricultural employment fell to 10.2 million August to September, with Nelson noting an approaching limit to army size and the need to balance manpower with production.
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Associated Press
Washington
Selective Service
Hershey Today
Ball
R.-Minn
Brown D
Nelson
Hershey
Selective Service Boards
FBI Raids Aliens in Weirton Area
Federal agents led a Weirton raid resulting in arrests of at least 43 Italian aliens and the seizure of contraband including cameras ammunition dynamite caps firearms radios maps and fascist literature. Similar raids in Raleigh and Fayette counties earlier in the week netted 61 arrests and large quantities of contraband.
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Associated Press
Weirton
Federal Bureau of Investigation
E. E. Kuhnel
Dorsey C. Bailey
Raleigh
Fayette Countis
U. S
Kuhnel
Mussolini
Raleigh- Fayette County
Nazis Advance into Lower Russia Near Caspian and Stalingrad
The report notes Nazi forces pushing into lower Russia near the Caspian while sustaining the battle at Stalingrad. Additional local items include A A Lilly selling land to Wilkes, Beckley Auto Exchange incorporation, and county property transfers in Beckley and surrounding districts. The Raleigh County School Board volunteers one fifth of its typewriters to the War Production Board, expected to speed requisitions and earn honors while affecting commercial classes and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
East Beckley
Ben Green
H. A
Ada Stansbury
E. P. Ewart
Edward P. Stansbury
Oak Grove
Trap Hill
A. B
Sarah Clay
R. D. Clay
Marsh Fork
Bertha
Gust Fotos
Raleigh County Board of Education
War Production Board
E. M. Ashworth
W.P.B
Ashworth
W. W. Trent
Taxes Collection Starts As Tickets Mailed In
The county sheriff office began collecting 1942 43 taxes with 13216 personal property tax tickets mailed. J E Ward chief deputy announced early bird discounts of 2.5 percent if paid by October 31. Beginning November 1 face value applies and December 1 or later incurs nine percent interest. Delinquents from 1941 face an extra $2 per tract starting October 20. Real estate statements are only mailed on request.
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County Sheriff's Office
J. E. Ward
Ward
End of attack on steel city seen in Stalingrad fighting
Soviet headquarters claimed German forces broke into trenches near Stalingrad and fought off four night attacks while Nazis captured two streets in an industrial suburb at a cost of about 2,000 dead. Berlin broadcasts hinted at withdrawal as Red Star reported a breakthrough in a northeast Volga area with 16 tanks destroyed and about 2,000 enemy infantry killed.
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Associated Press
Stalingrad
Volga
Adolf Hitler
Kalmyck
Lower Volga
Caspian Sea
Elista
Astrakhan
Berlin
Red Star
Lille Area Targeted by Massive U S Bomber Raid
More than 100 United States bombers attacked Lille region in Northern France with fighters supporting. Allied aircraft including RAF Fortresses Spitfires and Hurricanes joined the operation, described as the largest American air assault yet in the European war theater.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Lille
France
United States Army Air Forces Headquarters
U.S.A.A.F
R.A.F
Real Estate Men Welcome State Realtors Convention
The West Virginia Real Estate association hosts a two day convention at Beckley hotel with 75 delegates expected. National and state leaders discuss defense housing, property taxation fights, OPA rent control, and real estate issues as officers are elected tomorrow.
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New Jersey
National Association of Real Estate Board
Central Atlantic
West Virginia Real Estate Association
Beckley
Taylor
Edgar B. Sims
Institute
University of Chicago
Rutgers
Columbia
O. F. Cook
Beckley Board of Realtors
Cook
George W. Williams
A. K. Minter
Tom W. Johnson
Logan Realtor
John F. Ferrell
West Virginia Estate Commission
Woodrow W. Hiller
Charleston
O.P.A
Hugh W. May
Clarence Meadows
W. H. Heermans
F.H.A
West Virginia Miners Fight for Autonomy Outcome Unclear
President Roosevelt commented on Wendell Willkie as he wrapped up a Middle East Russia and China tour, saying Willkie’s representation is not personally his and the trip remains politically used. He declined to elaborate on rumors of a second front and noted he had only seen headlines.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Willkie
Middle East
Russia
China
Baileysville Men to Enter Army Air Corps Mechanics
Arnold R. Allen and Delbert E. Newcomb of Baileysville depart for Huntington for final examination before enlisting in the army as air corps mechanics. Sergeant Leon Courington, from the local recruiting station, reports the development today.
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Arnold R. Allen
Delbert E. Newcomb
Baileysville
Huntington
Army
Air Corps
Leon Courington
Navy
Charleston
United States Navy
C. G. Gilbreath
Lloyd Arthur Warden
Beckley
Lawrence William Dillon
Arnett
Ernest Aaron Hunt
Piney View
Ester Monda Sexton
Layland
Ernest Ray Bowles
East Rainelle
Zannis Earl Pettry
Donation to War Chest Fund Acknowledged
The War Chest fund announces a donation of $2.50 from Reverend Henry Miller. The gift was acknowledged by the organization's office in the Memorial building today.
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War Chest Fund
Henry Miller
UMWA Convention Tests Lewis Leadership On War Policy
At the 37th UMWA convention in Cincinnati John L. Lewis faces debate over extending the coal miners 35 hour week for war needs. Resolutions note 1942 coal output up 17 percent versus 1941 and anthracite up 6 percent, while the union maintains efficiency with the 35 hour schedule. delegates vote to retain the international executive board’s power to appoint district press.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Harold Ickes
Lewis
U.M.W
International Executive Board
District Press
Five Ships and Eight Planes Hit in Surprise Raid
The United States navy reports a surprise raid in the Solomon Islands area denting five ships including a heavy cruiser and downing two seaplanes and two bombers. Long range bombers under General MacArthur struck Nipponese air bases in nearby islands.
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Associated Press
Washington
Pacific War Zone
Solomon Islands
New Guinea
Aleutian Islands
North
Solomons
Shortland Island
Douglas MacArthur
Navy
Bombers Pound At Jap Base In Aleutians Action
Navy report says army bombers hit Kiska with seven tons and eight more on camp area starting fires with two cargo ships hit and one burning. Radio station strafed. one seaplane destroyed. Muskeget coast guard cutter presumed lost with crew of about 100.
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American Coast Guard
Associated Press
Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Kiska
Atlantic
U. S. Coast Guard
Muskeget
S. S
Cornish
Eastern Steamship Lines
North Pacific
Attu
Agattu
S. S. Cornish
Royal Mounties Complete Eastbound Arctic Voyage
Eight Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers completed a west to east voyage across the top of North America. The 80 ton auxiliary schooner left Vancouver 28 months earlier in June 1940 and returned to Sydney after a secret mission. They faced isolation, relying on seals and fish for subsistence with only radio contact for most of the journey. One crew member died en route and was replaced at a remote RCMP post.
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Associated Press
Sydney
U. S
Royal Canadian Mounted
America
Vancouver
Northwest Passage
Roald Amundsen
North Atlantic
Pacific
R.C.M.P
West Coast
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Fanae
Donald Nelson
John Kinney
Syracuse
N. Y
Allied Air Force
Southwest Pacific Battle Area
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FBI
Fayette
Lower Russia
Caspian
WPB
A. A. Lilly
Wilkes
The
Beckley Automobile Exchange
Steel City
Harry A. Taylor
West Virginia
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