Scrap Sabbath mobilizes 56 trucks for countywide drive
Raleigh county families urged to haul scrap metal and rubber to sidewalks for collection by a fleet of 56 pledged trucks. 18 came from the Beckley area with more drivers to be secured. collection starts 9 a m Sunday from the Beckley newspaper building.
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Raleigh County
Salvage Committee
Jack Nuckels
Chamber of Commerce
Nuckels
Beckley
Salvage
E. J. Fourney
Nuckols
Fourney
Nazis Report Commandos Raid Along France Coast
Berlin reports a series of British commando raids along the Normandy coast in September and October. The agency cites possible intent to pressure for a second front and to set Normandy as an attack scene.
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France
Normandy
Associated
Fess
Berlin
Casquets
Alderney
Channel Islands
Cherbourg
Cotentin
Anneville
Dieppe
Channel
Sark
Rommel Returns To Egyptian War Front
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel has returned to North Africa and resumed active command on the Egyptian front. Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports he is in the front line studying the enemy, strengthening his lines, inspecting supplies, and overseeing troop health after a Berlin visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Rommel
High School Youths May Be in Army by Christmas
Washington debates a new draft law to place 18 to 19 year olds in the army by Christmas. War officials Secretary Stimson General Marshall and Admiral King urged lowering the age, arguing the need for a stronger army as average combat force age rises. House and Senate committees rushed hearings with aims to finish by nightfall and secure swift approval, election-day near.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Stimson
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
United States
War Department
May
D.ky
House Committee
Gurney
R.-S.d
Senate
House
Victory Tax Is Up for Action
A joint congressional committee is nearing agreement on a new untried tax system aimed at raising 1.75 billion dollars annually. It would borrow from taxpayers and rebate after the war, with postwar rebates for individuals and corporations to remain part of the bill. The main disputes focus on the 5 percent victory tax on individuals earning about 624 dollars yearly and changes to corporate rates, both tied to postwar rebates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congressional Committee
House
George D.ga
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Clay Funeral To Be Held Friday
Funeral services for Thomas Jennings Clay 31 who died in a Charleston hospital from injuries suffered in a state mine fall on October 8 will be held at Bee Branch Methodist church Friday at 2 p.m. Burial will follow in the Clay cemetery at Cameron. He is survived by Lola his wife and three daughters Janice Mae Jackleen and Janietta six brothers and four sisters.
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Register
Whitesville
Thomas Jennings Clay
Charleston
Stickney Mine
Bee Branch Methodist Church
Clay
Cameron
Lola
Janice Mae
Jackleen
Janietta
Marvin
Hubert Clay
Glen Daniels
Quincy
Harper
Cley
Arvile
Giff Clay
Mount Hope
Sara Sink
Jean Roberts
Vernon Carter
Mageline Clay
Hill Top
Rhodes Files Appeal as City Orders Demolition of Fire-Condemned Building
Mrs A L Rhodes fights a city order to demolish her corner building at Third Ave and Second St, after the structure was condemned in a fire zone. Mayor Minter instructed demolition if she fails to act by Friday. Rhodes says she has turned the matter over to her attorney amid claims of personal contention and protection for machinery.
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A. L. Rhodes
Third Avenue
Second Street
A. K. Minter
Rhodes
Scrap metal shipment plan for Raleigh county cars
Congressman Joe L. Smith said C and O officials would supply large freight cars soon to move scrap from Beckley. Washington and Richmond were handling 90 ton car needs while Beckley station agent E. Smith offered 50 ton cars. Smith expected a definite reply today and hoped to have large cars within days.
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Joe L. Smith
Washington
Richmond
Smith
Congressman Smith
the Register
Chesapeake and Ohio
Beckley
Test to Be Given Police Prospects
A civil service examination to determine an eligibility list for city police appointments will be held Friday October 23 at 10 a.m. in city hall on South Kanawha street. Announced by C. D. Crawford Jr secretary of the Beckley Civil Service Commission. Applications available from Crawford at Beckley Theatre and due by October 22. Applicants must pass a standard physical test. Further information from Crawford.
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Kanawha Street
C. D. Crawford, Jr
Beckley Civil Service Commission
A. K. Minter
Crawford
Beckley Theatre
Civil Service
First Murder Trial Under Way in Beckley Case
State presents evidence in the only murder trial this term, Steve Craft charged with knifing Charles Smith on July 8 at North Heber Street steps to the railroad. Witnesses describe Craft threatening statements and a confrontation before the old jail site. Judge Crouse limits mention of a prior conviction to witness credibility.
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Steve Craft
Beckley Negro
Tomms Roberts
Beckley
Craft
Charles Smith
North Heber Street
J. K. Edmundson
Crouse
Jesse Morris
Liquor Commssion
Prince Street
Steve
Morris
Edmundson
Registrants Placed in 4-F Group by Local Draft Board
A list released by draft board clerk E. H. Turner shows 22 registrants assigned to Class 4-F. Names include Joe Waselchalk Tlow Wiley Rollyson Woodrow Wilson Martin Paul Light John Parks Campbel Ray Shrewsbury Willie Ray Worley Andy Howard Dample Mick Fitzko John William Permelia John Mitchell Redden Albert Cox Gilbert Jayson Dorsey Earl Crockett Smith Thomas Ellis Loudermilk John Daniel Proffitt Nathaniel Polk Lewis Erskine Richmond Junior Arthur Meadows Robert Wesley Roark George Gilbert Luttrell Paul Robert Link.
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E. H. Turner
Joe Waselchalk
Tlow Wiley Rollyson
Woodrow Wilson Martin
Paul Light
John Parks Campbel
Ray Shrewsbury
Willie Ray Worley
Andy Howard Dample
Mick Fitzko
John William Permelia
John Mitchell Redden
Albert Cox
Gilbert Jayson Dorsey
Earl Crockett Smith
Thomas Ellis Loudermilk
Fire destroys Jackson Smiths playhouse in Raleigh County
A rear playhouse on South Kanawha street belonging to the Jackson Smith residence was burned yesterday at 4 30 pm. Fire Chief Weidensall estimated $25 in losses and unsettled cause, leaning to children playing with matches or straw. Tanker water helped extinguish the blaze.
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Jackson Smith
Kanawha Street
Walter Weidensall
Weidensall
Raleigh County Bank
Marine Recruiter to Report to Norton Virginia
Staff Sergeant Bill Dunham, stationed at Beckley for five months, is ordered to Norton Virginia to assume officer in charge duties at the marine recruiting station. His wife Lorain Sullivan of Mabscott will join him later. He thanks Beckley citizens and merchants, and notes vacancies for recruiting duty in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Dunham
Norton
Virginia
Lorraine Sullivan
Mabscott
Dunham
Beckley
Robert Gordon
Charleston
United States Marine Corps
West Virginia
Enemy in All Out Effort at Guadalcanal
Washington reports Japan has launched heavy naval units in a renewed push to drive American and Marine forces from the Solomon Islands. Over four days Japan suffered seven ships damaged and 33 planes shot down or destroyed. American forces endured damage from an un intercepted bomber raid on Guadalcanal and at Japanese bases.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stimson
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
Millard F. Harmon
Harmon
New Zealand
New Caledonia
U. S
Navy
Croat Uprising Plagues Nazis In The Balkans
Bern Switzerland A Nazi created Croat state faces civil strife as 4000 peasants under Vladimir Macek revolt against Ante Pavelić's Ustashi militia. The revolt compounds Axis occupation troubles in Yugoslavia amid Mihailović guerrilla fighting in the mountains.
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Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
Croatia
Vladimir Macek
Ante Pavalic
Pavelic
Mussolini
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Yugoslav
Local W A A C Members Sent Away for Training
Weather notes occasional morning rain in the northeast with warmer afternoon. Sergeant Leon Courington says three women sworn into the WAAC will report Saturday to Des Moines for training, two others have left Beckley for Fort Hayes in Columbus to take oath for the women’s army. Names listed include Ethel L. Cook Kathryn L. Murray LaCleda Thomas Ida May Ford Surulda Scott. Brothers Luther Vernon Wesley and Arthur Lewis Wesley Jr will go to Huntington for final exams before enlisting in the U S Army signal corps. Local enlistment applicants accepted: John Lusk Joe Flynn Alton Boyd Smith Edward Flour noy Donald William Richardson Harry Martin Bryant.
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Leon Courington
W.A.A.C
Des Moines
Iowa
Beckley
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Ethel L. Cook
Coal City
Kathryn L. Murray
2Nd Street
East Beckley
LaCleda Thomas
Oak Hill
Ida May Ford
Edward Flournoy
Mullens
Donald William Richardson
Lester
Harry Martin Bryant
Laurel Creek
To Call Married Men Draft Plan Faces House Panel
Washington reports Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey urged extending the draft to 18 and 19 year olds to add about 1.1 million men by January 1. He said most would come from men with dependents and wives, with others from childless men. He projected a 1.5 million pool from 18 year olds and said dependents and agriculture workers would be prioritized after January 1. He noted monthly inductions rose from 200,000 to over 300,000, with expected increases to 400,000 and about 450,000 in the coming months.
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Associated Press
Washington
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Committee
Hershey
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Fiji Islands
Australia
Solomons
William Scott
Talcott
Summers County
H. B.thomas
Court House
Scott
Sophia School House
Thomas
Elva Souk
Naval Reserve
Malta
Marshall
U. S. Shores
WAAC
E. M. Jarrell
Democratic Executive Committee
Marine
Balkans
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