Charleston's Growing City Budget and Debt Under Mayor Dawson
A Dawson era financial review shows Charleston's patrollers rising from 374 to 700, bonded debt swelling from 881000 to 3340000, and general fund overdraft rising to 66967.41 by July 1 1944. Expenditures grew from 591915 in 1935 to 876000 in 1939, with receipts and disbursements shifting yearly and total municipal taxes approaching 1.3 million in 1944.
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City of
Charleston
Boone Dawson
City of Charleston
Dawson
Navy Day Reflections and War News From Beckley
A Beckley column celebrates Navy Day with references to John Paul Jones and Dewey while noting the Pacific victory against Japan and the cost in lives. The writer shares memories of local people, touches on wartime food politics and multicultural cookery, and recalls old currency details and Charleston city revenue figures.
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United States
John Paul Jones
Peery
Dewey
Alfred Thayer Mahan
Japan
Beckley
Pacific
Philippines defeat cripples Japanese navy, MacKenzie notes
The Washington column argues the Philippine engagement marks a decisive Allied victory. Japan loses over 27 ships including 10 battleships, Britain prepares an Orient fleet, and Japan’s lifeline via Java and Indonesia weakens. MacArthur’s invasion plan faces reduced threat as Japan shifts to defense and home waters.
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Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Japan
Ghost Hike Attracts Forty Youth In Becktley Area
Nearly forty young people attended the ghost hike sponsored by the Susanna Wesley class of the Methodist Temple. They gathered at Stansley's Field where class members dressed as ghosts joined in, then hiked over Beckley for a mile ending at Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Ellison's Highland street home for games and refreshments. Bobbing apples and sack races featured in the activities.
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Susanna Wesley
Methodist Temple
Stansley’s Field
Beckley
B. H. Ellison
Highland Street
Churchill Urges US Russia Britain Unity for World Future
Churchill warned the world rests on united action by the United States, Russia, and Britain. He said other nations will join, but the core success hinges on the three Allies. He acknowledged no breakthrough yet in the Russia Poland dispute, yet contended progress is near. He asserted Britain, Russia, and the United States back a strong free independent Poland allied to the Allies and friendly to Russia.
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Churchill
United States
Russia
Britain
Poland
Roosevelt Plans A Regional Campaign Swing
President Roosevelt begins a two day tour through Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Indiana and Illinois aiming at 95 electoral votes. Stephen Early said the Shibe Park address will focus on war policy with Chicago speeches and stops in Wilmington Camden Ft Wayne and Philadelphia ahead of votes. He is anticipated in Boston and will close with a Poughkeepsie address as election eve nears.
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Stephen Early
William D.hasset
Ross T. McIntire
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Indiana
Illinois
Mr. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Chicago
New York
Ohio
Boston
White House
Hyde Park
Hudson Valley
Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Dutchess County
B.S
Mutual
N.B.C
Blue Networks
Allied forces push in Leyte valley from Burauen to Dagami
The 4th division overran Buri after heavy fighting and seized the airfield and nearby highway. The 96th division moved from the coast toward Dagami, capturing Tabontabon 3 1/2 miles west of Catmon hill. The 24th division faced stronger Japanese opposition west of Palo as San Juanico straits remained held. In Samar, US forces repelled a minor attack at Lapaz while anti aircraft units downed 39 raids, fighters 14, and carrier aircraft 23.
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Buri
Tth
Burauen
Dagami
96Th Division
Tabontabon
Catmon Hill
Palo
San Juanico Straits
First Cavalry Division
Lapaz
Samar Island
San Pedro
Jap fleet gambled to break up the Philippines invasion
Reported confirmation notes two enemy carriers and two cruisers sunk, a large carrier and two battleships probably sunk, two battleships and three cruisers damaged. Mindanao sea air attack hit a light carrier and an escort carrier. Japanese fleet massed near Leyte. American losses included the Princeton and an escort carrier, with multiple destroyers damaged.
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Formosa
Mindanao Sea
Surigao Strait
Leyte
Gulf
Leyte Island
U.S
Ens
William Robinson
Westfield
Mass
Enkaid
Philippines
Japan
Two Men Face Counter Charges In Local Court
William H. Jones of Lester was found guilty of assault and battery and non support, fined ten dollars plus costs, and ordered to pay his wife forty dollars a month. Tonight Claude Farley and Woodrow Bailey of Pine Grove Park will face Meadows on counter maiming charges after mutual weapon warrants.
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William H. Jones
Lester
J. P. Meadows
Meadows
Claude Farley
Woodrow Bailey
Pine Grove Park
Farley
Bailey
8th Army Battles Nazis For Forli
Allied forces push along Highway 9 toward Bologna facing strong German defenses two miles south of Forli. British Canadian and Indian troops reach the Ronco and Bevano rivers, crossings made but counterattacked. Rain slows progress. Mount Belmonte and Mount Mezzano captured by American troops southwest of Castel San Pietro.
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Rome
Bologna
Forli
Ronco River
Bologna - Rimini
Ravenna
Adriatic
Bevano
Red Army closes on Hungarian Ruthenia front
Soviet forces advancing from Transylvania linked with units near Mukacevo forming a solid front across northeastern Hungary. The drive has enveloped two thirds of Hungarian annexed Ruthenia, with about 18,000 prisoners taken in two weeks and roughly 4,886 square miles overrun by five Russian columns. Red army troops captured Velke Berezne, 19 miles northeast of Ungvar, as they move along the Carpathian foothills.
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Kirkenes
Munkacs
Mukacevo
Red Army
Hungary
Transylvania
Ruthenia
Carpathian Mountains
Velke Berezne
Ungvar
Uzhorod
Autonomous Ruthenia
Guam Grows Into Mighty Pacific Naval Base
Orote Field Guam appears set for a vast naval future as Marines and ships revive the old outpost. Dredgers clear coral, runways rise, and Sumay Harbor hums with activity while Guamanians watch the transformation under AA guns and new airfields.
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Orote Field
Guam
United States
Pacific
Alfred T. Mahan
Honolulu
Manila
Orote Peninsula
Sumay
Apra Harbor
Piti
Orote Point
Mt. Tenji
Ashworth Lists Campaign Costs for Reelection Bid
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims reported pre election expenditures of 849.16 with no contributions. Other nominees listed include Ben H. Ashworth 952.55 and Judge Mark L. Jarrett 5.52 in the 10th and 11th circuits respectively.
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Associated Presse
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Secretary of State
Sims
Ben H. Ashworth
Beckiey
10Th Circuit
Mark L. Jarrett
Lewisburg
11Th Circuit
Japanese admit sinking ships in Pacific raid off Philippines
Imperial headquarters acknowledged the loss of six Japanese warships in a three pronged naval air battle near the Philippines including an aircraft carrier and a battleship. The broadcast also toned down Japanese claims of American losses and gave revised tallies of ships sunk or damaged, with inconsistent figures across broadcasts.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Imperial Japanese Headquarters
Federal Communications Commission
Imperial Headquarters
U. S
Berlin
Tokyo
Leytenay
Allied push around Tilburg and Zuid-Beveland widens gap
Allied forces press on along the western front with Canadian infantry driving 5 000 yards along the South Beveland isthmus and British armor cracking through a German screen toward s Hertogenbosch. The communique reports pressure along the line north of Aachen, with gains near Tilburg and Oostburg.
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Zundert
Breda
Rossendaal
Bergen Op Zoom
Tilburg
Supreme Headquarters
Roosendaal
South Beveland
Schelde
Oostburg
Groede
Hertogenbosch
Udenhout
Schoorstraat
Molenstratt
Aachen
First Army
Roaming bombers raid Jolo and other targets in SW Pacific
Roaming bombers continued attacks on major Southwest Pacific targets. The latest raid included a patrol plane raid on Jolo in the Sulu archipelago, marking the second time the objective has been attacked this war.
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Southwest Pacific
Jolo
Sulu
Revelations On A Moonlit Palm Court Night
Cherry returns from Julia Scott-Price's hotel to the ship, unsettled by sight of Julia dancing with Rory. Douglas consoles Cherry with drinks and dinner plans as she battles shock and jealousy, trying to deny what she just witnessed while clinging to memories of Rory.
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Cherry
Terry
Julia Scott-Price
Otel Wilmington
Palm Court
Julia
Rory
Var
A Diversion at Sea Leaves Julia Torn Between Love and Illusion
Julia resists Rory's glamour as he guards a child on shore leave while Linda Beverly contemplates her own hurt by his attention. Douglas teases, offering escape from blues with a night out, suggesting the Savoy or Spanish Restaurant before a club, as the tale continues.
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Julia
Rory
Cherry
Douglas
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Howard George
George
Navy
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Howard
Louise Joseph
Della Joseph
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EF. H. Phipps
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Rafe Ashworth
Phipps
Chesapeake and Ohio
St. Albans
THE
By DeWitt MacKenzie
Philippine Archipelago
Mikado
Pearl Harbor
Hbrigands
Orient
South China Sea
Nippon
Fast Indies
Java
MaceArthur
MacArthur
Lester Man
Naval Base
Harold Powell
Marine Corps
Ashworth
Duglas
Queen Street
Miss Baker
Pip
Linda Beverly
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