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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1942
Page
1
The bituminous coal division ordered minimum prices rise by 5 to 30 cents per ton, averaging 15.53 cents across the nation, effective October 1. Dan H Wheeler, acting director, cited new mining costs while offering an interior review option for affected parties by September 10.
Circuit court jurors were excused as no trials were set for today. The Lilly suit against the board of education over injuries from a school bus ride is expected to settle out of court. Two suits against Constable Azel Stover were postponed due to the defendant’s illness. Other docket items include Tolley v Lillybrook Coal and West, and Price v McLane. An order allowed Effie L. McCulloch to sell ward Polly Jo McCulloch’s land share for 25 to Hall Scott. A rule and attachment were issued against Cecil Franklin Christian to appear Saturday to show cause for noncompliance with a divorce decree. Divorces granted in Chewing v Chewing and Jarrell v Jarrell. Martin v Martin dismissed. Clarence C. Cash suit noted.
AP dispatches report fierce fighting as German and Soviet forces clash near Stalingrad with heavy casualties. Germans push new forces into the front, while Soviet troops fend off attacks and claim German tank losses. In the Caucasus, Romanians reportedly seize Anapa as Red fleet withdraws from Novorossiysk.
U S troops ordered off Belfast streets amid rising tension as authorities report an IRA arms dump captured Sunday night planned to be used in attacks on American and British troops. Police say the cache includes arms and explosives and ties to the outlawed organization.
Seven men were sent to an army induction center for final examination and enlistment this morning and yesterday afternoon, according to Sergeant Leon Courington. Those leaving were Andrew Aide Ferris of Mount Hope, Herman E. Williams of Beckley, Maynard C. Jones of Mabscott, Tressie Brooks of Jesse, Robert P. Haley of Beckley, Bernard Pertkoski of Oak Hill, and Dan H. Payne of Minden.
Raleigh county court cut the contingency for airport purchase to 17500 and resubmitted a 7500 tubercular care allowance as part of a compromise with state tax commissioners and public assistance. The budget, now reduced from 25000, faces final approval while a justice of the peace vacancy in Shady Spring awaits applicants.
Auxiliary police of the civilian defense council will attend an 8 o'clock meeting at city hall to receive instructions and be assigned posts for patrol along the route Greer Garson will take Friday. Arm bands and identification cards are available.
Tokyo reports Shigenori Togo has resigned as foreign minister and Premier General Hideki Tojo has taken over the portfolio. Togo, former ambassador to Berlin and Moscow, gave up overseas affairs last Dec. 2 but kept control of the foreign ministry. London notes the change will not alter Japanese policy significantly.
Japan's Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo took over the foreign ministry today tightening control of war policy and dropping the diplomat who negotiated the Tokyo Moscow neutrality pact. Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo resigned after serving as ambassador to Russia and Germany. It remained unclear whether the resignation signals a shift in Tokyo's stance. Chinese and London dispatches have highlighted Japan's plan to invade Siberia this fall amid Hitler's Russian offensive.
The Rev and Mrs Charles Higgins and their two year old son, among 2,300 Allied prisoners on Stanley peninsula near Hong Kong, warn that many will die this winter due to malnutrition. They describe rice rations, aid from Japanese officials and Red Cross attempts, plus hardships under Wang-Ching-Wei control and brief escapes, with hope only from eventual exchange.
London reports a new eight mile German drive into minefields along the El Alamein line in Egypt near the Qattara depression as United States air forces join the battle. American B 25 bombers with crews hit Axis transport columns while fighters disrupt German dive bomber formations. Armored columns of about 141,000 Axis troops clash with light British forces in a struggle for control of the Nile valley and Suez region.
Allied air and ground operations around Port Moresby Milne Bay and Kokoda staged heavy strikes against Japanese positions in New Guinea. Ten tons of bombs hit Lae destroying aircraft fuel dumps and ground installations. Buna and Salamaua raids were noted. Australian forces under Maj. Gen. Clowes claimed three Japanese tanks destroyed while repelling the Milne Bay advance.
Weather report notes warmer conditions across West Virginia with tonight’s warmth rising in the east. Yesterday's high reached 76 degrees and the low last night dipped to 50 degrees, recorded by official observer L A Mauck.
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