Raleigh county aims to form a National Aeronautic Association chapter
Raleigh county residents moved toward establishing a local NAA chapter, The Voice of Aviation, to boost air traffic infrastructure. The piece argues the county lags in highways and airports compared with northern West Virginia cities, but highlights how other counties advanced with federal airport support and urges timely, broad membership to drive aviation expansion locally.
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National Aeronautic Association
NAA
America
Organization For Progress
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Uncle Sam
Morgantown
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Martinsburg
Elkins
Parkersburg
Raleigh
Thanking Beckley Readers Amid War Manpower Strain
The Beckley Register thanks readers for patience as wartime manpower shortages crimp printing and publishing capabilities. Editors note ongoing demobilization will improve output, credit community support and fealty in these “dark days.” The piece ends with a quip about national debt and a pocket cash joke.
Word From Wainwright A Gallant War Leader
General Jonathan Wainwright, a stalwart figure in the war, led the fall of Bataan and has endured two and a half years as a Japanese prisoner in Formosa. He told an International Red Cross representative that conditions in his camp are as good as can be expected and thanked relief shipments that reached him, while urging more canned food and warm clothing. Efforts continue to deliver aid via a Soviet Russian port, as American and Red Cross seek Japan’s agreement. The nation awaits his eventual release and honors for his steadfast service.
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Jonathan Wainwright
Bataan
MacArthur
General Wainwright
Japan
American Red Cross
Washington
Wainwright
International Red Cross
Formosa
Gripsholm
Red Cross
Pacific
Soviet Russia
Soldier Henry J. Lilly Awarded Bronze Star and Promotion
Beckley soldier Henry J. Lilly receives a Bronze Star and a promotion to sergeant for heroism on Biak Island on June 26. Under heavy fire he retrieved his squad leader’s body after reorganizing his unit and delivering covering fire. Lilly enlisted in 1943, trained at Camp Fannin, and deployed overseas in January. His brother, Cpl. Charles Lilly, serves with the signal corps in Italy.
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Henry J. Lilly
Beckley
Biak Island
Earl Lilly
Hargrove Street
Lilly
Eugene S. Tarr
Sgt. Lilly
Army
Camp Fannin
Texas
Cpl
Charles Lilly
Signal Corps
Italy
Local Marine Welcomes Safe Arrival in South Pacific
Mrs Lillie Allen of Barwood street reports her son Pfc John Kenneth Allen reached the South Pacific safely. An 18 year old Leatherneck, he joined last December and trained at Parris Island before overseas service. He married Juanita Allen recently. her parents live in Raleigh. He is the son of the late Nat Allen, former county road supervisor. He is a Woodrow Wilson high school 1943 graduate. J K Allen establishes beaches with Maurice Douglas of Pax, recently promoted to gunner's mate third class. Douglas completed sixteen months overseas and now takes 30 day leave before reporting to Oceanside California beach battalion school.
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Lillie Allen
Barwood Street
Pfc
John Kenneth Allen
South Pacific
Leatherneck
Marines
Parris Island
South Carolina
Juanita Allen
Charles Allen
Raleigh
Allen
Nat Allen
Woodrow Wilson High School
J. K. Allen
Maurice Douglas
Pax
Navy Beach
Sicily
Italy
France
Douglas
Cecil Humphrey
Oceanside
California
Patton’s units push toward Berlin without oil stops
A brisk advance by General Patton’s motorized forces signals a rapid push toward Berlin with no oil change breaks in sight. Commanders forecast sustained speed may secure a swift victory as supplies keep pace.
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Patton
Berlin
Verdun and Somme recalled as Allied advance nears Reich
DeWitt MacKenzie honors the fifth anniversary of Hitler’s war and the Allied recapture of Verdun and Somme objectives. He notes Churchill’s resolve, Hull’s assurances, and Eisenhower’s aim to drive German forces from occupied lands, urging unconditional surrender and postwar reconstruction.
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Verdun
Hitler
France
Steps To Socialism by Malcolm McDermott
A list asserting how to implement a totalitarian regime through exploiting crisis, centralizing power, diluting legal protections, hiking taxes, debt, and propaganda. It warns of suppressing lawyers, weakening courts, and indoctrinating youth while building a government of control under a benevolent leader.
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Malcolm McDermott
Beekeeper notes and war memories in Beckley column
Mrs Sally Ann Lilly of Flat Top turns 85 while attending Primitive Baptist meeting in Ronceverte last weekend. Letter from Edward E Lawe of Australia discusses WW2 82nd and 101st Airborne units with West Virginia ties. Mrs Wayne Stewart of Prosperity reflects on honey definitions, extractor methods, and bee culture, mentioning Editor Norton's bees and vacation.
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Sally Ann Lilly
Flat Top
The
Primitive Baptist Association
Ronceverte
G. K. Sweeney
Ashford General Hospital
Billy Lane
Ira Lilly
Wayne Stewart
Prosperity
Root
ABC
Stewart
How America's Fighters Fight at Randolph Field
At Randolph Field Texas master CIS pilots train future instructors for RAF stations. The article explains hurdles with colored streamers to teach precision landings and short takeoffs, plus stall recovery, gliding without stalling, and flying as a blend of sea soned headwork and reflexes.
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U. S
Central Flying Training Command
Randolph Field
Tex
A.P
Central Instructors
RAF Training Command
CIS
RAF
Route Man's Car Found Abandoned
State police recovered a stolen 1942 Chevrolet coach abandoned on Route 19 21 near the U Pine Inn. The spare tire keys and tools were missing. The thief, described as a tall dark haired man in a blue striped shirt, was being sought.
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Robert M. Toney
Beckley
U-Pine Inn
C. H. Padden
Toney
Venereal Film Shown Locally in Raleigh County
A film titled Report to the People of the U S A. presenting venereal disease facts in dramatic form is shown in Raleigh county theaters under county health department guidance. Co sponsors include the state health department and the U S Public Health Service. Fox Movietone produced the film starring Jean Hersholt. It ran this week at the Lyric theater.
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Raleigh County
County Health Department
State Department of Health
United States Public Health Service
Minnabelle Kellman
Fox Movietone
Jean Hersholt
Lyric Theater
Earliest gun use on ships linked to 1281 painting
A Japanese painting dated 1281 is cited as the earliest record of firearms deployed aboard ships, suggesting maritime adoption of gunpowder weapons in the late 13th century.
Civilizations in East outpaced West by about six millennia
Historians state that eastern hemisphere civilizations were roughly 6,000 years ahead of those in the western hemisphere in development and societal complexity.
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Hemisphere
Government Seizes Ten Coal Mines in Pennsylvan ia
The Roosevelt administration seized ten Western Pennsylvania coal mines amid strikes over supervisory workers union recognition. The Interior Department will operate the mines, with officials saying workers must return to duty once inspected by supervisory staff under state law. The move targets 4,200 workers at Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co. and Ford Collieries, while broader strikes threaten about 8,000 miners.
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Pittsburgh
Western
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers’ Supervisory Workers Union
Roosevelt
Interior Department
Solid Fuels Administration
U.M.W
District 50
John McAlpine
Supervisory Workers
White House
McAlpine
John P. Busarello
U.M.W. District 5
War Labor Board
Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Co
Indiana
Ford Collieries Co
Curtisville
Smith-Connally
National Labor Relations Board
West Virginia
Kentucky
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Harold M. Riffe
Edward E. Lawe
Australia
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101St Airborne
Beckley and
Camp Claiborne
Ohio
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York
Omar Bradley
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Africa
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Fort Bragg
Camp McCall
11Th Airborne
326Th Airborne Medical Company
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Stover
Charleston
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Register
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