SEA Delegates Named By Neal
C C Neal announces delegates and alternates for the State Educational Association meeting in Charleston from October 27 to 29. Delegates include W K Vandell of Montgomery High School and H Van Camp for Oak Hill junior high, Frank Shipe for Oak Hill division, and Cynthia Norton of Mount Hope. Alternates are Dan H Perdue Fayetteville, J R Dietz Winona elementary, and Snowe Bobbitt Oak Hill.
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OAK Hill
State Educational Association
Charleston
C. C Neal
Neal
Fayette County
Classroom Teacher's Association
W. K. Vandell
Montgomery High School
H . van Camp
Oak Hil
Frank Shipe
Cynthia Norton
Mount Hope
Dan H. Perdue
Fayetteville
J. R. Dietz
Toney Boy Still Is Unconscious
Oak Hill hospital officials report 11 year old Richard Toney of Carlisle remains unconscious after a car accident. He suffered a fractured skull, a broken right arm, and serious damage to his left arm, with the child in critical condition yesterday.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Richard Toney
C. A. Toney
Carlisle
Stanley Rosick
Summeries
Waugh Rites Held Today in Coal Run Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Herman Eller Waugh age 46 were held at 2 30 p m today at the Coal Run Baptist church Gunard with Rev James F pastor of Fayetteville Baptist church presiding Burial followed at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill
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Register
Brooklyn
Herman Eller Waugh
Coal Run Baptist Church
Gunard
James F
Fayettevi
Baptist Church
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Navy Seaman Returns to Camp Perry After Leave
CNN-Seaman Second Class Craver Kuhn of the United States Navy has resumed duties at Camp Perry Virginia following a ten day visit with his parents Mr and Mrs Jack Kuhn.
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CNN
Craver Kuhn
United States Navy
Hie
Camp Perry
Virginia
Ang
Jack Kuhn
Yette Man Wound Share of North Africa Heroics Reported
Mount Carbon First Class John A. in North African theater, wounded announced. U S infantry may expend 542 tons of ton in a single day. a division ammunition deployment cited.
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Mount Carbon
John A
Wonder Department
U. S
Ammuni
Birthday Party for Kathleen Willis Held by Mother
A party was hosted by Mrs. Delbert Willis for her daughter Kathleen Willis. Guests included Hazel Lawhorn, Doris Jamison, Lois Jamison, Faye Lawhorn, Priscilla Adkins, Ina Mae Carter, Eloise Higgins, Ethel Neely, Gienora Ramsey, Bertie Ramsey, Jannett Lou Sexton, Jenny Kelly, Jeannette Amos, Wilda Flint, Anna Louise Kelly, Mary Lou Carter, Polly Jennings, Lena Willis, Wilda Willis, Kathleen Willis, Paul Dean Jennings, Ted Jennings, Junior Sexton, Kenneth Sexton, Harold Neely, Billy Neely and Stanley Willis.
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Cunard
Delbert Willis
Kathleen Willis
Hazel Lawhorn
Doris Jamison
Lois Jamison
Faye Lawhorn
Priscilla Adkins
Ina Mae Carter
Eloise Higgins
Ethel Neely
Gienora Ramsey
Bertie Ramsey
Jannett Lou Sexton
Jenny Kelly
Jéanette Amos
Wilda Flint
Anna Louise Kelly
Mary Lou Carter
Polly Jennings
Lena Willis
Wilda Willis
Paul Dean Jennings
Ted Jennings
Junior Sexton
Kenneth Sexton
Harold Neely
Billy Neely
Stanley Willis
Revival to Open in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Church of God will open a revival in Oak Hill with pastor Rev Charlee H Rice announced. Services start October 3 at 7 30 p m and run for two weeks each evening. Rev Co E Cartmill of Wheeling will conduct with special singing each service.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill Church
Miss Anna Belle Carter Returns to Washington
Miss Anna Belle Carter returns to Washington after visiting her Mount Hope parents Mr and Mrs Wallace Carter. She works for Safeway in Washington.
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Mount Hope
Annabelle Carter
Washington, D. C
Wallace Carter
Miss Carter
Safeway Company
Washington
Allies Reach Key Italian Towns as Naples Drive Begins
A War Dept communique says Fifth Army captured Oliveto-Cira near Salerno and Matera near Taranto on the Italian front. Altamura also fell as the Naples advance starts amid German demolition of harbor facilities. Palermo radio reports Italians in Naples resisting Germans in streets, civilians shot for rebellion.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fifth Army
Oliveto-Cira
Salerno
Matera
Taranto
Altamura
Naples
Italy
Palermo
Office of War Information
Baby born earns first $100 in New York tale
Pamela Claire Fitzmaurice arrived just hours old in Adelphi hospital as the newborn claimed $100, offered by Mayor La Guardia at a New York central railroad exhibit. The prize, tied to a serviceman's child, prompted health records checks for other potential claimants.
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New York
Pamela Claire Fitzmaurice
H. la Guardia
New York Central Railroad
Pamela
Adelphi Hospital
Ensign
James. Fitzmaurice
Board of Health
Soldiers May Aid Fayette Campaign
Veterans from Ashford General Hospital at White Sulphur Springs may be invited to Fayette county for a general meeting to help with the Third War Loan drive. A. B. Abbott of Fayetteville, campaign chairman, announced plans for the event and Oak Hill officials pledged support with a meeting place loud speaker and other arrangements.
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Oak Hill
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Fayette County
Assis
A. B. Abbott
Fayetteville
Mrs Alma Asbury Taken By Death At Oak Hill
Mrs Alma Asbury of Oak Hill died suddenly at her home yesterday at 1 a m of a heart attack funeral arrangements were incomplete pending relatives arrival She is survived by four sons Bill Asbury of Philadelphia Harum Asbury US Navy in New York George and Charles Asbury at home two daughters Kathryn Sobaski of Philadelphia and Isabell Asbury at home her parents William and Mrs Gardner of Oak Hill and one sister Stella Meadows of Brooklyn
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Oak Hill
Alma Asbury
Bill Asbury
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harum Asbury
United States Navy
New York
George
Charles Asbury
Kathryn Sobaski
Isabell Asbury
William Gardner
Stella Meadows
Brooklyn
Beckley West Virginia Democratic City Convention 1943 Highlights
The Beckley WV Democratic convention approved a new city charter revision push and nominated officers for city offices. Mayoral and council candidates were named while a nonpartisan charter revision plan seeks ward division and four year terms, inviting broad civic participation.
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New City
Crouse
Minter
L. L. Shearer
Phil McDaniel
C D. Crawford, Jr
Crewe Maples
H G. Huffman
J. L. Huffman
A. A Ross
E. C. Minter, Jr
J. A Thompson Burke
EF. D Armstrong
Harold Riffe
Lottie Wehage
Marie Ames Roy Millican
W. C. Mullins
G. O Mills
J. A. Nuckols
Burke
William Laren
Charles Hodel
Faye Farley
Eleanor Hurt
W. A. Thornhill
Republican Committee
Beckley
West Virginia
Ten New Homes Planned for Fayetteville Workers
The War Production Board via the Federal Housing Administration grants permission to build ten new houses in Fay etteville for Electro Metallurgical Co employees. Local Business Men's Association said details on location and price were not released.
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Fayetteville
Electro-Metallurgical Company
War Production Board
Federal Housing Administration
Business Men's Association
Allied reports show heavy Japanese losses in Lae Salamaua area
A war communique tallies more than 6,300 Japanese killed since July 1 in the Lae Salamaua sector with earlier estimates of 6,000 more. It also notes Allied air strikes including a 23 ton Amboina airdrome raid, six enemy fighters downed on Kai islands, a cargo ship sunk near Ka Vieng New Ireland, nine barges destroyed, a cargo ship set afire near Choiseul, eight planes destroyed at Kabiya Bougainville, and two fighters shot over Buka.
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Lae-Salamaua
Amboina
Australia
Kai Islands
Kavieng
New Ireland
Choiseul Island
Solomons
Kabili
Bougainville
Buka
Wounded Private Ralph Molina Named From Miller Street
Private Ralph B. Molina son of Mrs Mary Berzo of 120 Miller Street has been wounded in the North African area according to a report released today.
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Ralph B. Molina
Mary Berzo
Miller Street
German Worker Executed for Defeatist Speech
Associated Press report from New York cites London radio quoting a Berlin broadcast that a 50 year old German workman was executed for delivering defeatist speeches in a public park. The broadcast notes soldiers going overseas carry five to twelve tons of equipment each.
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Associated Press
New York
London Radio
Berlin
Hotel Attendant Sentenced For False Police Reports
Los Angeles Pleading Guilty to giving false reports to police investigating the David G. Bacon slaying, Elisha Patterson, 22, Hibbing Minnesota, was sentenced to ten days in jail. He was ordered to return home after serving the sentence. Detec tives say Patterson admitted fabricating extortion threats to Bacon before the actor’s stabbing on September 12, seeking publicity to boost a film career.
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Associated J. Los Angeles
David G. G. Bacon
Blankely C. Patterson
Hibbing
Minn
Bacon
Patterson
British Lose 32 Planes In Raid On Reich
British RAF bombers struck Mannheim Ludwigshafen Darmstadt and Aachen in a heavy 24 hour raid that also hit Nantes. Thirty two bombers failed to return as 1,500 long tons were dumped in 45 minutes. Intruder aircraft and RAF bombers attacked northern France and Germany with four enemy planes shot down. Bombs dropped on coastal districts of eastern England caused no reported damage.
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Associated Press
London
Mannheim-Ludwigshafen
Darmstadt
Mannheim
Aachen
Cologne
Rhine
Weckar
U. S
Hamburg
Hannover
Germany
Italy
Hitler
West Wall
Nantes
Atlantic
France
Vichy Radio
Paris
Magasin du Midi
British Air Ministry
Britain
England
Hungary Said Seeking Peace
Istanbul dispatches report that Hungary seeks a separate peace as the Hungarian government may resign. A cabinet crisis in Budapest is implied by broadcasts, with a new Hitler ultimatum anticipated and Gen Ferenc Szombathelyi back from Hitler’s HQ.
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Istanbul
Turkey
New York
Budapest
Italy
Hitler
Hungary
Ferenc Szombathelyi
Soft coal fuels about half of the nation's homes
A brief report notes that soft coal provides heat for roughly 50 percent of U S households, highlighting its substantial role in residential energy, with implications for supply, pricing, and policy considerations across regions.
Group Plans to Continue Study of Govt. Employes
Washington activity notes a Kerr committee pledge to press on with inquiries into federal workers loyalty. The panel, which clashed with President Roosevelt over the dismissal of three federal staffers, will reconvene to resume hearings and consider related cases and other employees named by Rep. Dies.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations
Kerr
D-Nc
Roosevelt
House
Goodwin Watson
William E. Dodd, Jr
Robert Morss Lovett
Senate
Watson
Dodd
Federal Communications Commission
Lovett
Virgin Islands
Dies
Congress
Rep. Keefe
Wisconsin
Keefe
Rep. Dies
D.-Tex
Demands Pacific Islands Be Kept By The Navy Policeman
Washington dispatch reports Senator Magnuson argues for permanent acquisition of sea and air bases in the Pacific to allow a postwar navy to function as a global policeman. He asserts the fleet cannot be housed in continental harbors and stresses the need for overseas bases to maintain naval strength and mobility.
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Associated Press
Washington
Magnuson
D.wash
House
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Teia Maru Leaves Hongkong for Manila with Passengers
Tokyo radio reports the ex-change ship Teia Maru departed Hongkong bound for Manila carrying 600 Americans, 50 Canadians, and 50 Chileans. The strange note mentions a bank swallow's nest possibly four feet long, observed nearby.
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Hongkong
Associated Press
London
Tokyo Radio
Goa
Portuguese India
Manila
Lavish Demands Highlighted by 1941-45 Budget Quest
Charleston state officials sought 113.6 million dollars for the 1943-45 biennium, deemed the largest in history by a house committee led by Rush D. Holt. The report faulted administrators for scant regard for taxpayers amid wartime needs, noting the requests exceeded the prior 1942-43 budget by 32 million. Board of Public Works cut lines to 88 million, later raised to about 93 million with supplements.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State Department
House
Rush D. Holt
D.lewis
Board of Public Works
Mines Returned To Their Owners
Washington announced today the government ended control over 69 mines owned by 89 companies, including 25 anthracite and the rest bituminous, bringing total mines returned to private owners since August 21 to 930. These mines produce about 236 million tons annually, over 35 percent of this year's needs. About 2,448 mines remain in government possession and will be restored under the Smith Connally act as soon as practicable, but no later than 60 days after productive efficiency is restored.
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Associated Press
Washington
The
Coal Mines Administration
Interior
Ickes
Umberto and Queen Elena Reported in Geneva
Swiss telegraph agency says Queen Elena of Italy and Crown Prince Umberto landed in Geneva after traveling via France. The fate of King Vittorio Emanuele remains unclear though Churchill told the Commons the king and government are established behind advancing lines. Corriere Del Ticino cites Palermo as provisional seat. Berlin radio notes Axis rejection of Umberto becoming king after Vittorio Emanuele's abdication.
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Associated Press
Bern
Swiss _ telegraph agency
Elena
Italy
Umberto
Geneva
France
Switzerland
Vittorio Emanuele
Churchill
Commons
Corriere del Ticino
Lugano
Palermo
Sicily
Berlin
Axis
Reinforcements Arrive for Ceylon Front Lines
A large East African force has arrived to reinforce the British naval base at Colombo. Veterans of the 1941 East Africa campaign join under Lt Gen Harry Wetherall, governor of the island stronghold south of India, and will serve in the Colombo garrison.
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Associated Press
Colombo
Ceylon
East Africa
Harry Fayward Wetherall
India
Mrs FDR Ready To Make Report After Pacific Trip
Mrs Elean or Roosevelt arrived in San Francisco to report to the President on her 24,000 mile 38 day journey to Australia and the South Pacific. She said the voyage included Guadalcanal and 17 islands while in Honolulu and New Zealand she spoke with American servicemen about education jobs and the postwar world.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Eleanor Roosevelt
Australia
South Pacific
Honolulu
New Zealand
Red Cross
Guadalcanal
Aeolus Legend Tied to Stromboli Island Winds
In ancient belief Stromboli in the Mediterranean was thought to be Aeolus home the god of the winds shaping local lore about winds and the island’s pastoral seafaring past.
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Stromboli
Mediterranean
Aeolus
God of the Winds
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