A Democratic Beckley ticket praised for unity and experience
The Beckley Democratic party fields a seven-member slate for October 5 with mayoral candidate W A Burke, council members J O Freeman E D Armstrong and M J Meadows, plus W C Mullins Miss Faye Farley and William P Farmer Larew. The convention drew 453 attendees including 75 Republicans as spectators. The piece hails Burke as a democratic leader and notes the slate aims for an inclusive, steady administration.
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Democratic Party
Beckley
Clay Crouse
W. A
Gene) Burke
Lyric Theater
Burke
J. O. Freeman
E. D. Armstrong
M. J. Meadows
W. C. (Crockett) Mullins
City Recorder
William P. (Farmer) Larew
J. E. Larew
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
New River State
Bill Laren
Hes- Hancy
Seizing the Pope Provokes Catholic Reaction
Very Rev Walter P Kellenberg of the Archdiocese of New York comments on Hitler's act of placing the pope under protective custody, noting that Catholic response is forming and expressing concern over the move.
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Hitler
Walter P. Kellenberg
Archdiocese of New York
Brother Kellenberg Defends Pope Amid Vatican Strife
In a St Patrick's Cathedral sermon Father Kellenberg recalled earlier papal indignities and hailed Pope Pius XII as unshaken. He warned that Nazi plans to move the Pope could backfire, increasing Catholic support for the war and resentment toward Hitler. The preacher blamed the Germanic mind for faulty psychology in such acts.
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Father Kellenberg
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Martin I
Gregory VI
Pius VI
Pius VII
Pius XII
Vatican
Papacy
Church
Hitler
Needles in Short Supply Spark Homemaking Plea
The government bans many non essentials to save munitions materials, but civilians still need needles for home hemming. With high taxes and scarce steel, there is urgency to relax restrictions and restore needle supply for clothing repairs.
Grass Roots Excitement Fails to Explode in Congress
Washington observers note the new session was unusually calm with hopes for war-time reform fading. Reasons include voter satisfaction with war conduct, the wartime cabinet’s impact, and Army Navy and draft committees blocking major action. Tax policy also shifts as Byrnes and Vinson push for reconciliation with conservation goals.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Selective Service
War Foods
Marvin Jones
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Treasury
Soldiers Honored and News From War Front
Private Donald B. Nichols, 26, of Beaver, receives the Purple Heart for bravery in the Southwest Pacific after a year overseas. His mother, Mrs. Beulah Nichols, runs a unit at Pinecrest Sanitarium. In Beckley, word arrives that Private Charles W. Lilly, 19, has landed safely in North Africa after enlisting in December 1942 and training at Camp Crowder. His brother, Private Henry J. Lilly, is stationed at Camp Fannin.
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Donald B. Nichols
Beulah Nichols
Beaver
Southwest Pacific
Nichols
Army Infantry
Pinecrest Sanitarium
E. R. Lilly
Hargrove Street
Beckley
Charles W. Lilly
North Africa
Lilly
Camp Crowder
Missouri
Signal Corps of
Army
Woodrow Wilson High School
Franklin's Dairy
Henry J. Lilly
Camp Fannin
Texas
Army Families Report Overseas Transfers and Promotions
James L Lilly, 21, son of Mrs O D Lilly of Beckley, recently moved from Iceland to another overseas post. He joined the army August 21 1940 and served with the fifth reconnaissance group at Fort Custer Michigan before deployment. His brother Lacy J Lilly, 19, a Marine, expects overseas duty soon from Oceanside California. FIRST LIEUTENANT Charles M Ward son of Mrs C M Ward Beckley graduated from Medical Field Service School Carlisle PA and is assigned to Camp Breckinridge Kentucky after furlough. Ward, a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and West Virginia Wesleyan College alumnus, earned his MD at Maryland and served at Charleston General Hospital. He is brother to Raleigh county deputy circuit clerk John C Ward.
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James L. Lilly
O. D. Lilly
Beckley
Iceland
Lilly
Fifth Reconnaissance Group
Fort Custer
Battle Creek
Michigan
Army
Oak Hill High School
Lacy J. Lilly
United States Marine Corps
Marines
Oceanside
California
Parris Island
Hiltonhead Island
South Carolina
Camp Lejeune
New River
North Carolina
Charles M. Ward
C. M. Ward
Park Avenue
Medical Field Service School
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Ward
Camp Breckinridge
Kentucky
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
University of
Withdrawal of Hitler's forces on Russian front looms as crisis
The article portrays the German retreat as a Dunkirk scale crisis on the Soviet front. It notes the 750 mile right wing from Smolensk to the Crimea cracking under Red assaults and Kiev and Smolensk near Luftwaffe and Moscow lines. It argues the Germans must hold the Dnieper, warn of a precarious position, and suggests Hitler seeks terms for a negotiated peace while German commanders plan continued resistance.
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Dnieper
Hitler
Smolensk
Crimea
Kiev
Moscow
Boris Godunov
Bonaparte
Ukraine
Reich
Ism
Lakey Succumbs At Glen White
Steve Lakey 53 of Glen White dies after a week long illness at a local hospital at 10 15 pm from pneumonia and a heart condition. Born in Hungary April 8 1880 he lived in Glen White 18 years and worked as a coal miner. Survived by two sons Joe and Steve Lakey Jr one daughter Romy Hampton six grandchildren. Funeral arrangements set with Caffee funeral home and Sunset Memorial Park burial to follow.
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Steve Lakey
Glen White
Hungary
James Lakey
Susanna Lakey
Woodmen of the World
Rostallie Benko Lakey
Joe Lakey
Spring Hill
Steve Lakey, Jr
Romy Hampton
White
Caffee
Sunset Memorial Park
Becktacting market talk and old time reflections
Alderson trader T J Knapp praises Beckley market growth and notes farmers struggle to meet demand while selling chickens ducks walnuts and garden produce. He recalls selling across Winding Gulf towns since 1927 and laments late rains but steady pasture gains and low Greenbrier river levels. The piece ties in judges and da Vinci with railcar trimming and a fanciful riff on time machines and Solomon Roosevelt and Hopkins.
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T. J. Knapp
Alderson
Beckley
Gulf
Hinton
Greenbrier
Hope Natural Gas Wins Lease on 7087 Acres in Beckley Area
The Hope Natural Gas company secures oil and gas rights to 7 087 18 acres from Crab Orchard Coal and Land company Inc. in the Town and Trap Hill districts with Beaver Coal Corp and Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates nearby. Rental is 50 cents per acre yearly plus one eighth royalties on oil surplus gasoline and natural gas. Surface privileges granted for drilling.
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Hope Natural Gas Company
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Company, Inc
Prop Company
Beaver Coal Corporation
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Properties
Trap Hill
Harry Anderson
Western Pocahontas Corporation
Lee Snuffer
McKinley Land Company
Beckley Coal and
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Company Holdings
Hope Company
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Company
Canadian private hanged for Bren gan murder in London
Eugene Gauthier of Quebec, a private in the Canadian army, was hanged in London for the March Bren gan murder of Mrs. Annette Pepper wife of a British prisoner of war. The crown alleged jealousy over her friendship with another soldier.
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Associated Press
London
Eugene Gauthier
Brengan
Annette Pepper
Crown
Gauthier
Quebec Providence
Pepperecause
Jan Kemp Lodz, Early Polish Composer, Dies in 1346
The article notes Jan Kemp Lodz as the earliest known Polish composer, with his death recorded in 1346. It highlights his significance in Polish musical history and marks the end of his contributions to early Polish art music.
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Jan Kemp Lodz
Murder In Tin Chapter 24 Opens With a Faint Morning Chase
In Mexico City the narrator wanders past shuttered shops and a sleeping city while weighing Lila Taggard’s loyalties and the Gestapo threat. Dawn light and social imagery frame a resolve to aid the fight, despite doubts about his own heroics and Johnson’s rivals. Sam Taggard arrives with urgent news demanding action.
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Lila
Johnson
Chevaile
Mirtilo
Hernando
Loomis
Lila Taggard
Gestapo
Zocalo
Cathedral of
Mexico
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Clay S. Crouse
W. C. Mullins
Clarence W. Meadows
Judge Meadows
W. H. File
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Sprague
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Leonardo
Riley Oop
Jack Dempsey
Say
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Goliath
Jack
Sampson
Samson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
King Solomon
Supreme Court
Harry Hopkins
Solomon
Roosevelt
Hope Gas Firm
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Mexico City
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