President’s Plea Fails To Halt Railway Strike
Los Angeles reports a 2600 member Pacific Electric strike began at 2 am amid Roosevelt mediation efforts. Depots quiet, ticket windows closed, and pickets marched in front of terminals. Guards, police, and armed protection lined facilities as army navy plans for war freight moved workers using war plant trucks.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Electric Railway
Roosevelt
Surburban el Monte
O. A. Smith
Pacific Electric
Army
Prisoners To Do Emergency Farm Work In West Virginia
About 100 parolees awaiting military induction will be released for emergency farm work in West Virginia by October 1. The program, overseen by Director John B. Smith, uses voluntary parole releases to farmers through J. O. Knapp of the University of West Virginia extension service.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Army
West Virginia
Department of Probation and Parole
John B. Smith
Board of Control
J. O. Knapp
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Service
Smith
Armed Services
Crop losses offset by fruit and vegetable supplies
New York late in the season reports suggest crop losses may be offset by gains in fruits and vegetables. Harvey A Baum of Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. Produce buying says females outlook is encouraging. The orange crop should exceed last year and the grape supply will be a record, with domestic needs met after war processing. Vegetables look good, especially essential basics.
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Associated Press
New York
Ero
Harvey A Baum
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Baum
U. S Department of Agriculture
Secret weapons fear met by U S research might
Rear Admiral Blandy after inspecting United States Steel plants asserts Axis efforts like the radio-direct air bomb will fail against American technological advances. He states Uncle Sam is not asleep and the nation has the undivided concentration of scientists ready with answers to any Nazi challenge.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
United States
W. H. P. Blandy
Bureau of Ordnance
United States Steel Corporation
Uncle Sam
Hitler
NMU Official Is Reclassified
Joseph Curran, head of the National Maritime Union, was classified 1-A for draft induction after a board vote 4 to 1. Curran had been 2-A as a worker essential to civilian activity, but an appeal by Col. Arthur V. McDermott overturned that status. Curran, 37, sailed as boat swain on a survey of maritime conditions abroad and may appeal to the President within a Monday deadline.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph Curran
Selective Service Board
National Maritime Union
Curran
Baston
N.M.U
Francis K. Shepherd
Col
Arthur V. McDermott
New York City
Selective Service
N.M.A
Forts Become Escort Planes in Aeroplane Cartoon
London readers see a cartoon in Aeroplane magazine showing four engined Fortresses acting as escorts and shooting down German fighters on all sides while P.47 Thunderbolts drop bombs. The caption hints at skepticism about Fortresses shooting down enemy planes and the bombers role.
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London
Aeroplane
Aviation Weekly
Gasoline Given Away With Bond
Samuel M Hazelcorn, who runs a taxi fleet in New York, has donated 2,500 gallons of gasoline this week and plans to dispense a similar amount. He pumps five gallons into every motorist’s tank who purchases a war bond from him, the gas being free except for federal tax and ration coupons.
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Associated Press
New York
Samuel M Hazelcorn
Hazelcorn
16 Schools Are Forced To Close In West Virginia
Charleston report shows twenty six rural schools in 17 counties shut this year due to teacher shortages from enlistment in the armed services and wartime work. A statewide survey will quantify vacancies and occupations, with 386 teachers in service and 326 in war work across 27 counties. Marion led in service with 51. Roane led in war work with 74. Closures spread: Roane nine. Tyler and McDowell four each. Hancock three. Randolph and Pendleton two. Nicholas and Mineral one each.
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Charleston
Armed Services
State Education Department
W. W. Trent
Marion County
Roane
Tyler
McDowell
Hancock
Randolph
Pendleton
Nicholas and
Mineral
Hotel Men Report Unprecedented NYC Demand
Hotel men in New York report record demand with nightly turnaways. Spokesmen say no large conventions or unusual events explain the surge, indicating a sustained rise in lodging needs across the city.
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Associated Press
New York
Death rates in WWII evacuation hospitals far lower than WWI
The death rate in evacuation hospitals during World War II ran about 2 to 3 percent, far below the 17 percent death rate reported in World War I. This contrast highlights improved medical care and evacuation efficiency during the later conflict.
Hit and Run Driver Sought in Talton Brown Death
Police have not located the driver of a car or truck involved in the fatal hit and run that killed 61 year old Talton Brown of Pine Crest Sanitarium at the Johnstown road and South Kanawha street intersection. Brown, who stood behind a pole and tried to flag a bus, was reportedly struck by a fast moving Chevrolet seen nearby. Brown’s body was taken to Trent funeral home and described as mangled with a skull fracture and a broken left leg. His daughter Betty has been contacted, with other relatives sought by the department.
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Talton Brown
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Johnstown Road
South Kanawha Street
Jess Richmond
South Kanawha
Brown
East Beckley
Trent Funeral Home
Betty
Beckley
Merchants Tear One-Peso Bills to Make Change
In Mazatlan Sinaloa a shortage of change leads merchants to tear one peso notes in half to provide smaller sums. The Mexican government, recalling silver pesos for coinage, has urged an end to this practice.
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Associated Press
Mazatlan
Sinaloa
Mex
To Observe Fire Prevention Week in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia government officials urged civilian defense workers led by State Director Carl G Bachmann to support Fire Prevention Week October 3-9. Air raid wardens auxiliary firemen and fire guards will lead county wide home and business inspections and distribute fire hazard elimination tips. Counties should join drives to remove papers magazines old clothing and junk from cellars attics closets and store rooms to supply salvage units.
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Associated Preas
Charleston
West Virginia
Carl G Bachmann
Bachmann
Fascists and Nazis Unite in Reprisal Campaign
Reports from the Italian frontier say fascists aided by Nazi machine guns are attacking homes of anti-fascist leaders identified during Badoglio's Rome rule. When targets are missing, houses are stripped and families held as hostages. Thousands of evacuated Italian youths are said to have vanished into the mountains.
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Associated Press
Bern
Badoglio
Rome
Canada population rise 1926 to 1940 totals 1.86 million
The total natural increase in Canada’s population from 1926 to 1940 was 1 857 998, an annual average rise of 123 867 persons.
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Canada
West Virginia Doctors Plan Campaign Against Socialized Medicine
West Virginia physicians and the women's auxiliary will outline a statewide effort at meetings in Huntington to oppose a congressional plan for socialized medicine. The fact finding committee will review hospital medical service plans and draft a bill acceptable to doctors and hospitals, while an educational campaign against the Murray Wagner bill will be planned. Dr R M Bobbitt leads the fact finding group. Mrs John P Helmick heads the auxiliary board. a joint session with the two groups is set for Wednesday.
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Associated Pree
Huntington
West Virginia
West Virginia State Medical Association
Charles Lively
Women's Auxiliary
R. M. Bobbitt
John P. Helmick
Fairmont
Association
J. Howard Ander
Abrams Rites Set Saturday
Funeral services for George Abrams of Sophia will be at First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Cecil Priest presiding. Abrams died Wednesday night from a broken arm and shoulder complications of old age after eight years in Sophia and member of the Baptist church.
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George Abrams
Sophia
First Baptist Church
Cecil
Abrams
The
Baptist Church
Medical association fall meeting to be held at Morris Memorial
The fall meeting of the council of the medical association will be held the next day at Morris Memorial hospital in Milton with Chairman R. Rogers of Bluefield presiding. Council members will be guests of the hospital at luncheon. The location and dates of the 1944 convention will be fixed at the meeting. Huntington and Wheeling both have issued invitations.
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Son
Hemphill
Council of the Medical Association
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
R. Rogers
Bluefield
Huntington
Wheeling
Enrollment Drop at Shepherd State College
Dean A D Kenamond reported a 40 percent enrollment decline at Shepherd State College, with 119 students registered for the 71st term. The breakdown shows 25 seniors, 26 juniors, 40 second year and 28 first year students, signaling a graduating class near 30.
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Shepherdstown
Shepherd State College
A. D. Kenamond
Bicycle injuries top list at U.S. Air Force hospital
A hospital ward in England recaps injury causes from an accident, showing bicycles accounting for 45 cases, jeeps 10, and enemy action five, reflecting a wartime care setting and civilian military risks.
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Associated Press
A. U. S. Air Force Hospital
England
Population of Poland Before War Underage Majority
Before the war with Germany broke out, forty three percent of Poland's population was under years of age.
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Germany
Poland
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