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fi Fall of Stalingrad Likely Means Jap War on Russia BJ KIKKE SIMPSON' WUt WuU War Aiuljil With SUUrjndi defenses ilov. ly bjcklinj under ceaseless Nari fractal attack, conjecture runt tilt ia. the Allied world to Just incentive li drivir.j Hitler to itmiBl iti qjlck capture hj jer.eralj costs. Cold autumnal rains, certain of another Rossiai winter, lave already faCea from the Val- iai plateaj est cj Motcor, to the Stalinjrad battle rone at the bead ol the a ttousaad miles ta the south. The advance- a if an not only el the inowi, bitter winds and sub-iero temperatures Jtoveaiber jnd December usher ia from the Bal- TEACHER SHORTAGE i WILL BE TAKEN UP CHARLESTO.V, Sept.

IO-(AP --State School Superintendent W. f. Trent today that the itate koard of education woulb an "etneriency" meeting in Charleston on Monday to survey the cur- ient teacher ihortaje La Vest Vir- fnia. Trent had reported In the week that there was an iruuiicient niurber cf teachers in both Cijh eleasenury tchooU. If in the rural tectioru.

Q'uestioonairei have fceea sent to all county scnool askir-f tpr a frport conditions tnd the availability of 1 Miss Cecevieve Starcher, super- Tisor of certif for the board. laid today she would recommend to the board that war-tree certificates be issued to p.v-rpect -e la- itructors to the demand. OCD TO COOPERATE i- IN FIRE PROGRAM i CHARLESTON. Sept. 10--(AP) --DcJcase couicils in West Vir- rlnia will play aa important part fn the national observance of Fire Prevention Week October 1-10, Carl G.

Bachmann said today. Bachmann, cxecutiVc director of the state O. C. has urjed the Si councils to sponsor rr.eetin« on Jire prevention and fire-fijht- Irt problems, fire ordinance ea- forceaient, fire drills arxj fire control, and similar subjects. Fire prevention posters also wilj be distributed io factories, mer- caatde establiihrr.ents.

Cornrausity centers, churches aid ether poicts. West Virginia Boy It Killed In Smash-Up CLARKSDALE. Miss, Sept 19 R. Teter, of Ha W. Va, and another army aviation cadet sere killed whea plar.es in mid-air yesterday, snny officials ported.

Teter. a son of Mayor E. R. Teter, jumped from his wrecked but too late for chute to open- He atttrd--: Davis ar.d EHcins college at Elkins, W. before joiainj the rorps.

'E' AWARDED TO CARBIDE: COMPANY CHARLESTO.V, Srpt JIV-(AP) j-The Carbide and Carbon Chemicals corporation, South Charleston plant in a quarter rea- tury zrew up to become or.e of Kanawha valJey's accepted its award today with, a promise that production ili increased. Read Admiral Brjct. for the nary arj war de- partr.er.U. said in pennant that workin? in the Jirr.el:*ht often is easier than loilini in obscurity but or.e. fceither you nor f.

i whether jome jndividuars oin elfirt my te the ounce of effort -which Jnarkj the turn of the tide." tic the Caspian; but cf pre- Russian floods ia late September aod October Seas of mud acd swollen o-jt of their bankt art as char. arteristie cf European Russia's autumn climate as they are of the spriai thaw season. A jlance back at Nazi war of fall them eloquent ref- erencei to the part mud and flood played ia slotini Ceraia advance before snow aad completely halted it. It Is clear that Hitler is desper- itely racinj the calendar turn the Stalin jrai corser it is too late. Yet it cannot be ofttn emphasized that Stalintrad itself does not discemably offer him itratejic advantaies warrant the price be a paying for it.

is not conceivably a sprint-board from uhich he eouM launch a new attack with aay prospect cf decisive results before winter closes in to halt bis Russian march. -VoUve oVt ObTbas It is some other Nazi or Axis objective-- of which Sta'Jtifrad nrerely a symbol-- nhica has produced that sanrjinary battle. Rus- estimates of German losses rua very hijher than similar outjivinjs on Red easual- ts. Neither caa be accepted at fare value. Whatever the actual Aiis losses, to them must be added other dam- atir.j blows H.tler risked and suffered to arrive at the StiHarrad climax of his R'jssiaa campaitn.

Ari. not British imperial forces Etyjt. seem ia trave There are even rumors that Marsha! RonxeJ himseU has been or will be removed from command of the Aris African corps. Axis Short ot Planet It was primarily Hitler's inability to fpare from Russia to RoTimel that turr.ed the tables irt Allied favor ia Ejrypt The azjrerate damage done by s'jjtained Allied bornbioi of Ger- war industries, transportation objectives and troop centers in Nazi occupied countries is beyond estimation. That.

too. larl- ely to be added to the Nazii casualty score in the battle of Russia. All of this Hitler risked to press the rirrpaizn azainst Rass-a. It does not worth the price in a military or any other senj'e vn- less it represent ia German hands the achievement of some Aiis pact that could brinj aid to Hitler. And a only from Japan ia It.t form of attack on Russia that telp seems possible.

That is tHe thouiht beVuid fee conjecture of a Chinese spokesman at ChusjkiEX that Tokyo may be i-xaitmj the fall of Stalinjrad before attack in i Russia. Actress Wed tt Actim Juae PmJ- above, uul IXck Terry. radio announcer, Jose at Lu baa betu in by the cwjple. Miw lJ ore nt Uie mott ctrnsej and dancec. i'Tfiner's Friend Is The Fird Thing 1 Ever Endorsed Ppblicly In Hy Life" 'Oat Of Bwkley's First Settlers, A Resident For 31 Says "It Did So Much Good I Wouldn't Feel Right Unless I Did Somethinjr To Show My Apprecta- Jion and Try To Convince Others To Give It A Trial'' reiift frrr ft rr.f-i 4 i ni r.r Jtr.

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4 JIT kUnn set ns'jc 1 ttit ttnm tr.rjk:« fnSrr. Stt fti! In flit It kiTirf IM: it It Crttl-l w.vi. FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 11. 1942 When Leathernecks Landed on Solomon Islands j' i 111 oa ViA ef tie tie Elementary Enrollment Is About Equal to Last Year Although enrollment in the ele- nousced.

menrary schools seemed about I by most county blth schools yesterday. Superintendent of Schools E. Jf. AihworU said. Woodroir Wilson tijh ichoo! bas enroled 1J1T students, in- efcidirj 302 seniors.

365 juniors, sophomores, 36D acd five This Cjure. Principal c. G. Perejoy said, a about 110 less than the advance enrollment, and about 83 than the nonzal number of students at the school. Toe decreases were larger in the senior, junior and freihiaa ciaises, he said, the latter caused both by failure many eljhth traders to enter hijij school this year because they have reached IS years ot and by the fact that about 10 per cent of Sophia's approximately 70 eiihth are Mark hijii school.

eUssei are beinf held at U'ilsoa becaosc the mew elzht period schedult depends upon the new. addition. not be complete for several days, Pertftj stated. He said atodents have been told wilth the newspapers for aa announcement the day etauei will start Beckley yunicr hijn school enrolled 781 students, as compared with an enrollment of J09 at the end ot the first nionta last year, Principal E. Vaa Dorsey an- DAl'CHTU BORX Serjeant and Mrs.

H. E. JtOtoa, jr, announce the birta of a seven- pound daujhier, Lolita itarie, at St. Francis Hospital, Thursday, September 10. SOPHIA MAN IS EECTROCtfTED Troy Handy Killed By High Tcniion Wire At Slab Fork Contact mith a tcjion w-rt Weir-esday erenj.j; caused the electrocution of Troy ij.

oj Sophia. The accident occurred ia a Slab Fork mine. S-rvivcrs irclLide his wiie, Sjsie Handy; four Berjy. A'Jea and Rejcr. a3 at korce: kit parents, Mr.

a.id Mri. Dock Handy, of Sophia; a sister, Ada Lusk. and a brother, Robert Handy, also of Sop--a. Fur-era! rites wiU be condjcted at the First Baptist church, of Sophia today at p. zn.

by the Rev. Clere Youaj. and burial will be at the Slab Fork rezetery on mountain. Active ra-beareri will be A1U- Nigh! School BECKLEY COLLEGE SHORTHAND BOOKKEEPING BUSINESS ENGLISH CUsses SUrl al 7 T. M.

Monday, Sept. at 7 O'clock. T. F. Bartlett said tie upper are very small, attribute I this fact to the Joss cl older students to tie armed forces or de- jobs.

The teacher shortage appeared less acute yesterday, Superintendent Ashworth said, predicting that applications tow on hand will take care of all elementary vacancies. However, Assistant Superintendent D. W. Bryson said only one more hijh school teacher has been employed. Maude Van Scoy, of VVest lli'Jord.

z.oir| to Clear Fork tiih school. Eijhteen vacancies still eiist in schools. Brysoa said, but there a a possibility that three Cf these mijht be tilled by toniororsr, by persons who are COT aV.empt- isj to obtain certification from the state department. i- ion Adams, Cart tmattt Hoy EKoti. Jira Jlannjjj.

Giles Graiiic, CasbUl. Shark hides mere used Li carpenter ihopa as 'sandpaper." tnaaeaft retised Ja keepinj scamly ef certaia'. ehtkii teria'j, Deparixea: if TWO MEN SENT TO RECEPTION CENTER Serjeant Leon Courinztori, local army recruiter, announced yesterday that men. Roal Stark Troudell and Charles O. Stover ol Beckley sent to aa army reception center for final examination and enlistment in the army.

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