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13. Volney Andrews, Secretary--Treasurer, West Virginia State Federation of Labor, 1938-1954

IDNO:
030109
Title:
Volney Andrews, Secretary--Treasurer, West Virginia State Federation of Labor, 1938-1954
Date:
ca. 1943
Senator H. W. Kilgore (center)of West Virginia, visits an Air Force base during the Second World War. All other persons in the photograph are unidentified. Inscribed on the back of the phtograph,' HQ. Base Air Depot Area ATS_(?) USSTAF Public Relations Office".

14. Senator Kilgore Visits Air Force Base During World War II

IDNO:
039897
Title:
Senator Kilgore Visits Air Force Base During World War II
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Senator H. W. Kilgore (center)of West Virginia, visits an Air Force base during the Second World War. All other persons in the photograph are unidentified. Inscribed on the back of the phtograph,' HQ. Base Air Depot Area ATS_(?) USSTAF Public Relations Office".
Air Corps Cadet/Student trainees from West Virginia University, gather around an instructor. Military training during World War II was accelerated on university campuses throughout the United States. At WVU, the Air Corps part-time training was replaced with a full time eight-week course. Other programs were also implemented such as the Army Specialized Training Program.

15. Chalking Off Flight Pattern On Taxi Strip, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
040533
Title:
Chalking Off Flight Pattern On Taxi Strip, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Air Corps Cadet/Student trainees from West Virginia University, gather around an instructor. Military training during World War II was accelerated on university campuses throughout the United States. At WVU, the Air Corps part-time training was replaced with a full time eight-week course. Other programs were also implemented such as the Army Specialized Training Program.
Collecting scrap metal in the back of trucks. Calhoun County citizens aided the war effort by collecting scrap metal to be receycled into miltary needs. The John Deer Company encouraged farmers to "Sink a sub from your farm, bring in your scrap metal".

16. World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
040550
Title:
World War II Scrap Metal Drive, Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Collecting scrap metal in the back of trucks. Calhoun County citizens aided the war effort by collecting scrap metal to be receycled into miltary needs. The John Deer Company encouraged farmers to "Sink a sub from your farm, bring in your scrap metal".
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

17. Catholic School; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041769
Title:
Catholic School; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

18. View of New Kanawha Boulevard; Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
042760
Title:
View of New Kanawha Boulevard; Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
See original for correspondence. Published by The S. Spencer Moore Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Affiliated with The Logan Banner, Afternoon Newspaper. See original for correspondence.

19. WLOG Broadcasting Station; Logan, W. Va.

IDNO:
042891
Title:
WLOG Broadcasting Station; Logan, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Affiliated with The Logan Banner, Afternoon Newspaper. See original for correspondence.
Postcard reads, "The Homestead at Virginia Hot Springs has been operated for more than a century and a half as a luxury resort to the first families of America. It is located in a lovely valley on the east side of the Alleghany mountains and has an elevation of 2,300 feet." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)

20. The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.

IDNO:
044867
Title:
The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Postcard reads, "The Homestead at Virginia Hot Springs has been operated for more than a century and a half as a luxury resort to the first families of America. It is located in a lovely valley on the east side of the Alleghany mountains and has an elevation of 2,300 feet." See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
Honaker pictured in uniform.

21. Brud Honaker

IDNO:
045867
Title:
Brud Honaker
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Honaker pictured in uniform.
Portrait of Shanks in uniform.

22. Bud Shanks

IDNO:
045920
Title:
Bud Shanks
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Portrait of Shanks in uniform.
Martin pictured in military uniform.

23. Portrait of Granville Martin of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048379
Title:
Portrait of Granville Martin of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
Martin pictured in military uniform.
John L. Grimes was advertising executive of Wheeling Steel Corporation and was responsible for the creation of the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast in 1936. In 1941 the show was picked up by the National Broadcasting Company's Blue Network, as it grew in popularity. The Steel Sisters and The Musical Steelmakers were regulars on the broadcast. The Steel Sisters became so popular that they eventually left the show to tour with Horace Heidt and his orchestra. In 1943 the show took to the road throughout several cities in West Virginia to put on "Buy a Bomber" themed shows, where the host cities were challenged to buy enough enough Defense Bonds to purchase a medium or large sized bomber. Cities who accomplished the challenge would get their name placed on the plane as it flew to battle.

24. John L. Grimes Introducing the Steel Sisters, Performing With The Musical Steelmakers Band at Bond Drive, Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
048548
Title:
John L. Grimes Introducing the Steel Sisters, Performing With The Musical Steelmakers Band at Bond Drive, Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1943
Description:
John L. Grimes was advertising executive of Wheeling Steel Corporation and was responsible for the creation of the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast in 1936. In 1941 the show was picked up by the National Broadcasting Company's Blue Network, as it grew in popularity. The Steel Sisters and The Musical Steelmakers were regulars on the broadcast. The Steel Sisters became so popular that they eventually left the show to tour with Horace Heidt and his orchestra. In 1943 the show took to the road throughout several cities in West Virginia to put on "Buy a Bomber" themed shows, where the host cities were challenged to buy enough enough Defense Bonds to purchase a medium or large sized bomber. Cities who accomplished the challenge would get their name placed on the plane as it flew to battle.