Churchill Wins Commons Vote Of Confidence
London July 2 AP. Prime Minister Churchill won a decisive 475 to 25 confidence vote in the Commons after a rare censure motion. He warned of grave dangers in the Middle East and praised reinforcements reaching Egypt. Churchill highlighted close wartime cooperation with President Roosevelt and said discussions focused on ships, guns, troops, and anti-submarine measures.
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Middle East
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Commons
House
Eighth Army
Egypt
Libya
Roosevelt
Washington
Mr. Roosevelt
Wu Ahe
Caboteurs Face Military Trial
President Roosevelt announces a military commission will try nine accused saboteurs linked to Nazi U boats. The trial, to begin soon in Washington, will be private with no appeal from the commission. Prosecution likely seeks the death penalty. espionage cases trigger new court access limits.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank R. McCoy
Walter 8. Grant
Blanton Winship
Lorenzo D. Gasser
Guy V. Henry
John T. Lewis
John T. Kennedy
Cassius M. Dowell
Kenneth Royal
Secretary of War
Eeight
Ernest Peter Bur
George John Dasch
Herbert Ans Haupt
Henry Harm Heinck
Ward John Kerling
Hermann To Neubauer
Richard Quirin
Werner Thiel
FBI
War Spending Totals Rise to New Year Levels
Secretary Morgenthau announced total war outlays of 25.95 billion dollars in the last fiscal year and projected 67 billion for the new year begun on Wednesday. He noted annual costs quadrupled from 6.3 billion the prior year and showed sharp month by month increases from 832 million in the early period.
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Washington
United States
Morgenthau
Bond Drive Box Score and Participation Leader
The article notes sixty two firms have adopted the allotment plan for employees with the Kiwanis club leading. It includes a box score for the first drive and references canvass activity on Wednesday.
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Kiwanis Club
Iiwaaie Ees
Henderson Seeks $161 Million OPA Funding Boost
Leon Henderson urged a senate appropriations subcommittee to add 86 million dollars to the house approved OPA budget, seeking 161 million total to expand staff and enforce price and rationing controls. He defended current and proposed measures amid questions over gas rationing cards and sponge iron costs.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Senate Appropriations
House
Office of Price Administration
Henderson
Congress
OPA
Army Officers Seek Glue Te Airplane Crash Mystery
Army officers searched the wreckage of a transport plane after a Wednesday crash in McDowell county West Virginia that killed 21 soldiers in the worst air disaster in the state. The ship lost a wing and dived into a Victory garden near Premier.
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West Virginia
Premier
McDowell County
American Airlines
Walter Faught
Paris
Tex
Samuel J Davis
Kellogg Field
Battle Creek
Mich
Salveston T. Barone
Morris
N. Y
Russell A. Carter
Merdar
Kas
Leon A
Erickson
South Range
Wis
Elmo J. Edmonds
Paysor
Til
Anthony W. Belcher
South Point
Leon Thomas Colburg
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Edward F. Carr
Philadelphia
Denver W. Koeppe
Columbus
Corp. Kermit
Masters
Grandview
Elmer J. Campbell
Luray
Chester Peterowski
Auburn
E. A.harness
Laporte
Ind
Harry E Haney
Selma Ky
Archie W. Chamblin
Leavenworth Kas
Joseph S. Cholewa
Racine
George E. Eversall
Dextar
Iowand Corp
Bartola P. Purpura
Watertown
Three UN Vessels Sunk in Western Atlantic
The Associated Press reports three more United Nations ships sunk in the western Atlantic, two American and one Brazilian flagged. Survivors from the large cargo ship say all 50 crew landed safely after torpedoing off South America. A second US merchant vessel was torpedoed with 27 survivors, two killed and two missing.
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United Nations
Associated Press
Atlantic
Dayag
South America
United States
Miners To Take 3 Day Holiday
Miners in Charleston West Virginia end today's shift for a three day vacation sparking a dispute in the southern fields. President Roosevelt intervened last Monday to break a deadlock after a 10 day layoff began under the wage agreement. United Mine Workers demanded remission of fines from the captive mine strike as a condition to modifying the union in Charleston and field offices closed for the break. Maintenance crews and repairmen stay on duty to guard against hazards.
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Charleston
W. Va
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Jury Convicts Detroit Man Of Treason
In Detroit a jury convicts Max Stephan, a German-born restaurant owner and naturalized citizen, of treason for aiding a fleeing Nazi officer. The verdict arrived after 83 minutes of deliberation in the 5:35 p.m. session, with sentencing to follow after character reports are reviewed.
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Detroit
Max Stephan
Arthur J. Tuttle
John W. Babcock
United States
Stephan
Hans Peter Krug
Krug
Jerry H. Armstrong
Tuttle
Houston G. Young Announces Candidacy in West Virginia
Houston G. Young former secretary of state and Charleston lawyer announced his bid for the Republican nomination in West Virginia’s sixth district. The filing narrowed the field as Rep Jennings Randolph and State Senator Byron Randolph filed for renomination. Other potential candidates were discussed including Hugh Ike Shott and Walter Hallanan with rumors of a fifth district candidate and E G Rohrbough seeking the third district nomination.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Senate
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph
Byron Randolph
Clarksburg
Elkins
Houston G. Young
House of Representatives
Francis J. Love
Wheeling
House
Andrew C. Schiffler
Young
Aspiran Young
Young-Moore Company
Congress
Fifth
Hugh Ike Shott, Sr
Bluefield
U. S. Senate
Walter 8. Hallanan
E. G. Rohrbough
Glenville State Teachers College
Hubert Ellis
Huntington
American Legion
Nazis Abandon Hope For Quick Decision In East
Berlin dispatches say Germany gave up on a swift eastern front decision this summer after Sevastopol victory. Berlin aims to wreck Russian army organization by September, stabilize winter positions, and free troops for a possible Allied second front. If achieved, Axis would shift focus to consolidating gains and oil in the Caucasus, while Goebbels warned of uprisings in occupied countries and Das Reich cautioned that a second front risk exists.
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Bern
Switzerland
Berlin
Germany
Sevastopol
Caucasus
Virginio Gavdi
Ti Giornale d'Italia
Egypt
Near East
The
Publica
Joseph von Das Reich
Dunkerque
Goebbels
Allied Axis Clash In Desert Battle And Sevastopol Fight
Moscow reports fierce hand to hand fighting around Sevastopol as Red Army forces clash with German invaders. Meanwhile Nazi drives push toward Belgorod and Volchansk north of Kharkov as Kursk front battles continue with heavy losses and tank engagements.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Red Army
Crimean
Belgorod- Volchansk
Kharkov
Black Sea
Kursk
Belgorod
Volchansk
Volchansks
Ukraine
Kalinin
Sharecropper Odell Waller Executed in Virginia
Odell Waller, 25, a Negro sharecropper, was executed in the Virginia penitentiary for the 1940 murder of Oscar Davis. After 630 days on death row and a two year legal fight, his appeals failed and Governor Darden refused commutation. Waller was pronounced dead at 8:35 a.m. by prison physician Dr. Chewning.
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Richmond
Odell Waller
Virginia
Oscar Davis
Workers’ Defense League
Roosevelt
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Waller
United States Supreme Courts
E.w.t
C. C. Chewning, Jr
Davis
Witesses
Canal Group Accused of Spying for Axis U Boat Attacks
In the Panama Canal Zone a U S Army observer led a spy hunt that ended in the roundup of 20 people accused of spotting allied ships for the axis and fueling enemy U boats. Arrests spread from Panama to British Honduras including night club hostesses and Canal Zone workers.
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Canal Group
U. S. Army
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
British Honduras
Canal Zone
Frank Andrews
Caribbean
U. S
Accused Draft Evader Held After Arraignment
Dwight Delwood Coleman 28 of Princeton was arraigned by U S Commissioner Thomas H Scott charged with violation of the Selective Service Act 1940. He failed to report for physical examination after notices Feb 9 1942 May 25 and June 23 and was held on 3000 bond to await trial in Beckley July 20.
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Dwight Delwood Coleman
Joseph Henry Coleman
Fourth Street
Thomas H. Scott
United States
Coleman
Princeton
United States District Court
Beckley
H. C. Boswell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Robert T. Jones
H. O. Bernard
Jap Dive Bombers Fail To Dampen Yankee Humor
An army nurse recounts the darkest hours of the Battle of the Philippines from Corregidor as food shortages and medicine scarcities strained troops. Ruth Marie Straub, back in the United States after serving at Batwan and Corregidor, recalls mule meat meals and the morale song The Old Gray Ee.
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the Philippines
Corregidor
Ruth Marie Straub
Greyee
Straub
Batwan
Corregdor
Tippines
Islands
Churchill Vote of Confidence Tribute to Valor
The 20 to 1 confidence vote affirmed Churchill as Britain's war captain amid Libya and Egypt losses. The piece portrays Britain's admiration for courage, noting his leadership while analyzing the Libyan defeat and Axis superiority in manpower tanks and air power.
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Churchill
Winston Churchill
Britain
Joe
England
Libya
Egypt
Eighth Army
Britain and Axis clash near El Alamein in decisive battle
Allied and Axis forces fought near El Alamein as Rommel attacked Britain’s right flank and rear. Churchill warned of grave news as both sides fought to near the Nile Delta with the Mediterranean fleet possibly entering the clash.
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Associated Press
The
Nile
United Nations
Winston Churchill
Britain
France
Churchill
el Alamein
Nile Delta
Alexandria
Marechal Rommel
Rommel
Frazier Heads Bluefield Chamber After War Effort
J Taylor Frazier was elected president of the Bluefield chamber of commerce as new officers met for the first luncheon. Orin M. Dawson and C W Pierce were named first and second vice presidents with J P Gills as national councillor. The board includes J H Bowen and others as the group gears its activities to the wartime effort. The secretary-manager is Eddie Steele and L Alexander has served as treasurer for 16 years.
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J. Taylor Frazier
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Prazier
Bluefield Supply Company
L. D. Feuchtenberger
Orin M. Dawson
Norfolk and Westernway Company
C. W. Pierce
Keys Planing Mill Company
Bluefield
J. P. Gills
Appalachian Electric Power Company
L. Alexander
General Mills
Treasuer
Eddie Steele
Chamber
J. H. Bowen
C. 1
Cheyney Harry Goodykoontz
George Richardson
H. H. Stuckman
James A. Coleman
Carl Creasy
Hudson Huffard
E. G. Otey
Joseph M. Sanders
Chamber of Commerce
Boms Gs
Steele
Tors
Allies Stage Night Attacks On Japanese Base At Dili
Allied forces report successful night raids on the Japanese base at Dili with direct hits on airfields and radio stations. Aircraft all returned safely and further raid details referenced a June 27 28 operation with minimal allied casualties.
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Australia
MacArthur
Dili
Jamaia
Ted
Perney
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Hallanan
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ursk-Kharkovy
Cave Fident
Khersonese
Cape
Sharecropper
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