Directors Hold Routine Meet
City directors at their weekly Wednesday session discuss storm drain concerns near a garage and potential corrections to prevent damage. The meeting referred the issue to the city manager amid routine payrolls and bills including final payment on Central Fire Station improvements.
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Central Fire Station
T. A
Pedigo
Bland Street
Princeton Avenue
T. F. Eley
Walton Avenue
Bertha Baldwin
Franklin
Lewis Street
Save the Children Committee Formed in West Virginia
The Save The Children committee met in a West Virginia hotel with Roy Charleston as regional director and Dr. W. P. Eastwood as president. Officers elected include W. E. Koepler J H Bowen Dr R O Rogers Isadore Cohen Mrs D P Bailey Mrs Huston St Clair and Father Burke. The group aims to establish homes for children and adoptorphan services in the county with expected funding of $1200.
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Save-The-Children
West
Roy Charleston
W. P. Eastwood
Bland Street Church
Tae
W. E. E. Koepler
Bluefield
J. H. Bowen
Bramwell
R. O Rogers
Isadore Cohen
The
D. P. Bailey
Princeton
Huston St. Clair
A Hoge
Father Burke
West Virginia
Eng
Commission Licenses Hawks Nest Project in West Virginia
The Hawks Nest hydro electric project on the New River in Payette county West Virginia receives a Commission license with conditions. Operations must not hinder navigation and water release must exceed 500 cubic feet per second with Secretary of War requirements. Deepening of the tailrace to be installed when directed by the Commission. Licenses to include accounting provisions.
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Glen Ferris
W. Va
Hawks Nest
New River
Payette County
Secretary of War
Diving Injury Fatal for Eckman Man at Lake Shawnee
Harrison C. Hundley Jr., 20, of Eckman, died at Memorial Hospital Princeton from a broken neck after diving into four feet of Lake Shawnee. He was a Pulaski Iron Co. employee and is survived by his parents. Arrangements are pending.
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Harrison C. Hundley, Jr
Eckman
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Lake Shawnee
Hundley
Pulaski Iron Company
Bekman
United Mine
U. 5S
Saements Ae
Patton Punera
Keystone
Dorothy Lamour Enters Hospital
Film actress Dorothy Lamour is reported to have entered a hospital on June 2. Details on her condition or the facility are not provided in the fragment.
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Dorothy Lamour
Dorothy Baltimore
Lamour
Juhns Hospi
Deaths and funerals in Mercer and nearby towns
John Jacob Cozatt 77 native of Mercer county died in Alabama May 23. He is survived by four children and spouses including Nora Carter Mullens W O Cozatt Gallipolis and Mrs J N Nuckols ingham. Funeral held in Lebanon Kentucky May 26 with burial in Bradfordsville. Fran Spivey 70 died at a sanitarium. Funeral at Bramwell Holiness church with Rev Lawrence Steele officiating. Interment in Freeman cemetery. Mrs Spivey widow of Hiram Spivey survived by three sons H C Charlie and John Spivey and a daughter Carrie Ellis. Mrs Spivey born Ashe county North Carolina and was Baptist. John Edward Stafford 299 W 6th Ave Columbus Ohio died at home. Burial plans at Trigg likely.
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John Jacob Cozatt
Mercer County
Cozatt
Fou
Nora Carter
Mullens
W. O. Cozatt
Gallipolis
Sam Hays
Danville
J. N. Nuckolsingham
Lebanon
Bradfordsville
Fran Spivey
Hineheld Sanitarium
Bramwell Holiness Church
Lawrence Steele
Freeman Cemetery
Ashe County
North Carolina
The
Baptist A
John Stafford
John Edward Stafford
6Th Avenue
Columbus
Navy reports shipwrecks and lifeboat survival in Atlantic
The Navy details include 61 sailors from a British merchant ship landing at an Atlantic port after eight days in lifeboats. Other reports describe the sinking of a small U S cargo ship on May 20 in the Gulf of Mexico with 39 presumed deaths and two survivors, and a Panamanian merchant ship torpedoed in the Atlantic with 44 survivors. Survivors described intense blasts and fires from enemy torpedoes as they escaped in lifeboats and life rafts.
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United States
Atlantic
Josed Sel
Aes
Uni States
Trinidad
Rommel’s forces fail to capture Tobruk in desert battle
In harsh heat and sand, Rommel’s two infantry units and the 132nd Italian division, totaling 28 tons of equipment, fail to seize Tobruk as Hitler ordered. Allied forces suffer heavy losses in machines and men while Auchinineck pursues destruction of the foe over immediate advance.
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Rommel
Win the War Stamp to Be Issued July 4
Washington reports a new three cent postage stamp will be issued on July 4 with the inscription win the war. The design features an eagle surrounded by thirteen stars and includes a stretched central motif. The Philippines Islands note appears in the inscription as part of the design.
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Washington
Walker
UMW Leaders Press for Wage Pact Compliance and Fines Return
A United Mine Workers commission urges enforcement of the southern wage agreement against coal companies penalizing members under the reject system. It seeks return of illegally assessed fines totaling about 60 000 workers and 250 000 dollars, and to establish a fair dispute handling method under the pact.
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International Union
Bittner
District 17
City and Coalfield Items In Roanoke For Piano Tuning
Roanoke to host piano tuner Harry Haffen for at least one week each month with contact via West Virginia hotel or P O Box 2455. Also notes mimeograph and general printing services by Telegraph Commercial Printing Co at 412 Brand St with phone 2400 offering printed items and signs.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
P. O
Roanoke, Ve
Call Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Brand St
General Printing and Engraving
Telegraph Commercial Printing Company
Curious wartime note on oil fields as targets grows
A fragmented report notes tensions after the British aerial attack on Essen and mentions a possible U S war declarations. It cites Bulgaria and Egypt as distant regions near vital oil fields feeding German war fuel and suggests those fields may become targets for American bombers alongside British forces.
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Essen
Sieam
Bulgaria
Egypt
Mays
Washington
Roosevelt seeks details on new nationality plan and identifications
President Roosevelt asks officials for specifics on the new nationality vision and immediate actions. The plan may require identification for German Japanese and Italian subjects, with some possibly seized if deemed dangerous to national security, as discussed in cabinet deliberations.
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Tdecti
Cet
Russians Halt Nazis In Kalinin Front Battle Report
The dispatch notes substantial German losses with over 1,000 killed in two days. In a Kalinin front sector German forces used two infantry regiments twelve tanks artillery and mortars on narrow terrain with limited air support. Russian counterattacks regained positions as 850 heroes were reported lost and more than 1,500 wounded in 24 hours.
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Kalinin
British convoy defends ships as Heinkel destroyed and crews praised
The Admiralty announced a battered convoy was shot down for certain with two more likely losses and two others damaged. One Heinkel was destroyed by a Hurricane from a fitted carrier. Oiler Pilot Officer Alastair Hay was rescued wounded by a British warship. The Admiralty praised the gallant defense and handling of the heavily laden ships and the escorts.
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Admiralty
Alastair Hay
Bombing of Cologne Signals New British Offensive Phase
Reports from Britain and Germany describe a wide scale RAF raid on Cologne and surrounding Ruhr targets with heavy destruction in the Rhineland city. German statements claim Allied losses of 59 planes while asserting Canterbury and Ipswich were struck by German bombers in retaliation.
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Cologne
United States
Air Ministry
Essen
Ruhr
Ger
France
Low Countries
Thorugh
RAF
Canterbury
Ipswich
Bern
Switzerland
Germany
Rhineland
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Friends Gather for Unseen Film World Figures
A private gathering brings together actors, makeup artists, and industry figures once hidden from public view. Notables listed include David O. Selznick, Cecil B. DeMille, Garbo, Vallee, Spencer Tracy, and Katharine Hepburn among others in attendance or mentioned.
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Fowler
John Decker
E. J. Mannix
W. C. Fields
C. J. Briden
Stanley Campbell
David O. Selznick
Cecil B. DeMilhienere Clark
Om Sheare Mare
Now Vallee
Earl Atl Cangol Ishall
Law
Vnn
Katharine Mepburn
Greta Garbo
Louis B. Meyer
Spencer Tracy
Helene Costello
Battles Rage On Overland Drive From Hangchow
Reports describe renewed fighting as a Japanese column advances from Hangchow toward Chuhsien with heavy casualties. An estimated 40,000 Japanese troops concentrate at Nanchang amid maneuvers, while another column numbered about 6,000 is noted.
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Hangchow
Oches
Chuhsien
Nanchang
Air Raid Alarm Sounds in London
An air raid alarm sounded in London today and a German raider approached the city but veered away. The last attack on London occurred on November 1, 1941, with bombs falling on two districts. A daylight alert was issued March 16.
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London
Strikes Close Defense Plants in Tacoma and St Paul Mill
About 1,000 workers at the St Paul and Tacoma lumber plant in Tacoma and three related facilities walked out today on defense contracts. The CIO International Woodworkers of America demanded a one dollar a day wage raise and paid vacations, with talks dating from last September when a larger raise was sought. Plant officials offered no immediate comment.
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Tacoma
Wash
Big St. Paul & Tacoma
CIO International Woodworkers of America
Freeman L. Cocheran
Chrysler closes Dodge truck plant amid racial transfer protest
Detroit June 2 Chrysler Corp shut its Dodge truck plant employing 3,000 after about 700 workers protested the transfer of 20 Negroes from the main plant. A company spokesman said the move followed a Chrysler UAW CIO agreement and union officials’ request. About 350 workers left their machines and threatened to eject the newcomers, but fighting was averted. Morris Field said the plant would have to accept the Negro workers as policy calls for equal treatment.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Dodge
Chrysler
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Morris Field
Chrysler Department
International Uaw-Cio
Focal
UAW and Cio
War Workers Tire Supply Dwindles in West Virginia
The West Virginia War Division estimates 40 percent of tires used by industrial workers will wear out within three months. A statewide survey for the public roads administration will guide share the ride and highway traffic advisory measures. Data covers worker home locations, available mass transit, retirement or replacement status, and tire conditions. The study found seven of ten workers travel by car, two by public transit, and one walks.
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Charleston
W. Va
War Division
The
State Commission
West Virginia
Public Roads Administration
Highway Traffic Advisory Committee
War Department
Office of Price Administration
Oe Castine
Sho Iain
Bluefield Jewry Plans Bonds for New Synagogue
Sidney Kwass, secretary of the synagogue board, said the $12,000 synagogue fund is invested in bonds. The group acquired half of the Flat Top Tennis Club courts on Albemarle Street as the site for a new synagogue, with construction plans not abandoned.
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Bluefield Jewry
Sidney Kwass
Board of Trustees
Kwass
Albemarle Street
Accused Nazi Spy Goes on Trial
In Los Angeles on June 2 a federal court trial opened for Gros 34 his wife 31 and Albrecht Ru Curt Reiter 56 linked to Reinhard Heydrich. FBI agents read a document claiming Gros aided Heydrich by supplying strike targets organizing sabotage and photographing harbors and military objectives.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Hans
Gros
Frances
Albrecht Ru_ Curt Reiter
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Saxonia
Heydrich
Riots in Nassau Over Wages Hit Fashion District
Workers rioted in Nassau protesting unskilled wage of four shillings a day. Demonstrators moved into Bay Street shops as police and troops restored partial order. A curfew 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. was imposed by acting governor W. L. Heape.
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Nassau
Duke of Windsor
W. L. Heape
Bay Street
Bahama Islands
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Save-the-Children Committee
Commission
Hawks Nest Project
Mrs
Frane Spivey
NAVY
Haze
Philippine Islands
Philip I
King
UMW
United Workers Somesaw
Miners’ Committee
APL
Anlar Vea
Atlantic City
United Mine Workers of America
M.A
Davis
Os Fairmont
Sident
van Martin Wagner
Aaw
District 50
Phi Array
Wagner
van A. Bittner
District 40
Tony
Seermans
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Van
Tetlow Commission
Roosevelt
Lewis
Wendell L. Willkie
G. S. Hagar
Federal Street
Young America
Tom Brown
Zasu Pitts
Slim Summerville
Niagara Falls
Leon
Norwich
Synagogue
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Sreott
Shanghai
Sin
Dr. Omar
Poppy
Arnold Pressburger
John Colton
Wernt
Gene Tierney Huston
Munson
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