West Virginia University Commencement Highlights
The 74 year history event at West Virginia University opens with a baccalaureate sermon stressing hardship as a driver of brotherhood and education equality. Governor Neely to deliver the commencement address for about 775 graduates as alumni day tomorrow features a law school address by Judge Herschel H. and remarks by Arthur B. Koontz.
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West Virginia University
Natonal Brotherhood
Fairmont
England
M. M. Neely
University
Hann
America
Demand Grows Across Nation Over Labor Strikes
Senators and representatives blame Perkins Hillman and others as strikes expand. North American Aviation employs 1500 at Inglewood plant under $196 million warplane contracts. Puget Sound lumber strike involves about 12000 CIO members with wage increases and union shop demands. Defense board notes idle workers at Detroit Steel and Rockwell plants amid broader labor unrest and calls for surveys.
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Rich
Perkins
Congress
Rep
Ford
Calif
Madam Perkins
Hillman
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
North American Aviation
United States
Inglewood
Reynolds
D. N.C
Bridg
Voorhis
Puget Sound
CIO
Defense Board
Defense
Detroit Steel Products, Company
Detroit
Rockwell Corporation
Plainville
Cleveland
the of America
Deaths and Funerals From Bluefield to Falls Mills
Commitment services for Mrs. Mary Van Pelt Burnley of Bluefield will be at Maplewood cemetery Tazewell Va Saturday at 3 led by Rev Jehn Hobson. Charlie Caldwell of Charleston dies Wednesday with rites at Falls Mills church at 2:30 this afternoon. Interment Falls Cemetery with pallbearers named. Marion Dexter Shrader 59 dies in Bluefield after illness. services to be held Friday. Details of rites to be announced.
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Mary van Pelt Burnley
Bluefield
Santa Rosa
Calif
Maplewood Cemetery
Tazewell
Jehn. Hobson
Christ Is Co- 1 Church
California
Charlie Caldwell
Charleston
Falls Mills
Barbery
E H. Dennis
Falls Cemetery
Adam Tabor
Louie Hall
Louie Caldwell
Roby Harry
Marion Harry
Tabor
Frank Rye
Bill Waughburton
Baltimore
Ballard Givens
Marion Dexter Shrader
Lee Street
Mr. Shrader
Bluestone
Tazewell County
Francis M., Shrader
Rachael Harmon
Virginia Side
Gertrude Wiley
H. C. Broyles
W. H. Bluestone
Bayne
E. H. Shrader
S. H. Shrader
Mrs. Brooks 43 Dies at Memorial Hospital Princeton
Mrs. C. B. Brooks, 43, of 114 Green Street, died at 6 30 o'clock last night in Memorial Hospital Princeton from complications. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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C. B. Brooks
Green Street
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Employment of Tax Expert Unauthorized in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia on June 5 4 the general stated that employing a tax expert to draft a municipal ordinance on a percentage basis lacks statutory authority. Alderson said a person claiming to be a tax expert has approached many municipalities offering to draft an insurance license ordinance for 40 percent of the first year's revenue. The ruling by Woodell upholds the right of cities to license insurance companies or agents.
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Charleston
W. Va
George P. Alderson
Alderson
Woodell
May Industrial Mishaps Take 38 Lives in West Virginia
West Virginia officials report 38 industrial deaths in May, up 20 from April. Coal mines accounted for 26 fatalities versus 10 in April during a month of mine shutdowns and 1,102 related incidents or stoppages.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Com
Albert G. Mathews
City Information Booths Planned by Bluefield Chamber
Bluefield Junior Chamber of Commerce plans three coal clad information booths at city entrances to guide tourists. The group led by G. T. Porterfield aims to place maps of Bluefield and the two Virginias, with N Y A volunteers staffing the booths as a first civic promotion project.
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Bluefield
East River Mountain
Princeton Road
West End
Virginias
Committee On Civic Promotion
Coal wages and production debated by industry board
The board urged keeping production during the July 4 holiday to avoid a 15 million ton loss, noting coal impurities, wage differentials, and rent costs require local settlements. It linked the Appalachian soft coal region to defense needs, with 330,000 miners in the area and 60,000 more elsewhere, split between northern and southern operators across several states.
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Lewis
Appalachian
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Reykjavik Temperature Myth Clarified
A historical note clarifies that Reykjavik, the Icelandic capital, rarely drops below freezing, countering a common chilly stereotype about the country’s climate.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Turmoil and Mobilization Amid Rising Pressures Across Europe
Reports indicate Romania is mobilizing amid Nazi pressure while many troops are recalled from training. Turkey fears German infiltration near Syria and Latakia as Berlin denies, while Romania vows to recover Bessarabia. US delegates push defense measures and wartime production shifts.
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Romania
Bucharest
Berlin
Russia
Bessarabia
Red Army
Ion Antonescu
Syria
Latakia
Istanbul
Sukru Saracoglu
Fran von Papenin
Turkey
Pecnarea
von Papan
German forces seize Damascus and key sites in Middle East
NBC dispatch from Ankara reports Germany now controls Damascus and the Ali airport area near the Israeli frontier. British observers allegedly claimed Nazi planes near Rhodes. The report says a German mobile infantry detachment landed at Latakia and moved toward Beirut, Lebanon.
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New York
Damascus
Syria
National Broadcasting Company
Ankara
Turkey
America
Ali
NBC
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Mediterranean
Red Crete
Cyprus
Beirut
Lebanon
Latakia
Stimson Calls for Expanded War Production Effort
In a wartime speech Stimson urges rapid expansion of planes guns tanks and ships resources nationwide. He stresses protecting hydroelectric power and waterways from Norway to the Atlantic while warning against short sighted interests hindering the effort. He notes Kay Rey efforts aim to outstrip enemy production.
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Norway
Anelles
Kay Rey
Safety Commission Urged by Bosworth
State police superintendent John W. Bosworth urged Governor Neely to approve a unified safety program across all state departments. He proposed a safety commission led by the governor with department heads, creating coordinated efforts and avoiding duplication with C. W. Boone as executive secretary and funded from department budgets.
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Charleston
W. V
John W. Bosworth
Neely
West Air
Safety Commission
C. W. Boone
Bosworth
Commission
Area men enlist for U S Army duty
Charles M. Anderson Jr Ernest W Freeman Jr Edward M White John H Reedy and William L Gearhart have enlisted in the regular army since June 1. Anderson Freeman and Gearhart joined at Ft Thomas for the Air Corps and related groups while Freeman joined the Las Vegas unit. Reedy and White enlisted at Ft Hayes to fill overseas vacancies in Hawaii with infantry and coast artillery. The Fifth Corps area in Columbus released 500 three year vacancies in the Air Corps effective immediately. Recruits will train at Barksdale Field and be reassigned as needed. The Air Corps expansion offers training in aeronautics for those with an eighth grade education including mechanics radio operators machinists and parachute riggers. Details at the Bluefield Army Recruiting Office Room 132 Bradmann Building.
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Charles M. Anderson, Jr
Charles Anderson
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield
Ernest W. Freeman
Anderson
Freeman
Gearhart
Ft. Thomas
Aircorps
Twenty-Ninth Air Base Group
Bowman Field
Fourty-eighth Bombardment Group
Air Corps
Las Vegas
N. M. Reedy
White
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Hawaii
Reedy
Infantry
Coast Artillery Corps
Fifth Corps
Regular
Army Air Corps
Preston P. Parson
Army
Barksdale Field
Parsons
National Defense Program
Wilson Dean
Bradmann
Egypt’s Largest City After Cairo Rearing for War
Reports from London and Cairo describe strategic aims in the Middle East as Germany eyes Egypt and the Suez Canal. Heavy bombing of Benghazi and Libyan ports signals Britain’s plan to deny Axis reinforcements across the desert road. British silence on Syria and no new official statements from Cairo.
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Egypt
Cairo
Nile Estuary
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
East
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Egyptian
London
Hitler
Syria
Road Improvement High on List in State Plan
Jackson's Mill W Va June 6 Defense needs place secondary roads high on list for defense, state officials say. Paul Olejar notes only 35 percent of secondary roads are paved and must serve many rural communities and farms. Primary roads mostly paved but aging, to be rebuilt in upcoming years.
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Jackson's Mill
Mountaineer Bay
Paul Clejar
State Road and Conservation Departments
Olejar
City and Coalfield Items June Sale and Notices
Community notices list a June sale for maids uniforms at Fretwell's with discounted pricing, printing services by Telegraph Commercial Printing Co at 412 Bland St, and Vogue's Fur Storage offering summer rates and on premises work. Also announces a piano tuning visit by Harry Haffen from Roanoke and a Knights Templar Bluefield Commandery No 19 conclave with officer elections and guest knights this Friday evening.
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Carter
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Bland St
Vogue
Bluefield
Knights Templar
Bluefield Commandery No
W. P. Ryan
M. F. Thompson
Luftwaffe Raids Target Britain and Ireland Reactions
In Alexandria the Deutsche Beobachter notes tensions rising as Syria developments are linked to English aggression against France. It reports Ireland protests over Dublin air raids are under investigation with German origin claims unproved. A Luftwaffe overnight raid hits British industry in Birmingham and port facilities at Cherbourg.
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Deutschland
Syria
France
Dublin
Dienst
Reich
Ireland
Luftwaffe
Britain
Birmi
Chatant
Alexandria Bombing Ends With Heavy Civilian Casualties
German planes bombed Alexandria for 90 minutes causing about a hundred civilian injuries as bombs fell on residential areas. British warships and anti aircraft guns disrupted the raid, left many buildings wrecked, and oil tanks reportedly set afire per Berlin based DNB account.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Cairo
London
Ae Nazis
DNB
Berlin
Royalty Begins Clothes Rationing Amid Wartime Limits
London reports King and Queen Elizabeth tightening wardrobe usage under the new rationing order. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose have dress allocations cut to rationed limits, and nine royal uniforms will be renewed only after the war.
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London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
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