Navy Opens Selloff of Fifty Warplanes to Allies
The U S Navy makes fifty warplanes available for immediate sale to Allied governments amid wartime demand. Planes to Buffalo for Curtiss conversion, with future "superior type" fighters planned. Congress and White House react as weapons stockpiles and military aid debates intensify.
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U.S. Navy
Associated Press
Washington
United States Navy
Germany
Capitol Hill
Navy
Buffalo
N. Y
Curtiss Airplane Company
Naval Aviation
Wheeler
D-Mont
White House
Part of Coal in National Defense Will Be Discussed
Washington June 6 The meeting in Washington June 21 will center on the coal fields role in national defense. Appalachian producers will discuss the mines that supply most tonnage to industrial centers and the source of munition coal for armor plate and ordnance. Louis A. Johnson assists in the talks at the conference organized by Appalachian Coals Inc representing eastern Kentucky Tennessee southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia.
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Washington
National Defense
Appalachian
Louis A. Johnson
Appalachian Coals, Inc
Kentucky
Tennessee
Southwestern
West
Dewey to Speak in Capital Today
Thomas E. Dewey moved toward Charleston to address West Virginia Republicans about his presidential nomination. The York district attorney plans to attend. Robert H. C. Kay is expected to chair the state committee again. Dewey will also give a radio address to rally support from the 16 delegates bound for Philadelphia. The talk may touch on the evolving defense picture in Washington.
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Charleston
W. Va
Thomas E. Dewey
West Virginia
York
Republican State Committee
Robert H. C. Kay
Dewey
Philadelphia
Washington
Accused Plotter Plagued On Trial
William Gerald Bishop, defendant in a federal trial to overthrow the government, testified in Brooklyn that he discussed the CIO and Communism at West Virginia gatherings and Charleston Country Club lectures last summer. He named attendees and associates including Charles Gayer and Louis A. Johnson.
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Mantel York
West Virginia
William Gerald Bishop
Kingwood
W. Va
Brooklyn
Charleston Country Club
Charles Gayer
Louis A. Johnson
Joe and Johnson
Country Club
Om Busher
Boettger
Germans Cross Somme River Under Storm of French Fire
German blitz divisions pressed the Somme crossing amid heavy French fire as pontoons reached ten miles southeast of Abbeville. German tanks and panzer units advanced, while fierce close combat and mined streets characterized the battle as Germans aimed at encircling Paris from the west and severing the Great Britain France lifeline. Reports claimed German forces could push toward coastal ports and threaten southern French ports, with speculation Paris might fall within two weeks.
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Somme
Berlin
Sieteeanionas
Abbeville
Paris
Great Bri- France
Soissons
Onch
France
Weygand
Bresle
Channel
le Havre
Aisne Heights
Il Duce Orders Fascists Prepare For Mass Meetings
Rome reports Mussolini ordered fascists to be ready at any time for nationwide mass meetings to hear his verdict on France and the war stance with Germany. Trains prepared as hospital cars and diplomats were to be moved if tensions escalate. Orders extended to all fascist branches to don uniforms for a Piazza Venezia gathering.
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Rome
Mussolini
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Il Duce
Reynaud
France
Italy
Poliica Circon
Res Reynaud
Viserene
Fascist Party
Children’s
Piazza Venezia
Jewell Ridge Miners Ordered to Strike Next Monday
Jesse Aquino of Welch, CIO district organizer, says Jewell Ridge Coal miners have been ordered to strike on Monday June 10. L C Johnson, general superintendent, cites a past dispute but says issues are ironed out.
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Jesse Aquino
Welch
CIO
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
L. C. Johnson
Aquino
Jewell Ridge
Jewell
Jewell Ridge Corporation
St.omae
Huston S&j. Clair
Bluefield
Knox Urges U S Aid to Allies Without Delay
Col Frank Knox, 1936 Republican VP candidate, calls for immediate U S aid to allies short of sending an army. He urges guns ships and other support without delay or payment, arguing victory chances depend on decisive action and strong Atlantic alliance.
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Milwaukee
Frank Knox
United States
Ieen
Prisoners Escape From Tazewell Jail After Sawing Bars
Six inmates at Tazewell jail escaped during darkness after sawing bars at the May term of Teed county circuit court. Melvin Dawson, convicted of robbery, received one year. Arthur Newman of Pocahontas was sentenced to one year for auto theft. Police and state troopers chased the escapees in the jail’s shower area.
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Teed County
Tazewell
Melvin Dawson
Pocahontas
Arthur Newman
Raven
Poetie
Galivery
British RAF Carries On Striking for France Behind Battle Line
War bulletin notes RAF continues air strikes for France while Britain speeds up war industry and manpower for a renewed fighting force. German raids on England persist with Ruhr fires and Ghent oil tanks attacked. six German planes claimed downed. Alfred Duff Cooper warns aid from the U S may arrive late and cites parity in aircraft production with the enemy.
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Associated Press
Britain
France
England
Air Ministry
Germany
Ruhr
Ghent
Belgium
Somme River Battlefront
Gee
Thames River
Yorkshire
Alfred Duff Cooper
Eister
United States
Cooper
Flanders
Fire destroys home injures infant in Pineville
In Pineville West Virginia Mrs Edmag Eggs suffered burns while her home burned through a broken window last night. Her infant child endured a severe cut as residents fled the blaze. Neighbors aided the family but authorities noted the danger and damage remain under investigation.
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Pineville
W. Va
Edmag
Poilus Fight German Offensives Near Somme and Aisne
French forces on the Somme and Aisne repelled and counterattacked as German troops pushed from the Ailette toward the Chemin des Dames. Berlin acknowledged Weygand line as a real problem with heavy tank assaults. Paris reported air raids but no major damage.
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Berlin
Priday
Weygand
Paris
Somme
Aisne
Ailette
Soissons
Chemin des-Dames
Reynaud Indirectly Fires at United States in Address
Paris reports Premier Paul Reynaud, now in supreme command of France’s war effort, claiming hundreds of German tanks have crossed the Somme. He warned that Germany’s dream of domination is failing and urged urgency to avoid foreign entanglements as France seeks Mediterranean possessions.
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Wilysimo
Maxime Weygand
Top de Somme
Bresle
Allette
Vane
Gwen Weygand
Paris
Paul Reynaud
France
Somme
United States
Reynaud
Mediterranean
Rey
Mc So Lou
Marin
Georrys
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Louis Johnson
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Chemin-des-Dames
Lincolnshire
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