Stop Hitler Now Drives U S Defense Aid and Guns Sale
President Roosevelt pushes to aid the allies by reallocating military supplies as Congress advances the national defense program. The Senate approves disposal of surplus World War guns to assist allied forces, while defense bills seek 10 000 planes 16 000 pilots and 22 new combat vessels and related fleet increases.
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Local Business Men See Page 10
Bluefield Business Association held its annual banquet with secretary Fred R. Christie warning against credit programs gaining control. Christie said wartime prosperity looms as optimism grows, citing past prosperity during the last war. New directors elected: J. C. Coleman, Jesse W. Waters, Guy Lawhead, H. H. Stuckman, L. A. Jackson. Hudson Huffard presided and served as toastmaster.
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Guy Lawhead
H. H. Stuckman
L. A. Jackson
Hudson Huffard
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British Air Raids Italian Libya and Eritrea Across The Mediterranean
British long range bombers hit Libyan airfields and targets in Eritrea as Italy raids Malta. The Umbrian of 10 000 tons captured in the Red Sea held 5 000 tons of bombs for East Africa and thousands of tons of cement. Seven Italian raids on Malta were repelled with two bombers shot down. losses were light for Britain.
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Parisians Hear Rumble Of Guns As Battle Nears
Anti aircraft guns fired off a southeast coast town as a suspected German plane was chased by searchlights and dove after a brief exchange of fire.
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London
Rome Silent On War Aims At Helm In Italy War
June 11 Italy strikes first blows of war in secret with Mussolini taking command on all fronts and Vittorio Emanuele at the front. Countess Edda Ciano and Count Ciano head to the western front as Italy mobilizes. Initial reports suggest naval or air actions against Malta and French territory with Fas cist forces engaging the Allies and Badoglio named chief of the general staff.
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U-Boat Threatens U S Refugee Ship Aboard Washington
On June 11 the U S liner Washington under Captain Harry Manning faced an unidentified submarine at sea. Lifeboats were prepared as the ship maneuvered to shield refugees, shouting We are an American ship while threats of torpedo loomed. US and allied actions continued as war news from May 29 referenced ship losses.
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Nazis Claim Two French Armies Routed Near Paris
Berlin reports intense action along the Marne near Paris as German forces press a decisive battle. Nazi spokesmen claim large French losses and say Paris is threatened, with two French armies reportedly captured or destroyed in the fighting.
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Mercer Officers Arrest Candidate Near Spanishburg
Acting on state police authority, Mercer County officers arrested Oscar Wheeler, Communist candidate for West Virginia governor, about 10:45 Tuesday near Spanishburg while he traveled with his family toward Princeton to buy flour. Wheeler, indicted Monday by a Raleigh County grand jury on five counts, allegedly deceived voters into backing a different candidate.
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Tech Student Hurt In Crash In Blacksburg Virginia
A tech student is injured after a crash near Blacksburg. The student was transported to a local hospital with facial injuries including a broken chin and jaw. Details on the crash and condition were not fully disclosed.
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Altamont
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House approves defense financing bill in record vote
Washington June 11 the House passed a defense financing bill by roll call 396 to 6. Adverse votes from Crawford Wis Thill Mich Walcott Minn Thorkelson Mont and Marcantonio N SI. Morgenthau to explain bill to the Senate Finance Committee tomorrow and outline SP expenditures except defense and fixed charges. The bill raises total outlays to 49 billion from 45 billion in this election year.
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Allies To Get Surplus Munitions From U S Steel Deal
United States Steel Corp announces the U S Steel Export Co will purchase surplus munitions and ordnance valued at 37.6 million dollars for allies under wartime aid. The sale signals President Roosevelt's pledge of full material support with the export subsidiary to derive no profit.
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Washington
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Virginia and West Virginia towns vote for municipal officials
Voters in several Virginia and West Virginia towns went to the polls to elect municipal officials including Wellsburg Williamson and Bluefield where C P Painter was re elected treasurer by a large margin and E M Cecil was elected to the council from the East ward in Bluefield Virginia See Page 10
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E. M. Cecil
Ontario Premier Says Nazi Sympathizers Readied to Attack
Premier Mitchell Hepburn announced that Ontario police have information Nazi and Fascist sympathizers in the United States are organized and awaiting orders from across the Atlantic to strike Ontario.
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Mitchell Hepburn
United States
Atlantic
Paris Faces German Assault Near Marne Front
Paris braces as French troops defend toward the Marne east of the city while Germans push to encircle Paris. Evacuations proceed amid fuel shortages and disrupted transport as reports describe heavy fighting along the Vesle and Ardre valleys and German river crossings near Meuse and Aisne.
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Bombing of Chungking Hits Soviet Embassy and Others
Japanese warplanes bomb Chungking, the provisional Chinese capital, including a direct hit on the Soviet embassy for the first time. The residence of Andrew Bassi of Chicago and offices of foreign correspondents are damaged as four 500 pound bombs strike embassy grounds. The Soviet ambassador vows action despite the unusable main building. Two bombs also hit the British ambassador's garden.
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