Defense Supplies Sent to Britain Under Lease Deal
President Roosevelt reported $75 million in war materials shipped to Britain as part of the lease lead program while W Averell Harriman prepared to reach the Middle East to coordinate equipment reception. Navy officials discussed converting merchant ships into small aircraft carriers to protect Atlantic convoys. Exports to Britain and Egypt totaled about $485 million for March and April, far above the previous year’s levels.
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Washington
Britain
Mediterranean
W. Averell Harriman
London
Middle East
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Harriman
England
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Knox
British Empire
Egypt
Pocahontas Regional Group Elects Ray C. Pearman President
At the June meeting of the Pocahontas regional group of the National Industrial Stores association held at the West Virginian hotel, Ray C. Pearman was unanimously chosen president. Pearman, Weyanoke Coke and Coal Co store manager, has served as secretary for five years. A. O. Bishop becomes president elect, E. E. secretary-treasurer John Bennett succeeds Pearman, and retiring President E. P. Huddleston is elected regional director. William Randolph previews the national convention at Hotel William Penn, Pittsburgh, August 18 to 20, with focus on merchandising and regulatory topics.
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Pocahontas
National Industrial Stores Association
West Virginian
Ray C. Pearman
Pearman
Weyanoke Coke and Coal Company
Weyanoke
A. O. Bishop
Pocahontas Fuel Comceeds
E. E
John Bennett
E. P . Huddleston
National Association
William Randolph
National Organization
William Penn
Pittsburgh
Randolph
Fairview Parents Seek Explanation on Principal Transfer
About 35 Fairview junior high parents gathered yesterday to protest the transfer of M. L. Smith from Fairview to Beaver high school as administrator. Mrs. Clyde Smith of the Fairview PTA said the group asked the county board of education for an explanation promised earlier in the week. Smith’s move came as Beaver Principal C. W. Jackson was demoted to assistant principal, while H. H. Bolen left the local high school to take a post at Montcalm junior high.
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Fairview Junior High
M. L. Smith
Beaver
Clyde Smith
Fairview Pta
County Board of Education
Smith
C. W. Jackson
H. H. Bolen
Montcalm
North American plant resumes production amid labor unrest
Army control moves to end the five day strike at North American Aviation in Los Angeles as 6,950 of 7,000 workers report to posts. Production of planes to meet a $196 million order is slow, with seven UAW organizers suspended and further suspensions possible. CIO and UAW leaders clash over wage demands and negotiations amid deportation hearings and mass meetings.
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Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corp
CIO
Charles W. Steinmetz
Charles A. Branshaw
Branshaw
UAW
Army
Ensteen
CIO United Autoble Workers
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Wyndham Mortimer
Frankensteen
Unite
Park
Producers and Union Work on Wage Contract
Southern Appalachian miners and United Mine Workers union drafted a wage agreement after a June meeting with southern producers. The plan includes mediation board findings to eliminate a 40 cent daily wage differential noted since May 1 reopening. North and southern operators discuss final revisions once the board’s recommendations are applied.
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Washington
Appalachian
United Mine Workers Union
Northern
Strikes End at Bohn Aluminum and North American Plant
Army reports 100 percent turnout of workers at North American Aviation in Inglewood as six Bohn Aluminum plants end their walkouts. Secretary Knox vows action against labor elements deemed enemies of national defense while CIO leaders hail government fairness. Partial resumption of production at Detroit and Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego eases the defense picture.
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Army
North American Aviation Plant
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Bohn Aluminum Corporation
Detroit
North American Aviation
Inglewood
Calif
Consolidated Aircraft Factory
San Diego
Navy
Knox
Knox of Av
Washington
North American
Roosevelt
Richard Frankensteen
CIO Aircraft
United Automobile Workers
Frankensteen
National Cio
Boards Ordered to Reconsider Draft Classifications
Local draft boards were urged by state selective service to review deferments for registrants who aided defense efforts and have since ceased such activities. A national emergency declaration and Congress actions under the Selective Training and Service Act are cited as justification. Boards ordered to reconsider classifications.
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Selective Service
United States
Congress
Knox Refuses Comment On Reported Submarine Clash
Secretary of the Navy Knox declined to confirm reports of a destroyer clashing with a submarine in the Atlantic. He urged journalists to seek official confirmation and warned that unconfirmed tales should not be published, saying he would not reveal information.
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Washington
Knox
U. S
Atlantic
Navy
War Departments
Wreckage of U S bomber found in Panama jungle
Wreckage of a U S Army bomber with four dead crew members found in El Valle Panama after crashing while searching for a missing observation plane in the jungle. One sergeant survived with minor injuries. Names of killed include Robert M Walton Otto Ernst Jr and Silvio Nieri among others. The observation plane wreckage was located two miles northwest of El Valle.
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Panama
Aldo Napolitano
Hyde Park
Mass
el Valle
Canal Zone
Robert M. Walton
Live Oak
Cal
Otto Ernst, Jr
William Benson
Ricking
Silvio Nieri
Glen Cove
Rei Fm Pte Pala
Canal Zone Base
Bolivia Cabinet Resigns as Penaranda Accepts
Lapaz Bolivia June 11 the entire Bolivian cabinet presented its resignation to President Gen Enrique Penaranda amid rumors of a revolutionary plot. Penaranda accepted the resignations and ordered a cabinet reorganization planned for tomorrow. General Antenor Ichazo chief of staff pledged army support.
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Lapaz
Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
Senate
Penaranda
Antenor Ichazo
Army General Staff
Luftwaffe conducts heavy raid over England and coast targets
British fliers bomb Calais Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez in return strikes as German raids target London Midlands and northwest. The Prinz Eugen docked at Brest. London sees smoke over Calais waterfront and Dover shakes from explosive blasts while anti-aircraft fire rings the capital.
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Prinz Eugen
Brest
London
Luftwaffe
England
RAF
Calais
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Midlands
Dover
RAF Bombard Brest Docks In Repeated Attacks On Warships
London reports a new round of Allied air strikes against Brest on the occupied French coast aimed at the Gneisenau Scharnhorst and the Prinz Eugen believed to shelter there. The raids concentrate on docks and anchorages with armor piercing bombs and a large blast noted.
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London
Atlantic
Brest
France
Bismarck
Royal Air Force
Gneisenau
Scharnhorst
Air Ministry
Hood
Theen
Iceland
Greenland
Child Drowns In Ohio River Near Parkersburg
Edward Owens six year old son of Mr and Mrs Jimmie Owens fell from a rowboat and drowned in the Ohio River. Police and firemen recovered the body. it was the first drowning reported in the Parkersburg area this season.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Edward Owens
Jimmie Owens
Ohio River
Uncle Dan Beard Death Marks Scout Pioneer in U. S.
Daniel Carter Beard founder of the Boy Scouts of America dies at 91 in Suffern New York. Born in Cincinnati on June 21 1850 he helped form the national movement with Ernest Thompson Seton and Baden Powell. Funeral at a Quaker church near Munroe with Roosevelt among honorary pallbearers and surviving son Daniel Bartlett Beard of Omaha.
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Suffern
N. Y
Dan Beard
America
Palsing
New York
Boy Scouts of America
Daniel Carter Beard
Mark Twain
Beard
Robert Badenpowell
World Scout Movement
England
Dan
Ernest Thompson-Seton
American Organic
Brooklands
Hudson
Ty Eh Jem
Ist
National Scoute Nak Caer
Cincinnati
James H. Beard
Covington
Daniel Boone
Muncey
Roosevelt
Price
Daniel Bartlettrd
Omaha
National Park Service
German Bombers Raid Haifa Base Reported By Berlin
Berlin says German bombers heavily raided Haifa and Crete air bases, setting fires and attacking oil facilities in a warning to British forces in Syria. The high command cites naval losses for Britain in early 1941 and notes mining near the Suez Canal as part of overall Mediterranean actions.
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Berlin
Haifa
High Command
Syria
Mediterranean
Crete
DNB
Mussolini
Churchill
Jean Darlan
Vichy
Africa
Greece
Italy
Axis
Nazi Air Force Attempts War Concessions from Russia
London reports claim German troops press Russia for key concessions as they squeeze areas around Krakow and occupied Poland. Russian sources say they know nothing, while speculation centers on oil in Azerbaijan Armenia and Georgia and wheat in Ukraine. No details of any agreements are given.
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London
Germany
Krakow
Poland
Rumania
Goviev
Russia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Georgia
Ukraine
Syria
First July draft quotas set for West Virginia boards
West Virginia draft boards announce 1 179 men called for a year of training in July. Examinations will be in Huntington July 3 to 10 at a rate of 200 per day. The call excludes Negroes and lists quotas by board and date, including Fayette Greenbrier Mercer Raleigh Logan Summers and McDowell counties with varied numbers.
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Charleston
W. Va
West
Monroe
Fayette
Greenbrier
Oon
Logan
Summers
Mercer
Raleigh Road
Raleigh
Wayne
McDowell
Wyoming
Board Canvasses Municipal Vote
City board of directors completed a canvass of Tuesday's municipal primary with minor changes from unofficial results. Votes shift for Chandler Ellis Snyder and Tanner. Stevenson queried recounts in two precincts and later withdrew protest. District results show small adjustments. Cumberland to Heatherwood name change petition noted.
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City Board of Directors
Daily Telegraph
Robert W. Chandler
W. J. Ellis
Snyder
White
Tanner
Stevenson
Martin Building
Lowman Music Company
James A. Tabor
Ward
Tabor
O. White
Etusccees
J. Toy Nelson
Son Oe
T. Courtney Tanner
R. V. Chappell
Aesaséy Ee
Guy C. Dunn
Eeesedeckne
W. C. Houchins, Sr
Battle Report Says De Gaullists Reach Damascus Front
June 11 dispatches describe heavy fighting as De Gaullists push toward Damascus aided by British tanks and armored cars. Free French are halted 12 miles south of Syria’s largest city with counterattacks near Kissoue and Litani river. Australians cross the Litani, pressing Beirut as British vessels shell coast positions. Turkish radio cites Iraqi forces at Ez Zor, 70 miles up the Euphrates.
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Associated Press
Vichy
France
de Gaullists
Damascus
Syria
Kissoue
Free Prene
Oman
Litani
Palestine
Beirut
Merdja
Mount Hermon
Hasbaya
Brazilian consul interviews Robin Moor survivors after sinking
Recife Brazil June 11 US consul boards the Brazilian steamer Robin Moor to question 11 survivors of the 3000 ton vessel torpedoed in the South Atlantic about the May 21 sinking by a German submarine. 28 crew members and 7 passengers endured 18 days in an open boat before rescue.
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Robin Moor
South Atlantic
Recife
Brazil
U. S
Waldemar Lucio Peat
Ozorio
Associated Press
Nous
Portuguese
Cape Verde Islands
Roosevelt
Washington
Ten York
Spero South Africa
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Are
Alyse
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Bohn Aluminum Corp
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Nazi Air Forge
Raider
Dan’ Beard
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J. A. Stevenson
Terry L.eeeeenee
Robert W. Chandler Ener
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Euphrates
Abou
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