Carrier Task Force Sinks 13 Jap Ships
A U S carrier task force operated near Tokyo for three days sinking 13 ships and destroying 141 Japanese planes with 15 American aircraft losses. The action centered in the Marianas, targeting Guam Saipan and Tinian, with further hits on Rota. Also noted were enemy pilot losses and damaged ships, followed by subsequent operations near Biak in New Guinea with Mokmer airdrome now active.
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Marianas
Seif Erickson
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Tokyo
Japan
Ican
Marianas Islands
Adm
Inister W. Nimitz
mid-Pacific Area
Guam
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Rota Island
Ipan
Vé Marianas
Attem
Surpr
Smitz
Navy
New Guinea
P—Mokmer
Biak Wand
Schouten
Dewees MacArthur
Biak
Borokoe
Political front activity mounts as conventions loom
The Associated Press reports a peak in political maneuvering as national nominating conventions approach. Senators clash over the CIO action committee and presidential renomination while Bricker supporters seek pledged delegates. Indiana delegates show 26 of 29 not voting on Dewey preference in a secret ballot.
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Associated Press
Senate
CIO Polite Action Committee
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt
Ferguson
Mich
Hatch
N. M
Association of Nations
Vandenberg
John W. Bricker
Ohio
John Koehler
Wisconsin
General MacArthur
Bricker
Roy D. Moore
Bucker
Indiana
Ornas E. Dewey
Ralph W. Gates
GOP
Gates
Reds drive toward Viipuri as Finnish resistance crumbles
Soviet and German reports describe the Red Army’s northward push toward Viipuri, with battles near Murmansk, Petsamo, and the Karelian isthmus. Finnish towns are reported abandoned as Moscow predicts Finland may exit the war by July 1 while Izvestia notes surrendering Finns and growing Soviet gains.
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Murmansk
Petsamo
Tongon
Red Army
Pinland
Vilpuri
Moscow
Russia
Arctic
White Sea
Gulf of Finland
Pinnish
Lisa
Kandalaksha
Loukhi
Berlin
Narva
Archangel
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Eight Wines Removed From Ration List in West Virginia
Charleston West Virginia June 13 Eight brands of domestic wine will be removed from the ration list Thursday along with all gins rums and kummel the West Virginia liquor control commission reports. The wines freed include Don Juan apple Virginia Dare sweet red Dolly Madison light sweet red Aroma de California dry red Virginia Dare moderate sweet white Dolly Madison et white Aroma de California white and Aroma de California moderate sweet white. Customers purchasing ration free items will be required to present their ration for identification but no coupons attached. A new non ration list covering virtually everything except whiskey brandy southern comfort liquor and most domestic sweet wines will be in effect through June 30.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Virginia Dare
Bids Opened on Highway Projects in West Virginia
Bids totaling about 375000 dollars for highway improvements in 16 miles and a new Wheeling access bridge were opened by the state road commission. Low bidders included Fayette 3.5 miles of West Virginia 41 Laurel Creek Layland area Abbot Construction Co Charleston 17605.90 Morse McDowell 10.40 miles U S 52 Johnny Cake Roderfield Mobile Construction Co Welch 20204. Brown and Wright Princeton 25422.55 for 17.0 miles West Virginia 71 Park Matoaka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
State Road Commission
Fayette
Laurel Creek
Layland
U S
Fayetteville
Abbot Construction Co
McDowell
U. S
Johnny Cake - Roderfield
Murabile Construction Co
Welch
Ercer
Op Mood Park
Matoaka
Brown and Wright
Princeton
Paratrooper Relieved After Cow Pins Him in Foxhole
London June 13 Pvt Herbert Sather of Tacoma Washington, a paratrooper who fought in Sicily and Volturno and landed in Normandy unscathed, returned to England for treatment as the invasion's oddest casualty. A cow sat on him in a foxhole, tumbling into the hole and pinning him until assistance arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herbert Sather
Tacoma
Wash
Sicily
Volturno
Normandy
England
Sather
Mercer County War Bond Drive Shows Strong Early Surge
Mercer county enters the Fifth War Loan drive with active bond purchases at issuing agencies. Local firms Mangels of New York and Investors Syndicate of Minneapolis each allocated 5 000 to Mercer county. The Bluefield bazaar opened the drive, selling 310 000 in bonds, moving toward a 3 382 000 goal.
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Mercer County
Keil D. Alderson
Mercer County War Finance Committee
Mangel
E. G. Otey
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Bluefield Pioneer Patrick Kelley Dies in Bluefield
Bluefield prominent citizen Patrick John Kelley dies at 6 PM after a heart attack. His ranks include Elks exalted ruler three terms, Elks Opera House founder group, longtime council member, and National Electric Coil board director. Born 1865 in Pottsville, Pa, he moved to Bluefield in 1891 and built Kelley and Moyer.
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Patrick John Kelley
Bluefield
Co. G. Day
Virginia Court
Kelley
National Electric Coil Company
Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Raleigh Street
State Theatre
J. H
Jim) Moyer
Kelley and Moyer
Bland Street
Coal and Coke
Kresge’s
Virginia
Ginger” Baldwin
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
B. P. O. E. Lodge
G I Bill Of Rights Goes To President
Washington June 13 With unanimous backing of congress the G I bill of rights moves to the White House for President Roosevelt approval The measure costs between 3 000 000 000 and 6 500 000 000 and provides education guaranteed loans job funding hospitalization unemployment pay and veteran housing supports a 500 000 000 hospital construction program and offers 20 weekly unemployment benefits for 52 weeks.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Capitol Bill
Germans Dig In Before Bolsena Halt Allied Pursuit
Remnants of the German 14th Army hunker near Bolsena as Allied forces press along the Lake Bolsena shore. Allied gains include Valentano capture and a push toward Latera, with 50 German prisoners taken in 24 hours.
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Rome
14Th Army
Bolsena
Orvieta
Bol Ena
Associated Press
Sid Feder
Viterbo
Lakena
Valentano
Missing Lieut Breeding Honored Air Corps Navigator
Lieut Eugene Breeding, a navigator with the U S air corps and Oak Cluster recipient, is reported missing in action over Romania since May 18. He had been stationed in Italy and is survived by his wife Faye and daughter Shelia Jean in Grundy Virginia.
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J. Breeding
Grundy
War Department
Eugene Breeding
Romania
Breeding
U. S. Air Corps
Italy
Faye Breeding
Shelia Jean
Clyde Dennis
Buchanan County
Vichy Cabinet reshuffled as Leopold I is taken to Germany
London dispatch notes a June 13 cabinet reshuffle in Vichy to steady France as Belgian King Leopold is captured by Germany. Reports say patriots strike German lines in occupied France while Paris radio and officials hint at Darnand joining the regime. Allies expected further Belgium invasion between Dunkerque and Ostend with French forces aiding the Normandy effort.
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London
Europe
Vichy
France
Leopold
Germany
Belgium
Paris
Marcelle Moine
Joseph Darnand
Himmiler
Hubert Pierlot
Ö Hland
Dunkerque
Ostend
Mullens Elects Peoples Ticket in Wide Mayor Win
J E Orr defeats George T Strong Jr for mayor by a large margin in Mullens municipal election. Peoples ticket also wins two council seats, marking first non Virginian Railway employee elected in six years. New levy approved to fund fire department overhaul, playground, and street improvements.
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Peoples
Citizens
Mullens
J. E. Orr
George T. Strong, Jr
Orr
Bluefield Produce and Provision Company
G. B. McGraw
Edgar Stone
Luther Kerns
H. S. Burcham
Virginian Railway
Strong
Burcham
Conan
Capt Morrison J. Wilkinson Convicted in Morals Trial
Captain Morrison J. Wilkinson, a 28 year old army flier based in Santa Ana California, was found guilty by a general court martial on morals charges involving several women. He received a 30 year sentence at hard labor and was dismissed from the army. The verdict covered six specifications as guilty and four as acquitted. He was convicted of statutory rape by Caprice Capron aged 17 and was found guilty of bigamy and larceny. He was acquitted on a lewd and lascivious conduct specification and had two forcible rape specifications dismissed. The board also convicted on a charge of assault with intent to rape involving Dean Stull aged 16.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Morrison J. Wilkinson
Army
Caprice Capron
Dean Stull
Wilkinson
Allies Report New Landings Sighting Amid Normandy Push
Allied lines press toward Cherbourg with U S troops storming Montebourg and Cherbourg peninsula advances. British outflank Caen as 11 gliders land to bolster supplies. Vichy radio cites new Allied shipping sighting near the Spanish border and Berlin hints at further openings. More than 10 000 axis prisoners taken.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Cherbourg
France
E.w. T
Vichy
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Monte
Valognes
Montebourg
St. Lo
Leroy
Carentan
Caen
Normandy
Bayeux
For- de Cerisy
Tilly-Sur-Seules
House Riders Curb OPA
The House approved amendments to extend the OPA life by one year and to allow agency orders to be challenged in federal courts. It also invalidates dealer license suspensions for price ceiling violations and limits punishments for overcharges framed as not willful or due to precautions. Further action was deferred pending a roll call vote.
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Washington
House
Office of Price Administration
Rep. D. Dirksen
Til
OPA
Co’ of Appeals
Coneet
Supreme Court
Prion
Peice
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Political Front
Finng
Viipury
North Front
Brektyannaya
Ronnukjula
Vehmainen
Kjranjaki
Leonid A. Govorov
Izvestia
Stockholm
Viipuri
Cerisy
Balleroy
Tilly Sur Seulles
Patrick J. Kelley
Richlands Close
Virginia Side
Giles
Tazego County
Pearisburg
Glen Lyn
Narrows
Richlands
Cedar Bluff
H. V. Lindsey
Lindsey
R. L. Lambert
James P. Farmer
Lindsey State
Lambert
Dr. J. Barnes Sanders
Powell
Council
Walter J. Overbay
C. W. McBrayer
John J. Draper
Tivis D. Owens
J. H. Ellis
J. A. Pendergrass
Tazewell County
C. P. Painter
Ben E. Bates
O. G. Yost
Howard Gill
L. Wingo Yost
G. I
Patrick J. Kelly
Elks
Elks Club
Elk’s
Blard and
Raleigh
American Legion
Princeton Avenue
Elk's Club
Tom Shawver
R. Cravens
G. J. Burke
A. Angrist
Esquire
Hilan Eae
Percy Durrell
Henry Ane
Fortune
Hughes
Fifth Army
Clark
Lake Boissena
Eighth Army
Bagno Reg
Orvieto
Pescara
Adriatic Sea
Popoli
Carsoli
Ferre
Lieut
Eugene
King Leopold
Pupet
Vichy Cabinet
Algiers
Nazic
Pace
Capt. Wilkinson
Ipping
By James M. Long
U. S. Ninth Air Force
Scoence
Generaler
Gulf of Gascony
Bay of Biscay
Allied Shipping
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