Politicians Learn Lesson Promised For West Virginia Primary
Point Pleasant WV Governor G A asserted in a pin ad that practical politicians will run elections as in former years and urged the lesson be learned in the West Virginia primary. Kump cited the Pennsylvania primary defeat of James J. Davis and warned the same fate awaits West Virginia. He attacked labor leaders and political pirates and claimed laborers deserve fair treatment, citing wartime conditions. He recalled his 1933 gubernatorial term and said the manner questions were handled was a guide for the state’s voters.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
West Virginia
Kump
U. S
Pennsylvania
U .S
James J. Davis
M. M. Neely
Yan Net
Neely
Combat Details of Lexington Air Attack In Heavy Rain
War diary style account describes a dawn air assault by U S Navy bombers and torpedo planes against Japanese carriers. Weather worsened visibility with dense rain squalls while the battle unfolded around the Lexing ton and accompanying ships.
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Bill Ault
Piano Tunings and Local Services in Roanoke
Roanoke resident Harry Haffen offers regular monthly piano tuning service with contact options at West Virginia hotel or P O Box 2455 Roanoke. Local printers advertise cards and slips, with Bramwell Lodge set to hold a funeral service for R L Parsons on June 19 at 1 30 PM.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
P.O
Bramwell Masons
Bramwell Lodge No. 45
A. F
A. M
R. L. Parsons
W. P. Clark
Dive bomber records bold attack on Japanese carriers
Eyewitness pilot accounts describe a fierce strike by United States Carrier II and Lexing ton crews. Ensign Jor ing and Lieut. Comm Burch led the dive on the Japanese carrier deck at 2000 feet, with a 1000 pound bombs of the era amid heavy anti aircraft fire. McCusky and Powers witnessed multiple carrier and battleship formations as explosions tore through targets. The report notes a decisive hit and a dramatic recovery, with fighters aiding in driving off enemy defenses.
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Brett
Ault
Lexing
No. II
J. H. Joring
Burch
BE. S. McCusky
United States
McCusky
Leonard
United
Lexington
Japanese Planes Attack Moresby During Night Raid
Allied reports state 18 Japanese aircraft attacked Moresby in a night raid, with anti aircraft fire engaging the enemy and no immediate confirmation of damage or casualties.
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Moresby
Peace Demonstrator Changes His Mind
Denver dispatches report a peace demonstrator from Bright on Colo and others aged seven to nineteen in North Africa. The youth’s mother said, “He just changed his mind, I guess,” after the boy’s stance shifted.
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Denver
Denver University
Brighton
Colo
Roosevelt Churchill discuss shipping and second front plans
Article notes mode of travel for Churchill and Roosevelt and mentions shipping as key to deploying arms and troops. It cites the Pacific war council, New Zealand envoy Walter Nash, and reinforcements in Northern Ireland fueling talk of a second front in Europe.
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Pacific War Council
Roosevelt
New Zealand
United States
Walter Nash
Northern Ireland
Europe
Calvary Baptist DVBS To Close
Calvary Baptist Vacation Bible School closes with an 8 o'clock Friday program featuring songs, memory work, crafts, and diplomas. Enrollment reached 158 with average attendance of 115. The faculty of four departments includes Dorothy Whittaker as superintendent and several teachers led by Ayers, Whitaker, Montgomery, Kitts, Gale Bruce, Morris, Tabor, Pammon, Patterson, Stendent, and Painter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Baptist Vacation Bible School
Dorothy Whittaker
Freda Rakes
Phyllis Smith
Shirleyton
Ayers
Elizabeth
Setbacks In Libya Spark Diverging Wartime Reports
The Libyan front yields conflicting British setback assessments. Berlin says the Eighth Army was split with forces retreating to Tobruk and east toward Bardia, while Cairo notes planned withdrawals to stronger positions. Tobruk holds, but the coastal road 80 miles to Bar may be abandoned. Rommel’s air advantage shrinks, yet British supply and political pressure at home loom large.
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Berlin
Britain
Tobruk
Bardia
Cairo
Egypt
Adem
Rezegh
Solum
Bar
Alexandria
Rommel
London
Renl
Churchill
British Way Vital to Allied Victory and Possible American Troops
The article argues British leadership is essential to victory and suggests American armored units may arrive by fall to support U S air forces. It notes British boldness in fending off Axis air and sea attacks by running a Tobruk convoy with stores and arms and recalls a sustained Tobruk defense by Anzacs Poles and Britons from April 14, 1941, until a British offensive relieved it on December 10.
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Tobruk
Outlined Agency Realignment To Trim Structure Within Month
An official warned of an extensive organizational realignment planned within a month. The changes aim to abolish some units and are not driven by Senate criticism, though committee suggestions may influence certain aspects.
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Senate
Just Desserts From Basement Cans Flood Labels Drift
A New York housewife stored many jars in a basement cellar filled with baked beans vegetables and fruit. A burst water pipe left labels floating and unidentifiable, ruining the contents and leaving the scene without usable identification.
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New York
Soviet repulse heavy German attacks at Kharkov and Sevastopol
On the Kharkov front the Soviet information bureau reports repulsing a tank led infantry assault by Field Marshal von Bock as six hundred Germans were killed in one attack and about fifteen hundred in another. German efforts from the south and north were beaten off with heavy losses, and tanks could not break Soviet infantry lines.
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Kharkov
Caucasus
Fedor von Bock
Germans storm Sevastopol fort Maxim Gorky in Crimea
Berlin reports that Sevas I s Maxim Gorky fort, the fortress strongest bastion, was stormed by German infantry and engineers supported by artillery and air power. The drive reached within two miles of Sevastopol harbor entrance as Russians were driven from southern positions and supply vessels destroyed. further reports note attacks near Moscow front and air raids on Murmansk harbor.
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Berlin
Sevas I
Maxim Gorky
Crimean
Sevastopol
Ukraine
Moscow
Folkhovo
Leningrad
Murmansk
Japanese Bomber Column Advances in Eastern Kiangsi
Report notes a bomber column moving east from Shao into Eastern Kiangsi with a second column pushing south from Kwangfeng toward Pukien. It has advanced eight miles and aims for Chinese island bases in Pukien. Japanese occupy Amoy but face thwarted attempts to penetrate coastal waters.
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Shao
Kiangsi
Fpukien
Kwangfeng
Pukien
Amoy
How
Fragmented Soviet British Russia Stated Alliances Note
Fragmentary text discusses British and Soviet relations, territorial notes, and mentions the United States stance. It references statements about soldiers in the southern sector and a claim of greater American influence. The passage hints at missing agreements and calls for unanimity.
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United States
Stalin Gets Ovation In First War Appearance
Stalin received a three minute ovation in his first public wartime appearance. He wore a plain gray tunic and listened to Molotov, smiling at Kalinin. Behind him stood Voroshilov in full field uniform as Zhdanov pledged triple energy from Leningrad against the siege.
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Stalin
Molotov
Mikhail Kalinin
Marshal Klementi Voroshilov
Leningrad
Russia
Andrei Zhdanov
Assassins of Heydrich Killers Executed in Retaliation
An official Prague report says two men who killed Reinhard Heydrich were executed after being dropped by British planes and shot upon arrest. Nazi reprisals followed, with 382 executed and Lidice village destroyed including 350 men shot and women and children displaced. Czech resistance was claimed to have won a major victory in the fight against Nazi oppression.
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Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Heydrich
Lidice
Prague
Protectorate
Queen Wilhelmina Plans Visit to Ottawa Guest House
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands will stay at Government House in Ottawa as guest of the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice while the Governor General tours western Ontario. She then plans to visit Lee, Massachusetts, near Princess Juliana, after meeting President and Mrs. Roosevelt there were no details announced.
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Alan Francis Brooks
Rial
Hastings L. Ismay
G. M. Stewart
War Office
Charles Wilson
Pear Story
C. V. R. Thompson
Churchill
Atlantic
Een Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Ottawa
Britain
Roosevelt
George II
Greece
White House
Duke of Windsor
Peter
Yugoslavia
Early
Ister
W. L. Mackenzie King
Government House
Earl of Athlone
Princess Alice
Governor General
Ontario
Wilhelmina
Lee
Mass
Juliana
United States
Finances of Service Men Are Studied in Washington
Washington reports consider relief from military life insurance premiums for service members. The Senate also examines family problems connected with a Sena program and related financial relief measures.
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Washington
Sena
Senate
Tetlow To Keep Field Personnel
Charleston West Virginia June 18. United Mine Workers field workers and organizers will remain in place despite possible reassignment to new districts. Percy Tetlow said the experienced organization should not be dismembered as District 29 is set to cover low volatile fields with Beckley as headquarters. The Tetlow commission will reconvene to finalize District 29 while Frank Wilson recovers in Des Moines Iowa. George Titler is mentioned as potential permanent president of District 17 after reorganization.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Percy Tetlow
Rid
Old 17
Tetlow
Tetlow Commission
District 29
New River
Pocahontas Tug River
Winding Gulf
Greenbrier
Beckley
Frank Wilson
Des Moines
Navy recruiting office reports seventy two enlistments since June
The Bluefield sub-district Naval Recruiting Office announced 72 enlistments since June 1, with a June quota of 75. Chief Petty Officer R. C. Clontz said the drive will continue. Names listed include Dixie Combs Jr and Luther Howard Turman among others from Bluefield Princeton and surrounding towns.
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Bluefield
Naval Recruiting Office
R. C. Clontz
Clontz
Dixie Combs, Jr
Bartley
Wae Lurn Clark
Jenkin Jones
Luther Howard Turman
Floyd
Not All WAAC Jobs Of the Glamor Kind
Washington warning notes that the WAAC program offers less glamorous assignments away from the kitchen sink and wash-tubs. The article counsels readers not to expect only glamorous posts but to anticipate demanding support roles.
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Washington
Wartime Work Clothes Preview Shows WAAC Roles
A newspaper note outlines glamorized shop uniforms for women in the war effort. WAACs in kitchens bakeries and laundries will wear olive drab coveralls with white aprons for bakers blue aprons for laundresses and white lawn caps with tucked crowns while a notched collar and waist tucks tailor the fit.
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Uncle Sam
Local Navy Officer Ulvert Moore Mourned in Bluefield
Ulvert Moore, a Bluefield native and Navy aviation cadet turned ensign, is remembered by shipmates and the Bluefield community. He trained in Maryland and Florida before serving on the carrier Hornet and with the torpedo plane squadron. His father serves as secretary for the Norfolk and Western Railway YMCA.
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M. A
MITSC
U. S. Navy
Ulvert Moore
Beaver High School
Bluefield College
Agriculture School
West Virginia University
Navy Reserve
Federal Land Bank
Baltimore
Anacosta
Jacksonville
Miami
Florida
Bluefield
Norfolk and Western Raiway Ymca
Navy bill expands hit heavy bomber take off space
Vinson argues the conversion of fighting ships to carriers and new carrier programs will give American naval forces domination in the Atlantic and Pacific. He notes battleships still have a role and suggests carriers may emerge from the sea as attacks continue, with keel laying deferred on four or five battleships.
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Vinson
Atlantic
Pacific
War Department Seeks Details on Marietta Strike
The War Department requested a report on the Marietta Manufacturing strike in Point Pleasant West Virginia. It cites delivery delays as 1800 workers walked out and notes the plant’s defense role amid questions of draft-deferment and management participation in talks.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
War Department
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Jason T. Welleenbotees
L. J. Callinan
Charleston
AFL
Weissenberger
Thram
Emil H. Coester
Quartermaster Corps
Callinan
Spector
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Libya
BY Kirkel, Simpson
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Evenian
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Navy Recruiting Office
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Roth
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Princeton
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Coaldale
Robert Charles Brown
War
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Ole Bryant Hurst, Jr
Semonco
Elkhorn
W. V A
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Cleveland Clark
Pocahontas
Robert
Peuranes Cox
Idependence
Wat Leroy Keener
Union
Eddie Mitchell
Gary
Clark Settles
McComas
Billie Stacey, Jr
Squire
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Newhall
Wa Sutherland Deel
Haysi
James Wesley Harmon
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Bureau of Naval Personnel
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