Shumate Bridge to be Dedicated in Bluff City
Governor Colgate W. Darden will speak at the dedication of the Anderson Shumate Memorial Bridge over the New River at Bluff City. The ceremony honors Giles County senator Anderson Shumate as Route 8 is realigned to serve Celanese Corpora tion traffic, with a $700000 highway span joining existing bridges.
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Colgate W. Darden
Virginia
New River
Bluff City
George J. House
State Eden
E. B. Gyetace
James A. Anderson
Highway Commission
Henry C. Gilmer
Bluefield
Princeton
Roanoke
Anderson E. Shumate
Giles County
Celanese Corporation of America
Newver
Narrows
Bullitt
Pearisboro Narrows
Glen Lyn
Ripplemead
Pembroke
Forcieston
Southern Textile Mille
Celanese
Massed Nazis claim no front changes amid heavy fighting
The Moscow and Red Star reports claim seven Red fliers downed by German planes in Kharkov area as 1000 German aircraft attacked Timoshenko’s defenses. Soviet forces counter attacked to hold lines while Hungarians suffer mutiny and casualties in Orel sector. The German two-spring offensives gain no lasting changes but deplete reserves for summer.
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Communiqtie
Kharkov
Timoshenko
Nikola Uraviev
Moscow
Orel
Red Star
Germany
Fatality in Virginia Mine Ends William Copley Career
Lome Virginia reports the death of William Copley age 44 at the 32 Shamrock mine of Mines corporation in Alace county. He is survived by his widow and five children. The item notes 1939 tuberculosis death rate data for New Hampshire.
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Lome
William Copley
Shamrock
the Mines Corporation
Me Va Alace
Cop
New Hampshire
Deaths of Joseph H. Bourne Bluefield resident dies at home
Joseph H. Bourne a long time Bluefield resident and brickmason died yesterday evening at his home near Municipal Stadium. Funeral services are to be held Sunday with plans pending.
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Joseph H. Bourne
Bluefield
Municipal Stadium
Bourne
Churchill for Midway damages prompt concern over west coast threat
Secretary of War Stimson notes diminished threat to the American west coast after Midway damage. British position in the Mediterranean worsens as Germany strengthens in Libya. Wider issues include the second front and China isolation amid a looming Japanese push.
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Midway
Stimson
Mediterranean
Libya
Russia
China
Texan Tells of Finance Corporation Activity
A witness described dealings with a finance corporation and noted declarations by Newhall. The testimony mentioned rubber reclaiming plants briefly, and Simms later told reporters he had not employed or pursued related plans.
Cuban President Revamps Cabinet
Cuban President Batista announces a reorganized cabinet with six new faces and 12 holdovers. Prime Minister Saladrigas remains. Maria Womez Caronnell becomes minister without portfolio as the first woman named to a government post.
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Havana
Purgencio Batista
Carlos Saladrigas
Maria Womez Caronell
Senate
Jose Manuel Cortina
Vasconcelos
Augutin Martinez
Antonio Bravo Acosta
Interior
Enrique Luis Varela
Willkie Discusses Party Affairs in Capitol Lunch
Wen dell L. Willkie the 1940 Republican presidential nominee led a luncheon with about 20 minority senators and House Republican Leader J Martin to discuss party affairs. Norris Ind and Nye Or notably differed with Willkie on foreign policy and intervention before Pearl Harbor. Senator McNary of Oregon arranged the meeting.
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Washington
Wendell L
House
J Martin
Capitol
Willkie
Norris
Ind
Nye
Kee Will Seek Renomination In Fifth District
Charleston June 19 Representative John Kee of Bluefield filed for the Democratic nomination to seek a sixth term in the Fifth congressional district. State Senator Tom Sweeney withdrew his bid for the First district Republican nomination after informing the secretary of state he is entering active navy duty. Kee is the second of six Democratic incumbents to file, following George Johnson of Parkersburg in the Fourth district.
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Charleston
John Kee
Bluefield
Tom Sweeney
Sweeney
U. S. Senate
W. 8. O'Brien
Navy
Kee
Congress
George Johnson
Parkersburg
Libya reversals and tank lessons from desert warfare
The piece discusses US 28 ton tanks versus German 88 mm guns and British reliance on light cruisers with two pounder guns. It argues tanks alone cannot win, air superiority by the RAF is not decisive, and static defenses in Cyrenaica between Egypt and Tripolitania are impractical given troop limits.
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United States
RAF
Cirenaica
Egypt
Tripolitania
Aghella
British holds and Rommel moves loom in Egypt frontier clash
British forces report stronger border positions along the Egyptian front near Tobruk Salam and Halfaya while air raids on Malta prompt analysis of Rommel's possible new armored division. US State Department says no warning to Americans in Egypt had been issued.
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Adem
Tobruk
Salum
London
Erwin Rommel
Berlin
Cairo
Egypt
Toorak Es Dial
Salam Harbor
Halfaya Hell- Fire
Vendon
Malta
Rommel
Mediterranean
Italy
Rain Causes Minor Property Damage in Bluefield Area
Heavy rain swept early yesterday causing minor damage to property. Finley Construction of Roanoke, contractor for surfacing state and federal routes in Bluefield, reported the greatest losses while Bland street work was paused.
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Nyu
Finley Construction Company
Roanoke
Bluefield
Bland
City and Coalfield Items
Roanoke resident Harry Haffen plans monthly visits of at least one week to tune pianos in town. Advertisements promote mimeograph paper printing services and general printing needs, plus an annual June sale of gloves, fabrics, dresses, and accessories at Bradley's with various styles and colors.
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Harry Haffen
Roanoke
P. O
Nazis Execute Gen Alois Elias in Bohemia Moravia
Berlin reports that Gen Alois Elias former premier of the German dominated Bohemia Moravia was executed after treason conviction. He was sentenced to death Oct 1 1941 for alleged enemy contact and aiding plots against the Reich. Mrs John Timer of Conshohocken Pennsylvania identified Elias in photographs taken last year.
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Berlin
Ton
Prague
Alois Elias
Bohemia- Moravia
John Timer
Conshohocken
Elias
Caroline Elias
Captain Stone Inspects West Virginia Recruiting Office
Captain Edmund C. Stone Jr and Set Norman L. Lunz visited the Bluefield area recruiting station. Sergeant Parsons said vacancies exist for Class A glider pilots and applicants may enlist for a rapid path to master sergeant, with aviation cadet pay during training and potential second lieutenant commission.
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Edmund C. Stone
West Virginia
Army
Preston P. Parsons
Stone
Norman L. Lunz
Charleston
Parson
Bluefield
Parsons
Air Corps
Bradmann Building
Bland Street
U S Newsmen Tour Canada War Factories Ahead of convention
About 500 United States newspapermen visited Canadian factories near Montreal the day before the National Editorial Association meeting. They observed production of aircraft and anti tank weapons and toured Royal Air Force ferry command headquarters as the convention opened in Canada for the first time outside the United States.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
National Editorial Association
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Submarine Attacks Merchant Ships in Caribbean
The Navy reported a medium US merchant ship and a large Panamanian vessel were torpedoed in the Caribbean. Survivors, 38 in number, reached a Cuban port after 12 hours adrift. eight gunners aboard the submarine crew were among the attackers as Captain Brazier described the encounter.
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Brazier
B. Calaway
Canado
Tex
Washington
the Navy
United States
Caribbean
Allied front reports no major gains in Crimean Tobruk area
British forces employing reserve armor attack edges of German lines near the Egyptian border while Tobruk remains surrounded. Russian reports claim breakthroughs at Sevastopol with 7,585 prisoners, amid scarce, delayed dispatches. In the Pacific, a raid on Port Moresby by 18 Japanese bombers fails to break Allied air counter, as Japanese land in Chekiang and press toward Fukien and Nanchang. Churchill seeks US reinforcements to stabilize the Mediterranean as plans for a European front loom.
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Crimea
African
Tobruk
Africa Corps
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Red Army
Port Moresby
Australia
New Guinea
China
Chekiang Province
Free China
Fukien
Nanchang
Chunking
Siberia
Russia
Hold Egypt as key to keep Hitler from oil fields
Strategists project the Middle East can be saved if Axis Africa is held through the season in the desert as the Yanks approach with dive bombers, larger guns, and tanks. Egypt’s defense is seen as crucial to block German Japanese union in the Indian Ocean and protect Allied supply routes to Russia. American bombers join the RAF in the Mediterranean, signaling Roosevelt’s theater emphasis.
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Middle East
Egypt
Hitler
Suez
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Indies
Russia
RAF
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Tax withholding and excess profits tax debate midwar
The report notes withholding at source in 1943 would be credited against 1943 taxes in March 1944, spreading collection between 1943 and 1944. The committee again supports a 94 percent excess profits tax on corporations but is split on postwar refunds to ease the impact.
Webb and companions sentenced for robbery murder plot
Madeline Webb and two accomplices received prison and death sentences in New York for the March 4 robbery murder of Susan Flora Reich. Webb, mocked for her pretensions, drew a prison term while Eli Showbrun and John Cullen were slated to die in the electric chair the week of July 27. A jury offered mercy to Webb.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Eli Showbrun
John D. Cullen
Susan Flora Reich
Sing
Stillwater, Oklo
Jonah J. Goldstein
Miss Webb
Irving W. Halpern
Mrs. Reich
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Halvern
Proposed Plan To Hike Postal Rates Opposed
Minneapolis June 19 Plans to oppose postal rate increases would hit newspapers and magazines costing an estimated 77 million dollars yearly. John B. Haggerty president of the board warned protests would go to Congress and many papers could be eliminated, hurting public access to war news. A Chicago meeting of the National Graphic Arts Emergency Council will unite larger printers nationwide.
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Minneapolis
Board of Governors
International Allied Printing Trades Association
John B. Haggerty
International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
Congress
Haggerty
Furtners
Chicago
National Graphic Arts Emergency Council
Retired Officer J H Holt Buried at Arlington Cemetery
Lt Comdr J H Holt retired a former West Virginian was buried this week at Arlington cemetery. Holt born in Grafton in 1889 and a Naval Academy graduate in 1910. The first wheat harvested by the Pilgrims for a Thanksgiving feast was grown in a cemetery.
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Washington
J. H. Holt
Arlington Cemetery
Holt
Grafton
Naval Academy
Roosevelt and Churchill Narrow Time Gap for War Decisions
The text argues that Chur chill seeks to bridge the time and distance gap between British and American nerve centers as Nazi threats loom. It notes that Roosevelt and Churchill’s close contact reduces delays, making joint Allied decisions faster and potentially decisive even if the June weekend brings no new Nazi breakthrough.
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Churchill
United Nations
Hitler
Roosevelt
Roosevelt- Churchill
Transfer of Funds Held Legal Question in West Virginia
West Virginia Attorney General W S Wysong says no legal option exists to transfer 9500 dollars from the governor emergency fund to Huntington State hospital for current expenses. The transfer is an advance to be repaid after July 1 from the hospital 1942 43 appropriation. The move stems from higher commodity costs this fiscal year.
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Charleston
W. Va
W. S. Wysong
Huntington State Hospital
Edgar B. Sims
Wyse
Hippert Named to West Point Class of 19
Huntington reporter notes Robert D Hippert age 19 son of Mr and Mrs W L Hippert of Huntington has been appointed to West Point Military Academy and approved for entrance July 1 He joins William T Bess Jr of Huntington and John Doolittle son of Brigadier General James Doolittle of Michigan in the same class
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Huntington
W. Va
Robert D Hippert
W. L. Hippert
West Point Military Academy
Hippert
William T. Bess, Jr
John Doolittle
Michigan
James Doolittle
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Darden
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Secretary
First
State Department
Tment
Cal Telephone
Telegraph Commercial Printing Co
Telegraph Commercial Ting Company
Wilson's
Bradley's
Kenwood
Paula Brooks
Daryl
Carole King
McMullen
Ken
Bradley’s
U. S
Western Front
Gestapo
European
Libyan
Ates
Fedor von Bock
Caucasus
Syria
Arlington
Mr.Hl
Mr.hatt
Ey Ek
SOLEW
Kersher Distilling Co
Breaitimore
Lawrenceburg
West Point
Daky
Renee
Reeunt
Reed
Daily Telegraph
W. Ve
Bluefield, W. VA
Humphrey & Smith
Bland St
Mick OR
Mack Bradmann
Wythe Ave
Bluefield Ave
8 & C Food Market
Neel's
Graham C & C
Max Covey
Va. Ave
Princeton, W YA
Long's Grocery
Mercer St
Coker Grocery CO
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