Bricker Seen Having Good Chance for Presidential Nomination
Chicago dispatch reports party platform talks begin as two Republicans predict Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will win the nomination on the first or second ballot next week. West Virginia delegates favor Bricker, with Austin V. Wood warning against nominating a candidate lacking clear positions.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Joan W. Bricker
Ohio
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Kansas
Price
Landon
Earl Warren
California
Bricker
Simeon S. Willie
Kentucky
Keystone
Pennsylvania
Taft
Clarence B. Kelland
Arizona
Lew H. Wentz
Oklahoma
National Committee
Resolutions Committee
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Mackinac
Roosevelt
Churchill
Philadelphia
Austin V. Wood Wheeling
Guv Dewey
New Yorker
West Virginia
Neely to Air University Case Fireside Chat
Governor Matthew M. Neely announced a radio fireside chat next Wednesday at 9 30 p m on WCHS Charleston and the West Virginia network to present the university case with record evidence. The move follows criticism from WVU Alumni and amid the board of governors vote to oust President Lawall and assign him to another post.
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Charleston
W. Va
Matthew M. Neely
WCHS
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Morgantown
West Virginia University Alumnui Association
Charles E. Sewall
William P. Lehman
Fairmont
University Alumni Association
Reorganized Board of Governors
Neely
Lawall
School of Mines
College of Engineering
Beckley
Flora M. Sayre
Raleigh County Alumni Association
Soviet Offensive Against Finns Reported by Moscow
The Soviet information bureau says another offensive against Finland is underway as three years of fighting tolls rise. It claims Russian losses include 49 000 killed and 30 128 aircraft while German losses reach 70 000 tanks and 60 000 airplanes in that period.
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London
Soviet Information Bureau
Russia
Neporieana
Mos
Price Measure Sent To FDR For Wartime Controls
Congress sent a bill to President Roosevelt to extend wartime price wage and rent controls for one year to June 30 1945. The measure tightens ceilings on textiles to ensure parity returns for cotton producers. CIO leader Philip Murray criticized the bill saying it cannot be enforced. Republicans planned to depart for Chicago as the session ended.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO
Office of Price Administration
QPA
Policeman E R Kerns dismissed from force after city meeting
Patrolman E R Kerns was ousted by a special city board session following an investigation of his arrest of Pvt. Herbert Peters of Bluefield. Prosecuting Attorney Roscoe Pendleton said he would seek grand jury indictments against mob leaders. Grand jury convenes July 3.
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E. R. Kerns
Roscoe Pendleton
Grand Jury
Alte Hall Galiuedan Naht
Verpmievey
Kerns
Herbert Peters
Bluefield
Peters
Mr Pendleton
Sam Lambert
Owen
H. R. Harlow
Lieut. Wirt Bailey
W. M. Linkenhaker
Inspector Weddle
Luther G. Scott
Eleanor
Lighter Side Tales From France War Diary
A wartime wireless memoir recalls funny and odd incidents in France. An Army observer from Washington slept on a mound of earth mistaken for a pillow that turned out to be horse manure. Pvt Carl Vonhorn woke to find a dead German beside him and two potato mashers nearby, prompting his quip that it was very distasteful.
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France
Army
Washington
Carl Vonhorn
RFD No. 2
Cooperstown
N. Y
Vonhorn
War Camp Deaths Describe Far Away Frontline Loss
Ernie Pyle recalls gathering 59 dead from orchards after breakfast, burying German and American soldiers in a pasture. He describes lifting a young German boy, his face darkened by death, as he faces the harsh reality of war.
Fall of Cherbourg Port Nears Final Stage
Allied infantry probed southern Cherbourg near the waterfront as heavy forces massed on surrounding ridges for the final assault on the German garrison. Supreme Headquarters reported steady progress as the siege intensifies before the Normandy port’s fall.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourge
Normandy
Chervours
Allied ultimatum broadcast to Cherbourg garrison
Allied field radio K Normandy transmitted a surrender deadline to the German garrison at Cherbourg by 9 A M British time. An emissary with a white flag was to meet at 8 A M at the Valognes Cherbourg road crossroads near the village of Siouave to deliver terms.
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Tilly-Caen
Calais
Amiens
London
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Cheroo
Ewt
K. Normandy
Valognes- Cherbourg
Sioave
British and American Bombers Hit Berlin Again
Allied forces bombed Berlin in a heavy raid as Liberators and fighters supported by 1,200 escorts struck targets in the city and surrounding areas. Reports say 43 bombers and 15 fighters were lost, while Cherbourg rocket sites were reportedly captured intact for study.
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Berlin
U. S
Pas de Calais
RAF
Cherbourg Penins
England
Yank Shuttle Bombers Land At Soviet Base
U S heavy bombers of the Eighth Air Force landed on a Soviet Union base for the first time in a shuttle mission from Britain. The attack on Berlin involved more than 1,000 bombers with a fighter escort, and the force continued eastward beyond the Reich border.
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Cabell Committee Meeting Postponed
Huntington West Virginia June 214 A new Cabell county Republican executive committee meeting was postponed after a 15 to 15 tie on credentials report votes and a disputed proxy. Chairman H D Hatfield did not vote to break the deadlock with 30 of 32 members present.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cabell County
Republican Executive Committee
H. D. Hatfield
Soviet Launch Two New Offensives Against Finland
London reports the Soviet Union opened two fresh offensives north of Lake Onega and along the Svir river, driving Finnish defenses from the northeast and southeast. The attacks target the Murmansk to Leningrad railway belt with rapid advances, claiming control of over 200 populated places including Vornesene in the Leningrad region.
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Moscow
Viipur
Finland
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Orezhskoe
Onega
Medevorskan
Svir
Onezhskoe
Ladoga
Murmansk - Leningrad
Medvezhegorsk
Viiipuri
Syvir
Vornesene
Leningrad
Mercer county receives $100000 Fifth War Loan allocation
An allocation of $100000 was made to Mercer county for the Fifth War Loan by Wind ing Gulf Collieries. The county's quota is $3382000, but Mercer trails with $567768.25 via Richmond and Cleveland reports. A June 27 rally by Bluefield merchants and a June 30 free Colonial Theatre movie are planned to boost the drive.
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Winding Gulf Collieries Company
Keil O Rson
Richmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Riding Gulf Company
Bluefield
Colonial Theatre
Max Maiz
Extoriors
W. C. Hanahan
State War Finance Committee
Herbert M. Baker listed wounded in action
Mr and Mrs Morley FP Baker of 21 Princeton avenue were advised by telegram from Vice Admiral Randall Jacobs that their son Herbert Mead Baker electrician's mate third class USNR has been wounded in action. Baker was employed at Point Pleasant. Mrs Baker works at the Glenn Martin plant Baltimore. he previously worked for Hercules Powder company before joining the navy two years ago.
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Morley FP. Baker
Princeton Avenue
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
U. S. Navy
Herbert Mead Baker
USNR
Baker
Point Pleasant
Decisive Saipan Battle Opens Among Pacific Forces
Ground forces push north on Saipan as U S carrier planes engage a Japanese fleet between the Philippines and the Marianas. Nimitz signals a potentially decisive stage in the war with heavy fighting continuing on Saipan and near Nafutan Point as Spruance commands the invasion fleet and the fleets maneuver for a major showdown.
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Nimitz
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Chester W. Nimitz
United States Fifth Fleet
Santa Cruz
Rembert James
Associated Press
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Nimits
Nafutan Point
Siapan
Tokyo
London
Washington
Adm
Ernest H. King
Navy
Forrestal
King
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