Boston Officers Seek Custody Of Gypsy Clan Leader
Boston officers seek custody of a Gypsy clan leader as part of a broader law enforcement action. The report notes political reshuffles in West Virginia with William S. Wysong named registrar of motor vehicles in place of Wal B. Thurmond effective July 1, while other Holt era appointees remain in office.
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Boston
William S. Wysong
Board of Control
Thurmond
Charleston
W. Va
Homer A. Holt
Neely
Williams
Wysong
Wal
Webster Springs
Webster County
Bettie Holt Wysong
Hamlin
Merrill D. Carrico
Kingwood
C. E. Nethken
Mineral County
Service Commission
Fred B. Watkins
Taylor County
N. P. Rhinehart
Fayette County
State Mines Department
F. M. Peters
Mercer County
A Control Commission
L. Horner
Weston
Government to Fix Tire Prices Across Industry
Washington reports the government will fix auto tire prices at the June 16 level with a nationwide move toward mandatory price controls for American industry. Price administrator Leon Henderson said a schedule for tires and tubes would be issued after meetings with manufacturers to guide expectations and deter preemptive price hikes. Some attempts at price curbs have faltered in parts of the Chrysler Corp and the furniture sector.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Manufacagure
Henderson
Chry
Tenis family faced with robbery charges and kidnap claims
In Princeton area tensions rise as Anna Wanko accuses Micheal Tennis of stealing a $500 ring in Boston. Extradition hearings loom as Tennis fights being the man sought in Boston while authorities detain Wanko and husband on separate warrants over Sylvia’s alleged kidnapping.
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Micheal Tennis
D. M. Easley
Boston
Tennis
Anna Wanko
Yatza
Sylvia
Princeton Road
Bluefield
Mass
Mitchell Tennis
C. C. Elmore
Princeton
James F. Daley
Steve Wanko
Anna
Pendleton
Michael Tennis
Memorial service for U S submarine 0 9 victim Crute
A memorial service will be held for William T. Crute, lost with the U S submarine 0 9 last Friday. The service is at the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs Herbert J Crute, 809 Highland Avenue, Princeton, on Sunday at 3 o'clock. Rev Dorsey of the Woich Baptist church will officiate.
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William T. Crute
U. S
Herbert J. Crute
Highland Avenue
Princeton
Rev
Dorsey
Baptist Church
Woich
William
Senator Houston Dies in Hospital in Baltimore
Senator Andrew Jackson Houston age 87 son of Sam Houston died at Johns Hopkins after a stomach operation. Secretary D R Potter said physicians called to report his death and noted two daughters were with him at the time. The stomach ailment and operation were the focus of the day’s briefing.
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Washington
Andrew Jackson Houston
D.-Tex
Sam Houston
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
D. R. Potter
Potter
Italian Submarine Blamed For Sinking Turkish Steamer
The Turkish steamer Refah with 180 aboard was sunk in the Mediterranean during a night action. An Italian submarine reportedly torpedoed the vessel, killing 160 and sparing 20 survivors who reached Palestine or Cyprus. The ship carried Turkish naval personnel returning with warships built in England.
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Ankara
Turkey
Refah
Mediterranean
England
Palestine
BL Ps
Paten
Torpeoo
Karatas
Burum
Cyprus
Shipyard Strike Fronts Break as CIO Consider Return
CIO machinists considered ending their walkout at San Francisco shipyards after news that APL workers voted 5 to 1 to return to work and negotiate later. Meanwhile 4,000 United States Gypsum workers walked out seeking a 10 cent pay rise in wages from 62.5 to 95 cents. A 6,000 strong potential strike loomed at Sperry Gyroscope unless an agreement was reached by July 1.
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CIO
An Francisco
APL
Machineiu and
Apes Can
AFL Metal Trades Department
United States
Gypsum
R. W. Hanson
Gypsum Workers Organizing Committee
Defense
Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Scientific Instrument Workers
Coal operators urged to stock up amid winter mining strain
J E Tobey of Cincinnati told the Central Appalachian section and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical a production figure for 1041 42 is about 550 million tons, urging coal customers to stock up now. D P Morton of Huntington noted transport limits and coke shortages while rail shipments to eastern points were discussed.
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White Sulpher Springs
J. E. Tobey
Cincinnati
Ohio
Central Appalachian
Coal Division
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Tobey
D. P. Morton
Huntington
Chesa Ohio
Morton
British Mission to Moscow Seeks Allied Pledges
London reports Britain has sent a military mission to Moscow via the Middle East to discuss joint action against Germany. U S Ambassador Winant is in talks with British and Russian officials on American aid to the Soviet Union. There is no immediate plan for a formal British Soviet alliance, but both powers may seek guarantees against a separate peace with Germany.
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Moscow
U. 8
Winant
Russia
London
Great Britain
Middle East
Soviet Union
Germany
U. S
John G. Winant
Poland
Eastern Front
Intion
Britain
United States
New York
Berlin
NBC
Subway Workers Vote to Strike In New York
A rally estimated at 8 000 union members voted to strike July 1 if no agreement is reached between the city board of transportation and the Transport Workers Union CIO. Michael J. Quill led the meeting, the first of four to authorize a strike by about 32 000 subway employees.
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New York
Subway
City Board of Transportation
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Michael J. Quill
TWA
Soviet Claims Hold Germans On 1000 Mile Front
Soviet leaders claimed German advances on a 1000 mile eastern front were checked by reformed Soviet lines after panzer thrusts. The high command tempered schedule details while reporting bombings of Russian bases along the northern Black Sea coast and disruptions to Soviet military traffic.
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Black Sea
Associated Press
Berlin
Russia
Stary
Reich
England
Adolf Hitler
High Command
Euphnemea
Britain
Coen
Soviet Union
Nor
Black
Eee . Romani
Two Draft Dodgers Sentenced in Chillicothe Court
In U S District Court Judge George W McClintic sentenced two draft dodgers from West Virginia for draft evasion and related liquor tax and Mann act charges. Henry E Hilton of War McDowell County received two years for failure to report for physical exam. Honaker of Bartley McDowell County faced Mann act issues with cases deferred to January term.
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West Virginia
George W. McClintic
U. S
Henry E. Hilton
War
McDowell County
Chillicothe
McClintic
Hilton
Honaker
Bartley
McDo County
George Berry
Naomi Scott
H S. Puckett
Hubert Redden
Sadie L. Trent
Herman Burks
Charlie Williams
Kelley Christian
Perry Bennis
James Frederick Kitts
Bluefield
Soviet forces claim major tank battle in Poland and near Minsk
Soviet military bulletin reports strong Red Army gains from the Polish front to the Minsk area in western Russia. It describes paratrooper and infantry clashes with German and Romanian forces, bombing raids on Bucharest and Ploesti, and the destruction of two German subs.
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Poland
Ukraine
Rumania
Black Sea
Bucharest
Constanta
Ploesti
Germany
Red Army
Minsk
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Berlin
Assaul
Prut
Europe
Een
Ion Jhout
Prutiv River
Cernauti
East Fenting
Hitler Demands token forces for New Europe
Reports from Madrid quote Adolf Hitler pressing countries under German influence to provide token forces to combat Communism. Spain’s government is not expected to commit beyond opposing Communism amid Anglo American resistance to Axis ties. Darstellungen of Falangist leaders claim national opposition remains strong.
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Madrid
Spain
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Cencor
Hitler
Germany
Falangist
Felipe Ximenez de Val Day
Serrano Suner
Royal Air Force Drives 16th Night of Bombing Invasion Coast
The Royal Air Force conducts the sixteenth straight night of attacks on German targets along the invasion coast and northern France. In ten days ending June 25, Britain claims 161 German planes destroyed against 66 of its own losses, with 400 to 500 aircraft in a single 24 hour effort.
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London
Royal Air Force
Western Front
RAF
France
Luftwaffe
Aeroplane
Finland Declares War as Soviet Bombing Rages
Helsinki reports a new barrage of Soviet air attacks around the capital after the Finnish president declares the nation at war with Russia again. Russian planes strike Turku as Finns vow to resist, repeating echoes of the 1939-40 era.
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Helsinki
Finland
Risto Ryti
Russia
Poland
Moscow
Bucovina
Bessarabian
Prut River
Red Army
Turku
Kremlin
Setebie
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