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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
1
Senate committee unveils compromise draft calling men 21 to 30 to register as part of a universal service plan. The defense fund authorization tops five billion dollars and shapes how conscription policy could be shaped under the proposal.
Washington July 31 AP Blunt warning that Britain may be prostrate in 30 days and the U S menaced from two directions. Sec of War Stimson urged immediate conscription while a senate committee drafted a peacetime draft bill for senate submission. Gasoline embargo ordered as House passed large preparedness appropriations for warships planes guns and more. Roosevelt signed a $25 million TVA power project to boost production. Draft would require men 21 to 30 to register with one year voluntary enlistments for 18 to 34, and strong job protection provisions via NLRA enforcement. Page 2.
Washington July 41 JINS The nation's aviation industry is ready to go full speed ahead on aerial rearmament, said Donald W Douglas president of Douglas Aircraft company speaking for seven leading firms at a conference with the presidents national defense advisory commission and army and navy chiefs. He warned against long delays and costly legislative hurdles and urged swift action to avoid production losses.
Charleston post office reported its greatest month in history with total sales of 77 dollars. This compares with 6222.50 dollars in July 1939, showing an increase of 16 454 dollars.
The Workmen's Compensation Commission reported a new payroll peak for the last fiscal year, boosted by normal business gains rather than a war boom. About 65 percent of workers were covered, totaling $877,482,587.99, with Ferguson noting higher activity due to national defense programs and forecasting continued increases in late 1940.
At White Sulphur Springs on July 31 physicians from West Vilnia and Charleston designated Dr Robert King Buford of Charleston as president and named his home after the 1941 convention. The large organization met with the Medical Society of Virginia in a joint session as discussions noted education facing rising death rates. Page 2, Col 2.
In Camden New Jersey an inquiry will review the possibility of sabotage as firemen search the 2 million dollar ruins for seven missing workers. Safety Commissioner Mary W Kobus said reports will be seriously considered though company officials at RM Hollingshead Paint, busily making orders for the army and navy, doubt the explosion and fire were intentional.
Senator Byrnes met with President Roosevelt over a replacement for James A. Farley as Democratic national chairman. He said he cannot take the post himself, citing health and the anti hay fever symptoms delaying any decision until October.
The 22 million South Charleston naval ordnance plant will receive most of a 35 million appropriation for expanded armor facilities. Rear Admiral W R Furlong testified that expansion will come from existing plant operations and increased capacity. He said about 20 million cash and 15 million contract authorization would go to Charleston with no private lease planned at this time.
West Virginia state college at Institute will manufacture 25 ornamental concrete benches for Kanawha Parkway as a National Youth Administration project. Dr. John W. Davis offers college sponsorship, with 50 additional benches planned after the first. Benches be five feet long in authentic Grecian design, reinforced concrete, anchored along walkways. James C. Evans directs production. Joseph Lavatt assists. NYA director Glenn S. Callaghan to receive the plan today. The Gazette aims to extend the project toward a total of 1,000 benches along the parkway.
British warcraft chased a German merchant raider off the Brazilian coast in a dusk engagement near Trinidad Island. Naval circles in Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro reported the fight, noting earlier damage to the British vessel Al Cantara and returning action to the western hemisphere.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said he will submit the Havana pact to the Senate for ratification at an opportune time on the legislative calendar. He also plans to send with it resolutions from the Havana conference of Pan American nations for consideration. Hull spoke during a train trip back to the capital and expressed satisfaction with the Havana outcomes.
A head on collision near Akron between a Pennsylvania rail road coach and a 73 car freight train leaves 42 dead and several injured. Identified victims include William Schmitz of Wheeling West Virginia. Engineman and conductor survived but injured. Rail officials say some train crew were killed and others survived.
The sultry weather in West Virginia claimed two more lives, bringing the death toll to 18 for the heat wave. Aubrey Bandy, 22, of Bandy Virginia, was found dead in an abandoned mine entry in McDowell County after starting work there a day earlier. Coroner J. A. Bennett attributed overheated conditions to the death. A 19 year old farmer near Kingwood also died while working in his fields, with heart disease aggravated by heat listed as the cause. Heavy showers in the McDowell Mercer area caused deep water on Bluefield streets as storm sewers failed to keep up.
British reports say heavy explosions struck England's southeast coast as German raiders bombed then retreated across the channel pursued by RAF fighters. Ground guns and planes battled over southwest England Wales and Northern Ireland as British bombers struck 400 Nazi railway cars and other targets in the channel. The destroyer Delight was sunk after bombing with loss of life, marking the 27th British destroyer lost since the war began. At least 40 Spitfire and Hurricane fighters challenged the raiders over the southeast coast.
Berlin sources picture a new invasion phase after the Dover bombardment. They claim systematic destruction of Britain's ports weakens supply lines as Stukas sink ships and wreck harbor facilities, with 1,270,000 tons of British shipping since June 25.
Reports from Bern Switzerland indicate German and Italian forces mass along 800 miles of the continental coast while officials say the major spring invasion of England has not yet begun. Signs across western Europe point to an approaching decisive hour, with whispered admissions of imminent invasion activity.
London reports Britain broadens blockade to cover Europe from Arctic seas to North Africa. An order in council enacts the expanded sea barrier at midnight, aiming to choke Atlantic European commerce and disrupt German and Italian supply routes. Spain and Portugal are chiefly affected as Britain asserts naval supremacy for victory.
Virginia Gayda of Il Giornale D' Italia warns readers that a rapid blitz is unlikely. She notes Axis forces, including Italian crews and equipment, are massing for a prolonged campaign and contrasts it with the earlier German lightning campaigns against Poland and Western Europe.
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