Moss Is Given Death Penalty
Moss, 27, a farm hand from Grape Vine in Poca district, was sentenced to death by Intermediate Judge Jackson Savage after pleading guilty to the first degree murder of his grandmother Emma Jordan and wounding Charles Coleman. The court ordered execution by hanging between sunrise and sunset on July 11 at the state penitentiary. Moss, who showed no emotion, cursed the court upon removal to jail.
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Benton Moss
Poca
Jack
Savage
Moss
Emma Jordan
Bill Beckner
Cy Page
Yarist
Judge Savage
Spurses
Charles Coleman
Coleman
Moss Feith
Scouts to Attend Ninth Annual Camp In June
Nearly 1,008 Boy Scouts from the Charleston Area Council are expected at the ninth annual camporeal at a 4-H grounds near NBA Sar 0-22. Executive M. Peters urged full equipment for the three day event including uniform clothing bed covering and camp kit. Patrols must demonstrate firefighting first aid spinning and pioneering skills with awards to be given on the final day Sunday at 1 30 p m.
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Arleston
Nba
M. Peters
Arraignment Set in Murder of Virginia Burks
Police say Virginia Lee Burks alias Dixie Burks will face trial in intermediate court for the murder of her husband Sherman Burks, 30, on Donnally Street. Burks died last November at a Charleston hospital from two gunshot wounds in a domestic quarrel.
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Sherman Burks
Virginia Lee Burks
Dixie Burks
Donnally Street
Burks
Charleston
C Rothman Appointed To National Safety Committee
Rothman, chief industrial hygiene engineer in charge of silicosis research for the Workmen's Compensation Commission, was advised of his appointment to the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions safety committee. The notice markets a Sterling Insurance Co policy offer for sickness and accident coverage with no medical exam.
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S. ©. Rothmann
Siligosis
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Committee On Safety and Safetedies
International Association of Industrial Accident Bees and Commissions
Slekeere
Capitol display to stress highway safety in West Virginia
A safety exhibit rises in the state capitol rotunda under road commission engineer Harry Radcliffe. Governor Neely attends a strawberry festival invitation at Buckhannon and the state tax plan is to be explained at Boys State. A rhododendron on the capitol lawn, weather delays shift of safety conference to July, and staff changes note Ruth Ramsey Hansel begins as district judge’s secretary. A Kanawha Players workshop project advances with plans for a summer shop space. Mary Jane Scherer Lewis visits Charleston, trout fishing concerns comfort salesmen Paul Yast and E T Powell. The Charleston Civic Orchestra banquet is funded by Dr Cecil R Adams.
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West
By the Kanawha Players
Howard L. Chernoff
Darlan Warns of Reprisals Over Sfax Raid
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan pledges French retaliation against Britain, condemning piracy claims as he cites British raids on Sfax Tunisia. He asserts France will defend ports and sea lanes, warns Paris would face united resistance if attacked. He notes U S action against French ships and cites RAF bombings near Sfax as justification for hostile actions.
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Vichy
INS
Frech
Britain
Jean Darlan
Saday
Sfax
France
Paris
Darlan
U. S
Normandie
Royal Air Force
Isareo
Safax
Valencia
Lisle
British Aims Labeled Clear in Admiralty Leader
An admirer’s lengthy statement claims Britain seeks to destroy French sea power, separate France from its empire, and isolate Britain from the world. It cites 143 French ships seized since armistice, Britain’s blockade shifts, and bombings or scuttlings causing France losses. France is said to resist violations of its territory and flag.
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France
Britain
Spo
Germany
Darlan
New Caledonia
Pacific Islands
Charles de Gaulle
L Am
Europe
Four Hundred Are to Open Boys State Today
Four hundred West Virginia high school juniors will come to Jackson's Mill for Mountainier Boys State to simulate state government. They will register and elect county and state committees, choose delegates to conventions, and elect officers including governor and municipal officials. Speakers include Sen Wilgore and Gov Neely Worth Shumaker. the event sets a attendance record and requires about five counselors.
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Jackson's Mill
Virginia
Mountaineer
Dawn
Sen
Wilgore
Neely R. Worth Shumaker
American Legion
National Americanism Commission
New Convoy Plan Indicated In Washington Visit
Washington observers link Ambassador John G Winant’s trip to London with reporting back to Winston Churchill on a secret plan to escort American munitions to Britain. President Roosevelt hinted at new Atlantic safeguards and intensified convoy measures amid submarine and air threats.
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Washington
John G. Winant
Roosevelt
London
England
Adolf Hitler
Winant
New York
U. S
Londor
Germany
Mr. Roosevelt
James Y. Forrestal
Navy
Hyde Park
Wil
White House
Winston Churchill
Atlantic
Fas
Anne Tokens
LaGuardia Plans Defense Checkup Tour Across Northeast
Mayor Fiorello H LaGuardia of New York will lead a four part civil defense tour next week to review civilian protection plans. He will meet Boston leaders in Boston Baltimore and Columbus with state governors corps area commanders and city mayors to discuss preparations. The trip includes visits to Massachusetts Maryland Ohio and other New England and mid Atlantic states. A second item notes Germany producing edible fats from petroleum derivatives.
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Washington
H. LaGuardia
New York
Civilan Defense
Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachu
Sons
Maurice J. Tobin
J. A. Woodrute
First Corps
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
LaGuardia
Baltimore
Herbert O'Conor
Maryland
W. 8. Grant
Third Corps
Howard W. Jacknson
Pennsylvania
Virginia
District of Columbia
Columbus
Ohio
Jour W. Bricker
Floyd Green
C. A. Trott
Fifth Corps
West Virginia
Indiana
Kentucky
Germany
British Casualties Reach 100000 Mark For War
London May 31 API British war casualties have hit the 100000 mark in 21 months of conflict across all services. About half the total are prisoners of war in Germany. Army losses total 74164 with Navy 15896 and Air Force 10996. The Hood sinking is excluded from navy figures.
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London
Germany
France
Low Countries
Africa
Air Force
Army
Tae
Navy
Ly Air Force
Greece
la Crete
Hood
Bismarck
Zionist Convention Speakers Named for Ohd Valley Region
Zionist Organization of America president E I Kaufmann and Rabbi James Heller of Cincinnati will speak at the Ohd Valley Zionist region convention June 13 to 15. Gov Neely is on the program and a banquet is set for June 15 at the Daniel Boone hotel with a June 14 symposium in Cincinnati and Fort Wayne speakers from Indiana and Kentucky delegations attend.
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E. I. Kaufmann
Zionist Organization of America
James Heller
Cincinnati
Ohd Valley
Samuel Cooper
Kaufmann
Stephen 5. Wise
New York City
Supreme Court
Louis Brandeis
Neely
Daniel Boone Hotel
Binal Jacnd
Rabb Krvaing Weingart
Fort Warne
Ind
Maurice Parzan
South Bend
P. Prero
Lexington. Ky
M. Helens
Bureau of Jewish Education of
Cincinnani
Mayer Gallin
Indianapolis
Aztiel Eisenberg
Cleveland
Postal receipts rise in Charleston post office
Postmaster Tubins W. Singleton announced May receipts totaled $7,068, an increase of $1,408 over May 1940. The Charleston post office showed gains compared with the same month last year, when receipts reached $70,461.
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Charleston Post
Tubins W. Singleton
Seret Hicks Given Assignment in Ohio
Staff Sergt. Gay W. Hicks, stationed at Wheeler Field Honolulu two and a half years, spent a month's vacation in Spring Hill with his parents Mr and Mrs G C Hicks, before starting a new assignment at Wright Field Dayton Ohio.
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Gay W. Hicks
Wheeler Field
Honolulu
Spring Hill
G. C. Hicks
Wright Field
Dayton
Boy Critically Shot By His Own Father
Richard Aman a 19 year old University of Northwestern sophomore was critically wounded in Chicago as his father a federal narcotics investigator shot him three times amid a mistaken burglary threat. The incident followed a recent reprimand for staying out late and involved a belief the son would enter the home unseen.
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Chicago
Richard Aman
al Aman
Northwestern University
Richard
Speakers Listed For State Bankers Convention at White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia Bankers Association announces speakers for the 48th annual convention at White Sulphur Springs June 12 to 14. Leo Crowley FDIC chairman and Gr Neely are among the speakers, with A J Guftanti Prof Montford Jones Gwilyn A Prise and others. Open house, golf, bridge, banquet and president's ball planned. Wyndham S Clark of Fairmont is president of the organizing committee.
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Huntington
Sec
Homer Gibhardt
West Virginia Bankers Association
Leo Crawley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Gr. Neely
White Sulphur
Springs
Crowley
Wisconsin
Credit Administratioe
FDLC
Wooley
New York
Ay A.C. Spurr
West Penn Service Company
Fairmont
Lake Hays
Memphis
Tenn
Wyndham S. Clark
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Peonyeas
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Uesp Lading Daily
Ona
Gov. Neely
Upshur County
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Boys’ State
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Lee Simmons
C. W. Boone
Ruth Ramsey Hansel
Ben Moore
Erns Mann
Westview Conservatory
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Philadelphia
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Galveston
Tex
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Paul Yast
E. T. Powell
Bland County
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Montgomery
Municipal Auditorium
Pres McClanahan
Casa Loma
Charleston Civic Orchestra
Edgewood Country
Cecil R. Adams
Fraternal Order of Police
FDR
Zionist Convention
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Fort Wayne
Leo Jackson
Maurice Chanis
Harry Frankel
John Tatelman
Terre Heure
Cooper
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Hausmann
Hawaii
Wiliam DeBel
Stump
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Hawaiian Islands
E. L. Stump
Levi
Chiropractic
Morrison
Chielentin
We Va
Rialto Theatre
Hone
H. G. Elmore Palmer
Seret. Hicks
Raymond
West New York Life Insurance Co
Gov
Cohen Drug Company
Kanawha Banking & Trust Co
Stowe
Vacation Savings Club
Kanawha Banking and Trust Co
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Federal Reserve System
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