Medwick Slump Looms Over Dodgers in Pennant Chase
The Line of Bob Cumming in New York notes Joe Medwick struggles against right handed pitchers, with a faulty helmet and slump affecting his fielding and baserunning as Brooklyn eyes a pennant bid. Mentions Redbirds and Reds tightening the race. Also quotes Rep. Richard Kleberg on Itabo and Whirlaway in Belmont stakes. laments Al Blazis’s sport failings as Georgetown discus champ.
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Joe Medwick
Dodgers
Reds
Medwick
Joe
Clift Mellon
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Lindbergh's leadership and impeachment talk in America
A writer critiques the notion of a third term and leadership change, arguing against Lindbergh's indifference to spiritual Americanism and Roosevelt's impeachment. The piece speculates on policy shifts, potential successors like Henry Wallace, and the risk of drawing the U.S. into war or Nazi alignment, urging clarification of Lindbergh's plan.
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U. S
Lindbergh
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Roosevelt
Wallace
Alumni Banquet Ends Morris Harvey College Year
Alumni banquet at 6:30 p m in the Daniel Goone hotel with Dr Wilbur Westfall of Somers Set Pa as principal speaker caps Morris Harvey college 53rd scholastic year as 16 of 53 seniors prepare to receive bachelor degrees at tomorrow morning's commencement. Two honorary doctorates will be conferred.
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Daniel Goone
Wilbur Westfall
Somerset Pa
Morris Harvey College
Joseph C. Hoffman
Christ Methodist Church
South Ruffner
Leonard Riggle
Omor Tow
A. C. Blackwell
Morris Harvey
Will . Bet
Randolph Macon
J. Zarl Moreland
Randolph
Daniel Boone Hotel
Axis Planes Lost in Mid East 1696 Score Report
London officials announced they destroyed 1,696 Axis aircraft on Middle East fronts since operations began last June 11, with 202 Axis losses by the British. They note many damaged or grounded planes not counted, and record May German night bomber losses at 158.
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London
Middle East
Italy
Liverpool
Merseyside
South Wales
England
Rites Held at Fairmont For Sen Earl H. Smith
The body of State Senator Earl H. Smith was temporarily placed in a mausoleum to await transfer to Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Marcus B. Hitchcock with full military honors from Fairmont Post No 17 and a ritual by the Fairmont Elks lodge. Pallbearers included Senators G O Young S H Robertson J A Proctor William Mitchell William Hussion Paull Loravked and Fleming
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Fairmont
Earl H. Smith
Arlington National Cemetery
Martinsburg Hotel
Maracus B. Hitchcock
Christ Episcopal Church
American Legion
Fairmont Elks Lodge
Senate
G. O. Young
H. Robertson
Kanz
Wha
J. A. Proctor
D-Morgan
William Mitchell
McDowell
William Hussion
D-Taylor
Paull Loravked
Fleming
Chicago to Contribute Spare Aluminum Ware
Chicago housewives will be asked to contribute unusable aluminum pats and pans to the Office of Production Management to aid defense needs. In Madison a 40,000 pound scrap aluminum pile grew on the state capitol grounds from a county-wide collection led by civic groups and the GPM. Everett King, OPM representative, voiced surprise and pleasure, noting May could presage a nationwide scrap drive.
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Chicago
INS
Office of Production Management
Wisconsin State Capitol
Madison
GPM
Everett King
OPM
Woman Stabbed By Estranged Husband In Cedar Grove
Mrs Arena Winebriner, 27, of 405 Court Street, is hospitalized in Mountain State with critical stab wounds and signs of severe beating. Lieut E C Bourne reports the assault occurred early Saturday evening and was inflicted by her estranged husband William, 53, a Cedar Grove miner, who was jailed after receiving a neck wound.
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Arena Winebriner
Court Street
Mountain State Hospital
E. C. Bourne
William
Cedar Grove
Bourne
Britannic slips into New York after near miss with Bismarck
The Cunard White Star liner Britannic docked in New York today with 208 passengers recounting a near encounter with the German battleship Bismarck during the Atlantic crossing. Most passengers were believed to be British government workers temporarily replacing or augmenting British bureaus. An Ottawa announcement noted a large liner carrying hundreds of British military personnel was bound for Canada and the United States.
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New York
Ottawa
Canada
U.S
Bismare
Miner Travels 20 Miles To Surrender After Fatal Shot
Negro miner Parks from Ingram Branch traveled 20 miles by two taxicabs to surrender to state police in Montgomery over a beer parlor shooting that killed John Dusty Helms. Parks said Helms attacked with a knife. Parks fired three times. Helms survived by family. mortuary arrangements pending.
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Houston Parks
Ingram Branch
Montgomery
John Dusty Helms
Mary ¥ James Coal Company
Parks
Helms
John F. Helms
Frank
Greenville
N. C
William
May Banks
Victoria Woody
Washington and Coleman Mortuary
Dorothy Adams Hurt En Route to WVU Graduation
Dorothy Adams 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs B H Adams of 1535 Washington St East is in Fairmont hospital after a minor collision about 10 40 am yesterday. She rode with Wallace Duncan and son James 20 en route to graduation exercises at West Virginia University where both are seniors. The Duncan family were taken to a Clarksburg hospital. Adams injuries said to be slight.
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Dorothy Adams
B. H. Adams
Washington Street
East
Fairmont Hospital
Wallace Duncan
Bridgeport
James
James Duncan
West Virginia University
Duncan
Clarksburg
Indians Drop Two in Hard-Fought St Louis Game
The Philadelphia team split a doubleheader with St Louis. Key players included Sitder with a homer and Lucadella with a three-base hit. McQuinn and Hayes contributed with multiple RBIs as errors and double plays shaped the late innings. Winning pitcher Harris and losing pitcher Allen went seven innings. Umpires were Basil, Passarella and Geisel. Time 2105, attendance recorded.
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Pitsher
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Geisel
Patel
Red Sox take pair in tight Detroit wins
Boston's Joe Cronin and the Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers twice to even the season at four wins each. In the opener Dom DiMaggio delivered the decisive eighth inning double as Frankie Pytlak scored on a sacrifice, while in the nightcap DiMaggio scored the winning run in the ninth on Finney's sacrifice bunt and a base on balls with Ted Williams driving home the final run.
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Detroit
Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Sox
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Frankie Pytlak
Iining
DiMaggio
Finney
Higgins
Ted William
Long Ny
Radcliff
Boston
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Peacock
Pytla
Gorsica
Geibell
McKain
Newhouser
Teddetts
Heavy Rains Break Drought in West Virginia
Heavy rains across West Virginia over the weekend ended a months long drought, with Charleston airport recording 2.64 inches in 24 hours and other areas reporting substantial totals. Despite downpours, no floods were seen as ground soaked from prior dryness absorbed much of the precipitation and airline flights continued.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Charleston
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Lock
Ravenswood
Winfield
Lock 20
Huntington
Wikins
Parkersburg
Morgantown
Fairmont
Wheeling
Q and A Snippets From The Gazette Service
The Gazette’s Q and A column covers time abbreviations p m and a m by explaining ante meridian and post meridian. It also details drilling through marble with a twist drill or brass tube and carborundum and lists actors who appeared in the photoplay Boom Town led by Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
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Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Claudette Colbert
Hedy Lamarr
Frank Morgan
Lioniel Atwin
Chill Wills
Marion Martin
Minne Gombell
Joe Yule
Horace Murphy
Ray Gordon
Richard Lane
Casey Johnson
Baby Quintanilla
George Lessey
Sara Haden
Frank Orth
Frank McGlyn, Jr
Curt Bois
Fires Blaze in Norfolk Oil and Lumber Plants
Norfolk fire crews battled two blazes on June 1 17 with help from the naval base and navy yard. A lumber plant at Hampton boulevard and 45th street caught fire first followed by an oil firm nearby at Hurst Oil company short blocks away.
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Norfolk
Norfolk City
Naval Base
Navy Yard
Wholesale Oil Company
M. T- Blassingham Lumber Company
Hampton Boulevard
45Th Street
Hurst Oil Company
Man found dead on Little Otter Road hit-and-run ruled
Sutton reports 27 year old John Teels of Lille Otter found dead on the highway near his home. A coroner's inquest ruled he was the victim of a hit-and-run driver. Braxton County Prosecutor C A Duffield said Teels had accompanied youths in Gassaway and was walking home. His father Dan Teel is a merchant at Little Otter.
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Sutton
John Teels
Lille Otter
Braxton
C. A. Duffield
Tels
Gassaway
Teets
Dan Teel
Little Otter
Mrs. Britton Hurt in Auto Collision on Bigley and Alethea
Mrs John Britton wife of the former police chief sustained slight injuries in a late night auto collision at Bigley avenue and Alethea street. Police hold Crowder 25 of Eiik view on reckless driving charge filed by Britton.
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John Brittton
Bigley Avenue
Alethea Street
Lewis Challenges Operators to Fight at Mediation Session
In a closed mediation in the OPM council chamber, Merry-Go-Round Lewis challenged the operators and miners to settle their quarrel by a man to man fight after denouncing personal insults. The Defense Mediation board led the conference with no one accepting the challenge.
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Lewis
Defense Mediation Board
OPM Council
Hong
the Gazette
British Experts Predict July Invasion Attempt
New York dispatch quotes radio analyst Johannes Steel who says British experts expect a German invasion attempt in July. He notes Crete showed air superiority is essential and that Britain holds air command in the Saytine and is nearing full control at night, after returning from Lisbon with others who studied defenses in Portugal and England.
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New York
Cnss i
Johannes Steel
Europe
Britain
Crete
Steel
Saytine
U Steel
Lisbon
Portugal
England
One Killed One Hurt In Plane Crash Near Farm House
A plane crashed into a farmhouse near Swanton Maryland during takeoff. Pilot Ned Winfield Rogers aged 24 was killed. Passenger William L. Thomas aged 23 suffered a probable skull fracture and internal injuries. Vernon C. Friend, Nora Alexander age 18, Betty and Evelyn Friend were injured as the nose penetrated the roof.
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Swanton
Ned Winfield Rogers
Brentwood
William L. Thomas
Mount Ranier
Vernon C. Friend
Friend
Nora Alexander
Betty
Evelyn
Birth of Daughter for Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Shackleford
Mr and Mrs W S Shackleford Louis Charleston are parents of a daughter born last night in St Francis Hospital
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W. S. Shackleford
Louis Charleston
St. Francis Hospital
War May Cause Ball Shortage
ST. LOUIS June 1 Horsehide shortages threaten baseballs as Nazi advances cut Balkan, Belgian, and French supply. Grady Manufacturing owner says new sources needed as imports avoid bookings for next year and leather prices spike with defense demands. South America possible but uncertain.
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ST. Louis
Balkans
John H. Grady, Jr
Grady Manufacturing Company
Belgium
France
Corde Tram
Balkan
Grady
Clock Tinkering Triggers La Salle Time Clash
In La Salle, Dr A M Orr the mayor and liquor commissioner, opposing clock tinkering, returns to a special alderman session that enacts daylight time today. He cannot veto for five days by law, but orders city workers to standard time and taverns to open and close on that time. Tomorrow’s regular Saech fyaret session time remains uncertain.
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Lasalle
A.M. Orr
Saeh Fyaret
Retired Lincoln Merchant C C McClure Dies
C C McClure a Tango Lincoln county retired merchant died last night in a Charleston hospital after two months illness. He is survived by his wife Nancy five sons J F Den her Horace of Tango D M of Griffithsville and Ralph of Charleston two daughters Sylvia and Wanda Fay a granddaughter four brothers John Yewkey Everett Griffithaville Ed Sumerco and Henry Tango. Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Tango Baptist church with burial in Train cemetery. Johnson and Kooniz mortuary of Haralit directed.
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C. C. McClure
Tango
Lincoln County
Charleston
Nancy
J. F
Denher
Horace
D. M
Griffithsville
Ralph
Sylvia
Wanda Fay
John
Yewkey
Everett
Griffithaville
Sumerco
Henry
Fred Black
Tango Baptist Church
Johnson and Kooniz
Dunbar Democratic Dames Schedule Election Eve Meeting
The Dunbar Democratic Danes, a political club, are called into session at 7:30 tonight in the Dunbar high school building by Mrs. R. Bruce Keifer, chairman, on the eve of the city election.
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Dunbar Democratic Danes
Dunbar High School
R. Bruce Keifer
Cubs Rally Past Phillies In Rain Soaked Doubleheader
Chicago Cubs move into NL first division by sweeping a two game set with Philadelphia. In game one they win 9 to 1 as Stinger and Dallessandro pace offense while Grissom struggles on mound. Attendance 4 365. In game two Chicago edges Philadelphia 5 to 0 with timely hitting and solid relief, attendance 4 305.
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Cubs
Philadelphia
Chicago Cubs
Phriies
Cincinnai
New York Giants
Chicago
Root
Errickson
Page
Scheffing
Pearson
Bruner
Hoerst
Warren
Obituary for Mary Fetty Chenoweth in Weston church
Services for Mrs. Mary Fetty Chenoweth aged 47 of Dunbar will be held at 2 p.m. today in Waldeck Church Weston with Rev. Guy H. Croox directing. Burial will follow in Waldeck Cemetery.
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Mary F. Chenoweth
Mary Fetty Chenoweth
Dunbar
Guy H. Croox
Waldeck
Weston
Owen and Barth Mart
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