House Extends Lend-Lease With Invasion Date Hints
Washington lawmakers vote 280 to 23 to approve a 3.92 billion dollar supply bill funding lend-lease FRA and UNRRA for the new fiscal year starting July 1. Debate centers on war costs, UNRRA cuts, and a proposed ban on lend-lease to noncombatant nations, with a veto threat over price wage measures pending.
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Washington
Europe
House
Foreign Economic Administration
FRA
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Senate
Cannon
D.-Mo
Appropriations Committee
Hualty
Calvin Johnson
F.-Uk
Catinon
O'Hara
R. Minnalt
Lend-Lease Administration
Johnson
South America
Roosevelt
Congress
Jim Shott Named GOPs Chairman
Jim E. Shott was elected state chairman of the Republican Party by the state executive committee. The meeting chosen Parkersburg for the party convention, with speeches predicting victory in November. Shott succeeds Robert H. Kay. H. E. Clovis was elected vice chairman. Mrs. Chauncey Hiner tan became associate chairman. Mrs. E. Wyatt Payne named secretary. BE. M. Tutwiler reelected treasurer.
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Harry G. Hoffmann
Republican State Executive Committee
Jim FE
Shott
Parkersburg
Blabfield
Tecig
D. Boone Dawson
Momiet
Robert H. Kay
Charleston
H. E
Tom Clovis
Carl O. Schmidt
Wheeling
Chauncey D. Hinertan
Cameron
Madsiyn Bazzle
Keyser
E. Wyatt Payne
Huntington
Andrew Northcott
LeSage
BE. M. Tutwiter
Hope
White Collar Worker labeled forgotten man in wartime wage boom
New York June 3. Senator Claude Pepper said the white collar worker is the forgotten man amid booming war-time wages. He told the national wartime conference that about 20 million see their savings dwindle and disappear while trying to stay afloat and forgo vital medical and dental care continued education and sometimes even proper food.
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New York
INS
Claude Pepper
Ter
Nazi Propaganda Claims About Airmen Debunked
Zurich Red Cross official says reports of captive American airmen and shot British officers are Nazi propaganda to demoralize air crews. Neutral observers in Zurich dismiss the tales as sheer nonsense, noting widespread sheltering during Allied raids and no evidence of civilian machine gunning.
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London
Reuter
Zurich
Red Cross
Germany
Voelkischer Beobachter
Goebbels
AP Explains False Flash by London Telegraph Operator
A teletype operator in the London bureau produced a false flash stating Allied landings in France. Joan Ellis, practicing on a disconnected machine, caused the erroneous transmission that spread through AP's network to the United States and Latin America before a rebound order to withhold publication.
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New York
London
Associated Preag
United States
Latin America
France
Associated Press
Joan Ellis
Eisenhower
Amelia
Lesshan
Queen
Maj. Clark Gable to Return to Civilian Life Soon
Hollywood dispatch reports Major Clark Gable expected to resume civilian life after finishing army air forces duty. Col Roy M. Jones of the RAF unit at Culver City announces Gable, the highest ranking screen star to enter service, will return to inactive duty. Gable earned the air Medal on a Germany bombing mission and later went to England to produce a combat film. he served as a gunner on a test flight.
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Hollywood
INS
Clark Gable
Army Air Forces
Hitler
Topa
Roy M. Jones
RAF
Culver City
Cal
Gable
Willl
Germany
H. H. Arnold
SAF
England
Ning Sn
U S Blacklists 84 Finn Firms As Nazi Aides
The State Department announced 84 Finnish industrial and commercial firms are blacklisted for ties to the Nazi war effort. The action bars American trade and signals a sharp rebuke to Helsinki over Finland's stance with Germany, including banks and major firms linked to Nazi diplomats and Finnish leaders.
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Ovider Ix
Washington
State Department
Finland
U. S
Henrik Ramsay
Hungary
Lajoy Czatay
Risto Ryli
Ward Elected President of West Virginia Bankers
The West Virginia Bankers Association elected George Ward, former state banking commissioner, as its new president. Ward, VP and trust officer at Charleston National Bank, succeeds George Moore of Clarksburg. Other officers include Edgar Trout as first vice president Eugene R Ward as executive vice president J B Wagner as treasurer and Frank N Gans as secretary. The board urged postwar credit should be supplied by private lenders rather than the government.
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West Virginia
Asoc
Georve Ward
Marcus Nadler
Finante
New York University
Ward
Charleston National Bank
George Moore
Clarksburg
Edgar Trout
Theitizens Bank of
Martinsburg
Eugene R. Ward
Williamson
First National Bank
J. B. Wagner
Commercial Bank of
Bluefield
Frank N. Gans
Beckley
War Veterans Disdaining Pre Service Jobs
The Office of War Information reports most World War II veterans discharged without honorable status seek immediate industry work around 70,000 per month. Of 1,258,126 discharged since Pearl Harbor, 85,114 lack honorable discharges and face limits on returning to old jobs, medical care, pensions, and training. Vocational training lags, with only 1,993 in study as of May 1, while 2,985 are in war production courses. 2,332 work and study simultaneously.
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Washington
INS
Office of War Information
Army
Navy
Marines
Coastguard
Peat
Owe
Army and Navy
Veterans’ Administration
Federal Security Agency
Civilian
Ife
Paratrooper Survives Harrowing Air Jump Training
Washington reports a young paratrooper leaped from a plane and rode a thermal wave above Fort Benning. He watched his unit's mock battle from the air for half an hour before landing to join his battalion as a fresh reservist in June.
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Washington
Gerolmo
Air Force
Feree
Benning, A
European air offensive continues with minimal losses
London reports that U S Fortresses and Liberators bombed western Europe in a twin assault on the Pas de Calais and northern France. Of about 2,300 Allied planes, only one fighter failed to return, with the single loss noted among some 16,000 airmen. Night raids followed, including Marauders and Thunderbolts targeting Paris area bridges and Chartres air fields.
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Wall
London
Europe
U. S
U.S
France
Fone
Pas de Calgis
Hitler
West Wall
Pas de Calais
Low Countries
Seine
Paris
Havers
Chartres
Yanks Occupy 2 More Isles in Schouten Group
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports American forces landed unopposed on Owani Woenrdi and Aussie's Fivade Isle in the Schouten group off north Dutch New Guinea. Japanese air opposition weakened, with 7 of 15 bombers shot down. Allied mop-up operations continue along the Bosnek to Mokmer road and airstrip.
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Biak
New Guinea
Schouten Group
North Dutch New Guinea
Owani Woenrdi
Biaike Main Schouten Iskind
Karkar Island
Madang
British New Guinea
Schouten
Bink Friday
Sehuuten Island
Philippines
Norks
Boxnek
Laading Posit
Bink
Bosnek
Mokmer
General Donald Wilson Named Deputy Air Chief
War Department announces Brigadier General Donald Wilson appointed deputy chief of the air staff in Washington. He succeeds Brigadier General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, now deputy commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Force in England. Wilson, from Hiner West Virginia, had been chief of staff of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific theater since September 1942.
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Washington
Dune It
Donald Wilson
War Department
Hoyt
Vandenberg
England
Wilson
Hiner
W. Va
Germans Fortify Pyrenees Border Reported
London dispatch says Germany has fortified the Pyrenees border between Spain and France extending the Atlantic wall toward the Mediterranean. Berlin boasts of defense networks with single-soldier foxholes and machine guns along coast, while reports claim executions of hostages in St Quentin.
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London
Pyrenees
Spain
France
Atlantic Wall
Mediterranean
Axis
Brazzaville
North Africa
St. Quentin
Berlin
Stockholm
Morgelitiningen
Tront
Hidley
Vichy
Philippe Henriotte Berlit
Henrint
Shuttle Raid Reds Germans Delights Reds Fight for Hill Russians Impressed
MOSCOW June 2 The shuttle bombing between Russian and Allied bases impressed by clockwork precision. U S Ambassador Harriman and General Deane returned from Moscow after the first American landing in Ukraine. A minor tire incident marred the operation but landings completed smoothly under control tower guidance. In Europe Berlin and Moscow traded claims over a hill near Stanca with heavy fighting, German and Romanian detachments pressing and Russian counterattacks repelling advances. Moscow reported 49 German tanks destroyed and 24 enemy planes shot down.
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Moscow
Russam
United States
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
John Deane
Russia
Tavestia
Ukraine
England
Italy
London
Stanca
Lasinu
Romania
Berlin
Soviet communistQue
Iast
Coli
Ernst von Hammer
Stanislawow
War Band to Open Army Show War Tools Exhibit at Armory
The Gazette hosts a War Tools Exhibit at Charleston Armory opening Monday at 3 p.m. and running six days with forecast attendance over 30,000. The U S Army, West Virginia State Guard, American Legion post, and local sponsors present the All-War band from Fort Oxford, two Cane Medal of Honor heroes, hospital guests, and war plant displays. Visitors will see uncensored films, Civil Defense demos, and Red Cross demonstrations while war bond sales support the campaign.
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Armory
Gazer
Charlestoh Armory
U. S. Army
the Gazette
West Virginia State Guard
John Brawley Post
Hanowhay Valley
Red Cross
Office of Civilian Defense
Yarough
Ft. Oxglehorpe
Caneresi
Ernest Childers
Oklahoma
Tech
Charles EK
Welly
Pittsburgh
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Herbert Billman
Dike
Africa
Italy
Versil Chapman
Clay
W. Va
Wewak
Billman
Cpl. Chapman
Fat
Commande Kelly
Childers
Gazelle
Tana
United Navas
Women's Army Corps
War Manpower Commission
Civil Air Patrol
Monsanto Chemical Co
Nitro
U. S, Rubber Co
Institute
Laird Engineering Co
Charleston
American Visease Corp
United Carbon Co
Westvade Chlorine Products Co
South Charleston
Two Armies Join Near Valmontone In Rome Drive
Allied forces in Italy push toward Rome as American and Canadian units link near Valmontone and seize strategic high ground. Gen Clark orders pursuit of retreating Germans while British and French troops press along the Via Casilina. The 5th and 8th armies join, with heavy casualties reported on the German side as Rome looms.
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Naples
Alban Hills
Rome
Via
Casilina
Eternal City
Mediterranean High Command
5Th Amy
Clark
Lanuvio
Labico
6Th Army
Ferentino
Agnani
Highway 8
Fallen Valmontone
5Th Army
Saccoiver
Sib
Cormi
Sky Clear Over Dover With Light Sea Haze
Dover England June 3 The sky over the Dover strait is clear with a few high clouds and a fresh southwest wind before night. Daytime sunshine raised the temperature to 74 degrees in the shade at 3 pm, then cooled to 59 by 9 30 pm. High tides occur 31 40 pm and after midnight. Calais tides listed for Sunday and Monday.
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Dover
England
Dover Strait
Calais
EWT
Turkey May Enter War To Regain Lost Prestige
Reports from New York indicate Turkey may clarify its war stance soon possibly declaring war on Nazi Germany to preserve neutrality in practice and regain standing among Allied powers. Foreign Minister Menemencioglu and President Inonu are expected to confer as Churchill’s ultimatum urged timely action.
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Turkey
Whrdan
New York
Churchill
Germany
Balkan
Numan Menemenciogl
Ismet Inamu
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GOP
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Auban Hille
Valmontone
Lake Nemi
St. Peter's Cathedral
Ito
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