Paris Next Objective of German Invaders
Berlin dispatch reports ominous hints of new German moves possibly toward Paris from the Somme front while claims allege Dunkerque fell with 40,000 prisoners and 400 to 500 French planes destroyed. Germany also says the entire channel coast to the Somme estuary is under its control and that Paris air defenses were eliminated by a massive raid.
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Dunkerque
Berlin
Paris
Somme
Channel
Flanders
Dunkerquest
Dover
High Command
Bankerque
Fort Lew
Steamboat Captain Edward Lilly Dies of Heart Trouble
Cincinnati June 4 The long time steamboat commander Capt Edward Lilly of New Orleans died from heart trouble today He served for many years on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers and later worked as a marine insurance surveyor.
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Cincinnati
Edward Lilly
New Oreleans
Ohio
Mississippi
Elected delegates report to Akron spiritualist convention
Mesdames Anna Marfield Sarah Adams Kay Gunter Lladys Reed Etta Hardman Emma Donnelly M Keadle and E A Bruen are elected to attend the Advanced Spiritualist church annual convention in Akron Ohio from June 13 to 16.
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Anna Marfield
Sarah Adams
Kay Gunter
Lladys Reed
Etta Hardman
Emma Donnelly
M. Keadle
E. A. Bruen
Advanced Spiritualist Church
Akron
Kay Cunter
Mesdames
Margaret Simms
Filta Hardman
Emma Donn
Minnie McDougal
Fourth Trial Brings $625 Damage Award
The fourth trial of Marion Littlefield of Charleston v W W Painter in circuit court resulted in a $625 damages verdict for the plaintiff. Amos Littlefield, 26, was fatally injured April 27, 1937, when struck by Painter's automobile at Fayette street near Maryland avenue. The suit accused Painter of reckless driving and failing to warn. Painter countered with negligence by Amos Littlefield for not heeding warnings.
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Marion Littlefield
Charleston
Atons Littlefield
W. W. Painter
Allo
Vicetory
Laintiff
Gata
Common Pleas
Amos Littlefield
Painter
Fayette Street
Maryland Avenue
Alaff
Waffie
Coal firm chartered by state in McDowell county
The Arrow Pocahontas Coal Company of Welch, a $40,000 concern, received a state charter with chief works in the Sandy River district of McDowell County. Incorporators include RB. C. Napier, G. D. Hylton of Welch, and Ty Lagan of Big Rock. Also chartered were Community Broadcasting, Inc of Beckley with $25,000 authorized capital, and Huntington Agricultural and Industrial Fair, Inc., a non profit in Huntington with organizers including Jess Bradley, Philip Ahearn, and Harry E. B. Davis.
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Arrow Pocahontas Coal Company of
Welch
Sandy River
McDowell County
RB. C. Napier
G. D. Hylton
Backley
Mary E. Meadows
Hinton
Huntington Agricultural and Industrial Fair, Inc
Huntington
Jess Bradley
Barboursville
Philip Ahearn
Harry EB. Davis
Birth Announcement for Nancy Elaine Park
A daughter Nancy Elaine was born yesterday to Mr and Mrs Park of 162 Eighth Ave Charleston.
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Nancy Elaine
Park
Eighth Ave
Charleston
Struck Cab Firm Plans To Go Out of Business
Huntington officials of Yellow Cab, with 50 drivers who walked out yesterday for a six day week and higher wages, announced the cars and equipment would be sold and the company liquidated. Tony Perry, president, and Austin L. Perry, vice president and secretary, said they had decided to go out of business after waiting hours for striking employees to offer an adjustment.
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Huntington
Yellow Cab Company
Tony Perry
Austin L. Perry
Allied Bombings Show Planlessness, German View
Berlin reports a German military commentator says 165 Allied bombing raids struck German territory from May 22 to May 31, labeling the air offensives as planless. He notes 105 raids hit nonmilitary targets such as residences, villages, farms, and open areas.
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Berlin
Voters Must Identify Selves By Pictures In Louisiana
Baton Rouge June 4 The Louisiana House passed a bill by 95 to 1 to require photographs on registration cards after findings of thousands voting illegally in New Orleans. The measure calls for statewide registration every four years and applies to waters of the city.
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Baton Rouge
UINSI
Ilegally
New Orleans
House of Representatives
Shantyboat Occupant Held For Firing Across River
Aaron Van Pelt, 48, of Elle river, became enraged when a boy threw objects at his shantyboat and fired a 12 gauge shotgun across the river toward parked cars and passersby. He was arrested and held on an investigation charge that prevents bail in the city jail. Cuba issues special stamps marking the Pan American Union's fiftieth anniversary.
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Aaron van Pelt
Elle River
Prilee
DuPont To Operate New Powder Plant Near Memphis
Washington June 4 A smokeless powder factory for France and Britain will be built near Memphis Tennessee to support Allied needs. Tennessee Powder Company is being formed to finance and the DuPont company will construct and operate the plant without owning stock. The plant aims to open before year end and will employ about 5000 workers.
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DuPont
Memphis
Washington
France
Great Britain
Allied Purchasing Commission
E. 1 duPont de Nemont
Tennessee Powder Company
duPont Company
Tennessee Company
U S Imperial Loan Ban Could Be Lifted Says Sketch
The London Daily Sketch urges the United States to lift its ban on barring nations from further American loans and war debt payments. It argues the U.S. is already deeply involved in the fight against Hitler.
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London
U. S
London Daily Sketch
U.S
Hitler
Morris Harvey Class Hears Former Envoy
Ruth Bryan Rohde, former U S minister to Denmark, told Morris Harvey college graduates that a solution to world problems and peace may come someday as 72 seniors received diplomas. Honorary degrees were awarded to Dr Mary Harris Dr Reid L McClung and Rev Walter Price Eastwood.
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Ruth Bryan
Qwen Rohde
Morris Harvey College
Shrine
Rohde
U. S
Denmark
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Leonard Riggleman
Mary Harris
Federal Industrial Home For Women
Alderson
Reid L. McClung
College of Commerce
University of Southern California
Walter Price Eastwood
Board of
Italian Schools Across Turkey Close Abruptly
Italian authorities ordered the sudden shutdown of Italian schools in Turkey with no exams. Teachers left for Italy immediately, according to reliable reports.
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Istanbul
INS
Turkey
Italy
Greer steamer Yonna reportedly sunk off Cape Finnisterre
Dispatches from Vigo tonight report the Greek vessel named Yonna shelled and sunk by submarines off the coast of Cape Finnisterre. Twenty six survivors were rescued by Spanish steamers and brought to Vigo, though Lloyd’s Registry does not list a Greek vessel of that name.
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Madrid
Tune
INSI
Greer
Yonna
Cape Finnisterre
Vigo
Lloyd's Registry of Shipping
Two Arrested in Bread Theft Case at Purity Baking
A. C. Adams, 38, and Joe Staab, 10, were arrested yesterday evening on charges of stealing bread from Purity Baking. Police say they traded the bread in the Triangle district for various goods. Unclear remnants reference a party in Dublin and unrelated phrases.
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A. C. Adams
Joe Staab
Purity Baking Company
Triangle
Dublin
James Henry Fresh Is Named New Governor At Jackson's Mill
James Henry Fresh, 17, a Clarksburg high school graduate, is inaugurated Mountaineer Boys' State governor. The Nationalist party won the governorship and three of six statewide offices, with Judge James B. Riley administering the oath. Fresh plans to study ministry at Gettysburg College next fall after a 213 to 122 victory over Robert Leaf.
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James Henry Fresh
Jackson’s Mill
Jackson's Mill
James Henry Frest
Clarksburg
Mountaineer Boys’ State
Nationalist Party
Fresh
Robert Leaf
Supreme Court of Appeals
James B. Riley
State Supreme Court
Harley Kilgore
Beckley
U. S. Senate
Gettysburg
Charles Callahan
Janes Capehart
Melvin Burka
Jerome E. Brown
Buckhamon
Richard London
Huntington
Roberts Estate Suit Compromise Reached
In a circuit court yesterday a compromise settlement ended the Roberts estate litigation filed by Jats Dr. J. E. Roberts’s heirs against his widow Nora C. Roberts. Nora C. Roberts agreed to transfer her interest in the McClelland Corporation to E. S. Bock and Hubert H. Roberts in return for $12,000, plus undivided heirs’ shares in a Littlepage lot.
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Jats
J. E. Roberts
Nora C. Roberts
E. S. Bock
Hubert H. Roberts
McClelland Corporation
Littlepage
Court tops off 44 oaths for State Bar association
Following Judge Riley's address, the supreme court held an organization meeting to receive the oaths of 44 members of the State Bar association. Miller of Berkeley Springs and Gunn of Charleston are Federalists, Tut Callahan of Charleston and Weaver of New Martinsville are Nationalists.
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Miller
Berkeley Springs
William Gunn
Charleston
Tut Callahan
Richard H. Weaver
New Martinsville
Riley
Supreme Court
State Bar Association
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Edsel Ford
Dwight Casto
West Virginia
the Gazette
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Dolores
W. N. Sneed
William Avery
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J. W. Meadows
Robert Young
W. C. White
Charley Bronough
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Melvin Cook
John Cook
C.K. Bott
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Cameron Keeney
Gary Wayne Swisher
Robert Young, Jr
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
J. J. Bek
Woodward's Wood
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T. H. Campbell
Anna L. Zerby
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Edward Conker
Crowe
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H. BP
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M. B. Copley
EB. L, Jarrett
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A. O. Lee
Harry Hager
Don Murphy
John €. Quinn
C. W. Hardy
E. B. Glenn
Frank Ufferma
Mary Musser
Bes
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First Christian Church
Charles F. Logan
Jackson Street
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Chris Keehne
Theo Patrick
Jennie Dennis
Frank Cadwallader
Alden VenKirk
DB. L. Snyder
E. G. Moore
Joseph Goeller
Virginia Parsons
Alethia Calvart
Willa Gentry
Big Bottom Baptist Church
Silas R. Deel
Charles Lucas
Lee C. Fisher
Portland, Ted
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C. S. Thompson
C. C. Tolbert
North Charleston
Earl Kessler
Worth Charleston
Werley M. E
St. Albans
Matthews
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John H. Crowe
Andrew Gardner
Alton
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Booth
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H. E. McCormack
Linwood T. Wells
William Benvan
Worth Sturgeon
Elis England
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Brooks Payne
W. F. Bayne
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T. K. Barnes
Helen Robertson
Fred Ketcham
Roy C. Durie
Jd. W. Dixon
Althea Bowman
Corac C. Lewis
Ira Hensley
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A. Park Allen
H. R. Abbot
J. M. Fuller
Pauline Lewis
John 4. Crowe
Robert C. Bouthe
Woman's Federation of the Baptist Temple
Temple
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Cuba
Pan American Union
Morris Harvey
Drs. Collins & Collins
Elsor Medical
Aris Bldg
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Swimner
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Tames
Henry Fresh
Roberts
Herman Y. Yeager
Pocons Manor
Rose City Press, Inc
Santa
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