Britain Ramps War Industries for Next Fighting Force
Britain pledges to gear up war industries for a new fighting force in France or England as air raids batter the home front. The RAF continues strikes into Germany and Ghent targets while plans for evacuations and American aid from Duff Cooper are discussed.
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London
Britain
Fiehd
France
England
RAF
Air Ministry
Germany
Rhur
Ghent
Belgium
Somme
Bat Uefront
Thames River
Yorkshire
U. S
Alfred Duff Cooper
Cooper
Allies Tough Struggle and Labor Push in War News
Reports detail a German thrust against north France while Allied forces hold in Flanders. British sources note gains but no breach of Allied lines as Jessel survives a mishap. Ernest Bevin pledges swift mobilization of workers in heavy industry under strict government control to back the war effort.
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America
Flanders
France
Poilus
Ernest Bevin
City Faces Hottest Day of Year Across Local Areas
Charleston endured the year's heat peak with 94 degrees as the region baked under summer conditions. Huntington hit 96, beating the May 8 record, while Wheeling reached 91 in a record for 1940.
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Charleston
Huntington
Wheeling
Keyser Man Joins Staff of Review
Cavitt becomes assistant director of publicity and statistics for the year-old state magazine. He plans to promote West Virginia tourism and to boast about the state in his new role with the Review.
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Keyser Man
Review
Cavitt
Commission
West Virginia
James R. Cavitt
Keyser
State Liquor Control; Commission
The
West Virginia Review
Towns Without Military Value Said Hit
German high command charges Allied bombers attacked Frankfort-am-Main residential districts killing three civilians and injuring three more with two apartments damaged. Non military targets in south and west Germany were also bombed, with several wounded, denouncing the raids as militarily valueless.
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Berlin
INS
Frankfort-am-Main
High Command
West Germany
Professor to Analyze Developments in War
An analysis of developments in Europe since World War I will be broadcast on WGKV weekdays at 8:50 am. History professor E. Roth of Morris Harvey College presents the first in a series of 15 minute talks from a college classroom. He previously taught at West Virginia University and West Virginia Wesleyan College before joining Morris Harvey in 1934.
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Europe
WGKV
E. Roth
Morris Harvey College
Roth
West Virginia University
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Morris Harvey
Pilgrim Travelers to Perform Benefit Concert
The Pilgrim Travelers Negro quartet of Sprague will give a benefit concert tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Metropolitan Baptist Church. The event is sponsored by the young peoples department of the West Virginia Singers league District 1.
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Pilgrim Travelers Negro Quartet
Sprague
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Young Peoples’ Department
The
West Virginia Singers League
New Pastor Walter Anthony to Lead St Mark's Sunday
Rev. Walter Anthony D. above of Waco Texas is appointed pastor of St Mark's Methodist Church and will preach at both services Sunday. He succeeds Rev John H Crowe who leaves for Trinity Methodist in El Paso Texas. Anthony, a Georgia native, has led Waco church five years and comes from a long line of Methodist ministers.
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Walter Anthony
Waco
Tex
St. Mark's Methodist Church
John H. Crowe
el Paso
Trinity Methodist Church
Anthony
Georgia
South Carolina
Joh Wesley
Wrightsville
Emory University
Vans Derbilt University
Nashville
Tet
University of Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah
Macon
Huntington
Southern Methodist Church
Mary Dodd
Gallatin
Tenn
Europe
Holy Land
Christian Century and Quarterly Review
Panama Revolt Plot Attributed To Germans
London dispatch reports cautious evidence that Nazi agents in the Americas have been charged with fomenting a Panama revolution and establishing a pro German government to align the isthmus with Berlin. The notice cites foreign intelligence sources and notes the plot's alleged aims and potential regional impact.
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London
NSI
Central
Amerca
Panama
Red Cross Trains Stand Ready in Rome for War Relief
Three railway trains of 15 cars each painted with the Red Cross stood ready in Rome to rush to bombing and battle victims. Two more trains were prepared for England and France diplomats to the frontier if Italy enters the war.
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Rome
Jmy
Italy
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