British Determined to Beat Hitler Declares U S Envoy
U S ambassador Joan G. Winant says Britain remains unyielding in its war against Germany with no thought of negotiated peace. He reports continued rising U S aid to Britain and a favorable view of England’s chances, noting improved neutrality patrols and steady shipments despite heavy bombing. He cites British confidence in holding key regions and repelling invasions.
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Hitler
U.S
Robert G. Nixon
Washington
INS
Joan G. Winant
U. S
London
Winston Churchill
Germany
Britain
Winant
Cordell
Hull
Sumner Welles
England
Goke
Roosevelt
America
Wallace
Great Britain
Atlantic
Ant
Channel
Crete
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Africa
FDR Uses Threats and Troops Over War Industry Strikes
President Roosevelt prepared orders to seize the Inglewood plant as 11,000 CIO workers threatened a wide strike. Cabinet approval was reported, with hope workers would return to work Monday. Early said no quick action planned in lumber strikes, while pressing machinists in San Francisco to return to shipyard work to avoid halting warship construction.
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Roosevelt
Inglewood
Sec
Nanimes
CIO
White House
Potomac
Annapolis
Northwest
Early
San Francisco
Brown
A. F. of L. International Machinists’ Union
English Claim Heavy Toll of Nazi Shipping
The British admiralty reported two Nazi bombers shot down by warships while merchant vessels and escorts suffered no casualties. Luftwaffe bombers sank two British cargo ships off the east Scotland coast and damaged two others in the Thames estuary. German coastal guns shelled ships off Folkestone as RAF fighters attacked German positions on the French coast. Towns along Kent heard heavy shelling and people sheltered as German batteries from Boulogne and Cap Gris Nez pounded the channel. No extensive casualties or damage were reported.
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Admiralty
Figh
Scotland
Thames
Berlin
English Channel
Folkestone
Channel
England
RAF
English
Gerrare
Kentish
Boulogne
Cap Gris Nez
Gas Less Sundays Plan Attacked by Solon
A Solon lawmaker denounces a proposed gas less Sundays policy as unholy and impractical. He argues selling oil to Japan aids Axis powers and would penalize Americans, warning the order could fuel war hysteria and be hard to enforce. He calls for stopping the policy and pressuring leaders to reconsider.
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Solon
China
Springer
Japan
United States
Gus
Fight Now U S Advised by Yarnell in War Call
The piece links Yarnell's warning to deter Japan and urges aid to China, claiming sea and air power will win democracy. It lists honorary engineering doctorates to several figures including Wendell Illkle and Charles M. Wesson. It describes seizure plans for a plant with armed guards and emergency squads, plus guarded highways to prevent worker violence and vehicle damage seen in Wisconsin strikes.
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Japan
China
Far East
Germany
Admiral Yarnell
Wendell “Illkle
Charles M. Wesson
Cig
Allis-Chalmers
Wisconsin
One of Mightiest Warships Afloat Joins A. S. Navy
The South Dakota, a 35 000 ton superdreadnaught, was launched amid cheers at a Philadelphia area shipyard with Mrs Herland J Bushfield christening the vessel using champagne. Secretary Knox praised sea power and air strength as essential to future security while noting the shipyard halted briefly as the giant cruiser slid down the ways.
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Aweigh
Herland J. Bushfield
South
South Dakota
Knox
U. S. S. Santa Fe
Galicia
Philadelphia
Sec
Bismarck
North Atlantic
Navy
A. E. Watson
Philadelphia Navy Yard
H. §. Howard
Camden
Roy W. Ryden
Portsmouth
Adolphus Andrews
Third Naval District
Edward J. Marquart
Brooklyn Navy Yard
RAF Planes Strike At British Fortunes In Mediterranean
Axis air raids intensify around Malta and Tobruk as Rome reports heavy fighting along the Omo River in Abyssinia. Italian bombers strike Sidi Barani in Egypt while German air units redeploy from Sicily to Crete for further operations toward Alexandria and Suez. British contingents reinforce Egypt while Axis forces prepare a pincer offensive against the Suez Canal.
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Ition
Iraq
Britain
Abyssinia
Egypt
Suez Canal
Rome
INS
Malta
Tobruk
Mediterranean
Tuians
Alfar
High Command
Salum
Obituary Samuel Walker Strickler Dies At Home
Samuel Walker Strickler aged &4 died yesterday at his home RFD 1 days. Survived by wife Lucy Stricklen two sons J H and L W Stricklen six grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services tomorrow at Flow rm home with Rev J B Myers St Albans officiating burial in Young cemetery near Coal Mountain.
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Samuel Walker Strickler
RFD
Eays
Allen Mortuary
Hurricane
Lucy Stricklen
J.H
L. W. Stricklen
Flow
J .B. Myers
St. Albans
Young
Coal Mountain
Plant Seizure Bill Moves Quickly In Senate
Washington June reports say Senate leaders from both parties will push to enact a measure to let the government seize a manufacturing plant if the secretary of war or navy certifies a production failure hinders the arms program. The bill, tied to the selective service act, aims for action Monday with Roosevelt prepared to seize an Inglewood California plant if workers strike.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of War
Navy
White House
Roosevelt
Inglewood
Calif
Congress
Administration
War Department
Ex Newsman to Speak At Zionist Convention
Ex Newsman Mende N Fisher national executive director of the Jewish National Fund will speak at the Ohio Valley Zionist regional three day convention at the Daniel Boone hotel starting Friday Fisher has attended European events served as secretary of the first World Jewish Congress in Geneva and held editorial posts at major papers. Center singer Myra Glass of Indianapolis will perform at the luncheon and banquet with a Vienna conservatory background. Convention chair Rabbi Samuel Choper announced cochair Fred Marks of Charleston and a large committee of leaders and volunteers across membership social clerical registration entertainment and other duties.
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Mende N. Fisher
Jewish National Fund
Boston Globe
San Francisco Journal
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ohio Valley
Zionist Organization
Daniel Boone Hotel
Fisher
Europé
First World Jewish Congress
Geneva
Switzerland
Glass
Myra Glass
Temple Beth-El
Indianapolis
Ind
Vienna
Great Britain Faces Syria Showdown In War Tactics
British reports from Cairo say German troop transports and planes flood into Syria via the Dodecanese as Britain and South African forces prepare to strike. Weygand and Darlan tensions loom over potential French collaboration with Germany, while the Royal Navy blocks French ships from Mediterranean action.
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Syria
Dodecanese Islands
Britain
Middle East
Egypt
Franer
Weygand
Algiers
Vichy
London
Darlan
Germany
French Empire
Mediterranean
Reich
Royal Navy
U. S
England
South Atlantic
Charles de Gaulle
French North Africa
Bismarck
West Africa
Gland
Marseille
Spanish Morocco
Libya
French Morocco
Gibraltar
Three County Boards Select 86 Choosees in Draft Notice
Lists of selectees and alternates from multiple county boards for a wartime draft. Names and addresses span numerous towns and streets, with 25 whites reported for board No 1 east bank and others noted for boards No 4 and additional groups.
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Columbia_ avenue
Denver C. Casto
North Charleston
Daniel Sigman
Harold C. Himon
West Washington
John W. Whittington
Piedsmont Road
Edward D. Popp
Tennessee Avenue
Gordon L. Edington
Court Street
Lawrence R. Hill
Central Avene
East Bank
Charles W. Stewart
Frank Armentrout
Eura B. Landers
Denver Tolbert
James J. Lamp
George B. Montgomery
Orville C. Peters
Edward Runyon
Jannings Young
Woodrow W. Pettrey
Orville A. Hullman
H. R. Scott
Walter W. Young
Clarence E. Bailey
Norman R. White
Quinton O'Dell
Harald N. Hackworth
Paul George
George E. Emeline
Clarence E. Bland
Harold B. Hicks
Joe Robinson
John E. Jones
George W. Scott
Brancho Hagerty
Carmel Dangerfield
Max $. Halley
Harry N. Blair
William B. Hammar
Thomas E. Blase
Hessie BE. Lake
Emerson
Gts
John H. Qualls
Hugteston
Charles W. Crowder
James A. Hudson
Howard B. Hudson
Law ‘Rence J. Counts
Chelyan
James W. Tasker
Basil E. Alderson
Jochin
James L. Moore
John CD. Shelton
John Gynch
Decota
Gaylord L. Walker
Dempsey E
Grew Rejects Peace Cable in Tokyo War View
U S Ambassador Joseph C Grew refused to join church workers in Tokyo in urging a peace cable to John T Flynn. He said a just peace with Germany is impossible under current conditions and that the United States is already in the war though not fighting. He warned Germany has waged five wars in 75 years and would not accept equity alone.
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Tokyo
INS
U. S
Joseph C. Grew
Germany
Roosevelt
Grew
John T. Flynn
New York
Congress
Auto Sales Hit All-Time High in May 1941
Auto sales reached a record monthly total of five million seven hundred ninety-seven thousand six hundred eighty-two dollars and fifty cents, with privilege tax receipts of one hundred thirteen thousand eight hundred fifty-one dollars and eighty-five cents. For the first five months, two percent tax collections stood at four hundred twenty-eight thousand two hundred twenty-eight dollars and twenty-eight cents, tied to sales of twenty-one million four hundred eleven thousand four hundred fourteen dollars.
$150000 Bridge Planned Over Little Kanawha River
The $150,000 bridge over the Little Kanawha River at Elizabeth in Wirt County was projected and will be under construction by fall. Read Commissioner Ernest L Batley announced funds have been allocated and plans are being prepared by commission engineers. It will connect state routes.
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Kanawha
Elizabeth
Wirt County
Commissi
Handwriting Analysis Offer by Kay Stewart
A temporary promotion invites readers to mail handwriting samples with modest fees for a personalized personality analysis. Kay Stewart claims to reveal traits, strengths, and weaknesses, naming celebrities she has advised and urging immediate action despite age-related caveats.
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Stewart
Kay Sterrart
Spencer Tracy
Belle Davis
Key Kyser
Ann Sheridan
Bob Hope
George Bernard Shaw
Prominenen
Hollywood
London
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