Belgian Food Shortage Crisis Reported in Belgium
Washington reports a critical food shortage in Nazi-occupied Belgium with Red Cross sources saying civilian supplies would last only about a month. U S Ambassador John Cudahy in Berlin has sent some reports but delays in transmission have blocked full details. The Red Cross, Paris, and other offices coordinate relief as Belgium's Red Cross awaits access.
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Insi
Belgium
State Department
American
Red Cross
U. S
John Cudahy
Berlin
Cudahy
Cudehy
Brussels
Paris
International Red Cross
Er’ Brussels
Belgian Red Cross
de- Posit
Celotex Reports Mixed June Quarter Earnings Rise
Celotex Corporation reports net earnings of 770,468.81 for the quarter ended April 30, with a 54,933.25 rise from the prior year. For the six months, a $117,396.36 loss contrasts with a profit of 10,999.98 previously. May sales set a company record, up 40 percent from April and 26 percent from May last year.
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Ins
Celotex Corporation
Col W R Thomason Receives Honorary WVU Degree
Morgantown announces Col William Thomason a Huntington attorney and first WVU College of Law graduate earned an honorary doctor of laws. Native of St Albans he graduated in 1879 and now resides in Virginia. He was not present at commencement when other honorary degrees were announced.
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Col
William Bastes Thomason
Huntington
West Virginia University College of Law
Col. Thompson
St Albans
Virginia
Thompso
Light That Must Not Fail Red Cross Appeal Seventy Five Years
A wartime plea recalling Henri Dunant and the Red Cross. The piece notes five million refugees seeking aid from the Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg and northern France. It urges rapid, substantial contributions to food medicine and relief through the Red Cross amid ongoing conflict.
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Henri Bun
Inek
The
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Red Cross
Holroyd Elected Head of Wyoming County GOP
In Pineville on June 9 Wil liam M Holroyd of Mullens won the post of chairman of the Wyoming county Republican executive committee to succeed Don D Cook of Clear Fork The Young Republicans club named A A Browning of Pineville as president succeeding Holroyd The gathering included about 40 men with shared first names and initials reflecting local party activity.
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Pineville
William M. Holroyd
Mullens
Wyoming
Republican Executive Committee
Don D. Cook
Clear Fork
A. A. Browning
Young Republicans Club
Holroyd
California Angler Rescues Drowning Smelt From Band Hint
Goofy Gazette item notes San Francisco fisherman John Woo freeing a smelt wearing a rubber band around its neck. Smelt breath was described oddly with bulging eyes. Other quirky vignettes include a 250-pound bear on a hook, Navajo council beliefs, and safety dummy removals. Various oddball anecdotes cover incidents from North Carolina to Oklahoma City with humorous political asides.
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New York
Goofy
San Francisco
John Woo
Gallup
N. M
California
Sparta
N.C
Suill
Pittsburg
Calif
Roanoke
North Carolina
Marcon
Norman Thonas
Oklahoma City
Refugees Need Supplies for War Victims in France
Washington dispatch reports urgent Red Cross requests from Paris representative Richard Allen for blankets sacks shows socks underwear dresses towels and laundry soap canned milk chocolate and cocoa for millions of war refugees in central and southern France. Large stocks will be shipped on the mercy ship McKrespert beginning loading in New York tomorrow, chairman Norman H. Davis said.
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France
American
Red Cross
Paris
Richard Allen
Mc Krespert
New York
Norman H. Davis
William Hartling Wins State Chess Championship
William Hartling of Charleston defeated Arthur Maloy of Wheeling to win the state chess title in Wheeling on June 9. Hartling succeeds as champion as William Hartling did not defend his title. Semi finals saw Henry M. Russell and B. E. Stover eliminated.
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William Hartling
Charlestnn
Arthur Maloy
Hartling
Inhn PF. Hart
Henry M. Russell
B. E. Stover
Roosevelt to deliver very important speech at Virginia graduation
President Roosevelt will travel by train to Charlottesville to attend his son Franklin's graduation at the University of Virginia and deliver an important address. The speech is scheduled from 6:35 to 6:20 p.m. EST and will be broadcast by major radio networks in seven languages with world-wide rebroadcast plans.
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Roosevelt
Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Franklin
White House
Botomac River
Stephen Early
Early
National
Columbia
Mutual
Potomac River
State Farm Income Gains During May
A May report shows West Virginia farmers benefited as the federal-state crop reporting service notes the mid month price index rose compared with both April and last year. Gains occurred in fruit and grains while barley rye eggs milk and hay declined.
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Mrs. Julia Midkiff Succumbs in Charleston Hospital
Julia Ann Midkiff 42 of Madison Hall died after a several months illness in a Charleston hospital. widow of George Midkiff, she was a Calvary Baptist member. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at her sister Mrs. Frank Miller’s home with Rev. J. E. Myers officiating, Sunset Memorial Park interment. Survivors include L. D. Miller of Comfort and Blair, Albert and Mallie Miller, sisters Mrs. Tom Crouch, Mrs. Lottie Oman, Mrs. Foole Cave, Mrs. Ethel Ferrell, and Bartlett mortuary will hold the body until services.
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Madison Hall
Charleston
George Midkiff
Calvary Eaptist Church
Frank Miller
SS Albans
J. E. Myers
Sunset Memorial Park
Miller
L. D. Miller
Comfort
Blair
Albert
South Charleston
Mallie Miller
City
Tom Crouch
St. Albans
Lotfie Oman
Peach Creek
Foole Cave
Keith
Ethel Ferrell
Chapmansville
Bartlett Mortuary
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