Rabbi Cooper Heads Zionists in Ohio Valley Meet
Rabbi Samuel Cooper of B nai Jacob synagogue was elected president of the Ohio Valley Zionist region at the final convention session. Officers include vice presidents Elias Charry Leo Jacobson Harry Frankel Meyer Gallin Fred Marks secretary Daniel Harrison and Ben Duberstein. A goal of 50000 was set to fund a refugee colony in Palestine named Nadijah on 2000 dyne of land, with Daniel Boone hotel dinner remarks by Sen. Jacob Weiss and other dignitaries.
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Samuel Cooper
B'nai Jacob Synagogue
Ohio Valley
Jews of
Azriel Eisenberg
Intensified Aerial Warfare Reported Over Libyan Front
Italian high command claims three British planes shot down in RAF attacks on Bengasi and Tobruk while a submarine claimed downed British Sunderland in the Mediterranean. British raids acknowledged in eastern Libya and Rhodes. Dumdum bullet use by British airmen alleged amid warnings of reprisal under Hague rules. In Virginia, Maplewood and Rosewood residents wage a feisty campaign against starlings using shotguns and fireworks.
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High Command
Béngasi
Libya
Mediterranean
Rhodes
Dodecanese
Tobruk
Hague
Richmond
Maplewood Avenue
Rosewood Avenue
Maplewood
Rosewood
Bomber and war plant tests amid wartime shortages
Reports from a tour of American defense production describe bombers ready for testing and mass fabrication at a large Baltimore plant. Parts supply delays and aluminum shortages slow progress while substitutes like plywood and plastic are used. The piece notes widespread U.S. and Allied mobilization across engines, tanks, ships, and armaments, amid broader wartime asset freezes and international retaliations in Italy and Axis-linked nations.
President’s memo calls for universal employment in defense plants
President Roosevelt singles out discrimination in defense industries. He orders the Office of Production Management to open doors to workers of all races and national origins, stressing full utilization of manpower and condemning biased hiring practices. Hillman and Knudsen cited as defense leaders.
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William S. Knudsen
Sidney Hillman
Office of Production Management
Roosevelt
White House
Defense
Hillman
Indus
Tate
Tolor
OPM
Syria blamed for French profiteering and Iraq turmoil
Kettaneh alleges German meddling fueled revolt near Baghdad and Habanniyah base. He describes a chaotic Iraqi army, rebel actions against British forces, and Germany sending planes to aid the revolt. The journey spans Beirut to Australia on a 20,000 mile air trip.
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Crete
Germany
Iraq
England
Syria
Khettaneh
Rotary
Beirut
India
Burma
Straits Settlements
Australia
Philippines
Haewaji
Boston Industrialist Stricken at King's Chapel Funeral, 1930s
Boston industrialist Herbert Lyman, 77, of Milton, died after fainting while escorting Princess Juliana at King's Chapel during a service. He was a longtime church warden and son of cotton king Arthur T. Lyman. The royal party remained unaware of the tragedy as Lyman died at a nearby hotel before medical aid arrived. The obituary notes 11 grandchildren and survivors, with funeral arrangements via Myers mortuary in Elkview and subsequent burial plans.
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Boston
Lins
Herbert Lyman
Milton
Juliana of Holland
King’s Chapel
Lyman
Arthur T. ‘Lyman
Oil Supply Disruption Feared and Global Follow
A commission bulletin argues US oil output could surge 30 percent and refinery capacity rise 25 percent without new builds, while 100 octane gasoline production could double using existing plants. It contrasts Britain and Germany, notes Japan’s oil exports, and says a future Japanese strike could be deterred but not halted by current supplies.
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Commission
U. S
Japan
Russian Asia
Britain
Germany
Berlin
Reich
Europe
Romania
Russia
England
P. C
London
United Kingdom
Iraq
Iran
Washington
Dutch East Indies
Orient
Hintein
America
Harmer
Nippon
Buletin
U.S. Seizes Six Danish Cargo Vessels For Protective Custody
The United States orders six Danish cargo ships seized under protective custody with potential transfer to army use for troop transport. The action, first under the new ship requisition law, follows a wider seizure of 39 foreign ships and reflects a broad crackdown on Axis assets as part of a presidential freeze of European assets to curb espionage and subversion. The six vessels docked in New York, Boston, and Portland Maine include Nora, Marna, Jonna, Rita Maersk, Herta Maersk, and Jutta L. Compensations to owners are being negotiated.
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U. S
New York Harbor
Boston
Portland
New York
Nora
Marna
Jonna
Rita Maersk
Herta Maersk
Jutta L
Maritime Commission
Stern
Eurocpe
America
Rome
Italy
Washington
Germany
Continental
Odds Are Quoted Nazis to Invade Soviet
Manhattan brief cites Nazi invasion rumors as Moscow denies threats amid Stalin’s efforts to mask subservience. NBC Ankara report notes about 120 German divisions along the frontier with 25 Romanian troops allied. Stockholm papers say Germans continue arriving in Finland as BBC radio quotes a Turkish foreign minister discussion.
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Caucasus
London
Beaver- Brook
Moscow
Stalin
NBC
Ankara
Turkey
Germany
Stockholm
Finland
New York
CBS
Hugh Knatchbull-Hugessety
Sukru Saracoglu
Solons Favor Time Limit On WPA Rolls Plan
Expenditures previously appropriated face review as solons weigh a revised Connally plant seizure bill. The senate approved the measure allowing presidential takeover of troubled industrial plants where production stoppages occur or are threatened. The house version adds that troops may be used to protect workers who wish to work or to take over firms refusing mediation.
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House
Connally
Senate
Sen
Zex
House Military Committee
Nazis Strike British Ports and Cyprus Targets in June 1942
The Nazi supreme command disclosed German participation in the British French conflict in the Near East. The Luftwaffe bombed port facilities and armament plants in south and southeast England and attacked British naval forces, scoring a direct hit on a heavy cruiser off Beirut. Night raids caused slight damage in western Germany.
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Germany
Near East
Nazi Supreme Command
England
Cyprus
Britica
Beirut
Germaany
Girl Dies in Fire and Father Is Burned Near Montgomery
A 12-year-old girl Ella Mae Durry died in a Morris Creek cabin fire near Montgomery. Her father John Durry 48 and sister Joan 10 were badly burned and hospitalized. Their mother Alene Curry and sister Katherine escaped. Origin of the blaze undetermined. Services planned at Washington and Coleman mortuary with burial in Denwood cemetery.
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Ella Mae Durry
John Durry
Koppers
Morris Creek
Montgomery
Joan
Laird Memorial Hospital
Alene Curry
Katherine
S. W. Harper
Washington
Coleman
N- Montgomery
Denwood Cemetery
Kayford Miner 26 Fatally Shot on Kayford Mountain
Kayford miner Kayford Miner aged 26 was shot during an altercation on Kayford mountain at the Kanawha Raleigh county line and died two hours later at a Charleston hospital. State police from Whitesville investigated. The body was taken to Pryor mortuary East Bank and funeral plans are pending. The widow Garnet and two children Wilma Jean and Carson survive, along with four brothers and five sisters in Virginia.
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Gladys Pruitt
Keyford
Kayford Mountain
Kanawha
Raleigh
Charleston
Whitesville
Pryor Mortuary
East Bank
Garnet
Wilma Jean
Carson
Virginia
Sidon Falls and Cyprus Raids Mark Middle East Fronts
Allied forces report capture of Sidon port city with ground advances and naval patrols. Air battles over Rayak and Cyprus feature damaged enemy fighters and bombers, with losses including five own aircraft. Libyan operations near Bengasi and Gazala, Fort Capuzzo target enemy transports, while several hostile vehicles are destroyed. one crew member is missing.
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Rayak
Damascus
Mirgule
Sir Arm
Bel- Tut
Cyprus
Mediterranean
de Africa
RAY
Bengasi
Libya
Gazala
Fort Capuz
Four men attack man in midnight stun at Fry Street
A 42 year old man from Stabbed Thomas Wade, a 42 year old Black male, was stabbed in the abdomen during a midnight attack on Fry Street near 500 rock in Charleston. He was taken to Charleston General Hospital in critical condition and reported the incident to police.
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Thomas Wade
North Rand Street
Charleston General Hospital
Fry Street
Love Finds Way Washington 17
Alicia Butler and Elvin Hanback resolve a quarrel after Alicia protested with a picket sign reading Elvin is unfair to Alicia. She marched before his house until he agreed to arbitrate. The couple, now reconciled, are Mr and Mrs Elvin Hanback.
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Washington
Alicia Butler
Elvin Hanback
Alicia
Elvin
Juliet
Romeo
2Ivin Hanback
Surrender feared as Day warns of U S Union with Britain
Rep Stephen A Day charges a powerful movement seeks to surrender the United States to a British led union that would erase the Declaration of Independence. He cites secrecy and financiers across the British empire and asks for a thorough investigation by Rep Martin Dies. Day questions neutrality acts and war loans while asserting Britain would rule a global empire under Churchill and Roosevelt.
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INS
Stephen A. Day
U. S
Day
NBC
Great Britain
British Empire
U. 5S
Belisna
London
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Day Ais Closeane Nan
Rep
Martin Dies
House
Federal Union, Inc
Union
Britain
Europe
Asia
Africa
Rhine
Stimson
Knox
Navy
Kennedy
Bullitt
France
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Ireland
British Isles
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Miner Edwight State Pall Fatal in Raleigh Mine
Oscar Hitchcock, 23, was killed in a date fall in the Raleigh Wyo timing No. 1 mine at Edwight around 10:30 Saturday night. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. L. B. Jones at Mount Tabor church tomorrow at 2 p.m. Burial follows at Mount Tabor cemetery by Valley Mortuary Whitesville. Surviving are his parents Mr and Mrs John Hitchcock Harper two brothers Lawrence and Nelson and two sisters Juanita and Clarice Hitchcock.
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Oscar Hitchcock
Raleigh
Edwight
L. B. Jones
Mount Tedor
Mount Tabor
Valley Mortuary
Whitesville
John Hitchcock
Harper
Lawrence
Nelson
Juanita
Clarice Hitchcock
Draftee Kills Himself In View Of Sweetheart
In SORRY Pennsylvania on his first leave in over two months Martin Overly 24 a private in the 115th Infantry Fort Meade Md shot himself in the head as he sat with his sweetheart and her mother near a farm home where he had worked before being drafted May 2. Deputy Coroner Lawrence Davison said the tragedy happened early this morning after the trio had returned from a neighboring farm. The girl Jessie 17 said letters from camp showed he had been morose since the army separation.
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Sorry
nAt Hama
Martin Overly
115Th Infantry
Fort Meade
Ayrtet
Lawrence Davison
Here
Overly
Nora Shaver
Jessie
John Hornick
Scouts Drop Flowers On Uncle Dan's Coffin
Twelve Boy Scouts and teachers laid white carnations on the coffin of Ganlel Carter Beard who helped organize the Boy Scouts of America. The service at Beard's woodland home drew about 400 mourners as nations districts honored the late “Uncle Dan” in his 3st year. Herder Dies at 122 Marthinus W Parsons, a Kromloof herdsman in South Africa, dies at 122 per Riversdale report.
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Supfern
Coffy
Ganlel Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
Uncle Dan
Beard
Herder
Marthtnus
W. Parsons
Kromloof
South Africa
Riversddle
W. OH
van Noordynk
Parsons
Obituary notices from Nicholas county and surrounding areas
Obituaries detail services for Mrs. Nannie E. Simms at Simms Memorial church Swiss with burial at family cemetery. James A. Asbury, 93, funeral at his Poca residence, Elizabeth Asbury and family listed. burial in Asbury cemetery. Herbert C. Hicks, 44, World War veteran, funeral arrangements incomplete. Lawrence J. Burkard, 46, formerly of Charleston, died in Batavia NJ. funeral in Buffelo, NJ. Miss Mabel K. Jarrell, beautician, died in South Charleston. services scheduled. burial in Cunningham Memorial Park. Mrs. Alice J. Haynes, 63, died in Montgomery. funeral at 2 p.m.. burial in Montgomery Memorial Park. Wilbur Morton, 36, killed at Bersford mine. services set at 11 a.m. at Cou Fork Methodist church. Mrs. Mary E. Sparks, 62, died at Cooper’s Creek. burial after 2 p.m. tomorrow at son William Paylor’s Chap’s Fork home.
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Nannie E. Simms
Nicholas County
William Bricen Miller
Simms
Swiss
B.C. Cooper
James A. Asbury
Poca
Frank
Asbury
Elizabeth Asbury
Henry
Sollie
Sam
William
David
Blanche Considine
St. Albans
Lennie Hedrick
Charleston
Ivory Hedrick
Cross Lanes
Susan. Lemons
Ben Asbury
Florida
Herbert C. Hicks
Far Creek
Fayette County
James E. Hicks
Vienna Hicks
McKendry Hospital
H. C
Clarence
Lindsay
Nelis
Fletcher
Tilden Smith
Mos
Crittie Bennett
Payette County
Lawrence J. Burkard
Lawrence J. Surkard
Batavia
N. J
Buffelo
Pauline
Jack
Randolph Street
Sidney
Englewood
Clarence Dunn
Mabel K. Jarrell
Mabel Katheryn Jarrell
Beautician
Seventh Avenue
South Charleston
Antanda Jarrell White
Phylisa Padfield
E. R. Ballard
Bessie Bennett
Smithers
North Charleston
I. E
Eskdale
F. E. Jarrell
Whitesville
Padfield
MacCorkle Avenue
Elk Mortuary
H. L. Parkinson
Cunningham Memorial Park
Alice J. Haynes
Alice Jennie Haynes
Montgomery
Alford Clifton
B.C. Hooper
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Spurgeon
Harlow Bignés
Fred of Beamer
Grace Elswick
Charles Campbell
Beulah Newland
George
Joan
Charles
William Harris
Grace Harris
Chilhowk
Christian Church
Wilbur Morton
Bersford
Cou Fork Methodist Church
Hutson D. Fisher
Beria
Owen and
Barth
Frank Selbe
Cari i Moates
Cecil Holtstraw
Forrest O'Dell
Dan Holdan
John Lawson
Mary E. Sparks
Mary Elien Sparks
Cooper's Creek
Tomorreny
William Paylor
Chap's Fork
Oldier
Lawrence
Lettie Shuter
Bream
Lettie Short
Tiner
John. Vernet
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Hopemont Sanitarium
R. C. Cannon
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Rama Coz
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William A. McCroskey
Blue Creek
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Eva Noel
Cotton
Wilson Mortuary
Delsie C. Palmer
Delsie Clinton Palmer
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Mays and Parsons Moritary
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Cooper’s Creek
Myrthen Willams Myrtleen Williams
Harden and Harden
Marshall Edwards
Mamie Williams
Ward K. Given Ware
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Widen
Te! River Coal and Lumber Company
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W. C. Bartlett and Sons Mortuary
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DuPont
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