Aerial War Briefs From Normandy Front Spreads Destruction
Allied air forces raid German airfields and transport routes across Paris Boulogne and southern Normandy while Mustang and Thunderbolt aircraft push through to Cherbourg and St Lo areas. Bridges across Seine Loire and One are severely damaged with ongoing German repair efforts hampered by Allied bombers. Eight Mir air force planes reported missing after Saturday operations.
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Bth Air Force
Paris
Boulogne
Normandy
2D Tactical Air Force
Roada
Mezidon
Ninth Airforce Mustangs
Thunderbolts
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Seine
Loire
Mir Air Force
Spectacular crash nets fines in terminal incident
Thelma Smolder, 22, of Charleston drove a sedan through Summers St restaurant window at the Atlantic Greyhound terminal on Feb 2 injuring six. She received 60 days in jail and a $200 fine after pleading guilty to reckless driving and destruction of property. Jessel Blankenship, 26, faced unrelated drunkenness charges. Other defendants received prison terms up to 10 years for forgery and burglary.
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Thelma Smolder
Charleston
Atlantic Greyhound
Geday
Cyrus W. Hall
Jessel Blankenship
Bigley Av
Gtat
George Pate
Hurricane
Buster New
Stirrat
James Miller
Huntington
Abe Gardener
New
Miller
AE. Jones
West Charleston
W. L. Rooper
St. Albans
Hooper
Clarence McCoy
Cadar Grove
Bradley Commends Guts of American Doughboys at Normandy
General Bradley praised American infantry parachute troops and beach troops for the D day invasion success. He cited casualties and prisoners, noted German forces in France likely numbered in the mid sixties divisions, and praised naval gunfire and air support that kept reserves from forming. He warned Cherbourg defenses and possible small boat evacuations if escape routes closed, and commended the wide effort across the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band
St. Sauveur-Le-Vicomte
Asong
Cherbourg
Channel Islands
Brit
France
Normandy
Bradley
Deenses
Bradley Sid
General Apple
Carentan
9Th Corps
Cast
Batte
Montebourg
Q1st Army Group
Bernard L. Montgomery
Monitebourg
U. S. Ath
Quineville
Troarn
Breville
Escouille
Caen
Tibly sur-Seulles
Caumont
Nelson Urges Smooth Shift From Wartime to Peace Time
Nelson says government must end doubts about postwar business and jobs while war in Europe continues. He notes military production must stay on schedule and cites the tank program boost as a sign further increases will follow, relying on War Manpower Commission and WPB rules to avoid output disruption. He calls on manufacturers' patriotic sense to prevent new restrictions.
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Page Lysion
Nelson
Europe
War Manpower Commission
WPB
Saipan Invasion Casts Saipan as Key Shield in Pacific War
Reports from Saipan predict slow, savage fighting with no quick victory. The invasion force, estimated at 15,000, aims to seize airfields that would put the Marianas under American air control and threaten Truk and southern approaches to Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saipan
Tokyo Radio
Kembert James
Associated Press
Rising Sun Empire
Japan
Truk
Carolines
Nippon
James
Marianas
Bonins
Kazans
Kanawha Loan Surges in Bond Drive Auction Notes
The Kanawha loan drive shows strong bond sales with $64,000 sold by District Chairman C A McCarty and projections to top $70,000. Local stores and individuals including Dawes Mercantile Co, Kroger in Clendenin and several residents report large bond totals and $200 badges awarded to top sellers. Drew events outline auctions, door prizes, and upcoming rallies led by community leaders and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Defence Office
WW. Wertz
A. C. Daugherty
Nitro
Victory Hut Am Ist
Cabin Creek
Truax-Tract Coal Co
Rayford
Earl Chamness
Kroger
Clendenin
J.C. Fisher
Sissonville
W. J. Gless
Mayor Dawson
Charleston
Campbel Creek
Malden
Agnes Ritz
Kanawha City
Donald Cork
Payne Brown
C. A. Walworth
W. 5
Garcelon
District Seven
Thayer Douglas
South Charleston
O. ¥. Anepach
George Delforge
First National Bank
Service Mathers’ Club
McClung 2Nd Morgan
Maquis Block Continues Amid Rail Destruction in France
A late report details continued maquis activity in France with trains derailed, at least 70 locomotives disrupted in 12 days, and communications crippled. Sabotage targeted electric transformer stations as the interior army plays its assigned role in the battle of liberty.
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Interior
Libera
Cripple Confesses Amid Derby Fire Losses
In a continuation from page one Cripple reveals that after a 1952 Detroit accident he sometimes feels he is going crazy. Owner Ferguson reports he lost his entire stable in the blaze including Bell Buzzer an entry in this year’s Kentucky Derby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ferguson
Bell Buzzer
Airmen Lead Normandy Breakthrough in Stunning Advance
US forces in Normandy pushed across the Douve river north of St Sauveur with armored and infantry columns advancing from St Jacques De Nehou. American airmen strafed retreat lines while artillery hammered Cherbourg approaches as Allied units cut the coast road and pressed toward La Haye du Puits and Isigny amid heavy fighting and expected counterattacks.
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Arlor
Normandy
Sth
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
el Guettar
Tunisia
St. Sauveur
Douve River
Normendy
Vire-et- Yaute
Isigny
Tilly-sure Seulles
Cherbourg
St. Lrutveur
Caen-Troain
U. S. 624 Airborne
U. S. Aireborne
Werte
Kanawha County Sees Progress in War Bond Drive
War bond salesmen in Kanawha County pursued the fifth war loan quota of 34,271,000 as J. E. McDavid reported 900,000 dollars, about 12 percent, had been sold by Friday. The county’s E bond quota power was reached in a prior campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
J. E. McDavid
French Storm Elba Tumbles Amid Italian Front Action
Allied forces push along the west and central Italian front near Orvieto Perugia and Spoleto while bombers target Florence Pisa Bologna rail links. British and Sibth Army advance with Grosseto captured and Elba’s ore wealth noted. Napoleon strata recalled at Porto Ferraio.
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Frage
Malian
Rome
4Th Army
Orvieto
Monteleane
Grosseto
Todi
Perugia
Spoleto
Trevi
Foligno
Montetsico
Adriatic
Terama
Pescara
Pisa
Florence
Rimini
Florence-Pisa-Bologna
Allied Commandane
Mediterranean Air Force
Yugoslavia
Sth
Apennines
Fisa
Livorno
Sib
Elba
Hes
Fiombiro
Hallan
Porta Ferrsio
Rio Marino
Rialbano
Napoleon
Porto Ferraio
Jas
Burma Front Outlook Amid Monsoon Operations
World War II dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Lentoigne’s Chindits near Mogaung as operations across Burma-India front persist through the monsoon. Japanese strength doubles since last season with reinforcements south of Bishenpur, while Kohima-Imphal road areas see Allied pressure. Gaziphema becomes a key Japanese communication point as Allied forces advance toward Tsazipfenii.
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Kamaing
W. D. A. Lentoigne
Mogaung
Burma-India
Burma
India
Bishenpur
Imphal
Kohima-Imphal
Chindawin
Ukhru
Kohina-Imphial
Kohima
Tsazipfenii
Gaziphema
Beckley College Adds Two Electric Welders
Beckley College purchased two heavy-duty electrical welding machines from Wheeling in the past week for its welding program. The school says it has the largest welding curriculum in the state and will install the motor generator type units to train men and women for shipyard welder shortages. They offer flat, vertical, and overhead welding on all machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Wheeling
England Hurls Pilotless Bombs On Normandy Front
British reports describe rocket planes attacking Normandy targets with intermittent explosions. Casualties include a nurses home hit at a hospital and a cellar flood rescue, while antiaircraft crews train as Captain Harold H. Balfour predicts Nazi weapon mastery but British defenses evolve countermeasures.
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Normandy
David
Stauning
Britain
Harold H. Balfour
Hitler
Hang Fritsche
Germany
England
Frederick Pile
F. G. Ales
RAF
Pas-de
Pas-de-Calaisere
Naals
London
Taisk Fac
Adolph Hitler
Ag dl
Tax Collections Heighten Delinquent Kanawha County Taxes
Kanawha County sheriff N R Henderson reports May 31 tax collections total 049,990 or 54 percent of charges, similar to last year. 1943 charges reached 3,213,351 with 3,296,447 for prior year. Balance due 229,921 including capitation. Delinquent list to be published June 30. additional publication charges assessed. Discount total 71,010 as of May 31, interest 2,047. all unpaid personal and real property taxes are delinquent.
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Kanawha J County
N. R. Henderson
Henderson
Lions Club Opens Convention Today
West Virginia Lions gather for the 22nd annual state convention with about 600 expected over three days. Edward Paine of Michigan City Ind will give an address at the opening dinner at the Daniel Boone hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Mosatic
J. Roy Harris
Possesion Laons Club
Dawson
Dewey S. Wass
Hartsville
Oscar H. Bean
Roland A. Hinckley
Finnish Port News Shows Wider Front as Soviets Help
Dispatches describe continued Soviet support in the Finnish theater as Finnish rails halt passenger service and funnel troops and matériel to the Karelian isthmus. Reports from Moscow praise early Viipuri gains while Finnish forces redeploy eastward amid growing battle in Silvanmaki as censorship dims American actions from public view.
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Moscow
Finand
Gomel
Berlin
Smolensk
Govoroy
Viipuri
Moscow Radio
Karelian
Dagens Nyheter
Ahvenanmaa
Aland
Gulf of Bothnia
Silvanmaki
Finland
U.S
Hjalmar Pronope
VU. S
Setson
Halsey Takes Command Of Third Fleet In Pacific
Admiral William F. Halsey Jr. is relieved from South Pacific duties to lead the 3d Fleet operating in the Pacific Ocean under admiral Spruance. The 61 year old hero helped drive Japanese from Guadalcanal and the Solomons, earning three Distinguished Service Medals for daring leadership and tactical skill.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S. 5Th Fleet
Pacific
Halsey
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
South Pacific
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
South Pacific Area
Tie
3D Fleet
Pacific Ocean
5Th
Raymond A. Spruance
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
Guadalcanal
Adi
Guadalcans
Solomons Archipelago
Navy
Army
War Department
South Pacific Islands
House Bars Cuts Continue in Budget Fight
Bowles denounces committee ban as harmful while Navy funds remain largely intact. The bid covers reappropriations and contract authorizations, with only 232 489 058 in new items, financing deficiencies and Navy experiments with rockets and landing boats. The piece notes retaliation concerns and risks of rocket misfires over crowds.
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Bowles
OPA
Navy
Tragic Aleutians Death of Local Worker Spurlock
C Kyle Spurlock 36 of 3200 Baines St employed by West Construction Co died June 8 in the Aleutian Islands when a flagpole toppled onto his truck. Burial location unknown. He is survived by Madge Black Spurlock, three children Iva Jean Betty and C K ir, his parents Mr and Mrs T E Spurlock, three brothers Kermit Detover and Edwin, two sisters Mrs John F Turley and Mrs Lyle Turner.
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C. Kyle Spurlock
Aleutians
Baines St
The
West Construction Co
Aleutian Islands
Madge Black Spurlock
Iva Jean
Record of Allied Lend Lease to USSR and Warren Obituary
A wartime summary notes 1 200 planes and 800 lend lease tanks plus 40 000 trucks and 6 600 other vehicles sent to the Soviet Union by May 1. Crowley tallies two million tons of lend lease shipments since October 1941, including 10 400 000 tons of total supplies and 10 000 planes. Also: services announced for Frederick Howard Warren at 4 p m today at 1713 Quarrier Street, with burial in Hollgwood Cemetery Richmond after rites at Bennett mortuary.
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Ussr
Crow ’Ley
U. S
Red Army
America
Crowley
Soviet Union
William H. Warren
Quarrier St
Frederick Howard Warren
Wallace M. Alston
First Presbyterian Church
Richmond
Bennett Mortuary
Tomorow
Hollgwood Cemetery
Warren
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
Wyatt Coat
Thames
State college hosts 190 summer pupils in WV State program
West Virginia State College opens summer classes with about 390 registered for the term and a record opening day enrollment surpassing last year. The wartime accelerated program offers varied study, winter options for graduation, and in service teachers a range of five week courses to renew certificates. A county extension induction training school led by L A Toney opened with Joe W. Davis greeting, plus talks by J O Knapp and A W Curtis. sixteen counties attended. A Building Better Boys camp will run July 10 to 24, bringing 200 local-area youths under YMCA guidance, with athletic and camp activities directed by Joseph Goff to aid Kanawha Valley youth development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia State College
Cowmty
Division of Cooperative Extension
L. A. Toney
Joe W. Davis
J. O. Knapp
West Virginia University
A. W. Curtis
Charleston Branch Ymca
Ellsworth H. Harpole
Joseph Goff
Kanawha Valley
Bouchelle Denies Life Title Claim To Belcher Tract
Circuit Judge Julian F Bouchelle held the claim by B F Belcher and others to a life interest in 30 acres of land in Jefferson district untenable and dismissed specific performance of the oral contract. He allowed plaintiffs compensation for improvements. No written agreement existed and pending common pleas case alleges withholding 2 1/2 acres. justice court defendants did not appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Belcher
Jefferson District
Ronnie L
Roxie Belcher
Julian F. Bouchelle
Bouchelle
Court of Equity
Common Pleas Court
B. F
Holley
Hallie Belcher
Belchers
Justice of the Peace
Prominent McDowell Business Man Dies
Welch June 17 Brooks F. Wilkes 78 prominent businessman coal operator and former mayor of Welch died today A resident of McDowell county for 80 years Wilkes helped develop the soft coal fields and was a director of Crystal Black Coal Co He also managed coal properties for several companies Surviving are his widow and four daughters Mrs W E Kiser Tazewell Va Mrs E R Iyle New Haven Conn Mrs W E Hay Miami Beach Fla and Mrs John J Kouns Huntington
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Welch
Brooks F. Wilkes
Biness
McDowell County
Williams
Zoft
Crystal Black Coal Ct
W. E. Kiser
Tazewell
E. R. Iyle
New Haven
Obituary Tre: Multiple Local Death Notices
Obituaries for Connie Holley Leslie Totten William Buckland Sohn Henry Bennett and Mitchell Runyon list funerals today and tomorrow with churches, memorial parks, and local mortuaries. Surviving relatives include spouses children and siblings with burial plans at Sunset Memorial Montgomery Memorial French and Davis Creek cemeteries.
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A. S
Curb
Mariana
Airmen Light
Monty
Silk
mid-Normandy
Vire
Taute
St Jean de Daye
Isizny
St Lo
Montgomery
Kanawha County
Lions Club
McDowell
Connie Holley
Cunningham Mortuary
Cannie Holley
Hobson D. Fisher
Sunset Mee
Morial Park
Leslie Totten
Smithers
Pittsburgh
Christian Church
Alfred Clifton
Montgomery Memorial Park
Harold Gay
Martha W. Totten
Julia E. Totten
William Faris Buckland
William Paris Buckland
Grace Love
Aiso
Moody
Clyde
Marmet
Henry
Charles
Sohn Henry Bennett
Cross Lanes
Strater Church
Nicholas County
Fred Cooke
Mitchell Everett Bonyea
Mitchell Everett Runyon
Middle’ Fork
Davis Creek
Roy Morton
French
Snodgrass
Eule Runyon
Leo
Harold
Douglas
Wesley
Claude
Louise
Jean
Dorothy
Stella
Saundra
Ial
McAdams Seg) Monument Co
Merkle and
Granta Monements
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