Talking Home draws thousands at Rock Lake Village show
The Charleston Gazette reports thousands visited the Talking Home at Rock Lake Village, a five room cottage with garage and utility room priced under 3900 dollars including landscaping. Furnishings from national brands total about 1000 dollars, with a spinet piano on display. The event, sponsored by Fred W. Smith Company with building material firms and Woodrum Home Outfitting, runs today and tomorrow from 6 to 10 pm. The project appeals as a low cost neighborhood plan praised by FHA officials for its development concept and class offerings.
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Rock Lake Village
Fred W. Smith Company
Woodrum Home Outfitting Company
Galperios
FHA
Talking Home Demonstration Shown by Raleigh Firm
Naval men view a submarine wreckage display as the first 34 houses near completion and a second section opens with four and a half room, dive room and six room homes. The Talking Home uses remote two way conversational units to explain construction and features. Visitors note the GE refrigerator inviting them to open it and suggest a soft drink. The show, by Stuart Home Demonstration Company of Raleigh, N C, ends Tuesday at 10 p.m.
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General Electric
Stuart Home Demonstration Company
Raleigh, N.C
Italy Declares War on Soviet Union in World War II
Italy announces formal war against the Soviet Union effective 5:30 a.m. Rome time, amid a summer capital routine with blackouts and food restrictions. Virginio Gayda and Fascist spokesmen frame the move as Europe’s reconstruction, while observers expect a campaign to seize Russian raw materials.
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Russia
Britain
U.S
Adolf Hitler
Virginio Gayda
Fascism
Europe
U. S
Italy
Rome
Nicolai Gorekhin
Island Creek May Open Closed Mines
Huntington June 22 President James D. Francis of Island Creek Coal Co says the firm is considering reopening one to three mines on Island Creek Logan County. The Herald-Dispatch notes rising coal demand prompts look into old workings, with about 300 mines in operation in the Chesapeake and Ohio region versus 700 in 1923. Reopening depends on equipment and labor availability.
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Huntington
James D. Francis
Island Creek Coal Company
Island Creek
Logan County
Herald-Dispatch
Chesapeake and Ohio
Axis hopes shift to Russia in Europe alliance plan
The text argues that with U S support going to Britain, Axis powers turn to Russia for resources and foresee Spain joining the Axis, with Portugal potentially pulled in as well, signaling a broader European alignment under Hiller and Mussolini.
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Hiller
Mussolini
U. S
Britain
Russia
Alan
Spain
Europe
Portugal
Lightning Strikes Hit Nazi Forces Across Poland and Lithuania
Report from a war correspondent details German infantry crossing the Bug River in rubber boats to assault Soviet positions near a forest, aided by heavy artillery. Observers describe Windau Baltic air raid destruction with 30 feet flames and over 30 planes destroyed on the ground.
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Poland
East Prussia
Lithuania
Rutmania
Bug River
Windau
Ventspils
Baltic
Luftwaffe
Luftwafe
Isinn
Qur Junkers
Introductory Engineering Course Opens at WVU
High school graduates aiming for industrial positions expected to dominate enrollment in the 10 week course at West Virginia University College of Engineering. Professor G P Boomsliter of the mechanics department will lead the school designed for aspiring designers and draftsmen.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University College of Engineering
G. P. Boomsliter
Mechanics Department
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