Nazi Encroachment Overrated Says Travel Talk
Crawford Nobel of Jonesboro Arkansas told the Southern Hotel association that Nazi encroachment is overemphasized and Latin American views are shaped by currency exchange disparities. He noted South Americans value friendship with the U S but currency gaps hinder visits and trade weighs on prices between Britain Germany and the region.
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White Sulphur Springs
Southern Hotel Association
Crawford Nobel
Jonesboro
Ark
U. S
Nobel
Great Britain
Germany
Mosquito Boat Trials Highlight PT-36 Test Ride
Reporter recounts a speed trial aboard PT-36 off New York, describing four torpedo tubes, Packard engines, and a seaborne ride that jostles passengers as the boat slices through waves. He notes 45 mph speed, close-quarters motion, and dramatic 180 degree turns near Hart’s Island, with Capt Huggins pushing the craft to the limit.
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Kim van Kull
Lady ‘Liberty
Hell Gate
Throg
Navy
Long Island
Connecticut
Dover
Calais
sDover
Hart's Island
Newam
Wallies
Huggins
Yahore
Prison Island
T Huggins
Southam
PT boats on long voyage and future roles debated
The piece outlines PT boats developments and possible delivery to England by sea, noting a sister PT-26 completed a nonstop 600 mile trip to Nantucket and back. Capt Huggins dismisses routing concerns while predicting successful overwater transport by trained crews. Experts weigh PT boats as fast weapons and potential troop movement carriers amid British and U.S. exchanges.
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Nantucket
England
Newfoundland
Greenland
Huggins
France
America
Soviet forces halt nazis as Red troops fight to death
Military reports say Stalin’s fighters slow the Nazi advance by large Soviet losses and high casualties. Soviets concentrate troops for a potential central European invasion while China ships goods valued at nearly 44 million dollars to the United States in the first half of the year.
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Stalin
Russia
Europe
China
U. S&s
RAF Raids Reach Peak Point of Intensity
The report notes high intensity RAF raids with weather hampering damage assessments near Kiel and Cologne. German night fighters challenged Allied patrols, with two German bombers shot down. Allied ships attacked an Axis convoy off southern Italy, while the Grimsby was lost in convoy duty. The Great Nazi battleship Gneisenau’s fate remained unconfirmed. U.S. officials discuss measures to curb espionage and protection of military sites.
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Merce Andohs
Kiel
Cologne
Britain
East Anglia
England
Fleet Air Arm
Admiralty
Italy
Grimsby
Air Ministry
Brest
Stimson seeks formal declaration to extend drafting powers
Secretary Stimson asks Congress to declare a formal national emergency to allow unlimited wartime service. He and the War Department seek authority to extend draftees training and reserve officers service while removing unfit officers to strengthen a modern army. Senator Thomas J Utah backs the measure.
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Congress
Stimson
War Department
War Patterson
Patterson
Sec. Stimson
Une
Sen
Thomas JD
Utah
Lee
Strike Settlements Shift Production Delays Across Mills and Transit
Federal and state officials announce settlements ending major strikes at Piper Sherman aircraft plants in Lock Haven and at S. Francisco shipyards delaying $500 million in orders. AFL and CIO workers return under a master contract with wage scales up to 50 cents for men and 45 cents for women over two years. In New York City, Mayor LaGuardia staunchly refuses to recognize a transit workers strike as legitimate while a wage dispute prompts a ballot for a city transit strike with proposed raises from 24.96 to over 53 dollars weekly depending on job title.
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Piper
CIO
AFI
AFL
S. San Francisco
Ono
Piper Company
City of
New York
Transit Workers Union
CTO
Airport effort spans four years in Hodges plan
Hodges reports a council committee led by Harry Silverstein and Mayor Dawson favor a city owned and operated airport. They drop Dunbar field spending due to obstacles and a costly relocation by Appalachian Electric Power. The 120 acre site has two runways and may train planes for private pilots with state road department cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodges
Harry Silverstein
Dawson
Dunbar
Appalachian Electric Power Company
State Road Department
Ruffner Hollow Road
Co-Ed Confesses Killing Two Babies at SDSU
San Diego law officers report 21 year old Ann Marie Hanssen a junior at San Diego State College confessed to strangling two newborns over two years. The first infant reportedly born spring 1940 was killed the same day she attended class. A second baby was found in a bedroom closet with authorities noting a male infant born the night of June 13.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego State College
Sheriff's Office
Blake Mason
Ann Marie Hanssen
Mason
Lemon
Miss Hanssen
U S Munitions Shortage and Policy Briefing
President Roosevelt discussed defense production limits and possible reorganizations of the Office of Production Management. He noted peak output in some sectors may take six to twelve months and considered neutral arms shipments and aid to Russia under lease lend, awaiting further details with Summer Welles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mnere
Office of Production Management
U. S
Eire
Russia
Summer Welles
Roos
Russia Forms New Front Near Polish Border
Russia acknowledges forming new defense lines along the old frontier between Poland and White Russia. Semi official reports say the Red Army line lies first closer to Minsk, about 120 to 125 miles inside the USSR.
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Poland
White Russia
Minsk
The
Ussr
Shortweight Cheese Prompts State Inspection Action
State Labor Commissioner Charles J. Sattler said inspectors are checking packaged cheese from a national firm after 25 half pound units were found short by about a half ounce each. The shortweight lots were located in Charleston and the product was ordered returned. The firm’s name was not released. Nearby a report notes Boy Scouts in Kolhapur India climbed to 13 00 feet in the Himalayas.
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Charles J. ¥. Sattler
Charleston
Sattler
Obituary notices collected for residents in local area
William A Whitt 85 dies at home near Pliny funeral at Mt Union today with burial in Mt Union cemetery Arvillix Walden 1 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Walden dies in Charleston hospital burial Hughart cemetery Flora Stewart 78 dies near Leon service Rifles chapel burial church cemetery James Carpenter 84 dies at home in Cicerone funeral Sunday at Cicerone church interment Harper cemetery Ralph W Hendrickson 33 Madison st died South Charleston hospital burial Jarrett cemetery Elkview John Alexander Mitchell 20 Keystone funeral at sister's home Chelan burial Montgomery Blame London J E Epling 63 Eskdale dies at 17 Summers St Eskdale Christian Church burial Red Warrior cemetery Arnold Legg 22 dies at grandparents' home Tuppers Creek burial Burdette home J M Edens 77 Mammoth dies in Charleston hospital funeral Mammoth Baptist church burial Mt Lewis Cemetery John W N Biss 71 dies at home Huntington services Barflett funeral chapel burial Teays Hill cemetery
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William A. Whitt
R. G. Ellis
Mt. Union
Tieet
C. G. Markham
Pliny
Mt. Union Cemetery
Arvillix Walden
Arvillie Wallon
Harry Walden
Mink Shoals
Charleston
Hughart
Legg
Wits
Flora Stewart
Leon
Mason County
Rifffles Chapel
James Carpenter
Cicerone
John D. Hammond
Hardman-Conrad Mortuary
Spencer
Harper Cemetery
Esta Allen
Parkershore
Blanche Harris
Vickers
Clara Hergus
Lancaster
Ella Hackney
Ona Moffett
Orva
Parkersburg
Lewia Allen
Gandeeville
Charles .W
Detroit
Mich
Owens
Carroll
Jacob
Ryan
John
Clendenin
Margaret Paxton
Frame
Ralph W. Hendrickson
Crookshanks
Junior Petit
Harley Heece
Harold Harbin
Shirley Humphreys
John Alexander Mitchell
David Smith
Chelan
Keystone
Welch Hospital
H. E. Crowder
Burla
Montgomery Blame Orial Park
London
J. E. Fpling
J. E. Epling
Eskdale
Summers Street
Chesapeake
Ace Bregan
Spring
Madeline Smith
Devon
Grace Epling
Lucite Bond
Joseph
Branch
Clarence Campbell
Onley
Rose Lawrence
Sout
Charles Marton
Wattesville
Arnold Lege
Arnold Legg
Henry Burdette
Tupperferces
Cunningham Mortuary
Burdette
John Burdette
Tuppers Creek
Audrey
Freda
Pawling
Betty Lou Burdette
Guy
Basil
Howard
Donald
Edwin
Denzil Burdette
Edens
J. M. Edens
Mammoth Farmer
Baptist Church
Mammoth
A. G. Wolfe
Mt. Lewis
Kelly's Deek
John WN. Biss
N. Sias
Ounbar
The
Lucian Miller
St. Albars
Matilde Mellotte
Pearl Sloan
Huntington
Barflett
J. E. Myers
Bubiat
Teays Hill Cemeery
Mayme MecKeny Thornton
Mayme McKeny Thornton
Milton
C. Q. Grogan
St. Albans
M.S. McKeny
W. A McKeny
Charles McKeny
Ambridge
Milton Baptist Church
Ho Gray
Mul- Sinus
Mick Burtanici
Cortex Okrug
Kogan
Ranbir Williamson
Beder
Brug
Belle
W. Va
Virginia F. Akers
Virginia P. Akers
H. M. Akers
Long Branch
Montgomery
C. S. Stewart
St. Petersburg
Donald Akers
Russell Akers
Page
Lawrence
Douglas Akers
Mary
Blanche Axers
Pax Advent Church
Earl Grose
Humphreys Cemetery
Pax
Tyree Mortuary
Oak Hill
T. F. Lively
J. W. Janney
W-G. Ayers
Biddle Lively
Bryant Kidd
Clyde Harris
Drusilla Boggs
Drucilla Boggs
10Th Avenue
South Charleston
Margaret Quinn
Rebecca Hardman
Andrew Hunt
Henry Boggs
Levi
D. J. Boggs
Hinton
E. L. Jarrett
Hiram Cantrell
Meg
C. V. Pack
Mary Deskins
Pinch
Charley Wolfe
Aliie
Campbells Creek
George
Keara
Isaiah Pittman
Beck
W. W. Hayzlette
Mt. Tabor Methodist Church
Pinead
Albert Myers and Son Mortuary
Elkview
Marth
Dawson
Marths Dawson
Bickmore
Clay County
Sycamore Baptist Church
B.C. Hooper Mortuary
Blue Kneh Cemetery
Nest Lay
Anna Brown
Tiney Moore
Luca Keith
Gallagher
Grace Pierce
Handley
Ray Brown
Lee Dawson
Otsego
Seibert Dawnson
Deepwater
Other Jarrett
Trying Jarrett
Beech Glen
Smoke Nuisance Attributed To Home Furnaces In City
A long column notes city smoke nuisance blamed on domestic coal users firing furnaces by hand. Analysts urge cleaner fuel and better stoves while detailing calls for improved stokers and briquet production. Other obituaries and notices fill the page.
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White Sulphur Springs
Christy
Hudson County
Central Appalachian
Coal Division
American Institute ‘of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Industeia
Chrisey
W. D. Hanson
Pittsburgh Goal Company
Sylvain Firson
Feng State
BR. J. Holden
Virginia Polytechnical Institute
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio and Wisconsin AGs seek data on court ruling
Assistant attorneys general Dale Danison of Columbus and Richard Lauritzen of Madison, admitted in the southern district, visited Charleston to obtain information from Judge Ben Moore on how the Fidelity Assurance corporation reorganization order affects Ohio and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wisconsin
Charleston
Ben Moore
Fidelity Assurance Corporation of Wheeling
Dale Danison
Columbus
Richard H. Lauritzen
Madison
Dr Waller Resigns Area Health Post
Dr Waller resigns from an area health post as the county plans to reassign duties to pursue funding in sanitations and bacteriological work. County health officer Dr Owen Groves will get added aid to manage Kanawha field if the coordination plan collapses and assistance reverts to aid basis, per W. T. Brotherton.
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Waller
W. T. Brotherton
Owen Groves
Kanawha
Funds Voted for Army Purchases Passed by Senate
The appropriations committee thoroughly combed the measure and its passage was routine. It included 2.7 billion for procuring 12,854 planes and equipment for the army air corps, with the rest spread across items for the expanding army as the House prepared to send the measure to conference.
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Appropriations Committee
Army Air Corp
Senate
House
Man Charged With Slugging Traffic Meter
Dan Martin aged 24 of Alderson street was arrested yesterday by Traffic Patrolmen Elton Horn and Donald Hager on a charge of putting slugs in a traffic meter.
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Dan Martin
Alderson Street
Elton Horn
Donald Hager
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U.S. Navy
Naiis
D. E. Dick
Charleston, West Virginia
United States
Piper Sheraft Corporation
Lock Haven
Roosevelt
Pra
Tage 1
Kolhapur
Trdia
Himalayas
New Jersey
Ton and
Revi J. E. Myers
Sir Albans
Milton Cemetery
Henry HB. Johnson
Ansted Baptist Church
Henry H. Johnson
Stockman
Ansted
Highlawn Memorial Park
G. E. Walker
Masonic Lodge
West Virginia Department of Agriculture
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
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