Senator Holt to oppose secret cabinet hearings
Rush Holt D WV vows to fight any secrecy pledge as Knox and Stimson face confirmation hearings. Senator Wheeler and Senator Vandenberg oppose secrecy moves while Senator Nye and Senator McNary weigh partisan angles amid planned private sessions.
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Rush Holt
Senate
Washington
Knox-Stimson
Holt
D.W. Va
Naval Committee
Frank Knox
Testifg
Tomorow
Nye
D.-Nd
Wendell L. Willkie
Vanittberg
McNary
R.-Are
Higher Taxes and Defense Boost as Navy Plans 50 New Ships
The Army accelerates defense training and promotions as reserves report for duty. New funds unlock arms purchases while the Navy awaits Roosevelt’s approval to start 50 additional warships, on top of nearly 100 already under construction, with higher beer liquor and cigarette taxes funded to support the expansion.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Grafton Sentinel invites McVicker to theater tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. G. H. McVicker of 4 East Knotts Avenue to attend tonight’s presentation of Lillian Russell starring Alice Faye Don Ameche and Henry Fonda at the Strand theatre or Two Girls On Broadway featuring Lana Turner Joan Blondell and George Murphy at the Dixie theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
G. H. McVicker
East Knotts Avenue
Lillian Russell
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Henry Fonda
Strand Theatre
Broadway
Lana Turner
Joan Blondell
George Murphy
Dixie Theatre
Three Die In Separate West Virginia Auto Crashes
Charleston scene reports three men fatally injured in a Martinsburg area crash. Emery Lee Painter 41 Martinsburg Jeffers Peck 72 and George Raymond Peck 49 Charles Town identified as the deceased. Driver James Marshall Stout Washington DC held on charges. Four others injured in the first collision. One line notes two drownings and a chimney collapse death tally.
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Charleston
Martinsburg
Berkeley
Dri
A. T. Hodges
Emery Lee Painter
Jeffers
Ray
Nine Members of Sect Forced to Leave City
In Richwood on July 1 a crowd seized nine men who refused to swear allegiance or salute the flag. Patrolman J E Armstrong said the sect members were compelled to leave town after being paraded through streets tied together and given castor oil. The men reportedly circulated a petition seeking a park in Ohio.
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Richwood
United States
J.e Armstrong
Armstrong
Ohio
Mystery shooting death near Wheeling shocks suburb road
The bullet pierced body of Charles Kirsch, 25, was found in his car on a suburban Wheeling road. Coroner S S Bobes said a rifle fired the shots and seemed to have fallen from the ground before the door was reopened. No verdict was announced yet.
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Wheeling
Charles Kirsch
S. S. Bobes
Aged Taylor County Native Mary Maple Dies in Imperial
Imperial Pa July 1 Mrs Mary Maple a Taylor county West Virginia native possibly 115 years old died. A physician said the woman a Cheat Tribes Indian daughter died when her heart played out. She never knew her own birth date.
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Imperial
Mary Maple
Taylor County
W. Va
Successor to Balbo Chosen
Rome reports Marshal Rodolfo Graziani named to command all Italian forces in Libya succeeding the late Italo Balbo who died in a Tobruk air crash. High command claims British losses near Libyan border include planes and a submarine sunk, and notes the destroyer Espero was lost after a heroical battle with British forces.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Italo Balbo
Libya
High Command
Graziani
Balbo
Tobruk
Ateast
Espero
Rome Newspaper Explains Death of Marshal Balbo
Il Popolo Di Roma reports Air Marshal Balbo died when his plane was shot down by British planes near Tobruk Libya during a British air raid. An authoritative source cautions that exact circumstances may never be known while the British Foreign Office denies involvement. Balbo and eight companions were taken by motor along the Libyan coast to Benghazi.
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Tralo ‘Balbo
Tobruk
Libya
Il Popolo di Roma
Ti Popolo di Roma
Balbo
Foreign Office
Marshal Balbo
Bengal
Il Popolo
British claim air victory over Germany in July raids
British air ministry reports five Messerschmitts downed over France with another likely destroyed and one German bomber shot down near the northeast coast. German High Command says eighteen British planes were shot down in raids over Germany as Neville Chamberlain warns of possible invasion attempts.
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London
Britain
Germany
France
Air Ministry
British Isles
Neville Chamberlain
English
Jehovah's Witnesses Fight Ohio Contract For Convention
Jehovah's Witnesses pressed a U S. judge to force Ohio to honor a March contract allowing their July 24 28 convention at the state fairgrounds. State director Brown canceled the agreement over concerns tied to saluting the flag and anti Catholic tensions. Earlier touring groups gathered signatures while a carload of youths was stoned at Mingo Junction and rescued by deputies.
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Columbus
Jehovah's Witnesses
U. S
Mell G. Underwood
Ohio
Neighboring
Mingo Junction
Depty
Roosevelt Seeks Steep Excess Profits Tax in War Effort
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass a steeply graduated excess profits tax on individuals and corporations to fund national defense and share sacrifices fairly. He called for a tax to apply without discrimination, though no revenue estimate was provided. House leaders indicated the tax would be among wartime measures under consideration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Rayburn
White House
Nine French Airplanes Landed At Gibraltar
Cadiz Spain July 1 Nine French airplanes flown by army aviators at odds with the Petain government landed at Gibraltar the British western Mediterranean stronghold. Several crash landed and one crossed into Spanish soil and was fired on by Spanish anti aircraft batteries. A French twin engine plane was shot down at Gibraltar yesterday by a Spanish frontier post fire. Two French airmen were recovered but died.
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Cadiz
Spain
Petain
Gibraltir
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
NYA Grants Funds for Out Of School Program
The National Youth Administration earmarked 67.884 million dollars for its out of school work program for 1941. Aubrey Williams said funds will bolster work experience and basic mechanical training linked to the national defense effort, with West Virginia receiving 964,182 dollars among others.
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Washington
National Youth Administration
Aubrey Williams
Williams
West Virginia
Pacific Fleet Returns To Hawaii From Routine Trip
Honolulu reports Major U S Navy units returned to Lahaina Roads after an unannounced departure last week. Admiral Richardson described the move as a routine training exercise simulating wartime sailing. The sudden return sparked speculation about ongoing world events and sealed orders.
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Pacific Fleet
Hawaii
Honolulu
United States
Lahaina Roads
James O. Richardson
Maynbe
Fire school dates set for Morgantown with state speakers
Charleston July 1 Mor gantown hosts annual fire fighting school July 22 to 26. State Fire Marshal Fred B. Watkins announced sessions featuring out-of-state instructors including George Cartwright of Johnstown Pennsylvania.
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Charleston
Morgantown
Fred B. Watkins
George Cartwright
Johnstown
Far East evacuation as Hong Kong ships depart
Hong Kong launches a mass exodus with about 4 500 British women and children aboard Canadian Pacific Unir heading for Manila with naval escort. Americans aboard some ships prepare for possible removal if orders arrive while British military and naval families also flee as blockade fears rise.
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Hongkong
Unir
Coolidge
Washington
Burma
Manila
Annenberg Faces Court Today For His Sentence
CHICAGO July 1 Annenberg billionaire M Ly Annenberg summoned to federal court to learn his fate after pleading to a 1 217 296 income tax evasion charge. The maximum penalty is five years in prison and a 10 000 dollar fine. Judge James H Wilkerson to impose sentence in what the court calls the largest single criminal tax case in history.
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Chicago
M. Ly Annenberg
Midas
James H. Wilkerson
Annenberg
Annenberg, Cage
Logan Insurance Man Found Dead in Railroad Yards
Logan July 1 William R Southard 26 year old insurance man son of yard master W A Southard of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was found dead today on railroad tracks near Logan He had not been struck by a locomotive investigators said it appeared he slipped and fell under the wheels of a coach His habit was to go to the station each weekday to deposit his firm's mail
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Logan
William Rucker
Southard
W. A. Southard
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Huntington
Battle Reported Between Italy and Britain off Crete Coast
Athens reports a naval clash between a British convoy and Italian aircraft off the northeast coast of Crete. The ships were believed moving from the Dardanelles and observers could not determine a clear result from the distant engagement.
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Athens
Crete
Dardanelles
Hitler Tours Maginot Line Near Mulhouse
Berlin reports Hitler visited the Maginot Line defenses near Mulhouse and in Alsace, saying new German weapons made them quickly resistant. The French German commission met at Wiesbaden to discuss armistice terms as air raids on Britain continued with claimed effective attacks on Cardiff Bristol Lincoln Nottingham and York.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Maginot Line
France
Wiesbaden
Rhine
Thefuehrer
Mulhouse
Upper
Alsace
Britain
Germany
Cardiff
Bristol
Lincoln
Nottingham
York
Hungary moves to aid Maygars amid frontier turmoil
Hungary announces steps to aid Maygars as mobilization escalates near Budapest and on the Romanian frontier. Official reports claim Romania may be nearing collapse while reservists are called up and rail traffic is restricted to speed military concentration. Local authorities enforce liquor sales bans as part of emergency measures.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ald Rumania
Romania
Russian bear blocks Nazi in Balkan turmoil
Budapest July 7 reports from diplomatic circles say Moscow seeks a hand in steering the Dardanelles with Turkey and Hungary. The dispatch notes Soviet pressure on the straits and hints at international tensions over Southeast Europe as Moscow asks Turkey for participation in defense plans.
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Max Harrelson
Budapest
Russia
Moscow
Dardanelles
Jed
Hemania
Turkey
Bulgeris
Hungary
Bigspost
Fusala
Pei
Bea
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