Hale Watkins Likely Choice for Democrat Chairman
Parkerburg dispatches report Hale Watkins of Fairmont emerged as a leading candidate for the Democratic state chairman as the 64 member state executive committee prepared for an upcoming meeting. Homer Hanna of Charleston and Arthur B. Kents of Charleston were also mentioned as strong contenders, with Neely’s position framed as a possible national committeeman outcome.
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Parkersburg
Democratic State Executive Committee
Hale Watkins
Fairmont
Watkins
R. Carl Andrews
M. M. Neely
Arthur B. Kents
Charleston
Board of Governors
West v. Sles
Lp. m
Italy Calls Up 10000 Men In New War Mobilization
Rome reports Italy has called up 10 000 non commissioned officers to join 50 000 enlisted last fall as northern maneuvers begin with a full army corps near Florence. A Spanish mission led by General Canovas travels to Berlin while Madrid dispatches push for Britain to concede Gibraltar.
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Rome
Italy
Florence
Canovas
Berlin
Madrid
Gibraltar
Francisco Franco
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs K R to theater bill
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs K R of Blueville to tonight's double feature at Dixie Theatre with Bil Boyd in Sunder Trail and Shooting High with Jane Withers and Gene Autry at Strand Theatre, a local screening notice.
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Grafton Sentinel
K. R
Blueville
Bil
Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd
Dixie Fitheatre
Jane Withers
Gene Autry
Strand Theatre
Navy building stifle tied up
Navy building stifle tied up. Efforts resumed to end a strike of 8,000 workers at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock in Kearny New Jersey after daylong talks failed to break a deadlock halting six U S warship constructions. Company president L H Korndorff and union national president John J Green said meetings would continue to speed vital defense work.
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Kearny
N. J
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
United States
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
CTO
Department of Labor
L. H. Korndorff
Jonn’ J. Green
Korndorff
Allied Embassies Guarded as Gibraltar Protests Spread
In Madrid on June 1 armed guards protected British and French embassies and consulates as students demonstrated against British control of Gibraltar. Police dispersed one group near Puerta Del Sol while another crowd formed, shouting Gibraltar and singing the Fascist hymn Face to the Sun. An armored car was deployed to the British embassy as the protest began.
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Madrid
Gibraltar
Puerta del Sol
Death sentence commuted by Virginia governor action
Clarence Howard, convicted of criminal assault at Farmerville, had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Price one week before scheduled execution. Howard, a resident of Williamson, West Virginia, was arrested there for the December 7, 1938 attack.
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Richmond
Clarence Howard
Farmerville
Price
Howard
Williamson
W. Va
Gross Tax Collections Far Ahead of Year Ago
Charleston report shows gross sales tax intake for the first 11 months reaching 14,192,753.17, a new 20 year record. Division Supervisor Ernest H. Gilbert Jr. notes it surpasses the prior full year high of 13,067,461.85 set for the year ending June 30, 1937.
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Charleston
Ernest H. Gilbert, Jr
West Virginia Young Republicans Convene For 1940 Platform
Bluefield June 1 The West Virginia Young Republican league adopts its 1940 platform and elects officers after nine days of caucus. Ted McDowell chairs the resolutions committee as five candidates vie for league president including Nesbitt Chambers Renick Van Camp Lehman Pettry with spring convention coverage continuing on page eight.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Young Republican League
Resolutions Committee
Ted McDowell
Beckley
Kay
League
Russell G. Nesbitt
Wheeling
Paul Chambers
Logan
Myron R. Renick
Fayetteville
Donald van Camp
Middlebourne
William P. Lehman
Fairmont
Hayes Pettry
Charleston
Robert H. C
Americans Rush To Get Out Of Italy For Home
In Genoa on June 1 crowds of Americans sought to leave Italy as war fears threaten the liner Manhattan. Officials faced a ticket jam with about 2,000 Americans turned away while 1,800 more held reservations for the Washington with no clear sailing date.
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Italy
Genoa
Mediterranean
Manhattan
United States
Washington
Roosevelt asks for defense funds and guard mobilization
Washington reports Congress broadly backs President Roosevelt's call for another billion for national defense. Disagreement centers on granting power to call out the national guard. Lawmakers cite total military spending could reach about 1.375 billion and push overall costs toward 4.67 billion with existing measures. Senator Vandenberg criticizes the guard authority proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
America
National Guard
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Bethany Marks Centennial With Speeches And Pageantry
Cen tury-old Bethany college celebrated its founding with a centennial convocation and commencement events. Governor Homer A. Holt and James H. R. Cromwell were on the program, delivering remarks as part of a day long observance.
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Bethany
Bethany College
Homer A. Holt
Holt
James H. R. Cromwell
U. S
Canada
French beat back attack along Somme line
During June 1 French forces on the south bank of the Somme repelled German assaults as remnants of the retreating Allied armies moved toward Dunkerque. A bridgehead on the north bank held while lesser attacks on the south failed. German sea landings along the coast between Dunkirk and Boulogne were attempted.
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Paris
Somme
Dunkerque
Dunkie
Boulogne
Democrats In Martinsburg Victors In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ordered Martinsburg to list Democratic nominees on the municipal ballot after a writ in mandamus against city recorder Samuel Langford. Langford had refused due to alleged meeting date issues, while Democratic chairman J Nelso Hicks claimed he set proper dates and acknowledged an honest mistake.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Martinsburg
J. Nelso Hicks
Samuel Langford
Langford
Hicks
South Charleston Bank Robbery Case Not Ended
Federal agents in Huntington said the South Charleston bank robbery case is not closed. Two men in Cincinnati custody, Elmer Whitt and Ivan Phillips, face federal charges and await transfer to Charleston for trial on a $30,000 suburban Central Trust heist. Investigators promise further arrests and a full review of all case angles.
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Charleston
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Charleston
Cincinnati
J. B. Warnes
Huntington District
U.S
A. V. Fitswater
Elmer Whitt
Columbus
Ivan Phillips
Marion
Central Trust Company
Scramble Exists As Many Seek To Sail For America
Galway Ireland June 1 Nearly 1100 Americans sought passage home on the liner President Roosevelt amid confusion today Passengers had their tickets but at noon no one knew whether they were actually going on board Reports said the harbor carrier would call for passengers left behind as plans to carry some between decks were canceled without explanation The youngest traveler listed was Elizabeth Ellen Kennedy two months old of West Orange New Jersey Her father is an English citizen staying behind The ship arrived off Salt Hill Continued on page five.
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Galway
Ireland
Roosevelt
Cay
Hner
Washington
Elizabeth Ellen Kennedy
West Orange
Salt Hill
British Tommies Survive Dunkirk Evacuation Still Strong
British rescue forces report that about 45 000 of the original 175 000 men in the Expeditionary Force remain in Flanders after a record evacuation. General Lord Gort leads the rear guard praised for saving the BEF. Allied unity is stressed as war council vows continued concord and joint action.
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Adolphe Prioux
Dunkerque
Gort
Flanders
Lord Gort
BEF
John Moore
Napoleon
London
Death Ends Remarkable Career of Slave's Son
Gloucester Virginia June obituary notes the death of Dr. R. Moton, son of a slave, who rose to become a leading Black educator and head of Tuskegee Institute, succeeding Booker T. Washington. He was 72.
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Gloucester
C. H
Emai
Moton
Ave
America
Dr. Moton
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee, Institute
Two Robbers Put to Route in Logan Night Firefight
June 1 a young storekeeper routed two bandits from his shop with a gunfire exchange wounding one man, 19 year old Robert Spry. The second robber fled. Paige Aldredge 22, a former high school star, reported seeing two men at the cash register as lights were on. Aldredge drew a pistol but the outcome beyond the single wounding remains unverified.
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Logan
Robert Spry
H. A. McClung
Paige Aldredge
Stratton Street
Ree
Aldredge
McClung
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Home Defense Council Is Suggested By Dies
Rep Dies proposed creating a home defense council to coordinate the anti war hysteria campaign under sane leadership. He urged a list of unions and other groups labeled communistic for emergency use, as Congress moved to transfer the immigration service to the Justice department to counter Trojan horse threats.
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Washington
Dies
D-Tex
Roosevelt
Council of Home Defense
Senate
Immigration Service
Labor Department
Justice Department
Norris
Ind
Neb
Wheeler
D.-Mont
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Great Rescue Draws Praise and Praise on Gort Return
War Office announced General Lord Gort returned to England. An unofficial estimate places 75 to 80 percent of the British expeditionary force saved from the Nazi trap in Flanders. With 175000 men sent to Belgium, about 130000 to 140000 troops reached English shores.
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London
War Office
Lord Gort
England
Biltons
Flanders
B.E.F
Belgium
West
Union Milk Drivers Of Pittsburgh Sign Again
Unionized milk truck drivers in Pittsburgh sign a new contract with 130 companies five hours before a scheduled strike would have disrupted most of the city’s milk supply. The AFL Milk and Ice Cream Salesmen, Drivers and Diary Employes union negotiated raises for 3,750 drivers and better working conditions, with women employees winning a five day work week.
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Pittsburgh
AFL
Two Escaped Convicts Recaptured Near Wheeling
State penitentiary guards led by Warden Leo Callison recaptured Herman Boonagal of Lincoln county and Denny Armstrong of Kanawha county near Wileyville without resistance. The pair had escaped last Monday from a truck returning them to the penitentiary and were shackled together when seized.
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Wheeling
State
Leo Callison
Herman Boonagal
Lincoln County
Denny Armstrong
Kanawha County
Wileyville
German air force sinks transports and traps prisoners
The German high command announced major Allied losses near Dunkerque with five transports sunk and ten merchant ships damaged. It claimed 26,000 French prisoners as remaining forces in northeast France were overwhelmed. British and Allied reinforcements struggled as Dunkerque raids continued, with 49 Allied planes reported shot down in the broader air war.
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Berlin
Dunkerque Harbor
High Command
France
Lille
Dunkerque
Motilia
Channel
Ita Beehn Roetessee
Dunkerqua'ares
Abbeville
French Think Italy 70 Fight Prospects Rise
Report notes Italy’s possible early entry into the war shaping Allied plans. Analysts weigh strategic impact and balance among major powers as tensions mount between France and Italy amid mounting global conflict.
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Italy
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