Florida Pipeline Project Near House Action Amid Criticism
A House calendar move authorizes a 144 million pipeline and canal across Florida to relieve eastern gasoline shortages. Critics plan to press Henderson and Ickes, with six months estimated to complete the waterway linking New Jersey and Mexico across the state, as debate centers on rationing and administration.
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Washington
Florida
House
Leon Henderson
Harold Ickes
Leon
Henderson
Capitol Hill
Rayburn
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Canal and Pipeline
Atlantic
Mexico-Jersey
Snakes Peril Search Crews Aid Missing Boy
William sported feather boots as search teams comb allegheny mountain for blond three year old Alvan Diggan missing since Saturday. Parents farmers Trevor and Mrs Diggan assist as Civil Air Patrol and 150 volunteers, policemen, firemen and scouts sweep a two mile square near the Susquehanna.
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Williamsport
Allegheny Mountain
Alvan Diggan
Trevor Diggan
Theatre listings tease at Strand Dixie showings tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Martha Mahaffey of West Washington Street to attend tonight’s screenings. At the Strand, The Lady Has Plans features Paul Goddard and Ray Milland. Sullivan’s Travels with Joel McCrea plays, and All-American Co-Ed with Francis Langord at the Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Martha Mahaffey
Washington Street
Paul
Tte Goddard
Ray Milland
Navy Reveals Casualty List in Fourth War Losses
Washington reports the Navy department issued its fourth casualty list of the war, revealing 64 dead 54 wounded and 2 193 missing for April 16 to May 10. It covers Navy Marine corps and Coast Guard personnel with home towns listed. Captain Kenneth M Hoeffel is named as missing. Next of kin will be notified when information is definite.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Personnnel
Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Kenneth M. Hoeffel
Washington, D. C
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Paris Food Store Riot Ends With Looting and Deaths
Dispatches from Paris report a mob stormed a food store in occupied France. Two policemen were killed and a third wounded while trying to stop the raid. Looters distributed food to those outside as they fought for possession.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Nazis execute 20 more in Heydrich reprisal in Prague
London June 1 The Nazi firing squads killed 20 more persons in Prague as reprisal for the attempted assassination of Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich last Wednesday. The tally since the attack reaches 82 shot.
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London
Prague
Reinhard Heydrich
Prowling Subs Continue Work Near America
Allied shipping faced intensified submarine attacks in the Gulf Caribbean and western Atlantic during May. U S and neutral vessels suffered 13 sinkings in the Gulf Caribbean, bringing total western Atlantic sinkings to 231 since Pearl Harbor. The Caribbean toll rose to 75, including 10 ships last week, with attacks on the Blakeley and other vessels plus a new deckless submarine sinking a Norwegian merchantman.
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New York
Gulf of Mexico- Caribbean
Atlantic
Canada
South America
Gulf- Caribbean
Caribbean
Gulf
Pearl Harbor
U. S
Blakeley
Brazil
Syria
South American
Three Dead In Memorial Day Accidents In West Virginia
A Memorial Day week end toll in West Virginia rose to eight fatalities from two highway crashes and a drowning. Fifteen month old Ronald Howard Nutter of Akron was fatally injured when his mother jumped from a burning car, shielding the child, near Clendenin as the vehicle collided.
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Associated Press
Glenville State Teachers College
West Virginia
Ronald Howard Nutter
Akron
Denver Nutter
Clendenin
Drottningholm Arrives in Jersey City With Diplomats
The Swedish American liner Drottningholm docked at Jersey City pier at 9:25 AM bringing 908 diplomats, newspaper reporters, and citizens of American republics. The ship arrived from Lisbon where diplomats and axis country citizens were exchanged for Americans under a safe conduct agreement.
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Jersey City
N. J
Drottiningholm
Lisbon
Weird Killing Witnessed by College Boys
A knife brandishing assailant chased and killed 18 year old Pichella Briand near the Charles River basin in Boston. Three Boston University students chased the killer, who gave the name Harry Adams, a Somerville dishwasher, as police investigated the attack and related crimes.
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Boston
Parkway
Charles River Basin
Back Bay
Boston University
Pichella Briand
Woburn
Fisher Business School
James Leonard
Harry Adams
Somerville
Harold Breskt
Beigeport
Conn
Henry
Gardner Mass
Lyle Wilson
South Portland
West Virginia Father Shot in Family Fight
In Somerset Kentucky a family dispute led to the fatal shooting of Phineas Roberts 42 of Bartley West Virginia. His estranged wife and their 14 year old son were detained. A witness reported the mother drew a gun which was handed to the boy who then shot Roberts in the chest before the mother fired four more shots at him.
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Somerset
Phineas Roberts
Bartley
W. Va
Pulaski County
W. R. Jones
Jones
Logan Bolin
Bolin
Census Bureau Reveals Unregistered West Virginia Births
Washington June 1 The U S census bureau estimates there are no official birth records for 1 120 000 West Virginians a figure amounting to about half the state's population More than half of the unregistered are aged 20 to 44 with 260 000 aged 45 to 64 The report notes the split between men and women is roughly even
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Washington
U.S. Census Bureau
West
War Workers Now Deferred Policy Sets Priorities
Washington reports that the war manpower commission enacted a policy deferring irreplaceable craftsmen and creating a priority system to protect urgent production. Administrator Paul V. McNutt called it a chance for democracy to show discipline. Effective June 1, draft boards must consult Federal Employment Service before calling skilled workers in critical occupations.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Jon
Selective Service
Federal Employment Service
Army
Grafton Man Named As Postal Group Officer
PARKERSBURG June 1 The West Virginia association of letter carriers elected C. H. Calvert Morgantown president and designated his home city for the 1943 meeting at the closing sessions of the annual convention. It set war time meetings for the last Saturday and Sunday of May and named T. B. McVicker Grafton to the executive board.
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Parkersburg
West Virginia Association of Letter Carriers
C. H. Calvert
Morgantown
T.B. McVicker
Grafton
Three Cocky Little U boats Get Warm Reception
Japanese midget submarines sneaked into Sydney harbor last night and were greeted by gunfire and depth charges. Likely sank three of the tiny craft after the raid, which marks southern Australia’s first wartime attack and shocked Sydney residents with a dramatic night of explosions.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Harbor
Pearl Harbor
U S Navy Reports Another Ship Sinking in Caribbean
The U S Navy announces another ship sinking in the Caribbean Sea. Survivors have been landed at an east coast port.
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U. S. Navy
Washington
Caribbean Sea
Laughing Sub Officers View From Blazing Submarine
Four submarine officers watched a torpedoed Brazilian merchant ship drift at Haiti and reach Key West after 29 hours in lifeboats. The enemy submarine bore a goat head on the conning tower and a red rose in its mouth. Brazilian Captain Figueiredo doubted the attackers’ identity while the crew could not fire.
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Key West
Fla
Striggl
Haiti
Harold Nascimento
Brazil
Jao Batista Gomez Figueir-redo
State War Bond Quota Near Six Million Set for June
PARKERSBURG June 1 West Virginia War Bond Administrator Roy Yoke launched a June campaign to sell 5 703 300 in war bonds and stamps to West Virginians describing the quota as a material increase over May. The amount nearly doubles the average monthly total of 2 941 363 invested during seven months from July 1941 through January of this year.
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Parkersburg
P. Roy. Yoke
West
Age minimum for draft eyed as war length judged
In coming months Congress faces proposals to lower the select service age from 20 to 18. Senate figures urge delaying any decision until autumn when the war’s duration is clearer. Senator George predicts possible 18 year old draft if campaigns show extended fighting. War department had not yet acted.
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Congress Land
George
D-Ga
War Department
Governors and senator lead Fairmont State commencement
Charleston June 1 Governor Neely and U S Senator Joseph Rosier led a graduation procession at Fairmont State College for 140 seniors. Rosier on leave from Fairmont will speak at Glenville State Teachers College commencement for 76 graduates Wednesday.
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Charleston
Neely
U. S
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State
West Virginia
Colebank Gymnasium
Rosier
Fairmont College
Glenville
Glenville State Teachers College
Fire Rekindling Leads Firemen to Rescue Mrs Knowles Twice
Hartford dispatch reports Mrs. M. J. Knowles was carried from her third floor sleep space by firemen on a ladder during a home fire. After firemen said the blaze was out she returned to bed, but hours later the fire rekindled and she was again evacuated from the building.
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Hartford
Conn
M. J. Knowles
Yank General Warns German Reich Leader Spurred by Raid
London dispatch reports a joint United States British air assault plan aimed at smashing the Reich with heavy bomber raids. Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold and Air Marshal Arthur Coningham pledge strength in alliance as Cologne’s ruin foreshadows plans for city by city devastation.
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London
Reich
Cologne
Henry. H. Arnold
United States Air
Hig Co
RAF
Mand
Strange Wave Claims Lives At Lake Erie Shore
A massive wall of water up to 20 feet high struck 60 miles of the Cleveland area lakefront early Sunday, killing seven fishermen and injuring at least seven. Names of the dead include Merle Diehl, Orlon Lenney, Esther Lenney, Merrill Riley, Esther Allen, and George Ferrier, with others swept from piers and boats near Day’s On The Lake and Bay Village. The wave followed a sudden wind shift, and a smaller crest appeared later as warning vessels battled the sea.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
Cleveland Weather Bureau
Merle Edward Diehl
Orlon Lenney
Lenney
Esther
Cortland
s-On-The-Lake
Geneva
Merill FP. Riley
Esther’ Allen
George H. Ferrier
Berea
Bay Village
Robert Michaels
Bingo Party Cancellation At K of C Hall
Notice announces bingo party at K of C Hall cancelled Tuesday night and shifted to the following Tuesday at 8 PM.
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K. of C. Hall
Tg BeGe Roe
Spm
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