Uncle Sam takes over a plant in defense effort
The United States has seized its first factory in the defense drive and faces questions about how to handle strike leaders and future labor unrest. Government machinery for fair treatment should be used, or risk ongoing strife and weak labor discipline. Germany’s advantage in war production is noted, urging swift U.S. conversion and full mobilization to outpace the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotttshurigs
Post-Gazette
Sam Teaghed
United States
North ‘American
Tececigu Board
Germany
England
Hitler
Wwe
History of Taylor County Red Cross Plan At County Meeting
A mass meeting in the Taylor county courthouse led to continuing the Red Cross chapter. A five member committee will plan a county wide membership drive and fund local nurse and health programs. The event recalled wartime service and prompted a push for broader community relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Sinsel
Taylor County
Red Cross
Taylor
Gréathuméné Society
Chatimhan 6
Howard H. “Holt
G. H. L. Beeman
Ray
C. Hains
James B. Moran
William.Morgan
Grafton
Dorsey
C. Peck
J. W. Burns
Charles A. Keefer
West Virginia
Pueblo
Colorado
Jonathaneand
Lucy Poe
Poe
Aioe
Spinelli Stabbed After Meeting at Village Lodge
Spinelli lies wounded near a driveway after a meeting in the village. Henry Potter assists as John Jones and Hans move the injured man to a county hospital. Police suspect a killer among those who left early, while Spinelli fights for life under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spinelli
Lorat
Henry
Jones
Cary Hans
Joe
Pollesman
Edd- Jones
Hana
Toolehside
Whitt
Jones’ Answard
John Ives
John Jouens
Hans
Martha
John Jones
Dea
Aviurry
Timdlys Jones
Willett
Fi Jones
Ives
Ebay
Henry Potter
Henry Io
Elggis
Laurence
Susan
Stanley King
Andy Dia
Bisbee
Spi
Police
Spinel
Bistiga
Encalimad
Air Supremacy Shapes World War II Strategy
The Wheeling Intelligencer argues that air power will decide the war, noting German air strength in the Balkans and Crete and Britain's critique of German basing limits. It emphasizes that Allied success hinges on U S and British factories turning out fighters in volume, with production a frontline factor in victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Intelligencer
Germany
Balkans
Crete
England
United States
The Demanding Spirit and National Unity in France and America
In an editorial from Elkins Inter-Mountain the piece contrasts Petain’s appeasing rhetoric with calls to end the French “demanding spirit” by forceful social and political action. It laments extremes on both sides, warns against erasing liberty, and argues for a unified American demand to build military strength and sustained supplies. The piece emphasizes merging private demands into a national, practical effort to achieve a triumphant war objective.
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Elkins
Patgin
France
Verdun
Berlin
Papa Petain
Hitler
Retain
Jdoor
Petain
Monument
Jay
Allied Troops Advance Toward Damascus and Beirut
Allied forces press the drive from northern Palestine toward Damascus and Beirut with British and Free French units off the Lebanese coast. German presence in Syria denied by Berlin but reports say Nazi airmen and specialists may be withdrawn. The campaign follows the seizure of Tyre and advances across the Latani River toward the strategic Levant plain.
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Palestine
Tyre
Beirut
Damascus
Trans-Jordan
Terday
Berlin
Syria
Ankara
Turkey
Aleppto
Crete
Equatorial
Africa
Lebanon
Hore-Belisha Criticizes Churchill Over Crete War Woes
Hore-Belisha the former war secretary attacked the government for air and supply failures amid Crete disaster. He urged greater vigor and imagination, questioned Britain’s supply optimism, and urged a separate army air force while a proposal for dominion leaders to share war responsibility was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Jim Churchill
Hore-Belisha
RAB
Crete
Mediterranean
Fragmentary OCR Notice on Labor and Workmen’s Earning
Fragmentary OCR text mentions labor state and workmen earnings and a preliminary report. The readable portion suggests a focus on labor, state actions, and a commission’s activity regarding deterrence or investigation. Entities are unclear due to garbled source.
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Stewart
Charles Brinkman
New York Americans
New York Giants
Schwer
Cincinnati
Detroit
John P. Kerrigan
Wheeling
Jack
Washington Street
Gratton
Baltimore and Ohio
Cameron
Benwood
Wheeling Hospital
Thomas’ H. McDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
McDonald Iis-Veauest
Sebel Eros
Beilec
Europe
Asia
Atlantic
Alfred Beiter
New York
Interior
Lawmak
John Bull
Army
Navy
Washington
London
jRor
John Bullis
Heldihave
Jowathan Bub
Bolis
Norway
Cretel
Air Department
Peicats
Dgean
Jana Navy
Stilshaves
Szpintana
Nne
Matopy
Fetterman
Taye
Takibo Eta
Theo
Osipiettletisii
Iso
Ois
Labor di
Neeventry
Thie Works
Sation Commission
Sattler
Dow Panna
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