Sub prowling Pacific coast torpedoed ship sinks
Captain Havens reports the west coast cargo ship was torpedoed by an unseen submarine last Sunday. Eight injured, one dead, Stephen Chance, a 56 year old cook, among those missing or exposed. The crew evacuated in one lifeboat and two life rafts within ten minutes as the vessel sank thirty minutes after impact.
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Navy
Lyle G. Havens
San Carlos
Calif
Stephen Chance
Cook
Baker
Havens
E. W. Nystrom
Oakland
Washington State College
Nystrom
N. J. Irvine
Seattle
Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Betty Curry to two shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Betty Curry of 107 Walnut Street to attend tonight's screenings at the Strand or Dixie. The notices mention "Great Man's Lady" with Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck at the Dixie and "Unholy Partners" with Edward G. Robinson at the Fe.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Betty Curry
Walnut Street
Joel McCrea
Barbara Stanwyck
Dixie
Edward G. Robinsomt
This Story May Scare Some Nippers to Death
Pvt John Fury of the 354th school squadron U S Air corps lived on Cemetery street Weston W Va before he entered the Army Now he is in barracks on Graves street Jefferson Barracks Mo showing a domestic hometown contrast and Army relocation details
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Jefferson Barracks
John Fury
354Th
U.S. Air Corps
Cemetery Street
Weston
W. Va
Army
Graves Street
Friends Keep Victim Alive in Oklahoma
Mason Williams a 49 year old school teacher from Jay Oklahoma has been kept alive for five months by friends who apply artificial respiration in relays. Dr Frank Veroni says Williams suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with paralysis progressing to breathing and swallowing muscles. Without assistance he would suffocate and cannot speak or swallow.
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Jay
Okla
Mason Williams
Frank Veroni
Williams
Veront
Veteran Printer Keeps Working On 79th Birthday
Ned Sims a longtime CIO West Virginia Industrial Union council leader and Wheel ing Intelligencer figure celebrated his 79th birthday by working in the composing room. Born 10 days before statehood, he started as an apprentice in 1880 and helped form the nation’s first apprentice printer’s union. He later became a full printer and has long been active in Typographical Local Union No. 29.
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Wheeling
Ned Sims
CIO West Virginia Industrial Union Council
Wheeling Intelligencer
Sims
West Virginia
Intelligencer
Typographical Local Union No. 29
Petain Convinced Axis Can't Win War
Washington dispatch reports from Vichy say Marshal Petain believes Germany and its allies will be defeated, though Laval and Admiral Darlan oppose the view. Sources note German pressure to compel collaboration and fears of reprisals against 1.5 million French POWs, while Hitler hesitates to full occupation or provoke a revolution in France.
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Wade Werner Washington
Dunkerque
Marshal Petain
Vichy
France
Petain
Germany
Pierre Laval
Laval
Europe
England
Soviet
Russia
Jean Darlan
Developmente
Hitler
Axis
Birthday Captains Advance In Same Day Military Run
Spokane dispatch notes Captains John C. Allen and Julius Mueller born on the same day in the same year. Both WWI veterans, commissioned lieutenants in the National Guard in 1931, now serve at the second air service area command HQ. Allen, former mayor of Poplar Bluff Missouri, Mueller from Amarillo Texas. The Army announced their commissions to captain arrived yesterday, exact birthday undisclosed.
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Spokane
John C. Allen
Julius Mueller
National Guard
Second Air Service Area Command
Allen
Poplar Bluff
Mueller
Amarillo
Tex
Army
C and O Reports Drop In Logan Coal Mining
Huntington June 10 The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad reported coal production in Logan county totaled 406400 tons the previous week and 408700 tons during the corresponding period of 1941.
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Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Logan County
Tax Receiver Reports Losses From Prompt Tax Discounts
In Manhasset North Hempstead the tax Receiver Ralph W. Latham said the township loses 526.78 due to prompt payment discounts. He noted taxpayers earned 5549.76 in discounts and paid 5022.98 in penalties over the past six months.
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Manhasset
North Hempstead
Ralph W. Latham
Latham
Japs Claiming Aleutian Raid During Attack
Tokyo reports the loss of one Japanese aircraft carrier and damage to two other warships in the Midway and Dutch Harbor battles. It claims two U S carriers sunk and a large transport sunk. Aleutians raid implied troop landings and destruction of enemy positions. Dutch Harbor air results include 14 enemy planes down and a large transport sunk. Oil tanks and a hangar were bombed and set ablaze.
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Tokyo
Japan
Midway
Dutch Harbor
United States
Navy
U. S
Pacific
Aleutians
Aleutian Islands
Imperial Headquarters
Eastern
Boys Legislature Settles Election Contests at Mountaineer State
Jackson's Mill June 10 The Mountaineer Boys State legislature opened with settlement of several election contests among its members. Gov Richard Turner a 17 year old Huntington High student addressed the senate and house of delegates as seating disputes over close races were resolved.
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Jackson's Mill
Mountaineer Boys
Richard Turner
Huntington High School
Senate
House of Delegates
American Legion
House
Russians Hold Sevastopol Against German Assault Amid Heavy Fighting
Russian defenders claim no line fallen at Sevastopol as German forces press the siege with land and air assaults. Red Star reports say Soviet infantry reached a hilly sector near two heights while the overall battle continues around the Crimean port. German losses claimed include 2,500 dead, with about two dozen tanks and 26 planes destroyed or damaged. Berlin says garrison shows trenching and mine skills and fights for every foot.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Sevastopol
Crimean
Red Star
Re Ni
Leas
Red 3Thr
Ité-Méen
Berlin
1500 Workers Return To Glass Factory Jobs
Charleston June 10 A 30 hour strike involving 1500 workers at the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass plant in Kanawha City ended last night after rival unions settled a jurisdictional dispute without further work stoppage. The CIO Federation of Glass Ceramic and Silica Sandworkers and the AFL Window Glass Cutters League of America organized the walkout over membership and control. Issues will be submitted to CIO President Philip Murray and AFL Building Trades head John P. Coyne for resolution.
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Charleston
Kanawha City
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
CIO Federation of Glass, Ceramic and Silica
AFL Window Glass Cutters League of America
AFL
Charles J. F. Sattler
CIO
Philip Murray
John P. Coyne
AFL Building Trades Department
Better Save Those Old Boots FDR Has Begun New Collection
President Roosevelt announced at a press conference a nationwide two week scrap rubber collection. The effort seeks to determine if enough reclaimable rubber exists to curb auto driving. Timing, scope, and local participation were to be detailed later.
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FDR
Washington
Roosevelt
Thirst Claims Social Leader Cheney in Arizona Desert
Benjamin Pues Cheney a Boston financier and social leader, perished after a 20 mile trek in search of water in northwestern Arizona. An empty canteen marked his last hours. a cowboy found him four days dead. Cheney, Harvard graduate, had West coastal ties and held directorships at major railroads and trusts. his widow Ida Lewis Cheney mourned.
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Benjamin Pues Cheney
Boston
Arizona
E. E. Wilson
Cheney
Lee Eaton
Ida Lewis Cheney
Julia Arthur
The
Stage
California
Benjamin P. ‘Cheney
United States and
Canada Express
American, Express
Harvard
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
St. Louis
San Francisco
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
One Dead and Three Burned at Steel Foundry Plant
A 38 year old man, Stenis Nickerson, was electrocuted and three other workers were burned when a pole they were erecting touched a power line at the Continental Roll and Steel Foundry plant in Wheeling. Doctors announced new eyeglass and hearing aid developments demonstrated by Dictograph Sales Corp, detailing six classes of hearing loss and advanced artificial ear technology using tiny vacuum tubes and bone conduction. The U S Public Health Service study identifies the six classes, with women more broadly deaf across ranges. The devices aim at targeted amplification for each class and are designed for robust handling and potential wartime applications.
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Wheeling
Stenis Nickerson
Continental Roll and Steel
Beaneas
American Medical Association
U.S. Public Health Service
Dictograph Sales Corporation
Woman 57 Goes On Trial For Fatal Shooting
Mrs Hettie Catherine Cardwell of near Milton faces a second trial on June 18 for the fatal shooting of Lonnie Porter. She had been convicted in eight prior trials and received a five to eighteen year sentence, but Circuit Judge John W Hereford later set aside the verdict.
Peoples Party wins Mullens mayoral race
J Lee Selvey Peoples Party nominee appointed five months ago to fill an unexpired term was elected mayor yesterday in municipal balloting. He polled 11 votes to 593 for W M Holroyd of the Citizens party.
WPA squabble over wartime WPA abolition debate heats
Washington reports a fierce House floor clash as an economy bloc seeks to end wartime WPA funding. Rep Taber says he will move to strike a 280 million appropriation keeping 400 000 WPA jobs monthly, arguing unemployment is down. Rep Cannon counters that war still causes job losses and demands continued WPA support for those in other regions. The committee argues passage would cut about 573 000 WPA workers from this year’s average.
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Washington
House
Civilian Conservation
Corps
Taber
R.N.Y
WPA
Appropriations Committee
New Yorker
Cannon
D.-Mo
Vale town waits as boss finishes chores
In Vale Oregon on June 10 customers delay shopping until 1 pm while workers in nearby sugar beet fields rise with the sun and volunteer their services to keep the Isbor operation running amid chores and summer heat.
King of Greece Plans Six Day Washington Visit
King George of Greece arrives in Washington for a six day stay. He will be hosted at the Pine House and meet with Secretary Hull and Secretary Knox. The king plans to visit the Naval Academy at Annapolis on Sunday and depart for New York Tuesday.
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King George
Greece
Pine House
Hull
Knox
Maval Academy
Annapolis
New York
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