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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1941
Page
1
British tanks and French warplanes duel on Damascus outskirts with Vichy troops resisting east of Kissoue. Dispatches say North Africa flown units back defense, German raids threaten Britain and Beirut faces renewed danger. RAF reportedly targeted Beirut but saw no decisive result.
Washington reports mid to late June from the United States on the lend lease program. Advocates are surprised at the small transfer total of 75.2 million dollars of equipment from March 11 to May 31 while opponents express satisfaction that most of the 7 billion approved has not gone to a doomed effort. Senator Wheeler argues there is no need for convoys despite calls for them, noting the modest value sent overseas.
The Grafton Sentinel invites AMRS CLINE T. GOUGH to attend tonight's Masle Was a Lady at the Strand theater. Wanted Wings is now showing at the Dixie theater. May 595 W. Washington Street.
In Recife eleven survivors of the 5000 ton American freighter Robin Moor were questioned by U S Consul Linthicum and Navy Captain Hodgman to determine if a German submarine sank the ship May 21 in the South Atlantic. The survivors, in good health, were kept in seclusion for hours before rest at hotels nearby.
At East Boston airport a man threw a rock at one of two large transport planes recently bought by the Canadian government. The aircraft, used for experimental purposes before shipment to Canada, were damaged before dawn. An army sentry pursued and captured the assailant after a quarter mile. Details on departure timing were not disclosed.
Representative Ramsay of West Virginia introduced HR5035 to bar Communists Bundists Nazis or any supporters of violent governmental change from joining labor organizations. The bill seeks to keep extremist ideologies out of union ranks and reflects postwar security concerns.
Philadelphia police at seventh and Carpenter Street tried to move a prisoner to headquarters for fingerprinting but found no handcuffs. The house sergeant suspected missing pairs in the cell room and the lieutenant may have had a spare earlier. A patrol car then had to travel a mile and a half to detective headquarters for the needed equipment.
Pittsburgh June 12 reports indicate United States Steel will start a major expansion with a $50 million plant at its Homestead works. Government financing and substantial agreement are cited though officials declined to confirm. Land options on a large block beside the Homestead mill have been taken, work possibly beginning next month.
The War department approved an 18.5 million expansion at Morgantown ordnance works to produce about 400 tons of ammonia daily. The add-on will be built at the plant already under construction by E I Du Pont de Nemours and Co. About 3,200 workers now employed will stay on to finish the second section. The new project is set to begin late October and will use 1,000 more workers for the first unit.
Alex Balint CIO regional director of Cleveland Aluminum workers faced the Dies committee in Washington. He denied ever being a Communist while other witnesses labeled him a Red sympathizer.
Philip Murray, president of the CIO, denounces congressional proposals to curb strikes in defense industries, rebukes army use in labor disputes and compulsory arbitration. He urges CIO units nationwide to oppose the measures, vowing to fight for better wages and working conditions for workers.
Watt Newsome 34 was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 1940 election day slaying of Crit Mullins and sentenced by Circuit Judge Charles W. Ferguson to one to five years. The judge, who said he would recommend the maximum, told Newsome you are a lucky man noting the pair started the day with chips on their shoulders and the victim could have been any of a dozen men.
In Oliphant Pennsylvania a coal mine motorman Steve Hosa 46 killed his wife and then himself after a dispute over his 14 year old daughter Dorothy refusing to dance with him because she had to deliver a newspaper route for her brother Eddie 19 who was seeking work in Uniontown Deputy Coroner R L Sharp reported the killings were ruled murder and self destruction with the daughter providing the account.
Britain and allied governments in exile vow to continue the struggle against German and Italian oppression until victory is won. Churchill addresses chieftains at the first formal conclave, affirming mutual aid and a lasting peace based on cooperation among the free peoples.
A Pennsylvania State College instructor's wife was attacked near her home in State College. Police investigate possible links to a year-old unsolved slaying of a coed, as Col. Lynn G. Adams notes the case may be connected.
Charleston reports a Boone county coal company agreed to stop a practice that Labor Commissioner Charles J. F. Sattler said prevented full payment to some workers. A block in the tipple scales kept loads under 7,000 pounds, a move the firm says was a union safety agreement denied by union reps.
John A. Miller of Louisville Kentucky was elected president of the National Fertilizer Association at the close of the 17th annual meeting. He succeeds John E. Sanford of Atlanta Georgia.
Los Angeles dispatch reports increased troops guarding the North American Aviation plant as authorities probe a CIO United Automobile Workers strike that shut the factory for four days. Cavalry and armored cars reinforced the seized plant with presidential orders, while residential areas were patrolled and a new bill to penalize mediation rejections cleared a Senate vote.
Berlin reports Hitler ordered seizure of Crete cost 5,893 German officers and men dead wounded or missing. Claim declining Allied losses 592 planes destroyed in Crete and 103 merchant ships sunk in the Mediterranean. Also notes battleships and carriers damaged and the campaign’s high casualties.
Problems in operating small restaurants were outlined at the West Virginia state restaurant association convention in Charleston. Sidney Friedman of Baltimore led the discussion, with Grace Smith of Toledo and G L Wenzel of Chicago among the speakers before officer elections.
C Howard Hardesty president of the Fairmont board of commerce was appointed by Governor Neely as state senator from the 14th district to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Earl H Smith. He will serve until the 1942 election. The district includes Marion Monongalia and Taylor counties.
Charleston June 12 Girls State Inc a citizenship training project of the West Virginia American Legion auxiliary received a state charter for the first annual camp to be held July 3 7 at Jacksons Mill. Mrs R Elton Warman national VP and chief counsellor described the camp as an outgrowth of the Boys State program. The incorporators include Mrs Hardin Mrs Paul Brothers Mrs B D Ward Mrs A A Liddimore and Mrs Edmund Hardin. The five day camp will model citizenship schooling after the Boys State with juniors or seniors in high school eligible.
A Kanawha county jury ruled for the defense in a $10,000 damage suit by Sadie Lykens against Community Hotel Corp tied to the death of Maxine Wilburn Colver after a March 19, 1939 fall from a hotel window. Dr. J B Overmyer of Charleston was named to a Presbyterian church defense service council finance committee with a $100,000 fundraising deadline set for June 29.
The senate confirmed Senator James Byrnes to the Supreme Court and President Roosevelt named Harlan Stone as chief justice with Jackson as associate justice in a reshaped court. Stone will be 69 next October, Jackson 49, Byrnes 62. Roosevelt would have seven of nine justices named after the confirmations.
The daily feature notes Nazi air power and regrouped armies preparing for a climactic summer offensive. Britain fears a major attack aimed at the Nile valley, Suez, and Egypt's western desert, with Axis forces behind Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. Churchill warns of Germany's control of Europe’s airports and rail links enabling rapid troop movement.
Miss Betty Jane Patterson of 8 East Knotts Avenue is invited to attend tonight's double feature Me Not on and the Lone Prairie at the Opera House.
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