Stalin Plays Waiting Game Amid European Tensions
Swiss sources report a high stakes bluff between Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin over Ukraine and wartime production. Germany moves troops toward the Poland border while Moscow admits troop concentration in Poland’s sector. The Journal de Geneve says Stalin dodges the demand but may yield to avert a broader war as he foresees a potential communist upheaval in a war-ravaged Europe.
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Bern
Switzerland
Adolf Hitler
Ukraine
Joseph Stalin
Journal de Geneve
Germany
Russia
Texas
Rys
Stalin
Europe
Blast Wrecks Tanker Caroni in Philadelphia
A terrific explosion aboard the Venezuelian oil tanker Caroni injured five crew members and damaged the 3164 ton ship at Gulf Refining’s Schuylkill river pier. Police report the blast followed a light bulb lowered into a forward storage tank during cleaning when vapor ignited, lifting the bow from the water.
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Philadelphia
Caroni
Gulf Refining Company
Schuylkill River
John McGarrity
Philadelphia Police
Santiago Rodriguez
McGarrrity
Men of Boys Town at Strand and Cyclone at Dixie tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Thomas Kennedy of 22 East Washington Street to attend tonight's screenings. Spencer Tracy stars in Men of Boys Town at the Strand, while Cyclone on Horseback is featured at the Dixie today. Identification may be required.
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Grafton Sentinel
Thomas Kennedy
East
Washington Street
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Strand
Dixie Theater
The
Mildred B. Tucker
Maple Avenue
Panama
Opera ‘House
Barkley forecasts long fight over defense revenue bill
Senator Barkley in Washington predicts a drawn out congressional battle to pass the defense revenue bill and fund WPA employment. He notes House hearings and interhouse differences must be resolved, with approval unlikely before September. Virginia delays on the Sandy Hook bridge plan could extend construction due to a shift to a shorter approach.
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Senator Barkley
Defense Revenue
Sandy Hook Bridge
Washington
Senate
Barkley
Roosevelt
S Barkley
Naval Hospital
House
Finance Committee
Baltimore
Sandy Hook
Potomac River
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
State Road Commission
Ezra B. Whitman
Virginia
Lawall to Address High School Journalists
Morgantown June 14 The election of officers and a luncheon address by President Charles E Lawall of West Virginia University were scheduled today at the closing session of the 10th annual State Journalism Institute for Educators. About 100 teachers student editors and business managers attended the two day conference opening yesterday to plan school newspapers for 1941 42 term. Dr Harold Wentworth of the English department spoke at the banquet last night.
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Morgantown
Charles E. Lawall
West Virginia University
State Journalism Institute
Harold Wentworth
Senator Kilgore Speaks To Oak Hill Graduates
Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia addressed Oak Hill High School graduates in Oak Hill on June 14. He warned that if Britain falls, the United States could face economic war or invasion, tying the warning to the sinking of the Robin Moor.
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Senator Kilgore
Oak Hill
Robin Moor
Germany
New World
Harley M. Kilgore
D.-W. Va
Oak Hill High School
Kilgore
Great Britain
Doctor Faces Prison Team
Budapest born Dr. E. M. Simon of Williamson faced three year sentences on seven counts for concealing assets from creditors. Judge Har ry Watkins imposed three year terms concurrent and fined 3000 dollars total. Bail denial and new trial motions were overruled. Counsel B Randolph Bias said he would appeal in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Huntington
Simon
B. Randolph Bias
Asheville
N. C
Ships Bombed in Brest Base
London reports heavy bomber strikes last night on Brest dock area targeting the berths of Scharnhorst Gneisenau and a Hipper class cruiser possibly the Prinz Eugen. Attacks also hit Ruhr valley industries and coastal shipping in the English Channel with a Brittany airfield bombed. An Australian Tomahawk squadron claimed three German dive bombers downed.
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London
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Air Ministry
Ruhr Valley
Brest
Prinz Eugen
Bismarck
Atlantic
Schwerte
Coastal Command
English Channel
Mayor Dawson Speaks Before Zionist Meeting
Charleston hosts Ohio Valley Zionist conference with delegates from Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia. Mayor D. Boone Dawson and civic leaders spoke as Rabbi Elias Charry of Indianapolis gave an address and Daniel Frisch of Indianapolis prepared to deliver the presidential address at the plenary session.
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Charleston
D. Boone Dawson
Ohio Valley Zionist Conference
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
West Virginia
Elias Charry
Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel Frisch
Need Flag Day Observance This Year Founder Says
PHILADELPHIA June 14 A railroader devoted to Flag Day finds new courage amid defense preparations on the 164th anniversary of Old Glory s birth. William T Kerr pledges a nationwide observance as a real national defense project linking unity for the flag and American institutions beyond guns. Stemming from Betsy Ross legend, Kerr aims to organize an nationwide observance.
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Philadelphia
Old Glory
Little Arch Street
Betsy Ross
William T. Kerrpledge
Kerr
LAW MAKERS URGE PROTEST TO GERMANY
Washington June 14 Congress voices rising support for protests to Germany after the sinking of the Robin Moor by a submarine. Senator Barkley urges an immediate note, Wheeler calls for cautious action, while Glass demands proof of German responsibility before response. See LAW MAKERS Page 8
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Washington
State Department
Germany
Robin Moor
Barkley
All- Glass
Administration
Wheeler
D.-Mont
Glass
D.-Va
Sentence law faces tests in Moundsville
Acting Circuit Judge Everett F. Moore weighed three habeas corpus petitions challenging a state law that orders indeterminate penitentiary sentences for judges. J. F. Shreve, a Pocahontas inmate, argued his term was extended from two to 10 years and he should have been freed after the original term. The 1939 act assigns indeterminate terms to judges with the final length set by the parole director.
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Moundsville
Everett F. Moore
J. F. Shreve
Pocahontas County
State Director of Probation and Parole
Probation and Parole Director
Charleston
Attorney General’s Office
Moundsville Broom Plant Shuts Over Wage Dispute
MOUNDSVILLE June 14 The J C Bardall Broom plant closed indefinite period after officials said about 49 of 50 workers accepted a wage increase plan. The existing wage scale and the union name were not disclosed.
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Moundsville
J. C. Bardall
Traffic Rule Breaker Leaps From Frying Pan
New York June 14 Joseph B. Craig 25 faced traffic court after two years and 115 parking tickets. He had no driver's license and jail time followed fines totaling 208 dollars, while Craig served 62 days in jail.
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New York
Joseph B. Craig
Craig
Kissoue Falls as British circle Damascus fall near Sidon
June 14 report from authoritative sources says French troops abandoned Kissoue and pulled back a few miles from Damascus while British and Free French forces press the siege. Nebatiye remains held with RAP support. Sidon coast opposition noted. Damascus anticipated to become an open city to spare its 200,000 residents.
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London
Kissoue
Damascus
Nebatiye
RAP
Merdjayoum
Sidon
Barlier
Syria
Cairo
Three Baltimore Youths Arrested In Findlay
Findlay Ohio June 14 three 17 year old youths from Baltimore Md were arrested after a chase across fields by deputy sheriffs and farmers. They admitted stealing a vehicle in Chicago Thursday midnight and robbing a filling station near Plymouth Indiana early today. E W McKean, 70, was slugged during the incident.
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Findlay
Baltimore
E. W. McKean
Lincoln Highway
Here
Errald Miller
Chicago
Plymouth
Ind
M Guffey Members Headed to National Club Convention
About 50 Cabell McGuffey club members departed Huntington by car early today for Miami to attend the annual convention of the National Federation of McGuffey clubs.
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M’guffey
National Club Convention
Huntington
Cabell McGuffey Club
Miami
National Federation of McGuffey Clubs
President Roosevelt Approves Wood County Airport WPA Project
The office of Senator Kilgore announced that President Roosevelt has approved an $836,730 Works Progress Administration improvement project for the Wood County West Virginia airport.
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Washington
Kilgore
W.va
Roosevelt
Wood County
W. Va
Open Break With France Seem Likely Accuses Vichy of Fighting for Nazis
Washington June 13 A fresh United States accusation says France was induced to do Germanys fighting in Syria and raises the possibility of cutting the frozen French assets in the United States worth about 1 5 billion dollars and possibly breaking relations with Vichy The State Department charged that Germany influenced the Vichy government to aid its military advance and noted the Darlan Laval plan to deliver France to Hitler may have failed.
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Washington
United States
France
Germany
Syria
Vichy
Berlin
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Hull
Darlan-Laval Group
Hitler
Tanks Enter Army Games In Tennessee Maneuvers
The Army readies a new mechanized division from Fort Benning to join large scale exercises in Tennessee. Eleven thousand soldiers and about sixteen hundred armored vehicles will test anti-tank tactics and how armored forces perform under battle conditions against other troops.
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Tennessee
Fort Benning
Latin American Students To Get Hotel Training
A group of young hotel men from Latin American countries will receive free hotel management courses at three U.S. universities. The American Hotel Association executive committee announced it would finance their education at Cornell University, Michigan State, and the University of Washington as part of the good neighbor policy.
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American ‘Hotel Association
AHA
Cornell
Michigan State
University ‘of Washington
Japs to Fight If U S Moves Against Axis
Roosevelt orders immediate freezing of all German and Italian assets in the United States and assets of invaded European countries. Treasury Department to administer the control measures. In Rome, Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka endorses Mussolini’s stance amid American actions.
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U. S
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Treasury Department
White House
Rome
Yosuke Matatioka
Mussolini
Japan
Matsuoka
Italy
Il Duce
Croatia to Join Axis in World War Era Pact
In Rome on June 14 political circles said Croatia would sign the three power pact, joining Bulgaria and Slovakia as a junior partner in the original tripartite agreement. Diplomatic representatives of Croatia and Germany accompanied Count Galeazzo Ciano arriving in Venice. The move follows Croatia’s roots in Yugoslavia and the axis conquest setting up a new government under Ante Pavelic. Virginio Gayda denounced the US for not recognizing the Croatia setup in Ti Giornale D'Italia.
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Rome
Croatia
Galeargo Ciano
Venice
Germany
Yugoslavia
Ber
Slovakia
Bulgaria
Virginio Gayda
United States
Ti Giornale D'Italia
Ante Pavelic
Wii
Serta
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U.S.A
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LAW Makers
Kissoue Falls
Britishers Circle
Okehs
Avows
AXIS
Tri-Partite
Pact of Axis
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