Germany Moves Against US Over Frozen Assets
Berlin announced it will take necessary measures effective immediately to counter United States asset freezes on German subjects. A government spokesman refused detailed comment and said there was greatest reluctance to discuss American developments, with no plans for formal statements on the issue.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
America
United States of America
Erica
Tovy
Mayor Lysle invites striking workers to talk in McKeesport
McKeesport mayor George H. Lysle, 74, defies the city union by inviting 179 striking service employees to a meeting to discuss the walkout over union recognition and higher pay. Garbage removal and repair work on streets, sewers, and city garages have halted since the Saturday midnight strike.
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Mckeesport
George H. Lysle
Pittsburgh
CIO State
County and Municipal Workers Union
Lysle
The Grafton Sentinel invites attendance at two Strand and Dixie shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Martha L Jackson of 340 East Main Street to tonight's screenings. Strand Theatre presents Men of Boys Towns with Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. Dixie Theatre shows The Lady Eve.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Martha L. Jackson
East Main Street
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Strand Theatre
Lady Eve
Salm of Austria Enlists in U S Army Air Service
Count Henry Salm, scion of a noble Austrian family, has enlisted in the U S Army Air Service and will enter as a flying cadet soon after graduating from Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire where he is pictured.
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Count Henry Salm
Army Air Service
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
State dept orders closing of all German consulates
Washington June 17 The State department ordered the closing of every German consulate in the United States by July 10 drawing Senate approval and opposition Senator McCarran called it a step toward severing relations fearing it could push the nations toward war Undersecretary Welles denied a diplomatic rupture and said the action targeted German consulates and related offices not the German embassy The move followed a prior order freezing German and Italian funds in the country
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Washington
State Department
United States
Senate
McCarran
D.-Nev
Russia
Welles
German Library of Information
German Tourist Bureau
Nazi Transocean News Service
Gen- See
State Plans Public Health Survey Soon
Charleston June 17 The American Public Health Association may study West Virginia public health needs and practices. Governor Neely’s office was advised the request was referred to a sub-committee. The sub-committee aims to work in WV after completing a Manitoba study.
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Charleston
West Virginia
American Public Health Association
Neely
Manitoba
Canada
Former Superintendent Seeks Teacher Pension
Berkeley Springs June 17 Buford 8 Cross, 62, who began teaching at 16 and led Morgan county schools as superintendent from 1923 to 1936, announced he would seek retirement under the new state pension act for teachers.
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Berkeley Springs
Buford
Cross
Morgan County
Grocers Denounce Federal Indictments and Price Claims
The National Association of Retail Grocers denounces the federal anti-trust division in its food inquiry as spreading unfounded publicity and claiming spectacular drops in food costs. The grocers object to the assertion that price spreads between farmers and consumers stem from retail distribution practices. A Chicago grand jury had charged 69 canning companies and individuals with price fixing for canned peas.
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Chicago
National Association of Retail Grocers
Federal Anti-Trust Division
Grocers’ Convention
Court limits strike action at Charleston defense housing project
A temporary injunction binds 14 AFL local affiliates to peaceful picketing at a national defense housing project in St Albans. Circuit Judge Julian F. Bouchelle ruled actions interfering with construction of 450 housing units for workers at the South Charleston naval ordinance plant must stop. The project, financed by the government, prompted the National Housing company to seek the order.
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Charleston
National Defense
St. Albans
American Federation of Labor
Julian F. Bouchelle
National Housing Company
Washington, D. C
South Charleston
C. FP. McGraner
Charleston Building ‘Trades Council
Hatfield Charged in Fatal Porch Shooting
Deputy Sheriff Wayne Hatfield says Perry Hatfield aged 48 is charged with the fatal shooting of Boyd Patrick aged 29 whose body was found on the front porch Sunday.
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Williamson
Wayne Hatfield
Perry Hatfield
Boyd Patrick
Hero of Narissa Rescues 84 Survivors in Lifeboat
Arthur Strickland steward aboard the British freighter Narissa saved 84 survivors after the ship was torpedoed off Ireland with 288 deaths. Adrift in a lifeboat he signaling with a flashlight to an American bomber aiding rescue by a destroyer.
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Boston
Arthur Strickland
Narissa
Ireland
Strickland
England
Lifeboat Hero Melvin Mundy Rescues Robin Moor Survivors
The Robin Moor incident is recounted as Melvin Mundy of Bethlehem Pa steered a lifeboat with three women and a two year old to safety after 13 days adrift. Mundy copied a chart from the captain and remained at the rudder when a rescue ship appeared. Survivors say sea conditions saved them, not wireless alerts. The submarine was identified as German, though markings were disputed.
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Erneg
Capetown
South Africa
Robin Moor
Nger
Melvin Mundy
Bethlehem
Ozorio
Mundy
Scandinavia Worried By Soviet Troop Moves
A Helsinki dispatch reports Russian troop mobilization raises anxiety in Finland and Scandinavia. An international athletic meeting in Helsinki was canceled and a Copenhagen versus Malmo football match was called off as Danes could not leave Denmark.
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London
Dispatch Today
Helsinki
Finland
Scandinavia
Copenhagen
Malmo
Sweden
Seeks Clothes of Slain Girl For Clues in Sex Slaying
Detectives searched through Washington DC's upscale DuPont Circle area for the missing clothes of 23 year old Jessie B. Strieff, a War Department stenographer, whose nude body was found in a professor's garage. Police believe the crime occurred elsewhere and aim to use the clothing as a key lead.
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Washington
War Department
Jessie B. Strieff
DuPont, Circle
State Court Rules Special Levy Legal in Debts Case
Charleston June 17 The West Virginia Supreme Court declined to overturn a Mingo county levy for contractual debt. Justice Kenna writes the decision rests on jurisdiction. no supersedeas was issued, so the order dismissing Norfolk and Western Railway’s suit stands.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Mingo County
Fred L. Fox
Jo N. Kenna
Mingo
Norfolk and Western Railway
Auditors Find More Frauds In Lincoln County Board
State auditors reported 134 irregularities totaling 18 980.94 in Lincoln County school records amid a six month audit ending December 31, 1940. The largest item was a 3500 overpayment for a bank building linked to former members Homer Hall Ove Hill and Elza B Adkins who were convicted of bribe involvement. The new school board aims to pursue recoveries and will likely discuss the audit at its June 24 meeting.
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Hall
Hill
Adkins
Cabell County
W. W. Trent
McComas
Manufacturers Hold Defense Clinic in Huntington
In Huntington on June 17 a defense clinic sponsored by state and regional manufacturers associations gathered industrial leaders to answer questions about national defense efforts. Walter B. Welsenburger of New York served as interlocutor, representing the National Association of Manufacturers.
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Huntington
Walter B. Welsenburger
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
West Virginia Manufacturers'’ Association
Huntington Manufacturers’ Result
Welsenburger
Complete ban on oil shipping from East proposed by Ickes
Secretary Ickes proposed a complete ban on oil exports from the East Coast without government approval of shipments. The move followed a 240000 gallon Philadelphia to Japan shipment and threats of an oil famine on the eastern seaboard. R K Davis sent telegrams to 32 east coast shippers urging permission requirements.
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Ickes
Aluminum
Raps
Washington
United States
Defense Petroleum Coordinator
Philadelphia
Japan
R. K. Davis
Hearing on Harrison Rural Electrification rate increase
Charleston June 17. The Public Service Commission held eight hearings on the fairness of a provisional minimum monthly charge increase granted six weeks earlier to the Harrison Rural Electrification association. The cooperative sought higher rates after finding current revenues at old rates insufficient to cover operating expenses for its electric distribution lines in Harrison and adjacent counties.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Harrison Rural Electrification Association
Cooperative Association
Harrison
Roads Lacking Prison Labor Advised in Charleston
Charleston June 17 A State Road Commission inquiry urged better street care in unincorporated communities and expanded use of prison labor for highway work. J Z Terrell proposed the prison labor plan, arguing it aids rehabilitation. The panel studied freeing toll bridges and noted road spending as not bright. Bailey said 1036 prisoners now on road work, could rise to 1200 in 90 days. The care of small town streets was sent to the legislature.
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Charleston
Advisory
State Road Commission
J. Z. Terrell
Clarksburg
State Penitentiary
Ernest L. Bailey
Bailey
Legislat
Charleston to Fight Gasoline Price Fixing
Charleston officials will press federal action against alleged gasoline price fixing in the area. The city council adopted a special investigating committee report led by Councilman Harry Silverstein proposing filing a complaint with the Department of Justice, asserting reason to believe an agreement exists to fix prices in violation of anti trust laws.
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Charleston
Harry Silverstein
Department of Justice
Two billions frozen in U S funds amid axis reserves
John W. Pehle, treasury controller for foreign funds, estimated that about 2.5 billion dollars in cash and assets were frozen under President Roosevelt's order affecting Germany Italy and other continental European nations. The total frozen foreign assets in the U S now reaches roughly 7 billion with prior orders. An inventory is underway to determine exact totals as Pehle expands staff and assigns Irwin May to lead a new investigating unit, mostly based in New York, with 116 personnel and growing.
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Washington
John W. Peble
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Germany
Italy
United States
Switzerland
Pehle
Ferret
Axis
Irwin May
Eas
Berlin
May
New York
Funeral Directors Convene for West Virginia Annual Convention
Morgantown June 17. The West Virginia Funeral Directors Association opens a three day meeting with sessions to analyze recent embalmer and mortician legislation. About 100 delegates registered last night and attendance may reach 400. Lead speaker will be Raymond Kenny, director of the state public…
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Morgantown
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
Raymond Kenny
General Ernest Hinds Dies at Fort Sam Houston
Major General Ernest Hinds retired from the A S A died today at Station hospital Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Texas He was 76 years old General Hinds served as Pershing’s chief of artillery in the AEF and is noted for his long military career.
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San Antonio
Tex
Ernest Hinds
John J. Pershing
Station Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Vichy French Stage Fierce Counter Blow
Military dispatches from Syria report a French counter attack driving British from Merdjayoun, as British reinforcements regroup near Damascus. In North Africa, Imperial troops push toward Fort Capuzzo in Libya while Axis counter-attacks are repelled with Tobruk reinforcements en route.
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VICHY
France
Syria
Merdjayoun
Associated Press
Damascus
Middle East
Gairo
Viel
Mediterranean
Beirut
Lebanon
Merdrayoun
Kuneitra
North Africa
Libya
Fort Capuzzo
Tobruk
Petain appeals for French faith in leadership
Marshal Petain, amid France’s fragile recovery, told the nation today that they were neither sold out nor betrayed. He urged continued confidence as he warned of many trials ahead, recalling the armistice appeal a year earlier and noting prisoners and missing loved ones, hardship on food, and ongoing strain.
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Vichy
France
Philippe Petain
Ther
Germany
The Man Who Lost Himself at Opera House Starring Aberne
Content presents The Man Who Lost Himself at the Opera House featuring Brian Aberne and BOW. The show runs at 331 High Street, with audience urged to attend and enjoy a dramatic production in a classic theater setting.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Pitzer
High Street Uns
Content
Man
Brian Aberne
Bow
Opera Hous Theatre
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