Complete County Blackout Test Planned Tonight
Taylor County defense officials announce the first county wide blackout will start between 9 and 10 p m to test civilian defense readiness. Major J P Easley will be present with top officials to observe the alert with sirens bells and whistles coordinating with neighborhood wardens. Citizens are urged to delay nonessential calls around 8 45 p m and observe the warning signals as bells and fire sirens mark the alert.
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Taylor County
J. P. Easley
U. S. Army
Fifth Corps
Charles E. Burke
Brownlow Park
Lovelind
Blueville
Easley
Labor Lords Are Assailed in Pleasants Speech
June 19 report quotes former Governor H. G. Kump denouncing labor lords and political pirates who profit from workers, while affirming support for laborers and opposing leaders who coerce political loyalty. He claims his heart remains with workers despite critical stance.
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Point Pleasant
H. G. Kump
Kump
Grafton Sentinel Invites Mrs Isner to Strand Showings
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs. H. R. Isner of 112 Walnut Street to tonight's screenings at the Strand featuring Sing for Your Supper with Charles Buddy Rogers Right to the Heart with Brenda Joyce and Prairie Gunsmoke with Tex Ritter and Bill Elliott at the Dixie.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Charles
Buddy” Rogers
Strand
Brenda Joyce
Tex Ritter
Bill Elliott
Iva Hugill
Warder Avenue
House of Errors
Ary Langdort
Opera House
Pots-and-pans drive yields far less aluminum
Washington June 19 A War Production Board probe found the pots and pans aluminum collection last July produced under half the expected metal. Officials quantified about 11.2 million pounds of aluminum and other scrap versus a planned 20 million pounds, delaying shipments and prompting a formal efficiency review.
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William Needham
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
Huge Airdrome in Use Deep in Bush Country
A $9,000,000 airdrome camouflaged against enemy raids is in use by Allied air forces in Australia's bush country. Melbourne radio, recorded by CBS, says planes damaged in the air war over Northern Australia are repaired in the airdrome’s massive shops. The camouflage method is a military secret, with the entire installation reportedly invisible from the air.
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San Francisco
Australia
Melbourne
CBS
Exchange Of Nationals Made By U S And Japan
The Gripsholm sailed from New York with 1,097 Japanese and Thai nationals for exchange in neutral territory for American officials and newspapermen interned in Asia. It will stop at Rio de Janeiro to pick up 403 more Japanese from Brazil and Paraguay before proceeding to Lourenço Marques in Portuguese East Africa.
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Washington
Gripsholm
New York
Western Hemisphere
Asia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Paraguay
Laurence Marques
East Africa
U S Bombers Raid Romanian Black Sea Ports
A Bucharest resident said United States bombers raided Constanta, Romania’s chief Black Sea port, and the oil center of Ploiesti in broad daylight. Four planes reportedly landed in Turkey after the raids.
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Istanbud
Turkey
Bucharest
United States
Constanta
Rumania
Black Sea
Plorsti
Steel Looks for Pay Jump
Pittsburgh June 19 The steel industry aims for a general wage increase potentially totaling about 700 million dollars annually, to be in effect within 60 to 90 days. Executives expect the War Labor board to grant a significant boost in the Little Steel case, with acceptance by the industry seen as likely. The United Steelworkers of America seeks a one dollar daily rise and a union shop agreement from the Little Steel group including Bethlehem Republic Inland Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
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Marren Graham
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
CIO
United Steelworkers’ of America
Little Steel” Group
Bethleheld, Republic, Inland Steel and
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Postponement Of Fairs Called By Eastman During War
Washington June 19 The government urged postponement of state and county fairs non essential conventions meetings and group tours until the war ends Joseph B Eastman defense transportation director said civilians should limit train and bus use to avoid direct government control Farmers should not be urged to use tires for non essential travel He added attendance at war effort meetings should be skeletonized following the American Legion example at its fourth convention.
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Washington
Joseph B. Eastman
Defense Transportation
American Legion
US Bombers’ Part in Sea Victory Told
Allied headquarters report details land based Army fliers who bombed the Japanese fleet during the Coral Sea action. They flew four days in relays, returning only to refuel and reload, and helped sink 15 ships and set many afire as the invasion armada retreated north.
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Allied
Australia
Coral Sea
Jap Move On Siberia Forecast Next Month
CHUNGKING reports claim private information shows Japan plans to strike at Siberia in July. The note recalls the 1941 neutrality pact with Soviet Russia and Japan and notes Japanese withdrawals from the Philippines and East Indies concentrate forces in Manchuria to 33 divisions.
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Chungking
Japan
Siberia
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Manchuria
Trouble Still Exists In Navy Ordnance Plant
Detroit June 19. Day shift workers at Hudson naval ordnance plant quit in protest against employing Negroes and returned today but a few hundred walked out again. Capt A S Wortherspoon said he would not reveal the number who refused to listen to Richard T Franksensteen UAW CIO chief, urging no further delay in war production. He added the plant is staggering to its feet as most men resume work.
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Detroit
Hudson Naval Ordnance Plant
A. S. Wortherspoon
Richard T. Frankensteen
United Automobile Workers-Cio
Heydrich murder case ends with two Czech killers shot
Prague church claim of two Czech nationals as Heydrich assassination culprits ends case. German Gestapo says they were shot while resisting arrest after landing by British planes. BBC notes Berlin sought co operation but failed to deter Czech resistance.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Germany
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Heydrich
Protectorate
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Mounc
Czech Murder Page 3 DPA Spending Shows Small Decrease
Charleston June 19 Expenditures of the State Public Assistance department fell from 1 243 103 12 in April to 1 215 998 46 in May largely due to a smaller general relief case load in West Virginia The report notes 14 041 cases aided last month a drop of 1 654 from April as employment opportunities and WPA and private industry boosts cut demand
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Charleston
State Public Assistance Department
West Virginia
Senate House Committees Clash Over War Effort Probe
Senate and House committees spar over war efforts investigations led by Senator Brewster of Maine who accused a House sub committee of rushing its dollar a year men report to scoop the Senate probe. He cited a prior aluminum production report as another instance of hasty release. Details on last summer’s See SENATE, HOUSE Page 2.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate
House
Brewster
National Defense
O. k.”War Production Board
Impeachment Voided for Logan County Board Member
Charleston June 19 The Supreme court suspended today the impeachment of C J Williams member of the Logan county board of education but declined to suspend an order against two other members R L Shelton and Louden H White The court set the case for final argument on September 2 the first day of the fall term
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Charleston
Supreme Court
C. J. Williams
Logan County Board of Education
Onster
R. L. Shelton
Louden H. White
War department inquiry shadows Marietta strike at Pt Pleasant
PT PLEASANT June 19 The War Department may press influence to end the Marietta Manufacturing Co strike as telegrams disclosed the department inquiring about the stoppage and delays in material delivery for vessels aiding coastal defense. L J Callinan Charleston AFL editor said he had not received the telegrams.
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Point Pleasant
War Department
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Department
Army
Navy
L. J. Callmnan
Charleston
AFL
Callinan
Madeline Webb receives life term in Polish refugee murder
Madeline Webb a 28 year old model from Stillwater Oklahoma was sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the murder of Mrs Susan Flora Reich. Her lover Eli Showbrun and John D Cullen were condemned to die in the electric chair in the week of July 17 by Judge Jonah J Goldstein after murder convictions without mercy recommendations.
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New York
Madeline Webb
Stillwater
Okla
Susan Flora Reich
Eli Showbrun
John D. Cullen
General Sessions
Jonah J. Goldstein
Miss Webb
Cullen
Showbrun
Second Front Plea Is Made Frontline War Plan
Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov urged a second European front in 1942 before the Supreme Soviet after touring London and Washington. He announced a 20 year mutual aid treaty with Britain and said deliveries of munitions from the United States would increase in the second half of 1942 as part of growing allied military collaboration led by Soviet Russia, Britain, and the United States. Premier Stalin nodded as Molotov described coordinated postwar action and the alliance’s stability.
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Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
Stask
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Britain
United States
London
Washington
Molotov
Yoseph Stalin
Us.s.r
Stalin
Churchill Roosevelts talks open second front war plan
Allied leaders press for swift action as Churchill and Roosevelt discuss win the war strategy and a potential second front. German troops claim gains near Sevastopol while Allied capitals react with urgency. Libyan front remains troubled as North Africa and Soviet Crimea battles intensify the global crisis.
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Roger D. Greene
Associated Press
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Senemaja Bight
Great Black Sea
Crimea
Caucasus
North Africa
Soviet Crimea
Atlantic
London
Aid for Libya May Be Asked
London reports that Prime Minister Churchill seeks further U S aid during his Washington visit to defend the Libyan Egyptian theater against anticipated German thrusts. British strategists view the Libyan Egyptian danger as urgent, likely delaying a major Western Front offensive until 1943 while commando raids may rise.
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Robert Bunnelle
London
Churchill
Washington
United States
Middle East
Skye
Egypt
Ukraine
Caucasus
Unn
United Nations
Europe
Seypt
Libya
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Defense Council
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Dixie
Todt
Channel
Fritz Todt
Siegfried Line
Hitler
U.S
Steel
Eastman
U. S
U. 8
Navy Ordnance Plant
Central
DPA
Logan
Marietta
Madeline Webb Haughty
2Nd European Front
Eagles
Johnny Born’s
Mary Allee Palmer
Savastopol
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