Soviet Vows Armed Fight If Trespassed Border Stated
Moscow reports no invasion sign yet Izvestia warns enemy will not cross the Soviet frontier. Intensive Red Army training continues nationwide as border guards patrol day and night with troops and border units described across forests steppes mountains seas and deserts. Page 2.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Izvestia
Red Army
Soviet Union
Trady
Tavestia
Farflung
NKVD
State Police
American Consulates Prepare To Close Doors in Nazi Europe
The United States and the Rome Berlin axis moved toward severing ties as Italian consular staff faced expulsion from the U S and Italy. Germany planned similar actions with July 10 as a deadline, while American offices in nine nations prepared to shut under Nazi orders. The Robin Moor sinking added tension as questions arose over closing consulates and related agencies across occupied Europe.
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Europe
U.S
Italy
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Leland B. Morris
Robin Moor
American Express Company
France
Norway
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Serbia
Greece
Public Works Board Calls For Increase in Property Valuing of State Utilities
West Virginia public utility valuations are set for a $70 585 800 rise from the 1941 tax base of 61 343 500. C and O gains lead with 18 270 800, Norfolk and Western up 10 133 300, Virginian up 7 483 900. Oil gas and pipeline entities also rise. A Shanghai dispatch notes a Japanese Army spokesman inviting American pilots to join Chinese air force if they enter battle, seeking to assess American fighter planes' performance.
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Charleston
Board of Public Works
West Virginia
Southern
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Virginian
C. and O
Public Works
Shanghai
Akiyama
West Virginia Day Observed Across State and Camp
West Virginia marked its 78th statehood with bank and department closures while Fort Benjamin Harrison hosted a West Virginia day parade attended by about 2600 officers and enlisted men. U S Senator Kilgore and Senators Reynolds joined Rep Edmiston in speeches. Neely’s office prepared for 700 visitors at the Army camp ahead of the governor’s departure.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
Robert Reynolds
North Carolina
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
Neely
Army Camp
Capitol
Theatre ticket invitation toStrand or Dixie tonight
The clipping invites John E. Wren of 113 Haslup Street to attend tonight. It lists two showings, Shadows on the Stairs at the Strand and Hands Across the Rockies at the Dixie. Identification may be required for admission.
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Strand
Dixie
The
Grafton Sentinel
John E. Wren
Haslup Street
Strand Theater
Coal Men Gather For State Mine Institute
West Virginia coal men attended Huntington for a two day summer session of the State Coal Mining Institute. About 150 heard papers on industry topics read by J. Lindley of Koppers Coal Co Mt Hope Elmer Wierhake of Smokeless fuel Co Samuel Pursglove Sr of Pursglove Coal Mining Co C R Mabler Jr of Is and Creek Coal Co and H B Husband of Consolidation Coal Co all speaking on safety and mining subjects.
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Huntington
West Virginia
State Coal Mining Institute
J. Lindley
Koppers Coal Co
Mt. Hope
Elmer Wierhake
Charleston
Smokeless Fuel Co
Samuel Pursglove, Sr
Pursglove
Pursglove Coal Mining Co
C. R. Mabler, Jr
Isand Creek Coal Co
H. B. Husband
Jenkins, Ky
Consolidation Coal Co
WPA to Cut Over 415000 Workers in Three Years
WPA administrator Howard Hunter announced a drop of more than 415,000 workers from WPA rolls in the next three weeks. State quotas for July vs June 11 included West Virginia with 22,000 and 26,867 workers respectively.
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Washington
Moe
WPA
Howard O. Hunter
West Virginia
Rubber Supply to be Reduced in Civilian Use
An official go slow warning was posted for buyers nationwide. To meet airment demands, rubber stockpiles must be built with imports mainly from the East Indies, so defense officials ordered a reduction in civilian rubber supply. Hydroelectric power in the drought ridden southeast is essential for manufacture. See RUBBER SUPPLY Page 5.
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Washington
East Indies
Allies Predict Damascus Falls In Hours
Allied forces press the Damascus assault as British Indian and Free French units attack from three sides. Dentz reportedly rejected capitulation, while Vichy forces resist on all fronts. In the south Australians slow toward Beirut amid stiff counterattacks and coastal skirmishes continue.
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Vichy
Merdjayoun
Beirut
Will Resume Coal Parleys
A new conference was called to day between Southern Appalachian soft coal producers and the CIO United Mine Workers to seek complete labor peace. The two year agreement signed yesterday by CIO UMW and northern producers ended a long wage dispute. Strikes persisted in San Francisco shipyards Puget Sound lumber camps Great Lakes ships and McKeesport Pa. A northern soft coal contract served as a pattern for negotiations with southern operators. It raises miners pay from six to seven dollars per day.
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Associated Press
CTO United Mine Workers
Cio-Umw
San Francisco
Puget Sound
McKeesport
Apollo
Northern
State police under raid, commissioner blocks leaves
Harrisburg pa June 20 federal defense agencies raided the force of ace investigators Commissioner Lynn G Adams prohibited further leaves of absence without pay for state policemen He said14 crack troopers left to join defense groups or take industrial jobs, warning the issue could grow if not checked investigators are born and then developed
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Harrisburg
Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania
Adams
Navy's Oldest Submarine O-9 Overdue On Test Dive
In Portsmouth New Hampshire on June 20 the Navy said the O 9 oldest submarine in service was seven hours overdue on a test dive of the Isles of Shoals near the Squalus wreck site The O 9 normally carries two to four officers and around 30 men
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy
Isles of Shoals
Small Earners to Pay Surtaxes Under New Plan
Uncounted thousands who escape normal 1941 income tax will still owe surtaxes under the revenue plan tentatively approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. The 100 percent earned income credit cannot be deducted in surtax calculations, creating a paradox for some families. Committee officials say the number of such new taxpayers will be substantial, as the plan introduces a graduated surtax system that will more than double 1940 payments for most individuals.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robin Moor sinking denounced by president
President Roosevelt denounced the sinking of the Robin Moor as ruthless and an act of an international outlaw. He said the American vessel was sunk by a German submarine, warning that no American ship or cargo on the seven seas is immune. The ship sank in the South Atlantic on May 21 and all aboard were rescued.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Germany
Congress
South Atlantc
Seven Seas
American Woman Flies 7 Bomber To Britain
London reports Jacqueline Cochran first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic arrives after delivering an American Hudson bomber. She brings three dozen silk stockings and says the trip was smooth with her at the controls the entire way.
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London
Jacqueline Cochran
Atlantic
England
Launch Third Net Tender At Point Pleasant Yard
Point Pleasant June 20 The Elder third of four net tenders built by the Marietta Manufacturing Co for the Navy was launched into the Ohio River yesterday. The Larch fourth and last vessel costing about 10 000 000 will be launched in July. Keels for the first two of eight Army mine planters have gone down and keels for two more will be laid as soon as the last net tender leaves the ways.
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Point Pleasant
Elder
Marietta Manfacturing Co
Navy
Ohio River
Army
Plan contribution to Kentucky and West Virginia Power
Washington June 20 The Securities and Exchange Commission was notified by American Gas and Electric Company of a 2 035 000 capital contribution to its wholly owned subsidiary Kentucky and West Virginia Power Company. Kentucky and West Virginia would use 585 000 to repay open account indebtedness to the parent company and the balance for property additions.
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Washington
The
Securities Commission
American Gas and Electric Company
Kentucky and West Virginia Power Company
Kentucky
West Virginia
Martinsburg Man Heads Funeral Directors Group
Howard Brown of Martinsburg is elected president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association at the convention in Morgantown. N. H. Rogers of Keyser named among the vice presidents selected.
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Morgantown
Howard Brown
Martinsburg
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
N. H. Rogers of
Keyser
Solons View Soviet Crisis
Washington observers say Germany aims to seize Russian food and war materials, threatening prolongation of the war and potential American involvement. Senator Pepper notes troop buildup on the Russian frontier signals intent, urging active aid to Britain if Ukraine falls.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Pepper
D.fla
Great Britain
Ukraine
Solons
Negro Boys State Receives $120 From Gov Neely
BLUEFIELD June 20 A $120 check from Gov Neely’s contingent fund was presented to Negro Boys’ State to help defray encampment expenses. State Police Superintendent John W Bosworth made the presentation, with the governor having recently funded a separate program for white youths at Jackson’s Mill.
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Bluefield
Neely
John W. Bosworth
Boys’ State, Inc
Jackson's Mill
British Ship Losses Heavy in May War Report
London reported May shipping losses at 461,328 tons, down from April but with high battles at Greece and Crete. Total war losses to May end reached 1,089 ships and 702,807 tons, with British, Allied and neutral totals broken down.
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London
Britain
Greece
Crete
Germany
Italy
Ohio River Could Boost Boat Traffic Major Says
Huntington June 20 Major F H Falkner Huntington district US engineer says the Ohio River is in condition to handle ten times its present traffic without facility expansion. He comments on a proposal to move oil from Louisiana to the upper Ohio River and notes locks dams and channels are ready to carry tremendous tonnage to relieve a threatened oil and gasoline shortage on the Atlantic coast.
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Huntington
Ohio River
F. H. Falkner
Louisana Fields
Falkner
Atlantic
Children of D.A.R Elect Parkersburg Youth Head
Harold Thom of Parkersburg elected state president of the West Virginia division Children of the American Revolution at the third annual conference session. The 1942 convention is scheduled for Huntington.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Children of the American Revolution
Harold Thom
Parkersburg
Huntington
Allies study aid to Soviet stage air war
London reports Britain weighing policy to aid Soviet Russia if Hitler targets the British Isles. US support was a factor. The RAF conducted a ninth straight night of attacks on invasion coast bases and western German industry, aiming to avert a bloodless bargain for a bigger German thrust.
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London
Soviet Russia
Britain
Adolf Hitler
United States
Hitler
Joseph Stalin
British Isles
RAF
Russia
Germany
Saas
Restoring Calm After Rumors in Damascus
June 20 dispatches report unfounded rumors that British forces entered Damascus prompting a stern warning from the mandate government. Calm was restored within hours as Indian units probed south of the capital though French defenders claim the ancient city held firm. The London note said Damascus’ fall was a matter of hours while French sources cited British attacks near Voasis of Guza.
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Damascus
Syria
London
Voasis
Guza
Senais
Grafton Sentinel Invites Miss Phillips to Tonight’s Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Sarah K Phillips of 94 Walder Street to tonight’s Opera House Theater presentation Next Time We Love starring James Stewart and Margaret Sule Javan now showing at the venue.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Sarah K. Phillips
Walder Street
James Stewart
Margaret Sule Javan
Opera House
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