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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1940
Page
1
Berlin experiences its first air attack of the war with seven injured and buildings damaged including a hospital. DNB reports two Bremen civilians hurt and Babelsberg incendiaries damaging a garage and autos. Four suspected British planes were driven off by anti air fire as ongoing bombings continued in western Germany.
Reports from high sources indicate armistice negotiations continue at Compiegne France at 615 pm local time with Germany signaling a possible signing before day end The French envoys plan talks with Italy to finalize terms before any general peace is declared.
London reports waves of German warplanes struck the east coast early today for the third time in four days. Three civilians killed, three wounded, and fires lit the sky as British fighters and anti-aircraft units drove the raiders out to sea with limited damage overall.
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Minnie Cole of 303 Thayer Street to tonight's cinema presentation. She may attend Virginia City with Errol Flynn and Miriam Hopkins at the Strand Theatre or Heritage of the Desert with Donald Woods and Evelyn Venable at the Dixie Theatre.
British RAF reports dawn bombardment of Tobruk Libya followed by warship smoke. Blenheim aircraft attacked. two interceptors damaged, no reported damage to Tobruk. Additional raids hit El Aden El Gubba Malta Macaaca airdrome and Carussa Kenya with no casualties.
The Roosevelt administration faces a flare up over foreign policy and two Republican cabinet picks. Garner and Farley held a conference and voiced displeasure with the Stimson and Knox nominations, signaling sharp opposition to the president's defense and foreign policy choices as hearings begin in the Senate.
Parker sburg June 22 The state census director John Lennon reports after tabulations in 18 counties that West Virginia is losing population in resource exhausted areas while southern zones with mining and industry gain. The eastern panhandle remains stationary. Declines around Fairmont Moundsville and Wheeling are linked to machinery in coal mines and exhausted coal oil and gas. Pocahontas county lumber coal worked out drops from 15 002 in 1920 to 14 555 then to 13 008 this year.
Italian military headquarters said a broad Mediterranean air and naval campaign sank three enemy ships by submarines and heavily bombed French bases at Bizerte and Marseille. They reported bombing Marsa Matruh, the British High Command base in Egypt, and direct hits on two cruisers, one near the Balearic Islands and one at Bizerte.
Italian bombers attacked Alexandria harbor in the first attempt to strike the British and French fleet there. Bombs largely fell into the sea as anti aircraft fire and fighter planes responded. Casualties were reported and French ships were noted as cooperating with the British fleet near the city.
Philadelphia June 22 A sweeping rule by the Republican national committee denies any delegate representation in future conventions to congressional districts that fail to poll at least 1000 votes for the GOP. Proposed by Delaware committeeman Daniel O Hastings the rule aims to curb delegate buying and pressure southern states to mobilize voters ahead of the convention. The measure, pending convention approval, would shift roughly 75 delegates from the south if enacted.
German motorized forces backed by artillery and bombers seized the mountain town of Bellegarde on the Swiss French frontier. After breaking through Bellegarde they press toward the rock fortress of L Ecluse called the Gibraltar of the Rhone, dominating the Rhone gorge and rising a thousand feet above sea level.
In Port Vue during a Fayette City parade two Fayette City volunteer firefighters were wounded when a revolver discharged accidentally. Ralph Clegg, 23, was shot in the abdomen and Jack Reger Hipp ed in a serious condition. Earl Ophar, 33, the drum and bugle corps drill sergeant, jokingly poked Clegg with his gum causing the weapon to discharge.
Berlin report states the German High Command says more than a thousand prisoners have been taken in recent days as advancing forces seize an entire Spahi cavalry brigade and numerous top French army and navy officers.
Philadelphia June 22 General Smedley D Butler a longtime Marine Corps veteran and outspoken figure died at Naval Hospital from an abdominal ailment He served 30 of his 69 years in the Marines earning multiple honors including two congressional medals of honor for the Boxer Rebellion His career spanned the Boxer Rebellion Panama Canal Zone Nicaragua Mexico and Haiti with notable leadership in World War I.
Hyde Park June 22 James Forrestal president of Dillon Read and company New York investment firm was appointed a 10000 a year administrative assistant to President Roosevelt today. The post is one of six created under the government reorganization act. He may serve as liaison for the national defense program while joining Laughlin Currie William McReynolds and James Rowe as official administrative assistants.
Republican platform committee moves toward a peace and hemispheric defense declaration as delegates gather ahead of the nomination fight. Major candidates plan to arrive, with Frank Gannett, Senator Bridges, Vandenberg, Taft, Dewey, and Willkie expected to attend forthcoming sessions. Bridges holds his first Philadelphia press conference amid unusually full candidate presence.
Charleston dispatch reports West Virginia State Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson defending a reciprocal vehicle tax plan for Pennsylvania registered buses and trucks in West Virginia as a step toward a signed peace treaty. Pennsylvania utilities commissioner Richard J. Beamish cries border warfare. Simpson says written agreement to terms for amicable operation has been offered to nine other states.
President John W. Elliott of Philippi based Alderson-Broaddus College announced the institution has operated without a deficit for two years. Baptists in Welch and surrounding counties expressed strong support as old debts were settled and the college continued its stable finances, according to the Tri-County Rockcastle Baptist Sun.
In Bordeaux on June 22 the French cabinet met to decide whether to accept German armistice terms. Discussions began at 10 a.m. and were expected to conclude before nightfall. Fighting slowed, with raids on Marseilles and actions in the Vosges as negotiations with Germany and Italy proceeded. Officials anticipated a simultaneous French and German communique revealing decisions, with no pressure for haste. The public was urged to await official word while government leaders stayed in close contact with Nazi negotiators at Compiegne.
In Clarksburg on June 22 magistrates opened a state meeting to discuss three proposed constitutional amendments. U S Senator M M Neely, Democratic governor nominee cautious about ending the justice of the peace system, is slated to speak at a banquet tonight. The association will continue sessions tomorrow.
Readers receive a garbled Washington dispatch claiming British gains over French forces with references to naval munitions and a limited reserve. Some lines suggest the fleet remains largely in enemy hands and that any usefulness would be short term.
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