Reds Accept Allied Offer To Aid Soviet
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden formally welcomed Soviet Russia as an ally in the common task of defeating Germany. He urged Britain to overlook political considerations and emphasized that the Russians are fighting the man who seeks world domination. Eden reviewed relations before Hitler’s invasion and pledged Poland’s redemption, noting Russia had accepted British military and economic missions to coordinate the common war effort.
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London
Anthony Eden
Russia
Germany
House of Commons
Eden
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Poland
Hitler
Great Britain
Moscow
Pension Board Organizes in Charleston Meeting
The new board for the joint contributory retirement plan for school teachers met to name an executive secretary and begin organization. State Superintendent W. W. Trent said no new retirements would be likely, but about 140 pensioners under the 1939 act may be admitted into the system. See PENSION BOARD Page 5
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Charleston
W. W. Trent
The Gratis Sentinel Invites Mrs Keller to Strand Show
The Gratis Sentinel invites Mrs J Keller of Tinealn Street to tonight's Strand Theatre presentation The Great American Broadcast starring Alice Faye and Jack. The Dixie Theatre also shows Virginia.
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Gratis, Sentinel
Showdown Near in Soft Coal Dispute and Navy Action
Labor and defense programs loom large as Southern coal operators prepare a response to the CIO United Mine Workers demand for a new wage agreement. The Navy opened civil service rolls to machinists to restart 11 shipyards on $500 million in orders, while the basic daily wage would align at seven dollars in both regions after a prior 40 cent differential was dropped. Decision imminent on a two year pact amid high stakes for Southern Appalachia and West Coast shipyards. National Youth Administration marks sixth anniversary with events across West Virginia projects and a dinner invitation to Senator Kilgore.
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Associated Press
Southern
San Francisco
Navy
Civil Service
CIO United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Attorney General Addresses New Charleston Citizens
Charleston June 24 Attorney General Clarence W Meadows says democracy means more than stagnation. He notes more complaints arise in the United States than elsewhere due to high expectations and fearless expression by Americans during a dinner for new Charleston area naturalized citizens.
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Charleston
Clarence W. Meadows
United States
Meadows
Motor Trouble Forces Plane Down In Field
A small plane forced to land in a wheat field near Summersville due to motor trouble. Pilot and two occupants left the scene after the incident, state trooper B. F. McLaughlin reported. No injuries were evident.
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Richwood
Summersville
B. F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Battle Rages in Black Sea between Russian and German forces
London dispatch cites unconfirmed reports from Varna of Russian cruisers destroyers and submarines fighting German aircraft off the Bulgarian coast. Reports allege mines along Bulgarian and Romanian shores and a narrow Bosporus passage while Soviet air forces contest on multiple fronts and Germans counter Russian moves in Bessarabia.
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London
Reuters
Ankara
Black Sea
Varna
Bosporus
Mediterranean
Martinsburg Couple Lose Son-In-Law Aboard Sub
Martinsburg residents Mr and Mrs J D Powell said their son in law Gaddis S Handy 34 of Mountain View California was a radioman first class on the submarine O 9 which sank off the coast of Plymouth New Hampshire last Friday Handy married Mary Powell about five years ago they have two children Tommy 2 and Carolyn 4
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Martinsburg
J.D. Powell
Gaddis S. Handy
Mountain View
Cal
Plymouth
N. H
Handy
Mary Powell
Tommy
Carolyn
Fighting units to be welded into joint force
General George C. Marshall outlined plans to fuse land sea and air forces into a coordinated fighting team. Navy dive bombers will be paired with ground troops in late summer maneuvers, with war games in Louisiana in August and further Army field training in November in the Carolinas.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Navy
Harold R. Stark
Naval
Louisiana
Carolinas
Marshall
Safety Experts To Hear Police Superintendent
Charleston June 24 Dangers that beset skilled defense workers as they travel to and from work over city streets and highways will be discussed tonight at a conference of safety experts called by State Highway Safety Director C. W. Boone. Boone predicted about 30 persons from industrial plants at Charleston Huntington and Parkersburg State. Police Superintendent John W. Bosworth will speak.
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Charleston
C. W. Boone
Boone
Huntington
Parkersburg
John W. Bosworth
Aid to Soviet gains in favor on Capital Hill
Senate backing for aiding Russia against Germany grew with broad support, while Senator Clerk of Missouri opposed, saying Stalin's hand is as bloody as Hitler's. The State department signaled policy alignment with Britain, allowing limited economic cooperation with the Soviet Union and potential release of frozen Russian assets. See AID TO SOVIET Page 5.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Senate
Clerk
D.-Mo
Stalin
Hitler
State Department
United States
Britain
Fugitives Hide in Hardy County Woods After Prison Break
Prison guards wounded two fleeing convicts Frank O Davidson 29 of Augusta and Leslie Perry 24 of Huntington and captured a third. The men were hospitalized in Winchester Virginia with gunshot wounds and expected to recover. Two other escapees William Armentrout 22 of Catawba and Elmer Tichnell 21 of Parkersburg broke from a prison truck near Moorfield as five men fled.
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William Armentrout
Catawba
Elmer Tichnell
Parkersburg
McCauley
Moorfield
Walter Lee Cook
Doctors Tap Spinal Fluid to Relieve Ear Pressures
Howard W. Blakeslee reports a new treatment for deafness using spinal taps near the base of the spine to withdraw excess ear pressure. In trials at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, more than 40 percent of progressive deafness cases showed marked hearing improvement, with some cures lasting about six months.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Durham
N. H
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Soviet Claim 300 Nazi Tanks Destroyed in Frontline Pushes
Moscow reports smashing two invasion columns and recapturing territory while admitting three frontier towns Brest Litovsk Kolno and Lomza fell 10 to 16 miles into Soviet land. About 5 000 Germans killed 127 planes shot down and 300 tanks destroyed amid fighting across the Baltic states eastern Poland and Bessarabia.
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Moscow
Red Army
Europe
Brest Litovsk
Kolno
Lomza
Lithuania
Poland
Baltic States
Bessarabia
Russia
Germany
Siauliai
Bug River
Lomva
Prussia
Spaniards Demonstrate Against Soviet Union in Madrid
In Madrid on June 24 Falangists paraded the streets and demonstrated before the German embassy shouting on to Moscow and Gibraltar for Spain. Police ringed the United States and British embassies to prevent incidents as government leaders weigh Spain's axis policy toward the Soviet Union.
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Madrid
Moscow
Gibraltar
Spain
United States
Bulgaria to assume German conflict representation neutrality
Berlin reports Bulgaria agreed, at Germany’s request, to take over representation of German conflict and likely declare neutrality. Finnish role unclear as officials say they do not know exactly. Military authorities to discuss the question. Kaunas radio broadcasts cited.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Germany
Findland
Kaunas
Lithuania
Federal Court Studies Huntington Bridge Case
Federal Judge John H. Druffel heard oral arguments on a bid to dismiss condemnation proceedings over the Huntington-Ohio Bridge spanning the Ohio River between Cresakeake and Huntington. Floyd Williams argued the sale of the span could not halt the process, while Murphy Seasongood contended the toll bridge is a publicly owned carrier outside federal jurisdiction.
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Cincinnati
Huntington-Ohio Bridge Company
Ohio River
Cresakeake, C
Huntington
John H. Druffel
Floyd Williams
Cabell County
W. Va
Bridge Commission
Murphy Seasongood
RAF conducts another daylight raid across the Channel
London reports heavy explosions across the misty channel as the RAF conducts a 13th straight night attack on western Germany. Targets include Wilhelmshaven Kiel Emden Hannover and other Nazi occupied areas with claims of downing 77 German planes in daylight raids on the French coast over the past three days.
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London
RAF
Germany
Wlhelms
Haven Kiel
Emden
Hannover
Wilhelmshaven
French
Draft boards adequate to register new youths
The state’s 90 draft boards will handle an expected addition of 13 000 names to their files in the second registration July 1, state selective headquarters announced. Lieut. Col. C. C. Pierce, acting director, noted about 8 000 men who registered last October 16 will have been called by July 1, and other thousands have been classified.
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Charleston
C. C. Pierce
Huntington WPA Official Heads Charleston Office
Charleston dispatch announces Chester A. Caw ley, Huntington WPA official, named district representative of the state employment service overseeing the Charleston office by chief Carl Carey.
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Huntington
WPA
Charleston
Chester A. Cawley
Huntington Wpa
State Employment Service
Carl Carey
Swift moving columns push 120 miles deep
German and Japanese reports claim rapid Axis advances in the eastern front. German panzer units supposedly drive 120 miles into southwest Russia as center-front thrust nears Brest Litovsk toward Minsk. Soviet bunkers and frontier towns fall amid high command assertions of planned course. Japanese women and children in Moscow ordered home as Tokyo shows sympathy for Germany.
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Associated Press
Russian
Ukraine
Red Army
Japan
Spain
Ankara
Turkey
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Minsk
Reuters
British New Agency
Vichy
Berlin
Madrid
Moscow
Tokyo
Domei
Germany
Adolf Returns to Mein Kampf in Weekly Feature
In a vacation written column by Fred Vanderschmidt, Dewitt MacKenzie’s daily feature discusses re-reading Mein Kampf Chapter XIV for this week’s Moscow Rome Tokyo focus. The piece questions Hitler’s sincerity and strategic bargaining with Britain and Italy amid wartime pressures.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Fred Vanderschmidt
Moscow
Rome
Tokyo
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Britain
Italy
Invitation to Showing at Grafton Opera House
The Grafton Genuine invites DALE A PETERS of 1320 Washington Street to attend the showing Back in the Saddle featuring Gene Autry at the Opera House theatre.
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Grafton Genuine
Dale A
Peters
Washington Street
Back In the
Saddle
Gene Autry
Opera House
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