Gas mask production expands for Britain in 1939 pledge
Geoffrey Lloyd announced in the House of Commons that the Rae government is speeding up its pledge to provide gas masks for every man, woman, and child in the British Isles. Blackburn, Lancashire, will center production with 500 workers on a schedule to make half a million masks weekly, as 30,000 masks are allocated for immediate protection in dense industrial areas. Regional depots store the masks and 30 mobile trucks with gas chambers will tour towns to test and demonstrate usage.
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London
Rae
British’ Isles
Trish Free State
Geoffrey Lloyd
Home Office
House of Commons
Thtain
Forseer
Blackburn
Lancashire
Political Dispute Over Filibuster Strategy Emerges
Leaders from both parties discuss upcoming votes and the possibility of breaking a filibuster. They acknowledge pressure to proceed while signaling confidence in navigating procedural hurdles to move legislation.
Court bill on postponement vote faces close result
The first test would come on a motion to postpone consideration or send the bill back to the judiciary committee. Administration forces claimed enough votes to defeat such a motion. Opposition leaders said the result would be very close and that no one could forecast the outcome. The court bill is scheduled to come up late next week.
Tragedy’s Shied: 7,000 Robbery Ties to 1992 Paintsville Bank
In a continuation, 20 year terms were given to three men after the December 1992 7,000 robbery of the Paintsville tonal Bank. They were later paroled. Mrs Jennings claims she expects him soon. Detectives say a mistaken arrest prevented Jennings’s capture in Huntington. The story ties back to a May 1920 era where Mrs Jennings, former Jessie Maynard, was married to Matewan mayor C C Testerman, involved in early mine war unrest.
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Paintsville
Jennings
Johnson County
Huntington
Wva
Roy B. Hagley
C. E. Spencer
Adams
Huntinngton
Jessie Maynard
Naugatuck
C. C. Testerman
Matewan
Baldwin-Felts
Testerman
Sid Hatfield
Radio Program Schedule Recital of Live Music and Sketches
The listing details 6:15 to 11:00 PM EST broadcasts across networks like AM stations WGAR WGN NBC CBS and WLW. It lists programs including Amos n Andy Comedy sketches The Lone Ranger drama musical moments dance orchestras Broadway varieties and various orchestras with performers such as Lucille Manners Rosaria Bourdon Abe Lyman Hal Kemp and Andre Kostelanetz.
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Jzmall
Amos
N' Andy
Johnson
Uncle
WPAR
Charlotte Deeble
WSM
Francis Patrick
Lisbeth Smith
Whas — Chesterfiel Cigarettes
Andre Kostelanetz
Hal Kemps
Kay ‘Thompson
David Ross
NBC
Death Valley
WGN
The
Lane Ranger
WSB
WESG
Mark Twain
WLS
Davey Jones
Locker
CBS
Holywood Hotel
Frank Munn
WGR
Shefter & Brenner, Piang
Wsm—Dance Orchestra
WMMN
WOR
Bamberger Symphony
Huma
WLW
WGBI
Ferde Grofe
Campane
Don Ameche
Barbara Luddy
Ack
Denny
wrBx
Dante
Frank Ward
Hollywood
Gossip
Orch
MBS
Richard Himbers
Babe Ruth
Baseball
KDKA
Baron Elliott
Genevieve Rowe
Elza Schallert
Vic and Sade
WJR
WCAU
Mack Parker
Andy
W47
Lirry’Vincent
WHP
Wpars
Carl Ravel
Jean Sablon
Uncle Ezra
WHAS
Vic Arden
WBBM
Manhattan
Lennie Hayton
Larry “Burke
al Donohue
WJZ
Trump Davidson
KYW
Shin
WHAM
Night Wire
Wgn—Dance Orchestra
WENR
Jesse Crawford
Welch courthouse shocks fuel Hatfield era echoes
In Matewan a building collapse claimed ten men including five Baldwin Felts detectives. Testerman died soon after in Welch hospital. Weeks later his widow wed Sid Hatfield, who was later killed with Ed Chambers on Welch courthouse steps. Mrs Jennings remarried, divorced, then married Jennings, and had not lived with him since 1930 before seeking divorce.
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Matewan
Baldwin- Felts
Testerman
Welch
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
McDowell County
Jennings
Fireworks Stand Fireworks Go Up In Premature Display
In Kirksville on June 25 a roadside fireworks stand owned by George White was ruined when a customer lit firecrackers at the counter. The stock and stand exploded in a dramatic premature Fourth of July display. Firemen could not prevent the blaze as rockets and Roman candles shot into the air.
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Kirksville
George White
Banking chiefs gather for Virginia West Virginia convention
The Virginia and West Virginia banking associations opened a joint convention with committees named and officers to be elected. Governors Peery and Holt spoke on the opening day as talks noted rising taxes and costs. A G Brown of Ohio Citizens Trust warned banks lag in leveraging change and warned about shrinking personal loan markets.
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Bigas
Banking Associations
Virginia
West Virginia
Peery
Holt
A. G. Brown
Ohio Citizens Trust Company
Toledo
Willie Beckner to Die in Moundsville Tonight
Willie Beckner, 23, condemned for murder, will walk from the death house to the gallows at the West Virginia penitentiary in Moundsville tonight. Governor Homer Holt refused to commute his sentence to life imprisonment for the killing of Cy Page, an elderly Kanawha county farmer near Sissonville. Beckner faced a long history of delays and appeals after an August 1936 original sentence.
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Moundsville
Willie Beckner
West Virginia Penitentiary
Homer Holt
Beckner
Cy. Page
Kanawha County
Sissonville
State Supreme Court
Miners Vote Holiday and Martial Law Sparks Tensions
More than 50,000 miners in district No 2 of the United Mine Workers voted a holiday, with 30,000 expected in Johnstown. The United Mine Workers and steel strikers pledged to resist any reopening of Bethlehem Steel plants. Governor’s martial law lift drew mixed reactions, while police and citizens groups prepared for peace and continued protests. Petitions sought open mills and preserved constitutional rights amid tension.
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John Scaife
Union of Miners
United Mine Workers
Johnstown
James Mark
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Bethlehem
U.S. Steel Corporation
Daniel J. Shields
Lawrence Campbell
Chamber of Commerce Paj
Citizens Committee
Campbell
Mills
Mercer wool pool ships record 12219 pounds in county history
The 125 Mercer county farmers delivered 12,219 pounds of wool to the pool, the largest total ever recorded in the county.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Night Key marks Boris Karloff shift to straight drama
Boris Karloff sheds monster make up for a human role in Universal Pictures Night Key opening at the Opera House tonight and Saturday. He plays an inventor of burglar alarm systems who is betrayed and forced into crime, with J Warren Hull Jean Rogers Hobart Cavanaugh Alan Baxter Samuel Hinds and David Oliver in supporting roles.
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J.warren Hull
Jean Rogers
Alan Baxter
Hobart ‘Cavanaugh
Samuel Hinds
David Oliver
Ward Bond
Frank Reicher
Boris Karloff
Universal
Karloff
Camera
Lloyd Corrigan
J. Warren Hull
Hobart Cavanjaugh
Grocer's Wife Dies in Bluefield
Mrs. Ella Marie McMullin, 49, wife of the head of the Sterling Grocery Co, died in Bluefield after living there 30 years. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, and had been a longtime resident of the city.
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Bluefield
Ella Marie McMullin
Sterling Grocery Company
Dayton
Batson to Turn Over Dog Lists on July 1
Assessor Harry Batson said he would cease collecting dog taxes in the county on July 1 and turn over all lists of dog owners in every section to Sheriff Hib Evans. Evans has already seized a large number of stray and non tax paid animals. The Racket Store on Main Street is offering specials for Saturday wallpaper and paints.
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Harry Batson
Hib Evans
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