Fourth New Offensive In Russia Launched By Nazis
Moscow dispatch reports a fourth German spring offensive from Kursk aimed at severing the vital railway linking the southern and central fronts. Soviet forces, defending Sevastopol under a 25th day of attack, countered in Kharkov as a mid day communique offered sparse details. The report notes 25 field hospitals opened at Simferopol to treat Nazi casualties.
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Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Kursk
Sevastopol
Black Sea
Red Army
Kharkov
Log “Tront Cies
Simferopol
Crimea
Sales Tax Not Yet Dead Faces Fresh House Debate
Washington report notes four major fights likely to reopen on the stalled $5.9 billion tax bill as Ways and Means members weigh despite a 14 to 9 vote against considering a sales tax issue. Advocates push for a 5 percent levy that could raise about $2.5 billion yearly alongside postwar credits and tax-rate plans.
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Donald A. Young
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Grafton Sentinel invites attendance for tonight’s Dixie show
The Grafton Sentinel invites MR8 and C H Dunnigan of 540 West Main Street to tonight’s screenings at the Dixie. The shows feature The Gold Rush with Charlie Jin and a Ginger Rogers starred program at the Strand theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
C. H. Dunnigan
West Main Street
Ie Hart
Ginger Rogers
Strand Theatre
Charlie Jin
Dixie
Nazi Band Ts Under Arrest
FBI announces arrests of several contacts and associates linked to the band of Nazi spy saboteurs landed by U boats on the east coast. New discoveries raise the total pay-off money to 170000 dollars as investigations continue with more arrests expected in a few days. Names and exact numbers of those arrested were not disclosed.
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New York
Semure
FBI
Long Island
Florida
Earl J. Connolley
J. Edgar Hoover
Nine West Virginia counties exceed June war bond quotas
Parkerburg June 29 Nine counties in the state have passed their June quotas for war bonds according to State Administrator F Roy Yoke Pocahontas led by meeting its goal on June 17 followed by Pleasants Logan Tyler McDowell Marion Wyoming and Clay Additional payroll savings plan participants rose by 150 industrial names and 67515 employees enrolled in war bonds and stamps.
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Parkersburg
Pine
West Virginia
F. Roy Yoke
Pocahontas
Pleasants
Logan
Tyler
McDowell
Marion
Wyoming
Clay
Stagger Plan Could Ease Huntington Traffic Strain
Huntington Ohio Valley Bus company plans a July 13 recommendation to stagger work hours to alleviate traffic as clerks and stenographers may report at varied times. Company president Conald F. James says current traffic is more than manageable and a survey among residents is underway.
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Huntington
Ohio Valley Bus Company
Conald F. James
Deer
Help For Last Year's Crop Asked By Farmer
Wahoo Nebraska June 29 Many farmers worry about this year's crops but one Saunders County farmer seeks help from the federal government employment service to harvest 70 acres of last year's corn. He says illness left him behind in his work.
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Wahoo
Neb
Saunders County
Federal Government Employment Service Office
Churchill to Win in House London Libyan defeat shadows debate
British Parliament eyes Prime Minister Churchill as historians predict he will weather a censure motion over the Libyan setback. Indications point to continued support and a push to address roots of Britain's military failures rather than forcing his resignation or a split between premiership and defense. Tempers have cooled as parties seek dispassionate cures.
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London
Churchill
Britain
House of Commons
Defense Ministry
Three Million Youths Slated To Register
Washington report notes that 18 to 20 year olds born between Dec 31 1921 and June 30 1922 will register for possible military service under the selective service system. The effort will yield a national record of about 43 million men ages 18 to 65. Draft eligibility for 18 and 19 year olds requires an amendment to the law. Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey, selective service director, indicated they may be…
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Washington
Sam
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Japan Midway losses heavy navy reveals
Pearl Harbor June 29. The Navy reports Japan lost at least ten large ships in the Midway battle, including four aircraft carriers Akagi Kaga Soryu Kiryu and several cruisers and destroyers. The official communique confirms sunk carriers and other ships with damage to two or three battleships.
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Eugene Burns
Pearl Harbor
T. H
Midway Island
Akagi
Kaga
Soryu
Kiryu
Navy
Truck and Soldier Die After Gasoline Truck overturns
Paul Bryan a 31 year old truck driver from Los Angeles and Pvt Dale A Furby from Valley Head West Virginia died after their gasolined laden truck and trailer overturned and ignited near Phoenix. Furby was traveling from Camp Young India California to his West Virginia home.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Paul Bryan
Los Angeles
Dale A. Furby
Valley Head
W. Va
Bryan
Furby
Camp Young
India
Calif
West Virginia
Strong Earthquake Hits Chile Capital in 1930s Epoch
A strong earthquake was felt in Santiago at 1:35 a m. causing communication outages and power cuts. Downtown cornices toppled, but no serious damage. restorations followed. Temblors reached northern and southern Chile. Thirty people injured from falling masonry and panicky street surge.
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Santiago
Chile
Southern Mines All Closed With Men On Vacation
Charleston June 29 The thumping pumps and whirring air fans were heard as southern coal mines in three states curtailed production while workers take vacation until next Tuesday. Most Southern Coal Producers Association members were off duty though some captive mines, including U S Steel in McDowell County, continued operations. About half the coal tonnage was affected according to district headquarters, with repayment disputes over fines from sympathy strikes cited as a factor.
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Charleston
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Virginia
Kentucky
Southern Association
Kanawha Operators Association
Hae Charles Won
Sto Me
U. S.steel
McDowell
Two Small Ships Are Sunk Off So. America
The Navy reported that a small Norwegian merchant vessel and a small Yugoslavian ship were sunk in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America. Survivors from the Norwegian ship were rescued by the Yugoslav vessel, which torpedoed itself. Survivors from the Norwegian ship reached a Gulf coast port, while Yugoslav survivors were landed at a Caribbean port outside the United States.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Gulf
Caribbean
United States
China Fights To Guard Tungsten Fields In Kiangsi
An official Chinese report from June 29 says Japan failed to seize Kiangsi tungsten fields as part of its East China drive. Chinese pilots under American volunteer tutelage sunk two Japanese warships on the Yangtze and inflicted heavy losses on ground forces in eastern Kiangsi. The statement notes tungsten deposits remain distant from the front spearhead despite enemy bombing attempts.
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East China
Kiangsi
Yangtze
Japan
Cooking Of Plane Bodies At Vidal Plant Explained
Camden N J June 29 They do not manufacture airplane bodies at Vidal Research plant they cook them Eugene L Vidal president former director F B A C says the process is eight times faster and eight times cheaper than any built of wood and plastic The inventor a former Army Air Corps captain calls them lighter faster more serviceable and immune to vibration and rust Any Shape Possible Through his cooking process plastic plywood may be molded into any shape even corkscrew See cooking of Page 4
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Camden
N. J
Vidal Research Corporation
Cook
Eugene L. Vidal
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce
Army Air Corps
Outlook For Consumer Is Bad Nelson Tells House
Washington June 29 Congress heard War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson say ship plane and tank output will meet targets but consumer prospects are very bad He noted Roosevelt's goal of 18 000 000 tons of shipping will be met with steel plate and warned of distribution lags He described Britain as worse off due to rationing and warned that while food would be adequate homes and shoes may be scarce and shortages may persist in civilian goods
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Washington
Congress
Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
WPB
House Appropriations
Nelson
Roosevelt
England
Germany
Great Britain
Bold thief robs sleeping man in N C room
In Goldsboro North Carolina on June 29 a bold thief entered a room where John Cotten slept and stole his bed spread. The thief moved a lamp from another room to see Cotten’s trousers which were also taken without waking him, according to Deputy Sheriff Roy Percise.
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Goldsboro
N. C
John Cotten
Cotten
Roy Percise
German U-Boat Base Bombed by RAF Raiders
London reports RAF raids last night hit the German submarine base at St Nazaire on the occupied French coast in a follow up to the Bre men assault. British fighters also attacked German airfields and railway targets in northern France, with one loss recorded. Two Canadian Hurricane pilots were credited with damaging a heavily escorted enemy merchant ship in a low level attack.
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London
St. Nazaire
Bremen
France
Air Ministry
Power Plant Strike Nears In Ohio Valley Plants
Steubenville Ohio June 28 With the walkout deadline only hours away a conference was reconvened by federal conciliator T W Robertson after a preliminary meeting yielded no progress to avert a midnight strike at Windsor Power Co Beech Bottom W Va Philpower near Zanes and Springdale plants in the Ohio Valley were mentioned in the discussions
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Steubenville
Ohio Valley Electric Power
T. W.robertson
Robertson
Windsor Power Company
Beech Bottom
W. Vas
Philopower
Zaneshas
Springdale
Help For CCC Is Asked As Congress Hurries Action
President Roosevelt's aid is sought to save the Civilian Conservation Corps from extinction as Congress hurries to complete several appropriation bills before the fiscal year ends at midnight. A $42 820 000 000 military supply bill is nearly assured approval, while a $76 529 000 fund for the CCC faces last minute wrangling and an $680 000 000 farm appropriations measure may miss the deadline. Await word from FDR on the CCC allotment and other measures.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
Senate
CCC
Ceiling Lists Must Be Filed Before Wednesday
Charleston reports State OPA Director Carl M. Frasure urged West Virginia retailers to file by July 1 a statement of ceiling prices on cost of living items designated by the OPA. Retailers must retain but not file a full roster of items offered with ceiling prices at their business.
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Charleston
OPA
Carl M. Fra
West Virginia
Frasure
Man Thought Dead Is Found Alive With Circus
Wheeling dispatch reports a man believed dead reappeared alive while with a traveling circus. The discovery occurred after rumors of his death circulated, as he was identified by circus associates in the lineup of performers. Further details on the case were not immediately available.
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Man Thought Dead
Circus
British Forces Hold Position as Rommel Advances in Egypt
London reports indicate Axis forces claim Matruh fell to German and Italian troops but British sources say the Eighth Army avoided major clashes, falling back to delay the advance toward Alexandria and the Suez while reinforcements rush in.
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London
Ph Jaxis
Egypt
Britain
Alex Jana
Suez
Berlin
Rome
Eighth Army
M Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Matruh
War Funding Bill Advances in House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1.8305 billion defense supply measure to lift national defense outlays since June 1940 toward about 228 million dollars more. Most funds go to the War Shipping Administration, with 95 million slated for Henderson’s Office of Price Administration, a point of potential controversy as committee restrictions cap spending for the new year.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Henderson
War Shipping Administration
Léon Henderson
Budget Bureau
OPA
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Strand
Katherine Sloan
New York City
Sumbarine
Hirohito
Hawaiian Isles
Southern Mines
America
China
Vidal
Nelson Report
U. K
John
RAF
French
Han
Wheeling
Charles B. Shaw
Alexandria
U. S
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