Great Fleet Sought to Carry Supplies to Britain
President Roosevelt ordered the Maritime Commission to assemble at least 2,000,000 tons of cargo ships to send vital war materials from American ports and bring raw stocks to defense industries. A starter requisition would seize 69 Axis and Danish vessels totaling 300,000 tons, with plans to repurpose ships and reroute vessels to maximize cargo space for allied aid.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Defense Industries
Roosevelt
United States
Emory S. Land
Land
Russia Readies Defiance as May Day Displays Power
Moscow May Day parade showcases the Red Army as Defense Commissar S K Timoshenko warns of an annihilating rebuff to imperialist encroachment. He notes reorganizing armed forces after lessons from modern warfare while the Soviet government aims for peaceful policy.
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S. K. Tomishenko
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Russia
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Communist Party
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Joseph Stalin
Scranton Police Doubt Case Solved in Bomb Deaths
Prosecutor M J Eagen and Detective Captain George Donaldson cast doubt on a Pittsburgh man's claim of planting the bomb that killed William Rebhorn and Lois Rebhorn in Scranton last November 7 The man Dwight O Thorne 32 walked into a Kentucky sheriff's office to confess but investigators said they will check every new phase of the case and will question him in Louisa Ky before finishing.
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M. J. Eagen
George Donaldson
Pittsburgh
E. H. Rebher
Louisa
Dwight O. Thorne
M. J. Lee
Lee
William Rebhorn
University of Scranton
Lois
Thorne
Angels Over Broadway and Chad Hanna On Local Screens
The Grafton Sentinel invites MRS. E. C. BUSKIRK to tonight's screenings at the Strand and Dixie theatres. Angels Over Broadway with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. is at the Strand, while Chad Hanna starring Henry Fonda Dorothy Lamour and Linda Darnell plays at the Dixie.
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Broadway
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Strand Theatre
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Henry Fonda
Dorothy Lamour
Linda Dranell
Dixie Theatre
Lindbergh Critic Blasted By British Official In Commons
London May 1. In the House of Commons undersecretary of foreign affairs R A Butler replied yes to a question if Charles A Lindbergh had consistently used his influence to block action against Germany. Adams asked, Butler said Lindbergh's views on the Soviet strength around the Munich pact in 1938 were not given undue significance by Britain. The exchange was cheered by the house.
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R. A. Buler
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Germany
W. T. Adams
Lindbergh
Butler
Soviet Union
Cleveland Bailey Becomes Acting Budget Director
Charleston May 1 Cleveland Bailey former assistant state auditor assumed duties today as acting budget director succeeding H Isaiah Smith who resigned Leary Huffman of the tax department named to succeed Bailey but auditor Edgar Sims said Huffman may not leave his current post soon
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Cleveland Bailey
H. Isaiah Smith
Leary Huffman
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Edgar B. Sims
Huffman
Treasury plan for prepaying taxes with new securities
Treasury plans a special security allowing taxpayers to prepay taxes each month to cover annual bills. The scheme would let a taxpayer buy a $10 security monthly to total $120 for the year and hand over securities at tax time. Rep. Dewey advocates permits for advance estate tax payments with deductions.
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Udget Inn
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President Coolidge
Immunization Cuts Diphtheria Death Rate in State
Charleston May 1. Immunization of 114,565 West Virginians in the past three years helped reduce the diphtheria death rate from 12.2 to 3.2 per 100,000 between 1932 and 1939. The Health Department noted declines in other diseases as National Child Health Day was observed. Diarrhea and enteritis deaths fell from 82.3 to 22.3, and whooping cough dropped from 18.2 to 2.2 per 100,000 in 1939. Organised health work now serves about 87.7 percent of the population.
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Charleston
West
Carpenters End Strike At Highlawn Project
Charleston officials announce 50 carpenters at the $1.5 million Highlawn housing project return to work pending wage contract negotiations. The walkout halted homes for enlisted men and Naval Ordnance plant workers. A contractor said the wildcat strike was called without notice. carpenters had earned $1.125 per hour and sought a 12.5 cent raise. Other workers kept working amid picketing.
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Highlawn
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Engstrom and Wynn
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Wheeling
Charleston Buruing Trades Council
Forest Fires Report Narrow Threat Across West Virginia
State Forester Dan B Griffin said dry weather caused a surge of fires in West Virginia woodlands but none were large. He could not estimate totals yet noted that renewed greenery lowered the risk compared to the prior week.
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Dan B. Griffin
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Navy Patrol Reported Likely For Suez Route
Washington speculation centers on U S Navy patrols in the Indian Ocean along lease‑lend supply lanes to Egypt via the Gulf of Aden and Red Sea. Observers note Britain’s needs in the Middle East after Greece and Egypt losses, with Roosevelt signaling possible delivery of military cargoes to Egypt as a technical neutral.
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Gulf of Aden
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U.S
Roosevelt
March Sales Tax Sets Record In Charleston
Charleston reports March consumer sales tax receipts of 849404.95 dollars, a new yearly high and the strongest March in seven years. State Tax Department official Noble F. Conner stated the total topped the first two months of 1941 by more than 20000 and exceeded March 1940’s 786790.27. The prior March peak was 806538.28 in 1937.
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Charleston
State Tax Department
Noble F. Conner
New Police Cars Bought By Department of Safety
Charleston May 1 State Police Superintendent John W Bosworth announced the purchase of 33 new police cars for highway patrol duty in West Virginia. The cars will be painted white with green hoods to increase recognition and efficiency following New York state patrol styling. Cars for criminal investigations will remain black as at present.
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Charleston
John W. Bosworth
West Virginia
Bosworth
New York State
Roosevelt Urges Public to Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps
President Roosevelt called for all Americans to join the defense savings effort. Citizens rushed to post offices and banks to purchase bonds and 25 cent stamps as the national sale began, with the president himself leading by example in a nationwide address.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Defense Savings
Fire Rips Entomology Building At Beltsville Center
Fire swept the new entomology building at the Agriculture Department research center in Beltsville Maryland early today damaging laboratories and valuable records. Outer walls remained intact. origin undetermined. Janitor spotted flames before 7 am and firefighters from Branchville Berwyn Heights and the center extinguished the blaze about 45 minutes later.
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Agriculture Department
Branchville
Bergyn Berwyn Heights
Navy appropriations bill sent to the President
The Senate forwarded a 3.4155 billion naval appropriations bill to the White House to accelerate the two ocean fleet plan. It authorizes 729 vessels, 434.55 million for naval aviation including 50.372 million for 7129 planes, and raises enlisted personnel to 258000 with 26120 officers. Marine corps strength climbs to 50566. Cash and contract authority total 142 and 150 million for ship alterations and carrier modernizations Lexington and Saratoga.
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Senate
White House
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Marine Corps
Lexington
Saratoga
Blossomless Winchester Holds Eighteenth Annual Festival
Winchester Virginia May 1 Blizzard blossomless yet the Shenandoah apple country upper valley celebrates the eighteenth annual festival to promote the apple industry Edward R Stettinius Jr national defense commission director will crown Miss Mollie Foulkes Lee queen of the festival as the pageant is scheduled this afternoon Tom Baldridge director general Lee BLOSSOMLESS Page 6
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Winchester
Shenandoah
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
National Defense Commission
Mollie Foulkes Lee
Tom Baldridge
All of State's Mines Are Working As Union Terms Agreed
Dozens of southern West Virginia coal mines reopened as more than 80,000 union men were ordered back to work. District 17 reported most northern mines also resumed after a $7 daily wage was set and a $1 per day basic increase. The Pocahontas Operators Association noted wage hikes for mobile loading and cutting machine operators, helpers, and other workers as production swung toward normal.
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West Virginia
Wor E
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Winding Gulf
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Associated Press
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New York
Army Air Corps cadet exams set in Charleston chamber
In Charleston on May 13 Major H. W. Stanhan announced Army Air Corps flying cadet examinations for youths lacking two years of college work. The event will be held in the state senate chamber.
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State Senate
Army Air Corps
H. W. Stanhan
West Virginia
Labor Leader Raps Knudsen at Harrisburg Dinner
John L. Lewis told a Pennsylvania Industrial Council dinner that labor must have a voice before the defense program gains full cooperation. He assailed OPM and warned that selfish interests profit from the nation’s distress while war orders concentrate with a few manufacturers, creating bottlenecks.
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John L. Lewis
America
Pennsylvania Industrial Council
Philip Murray
CIO
Lewis
OPM
United Mine Workers of America
Nazi Air Force Drives in North Africa and Crete
Berlin reporting intensified Luftwaffe assault today as German bombers hit British columns and artillery positions in North Africa before ground forces. Italian troops reportedly cooperated near Tobruk while ships in Suda harbor on Crete suffered serious damage to a tanker and two large merchant vessels. The southern Peloponnesus detachments of British, Greek, and Serb units were regrouped.
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High Command
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Crete
Suda
Peloponnesus
New Barracks Planned To House Police Company C
W Bosworth announced plans to build a six room one story barracks on state owned land in western Elkins to house the transmitter and serve as the headquarters for Police Company C. The project will also include erection of the department seventh short wave radio station with a $30000 legislative appropriation. It will replace rented barracks now used as headquarters for state police activities across 14 counties.
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Charleston
Elkins
John W. Bosworth
Bosworth
Widening of Narrows on Route 2 Ordered
Road Commissioner Ernest Bailey announced that work will start Monday to widen the Narrows on state route 2 between Glendale and McMechen in Marshall county. About 200 prisoners from the Moundsville state penitentiary will work seven months, and the highway will be closed with detours via Glendale Heights during construction.
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Ernest Bailey
Narrows
Glendale
McMechen
Marshall County
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Bailey
Glendale Heights
Tobruk Faces Surrender to Axis Warriors
Axis troops penetrated Tobruk outer defenses as fighting continued at the Libyan port. British garrison held out under siege for weeks with ongoing aerial bombardment and artillery actions. East Africa saw rising combat intensity while British forces reported losses near Assi Eritrea from a mined auxiliary cruiser.
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Tis
Malta
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East Africa
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Eritrea
Cairo
Egypt
Bri- 1
Serge
Libya
Salam
BEF Withdrawals From Greece Reach 48,000 Men
London dispatch reports at least 80 percent of the British expeditionary force in Greece, about 48,000 troops, saved from the ruined kingdom. Military circles debate Hitler’s next target, with some predicting a major push toward Egypt and Suez via Syria and Palestine within days. Casualties total around 3,000 as the evacuation was announced.
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Greece
Adolf Hitler
Near East
Egypt
Suez Canal
Syria
Palestine
England
Middle ‘East
BEF
Grafton Sentinel Promotes Double Feature at Opera House
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs H Ry of Parkview to attend the three Mesquites West of Pinto Basin and Tom Lin in Swing It Professor, a double feature at the Opera House Theatre.
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