Six Vessels Reported Lost In British Withdrawal From Greece
The Admiralty announced the withdrawal from Greece was completed with only one transport sunk and 700 men rescued. German dive bombers later attacked, with reports of machine-gun fire from aircraft. Casualty estimates vary, with figures ranging up to tens of thousands among British forces.
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Yon
Unique
Admiralty
Solent
Greece
Balkan
Cothdrawal
Imperial
Ahdrawn
Guffey Seeks Convoys Amid Debate in Senate
Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania presses for convoy aid to Britain as public opinion stirs. He calls the administration’s apparent support a trial balloon while observers say the plan could gain support if public backing grows. The debate touches Penner and Harry Gould allies.
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Guffey
Factories plan to extend weekly hours without extra weekly work
Washington officials indicate sweeping proposals to rearrange industrial workers shifts to keep factories open longer each week. Plans aim to charge shift hours fully without increasing total hours per worker, addressing Sunday night work costs and technical issues while considering all essential industries.
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Washington
Defense
Roosevelt
Axis Pressure On Tobruk Based Report From Cairo
Cairo describes axis pressure on Tobruk easing after day of tank offensives against Libyan port defenses. Berlin bulletin says German Africa corps seized many casemates and hundreds of prisoners in a deep Tobruk penetration amid British resistance.
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Cairo
CATRO
Egypt
Britain
Ethiopia
Berlin
German Africa Corps
Libyan Po
Elkins Junior Band Wins First Prize At Festival
Winchester Virginia May 3 18th Shenandoah apple blossom festival parade winners include Commercial-artistic floats Berkeley Bottling company Berkeley Spring W Va fourth prize Bands class B Elkins Junior high Elkins W Va first Morgan County High Berkeley Springs W Va
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Berkely Bottling Company
Berkeley Spring
W. Va
Elkins
High Elkins
Morgan County
Berkeley Springs
Hugh Mills Named Assistant Auditor in Charleston
State Auditor Edgar B. Sims announced the appointment of Hugh N. Mills of Ravenswood as assistant auditor to replace Cleveland M. Bailey, who recently became acting state budget director. Mills, a field representative in the Securities division, had worked in the auditor's office since 1933.
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Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Hugh N. Mills
Ravenswood
Cleveland M. Bailey
Mills
Securities
Neely Flies Back To Job After Illness
West Virginia Governor Neely returned to Charleston by plane to recuperate from a 10 day illness. He traveled with Arthur Koontz and Dr. C M Ramage and used the state’s official airplane. The flight from Bridgeport to Charleston was led by Major Hubert Stark and followed a nasal infection that began April 24.
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Charleston
Neely
Fairmont
National Democratic
Arthur B. Koontz
C. M. Ramage
Harrison County
Bridgeport
Hubert Stark
State Will Cooperate In Improving Airports
Charleston May 3. The West Virginia board of aeronautics pledged full cooperation with military authorities in the national defense program. Road Commissioner Ernest L. Bailey said the cooperation would include assisting the establishment or speeding up of work on any state airport of interest to the Army and Navy, superseding the board’s work on commercial airfields. Major Hubert Stark was named administrative officer to report on budget expenditures and project progress. The board voted to continue an airmarking program in the state.
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Charleston
West Virginia Board of Aeronautics
Ernest L. Bailey
Army
Navy
Hubert Stark
Legion Backs Convoying Of British Ships
The American Legion executive committee urges use of the U S Navy to ensure delivery of material aid to Great Britain and calls for Frances Perkins resignation to aid national unity in defense. It also asks rapid disclosure of all danger facts, and supports legislation banning strikes and lockouts during the emergency, plus voluntary halting of defense work stoppages. The group says shipments face grave risk from belligerents and must be protected.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
United States Navy
Great Britain
Frances Perkins
Veterans’ Organization
Legion
Few Appeals Filed From Draft Classifications in West Virginia
Charleston May 3 Only 126 of about 71 000 West Virginia youths classified have filed appeals with selective service boards. Lieut Col C C Pierce said no requests for adjudication of board decisions had been submitted to the president. He called the record a splendid one for the state and praised patriotic citizens serving on boards as examiners and advisors.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Selective Service Boards of Appeal
C. C. Pierce
Pierce
Capital of Slovenia Is Annexed By Mussolini
Italy announced the annexation of Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, and surrounding territory occupied by Italian troops. The move reflects partial territorial gains, with reports noting German influence remaining in another section and the old Yugoslav province of Ljubljana bordering Italy along the Adriatic.
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Italy
Ljubjana
Slovenia
Virginio Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Germany
Ljubljana
Adriatic Sea
Washington's Civil War veteran honored on birthday
Washingtons only surviving Civil War veteran A T Anderson will be guest of honor at a Daughters of Union Veterans dinner in Washington Pennsylvania celebrating his 95th birthday. Born in 1846 on a West Virginia farm, he fought at 17 and remains active, still walking to his real estate office daily.
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Washington
A. T. Anderson
Theocal Daughters of Union
Anderson
Orn
West Union
W. Va
Revolt spreads menace threatens near east and Suez
Dewitt MacKenzie warns the Iraqi revolt against British rule risks widening into neighboring Arabian nations. Localized danger could escalate into a larger axis-driven threat to Suez and Egypt, while a Beirut Tripoli oil line fire raises saboteur fears and adds urgency to countermeasures.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Iraq
Britain
Near East
Suez Canal
Egypt
Beirut
Syria
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Congress in Earnest Hunt to Find Cash
Congress opened efforts to raise revenue after President Roosevelt urged at least 3.5 billion dollars in extra taxes to cover defense costs. He asked the Ways and Means Committee chairman Doughton to draft a tax bill with Treasury help to persuade the nation, stressing Americans’ duty to contribute according to ability. The letter was made public in Charlottesville while Roosevelt visited Major General Edwin M. Watson.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Morgenthau
Second British Base In Iraq Is Under Attack
NEW YORK May 3 A PIA German wireless report from Turkey said Iraq troops attacked the British air drome at Sindebane and at Habbaniyah. It also claimed 30 tons of bombs were dropped on Habbaniyah and that a British attempt to seize Rutbah and its airfield with mechanized forces was frustrated. Rutbah lies in western Iraq and is described as strategically important.
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New York
PIA
Turkey
Iraq
Sindebane
Habbaniyah
Rutbah
Soldiers Must Write Mothers Or Lose Dinner
In Fort Ontario New York on May 3 soldiers of the 368th Coast Artillery Regiment are ordered by Col Chauncey M Hopper to write a card or letter to their mothers for Mother's Day on May 11. A soldier must present his sergeant with the missive to gain entrance to the mess hall on May 8.
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Fort Ontario
N. Y
Coast Artilery Regiment
Chauncey M. Hopper
Portable Metal Bridge Eases City Traffic
Atlanta May 3. Linton Hopkins Jr veteran state news editor of the Atlanta Journal may win motorists praise for solving a tough traffic problem with a portable metal bridge. The device would allow one line of traffic to pass over an intersection, eliminating the stop and go of red light signals. Traffic officials had assumed a stop to one stream was necessary.
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Atlanta
Linton Hopkins
Journal
Hopkins
Extension of Insurance To All Crops Is Backed
President Roosevelt approves extending federal crop insurance beyond wheat. Fulmer says a letter to Secretary Wickard notes proven benefits justify considering coverage for other crops as sound actuarial bases develop. He recalls the veto of a cotton crop bill last year due to losses from wheat insurance and the need for a self supporting program shared by producers of all major crops.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fulmer
D.-S.c
House Agricultural Committee
Wickard
Virginia Speaker Quits Contest For Governor
Ashtort Dovell speaker of the Virginia house withdrew from the Democratic race for governor citing wartime concerns and a nonpartisan approach. The move leaves Colgate W. Darden Jr Vivian Page and Hansdom Cary as remaining candidates from Norfolk and Henrico counties.
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Ashtort Dovell
Virginia House of Delegates
House of Delegates
Virginia
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
Norfolk
Vivian Page
Hansdom Cary
Henrico County
Dynamiting Suspect Held for Pennsylvania Authorities
Dwight D. Thorne was ordered held for Pennsylvania authorities in Louise Kentucky after admitting he set a dynamite trap that killed Dr E H Rebhorn's children in Scranton Pennsylvania. He claimed he was paid to fix the trap in the doctor’s car.
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Louise
Dwight D. Thorne
Pennsylvania
E. H. Rebhorn
Scranton
Thorne
Rebhorn
Liverpool Bombardment Strikes Merseyside Industrial Hub
German raiders battered Liverpool last night and into today with heavy bombing, hitting industrial areas and ships. The east coast also saw strikes damaging dwellings and causing casualties in an East Anglian town, marking a severe attack amid ongoing air raids.
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Liverpool
Merseyside
German Port City Bombed By RAF Planes
British bombers heavily bombed Hamburg last night causing extensive damage and huge fires in industrial zones and docks. Emden and Rotterdam oil stores were also attacked. Daylight actions targeted two Nazi controlled supply ships off the Dutch coast, one set afire and the other believed sunk. Four British planes were reported missing.
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London
Hamburg
Emden
Oil Stors
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Crew Sets Fast Time For Westinghouse Plant Erection
At Fairmont on May 3 a crew led by J J Miller completed the 710 ton steel framework of the 3 million Westinghouse fluorescent lamp plant in 711% working hours nine and a half days, beating the 20 day contract. Miller claimed a speed record in national defense construction after boxing 15 rounds with Bob Fitzsimmons and James Corbett, old time champions.
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Fairmont
National Defense
J. J. Miller
Bob Fitzsimmons
James {. Corbett
Westinghouse
Elks Lodge to Honor Deceased Member L Klein
Grafton Lodge No 308 B P O Elks will hold the lodge of sorrow at Bartletts Funeral Home for the deceased member L Klein P E B 8:30 PM Sunday All members meet at the Elks Home at 1:30 PM to proceed to the funeral home in a body
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Grafton
Elks
Bartlett
L . Klein
Sympathy of Nazis Rest With Rebels in Near East
German authorities in Berlin expressed sympathy with Iraq and indicated no material aid had been offered or requested. They noted Iraq fliers reportedly shot down 21 British planes and discussed potential effects on Turkish policy, while stressing no established diplomatic relations with Iraq. A German radio appeal to Arabs was reported as part of evolving Near East tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Iraq
Near East
Baghdad Quiet Amid Iraqi Warfare Deterioration Report
Sir Kinahan Cornwallis reports Baghdad quiet though tense with no incidents yet. Fighting at Habbaniyah airfield continues into second day as British and Iraqi forces clash. British reverses feared in oil-rich midland region. Official statement cites Iraqi artillery silenced and ongoing fighting.
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London
Kinahan Cornwallis
Iraq
Baghdad
Habbaniyah
Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Leslie A Kirby to Opera House showing
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Leslie A Kirby of Parkview to attend tonight's Opera House screening of Richard Arlen in A Dangerous Game.
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Grafton Sentinel
Leslie A. Kirby
Parkview
Richard Arlen
Opera House
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