Bombs destroy Iraq air force as Guards board Yugoslav ships
New York May 5 Coast Guardsmen boarded Yugoslav freighters Sreca Neti and Predsednik Kopajpic in Brooklyn and Stapleton as a precaution after rumors. Ships watched closely and not seized, with protective custody claimed. The action followed reports of Iraqi air force destruction and British advances in the Middle East as tensions rise across the region.
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British Face Test at Suez in Near East Stand
Edward Kennedy reports Britain's position at the Suez canal is under severe test amid Italian German Desert drive, Iraqi troubles, and a potential Syria thrust. Reinforcements and Allied air power arrive from America as Axis forces press Tobruk, with Ethiopian clean-up nearing completion.
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Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission
The Grafton Sentinel invites J. F. Casseday at 217 Thayer Street to attend tonight's Strand theatre presentation of Andy Hardy's Private Secretary starring Mickey Rooney and Lewis Stone or You're the One with Bonnie Baker and Orrin Tucker. Identification may be required.
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Private Secretary
Mickey Rooney
Lewis Stone
Strand Theatre
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Orrin Tucker
Bandit Killer Under Arrest in New York Slaying
Twenty three year old Morris Mardovich faced a police line up after being charged with the slaying of advertising executive Harry V Maxwell in a parked car with a model. He acknowledged a statement to the district attorney's office and was not questioned further as investigators began a hunt for a second man tied to a series of tail light holdups on the East Side.
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Morris Mardvich
Harry V. Maxwell
Maxwell
Edward Dillon
Mardovich
East Side
Thomas Murphy
William Jones
Italian Naval Attache Ordered Sabotage, FBI Says
FBI special agent testified that Admiral Alberto Lais, former Malian naval attache to Washington, ordered wrecking the machinery of two Malian freighters seized by the Coast Guard on March 30. Captain Luigi Schiafino allegedly received a March 19 code message signaling to damage the ships.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alberto Lais
Washington
Coast Guard
Leslie J. Kunz
Luigi Schiafino
Petro Campenalle
Aamir
Lais
One Killed in Auto Strike Near Clothier
Madison reports Carl L. Loye aged 45 of Ottawa died last night after being struck by a car while walking with Henrica Miles 41 of Ottawa along the highway near Clothier. Loye died in a Charleston hospital and Miles suffered a fractured leg. Loye was described as an unemployed longshoreman.
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Ottawa
Henric 'A Miles
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Charleston
Stiffer taxes on profits eyed in defense contracts
Charleston dispatch reports 31 more highway deaths in April raising 1941 total to 153 for four months vs 92 a year earlier. In Washington, Ways and Means committee debated much stiffer taxes on defense profits to raise 3.5 billion. Lawmakers argue increased levies needed due to defense program and concessions on shipbuilding and aircraft costs. See STIFFER TAXES Page 6.
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D-Ill
Frozen sleep insanity cure and schizophrenia treatment
In Richmond on May 5, doctors presented 13 frozen sleep cases used to treat schizophrenia. Three recoveries were shown from long standing, up to ten years, with patients cooled to 91 to 74 degrees Fahrenheit under light anesthesia.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Richmond
American Psychiatric Association
Kenneth J. Tillotson
Waverly
Mass
John H. Talbott
Boston
Deport Alien Fees Says Congressman Randolph
Rep Jennings Randolph urges deportation for advocates of overthrowing the government while dedicating a Potomac State College flagpole. He calls for uninterrupted defense production and health improvements for draftees, noting 43 percent of those called under the selective service act are physically unfit.
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Keyser
Jennings Randolph
Elkins Democrat
Potomac State School
Randolph
Coal Mines In Alabama Still Unable To Reopen
Alabama’s 21,000 miners entered day 35 of idleness as the state, the only major soft coal region without a new contract, faces an alarmingly small coal supply. Negotiations between UMWA and operators ended last week after a demand for a $1 daily wage increase was denied.
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Alabama
Iron and ‘Steel
UMWA
Nazi Victory Sure Hitler Praises Might of German War Coalition
Adolf Hitler declared in a 70 minute Reichstag address that Germany and its allies form a mightier coalition than any other. He boasted that what Germany has won cannot be wrested away by any power and promised yet better weapons this year and next. He assailed Churchill with harsh terms while avoiding direct US reference as he rallied support for continued conflict.
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Germany
Adolf Hitler
United States
Churchill
Lockheed P-38 Interceptor Sets Speed Debut at Air Show
In Los Angeles on May 5 the Lockheed P-38 Interceptor reportedly reached 458 miles per hour on a level run at the municipal airport, vanishing from view as engines roared unseen. Test pilot Milo Murcham then climbed and performed daring rolls and dives before about 50,000 spectators.
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Los Angeles
Lockheed
Milo Murcham
Burcham
Berlin Not Alarmed By Address of President
Berlin sources said Roosevelt's speech was a political address with no impact on Europe. A spokesman noted it would not disturb Berlin, while acknowledging concern for American mothers whose sons are in France. He dismissed comparisons to Wilson and cited a Gallup poll showing half of Americans wary of entering war.
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Washington
State Auto Licenses Are Available With Less Wait
Charleston May 5 West Virginia vehicle owners about 300000 may obtain 1941 42 license tags with less waiting. W B Wysong registrar of motor vehicles announced over $11000 spent for new equipment to speed office work and protect funds. A new mailing machine should cut mail handling time by about ten percent and better counter stock room coordination aims to shorten long lines in capitol corridors during the license rush. See STATE AUTO Page 5.
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Roosevelt Fight Statement Sets Unlimited Aid to Britain
President Roosevelt said Americans are ready to fight for democracy, interpreted by aides as pledging broad aid to Britain without committing the nation to war. Senators and officials expect further action on delivering war supplies to Allies, with debate likely in the Senate.
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Daylight Saving Time Backed By New Martinsville Citizens
New Martinsville residents favor daylight saving time by a wide margin 756 to 16 in a referendum held Saturday An ordinance will be voted on at tonight s city council meeting to set clocks forward or back under local authority
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Simple Menu Is Preferred by Celebrities
The National Restaurant association released instructions on feeding a celebrity, recommending shrimp cocktail, consommé, a small steak, head lettuce salad, pie and coffee. A plate poll of prominent Americans found celebrities favor plain American dishes over European specialties, praising native cooking.
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Chicago
National Restaurant Association
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
State Federation Opens Morgantown Convention
Morgantown May 5 The State Federation of Women's Clubs opens tomorrow with addresses by Rep Noah M Mason and Dr Carl M Frasure of West Virginia University The 600 delegate attendance was forecast by Mrs George W McAlpin highlighting a program on Democracy Use or Lose Speakers include Mrs Saidie Orr Dunbar national president and Miss Josephine Sehain on the War Committee
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Noah M. Mason
R.-Ill
Carl M. Frasure
West Virginia University
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Mason
Dies
George W. MecAlpin
Charleston
Saidie Orr Dunbar
Washington
T. V. Moore
Miami, Fla
Tom B. Davis
National Board of Trustees
Josephine Sehain
New York
Missing Canadian Press official in sea voyage
Ottawa May 5 Samuel Robertson 35 year old Canadian Press executive and war correspondent is missing at sea after enemy action while returning to London from Canada where he had a month long vacation. J A McNeil Canadian Press general manager expressed hope he has been picked up and is safe despite the perilous voyage. Robertson had directed news of embattled Britain and Canada from the London bureau and covered major bombings from the Dover cliffs.
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Samuel Robertson
London
Canada
J. A. McNeil
Canadian Press
Mai
Robertson
Britain
Hell's Corner
Dover Cliffs
Judge To Hear Motion To Drop Union Case
Martinsburg May 5. Circuit Judge Decatur H. Rodgers sets May 12 for arguments on motions to dismiss contempt charges against ten American Federation of Hosiery Workers members accused of violating an injunction against mass picketing. A motion to dissolve the injunction from the Interwoven Stocking plant strike will also be argued. Attorney Whiting C. Faulkner filed answers denying allegations the ten violated the court order.
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Decatur H. Rodgers
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
Interwoven Stocking Company
Whiting C. Faulkner
Story of Assault Was Fake, Sheriff Is Told
Wellsburg May 5 Sheriff Herbert Traubert said Aalbert Kincaid, 26, told him he fabricated a story of being assaulted last Thursday after an attempt to kill himself. The officer said Kincaid admitted manufacturing the assault tale after he stabbed himself with scissors and then realized he had done the wrong thing. Traubert said Kincaid is now getting along nicely at a Steubenville, Ohio hospital.
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Herbert Traubert
Aalbert Kincaid
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Traubert
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Nazi Bombers Damage Ports And Belfast Raid
Northern Ireland reported heavy German air raid damage on Belfast and Liverpool during the latest offensives aimed at British ports. Incendiaries and high explosives caused extensive property damage with fatalities feared but not as severe as early estimates. Britain shot down 24 raiders over the weekend including 7 bombers last night.
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