British Break Iraqi Lines At Habbaniyah And Mosul Pipeline
British forces ejected the enemy from positions overlooking Habbaniyah airfield in Iraq and wrested control of the Mosul Haifa oil pipeline. RAF strikes targeted Traq troops as Libyan Tobruk fighting continued under sand storms. Basra remained quiet.
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Cairo
Egypt
Habbaniyah
Iraq
Middle East
Mosul-Haifa
Rashid Ali
Basra
Persian Gulf
Utilities Ask For Same Rate In Tax Assessments
Charleston May 7 The State Board of Public Works heard gas water electric and street railway firms defend current tax valuations as they consider 1941 assessments. H B Dardan for Monongahela West Penn Public Service urged keeping his company at 26307000 noting defense program may justify little or no rise this year. Gas firms Hope Natural Gas and Carnegie Gas sought reductions while Appalachian Electric Power echoed similar pleas as railroad representatives joined the hearing.
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Charleston
State Board of Public Works
H. B. Dardan
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Hope Natural Gas
Carnegie Gas
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Theatre notices invite Blueville residents to two shows
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs K R Stutler of Blueville to tonight's Strand Theatre screening of Tall, Dark and Handsome starring Cesar Romero, and You're The One with Bonnie Baker and Orvin Tucker at the Dixie Theatre.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
K. R. Stutler
Blueville
Cesar Romero
Strand Theatre
Bonnie Baker
Orvin Tucker
Dixie Theatre
Tax Load Not Onerous One Tax Load Not Onerous One
A Philadelphia report notes a government official stating Americans could bear a three and a half billion dollar tax increase next year. Treasury undersecretary Daniel W. Bell says defense spending may be about 15 percent of national income for 1942, while Myron P. Converse warns against overly high or numerous taxes despite a new tax bill.
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Philadelphia
Daniel W. Bell
The
Treasury
Myron FP
Converse
Worcester
Mass
Association
Congress
Moundsville to observe daylight time after next Sunday
Moundsville voters approve daylight time in northern West Virginia. In the municipal primary J. K. Chase wins the Republican mayoral nomination 1,248 to 628 over Thomas Barr. 0.5. Chambers is renominated for clerk. Democratic contest yields William R. Tasker as city clerk nominee.
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Moundsville
West Virginia
J. K. Chase
Marshall County
Thomas Barr
Chambers
William R. Tasker
Suit Against Big Estate Dropped In Fayette Court
Circuit Judge EH Dillon Jr dismissed a suit by Ada B. Cook of Columbus Ohio against the heirs of WV coal operator William McKell who died in Chillicothe two years ago. Cook claimed undue influence at the will’s drawing.
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PA Preville
EH Dillon, Jr
Ada B. Cook
Columbus
William McKell
West Virginia
Chillicothe
Cook
McKell
Mary A. Kilbert
Twin boards planned to speed aid in hemisphere defense
United States and Canada will form closely collaborating economic defense boards to speed mobilization of north American resources for aid to Britain and hemisphere defense. The boards will coordinate raw material flow and production of arms and munitions, complementing the U.S.-Canadian defense body and aligning with the April 20 plan for joint productive effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Lehreas
Washington
United States
Canada
Dominion
Roosevelt
MacKenzie King
Britain
German Sub Is Blamed For Deaths Of Pilots
Ottawa reports naval sources believe a German submarine torpedo attack caused the sea loss of 11 American plane ferry pilots listed among 122 missing as enemy action. The pilots, not ferrying bombers, were said to be en route to Britain to move planes from inspection bases to UK fields. A twelfth missing American was named as a member of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Britain
United Kingdom
Royal Canadian Corps of Signalers
Thousand Acre Blaze Reported In Tucker Co
Elkins May 7 Arthur A Wood supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest today was at the scene of a 1000 acre fire on Canaan mountain in Tucker county. The fire was burning outside the national forest but was reported within one half mile of the large United States forest plantation on the mountain. Federal and state firefighters and CCC crews from Camp Parsons and Camp Gandy were aiding in suppressing the fire. Wood s office also reported a fire outside the forest in the Gauley ranger district near Camp Cranberry. A pumper and crew were sent today from the Monongahela forest to the Holston district of the Jefferson National Forest in Virginia after a request for aid in suppressing a large fire was received.
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Elkins
Arthur A. Wood
Monongahela National Forest
Canaan Mountain
Tucker County
National Forest
United States Forest
CCC
Camp Parsons
Camp Gandy
Wood
Gauley Ranger District
Camp Cranberry
Monongahela Forest
Holston District
Jefferson National Forest
Virginia
Beer Dealers Face Probe Before Licenses Renewed
State agents will examine all active beer distributors prior to license renewal on July 1 to decide permits. Assistant State Tax Commissioner Walter V. Ross said applications for 1941 42 licenses have been mailed to 3 629 dealers and must be returned by June 11.
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Charleston
Walter V. Ross
Ross
Doctors Give Attention to State Health
The West Virginia State Medical association plans a long range program to improve health for 300 000 workers. A committee led by Dr J J Brandabaur will present survey findings at the 74th annual meeting in Charleston opening Monday. About 156 900 workers in at risk occupations may suffer occupational disease without proper controls. The panel urges industrial health leadership, worker education in accident prevention and hygiene, and a formal section within the society with full rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia State Medical Association
J. J. Brandabaur
West Virginia
Auxiliary Warship Patia Sunk by German Bomber
London reports the auxiliary warship Patia was bombed and sunk by a German plane. The Admiralty withheld ship details and tonnage, noting the Patia shot down the attacker before sinking. The ship is not listed in naval references and is not the 5,355 ton Patia freighter listed in Lloyds.
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London
Admiralty
Patia
Lloyds
Bridgeport Man Named Harrison Co DPA Chief
Herbert Rhodes of Bridgeport was appointed director of the Harrison County Department of Public Assistance succeeding Mrs. Josephine Williams of near Shinnston. The DPA council announced the appointment at its initial meeting last night. Mrs. Williams had served since 1936.
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Clarksburg
Herbert Rhodes
Bridgeport
Harrison County
Department of Public Assistance
Josephine Williams
Near Shinnston
One
DPA
Williams
Jackson Warns on Alien Threat and Seamen Round-Up
Attorney General Jackson said 6000 deportable aliens remain free in the United States as he ordered the round-up of 160 German seamen for questioning. He noted the round-up aimed at those in New York Miami San Francisco Chicago and Kansas City but lacked machinery to complete deportation orders. He warned that non military invasion by the Nazis could precede warfare and stressed law must adapt to counter it.
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Washington
Jackson
United States
Justice Department
New York
Miami
San Francisco
Chicago
Kansas City
American Judicature Society
Axis Pressure Continues On Tobruk In Libya
Rome reports German and Italian forces press Tobruk, repelling a new British counter attack. The broadcast says four British planes were downed, one by Italian fighters over Tobruk and three by Germans near Malta, while acknowledging British air losses. An Amba Alaji Ethiopian rear attack was defeated with losses.
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Rome
Tobruk
Libya
High Command
Malta
Amba Alaji
Ethiopia
State Plans Campaign To Attract More Tourists
The West Virginia Publicity Commission will spend 15396.22 on magazine and newspaper advertising in summer, fall, and spring 1942 to draw tourists. State Police Superintendent John W. Bosworth said a further 3000 was allocated for booklets and folders. The total FY appropriation is 37500 with 3300 for industrial advertising and 1820 for a clip sheet, while miscellaneous expenses total 4203.78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia Publicity Commission
John W. Bosworth
Bosworth
Neely
Over 100 German Seamen to Be Held in Internment Camp
New York police and immigration officers rounded up more than 100 German seamen at hotels and taverns at 4 am. Warrants cite overstaying leave. officers say the action was ordered from Washington and nationwide. Seamen were to be sent to an internment camp in a western city.
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New York
Washington
Use American Navy Now To Deliver Goods To Britain
Secretary of War Stimson urged immediate use of the U S Navy to aid Britain in the Atlantic. He urged rapid action, cited Germanys extension of unrestricted warfare to western hemisphere waters, and condemned German U boat tactics as illegal. The address signaled administration consideration of the plan and followed prior calls for stronger aid to Britain.
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Secretary of War
Washington
Stimson
U. S. Navy
Stephen Early
War Department
Roosevelt
Germany
Western Hemisphere
North Atlantic
Congress
Fense
Call For Selectees In Early June Is Revealed
Charleston May 7 A tentative call has been received by state selective service headquarters for 500 white men and 27 Negroes to be inducted between June 2 and June 10 Lieut Col Pierce said acting state director said the call is subject to change Definite notification expected about May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Selective Service
Pierce
Worry Causes War Paralysis
A Virginia meeting of the American Psychiatric Association heard that worry about war can paralyze mind and soul. Dr J Kasanin of Mt Zion hospital in San Francisco cited mass mental illness from unfounded worry and recounted a strange case of a 31 year old woman whose social ease collapsed when she was near a man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Richmond
American Psychiatric Association
J. Kasanin
Mt. Zion Hospital
San Francisco
Europe
Bribery of Witnesses Charged In Death Case
In Fayetteville on May 7 the state rested its murder case against Day in the fatal hotel cutting of Lace Haskins, a 41 year old miner. Two defense witnesses testified they were offered money to testify, John Keesee saying Clay offered $100 to witness the dispute and knife use. Edward Keesee saying he was paid $50 to claim presence at the hotel. The defense opened with a Frieda Cutright larceny sentence note.
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Fayetteville
C. E. Clay
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Day
Hagkinss
Cannelton
Montgomery
John Keesee
Edward Keesee
Logan County
Clay
Haskins
Frieda Cutright
Stalin Takes Premier Post In Soviet Union Change
Joseph Stalin replaces Vyacheslav Molotov as premier and assumes open leadership of the Soviet Union while Molotov remains in a high post as foreign affairs commissar. Molotov had led the council for 11 years and previously held foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Molotov
Council of People's Commissars
Maxim Litvinov
Varnish Plant Blast Injures Three at DuPont Plant
A massive explosion at the E. I. DuPont varnish plant in West Philadelphia damaged a 50 by 100 foot building and sent flames blackening the area. Three workers were injured as resin and chemicals ignited in a boiling vat. John King, 54, suffered severe burns and leg injuries with possible amputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
E. I. DuPont de Nemours
John King
Ani
Drive Against U-Boats Encouragement From British Leaders
Captain A J M Hudson civil lord of the Admiralty told the House of Commons that recent anti U boat campaign results are encouraging. He said the axis should not be told the U boats sunk as that would assist the enemy plans.
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London
A. J. M. Hudson
Admiralty
House of Commons
Round Dance Square Moose Home Benefit Tonight
Community notice for Grafton Fire Department events with a square dance at Moose Home at 9 pm tonight. Floor show admission priced at 25 cents. Local residents urged to attend and support fire department fundraising drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MOOSE
Grafton Fire Department
Britain backs Churchill in vote over Crete and Tobruk assault
London reports the House of Commons backed Winston Churchill 447 to 3 after he warned that 500,000 imperial troops guard the Middle East and Britain expects new American ships to carry through the 1942 Atlantic fight. He vowed to defend Crete and Tobruk to the death as the final stand in the Mediterranean.
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London
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Middle East
Britain
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Crete
Tobruk
Big Island
Libya
Churchill
David Lloyd George
Valley of the Nile
Suez
Nazi Bombers Battle Over England and Hamburg Raid
London reports a daylong air battle with 15 raiders claimed by Britain nine overnight and six daylight. German bombers focused on Clyde shipyards in Glasgow while RAF bombers hit Hamburg and Le Havre docks. Royal Navy and RAF losses noted, with several ships and fires reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Thames
Hamburg
Notice G B B hold regular meeting at Wehn Hall
G B B A No 158 will hold a regular meeting at Wehn Hall on Friday May 9 at 7 30 p m George C Ashby is president M 16 fp
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A. No
Wehn Hall
George C. “Ashby
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Dixie
Tony Russo
Rachel Nelson
South Langhorne
New York City
Russo
Detroit
Mounndsville
Fayette Court
PLAN
Tucker Co
Harrison Co
U. S
Psychiatric Association
Stalin
DuPont
WAR Ministry
East
Wavell
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