Draft Board Calls For 70 Replacements In State
The State Selective Service issues a call for 70 replacements to fill gaps in the draft, assigning 65 whites and five negroes from various district boards. The plan uses a state scale to determine calls, with Huntington to receive a batch from May 10-13 and June 1 as a target date for headquarter actions.
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Ene
Huntington
Headquarers Orninis
Caros
West Virginia
Hancock
Logan
Merter
McDowell
Cabell
Calhoun
Fayette
Kanawha
Lincoln
Mercer
Mingo
Mon- Toe
Putnam
Raleigh
Roane
Kanawha No
McDowell No
Mineral
Composed AP Manager Debuts Dixie Girl on NBC Red
Kent Cooper, general manager of The Associated Press, moonlights as a songwriter and will see his composition Dixie Girl premiered on NBC Red Friday at 7. The program features Lucille Manners with Frank Black orchestra and baritone Ross Graham. Topics include war schedule and president’s emergency powers in various NBC CBS slots.
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New York
Special News Service
Allly
Nbc-Red
Lucille Manners
Frank Black
Ross Graham
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
NBC
NBCB
CBS
Ham Pissi
Aldrich
Bing
Bob Burns
Fir Bowes
Prof
Quiz
Face Heidt
MBS
Border Patrol
Binfoinetta
Peace efforts debated as Hess incident prompts pause
Senators differ on pursuing steps toward peace after the Hess incident. Some urge a pause and a possible gesture toward peace while others warn the move could be a prearranged tactic by Hitler to reveal terms without offering himself.
Pepper Questions Hess Plot in Nazi Exit
Senator Pepper expressing skepticism about Rudolf Hess and his Munich visit argues Hess may be a Trojan horse sent to pressure Britain toward negotiating with Hitler. He says Hess’s split would signal a major deception while Senate Foreign Relations Chairman George doubts Roosevelt would seek peace moves now, fearing British embarrassment.
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Olive Branch
Pepper
Hess
Munich
Hitler
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt
Germany
George
D.-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Great Britain
Robbers of the Range at Dixie Theatre with Holt
Western drama starring Tim Holt as a rancher framed for murder by land agents tied to a railroad plan. He escapes a stagecoach hold up, assumes a famed outlaw’s identity, and thwarts the crooks with gun battles while clearing his name. Virginia Vale leads with Ray Whitley and Emmett Lynn also featured.Produced by REO Radio and directed by Edward Killy with screenplay by Morton Grant and Arthur W. Jones from Oliver Drake. Showing at the Dixie theatre.
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Tim Holt
Holt
Virginia Vale
Ray Whitley
Emmett Lynn
REO Radio
Edward Killy
Morton Grant
Arthur W. Jones
Oliver Drake
Dixie Theatre
Fire sweeps industrial yard near Cramp yard loss $200,000
A major blaze roared through the Wilson H. Lear Lumber yard and surrounding buildings along Girard and Delaware avenues, destroying a showroom and a Jannson cabinet factory with an estimated loss of 200000. A Cramp shipyard building also caught fire but was kept from the main yard. Dr. Pedro Carreras, 50, died en route to the scene. three others injured. Firefighters and bystanders suffered heat-related fainting as police redirected traffic. The Cramp defense work, including a $120 million Navy contract for six cruisers, remained on track.
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Wilson H. Lear Lumber Company
Girard Avenue
Delaware Avenue
Erik Jannson
Jannson
Fletcher Street
Dyott Street
Cramp Shipbuilding Yard
The
Shipbuilding Company
Navy
H. Richard Taylor
Cramps
Pedro Carreras
British Reinforcements Arrive in Singapore War Port
In Singapore on May 15 British fighting men sailors and fliers disembarked from transports while heavy cargoes of U S war supplies were unloaded. Reinforcements from the United Kingdom joined British Australian and Indian units guarding the south Asian stronghold as a Chinese military mission observed embarka tion and met with military chiefs.
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Singapore
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
Malaya
Tolchester Line excursion steamer Tolchester destroyed by six alarm fire
A six alarm blaze in Baltimore destroyed the Tolchester Line excursion steamer Tolchester and damaged three piers along the light street waterfront. The fire, of unknown origin, burned for two hours, forced crew to rescue a man from a pier and tow the Southport to harbor. The Tolchester, built in 1878, had long carried trips between Baltimore and old Point Comfort.
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Tolchester Line
Tolchester
Light Street
Southport
Telchester Line
Chesapeake Line
Chesapeake Bay
Old Point Comfort
Hess Believed In British Sportsmanship Claims Nazi Says
Berlin reports an informant says Rudolf Hess believed British sportsmanship could bring peace if he convinced England its cause was lost. He quoted a February speech urging settling pending questions in a sporting spirit and trusted English fairness in politics. Adolf Hitler is not expected to address the public about Hess’s flight to Scotland.
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Brooks
R.-N
Hess
Japa
Scotland
Hitler
Berlin
Rudolf Hess
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Belgian Civil Conmen in Page One Report
A 99 year old Belgian woman, presumed dead by relatives who fled to southern France, sent a letter from a French hospital asking local authorities to intervene for her pension. Authorities estimate about 5,000 Belgian refugees in France never returned, having found work they do not want to abandon for uncertain prospects at home.
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Woma
France
Hitler silent on Hess flight in Scotland
Inform ed sources report Adolf Hitler will not address the German public for the time being regarding Rudolf Hess's dramatic flight to Scotland. The news notes uncertainty about any public reaction or forthcoming speeches.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Rudol Hess
Scotland
Reynolds to Head Senate Military Committee
Senators Reynolds of North Carolina was recommended for the chairmanship of the Senate military affairs committee after a closed meeting of the Democratic steering committee. The vote was 12 to 3 with Glass Guffey and Green opposing the elevation of Reynolds due to his stance on certain administration foreign policies. final Senate approval remains to be seen.
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Washington
Reynolds
Senate
Senate Democratic Steering Committee
Glass
D.-Va
Guffey
D.-Pa
Green
D.R.L
State Medical Association Ends Three-Day Confab
Charleston May 15. The West Virginia State Medical association wrapped a three day annual meeting with a banquet and a dance. The women’s auxiliary installed Mrs Welch England of Parkersburg as president and named Mrs Ralph Hogshead of Montgomery president elect for 1942 43.
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Charleston
West Virginia State Medical Association
Woman's Auxiliary
Welch England
Parkersburg
Ralph Hogshead
Montgomery
Fairmont College Students Take Over The West Virginian
Fairmont State College journalism students descended on The West Virginian to publish the afternoon edition. For years they have taken over editorial duties for a day, with the regular staff assisting to manage the many scoops and duties.
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Fairmont College
Fairmont
Fairmont State College
West Virginian
Marshal Petain to Deliver Vital Broadcast Tonight
Vichy reports Marshal Petain scheduled for a two minute radio broadcast at 8 p.m. local time, prompting widespread belief of a major statement on French German negotiations. The brief address is seen as potentially signaling important policy or peace talks.
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Vichy
France
Marshal Petain
Retired Baltimore and Ohio Worker Dies After Accident
Elmer Smith aged 70 of West Union died in hospital three hours after being struck by an automobile that failed to stop near his Route 50 home. He was a retired Baltimore and Ohio railroad employee.
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West Union
Elmer Smith
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Route
Stokowski Orchestra to Visit Forest Festival
Leopold Stokowski and his national youth orchestra will visit Elkins during the Mountain State Forest Festival in October. Festival director H. H. Speicher announced plans after talks in Washington with Aubrey Williams of the National Youth Administration, who accepted an invitation to attend.
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Elkins
Leopold Stokowski
National Youth Orchestra
Mountain State Forest
H. H. Speicher
Speicher
Washington
Aubrey Williams
Williams
Solon Rosier Leads West Virginia Education Fight
Solon Rosier, long a figure in the common people's struggle in West Virginia, declared his primary interest Education. He emphasized his decades of public service and continued commitment to the state's educational goals as the race moves forward.
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Neely
Common People
West Virginia
Rosier
Bank Plot Arrests in Putnam Conn linked to Barn Robbery
Ralph C. Brearley 37 Alderman and Police Commissioner and two others were arrested in Putnam Conn over a planned bank robbery. Police say the bank task force was misled by a false alarm and a wild goose chase.
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Ralph C. Brearley
Putnam
Conn
Oh & Wild Goose Chase
ASCAP Tunes Return To Air After St Louis Agreement
ASCAP music returns to network airwaves after a settlement between John G. Paine manager of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers and officials of the Mutual Broadcasting System in St Louis. The contract ends a dispute over fees that kept ASCAP tunes off the air since the old contract expired last December.
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Ascap Music
John G. Paine
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Mutual Broadcasting System
St. Louis
ASCAP
New Senator Describes Self as Country School Teacher
The newly seated senator, calling himself a country school teacher rather than a statesman, will occupy quarters in the senate office building beside Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia. He has not chosen staff for the remainder of Neely's uncompleted term.
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Nterest
Senate
Harley M. Kilgore
D.-W.va
Japanese Find Continued Amid European War Tangle
The article discusses Japan seeking to secure gains as Europe War unfolds, fearing U.S. entry, and pressing for peace with China via U.S. mediation. General Chiang Kai Shek repudiates peace deals and vows to resist with American backing, while Japan faces economic strain from occupation of Chinese territory and mounting casualties.
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China
Japan
East Asia
Nippon
Chiang Kai Shek
Chiang
America
United States
Sam
Britain
Buchalter arraigned in New York for 1936 murder
Louis Lepke Buchalter, once a racketeer rival, is arraigned on a first degree murder charge in the 1936 killing of Joseph Rosen, a candy store owner, while already serving a 14 year narcotics sentence.
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Louis
Lepke) Buchalter Fs
New York
Joseph Rosen
Actress Peggy Shannon Found Dead in Hollywood Home
Screen actress Peggy Shannon, 81, once a Ziegfeld Follies performer, was found dead in her Hollywood residence. Her husband Albert G. Roberts said he discovered the body in the kitchen upon returning from a fishing trip. An autopsy was ordered.
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Peggy Shannon
Hollywood
Albert G. Roberts
Food for Vichy Held Stowaways Seeks Aid
French ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye, shown with reporters after a Washington conference with Undersecretary Sumner Welles, announced the United States will ship 15,000 tons of wheat each month to unoccupied France as long as the general situation does not change.
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Gaston Henry
Haye
Sumner Welles
Washington
France
U. S
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