RAF Edges Axis as Syria Air Dromes Targeted
London May 17 The Royal Air Force holds an initial edge in widening Middle East hostilities and plans to destroy Syrian air bases used by Germans as potential springboards to Suez. British bombing of Damascus Rayak and Palmyra acknowledged by Vichy France. In Africa British forces press Fort Capuzzo Bastion across the Libyan border and tighten control around Amba Alagi against 35,000 Italian troops led by the Duke of Aosta.
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London
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Suez
RAF
Damascus
Rayak
Palmyra
Syria
Vichy
Africa
Suez Canal
Fort Capuzzo
Axis
Egyptain
Libya
Salam
Egypt
Halfaya Pass
Amba Alaji
Ethiopia
Duke of
Aosta
Return King Belgiums Ask Return King Belgiums Ask
Belgian leaders pressing for monarch restoration say a government cannot exist without King Leopold. With the king a war prisoner at Castle Laken, the future of Belgium remains unresolved under Nazi occupation. Leaders urge patience, noting home rule cannot return while the king and commander-in-chief remain captives. Henri de Man, ex-cabinet minister and Socialist leader, spoke in a recent address. See RETURN KING Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Berlin
Leopold
Castle Laken
Henri de Man
Socialist Party
Theatre Ticket Present This Clipping for Ad Mission
A clipping advises presenting this notice for admission to a Strand or Dixie theatre event. Identification may be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand
Dixie
Opera House
Charles Town Judge Upholds Meter Law
Charles Town Circuit Judge D H Rodgers upheld the parking meter ordinance and denied an appeal by an autoist fined for nonpayment. Citing a 1939 State Supreme Court decision upholding a Webster Springs ordinance, the judge voided the $10 fine as a test of the law.
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Charles Town
D. H. Rodgers
Rodgers
State Supreme Court
Webster Springs
Fear Germans Will Acquire French Subs
A Washington report warns Germany could leverage French navy assets including subs, destroyers, cruisers, an aircraft carrier, and a battleship if collaboration with Vichy France occurs, potentially threatening Britain and the Atlantic balance. Officials doubt Nazis can gain full control of these vessels, with key ships positioned at Martinique and Guadaloupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain
Martinique
Caribbean
Emile Bertin
Guadaloupe
United States
Great Britain
Western Hemisphere
Court Fight Figure's Funeral Held At Logan
Funeral services were held at a Logan Mortuary chapel for Mrs Nellie Stratton Sweetland who lost a court battle over a Hamlin banker estate. Father Lawrence G. Becker officiated and burial followed in a family cemetery. She died Thursday in Pinecrest sanitarium near Beckley after a four year TB illness.
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Logan
Nellie Stratton Sweetland
Hamlin
Lawrence G. Becker
Sweetland
Pinecrest
Beckley
Louis R. Sweetland
Gas Concern To Move Offices To Charleston
Atlantic Seaboard corporation, a gas transmission firm serving Washington and Virginia, will move its offices from Wilmington Delaware to Charleston. The company is affiliated with Columbia Gas and Electric and controlled through United Fuel Gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gas Concern
Charleston
The
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Washington, D. C
Virginia
West Virginia
Wilmington
Del
the Corporation
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
United Fuel Gas Company
Coal Operators Labor To Avert Threatened Strike Set Wednesday
Southern soft coal operators prepared a new contract offer for submission to the United Mines Workers of America CIO as scarce progress was reported. Union leader John L Lewis warned 330000 miners in the eight state Appalachian bituminous field could walk out Wednesday if no working agreement is reached. See COAL Page 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Mines Workers of America
CIO
John L. Lewis
Appalachian
Senator Hussian Names Interim Committee for 1943 Session
Charleston May 17 Members of the legislative interim committee to prepare a program for the 1943 legislature convened to organize. Co chairs are Senate President Byron Randolph and House Speaker Malcolm Arnold with agendas covering mining conservation juvenile court statutes and civil service. Members include Hussion Vickers Young and Ross Alstop Walker Costlo Powell plus others.
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Charleston
Legislative
Legislaure
Senate
Byron Randolph
D.-Harrison
House
Malcolm Arnold
D.-Boone
Public Lands Corporation
William Hussion
D.-Taylor
Arnold Vickers
D.-Fayette
G. ©. Young
R.-Upshur
Walter V. Ross
D.-Mercer
Haymond Alstop
D.-Marion
Nell W. Walker
Dorr Costo
D.-Wood
J. C. Powell
R.-Pleasants
Taylor Camps Get Approval
State Health Commissioner C F McClintic cited improper food handling as a key reason for denying approval to 120 West Virginia tourist camps. He said 76 of about 275 camps met sanitation rules, while seven others were closed for corrections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
C. F. McClintic
West Virginia
McClintic
WPA Worker Receives $660 For Explosion Burns
President Roosevelt signed a bill granting $600 to William A Wheeler of Hurricane West Virginia for injuries while serving as a volunteer firefighter during a kerosene tank explosion on a Works Progress Administration project. The accident happened May 8 1939 during an asphalt paving program in Hurricane.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William A. Wheeler
Hurricane W. Va
Works Progress Administration
Mother's Helper Is Her Papa's Downfall
In San Francisco on May 17, Mrs. William E. Mahoney told the judge her husband was tired and rushed, seeking to explain his speeding. Four year old Anne Louise Mahoney interrupted with the quip that daddy wanted to see how fast the car would go, and the fine assessed was two dollars and fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William E. Mahoney
Anne Louise Mahoney
Quadruplets Die Ten Hours After Birth in Chicago
Frances Adards, 20, gave birth to Chicago's second set of quadruplets, all girls born three months premature. The first, Frances, died after being placed on a respirator. Charlene and Margaret died within five minutes. Marie, the smallest, survived longer but died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frances Adards
Frances
Charlene
Margaret
Marie
Greenbrier Bandmaster Dies After Operation
Major W. H. Beardsworth, Greenbrier Military School bandmaster, died in a Clifton Forge Virginia hospital after an emergency operation. He was prominent in West Virginia and Virginia musical circles and joined Greenbrier in 1923 after seven years with the First West Virginia Regiment band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewisburg
W. H. Beardsworth
Greenbrier Military School
Clifton Forge
West Virginia
Virginia
Beardsworth
Greenbrier
B and O freight cars derail at Confluence tunnel
Twelve cars of a Baltimore and Ohio freight train derailed at the Brook tunnel east entrance near Confluence Pennsylvania, blocking the westbound main line. The derailment halted traffic, with the eastbound track cleared by midnight and traffic rerouted over the Western Maryland railroad. No injuries were reported.
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Confluence
Baltimore and Ohio
Cumberland
John Hewes, Jr
Pittsburgh
Brook Tunnel
Hewes
Western Maryland Railroad
Motion Picture Titles Create Hollywood's Greatest Headache
Studios face a major headache selecting film titles as gazetteers list over 15000 names. A star cast film tied to a million dollar production demands a title that attracts audiences. many stories are renamed, some up to fifty times, with costly changes common. See MOTION Page 6
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Hollywood
Chang
Two Army Planes Crashed In Ohio Killing Six
In southern Ohio last night two Army air corps planes crashed during a violent wind and rainstorm killing six men and possibly seven. A crash eight miles north of Nelsonville left four bodies recovered. One plane carried two captains, Capt R A VanDeray of Dayton and Capt John nel, both killed when their ship plunged south of Wilmington ten miles after the Nelsonville crash. A sergeant reported the motor buried in the earth as the plane dived at high speed. Sealed orders guarded witnesses.
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Columbus
Ohio
Nelsonville
Floyd Duffy
Texas
Air Corps
Wilmington
J. W. Sessums
Wright Field
R. A. VanDeray
Dayton
John
Nel
Sergt
BE. B. Webb
Highway Patrol
Businessmen hold Funfest in Nashville for two days of play
Nashville May 17 business leaders gathered to escape work and enjoy two days of fun and frolic. Profits and losses were off limits as they sought relaxation, starting in a subdued mood before the festivities began.
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Nashville
School Superintendents Plan Home Instruction
Charleston May 17 County school superintendents began formulating plans to provide special home instruction for physically handicapped students unable to attend regular classes. The 1941 legislature appropriated 25000 dollars annually for the next biennium to assist counties in funding the program under rules set by the state board of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Board of Education
Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Dorothy Posing to show
The Grafton Sentinel extends an invitation to Miss Dorothy Posing of 142 Latrobe Street to attend tonight's presentation of San Francisco Docks at the Opera House theatre featuring Bur geess Merideth in the current program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Grafton Sentinel
Harold C. Griffith
Thayer Street
Jennie
Virginia Gilmore
Strand Thatre
Robbers of
Dorothy
Latrobe Street
San Francisco Docks
Burgeess Merideth
Opera House
Blow In Large Gas Well Near Ripley
A gas well on the J. E. Sweezy farm six miles north of Ripley blew in and ran out of control for a time yesterday. Estimated production ranged from 8 to 10 million cubic feet. The exceptionally good well was drilled by the Columbia Carbon company of Charleston, with rock and dirt hurled as high as 200 feet when gas was struck.
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Ripley
J. E. Sweezy
Columbia Carbon Company
Charleston
Nazis Retake Salum In Egypt Frontier Outpost
Axis desert forces mounted a bold counter attack driving British troops east of Salum in Egypt. German high command said all positions previously held by the British were recaptured with aid from warplanes. The report notes activity along the Mediterranean coast and a road corridor toward Sidi Barrani.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Salum
Egypt
Salam
Africa Corps
Hal- Brepeng
Sidi Barrani
Wheeling Bus Drivers Postpone Strike Amid Talks
About 75 Wheeling Public Service Company bus drivers continued work as union officials and company representatives negotiated a new wage agreement. A planned strike that would have halted motor coach service in Wheeling and suburbs was postponed temporarily by the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Public Service Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Former School Board President Takes Stand
Homer Hall, former Lincoln county school board president, prepared to defend himself as part of a bribery case alongside Elza Adkins and Ove Hill. Adkins and Hill denied profiting from a Hamlin building sale to the board, while W. A. Cabell testified he sold the board a building for 8,500 dollars, with claims of 1,000-dollar bribes to each of the three members.
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Huntington
Homer Hall
Lincoln County School Board
Elza Adkins
Ove Hill
Hill
Adkins
Hamlin
W. A.cabell
Little Coal River
John W. Hereford
Hall, Hill
Adking
11 Republics Pledge Hemispheric Safety
Washington May 17 21 American republics prepared to establish provisional administration over French colonies in the Americas. They poised to act against a Nazi Vichy influence, awaiting clarification of France’s cooperation in Europe, with Halifax Hull talks centered on wartime Syria developments and the Nazi Vichy pact.
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Lloyd Lehrers
Washington
Americas
Germany
France
Europe
United States
Atlantic
Viscount Halifax
Syria
Republics
HELP SETTLE YARD STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO
May 17. Aid of the Army and Navy was offered to settle a week-old shipyard strike that shut 11 yards and left 15,000 idle, as Assistant Secretary Forrestal urged adherence to a coastwide agreement with APL and CIO machinists. John Frey of AFL Metal Trades said Forrestal telegraphed for New Orleans to assist in ending the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Army
Navy
James V. Forrestal
APL
CIO
Naval
John Frey
AFL Metal Trades Department
Forrestal
New Orleans
12Th Naval District
Presidio
Seattle
Vocational Metal Work Course Open for Young Men
In response to the national defense program, a sheet metal work short course is offered through federal funds. Boys ages 17 to 25 may enroll at the Main Street shop formerly occupied by I. C. McCue. The course runs to June 27 with meetings May 20 and 21 at 6 p.m. Report to enroll.
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National Defense
Main Street
I. C. McCue
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Hess
David McLean
Rudolf Hess
Duke of Hamilton
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Hamilton
Augsburg
Lewis
Hussian
Taylor
State Health Department
WPA
Ty‘coons
Havana
Hull
E.G. Kuhn
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