Turnout poor for American Day program
A small, sincere crowd attended the courthouse observance of I Am An American Day in Taylor County. Speakers included Betty Turvander, Frank Luzader, Juanita Hardin, Rev Desist, Elsie Beaty, Arthur Yates, and Senator William J. Hussion, with Boy Scouts presenting the flag and a pledge, plus a West Point Death Prayer and a choir.
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Taylor County
West Point
Betty Turvander
Grafton High School
American Legion
John Shields
Uncle Sam
Germany
Frank Luzader
West Virginia University
Third Reich
Desist
Juanita Hardin
Hood
D. P. Desist
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
N.V. A
Harrison County
Francis L. Warder
Elsie Beaty
Dp.a
Arthur G. Yates
William J. Hussion
Colonel Louis Fortier Arrives in New York to Report Yugoslav Collapse
U S military attache Col Louis Fortier, based in Colorado and previously in the Balkans, arrives in New York by clipper plane en route to Washington. He denounces Yugoslavia's collapse and links it to wartime unpreparedness as the Nazi advance overruns the country.
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U.S
Colorado
Yugoslavia
Col. Louis 2 Fortier
Washington
New York
Record sale forecasts for hats and war production plans
A forecast record sale of 30,090,030 straw hats and Paramas tops the season as cross ventilation drives demand while hatters discuss the shift to ventilated mesh styles. Concurrently, officials discuss a large expansion of defense production, with funds allocated for new plants and plans to build thousands of aircraft and equipment for a larger army, signaling a major shift in resources.
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Seth Moseley
New York
Byron Donaldson
Panama
Fifth Avenue
Alex Hrdlicka
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
OPM
Jesse Jones
Army
War Department
STATE SCHOOL Coaches Will Confer On Next Season Basketball
Athletic conference leaders plan schedules for the coming season affecting 14 teams. Coach Debe Ross of West Virginia Wesleyan College will report on the March basketball tournament that involved the conference. Governor Neely appointed two new state board of education members, Mrs Thelma B Louden and Raymond Brewster, plus Ulysses H Prunty joining the negro board.
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Debe Ross
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Neely
State Board of Education
Thelma B. Louden
Fairmond
Raymond Brewster
Huntington
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Ulysses H. Prunty
Northfork
McDowell County
U S Seizes Wine Market Across Nations Report
Washington reports American producers now dominate about 98 percent of U S wine demand amid wartime strains on imports. Foreign wine sales have fallen sharply, with France previously the top supplier but shipments plunging from 1940 to 1941. Rum imports remain steady and whiskies rise under British sales push.
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Washington
France
Spain
Portugal
Argentina
Commerce Department
West Indies
Casablanca
Africa
Martinique
Stimson Reflects On Neutrality Policy Critique
Stimson, continuing from page one, criticizes the neutrality legislation he opposed for years. He says he prophesied it would bring trouble and that yielding to fears by adopting the policy was abhorrent to American principles.
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Ference Inquirer
Stimson
British Ships rehearsing for possible invasion of England
A British spokesman described a dress rehearsal for an invasion of England. He noted the water jump to Crete is often compared to a channel crossing, but warned German plans are not transparent and stressed differences in strategic distance, stating Crete lies farther from Europe than England.
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England
Crete
Crett
Worst Phase Continues Across Crete With Airstrip Scene
The report notes German forces attempted a landing of shock troops on Crete's north coast by small boats. Heaviest battles centered around Canea, Suda Bay, and Malemi, about 12 miles south, near one of the island's few airports. Sharp fighting has persisted as the situation develops.
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Canea
Suda Bay
Malemi
Crete War Action Rumors and German Claims
Reports from morning papers say the German Luftwaffe attacked Allied ships in the eastern Mediterranean near Crete and Cyprus. The DNB asserted a direct hit on a battleship with a medium bomb and said a second explosion occurred near the stern, with three cruisers and a destroyer also affected according to German dispatches.
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Rethymnon
Candia
Crete
Mediterranean
Cyprus
DNB
Cyprus is Next Target as British Reinforce Island Garrison
British radio reported Cyprus, 350 miles east of Crete, heavily reinforced by British and New Zealand troops. Sources say Cyprus would likely be the Germans' next objective, as Britain confirms increased military presence on the island.
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Yen
Grafton Youth Joins Army Pursuit Squadron
James Emery Poe of Grafton enlisted yesterday at the Clarksburg recruiting station for service with the sixth pursuit group at Bowman Kentucky. Four other Central West Virginia youths recently sent to Fort Hayes Ohio have been transferred to permanent stations.
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James Emery Poe
Grafton
Clarksburg
U. S. Army
Bowman
Kentucky
West Virginia
Fort Hayes
Ohio
Royal Air Force Hits Nazi Libyan Forces
The Royal Air Force unleashed its most intensive war effort in Libya, destroying eight German planes in 30 hours, five on the ground and three in the air, and blowing up an ammunition dump and a gasoline dump as British Desert Force advances.
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North Africa
Royal Air Force
Libya
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