Abbeville in German Hands Reported in Commons
Prime Minister Churchill briefed the House of Commons on heavy fighting in the English Channel area near Boulogne. He said Abbeville is in German hands as German armored forces moved through French lines into Allied rear areas and threatened communications, with Weygand directing efforts to restore the front.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Boulogne
Abbeville
Churchill
Belgium
Maxime Weygand
Mrs Roosevelt in Arthurdale schedules school commencements
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Arthurdale in a new phase of her annual itinerary. She plans appearances at Arthurdale High School graduates and at University High School Morgantown commencements and dedicatory program at Morgantown High School auditorium. She urges citizens to exercise voting rights and civic responsibility.
Tonight at Strand and Dixie Theatres in Grafton
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs Theo Miller to see two double features. At Strand theatre tonight, Calling Philo Vance with James Stephenson is shown. Also at Dixie theatre, The Marines Fly High with Richard Dix Chester Morris and Lucille Ball, paired with Young As You Feel.
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Grafton Sentinel
Theo. Miller
Beech Street
Philo Vance
James Stephenson
Strand Theatre
Richard Dix
Chester Morris
Lucille Ball
Dixie Theatre
French Troops Rally Paris in War Update
War bulletins report French soldiers reorganizing to unite northern and central units and sever the German spearhead driving to the sea. Roosevelt to speak in fireside chat on defense conditions. British fighters claimed to have downed at least 37 German planes. Reports suggest Boulogne seizure by German forces may be probable.
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Paris
France
Roosevelt
Washington
London
Air Ministry
Navy Bill to Pass Quickly in Peacetime Defense Push
Senate moved to rapid approval of the Navy share of a 3.297 billion peacetime defense package. The Navy bill worth 1.474 billion was slated for swift debate, mirroring yesterday’s five hour Army measure amid a broad expansion of armed forces and air power.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
Pittman
Foreign Relations Committee
Army
President Roosevelt Sail to Ireland for Americans
The State department ordered the liner President Roosevelt to sail from New York Friday night to Galway Ireland to pick up Americans in Europe under threat from total war. Britain France Germany Belgium Holland and Norway were notified to keep the voyage peaceful. Arrival in Galway is expected about May 30 with return trips starting after all willing Americans are aboard.
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State Department
Europe
President Roosevelt
Ireland
Great Britain
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Roosevelt
New York
Galway
No Separate Peace Pledged By Churchill
London May 23 Prime Minister Churchill reaffirmed Neville Chamberlain's pledge that Britain would never make a separate peace with Germany He answered simply yes when asked if he renewed the pledge to conclude no peace except in agreement with France The brief reply underscores wartime resolve without signaling any deviation from alliance terms.
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London
Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Germany
France
Fourth of Graduates Of Highs To Enter College
West Virginia announces that about one quarter of roughly 16 000 graduates will attend college this month. If past averages hold, state colleges will graduate 1 987 students in final exercises through June.
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Charleston
West Virginia
State Board of Education
Republicans Back Plan To Transfer Immigration Service
In Washington on May 23, House Republicans aligned with Democrats to back President Roosevelt's proposal to move the immigration service from the Labor department to the Justice Department. Chairman Cochran of the government reorganization committee scheduled a special meeting to approve a resolution implementing the transfer within 10 days. Rep. Taber of New York joined Cochran in predicting swift, overwhelming House approval.
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House
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Justice Department
Congress
Cochran
D.-Mo
Government Reorganization Committee
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Taber
R. N.Y
Labor Department
Holt Accuses Congress of Playing Politics with Defense
Senator Holt of West Virginia stressed in Washington that Congress is playing politics with national defense financing. He argued courage is needed to tax now rather than post-election spending. He urged moving bills to curb war profiteering and avoid repeating past profits from war.
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Congress
Washington
D.-W.va
British Army Faces Grave Crisis In Western Front
London reports an extremely grave crisis as German gains threaten British lines near Audenarde while the Empire concentrates on war as its sole task. RAF fighters bomb German columns and front defenses shoot down bombers. home factories run seven days a week as emergency powers reshape liberties for the duration.
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London
Arras
France
Audenarde
Belgium
Brussels
Royal Air Force
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Supreme Defense Council summoned by Mussolini
Rome reports Premier Mussolini has summoned the supreme defense council for a meeting today while Italians accuse French authorities in Morocco of renewing hateful persecutions against Italians living in the protectorate.
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Mussolini
Supreme Defense Council
Morocco
Protectorate
French Government Will Remain Right In Paris
Paris news brief reports the French government will keep its administrative base in Paris and curb civilian movement without army orders. After a war cabinet meeting with Premier Reynaud a communique said no government employees will leave Paris except for administrative services sent to the interior at the war’s start. General Weygand now commands the army, signaling renewed confidence in France.
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Paris
Reynaud
France
Maximen Weygand
Landon presses third-term issue in Roosevelt reply
Alf Landon urged Roosevelt to renounce a third term to unite Republicans for a coalition defense administration. The White House said the president has no time to prepare political statements. Landon spoke after a long meeting with Roosevelt, signaling possible political implications for 1940.
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Washington
Alf M. Landon
Rosevelt
White House
Landon
National Council
Accused Wife Slayer To Face Sistersville Trial
Summersville May 23 Lewis Red Taylor 44 is scheduled to go on trial before Judge H E Dillon Jr on a charge of killing his wife last March 26. Minnie Taylor 37 married to Taylor a year was shot to death in the home of her father William Hawks 77 in a quarrel which followed an attempted reconciliation. Hawks who interfered was wounded but recovered. The state called him as a witness in Taylor s trial.
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Summersville
Lewis “Red” Taylor
H. E. Dillon, Jr
Minnie Taylor
Taylor
William Hawks
Hawks
Vote Finals Show Hussian Beaten For Delegate Post
In Charleston on May 23, petitions for recounts emerged from both sides after an official tally placed C. H. McKown of Wayne ahead by 500 in the Fifth district Democratic state senatorial contest. Millender of Wayne claimed 10,117 votes to 10,167 for McKown, seeking a Wayne canvass that yielded a 1,471 McKown lead. Cabell county recount requests followed, giving Millender a 1,431 majority, as two other state senatorial nomination challenges arose.
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C. H.mcknown
Wayne
C. Frank Millender
McKown
Pelter
Cabell County
Millender
West Virginians Hit 1.502 Million in Income Taxes
Charleston May 23 State tax officials report that for 1940 West Virginians paid 1 502 000 in income taxes on the prior year, against 1 286 169 by end of May 1939. For 1939 40 fiscal year revenue is about 4 000 above budget despite broader exemptions.
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Charleston
West
Wendel Miners Deny Petition For Ballot Listing
Charleston May 23 A Pittsburgh professional man joined a growing list of protestants against the use of his name on a petition to place the Communist party on West Virginia's general election ballot Eugene A Coniff of Pittsburg told Secretary of State W S O Brien in a letter his name appeared on a Wheeling list and it was a bases Continued on Pare Six.
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Charleston
Fittsburgh
Communist Party
West Virginia
Eugene A. Coniff
Pitsbury
W. S. O’brien
Wheeling
Coal Firms Seek Change in Prices for Coal Shipments
Nine coal companies petition against minimum price regulation on shipments to commercial users in the Kanawha valley, citing freight rate differences. Kanawha county mine rates to Kanawha river points range 35 to 88 cents per ton, with Kentucky and Virginia fields to Charleston at 1.55 to 1.75 dollars per ton. W E Lowry testified for the public service commission and R J Beatty of the C and O railroad noted those fields seldom ship bituminous coal to Charleston.
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Kanawha Valley
Kanawha County
Kanawhy River
W. E. Lowry
The
Public, Service Commission
Tucky and
Virginia
R. J. Beatty
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Kanawha
Valley Chemical Plants
Spring special 9x12 linoleum bugs patterns
Roberts Hardware and Appliance Store promotes a spring sale featuring all new 9x12 linoleum patterns. The advertisement highlights a bug themed design selection and urges customers to visit the Roberts store for the latest flooring options.
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Roberts
French Army Strikes Back in Flanders Battle
Paris May 23 The French army regains ground and begins a battled line from Cambrai to Valenciennes in a violent counter offensive against German forces as France remains in Paris. The battle, described by a military spokesman as extremely violent, marks a see-saw day along the front.
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Paris
France
Adolf Hitler
Flanders
Cambrai
Valenciennes
Slight Decline Reported In National Birth Rate
The census bureau notes a small drop in the national birth rate for the year, with total births at 2,252,726 and a rate of 17.4 per thousand. West Virginia declines from 22.8 to 22.3, while New Mexico leads at 33.7 and New Jersey sits at 13.0 as the lowest.
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Census Bureau
West Virginia
New Mexico
Arizona
Mississippi
Utah
New Jersey
King George to Speak on Empire Day Broadcast
London and New York report that King George of Great Britain will address a worldwide Empire Day broadcast tomorrow at 9 p.m. local time and 3 p.m. Eastern, relayed by NBC CBS and MBS to American audiences.
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New York
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CBS
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Great Britain
Bicycle Riding Prohibited by City Ordinance
City ordinance bans double riding and night riding without lights on bicycles. Prosecution will follow. Notice signed by P. F. Gillispie and dated May 22 23 24.
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P. F. Gillispie
Allied ships attacked as British retreat wavers in Normandy
Berlin reports German air force heavily damaged three transports one tanker and a destroyer along the channel coast while targeting Dover and Dunkerque as Allied withdrawal in Belgium faces renewed pressure. German naval forces also sunk a destroyer off Dunkerque. high command claims ground in the Scheldt is slowly being won amid heavy resistance.
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Belgium
Tran
Dover
Dunkerque
Germany
Scheldt
Audenarde
Tor
English Channel
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Artois
High Command
Channel
Wage Stz
Nazi Troops Reach Ocean
In a May 23 dispatch from the Western Front Louis P. Lochner reports German forces near the English Channel, with NaziSwastika banners at headquarters. U-boats and crews ready for missions of destruction accompany German strength as Allied observers note the presence of Hitler’s forces in the area.
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English Channel
Germany
Channel
Preas Bureau
Berlin
Tobe With
Hitler
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