West Virginia retail gains offset coal stoppage in April
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce report shows April retail sales in the eastern panhandle up to 41.7 percent as defense contracts for textiles and construction buoy activity. Statewide, retail sales rose 9.5 percent from April 1940 while electric power output jumped 64 percent and building construction rose 45 percent.
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Panhandle
West Virginia
Charleston- Huntington-Parkershoro
TVA
Gayda Hearing Delayed To 3:30 PM By Judge Jefferys
Alex Gayda a 26 year old Benwood steel worker stands accused of enticing a West Virginia Industrial School inmate to flee. He was granted a continuance to 3 30 o clock this afternoon by Justice of the Peace Ona C Jefferys. W H Jaco of the Pruntytown institution staff is the complaining witness. The magistrate said Gayda asked for the delay to secure and consult with an attorney.
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Alex Gayda
Benwood Steel
West Virginia
Justice of the Peace
Ona C. Jefferys
W. H. Jaco
Pruntytown Institution
Gayda
Nighttime Radio Schedule Fragments From WMMN and NBC Networks
A dense list of radio programs and broadcasts across stations WMMN NBC WEAF WJZ WLW WOR CBS WABC KDKA and others. Entries include news segments sports columns dramas and music from hosts like Edwin C Hill Fred Waring Xavier Cugat Bing Crosby and Charlie Barnet with orchestras and dance bands throughout evening hours.
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WMMN
Nbc
Wdjz
Escorts
Bett
Cbs-Wabc
Edwin C. Hill
Nbc-Weaf
Mbg
Milo Peres
Orch
Wlw
Joe
Sam
WJZ
Bill Stern
Rob Edge
WBLK
Don Goddard
WTAM
Betty
Bob
Don Lindley
WEAF
Liberty Spearing
CBS
WABC
Paul Sullivan
Jack Armstrong
the World Today
Paul Douglas
Lowell Thomas
MBS
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Cbss
Amos
N’ Andy
Fred Waruw
Nbc-Widz
News of the World
Morgan
WNBC
WIZ
Mr. Keen
Lost
Lanny Ross
Xavier Cugat
Joseph Gallicchio
Ssports
Jack Gru
Ed East
Maxwell House
Wythe Williams
Rhythm Caravan
Alrich
City Desk
Jan Jarger
National Defense Report
Kraft Music
Bing Crosby
WOR
Gabriel Heatter
Maljor Bowes
Good Neighbors
MBBS
Pano
Bobby Byne
WWEAF
Joey Kearns
WJR
Art Jarrett
Pleasure Time
Fred Waring
Bobby Byrne
Duke Daly
WCAE
Bobby Ramo
Muse
Jnr
Harry James
Sunny Dunham
Mills Brothers
Henry Busse
KDKA
Dance
Charlie Barnet
Charlie Spivak
Falling Fasces in Africa-Duce's Empire Crumbles
Charleston May 29 Most schools delayed by infantile paralysis last fall are making up lost time. State Superintendent W W Trent says closing times vary by county with some classes running into June. Most unaffected counties have finished or near completion. Time lost may total one to four weeks in few counties. Teachers will be paid for nine months regardless of actual session length. Extensions are kept modest to avoid summer-school conflicts.
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Charleston
W W. Trent
Lent
Trail of the Silver Spur at the Opera House
Crash Corrigan Dusty King and Alibi Terhune star in Trail of the Silver Spur at the Opera House. The Rangebuster Western tale unfolds in Bottleneck ghost towns amid goldfield taxes foreclosures as Roosevelt wartime policies and merchant navy protections dominate national talks.
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Bottleneck
Leadville
Little Johnny Brown
U. S. to Train RAF Pilots in Expanded Program
The War department outlined a plan to train RAF pilots in England and the Empire using air corps and civilian schools. About 4,000 pilots will be trained annually as fighters and bombers in civilian and six Army schools. An additional 3,000 will receive American instruction at British courses to be chosen, and roughly 1,000 will be trained annually as aerial navigators.
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England
War Department
Mechanized conveyor line at Vultee plant described
Millar notes Vultee inaugurates a powered mechanized line with feeder sub assemblies guiding major units like center sections and wings to final assembly. He predicts other airplane plants will adopt the system for mass production.
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Millar
Vultee
Fingesse
Dixie Theatre Presents The Return of Daniel Boone
Bill Elliott stars at the Dixie Theatre in an outdoor Western The Return of Daniel Boone with Walter Dub Taylor as Cannonball Betty Miles leads as the female star and a cast including Ray Bennett Carl Stockdale Bud Osborne and Rodik Twins. Opened in Pecos on the road to Tucson the film features a threatening hotel owner Leah Kilgrain and a coerced mayor.
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Bill Elliott
Columbia
Dixie Theatre
Daniel Boone
Wild Bill Hickok
Walter
Dub” Taylor
Cannonball
Eliott
Betty Miles
California
Ray Bennett
Walter Soderling
Carl Stockdale
Bud Osborne
Rodik Twins
Pecos
Tucson
Leahh Kilgrain
British Lose Cruiser York in Crete Battle
London reports the British cruiser York has been lost after sustained bombing during the Crete battle. Officially the admiralty says the 8,250 ton warship must be regarded as a total loss. it carried about 600 men and was under repair at Suda Bay when the Crete attack began.
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London
York
Admiralty
Suda Bay
Crete
Martinsburg Striker Enters Guilty Plea
Martinsburg May 29 Lester Teter a striker in a Berkeley county strike tied to a stock stocking company violence case has pleaded guilty to assault and battery He was indicted with Hughson and others in a broad set of charges from the grand jury alleging about 60 true bills dozens of indictments were returned in the probe involving strikes and related misconduct
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Martinsburg
Lester
Teter
Berkeley
Téter
Hughsonwell
Stillwell
Cieulé
Fudge
Decatur
Rodgers
Neryav
Pacific policy hints stain wartime page one debate
The Tokyo government faces a military party push that helped steer Japan into war with China and the Axis. The president’s Tuesday address offered brief China aid remarks but omitted Pacific strategy beyond warning of dictator fleets controlling navies and air forces to dominate both oceans. Senator George of Georgia called the speech significant yet did not detail Pacific actions, while others suggested potential shifts in Far East policy as prospects appear bright.
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Tokyo
Japan
China
Pacific
Atlantic
George
D.-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Self-Proclaimed Belligerent Rights Amid War Debates
A presidential preview of a radio speech sparked talk among congressional leaders about possible shifts in policy toward the Axis. Britain maintains belligerent rights to seize or sink ships of Germany Italy and allies, with potential transfers to foreign flag vessels in American ports. Chile and Denmark consider limited vessel transfers pending a broader settlement, while several ships remain idle or unable to be operated under current policy.
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Roosevelt
Britain
jAtlantic
Hitler
Axis Alliance
Belligerent
Germany
Italy
Hemisphere
Chile
United States
Ate
Brasil
Urug
Bolloy
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Glenn Miller
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Bob “Rehart
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