Memorial Day gathering in Grafton honors overdue duties
Senator Harley M. Kilgore led a Memorial day observance before about 1,500 at the U S National Cemetery in Grafton WV. The event featured a large parade with ten bands and many organizations, marking the 74th anniversary of the observance with a Civil War history recap and calls to unity in a national crisis.
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U.S. National Cemetery
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Cadets of
The
West Virginia Industrial School For Boys
Boy Scouts
Duty
Hundem
Kilgore
Dispute over Bismarck size sparks naval debate
An Associated Press report cites a British officer claiming the German battleship Bismarck was 50,000 tons, larger than the commonly cited 36,000 ton figure, and that the vessel carried about 2,400 officers and men. The remark emerged after the Hood encounter and its sinking, reshaping assessments of the ship’s scale.
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Associated Press
Hood
The Bad Man at Dixie or Las Vegas Nights at Strand
The Grafton Sentinel invites William R. Phillips of 250 Latrobe Street to tonight's showings. The Dixie theatre presents The Bad Man starring Wallace Berry. The Strand theatre runs Las Vegas Nights with Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
William R. Phillips
Latrobe Street
Wallace Berry
Dixie Theatre
Las Vegas
Tommy Dorsey
Strand Theatre
Germans Hold U S Citizens Near French Frontier
In Seville Spain on May 31 a group of 119 American survivors from the Zamzam crossed into Spain while 21 ambulance drivers remained detained by Germans at Biarritz. The freed Zamzam men headed to De Gaulle's Free French forces.
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Spain
Biarritz
France
Charles McCarthy
Langford Harriss
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
Neely Praises Rosier At Fairmont Banquet
Governor Neely predicted a brilliant career for West Virginia's junior Democratic senator Joseph Rosier at a banquet honoring the former Fairmont State Teacher's College president. Neely said he was greatly indebted to Rosier for his service as he filled the unexpired term. Representatives of many West Virginia educational institutions attended.
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Govenor Neely
U. S
Joseph Rosier
West Virginia
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Rosier
Kingwood Theatre Gets Charter From Secretary
Alpine Unity Theater company of Kingwood received a charter today from the secretary of state. Incorporators are Charles A. Anderson and F. Evan Parrack of Kingwood and Lee Van Tilberg of Steubenville Ohio. Capitalized at $25,000 the group forms a new non profit theatre venture.
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Charleston
Alpine Unity Theater Company of
Kingwood
Charles A. Anderson
F. Evan Parrack
Lee van Tilberg
Steubenville
Pilot Ends Flight Near Gore After Landing Near Ball Park
A youthful Indiana aviator on a Cincinnnati to Washington flight made two futile landings at Norwood park during a state scholastic tournament baseball game. He landed safely on a meadow near Gore with fuel nearly exhausted after spectators and players misinterpreted his maneuver as stunting and did not clear the field. John Nicholson was involved and the episode occurred May 31.
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Norwood Park
Gore
John Nicholson
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Washington
Ickes Named Petroleum Coordinator for National Defense
President Roosevelt appointed Secretary Ickes as petroleum coordinator for national defense. The interior secretary must report specific recommendations to mobilize crude oil and natural gas reserves, curb cross hauling, expand transportation, and optimize storage.
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Ickes
White House
Roosevelt
Mine Inspectors Institute to Meet in Charleston
The 32nd Mine Inspectors Institute of America opens in Charleston Monday with discussions on precautionary mechanized mining, uniform laws, and stricter enforcement. D W Pitzjarrel of Arkansas will lead the forum, joined by state inspectors Kerr, Joseph, and Rhinehart. H G Houtz of the West Virginia Mines Department expects about 300 attendees from state and federal bureaus, operators, and safety experts.
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Bluefield
Institute of America
Arkansas
Fort Smith
Ark
Marcus Kerr
Ohio
R. D. Joseph
Pennsylvania
N. P. Rhinehart
West Virginia
H. G. Houtz
British wage pirate’s war, Darlan says
Vice Premier Admiral Jean Darlan accused Britain of piracy against France after reporting a second British strike on Sfax Tunisia. French editors described bombings on Friday damaging the harbor and an Italian merchantman Tsarco moored offshore. No verified damage announced.
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France
Jean Darlan
Britain
Sfax
Nation Death Toll Tops 159 Over Memorial Day Weekend
Holiday period ends with 159 deaths nationwide as traffic accidents account for 110 of the fatalities. California leads in deaths with 21, Indiana 10 in double figures. Drowning causes 26 deaths and five die in train crashes, while miscellaneous causes total 18.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Safety Council
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Indiana
Nevada
New Mexico
See Nation
District Says April Business Gains in Defense Boom
Richmond Va May 31 The fifth federal reserve district reports further business gains last month driven by defense spending despite the Appalachian mine shutdown. The Fed bank notes defense construction and industrial work as the outstanding feature and says the impact is felt across the district including Maryland and the Carolinas.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Maryland
North
South Carolina
Who Said Fair Sex Can't Keep Secrets?
In Kansas City on May 31, seventeen young women gathered around a birthday cake in a downtown restaurant. They sought the guest of honor Miss Rosalie Rouen. A coworker eventually found her at her desk, unaware she was the guest of honor.
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Kansas, City
Dublin Bombing Kills Five Officials Say
Dublin reports a deadly air raid leaving 52 dead and about 200 injured. Premier Eamon de Valera toured the bombed districts as relief workers searched wreckage. Unidentified planes conducted the raid, marking Ireland's worst loss of life since the war began.
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Premie Eamon de Valera
U. S
David Gray
Legation
Phoenix Park
Bire
Douglas Hyde
Axe Slayer Moss to be hanged July 11 in Kanawha County
Lawrence Benton Moss a 27 year old farm hand pleaded guilty to the ax murder of his elderly grandmother Mrs Emma Jordan near their farm in Poca district Kanawha County. Intermediate Judge D Jackson Savage imposed the death penalty at the opening of court.
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Charleston
Lawrence Benton Moss
Moss
Emma Jordan
Poca
Kanawha County
D. Jackson Savage
British Lose 25 Sailors In Bismarck Sea Battle
British naval losses in the sinking of the Hood and Bismarck total 25 killed and 13 wounded, with over 1,300 perishing on the battle cruiser Hood. Dispatches from Reykjavik identified three Bismarck survivors as Midshipman Dundas, Signalman Briges, and Seaman Tilburn.
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Admiralty
Reykjavik
Iceland
Midschipminn
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Briges
Tilburn
Senator Norris Seeks Fleet Shift To Atlantic Waters
Senator Norris urged moving the main U S fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic to face Germany. He questioned Japan as a threat and urged a protective force near the Far East while Congress weighs France and Vichy notes. The issue centers on where the United States should concentrate naval strength.
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Atlantic
U. S
Vichy
Washington
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Senate
Germany
Japan
Far East
Clarksburg Lad Wins State Model Plane Meet
Bobby Bates ten of Clarksburg wins West Virginia state model air plane contest at Huntington taking grand championship by winning junior cabin and junior stick. Billy Stewart Huntington Curtis Radcliffe Clarksburg Frank Draper Charleston also win firsts in senior cabin senior stick gas model. Over 100 participants in WPA recreation division event.
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Bobby Bates
Clarksburg
Chicago
West Virginia
Young Bates
Billy Stewart
Curtis Radcliffe
Frank Draper
Charleston
Huntington Advertiser
WPA
State counts three deaths in Memorial Day weekend
West Virginia reported at least three violent deaths and fewer highway fatalities than last year. An 18 year old high school student Frank Ripoll was killed in an auto crash near Morgantown yesterday, the second highway fatality of the Memorial Day weekend. Reda Gay Pifer, 5.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Public Safety
Frank Ripoll
Morgantown
Reda Gay Pifer
Shipload of Foodstuffs Reaches Great Britain
The first shipload of food from the United States under lend lease has reached a British port. It carried 1,000 tons of flour 4,000,000 eggs and 120,000 pounds of cheese.
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London
United States
British Axis Planes Clash Over Eastern Mediterranean
Cairo report says large forces of British and axis warplanes battled over the eastern Mediterranean. The Royal Air Force communique notes two axis planes shot down, one by a Free French pilot, with likely others failing to reach bases. The two confirmed aircraft were German Heinkel bombers.
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Egypt
Mediterranean
Royal Airforce
Price Fixing Faces Senate Challenge On Parity Power
Washington May 31 The Senate weighs two price fixing clashes involving farm products and defense driven costs Senator Taft argues Roosevelt lacks authority to set price ceilings while Senator Thomas questions parity loan levels and demands a broad Senate agriculture committee inquiry into parity prices for farm products The debate signals a wider probe into government pricing powers and farm financing policy
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Senate
Capitol
Taft
Ohio
Roosevelt
Thomas
D.-Okla
Congress
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture ‘Committee
Water Works Conferees Set to Discuss Sabotage
West Virginia water works officials will meet in Morgantown from October 30 to November 1 for the annual state branch gathering of the American Water Works Association. J B Harrington announced dates for the first time, with talks to cover sabotage prevention, water system purity, and adequacy.
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Charleston
West Virginia
American Water Works Association
Morgantown
J.B. Harrington
Funeral Notice for Bro Robert Ogden
Funeral notice for Bro Robert Ogden a member of Mystic Lodge No 75 A and A M who died in Clarksburg. Members will meet in the lodge room at 2 o'clock p m Sunday June 1 to go in body to Davis Funeral Chapel in Clarksburg for burial in Masonic Cemetery Clarksburg Bring cars J P Luke WM
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Premier flees country as Baghdad falls
British motorized forces push into Baghdad outskirts as Iraq teeters after Rashid Ali al-Gailani government seeks peace with Axis aid. Crete fell, and Britain reshaped lines in Iraq to defend Suez, Alexandria, and naval influence in the Eastern Mediterranean. Premier flees to Iran amid collapsing regime and German support.
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Associated Press
Crete
Britain
Iroq
Middle East
Suez
Alexandria
Baghdad
Iraq
Sed Lane
Drang Nach Osten
Rashid Ali al' Gallant
Trag Teader
Rashid Ali
Former King of Siam Dies at Surrey Estate
London May 31 The little dark skinned former King Prasad hipok of Siam the last absolute ruler of the Far East kingdom died of heart disease at his Surrey estate He spent about 3 000 000 a year to maintain an elaborate court and had visited the United States previously The monarch was 47 years old
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London
Prasad~hipok
Siam
Thailand
Far East
Surrey
United States
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Auto kills former West Virginian on Ellwood City road
Jack James aged 79, resident at the Lawrence County home, was killed instantly when struck by an ant on a highway leading to the Ellwood City road institution. State Motor Police said James formerly hailed from the Wheeling West Virginia area and Breonville Ohio district.
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New Castle
Jack James
Lawrence County
Ellwood City
James
Wheeling
W. Va
Breubenville, O
Invitation to Meet the Champ at Opera House Theatre
The Grattan Sentinel invites Miss Betty Shapfer of 344 East Main Street to tonight's showing of Meet the Champ featuring Hugh Herbert in the leading role at the Opera House theatre.
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Betty Shapfer
East Main Street
Hugh Herbert
Opera ‘House
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