Sabotage blamed for Wheeling plant blaze loss 1 million
A Wheeling Machine Products Co plant fire caused about 1,000,000 in damages to a four story facility. Company president E. W. Krause called the blaze suspicious and said it halted defense orders. Five firemen were burned, one seriously, as the building collapsed and records and irreplaceable tools were lost. The plant produced national defense items, including artillery shell casings.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Wheeling Machine Products Co
E. W. Krause
Krause
Jacksonville
Fla
Jame
Clyde - Mallory Steamship Company
St. Johns River
Clyde - Malary
Pier Three
Flashes of Life and Oddities in Brief Notices
A collage of quirky items from 1919 onward includes Joseph Martino’s persistent theft charge after a purse snatch in a department store, a robin named Alex rescued from a cat yet shunned by Fetching birds, and Mrs Leota Morgan facing jury duty as she prepares for a baby’s arrival. Additional notes report rabbits threatening Chinese sandalwood sources in Australia and a claim that Iran remains the world’s fourth oil producer.
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Des Moines
Leota Morgan
Bondurant, Jr
Nazi Invasion Timetable Highlight in Yorks references Cypriots
The report notes 370000 native Cypriots in wartime context. Cyprus spans 3572 square miles yielding wheat barley and cotton. It mentions at least six RAF airfields and a naval base at Famagusta sheltering warcraft near Syria, within glider distance.
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Yorks
R.A
Famagusta
Syria
Strikes, politics, and Middle East moves eclipse labor talks
Labor turmoil widens as CIO and AFL machinists strike over raises and union shops in the U S and San Francisco bay yards. President Roosevelt convenes leaders to avert work stoppages while overseas, British and French actions in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq unfold amid Allied advances and German threats.
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Freitag
Inglewood
Washington
Civ
Murray
Fet
North American
CIO
Roosevelt
Harvey We. Brown
AFL Machinists
AFL
San Francisco Bay Area
Harry Hook
AFL Machinists Union
Brown
Olympia
Wash
CIO Lumber
O. M. Orton
Orton
National Defense Mediation Board
Worth American Aviation Siikers
British thrust into Syria threatens two cities
Dispatches from Jerusalem report allied forces driving across the desert into the Levant, with Vichy estimating 20,000 troops in retreat into the volcanic mountains. Three allied columns are in action, including a thrust from Trans-Jordan toward the French Levant state as French forces of about 45,000 face pushback.
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Mosul
Jerusalem
Vichy
Levant
Palestine
trans-Jordan
Standard Oil Heads To Consider Request
Directors of Standard Oil Company of California convene to study a price administration request to temporarily reduce crude oil and gasoline prices to May 22 levels. Protests claim government methods are dictatorial while industry cites rising costs and adjustments since April.
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San Francisco
Standard Oil Company of California
Office of Price Administration
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Opacts
California
Tanks roll off line 10 roll off ht grarles lines
St Charles Missouri AP One thousand light tanks will roll off the American Car Foundry Co assembly line at better than a three a day rate once the government accepts the model The first of the 12 ton war wagons ran 30 miles an hour on a highway test with a four man crew They will be moved to Rock Island for armament and a final note on actions in Syria Lebanon and North Africa including air raids and civilian casualties
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St. Charles
American Car Foundry Co
Army
Rock Island
Syria
Lebanon
Vichy
Africa
Alexandria
Egypt
Germany
Britain
Berlin
Fierce Jebel Tribesmen Glad to See Allies
The fierce Jebel Druz tribesmen in southwestern Syria cheer Allied forces as a French column faces little resistance near Amman Transjordan. Sultan El Atrah leads tribesmen who had hospitality from Britain in 1926 after a Druz revolt. Free French radio signals anti Vichy sentiment. rationing begins in Palestine. left handed golf champs set for Rome. Australia shows high enlistment demand for air force.
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Jebel Ed Druz
Damascus
Soudeida
Palestine
Ware Beirut
Sea of Galilee
Banas
Euphrates River
Iraq
Ez-Zor
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
London
Merdjayoun
Tyre Sour
Merjayoun
Tyre
Jerusalem
Jebel Druz
Garth
Amman
Transjordania
Sultan el Atrah
Druz
Former Kaiser Wilhelm II Buried With Military Honors
Former German ruler Wilhelm II, exiled for 23 years, was buried at Doorn House Chapel in Doorn Holland with military honors after a simple ceremony. Only family and Nazi officials attended as a Nazi honor battalion stood guard.
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Kaiser
Doorn
Holland
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Germany
Wilhelm
Doorn House
Adolf Hitler
Bruno Doehring
Evangelical Church
Lustgarten
How to Hold FALSE TEETH More Firmly in Place
A simple spray? No this ad offers FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on denture plates. It claims alkaline action provides firmer, more comfortable retention with no gummy taste or plate odor. Available at drug stores today.
19 500 Draft Boards Heads Are Praised
Washington June 9 AP Selective service headquarters praised 19 500 local draft boards civilian soldiers serving without pay. Brig Gen Lewis B Hershey said they give time and effort to perform well a task for the country in an hour of need. The boards next register all men who turn 21 since last October 6.
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Washington
Selective Service Headquarters
Lewis B. Hershey
Two Kansas Convicts Escape From Prison Farm
Clarence Simerly 23 and Fred Davis 29 escaped from the Kansas state penitentiary farm in Lansing. Simerly from Edwards County had a one to five year sentence for a worthless check. Davis from Shawnee County was serving for first degree robbery.
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Lansing
Kan
Clarence Simerly
Fred Davis
Kansas State Penitentiary
Limerly
Edwards County
Davis
Shawnee County
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Kas
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Phoenicia
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Nebuchadnezzar
Suez Canal
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Philippe Petain
Charles de Gaulle
Henry Maitland Wilson
Brazzaville
French Equatorial Africa
Francois Pietri
Madrid
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Standard Oil
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Madison
Jefferson
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Jules Henry
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Piterre Laval
Daddy
Golf Southpaws
Rome
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Tengega Country Club
al Hall
Rebert Gomery
Rita’ Johnson
June Central
Kansas
Teale
Ee Bewnatt
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Hugh Stephens
W. L. Hager
Paul Bosch
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