Threat of New Stoppage Looms Over Nation Policy
Washington reports that John L. Lewis warned the coal miners back to work for two weeks. The White House may back anti strike legislation allowing imprisonment of strikers and expansion of wartime authority. Negotiations face a June 20 deadline as a return to work is ordered for June 7.
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Nation Policy Committee
Register
Washington
John L. Lewis
White House
United Mine Workers
Santhin
Churchill Calls War Cabinet After Washington Africa Talks
Churchill hurried to London after secret wartime talks with Roosevelt in Washington and Africa. The session sparked invasion fears and demands for quick authorizations as service chiefs noted unusual activity. Churchill returned at dawn with air cover over the Bay of Biscay amid fears of Nazi attacks on his flight and the war effort continuing toward unconditional surrender.
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Associated Press
London
Churchill
Washington
Africa
Roosevelt
Commons
United Nations
ANF
England
Bay of Biscay
Leslie Howard
Britain
Howard
Marshall In Africa and the Allied Plan
General George Marshall chief of staff of the U S Army traveled to North Africa with Winston Churchill to discuss a swift economical war strategy with Allied leaders. Observers in Italy feared an imminent invasion as Marshall warned that U S forces could coordinate global offensives without earmarked emergency deployments.
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Associated Press
Europe
George Marshall
United States Army
North
Africa
America
Washington
Winston
Churchill
Italy
Marshall
Airport Bond Issue Passed by 99 Votes
Voters approved a 1465 acre Raleigh County airport site with 3482 votes in favor, 2156 opposed, a 61.75 percent margin. Districts Town, Shady Spring and Slab Fork supported the bond, while Marsh Fork Clear Fork Trap Hill and Richmond showed opposition. Official canvass and option signings due by June 27.
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Raleigh County
Shady Spring
Slab Fork
Town
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
Trap Hill
Richmond
March Fork
Slali Fork
Prince Man Decorated For Gallantry On Guadalcanal
Corp Howard Fleshman of Prince, West Virginia, a USMC Marine, received the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry on Guadalcanal. He voluntarily took a position after two comrades were killed, covered his squad’s withdrawal, and inflicted twelve to fifteen enemy casualties. Fleshman, 19, lived with his parents and worked as a coal miner before enlisting January 9, 1942, and took part in the August 7 Guadalcanal landing.
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Sergi
Joseph L. al Ite
Buffalo
N.Y
Marine Corps
Associated Press
South Pacific
Corp
Howard
Fleshman
USMC
Prince
W. Va
Guadalcanal
William F. Halsey
James T. Fleshman
American Fortresses Hit Italian Harbor Destroy Three Battleships
American Flying Fortresses bombed Spezia harbor in Italy, hitting three battleships and a heavy cruiser with 2000 pound bombs. Nearby merchant vessel also struck, with fires erupting at oil depots and naval installations. It followed April strikes that damaged other Italian warships.
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Associated Press
North Africa
Spezia
Malian
Italy
Genoa
RAP
Trieste
Gorizia
la Maddalena
Sardinia
Mussolini
Navy Yard
Mine Locals To Hear Union Heads Today
UMWA district president George Titler says most local unions will hold meetings today to discuss wage negotiations and urge miners to return to work tomorrow. Titler will speak in Welch at 9 am with McDowell and Mercer counties locals. A Greenbrier field meeting at Crichton school house follows at 2:30 pm with Leslie McClung, Tom Searles, Ray Williams, and Chick ONeal speaking. Titler notes possible government control if no contract is reached, and outlines benefits including vacation pay increase to 50 dollars, free blacksmithing, and toll lamp changes.
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U.M.W.A
George Titer
Titler
Welch
McDowell
Mercer County
Greenbrier
Crichton School House
Lester McClung
Tom Searles
Seale
Ray Williams
Chick O'Neal
Roosevelt
Washington
Tiller
Toal
Applications For Books Pouring In For West Virginia
Officials reported about 75 percent of 472000 Warration Book No 3 applications have arrived at the state mailing center. Processing will start Monday for distribution to an estimated two million West Virginia residents. The June 10 filing deadline was set by the OPA with volunteers and information centers aiding in collecting legible, complete forms.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Office of Price Administration
West
West Virginia
O.P.A
O.C.D
General Fund Shows Increase
Charleston reports the state general fund rose to 11,117,004.53 by end of May from 8,972,420.12 in April after transfers of 1,115,000 to public assistance 250,000 to secondary roads and 750,000 to the general school fund. The special revenue fund fell from 6,117,341.68 to 5,217,723.08 while other funds including interest sinking road and general school saw gains.
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Associated Press
Charleston
State General Revenue Fund
Richard E. Talbott
Talbott
Public Assistance Fund
General School
Special Revenue Fund
Road Fund
General School Fund
Giraud to Command Army in Union of Forces
Reports from Algiers say General Henri Giraud will stay as army chief of the French North African forces after a possible compromise with General Charles de Gaulle. De Gaulle would not have field command while Giraud heads the army, and key Fighting French generals would hold senior posts in the merged force. A new army corps may be formed to symbolize unity, likely led by General Alphonso Juin.
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Associated Press
Algiers
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
DeGaulle
Giraud
French Committee For National Liberation
Cochairman
Alphone Juin
Vital Steel Hit by Big Coal Strike Closures
The Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp reports eleven blast furnaces closed due to bee hive coke shortage from the coal strike, raising total shut downs to thirteen with one more in Alabama and another in Pennsylvania. Some mills remain on routine production while coke supplies resume, efforts focus on keeping furnaces running.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Vital Steel
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Shenango Furnace Company
Sharpsville
Carnegie-Illinois
Carnegie- Illinois
Carnegie-Ilinoig
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Laval orders 1942 class for work as France backs war effort
France mobilizes its 1942 military class for compulsory work under Laval amid Vichy claims of German cooperation. Berlin boasts of new armaments and a May peak in production. Goebbels and Speer rally Nazi industry while Goebbels urges unity, warning of continued air war and reprisals.
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Associated Press
London
France
Pierre Laval
Laval
Paris
Germany
Hitler
Vichy
Berlin
Albert Spear
Home Front
Joseph Goebbels
Associatedress
Gobbels
Goebbels
State To Have Poet Laureate
Governor Neely announced West Virginia will appoint a poet laureate and named a three member committee to judge contest entries. Dr. Joseph Rosier will chair the panel with Katherine Wehler and Fred Smith as members. more than 300 poems were submitted by about 120 contestants.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Neely
West Virginia
Joseph Rosier
United States
Fairmont State College
Katherine Wehler
Marshall College
Fred Smith
West Virginia University
Chinese Victory Growth Near Ichang In Yangtze Theater
The high command said Chinese forces captured a point in Ichang’s outer defenses and infiltrated the city. They reported Kungan taken south of Shasi, with over half the garrison destroyed and fleeing enemy units discarding uniforms. A 4,000 men force at T'singshih was split into small units. the war bulletin declared their fate sealed.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Yangtze
High Command
Ichang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kungan
Shasi
Tchang
T'singshih
Hunan
Lake Tungting
Khang
OPA Rolls Back Prices Of Meat
Washington reports a three cent per pound meat price cut by the office of price administration as part of a living cost rollback. The reduction applies to all meats except cured pork with retail effects starting June 21 and July 5 for pork products, while butter subsidies begin this week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
O.P.A
House Banking Committee
Commodity Credit Corp
American Meal Institute
War Meat Board
Prentiss M. Brown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Miners Attend State Union Meetings On Back-to-Work Truce
Union leaders in West Virginia call mass meetings for 130000 miners to brief on the new work truce. Vice President William Blizzard of UMW District 17 says the rank and file will return fully in line with Mr Lewis's instructions.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Lewis
Stroy No
Allied Bombers Hit Kai and Aroe Islands Bases
Allied bombers raided Langgoera and the Aroe islands on Friday night, with medium bombers starting fires in Langgoera and also bombing Doha. A coastal vessel was hit directly. Weather curtailed activity in the sector northeast of Australia, as large Allied forces continued pressure on Wewak and Lae, New Guinea.
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Associated Press
Australia
Langoer
Kai Islands
Bobo
Aroes
Langgoer
Doha
Aroe Islands
Darwin
Laha
Ambuina
Wewak
Lae
New Guinea
West Virginia POW list released by War Department
The War Department published the names of 287 American soldiers held as prisoners of war by Germany, including seven from West Virginia. The WV internees named are Private John A. Berberich Elm Grove. Private Lyle V. Hastings Charleston. Pic Paul J. Jordan Moraintown. Private Pearl C. Luckey Gilboa. Private Charlie Walker Starboursville. Private Harold A. Withrow Poca. Private Earl J. Wyatt Glen White.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
United States
West
Gilboa
Charlie Walker
Mary S. Walker
Starboursville
Harord A. Withrow
Bert Withrow
Poca
Earl J. Wyatt
Dona J. Wyatt
Glen White
Weather West Virginia Thunder Showers and Little Change
Thunder showers affect portions of West Virginia with little temperature change. Forecast expects scattered storms today with muggy conditions and brief heavy downpours in some counties. Residents should monitor local alerts and stay indoors during lightning.
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West Virginia
Byrnes backs Connally Smith anti strike bill push
Washington reports James F Byrnes war mobilization chief urged congressional leaders to speed passage of the Connally Smith anti strike measure. He favored key provisions allowing the war labor board to settle the coal wage dispute by subpoenaing union leaders and penalizing strikes affecting government operations. Connally expects swift action and plans to reinstate a president takeover clause for struck mines and war plants.
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ENS
Twig Weave
Pruat
Lewis
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Byrnes
Associated Press
Washington
James F. Byrnes
House
Senate
John L. Lewis
Connally
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