Kump Attacks Labor Leaders and Politicians for Profit
Former West Virginia Governor H G Kump, seeking the Democratic nomination for U S senator, condemned labor leaders and politicians who collect fees and dues from workers, claiming they threaten workers more than capitalists. He praised laborers but warned against political slavery and warned of lessons from Pennsylvania’s primary and Davis’s defeat, noting Neely may seek the senate nomination.
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Associated Press
H. G. Kump
Kump
U. S
Pennsylvania
James J. Davis
West Virginia
M. M. Neely
War Leaders Meet in Washington for Second Front Talks
Churchill and Roosevelt confer on war strategy with top advisers in secret session. Early notes indicate broad agreement on opening a second European front in 1942 as Molotov returns from London and Washington sanction new Anglo Russian US collaboration.
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Associated Press
Washington
Britain
America
Atlantic
Europe
Stephen Early
Early
Winston Churchill
England
United States
Churchill
United Nations
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt- Churchill
Russia
V. M. Molotov
London
Molotov
Moscow
Youths Foot Shot Sparks Hospital Admission
Donald Agee a 12 year old boy was admitted to Beckley Hospital after a shotgun discharged injuring his left foot. He and Linda Walker were hawk hunting near Egeria at 12 30 pm. Agee said he lent the gun to her and Walker fired accidentally believing it unloaded. He is progressing as well as expected.
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Donald Agee
Jonben
Beckley Hospital
Egeria
Young Agee
Linda Walker
Agee
Jonken
Walker
Weather Outlook for West Virginia Showers and Warmth
West Virginia forecasts show widely scattered showers and thunderstorms in the mountains with somewhat higher temperatures today and tonight. Stronger storms possible in higher terrain, with heat building in lower elevations and humid conditions across the region.
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West Virginia
PRINCETONIAN PROBATED BY JUDGE CROUSE
Harold Goad of Princeton was placed on five year probation after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He was convicted and sentenced to one to ten years but probation allows return to work. Goad and Jack Midkiff had stolen a Stradivarius bass violin and a clarinet from Stoco High School. Goad to cover half the costs of extradition. Instruments returned to the school. R L Peters of East Beckley, drunkenness conviction, was probation for six months to return to work and support his seven dependents.
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Harold Goad
Princeton
Clay S. Crouse
Goad
Jack Midkiff
Stoco High School
Crouse
R. L. Peters
East Beckley
Oley Mills
Peters
Madeline Webb Receives Life Term in Murder Case
New York reports Madeline Webb a 28 year old Stillwater Oklahoma model was sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the murder of Susan Flora Reich a wealthy Polish refugee. Her lover Eli Showbrun and John D Cullen were sentenced to die in the electric chair during the week of July 17.
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Associated Press
New York
Madeline Webb
Stillwater
Okla
Susan Flora Reich
Eli Showbrun
John D. Cullen
General Sessions
Jonah J. Goldstein
Miss Webb
Cullen
Showbran
Showbrun
British Bombers Hit at French Rail Junction
Low flying British bombers attacked Chaulnes sur Oise, a key Paris Cambrai railway junction in German occupied France. Explosives were dropped on switches and a freight yard, damaging rail operations.
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French
Associated Press
VICHY
Chaulnes Sur Oise
Paris-Cambrai
France
Sevastopol Siege Continues Amid Nazi Offensive Losses
Soviet and Russian reports say Nazi shock troops suffered heavy losses in renewed assaults on Sevastopol as the Axis push enters the third week. Soviet statements claim fresh German advances were repulsed at Sevastopol while inocuous progress by German forces near Sevastopol is disputed by Moscow. German high command asserts success with infantry penetration toward the inner harbor at Sevastopol as battle lines hold.
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Moscow
Germany
Soviet Information Bureau
Sevastopol
Crimean
Kharkov
Information Bureau
Arctic
Black Sea
Nikolai Zhuravlev
Moscow News
Zhuravliev
Berlin
Associated Press
Severnaya Bight
State Refuses to Issue Short Term Car Licenses
West Virginia state road commission rejects proposals for three six or nine month automobile licenses. Statute allows only annual permits. War time tags for 1941-42 are being issued at 7000 to 10000 daily amid tire durability concerns. Officials expect auto registrations to drop, but by no more than 10 percent.
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State Road Commission
Commission
Thriftie Coupons Offer Big Savings Through Beckley Firms
Beckley merchants promote Thriftie Coupons with a Raleigh Register plan. For 50 cents, readers stamp all coupons and spend them like cash for 30 days. Deadline is Saturday. stamping ends Friday night. extra copies available. non-subscribers welcome.
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Beckley
Raleigh Register
Raleigh Register Office
Waives Hearing On Murder Charge Vernon Dickerson
Vernon Dickerson a McAlpin Negro waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Oleg Mills on a murder charge in the death of Herman Thompson a 23 year old McAlpin Negro. The case will be acted on at the grand jury special session next Wednesday. Detective notes show Thompson and three other McAlpin men faced assault warrants.
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Vernon Dickerson
Oleg Mills
Herman Thompson
McAlpin Negro
Beckley Arena
J. S. Butts
Dickerson
Mills
J. State
C. A. Thompson
Thompson
McAlpin
Harold Howard
Slab Fork
Jasper Roberts
Fred Lock
Robert Tench
Roberts
Nine Volunteers For Army Life Enlistment
Sergeant Rudolf Linek, local army recruiter, announced nine men left for an army reception center for final enlistment. Among them James Lawrence Allen of Hilltop was accepted as a glider pilot and sent to Bowman Field Kentucky for prelim training. Others: Herman D Hartsog Edward R Hartsog Jr George Cornett Bolt William P Goode Jesse J Cookmann Elmer L Fitzgerald Willard L Fitzgerald Fayetteville coast artillery Shirley J Withrow unassigned. Eugene Hall Eccles Roy Richardson Kopperston to enlist next week.
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Rudolf Linek
James Lawrence Allen
Hilltop
Bowman Field
Herman D. Hartsog
Edward R. Hartsog, Jr
Sophia
George Cornett
Bolt
William P. Goode
Jesse J
Japan May Strike Siberia In July Says Chongqing
Chinese quarters in Chungking quote private information claiming Japan plans a Siberian attack in July. They say Manchuria hosts about 33 divisions plus railway garrisons totaling near 1,000,000 Japanese in the region, amid a Russia Japan neutrality pact noted since April 13, 1941. Speculation grows over whether army or navy leads.
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Associated Press
Chungking
Japan
Siberia
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Philippines
Netherlands East Indies
Manchuria
Three Beckley Men Sign Up For Navy Life
Three men from Beckley were accepted as applicants for enlistment at the local Naval Recruiting Station today. Petty Officer Johnny McDorman announced the group which includes George Redman Alston of Ameagle William Hubert Lilly of Streator and John Hereford Duncan of Tipple West Virginia. McDorman said Lieutenant Commander Fox medical officer of the Charleston station was in Beckley yesterday to explain changes in regulations pertaining to physical requirements for enlistment.
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Beckley
Johnny McDorman
George Redman Alston
Ameagle
William Hubert Lilly
Streator
John Hereford Duncan
Tipple
West Virginia
MecDorman
Fox
Charleston
Helen Miner Injures Hand in Mine Incident
D B Hanshaw, identified as Helen miner, was admitted to Beckley Hospital for a left hand injury sustained while operating a motor in a mine at Helen. The injury was not serious and he was discharged after treatment.
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D. B. Hanshaw
Helen’ Miner
Beckley Hospital
Helen
Germans Move Up Big Guns To Besiege Tobruk
British desert forces harass Rommel’s right flank after withdrawing to strong positions along the Egyptian frontier. The Germans reportedly moved up 210 millimeter guns, the largest mobile weapon in the desert, to siege Tobruk while Lieut. Gen. Neil M. Ritchie’s Eighth Army conducts a swift southward breakout to strike behind Rommel’s lines.
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Tne
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Tobruk
Neil M. Ritchie
Eighth
Rommel
Mayor outlines Johnstown Road progress and Harper plan
Mayor A K Minter said final Johnstown Road work started last month will finish by June 27 with Harper Road improvements to begin the following Monday if rain holds off. Sidewalks on Johnstown Road are partly laid. WPA labor handled the work. Materials shortages may delay Harper Road until after the war. sidewalks on New Raleigh Road are urged with petitions from residents for city state school and property owner cooperation.
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A. K. Minter
Johnstown
Harper Road
Johnstown Road
W.P.A
Raleigh
South Fayette Street
Stratton High School
Minter
Ragland Protests Judge Crouse Ruling Over Payne Murder Case
Ragland objects to oral instructions given by Judge Clay S. Crouse to the jury in the Sylvester Payne murder case. The disputed directive suggested the court would accept the jury's sentence recommendation, contributing to a verdict of voluntary manslaughter and a minimum sentence. Ragland filed multiple objections in the circuit clerk's records and noted ongoing rift with the judge.
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Payne
E. A. Campbell
Ned H. Ragland
Clay S. Crouse
Ragland
Crouse
Sylvester Payne
Redhead Pleads Guilty in Fair Fight Case
Nora Jane Weiss admitted this morning that she fought an ex boyfriend and used only her fists in a beer hall melee that injured Sergeant Ed Duncan and Corporal W. R. Pruitt. Weiss pleaded guilty to assault and battery. Judge Clay S. Crouse accepted the plea and deferred sentence. Shelby Rose also pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and was sentenced to one to five years. Nadine Stevens failed to appear and forfeited bond. a capias was issued for her.
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Nora Jane Weiss
Ed Duncan
W. R. Pruitt
Clay S. Crouse
Shelby Rose
Nadine Stevens
Capias
Weiss
W. A. Riffe
Duncan
Rose
Pruitt
Leaders Fight Plan But Think It Inevitable
Pittsburgh reports steel industry leaders brace for a general wage hike possibly totaling 200 million dollars yearly, to take effect in 60 to 90 days. Most expect the War Labor Board to grant a substantial boost in the Little Steel case, with a $1 daily increase or 12 1 2 cents hourly. The panel’s preliminary finding supported an increase due to rising living costs and higher pay in other durable goods sectors. final report due June 25 with hearings from June 29. The change would boost payroll to about 165 million annually, aided by tax effects and price adjustments.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
War Labor Board
Little Steel
Bethlehem, Republic
Inland Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Litigants
Washington
Steemen
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Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Walter Buhl Ford
Grosse Point
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Yale University
U. S. Naval Reserve
Waives
Grand Jury
Army Life
James L. Allen
Vladivostok
Kamchatka
Navy Life
Ameagle, Tipple and
Helen Miner
Johnstown RD
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