Mexico to declare war on Axis in historic congress address
Mexico City awaits President Avila Camacho as Congress convenes for a special session to hear the reasons for declaring war on Germany Italy and Japan. The move would bring Mexico into the Allied fold, with measures expected including internment of enemy aliens and possible arming of ships for anti submarine patrols.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Congress
Manuel Avila Camacho
Avila Camacho
Mexico
U. S
United States pledges large scale aid to Europe
Lieut Gen Somervell in London says the United States will supply men and materials on a large scale to a European battlefront despite shipping shortages and existing commitments in Australia and India. Soviet reports claim German forces win at Kharkov while Red Army fighter groups push back offensives in Izyum Barvenkova and Kharkov sectors.
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Associated Press
Brehon B. Somervell
U. S. Army Service of Supply
London
United States
Adolf Hitler
Kharkov
Somervell
Germany
Australia
India
Russia
Britain
Hitler
Red
Izyum-Barvenkova
Izyum- Barvenkova
Ukraine
Suit Filed Over Shooting By Ameagle Constable
Ameagle bystander Jimes ePay sues Constable Azel Stover for 3500 alleging injury from a shot fired while Stover tried to break up a poker game on May 2. Peay, represented by Hutchinson and Trail, seeks bond release and names the constable's surety Doff Stover. Ishmael Fraley of Ameagle has filed a similar suit claiming the gun was accidentally discharged during the incident.
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Jimes ePay
Ameagle
Azel Stover
Ishmael Fraley
Victory Parade Prizes Set. Meeting Called for Parade Leaders
Beckley’s Victory Day rally plans include prizes and a 7:30 PM meeting in Memorial Building Room 6 for unit and float leaders. Parade Marshal O B Harris urges full attendance to receive the parade order and instructions. 52 groups will march at 2 PM sharp. Raleigh County civilian defense council also met to set prizes for rally contests including best organized unit and a bicycle award with judges named.
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Memorial Building
O. B. Harris
Harris
Raleigh County Civilian Defense Council
Circuit Court Room
Fletcher Mann
R. K. Rubush
FE. H Shriver
Irma Sutphin
W. R. Fufitt
Rhinehart Heads Mine Inspectors
Rhinehart, chief of West Virginia State Department of Mines, was elevated to the presidency of the Mine Inspectors of America yesterday succeeding Thomas Moses of Pittsburgh. The 1945 convention will be held in Columbus, Ohio.
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Associated Press
Lexington
N. P. Rhinehart
West Virginia
Weather West Virginia Warm Tonight After Mild Day
Moderate temperatures prevail in West Virginia today with a milder evening ahead as temperatures edge higher tonight. The forecast calls for a gradual warm up into the night, with conditions mostly clear and light winds.
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West Virginia
Workers Must Keep to Old Jobs in War Industries
Washington reports government orders being drafted by the War Manpower Commission to bar essential workers from changing jobs in war industries. The United States Employment Service would be the sole hiring agency for trial skills in critical areas to curb labor pirating that harms production. AFL President William Green called the move drastic. CIO President Philip Murray prepared a war mobilization committee meeting to set policy, with leaders from auto workers, marine and shipbuilding, and steel unions on the panel.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Manpower Commission
United States
Iam Green
A.F.L
Philip Murray
C.lo
Wal
Widow Awarded 5000 in Bus-Trailer Collision Case
Mrs. W. H. Martin of Bristol Virginia widow of a victim in the Stover bus trailer crash was awarded 5000 by a circuit court jury. The verdict against Atlantic Greyhound and Hennis Freight Lines came about 12 15 today.
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W. H. Martin
Bistol
Virginia
Stover
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
Hennis Freight Lines
Martin
Clarence W. Meadows
Hutchnson
L L. Scherer
Robert W. Lawson, Jr
Plantiff
Clark Gable Scores Second Highest Pay in Nation
Louis B. Mayer, 57, Russian-born executive at Loew's, led with 704425.60 dollars as managing director of production. Clark Gable earned 357500, second, while Nicholas M. Schenck received 334204.54 as Loew's president and director. George Washington Hill dropped to 288144, and Darryl F. Zanuck at 260000 with Ginger Rogers 215000 and Tyrone Power 188125 also listed.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Louis B. Mayer
Massachusetts
America
Loew’s, Inc
Clark Gable
Loew’s
Nicholas M. Schenck
Loew’s. George Washington
Hill
American Tobacco Company
Darryl F. Zannuck
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Ginger Rogers
Tyrone Power
Victory Mothers Lead Parade Here Saturday
About 500 mothers of servicemen in Raleigh County will lead a victory parade at Woodrow Wilson stadium Saturday afternoon behind the leading band. Gold Star mother Mrs. K. J. Klause, whose son William was killed in February, will ride with three others in a grey cabriolet wearing a white and black banner. Lewis Chevrolet Co. will provide the car and driver for the procession.
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K. J. Klause
Wilson Street
William Klause
Sikeston
Missouri
Raleigh County
Register
Nead
Woodrow Wilson Stadium
Dixie Lee Bryson
Lewis Chevrolet Company
West Virginia to House Price Administration Office
An organization with eight key posts and a staff later reaching 300 to 500 is being set up for the Office of Price Administration in West Virginia. District offices will be in Wheeling Clarksburg and Bluefield to oversee counties with a fourth group managed from the state headquarters.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Office of
Price Administration
West Virginia
Carl M. Frasure
Wheeling
Clarksburg
Bluefield
Axis thrust nears Tobruk amid desert fighting
The Axis offensive in the Libyan desert pushed within about 15 miles of Tobruk, with four main columns engaged and heavy bombardments by RAF fighters. Rommel’s tanks advanced about 30 miles beyond the British line between Bir Hacheim and Ain El Gazala as air forces reported wrecked transports and 12 enemy planes shot down in attacks on airfields and bases behind the lines.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Tobruk
Bir Hacheim
Ain el Gazala
RAF
Erwin Rommel
el Adem
R.A. F
R.A F
Japs Claim Kinwha Captured After 200-Mile Drive
Japanese headquarters asserted a 200 mile rapid advance and capture of Kinwha the capital of Chekiang province amid reports of heavy Chinese resistance. Chinese communique said fierce battle continued with 1500 Japanese killed by mines and gas attacks near Kinwha and nearby river crossings.
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Associated Press
China
Kinwha
Seaboard
Chekiang
Chiang Kai- Shek
Japan
Kinhwa
Chientang
Kienteh
Brazilian Plane Sinks Axis Sub Off Brazilian Coast
A Brazilian plane with Brazilian crew attacked and sank an Axis submarine off the northeast coast on May 23. North American fliers Lieut. Harry Sehwane and Sgt. J. G. Yates witnessed the attack and called for land-based Brazilian air force support, which arrived to join the strike. Brazil states it is not at war with Germany or Italy.
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Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiro
Harry Sehwane
J. G. Yates
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Axis
Italian Claims Look Like Lie
RECIFE Brazil The arrival of the Argentine steamer Rio Iguazu today with 52 survivors of the torpedoed British ship Barrdale knocked one of the principal props from under the week old Italian claim to have torpedoed and sunk a United States battleship of the Maryland class The Rome radio for several days had been broadcasting statements that the survivors picked up by the Rio Iguazu were from the United States battleship It was disclosed here that the Barrdale attacked May 17 450 miles off Martinique sank within four minutes after a torpedo exploded in her engine room The crew was picked up from two lifeboats the next day.
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Associated Press
Recife
Brazil
United States
Rome Radio
Martinique
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