Funeral today for prominent Charleston businessman John A. Field Jr
Services begin at 3 p m today at the residence for John A. Field Jr 59 a leading Charleston businessman and president of Thomas Field and Company who died Tuesday after a brief illness Rev Joe B Overmyer will officiate Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park Field was a longtime figure in Charleston business and civic life serving as president of Southern Hardware Company and vice president of A W Cox department store He was a director at Charleston Wholesale Furniture Diamond department store and Kanawha Valley Bank Morris Harvey College suspended all activities at 3 p m today during the funeral with Dr Morris P Shawkey noting Field's active role on the college board of trustees and his interest in the college program
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Kanawha Street
John A. Field, Jr
Charleston
Thomas, Field and Company
Joe B. Overmyer
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
Sunset Memorial Park
Field
Southern Hardware Company
A. W. Cox Department Store
Charleston Wholesale Furniture Company
The
Diamond Department Store
Kanawha Valley Bank
Morris Harvey College
Morris P. Shawkey
Rustees
James C. Carper
Hurricane
Hurricane Baptist Church
Randolph Johnson
Maxwell
Percival Grove
Robert
William
Paul Currence
Gay
Glenn Carper
Nazi Consulate Attache Slain
Police report the death of Engelberg, a German attache linked to the consulate, found in a house with lights on and a bloodstained bed. Neighbors described nightly parties and mysterious tenants. FBI involvement noted, house leased in Engelberg’s name, with supplies suggesting long-term residence. Engelberg arrived in the U.S. about a year ago from Hamburg and sought a transfer to New York.
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Engelberg
Tennants
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Bone
Hamburg
Germany
U.S
Chicago
New York
Trotsky Dies Rumors Reach Mexico Oil War Plot
The Dies committee cites alleged Soviet activities in Mexico and Latin America as part of a plan to destabilize Western nations through war. Trotsky’s exile by Stalin and his bitter feud are noted, with Rivera and Trotsky denying invitations to testify in Mexico City.
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Mexico
Stripling
Stalin
Trotsky
Lenin
Rivera
Mexico City
Dies
Gold Medal Haarlem Old Capsule kidney diuretic ad
An old ad promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Old Capsule as a 35 cent kidney diuretic claimed to relieve backache and kidney symptoms. It lists swollen ankles puffy eyes leg cramps getting up nights and scanty urine as signs and urges buyers to request the product from Haarlem Holland and to beware of imitators.
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Haarlem
Holland
Aav
Obituaries From The Charleston Daily Mail
Multiple notices report deaths of Mrs Mabel Lewis 35 at Bowne mont and Mary Levina Rawson 73 in Parkersburg area with services led by Rev West and Rev Strother Campbell. Other obituaries include Dr James C Carper 54 in Hurricane and Aaron Yancey 58 of 910 Morris Street with interment in Spring Hill cemetery. Also listed are Christine Pritt 77 of Burnwell Eva Gaye 67 of Montgomery Almeda Cook 73 of Amma and Cora Woodrum 66 of Pettus with services at Bidwell Montgomery and Dorothy Dorothey church.
Youth Movement Draws In Roosevelt Question
The passage argues youth groups are steered by middle aged leaders seeking to channel youth into service political military or religious roles. It questions Mrs Roosevelt involvement, suggesting she is part of this movement.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Kuhn Guarded After Entering Sing Sing
Kuhn enters Sing Sing under protective custody for his own welfare and the institution. He is isolated from ordinary prisoners with no movies, yard access, or work duties except cleaning his cell. Warden Lawes announces the protective status. Henry Ford, Kuhn’s former employer, seen at Grand Central as Kuhn is shipped in.
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Kuhn
Lewis E. Lawes
New York
James G. Wallace
Henry Ford
Grand Central Station
Detroit
Five U Boats Sunk In Week Reported By British
Five U Boats were sunk in the week, one twin motor plane crashed off Sheringham, and its pilot’s body washed ashore in murky weather. A Nazi plane was spotted over the Orkneys and other enemy aircraft over northern Scotland, with no bombs dropped and all clear signals thereafter. The British contraband board tracked 110 neutral ships cargoes, including six American ships, detained since the war’s start totaling 735000 tons. Parliament approved the government's war conduct 303 to 125, and Britain prepared to supply Finland with fighters and other materials while condemning Russia’s invasion. Churchill noted Germany’s sunk subs, warned of possible expansion, and discussed magnetic mines as a key weapon.
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Sheringham
Norfolk
Orkneys
Scotland
Ministry of Economic Warfare
British
Finland
Russia
Lord Halifax
Reuters
Churchill
Rayal
Germany
Admiralty
Scapa Flow
Royal Oak
Britain
House
Hitler
Morale and strategy swirl around GOP gathering of 1940
The piece notes higher GOP morale before the 1940 influx of new members and says routine reports will be the formal focus. In private talks, conferences over the long weekend will cover strategy, candidates, and a potential convention city. The committee avoids preferring any nomination, while in hotel rooms individual candidate analyses, especially of Thomas E. Dewey, unfold. Postal savings in Japan rose by over 1.3 billion dollars in the first five months of the year.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York City
Japan
Oswald C Lowe Sr 59 retired Ruffner hotel manager dies
Funeral services for Oswald Clifford Lowe Sr aged 59 longtime Ruffner hotel manager and early car dealer are today at 1 p m at Barlow funeral chapel. He died Tuesday night at a local hospital and will be buried in Spring Hill Cemetery with Masonic services. He built Hinton’s tallest building in 1904 and with his brother ran Lowe Furniture and Undertaking Co. later entering auto sales with the first Chevrolet motor sales in Charleston. Surviving: wife Delores E Sayre Lowe son Oswald C Lowe Jr sister s J H Hedrick Annie Lilly Emma Meadows brother Webster O Lowe.
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Barlow
Oswald Clifford Lowe
Ruffner Hotel
Charles Longley
St. John's Episcopal Church
Spring Hill Cemetery
Mr. Lowe
Jumping Branch
Summers County
James Granville
Mary Catherine Vines Lowe
Virginia
Hinton
Clowney E. Lowe
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lowe Furniture and Undertaking Co
Lowe
T. H. Lilly
William Plumley
Ruffner
Sen. Lilly
Chevrolet
Charleston
Hugh Stewart
General Motors Radio and Refrigeration Co
Washington Street
Blue Lodge of Masons
York
Beni Kedem
Order of Jesters
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Delores E. Sayre Lowe
Oswald C. Lowe, Jr
J. H. Hedrick
Maxwellston
Annie Lilly
Emma Meadows
Webster O. Lowe
Roy Kirk Lanham Postmaster Dies at 22
Roy Kirk 22 year old postmaster of Lanham in Putnam county died Tuesday morning of a heart attack at the home of his foster mother Mrs Bessie Kinkind of Lanham where he resided. Services are at 2 p m today at the residence with Rev J C Hammonds officiating. Burial in Lanham cemetery. Fred Cooke mortuary at Nitro in charge of arrangements. He is survived by three sisters.
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Mabel Lewis
Bownemont
L. D. Lewis
Naori Rose
Jerry Lewis
W. Hayes
Richard Paxton
Ernie Gore
Charleston
Frank
Russell Holdren
Cannelton
Dowell Holdren
Woodland
Luther
Holdren
Jacksonburg
Ernest
Henry Holdren
Noble Long Mortuary
Noble Long's Chapel
Clyde West
Roy Kirk
Lanham
Putnam County
Bessie Kinkind
J. C. Hammonds
Fred Cooke
Nitro
Carlin Found After Sixteen Years Missing
A man named Carlin, missing sixteen years, speaks on completing a personal mission before fading. He says he did not intend to create mystery about his disappearance and that he acted alone. In Gravesweed England, Chalk Forge, scene linked to Joe Gargery’s Dickensian forge, to be preserved as a relic.
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Gravesweed
England
Joe Gargery
Dewey Accuses FDR of Defeatism in Campaign Speech
In a stinging address, Dewey denounces defeatism and accuses the New Deal of stalling the economy. He argues unemployment remains high, defends enterprise, and calls for renewed courage, unity between labor and industry, and a shift away from despair toward renewed productivity. Ninety buses carried 3,000 territorial soldiers from Northumberland to a Swaledale summer camp.
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Northunberland
Swaledale
England
Finns Observe Liberty Day Amid Defense and Talks
Finnish officials report Russian planes over Esbo near Helsinki and fear near landing by parachute. The Gulf of Finland remains heavily mined and fortified making Red landings difficult. President Kallio hosts Independence Day reception as Roosevelt expresses earnest hope for end to hostilities and Finland’s continued development. the German minister attends. Moscow reports Finnish legation to Stockholm via Riga and Berlin.
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Roosevelt
Finland
Esbo
Helsinki
Gulf
Gulf of Finland
Red Fleet
Kirkenes
Norway
Arctic
Kuolajarvi
Kallio
Moscow
Stockholm
Riga
Berlin
The Phillips Method for quick acid indigestion relief
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Morris Harvey
Mary Levina Rawson
Mary Levina Gault Rawson
Pearl Strain
Venable Avenue
Casto-Wilson Mortuary
Order of Eastern Star
First Methodist Church
Parkersburg
Strother A. Campbell
Baptist Temple
I. A. Poole
Aaron Charles Yancey
C. E. Phillips
H. A. Green
Morris Street
Elmer Higgins
Bidwell
Bidwell, O
Vinton, O
James Calvin Paisley Ward
Ontario
Calif
James Calvin Paisley
J. W
L. C. Paisley
G. E. Paisley
Gassaway
Ed Paisley
Zanesville
Fred Paisley
W. N. Tisdale
Springfield
Mont
Roy Sergent
Grafton
Ruby Boggs
Belle
Christine Pritt
Burnwell
Gaye and Kittinger
Montgomery
John Pritt
Milburn
Cora Simms
Leslie
Lena Angel
Eva Gaye
Floyd H. Gaye
Fourth Avenue
Alfred Clifton
Dunn Cemetery
Thomas Gaye
Pratt
Mike Gay
Smithers
Lillian Lowe
Alma Barker
Jack Cobb
Almeda Cook
Fred Griffe
Amma
Cook Cemetery
Left Hand Creek
Herbie Smith
Hafer
Elkview
Willi Griffe
Carrie Griffe
Walton
G. W. McCamey
Carl Melton
Blue Creek
Cora Ella Woodrum
Cora Hila Woodrum
Pettus
Raleigh County
Valley Mortuary
Whitesville
Philmore Woodrum
Nora Robinson
Prenter
Grace Persinger
Mt. Hope
Helen Foster
Eunice
Opal Woodrum
Reba Hall
Kimball
Lyle
Harry
Clyde Woodrum
Sing Sing
GOP
Oswald C. Lowe
Carlin
Dewey
FDR
America
New Deal
National Economic Committee
Young Men's Christian Association
Republic
Egypt
Magnesia
Phillips
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Ereater
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Anti-Freeze
Gold Crest Motor Oil
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Hester
Olga
Stee
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Summers Street
W. Va
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