Chinese Editor Sees War Clouds Over Japan
H E Tong editor of the China Press claims Japan is rushing toward war with the Soviet Union. He cites heavy U S purchases by Japan for military use, including 8 000 wagons 35 000 sideless cars 18 000 trucks and 60 000 tons of scrap iron. Tong says orders total hundreds of thousands of tons of steel nickel steel and ingots plus tanks engines and firearms. He notes nitrate demand rising and dates back to 1934 rail cars bought for the Imperial Russian government stored in Seattle and Vancouver.
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H. E. Tong
China Press
United States
Tong
America
Helen
Far East
Seattle
Vancouver
Chinets
Tony
G A R Members Visit West Virginia Capitol
State G A R members visit the West Virginia Capitol for a group photo. Seniors Willams A. Smith 88 Shadyside Ohio commander Joseph H. Smith 99 Wheeling adjutant Thomas Carder 89 Parkersburg, St Lewis 86 Charleston Isaac Johnston AR Smithfield, Robert W. Jones 94 Charleston, Jonah Bayles 85 Rochester delegate August 17 Morgantown William Davis 86 Parkersburg body guard to Lincoln P B Mebain 80 Parkersburg Joshua Jones 91 Berea Lorenza D Uituma 86 Bellaire Ohio Wheeling area, KE Wilson 93 Harrisville and F Haninis 96 Charlester pase commander.
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Shadyside
Joseph H. Smith
Wheeling
Thomas Carder
Parkersburg
W. St. Lewis
Charleston
Isaac Johnston
Uituma
Bellaire
Wilson
Harrisville
F. Haninis
Charlester
Pase
Steel men cite fast shipment of complete railway cars
Tong quotes American steel men asserting that 600 cars, though aged and junk, were sent as complete units and could be assembled for railway use within a few days, two weeks before the United States recognized the Boviet union.
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United States
Boviet Union
Tong
American Steel
Inauguration of Charleston Air Mail Service Highlight
West Virginia aviation history marks a milestone as Wertz field hosts the Charleston air mail launch. Officials from NRA and state aviation groups join American Airlines in a ceremony with Gen. Robson and Edward McGray arriving by air. Local pilots and engineers share flight training and aircraft activity at Wertz field, Wertzfield, and nearby airport developments in 1983.
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Charleston
Werta Field
West Virginia
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Hugh R. Robson
NRA
Edward F. McGray
Donald Richverg
Frances MM, Robinson
National Recovery Administration
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13Th Army Observation Group
Johnson
W. F. Piper
Cincinnati
Wertz Field
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Wertz
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Stearman
Washington
Nashville
Tenn
Kanawha Flying Club activities and yard work update
Details from Kanawha Flying club at Wertz field include pilot solo milestones with T B Palmer and Harry Ryan, student permits for N C Hoffman and L Sallabury, and new instructors like B D Knight. Hangar repainting progresses with green and silver, roof lettering planned, and border paint efforts at Wertz field. Parachute rigger John Thompson inspected West Virginia airway params. local aviation community news from Charleston and East Bank.
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Harry Ryan
Kanawha
N.C. Hoffman
Muliens
L Sallabury
Kanawha Flying Club
B.D. Knight
Florida
Wertz Field
John Thompson
Wertzfield
West Virginia
Secrecy Over Miss NRA Identity in West Virginia Parade
The most beautiful young woman employee of federal agencies in West Virginia has been named Miss NRA for the first anniversary of the National Recovery Administration. Her identity remains secret until the date in question. She will lead the NRA float in the Laidley Field parade and will occupy a copy seat on the platform as Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson and other officials speak.
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Aes
National Recovery Administration
Comoplites
NRA
Laidley Field
Hugh §. Johnson
Visitors at Westfield and airline passengers depart Charleston
Pilot Clair McCall and FE Bek of Studebaker Sales and Service visited Westfield last week. American Airlines travelers left Charleston for Chicago, among them FE Bek.
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Washington
Chicago
Karl J. Krahn
TournaMist
Clair McCall
Westfield
FE. E. Bek
Studebaker Sales and Service Company
Charleston
Washington School Presents Snow White Operetta
Washington school pupils will present the operetta Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs tomorrow evening at eight o'clock at the Garnet high school auditorium.
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Washington School
Garnet High School
Betty Compton to star in Warner Bros film The Richest Girl in the World
London June 9 Mrs Betty Compton, formerly Miss Betty Compton, will begin work Monday in The Richest Girl in the World at Warner Brothers studio in Teddington. Her husband former Mayor James J. Walker approves, saying one actor in the family is enough and the studio is near their country home. The plot follows a rich girl who fears kidnapping, swaps roles with her maid, and seeks happiness in obscurity.
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James J. Walker
Betty Compton
Stage
Warner Brothers
Teddington
New York
Betty
Walker
Miss Compton
Sulora
Ida L Cohen to Graduate From Ohio State University
Miss Ida L Cohen, daughter of Mr, to receive a bachelor of science in education. The 1300 student class will hear President G Bromley Oxnam speak in a ceremony at Ohio State University tomorrow afternoon.
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Cohen
G. Bromley Oxnam
Ida L. Cohen
DePauw University
Isaac M. Cohen
George W. Rightmire
Quartier Street
Ohio State University
Neely to Speak at Knights of Pythias Meeting in Asheville
Senator M. M. Neely of Parrmont will headline the 68th annual convention of the Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge of North Carolina in Asheville. Grand Chancellor George H. Bram Jett will preside with Neely addressing at the Vanderbilt hotel Tuesday night after a 7 20 banquet. The event coincides with Asheville Rhododendron festival week, drawing visitors from nearby states amid rain-delayed rural travel.
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Parrmont
Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of North Carolina
Asheville
WN. C
George H. Bram Jett
Neelyng
Vanderbilt Hotel
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