First in West Virginia Friday Morning 1834 Thought For Today
A scanned page fragment includes a misread banner with "First in West Virginia" dated Friday Morning June 30, 1834. It features a brief Thought For Today advising restraint in speech and to listen more as one travels, with a moral on learning wisdom. It mentions a second class mail matter line and a writer named Charienon W. Vase amid garbled OCR.
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Ampassien
Berlin
Charienon W. Vase
Claus
West Virginia
Progress Against Japan With Saipan Base Expansion
A sweeping war update describes advancing on Japan from Saipan in the Marianas, expanding B-29 bomber use from China, and cutting off Japan’s bases and war plants. It asserts near-term prospects to bomb Japan and force unconditional surrender, while warning against mercy for the enemy.
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Japan
Saipan
Marianas
Philippines
Japanese Islands
Roosevelt
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Southwest Asia
Indies
Rocket Bomb Fear and Allied Resolve After Rocket Attacks
The article argues that rocket bombs aim to terrorize civilians but are ineffective and costly. It notes Allied forces have consistently countered Hitler’s weapons, including submarines, and will swiftly neutralize the rocket threat. It emphasizes resolve to protect London and Britain.
I’d Rather Be Right By Samuel Grafton
Chicago opinion column critiques the 1940 Republican convention mood, noting alarming unanimity for Dewey amid a milieu of listless delegates, and questions why Dewey felt uniquely acceptable despite his status as one governor among many. It highlights unusual candidate withdrawal and a calm, even hypnotic, party dynamic.
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Samuel Grafton
Ihicago
Mr. Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Dewey
Chicago
Brider
Bricker
Willkie
Protecting 2 Japs By Kenneth 1, Hixon Wwe THE AEF IN ROME
In Rome on June 16, soldiers escort Japanese officials to the Vatican amid tense duty and ironic restraint. Pte Kenneth Kissinger of Toledo voices turmoil over guarding two Japanese envoys, His Excellency Ken Harada and Kanayama, as MPs watch and joke in grim humor.
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Kenneth 1
Hixon
Wwe
AEF
Rome
Kenneth Kissinger
Toledo
Ohio
Kissinger
Ts MP
St. Claude Bove
Schenectady
Ken Harada
Holy See
Kanayama
Vatican
Bove
Hey
Pte. Kissinger
Leon M. Dunkin
Dallas
Tex
Pfc
Elmer Richan
Detroit
Pie
Houston
Hiller
Bill Sneaks
Rockdale
Hitler
Dewey tactics and Southern electoral power clash at Chicago
Washington and national observers note anti Roosevelt Democrats face a potential shift in electoral power as the South could lose 13 percent of its influence if the popular vote overrides the electoral college. The piece details Bernays like campaign research and Chicago's convention highlights easing prospects for the GOP.
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Capitol Hill
Chicago
South
Senate
South Carolina
Texas
California
New York
Dewey
Edward L. Bernays
Sho
Bernays
New York State
Jim Farley
U.S
Mre
Henry Wallace
Erwin Moll
Burlington
N. C
Nat Honard
Cleveland News
U. S
Connecticut
Clare Luce
Paulina Longworth
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
New York Times
Ed Kelly
Roosevelt
Dear Bill Remember Those Kids Now Driving Monster Air Plants
George I T Crane of Charleston West Virginia letters remind of youths once anxious about driving cars at high speed who now operate dangerous oversized air plants through flames and hazards at ten times that pace.
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Bill
George
Normandy Life Notes From a Soldier in Cherbourg Peninsula
A U S soldier writes on Normandy countryside and climate describing green hedgerows one main road and one way traffic rough roads wet dampness and constant chill. He notes long-standing habit of painting names on vehicles and often uses casual humor about girls names on gear.
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Cherbourg
Normandy
England
Troops give French place names funny monikers in war time
Ernie Pyle recalls how American soldiers mock French towns with nicknames such as Bricabrac and Easy Knee as jeeps and motorcycles adopt humorous labels. A drunken young pilot, rescued after ditching in the Channel, quips and defies orders, leaping overboard as a destroyer commences rescue.
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Hitler
Bricquebec
Bricabrac
Isigny
English Channel
Ask The Gazette Q and A From The Haskin Service
A reader query column answers diverse questions on history geography and facts. Topics include European rule from America the Liberty Bell timings Bible opening rites bulldozers greyhounds vs horses St Patrick's altar distances minstrel shows Harold Bell Wright first book commercial trees Berlin Zoo damage Marie Antoinette Conciergerie stay Ecuador recognition Canberra name origin Society of Cincinnati founding site and more with concise replies from the Information Bureau.
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U.S. Senate
BP. E. A
F.C. A
Frank Menke
The
Encyclopedia of Sports
St. Patrick's Catherral
New York City
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Thomas D. Rice
Jim Craw
Pittsburgh
United States
Harold Bell Wright
Udell
Pittsburg
Kansas
DC. A. A
Berlin Zoo
London
China
Marie Antoinette
Ton
Ecuador
Jose Maria Valando Ibarra
U.S. S
Canberra
T.B.N
Solomons
Society of Cincinnati
S. 8
Federal Housing Administration tenth anniversary celebrated
The FHA marks a decade of insured mortgages totaling 7.5 billion dollars with private funding backing. Since starting June 27, 1994, it has aided about 6 million families with improved housing and facilitated 1.35 million home purchases or new builds. The self supporting program has built reserves over 81 million for future losses and aims to continue aiding lower income housing after the war.
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FHA
Federal Housing Administration
Jonas
Arize
Avanta ‘Journsk
Rome Terror Church Invasion Chronicle of Bonomi Narrow escape
A wartime account recalls Premier Ivanoe Bonomi evading capture by Hitler’s police during a Vatican raid. Fascist chief Pietro Caruso and his men infiltrated St Paul’s Basilica to seize refugees, but the Benedictine abbot warned St John Lateran, enabling a mass evacuation. Bonomi then surfaced after Rome’s liberation and became Italy’s premier.
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Guglielmo Emanuel
ENBRR
INS
Ivanoa Bonomi
Hitler
Bonomi
Rome
Vatican
St. Paul's Basilica
Pietro Caruso
Caruso
Ate
Walla
Basilica
Peter Koch
Fascist
Torture Chamber
St. Paul's
Basilica of
St. John Lateran
St John
Koch
Ivanoe Bonomi
Italy
Willkie Remarks Highlight Free-World Idea and Odd Metaphor
The speaker notes Willkie dislikes some Republican planks and has not read others, but cheers his foreign policy stance insisting on one world. The comparison to two worms in one apple and a grocer’s tale underscores Wendell’s agile, unconventional appeal.
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Willkie
Wendell
Sual
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