Italians Mass Troops For Drive Against Egypt
British reports say two Italian divisions concentrate near the Libyan frontier by the Mediterranean as Mussolini seeks to seize Suez. Cairo denies crossed border while London notes Italian officers on Egyptian soil are prisoners. Desert raids and guerrilla actions characterize the initial phase.
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Mediterranean
Egypt
Mussolini
Suez
Cairo
Circenaican
Bardia
Africa
Port in Holy Land Attacked in Third Wave Air Raid
Italian planes bombed Haifa in Palestine in a widespread assault on British positions in the area. Naval bases at Aden and Berd Erri were also bombarded. damage described as slight. Italian fliers struck camps near Bolum and a railroad toward Alexandria. a British four motored plane was shot down near Tobruk as the front lines shift.
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High Command
Haifa
Palestine
Apes East
Bel Sea
Aden
Berdera
Gulf of Aden
Jerusalem
Egypt
Bolum
Mesa Matruh
Alexandria
Tobuk
Grafton Sentinel Announces Tonight's Theatre Show
The Grafton Sentinel invites ARET ROGERS at 337 West Main to tonight's presentation of The Wolf Meets A Lady at the Dixie Theatre starring Warren William. Also billed are Robert Young and Helen Gilbert at the Strand Theatre.
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Grafton Sentinel
Aret Rogers
Main Street
Attene
Je Wolf
Warren William
Dixie Theatre
Larian
Robert Young
Helen Gilbert
Strand Tre
Totian An In Man Wins Senate Race
In Missouri the major cities tipped the contest as Harry S. Truman drew near the Democratic senatorial nomination against Gov. Lloyd C. Stark. Stark trailed in Jackson County, home of Truman and the anti-Stark T. J. Pendergast faction. Milligan finished third as St. Louis city Democrats shifted against Stark, eroding his rural advantage as metropolitan ballots favored Truman.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Harry S. Trumann
Lloyd C. Stark
Stark
Jackson County
Kansas City
Truman
T. J. Pendergast
Milligan
Democratic
Governor Ratner Renamed To Make Kansas Contest
TOPEKA Kas Aug 7 Gov Payne Ratner a veteran campaigner at 43 and William H Burke a novice at 61 were nominated for governor in yesterdays primary election Ratner a Republican serving his first term polled 150935 votes to overwhelm Jay A Welch Had lam banker with 18334 and C D Lank Wichita pickle manufacturer with 13806 These returns were from 2039 of the states 2735 precincts Burke a Democrat and former internal revenue collector to Kansas received 63705 votes in 2080 precincts His only opponent S L Mathews Kansas City lawyer had 17756 Kansas renominated all of their seven congressmen six Republicans and one Democrat.
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Kas
Payne Ratner
William H. Burke
Ratner
Jay A. Welch
Hadlam
C. D. Lank
Wichita
Burke
Internal Revenue
Kansas
S. L. Mathews
Kansas City
Bank Cashier Acquitted Of Slaying Son-In-Law
Wayne Aug 7 Byron Smith bank cashier and former mayor testified he killed his son in law in self defense and received a court directed verdict of acquittal. Smith said he went to Maynard home after hearing Maynard mistreated his wife and that Maynard had one foot on his neck when he fired in self defense.
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Wayne
Byron Smith
Smith
Tilden J. Maynard
Maynard
WPA Timekeeper Killed by Dynamite Explosion
Ladislaw Kraley, 36, a WPA time keeper, was killed and three fellow workers injured when a 25 pound dynamite charge exploded in a Munhall stone quarry. Police investigate reports no warning was given before the blast.
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Pittsburgh
Ladislaw Kraley
WPA
Munhall
Nineteen Are Lost in Storm Near New Orleans
Nineteen people were missing as a tropical disturbance drove gulf waters to near record heights along the Louisiana coast. Thousands were marooned while trappers and fishermen fled inland to courthouses, schools, and public buildings as the storm moved toward Texas.
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Texas
Gulf
Port Arthur
Tex
Germany grows impatient over Balkans impasse in Romania
In Bucharest on August 7, diplomatic observers noted German impatience with the delayed settlement of the Hungary Romania territorial dispute. Raoul Bossy, Romanian minister to Rome, left for Budapest to learn Hungary's minimum terms for the return of Transylvania as pressure for resistance against Romania’s neighbors faded from state press.
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Rumania
Raoul Bossy
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Budapest
Transylvania
Romania
Double Feature at Opera House Showcases Johnny Mack Brown
The Grafton Sentinel invites OlIe Boyce of 248 Boyd Street to tonight’s Opera House program featuring Johnny Mack Brown in Bad Man From Butte and Warren Hull in Hidden Enemy. The two films screen as a double feature with a second title on the bill.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Ollie Boyce
Boyd Street
Johnny Mack Brown
Butte
Warren Hull
Opera House
Excess Profits Tax Bill Outlined by Committees
The bill aims to raise 300 to 500 million dollars yearly from corporate earnings for defense. It would tax 25 to 40 percent of industrial profits with deductions for plant expansion at 20 percent annually for five years. Alternate bases of actual profits or invested capital are proposed, with hearings to begin Friday.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Fascist Editor Replies To Secretary's Warning
Virginio Gayda Italian editor responded to Hull warning by stating Germany and Italy do not seek war in the western hemisphere. In Il Giornale D Italia he accused Hull of creating a phantom menace to alarm Americans and suggested no transfer of war to the American continent is imminent.
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Virginio Gayda
United States
Hull
Germany
Italy
Gayda
Il Giornale D'Italia
Partly Disrobed Body Of Girl Found In Thicket
Springfield Mass August 7 22 year old Rose Lodi an employee of a local match company was found murdered in a roadside thicket. She had been missing since yesterday afternoon and was discovered by her father Angela. Authorities say wounds to throat and chest indicate stabbing and the area is frequented by vagrants. Police seek a narrow bladed knife in connection with the case.
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Springfield
Mass
Rose Lodi
Springfield Match Company
Angela
Charles J. Downey
German Aviator Taken Prisoner By Motorist
A German aviator who parachuted from a disabled plane and fled across England for 11 days was captured near Bristol by a motorist who handed him to authorities after questioning. The motorist, a woman, noticed the aviator’s unusual appearance and reported him.
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London
England
Bristol
Housing shortages loom in 200 key cities tied to defense
Washington August 7 The National Executive Committee of Housing Authorities warns of imminent housing shortages in about 200 key cities due to the defense program. Thousands of new homes will be needed for enlisted and civilian personnel in army navy aviation shipyards and defense plants. Charleston West Virginia faces a serious shortage as does Morgantown and Huntington with urgent requests for loans to add hundreds of homes as defense expands.
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National Executive Committee of
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Navy
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NECHA
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USHA
W. Va
Morgantown
Huntington
Fearful reports say Accra sunk with child refugees lost
Unconfirmed dispatches claim the British passenger liner Accra, 9337 tons, was torpedoed off the Irish coast with heavy loss of life including many child refugees bound for New York and Canada. SOS from an unidentified ship after torpedoing near the English coast remains unverified.
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Accra
Canada
London
Mackay Radio
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Four H Club Meetings Banned To Halt Epidemic
Wallace and Hopkins joined by Cabell county health officer to suspend all four H club meetings in Huntington and surrounding areas to curb infantile paralysis. The move echoes a broader precaution as McCarthy era style political activity receives attention at Hyde Park. Eight hundred fifty invitations were sent to Democratic sponsors for a garden party at Mrs. Roosevelt's Walkill cottage with hope the president attends.
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N.Y
Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
White House
Wallace
Hopkins
Huntington
Cabell County
Raymond H. Curry
New York
Home guards proposed to aid defense in congress
A movement to form a home guard in congress gained headway as the senate nears a vote on a bill to let the president activate the National Guard for active training. Chairman Sheppard urged the military committee to draft state militia authorization, echoing Roosevelt’s Hyde Park remarks.
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Jack Bell Washington
Congress
Senate
Sheppard
D.-Tex
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Johnson Considered For State Judicial Convention Chair
Morgantown reports Louis A. Johnson former assistant secretary of war may be chosen permanent chairman at Huntington convention Friday. Johnson traveling from the west coast where he delivered an address yesterday. he may accept the post of honor if he returns in time.
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Morgantown
Dominion News
Louis A. Johnson
Huntington
Johnson
The
Europe Without Jews Urged By Hitler to Insure Peace
Berlin reports that Das Schwarze Korps warns a Europe devoid of Jews would be a prerequisite for a German peace. It notes Jews across Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, and France have vanished from public life and may be expelled to distant corners of the globe.
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Berlin
Das
Schwarze Korps
Adolf Hitler
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Denmark
Holland
Belgium
France
Mayor Houde Jailed in Canada Over Registration Act
Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested and interned by order of the Minister of Justice after pledging to defy the new registration act. He urged residents to refuse military duty as well.
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Camillien Houde
Montreal
Canada
Minister of Justice
Houde
Nazi Consuls Face Recall Amid Pan American Shakeup
Washington dispatch reports a predicted shakeup of German diplomatic and consular staffs in the western hemisphere following Havana Pan American conference measures against fifth column activities. German authorities are perturbed by American republics’ stance and by Nazi officials’ conduct abroad. Wire tapping plans feature in foreign agent developments.
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J. ©. Stark
Washington
Westrn
Havana
Interstate Commission On
Summers County Schools Plan Eight Month Term
Hinton August meeting of the Summers County Board of Education approves a budget for an eight month 1940 41 term due to an overdraft. Mrs Margaret Nicely Leidig notes the overdraft built up over years but could be wiped out by cutting one month of school. John Newcome, ex Shepherd State Teachers College coach, is named director of athletics at Hinton High School.
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Hinton
Summers County Board of Education
Margaret Nicely Leidig
John Newcome
Shepherd State Teachers College
Hinton High School
Mobilization urged to end war and famine fears
A British wartime speech calls for a broader mobilization of economic resources to win the conflict. Arthur Greenwood says Britain must supplement production with North American goods as the war prolongs and famine fears rise in seized nations. A wartime committee, chaired by Neville Chamberlain, was announced to coordinate measures.
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Britain
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
North
America
France
Greenwood
Neville Chamberlain
Kingsley Waoad
Tee
Legion Opens Court Battle in Charleston
The American Legion sues to block a communist nominative petition in Kanawha circuit court. Plaintiffs claim signatures were obtained by misrepresentation and fraud as they challenge placement on the ballot. Wheeler faces potential long term penalties as the docket opens.
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Legio’s
Munist
Wheeler
Kanawha
Legion
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