Berlin papers lash out at U S base ambitions in Americas
Berlin editors publish maps and condemn American plans to build 121 naval and air bases across Central and South America. They accuse Washington of pressuring Latin nations via fuel cutoffs and allege bases in Greenland Iceland and proposed sites in Northern Ireland the Azores Cape Verde Freetown Dakar and Liberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Belin
United States
Central
South America
Roosevelt
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Greenand
Iceland
Ireand
Azores
Cape Verde Fends
Dakar
Freetown
Liberia
Miss Miami-1941 Briefly Told Return Home Today
Miss Miami-1941 brief item reports Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Nally and son Richard of Baltimore returning home after a week with cousin Mrs. Squires in Warder avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Nally
Richard
Baltimore, Md
8. M. Squires
Warder Avenue
House Roads Committee to Introduce New Defense Highway Bill
Washington August 8 The House roads committee decided to introduce a new defense highway bill to replace the vetoed 20 million measure. Chairman Cartwright was authorized to assemble the group after recess in September or October with provisions from the vetoed measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Roads Committee
Roosevelt
Cartwright
D-Okla
House
Senate
Lawmaker Dough ton Seeks Tax Bill Changes
Representative Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina urged modification of the three and a half billion dollar tax bill to exempt earned income of husbands. The text notes ongoing strategic concerns about routes from India to the Caucasus via Afghanistan and Iran as a backdrop to British-Axis Middle East rivalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Doughton
North Carolina
Denverstra
House
Agapat On
Roosevelt
India
Caucasus
Iran
Middle East
Grafton WSCS Meeting Held At Local Church
The Grafton area Woman's Society of Christian Service met at St. Paul's Methodist Church in West Grafton with area chairwoman Mrs. Clifford Wells presiding. Conference president Mrs. Ward M. Downs of Fairmont and district officers attended. sessions featured devotions, talks on W S C S work, lunch served by hostess church members, and multiple church representatives listed.
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Grafton
WSCS
St. Paul's Methodist Church
West Grafton
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Clifford Wells
Ward M. Downs
Fairmont
W. J. Frey
Frank P. Hall
Pairmont
Lewis Talbott
Flemington
Okey Summers
Rivesville
W. C. Barnes
Status of Women
J. Stanley Nicola
Nina Powell
G. R. Snyder
Mary Ellen Sinclair
Downs
Powell
E.L. Lowery
West
Main Street
Meibaift Church
Howard Cameron
Mattie Swisher
C. F. Shafer
Morris Sheppard
Nellie Williams
Dr. Kagawa
Japan
Hostess Church
C. C. Dotson
I. D. McDowell
J. O. Parkhill
Virgil Rohrbaugh
Earl Smith
W. A. Stanley
Fred Robinson
F. S. Hall
Betty Bailey
Catherine Giesey
Washington, D. C
Community Reunion Announcements Across Grafton Area
A series of August gatherings includes church picnics at Bluemont Street and Brown church grove, reunions for Withers Riley, Kerns, Ford, Nicola-Guthrie, and Homecoming at Bail eytown church. Notable hostesses include Mrs. Russell Reese and Mrs. Russell DeMoss. officials Nora Vince and Maud Morgan listed.
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R.T.S
First Baptist Church
Russell Reese
Bluemont Street
Circle No
St. John's Methodist Church
Russell DeMoss
Long Street
Business Girls Club
Peggy Warder
Mary Jo Rauscher
Withers-Riley
Hepzibah
Ruth M. Withers
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
White Oak Grove
Route 92
Kerns
Brown's Chapel
Nora
Vince
Brown
Brown Church Grove
Grafton-Fairmont Road
Baileytown Church
Flemington
Maud Morgan
Clarksburg
B. and O. Veterans
Clara Fawyer
Fisher
St. John’s Methodist Church
Wehn Hall
Nicola-Guthrie
Grafton Park
William Nicola
Montsville
J. Stanley Nicola
Ford
Oak Grove
Grafton
Morgantown Road
Fairmont District to Hold All Day Meeting at Andrews Church
Felton and Mrs. Tracy Felton and a long list of local women and Rev. B. Lowery will attend an all-day Fairmont District gathering at Andrews Church on September 16. A very large delegation is expected to be present.
Crochet and crochet edge towel patterns featured
A vintage craft notice advertises Lazy Dairy and Crochet patterns with instructions for lazy-dairy stitches and crocheted baskets. It lists materials, edging for towels, and a transfer pattern 6681 from Household Arts Dept New York. Send ten cents to obtain the pattern with name, address, and pattern number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grafton
Household Arts Dept
14Th Street
New York
N.Y
Mrs Mechling Is Honor Guest At Bridge Party
Garden flowers set a lovely background for a Wednesday bridge party hosted by Mrs. Victor C. Willhide in Maple Avenue. Honoring guest Mrs. L. C. Mechling Jr. of Uniontown and Pittsburgh, the event featured dessert, three attractive tables, and a high score trophy for Miss Helen Chadduck with the honoree receiving a guest award.
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Victor C. Willhide
Maple Avenue
L. C. Mechting, Jr
Uniontown
Pittsburgh
Grafton
Bridge
Mechling
Lst
Helen Chadduck
Washington, D. C
O. C. Noble
Washington, Pa
Kenneth Holt
Atlanta, Ga
H. L. Noble
Paul E. Malone
Richard Robey
Dorothy Beavers
Ward Blaney
William D. Fisher
G. G. Jolliffe
Mason Tucker
Chadduck
Birthday Party Honors Gil on Fifteenth Anniversary
A birthday gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Reese in Blueville Addition celebrated Marie Johnson turning fifteen. Guests included Betty Kinsey Elizabeth Whitehair Dorothy Jean Whitehair Helen Brown and others. Gifts were presented to the honoree and light refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Reese
Blueville Addition
Marie Johnson
Blueville
Betty Kinsey
Elizabeth Whitehair
Dorothy Jean Whitehair
Helen Brown
Betty Jean Weaver
Adrian Poling
Helen Johnson
Joe Fawcett
Carl Brown
Ruth Hudson
Alfred Poling
Hayward Norris
Edythe Newton
Flemington
Geraldine Weaver
August Meeting Of D O B Class Held Last Night
The August meeting of Blueville Sun day school D O B class was at Mrs Alethea Brown's Wilford street home. Devotions led by Mrs Mary Carruthers. Mrs Brown presided as Mae Weaver was absent. September gathering planned at Mrs Carrothers home. Hostess aided by her daughter Alice with refreshments during a social hour. Two guests attended, Mrs George Norris and Marilyn Corrothers. Members present included Mrs Zora Anvil, Mrs Mary Beck, Mrs Mildred Henry, and Mrs Corrothers.
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Blueville
Alethea Brown
Wilford Street
Mary Carruthers
Brown
Mae Weaver
Carrothers
Alice
George Norris
Marilyn Corrothers
Zora Anvil
Mary Beck
Mildred Henry
Corrothers
Local residents named in Elkins social notices
Bennett and daughter, Joan, Miss Juanita Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and children, Miss Irene Andrews, Miss Mary Andrews, Miss Catherine Soterian, Arthur Stevens, Angela Soterian and Miss Ettuh Fisher, the latter of Elkins.
Timken Bearing Company Settles With CIO Union
Federal mediator John L. Conner y announced a settlement of the CIO Steel Workers Organizing Committee strike at the Timken Roller Bearing plant in Columbus Ohio. The agreement must be ratified by the union local. SWOC strike began July 30 over the discharge of five women workers and their reinstatement with back pay. Terms were not immediately announced.
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Columbus
John L. Connery
Cio-Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Timsken Roller Bearing Company
SWOC
Virginia Visit and Local Health Notes in Strasburg
In Virginia Mr and Mrs F A Dinkins and Miss Patty Ann Wolfe of East Washington street spend a week with relatives in Strasburg VA and expect to return home Monday. David Laign 234 Maple Avenue underwent a tonsil operation at City hospital this morning. Irene Haller a student nurse at Fairmont General hospital Fairmont resumed her studies after three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Hartford Haller of Knottsville road. Teddy Shaw Pruntytown Don Outright and Lawrence Exline Millerville are three Taylor County 4 H members attending camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Thompson
King County
Elizabeth Arble
S. F. Arble
Maple Avenue
Virginia
Patty Ann Wolfe
East Washington Street
Strasburg
David Laign
City Hospital
Irene Haller
Fairmont General Hospital
Fairmont
Hartford Haller
Knottsville Road
Teddy Shaw
Pruntytown
Don Outright
Lawrence Exline
Millerville
Taylor County
4-H
Japs Raid Chungking In Two Hour Attacks
Seventy Japanese planes carried out two waves against Chungking today in the first raid since the gunboat Tutulla was damaged July 30. The alert lasted nearly two hours with the first wave of 43 planes hitting Chungking’s downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
China
U.S
Tutulla
Double Breasted Dress Pattern 417 by Claire Tilden
The pattern 417 offers a neat, durable homemaker dress or smock with no waist seam and darts for smooth fit. It features double breasted buttoning for quick in and out and optional rounded sleeve and braid accents. Sizes 34 to 48 with required yardage listed. order from Grafton Pattern Department, 10 Smith at Paul, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Tilden
Grafton
New York
Britain plans to move troops through Iran to aid Russia
A source said Britain would send several divisions of Indian troops via Afghanistan to bolster Russian defense in the Caucasus. Afghanistan planned a formal protest but would likely consent to the passage of British supplies and troops to Russia.
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Iran
Istanbul
Turkey
Britain
Afghanistan
Caucasus
Russia
Yugoslav Soldier Values Pay Difference After Service
DETROIT Aug 8 The Army indoctrinated Blagoja B Djordjevich 22 year old Pontiac baker who served in the Yugoslavian army before coming to America and said you won t hear me kicking about the 21 a month pay in the United States. In Yugoslavia he received only 25 cents a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Blagoja B. Djordjevich
Pontiac
Yugoslavia
America
Noted Keyser Native Dies In New York City
Floyd William Parsons age 61, a Keyser West Virginia native, was a trade magazine editor and assistant to Harry A. Garfield during World War I. He led Coal Age and edited Gas Age Record and Industrial Gas for Hobbing Publishing, serving as VP and editorial director and presiding over the Lehigh University Alumni Association in 1939.
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New York
Floyd William Parsons
Harry A. Garfield
U. 8
Postgraduate Hospital
Keyser
W. Va
Parsons
Coal Age
Industrial Gas
Hobbing Publishing Company
Lehigh University Alumni Association
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