Roosevelt Foes Challenge Roosevelt on Coalition Charge
A sharp clash arose as Congress debated neutrality and lending programs with President Roosevelt. Sen. Adams of Colorado denied a coalition existed, while Rep. Michener of Michigan praised opposition as blocking the lending plan. Sen. King of Utah argued funding shows Congress acted within its power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adams
D-Colo
House
Rep
Michener
R-Mich
Congress
King
Utah
Corsage Lone Clue In Death
In Camden New Jersey a Polish Baptist minister believes his 17 year old daughter was murdered by men who abducted her four months ago beat her and dumped her from a car near her home. A corsage of red and white roses lay by her body. The Rev Walter Dworecki said the two or more kidnappers are likely her murderers. Police noted prior molestation or threats by unknown men on at least two occasions.
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Camden
N. J
Wana Dworecki
Walter Dworecki
Theatre ticket present this clipping for admission
The Grafton Sentinel invites Mrs George Sorge of 262 West Washington to tonight's theater showing. She may attend Blackwell's Island starring John Garfield at the Strand or the Dixie theatre double feature including Hound of the Baskervilles and Behind Prison Gates.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
George Sorge
West
Washington Street
John Garfield
Prison Gates
Dixie Theatre
Japan Faces Crisis Over Alliance With Germany and Italy
A Tokyo informant reports a bitter struggle in Japan over pursuing an outright alliance with Germany and Italy. Young army officers push for the pact, threatening cabinet stability, while the cabinet and emperor’s household resist broader commitments and favor limited measures against Soviet Russia.
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Shanghai
Japan
Germany
Italy
Tokyo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Manchukuo
China
Seishiro Itagaki
Hirohitotomo
Imperial Household
Hungary
Spain
Manchoukuo
Soviet
Russia
Foar
Roosevelt at Work on Bills in Press Conference
President Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, outlined action on 145 unexamined bills and about 10 more returned for restudy. He criticized a Republican minority and portions of both parties for gambling on neutrality and delaying lending and housing programs, warning of job losses from WPA and PWA projects.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Senate
WPA
PWA
Three Confess Robberies in Fayette County Case
Fayetteville August 9. Sheriff J R Alf reports three men confessed to robberies solving two cases. Virble Sanders 22 of Harlan Kentucky charged with stealing from White Oak drug store at Scarbo. Cecil Smith of Nutalburg and Grover Ratliff of Laurel Creek admitted taking $100 in goods from Maryland New River company store.
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Fayetteville
J. R. Alf
Virble Sanders
Harlan, Ky
White Oak
Scarbo
Aliff
Cecil Smith
Nutalburg
Grover Ratliff
Laurel Creek
Maryland New River Company
King George Inspects Royal Fleet in Mist at Weymouth
King George VI boarded the royal yacht Victoria and Albert for a review of 133 warships, the reserve fleet Britain is tuning to wartime pitch, as saluting guns fired in heavy mist. He was joined by Rear Admiral Jean Darlan, supreme commander of French naval forces, and spent the morning inspecting personnel and ships.
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Weymouth
England
George VI
Royal
Victoria and Albert
Britain
Jean Darlan
Funeral set for veteran lawyer and railroad official
Charleston August 9. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for R D Knight a 13 year old attorney banker and railroad official who died in a Ronceverte hospital Knight the last surviving original member of the law firm Brown Jackson and Knight was stricken at his summer home near Lewisburg last week
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Charleston
Knight
Ronceverte
Brown, Jackson and Knight
Lewisburg
City to install flicker lights at two intersections
The city plans to place and maintain a flicker light at the U. S. 50 West Main street intersection while the State Road Commission would install a similar light at the Route 50 119 junction in Blueville. Road Commissioner Burr H. Simpson advised State Senator W J Hussion by letter, and Mayor P F Gillispie with the Board of Trade will discuss rights today. The city must sign an agreement to install and maintain the light before the commission proceeds. A traffic study at both intersections is underway.
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Main Street
State Road Commission
Blueville
W. J. Hussion
Burr H. Simpson
P. F. Gillispie
Board of Trade Committee
Simpson
Bids Opened for Loyalhanna Dam Project in Pa
Army engineers called for bids on the Loyalhanna dam in Westmoreland County a 2.8 million flood control project. The dam on Loyal Hanna creek three miles below Saltsburg will create a five square mile reservoir with work to start after bids open September 7 and take about three years to complete. Relocation of railway, telephone, and power lines along the route is required.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
U. S. Army
Loyalhanna
Westmoreland County
Loyal Hanna Creek
Saltsburg
Conemaugh River
Alexandria
Pennsylvania Railroad
Crabtree
Richwood Express Agent Held For Embezzling
Roy Brown Little a 26 year old former express agent at Richwood was jailed on $1000 bond after being charged with embezzlement. Magistrate M J Maloney said Little admitted a $402.19 shortage in his accounts and withholding $24.31 owed to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and $35 owed to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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Summersville
Roy Brown Little
Express
M. J. Maloney
Little
Richwood
Chesapeake and Potomac Telehone Company
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Germany to register all civilian population for emergency
Berlin reports Germany directs a nationwide civilian survey to map talents of all men women and children. Excluding only soldiers reservists and those under five or over seventy, the program aims for peak preparedness by mid August with a massive card index of skills.
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Berlin
Germany
Pew
Reich
Mrs Lowther Funeral to Be Held Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. George Lowther are set for 2 pm Thursday at the late residence 701 West Boyd Street. The Rev Hugh Pickett of Fairmont will conduct the rites, with services noting her membership in various groups including the Ladies Auxiliary Mary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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George
Yestrday
Sentinel
West Boyd Street
Hugh Pickett
Fairmont
Meeting to discuss Country Club road project
A 7:30 pm meeting at the community house in Fetterman gathers City officials, Taylor County Board of Trade members, and local citizens to press the State Road commission for action on the Country club road project amid ongoing negotiations and right of way hurdles.
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Fetterman
Taylor County Board of Trade
Country Club Road
State Road Commission
AFL Council to hear quarrel over union lines
Screen stage and radio performers head to Atlantic City to meet AFL executive council to resolve disputes stemming from the AAAA affiliated unions. William Green says hearings will be behind closed doors with limited spokesmen. a jurisdictional fight among theatrical unions splinters the industry as delegates depart by air to attend.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Hollywood
New York
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
William Green
AFL
Council Chamber
Green
American Federation
Associated Actors ‘Artistes of America
Screen Actors! Guild
AAAA
Missouri Governor to Run for U S Senate in 1940
Missouri Governor Lloyd C. Stark said he would seek the U S Senate next year if the people want him He dismissed Tom Pendergast's influence on Missouri politics noting the former Kansas City boss is jailed in Leavenworth for income tax evasion during an interview at the Hotel Astor in New York.
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New York
Lloyd C. Stark
Missouri
United States Senate
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Tom Pendergat
Stark
Hotel Astor
Pendergast
Leavenworth
Truck Driver Freed Of Blame In Hitch Hiker Death
A manslaughter charge against Tom Parcell of Miami Florida, driver of a burning runaway truck, was dropped after arraignment before Magistrate R C Godsey. Irene Duley aged 24 of Bluefield was killed when she leaped from the brakeless vehicle descending Cotton's Hill mountain. Evelyn French, detained during the investigation, was released by Sheriff J R Alif.
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Fayetteville
Tom Parcell
Miami
Fla
R. C. Godsey
Irene Duley
Bluefield
Cotton’ S Hill Mountain
Miss Duley
Evelyn French
Convict Ends Dare-Devil Sitdown Atop Smokestack
In Kingston Ontario a potential prisoner staged a midnight sit down atop a 100 foot smokestack. Dawn found him gone and officials would not explain how or when he left. A heavy rainstorm overnight may have forced his descent. He demanded transfer to St Vincent De Paul penitentiary.
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Smokestack
Kingston
Ont
Allen
St. Vincent de Paul
Penitentiary
Jordan Coal Miner Drowns in Monongahela
FAIRMONT August 9. Andy Warnick a Jordan coal miner drowned in the Monongahela River after leaping for a plank and slipping from his footing. He clung briefly but vanished before rescuers could reach him.
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Jordan
Monongahela
Fairmont
Andy Warnick
Jordan Coal
Pareny
Isha
Dollar Day Planned by Grafton Merchants
Grafton merchants announce a large Dollar Day with leading stores featuring new merchandise. The event aims to attract both local shoppers and customers from Barbour and Preston counties, with ads to appear in Thursday’s Sentinel. Continuous coverage continues on page five.
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Grafton
Barbour
Preston
Ocean City Mystery Baffles Authorities Inlet Scene
Police probe a semi conscious woman found behind Ocean City boardwalk whispering he is in the water She identified as Mrs William Dally of Salisbury Age 40 husband 63 Two passports from 1922 Germany a June 1938 marriage license a bankbook shoes spectacles and a marriage certificate were found nearby Police could not locate her husband or other person involved.
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Ocean City
Ren
Lémuel Cropper
William Dally
Salisbury
Germany
Hatch replies to Young Dems over clean politics law
Senator Hatch of New Mexico denounces the Young Democrats of America as un-American for criticizing his clean politics act. He argues the federal employee restraint law limits political activity, and says attending the Young Democrats convention as a delegate could violate the law and invite enforcement.
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Washington
Hatch
Pitt
Tyson Maner
Young Democrats of America
Young Democratic Clubs
Pittsburgh
Shoots At Jitterbugs Gunman Pays Fine
Dave Crockett paid a $25 fine in police court for shooting over the heads of jitterbugs who urged him to join their dance. A charge of pistol toting was dismissed by Judge Cyrus Hall who noted no one was hit. The incident followed Crockett home after he declined to join them.
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Charleston
Dave Crocket
Cyrus Hall
Danzig Leader Returns From Hitler Conference
Albert Foster head of the Danzig Nazi faction returns from Berchtesgaden with new instructions from Fuehrer Hitler and plans to address a mass meeting of Danzig citizens tomorrow night. Adjutant Felix Strangmann and Wilhelm Zarake accompanied him after a high level conference. Whether he will relay Hitler’s personal message remains unclear.
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Free City
Danzig
Albert Foster
Fuehrer
Hitler
Foster
Felix Strangmann
Wilhelm Zarake
Berchtesgaden
Hiser
Spectacular Army plane crash kills two near New York
Two army aviation crew members died when a formation of three UVB observation planes collided 2000 feet up near Round Lake New York. Second Lieutenant M. E. Thomas was identified as the pilot, with the other victim listed as Gentry. The wreckage fell near Mitchel Field en route to Malone for maneuvers at Plattsburgh. An officer named James M. Prince piloted the lead plane that landed at Saratoga Springs. Officials said the outmoded training aircraft were used for practice only. witnesses reported the midair sideswipe in formation.
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Round Lake
N. Y
UVB
Army
M. E. Thomas
Gentry
Mitchel Field
Malone
Plattsburgh
Jaie M. Prince
Saratoga Springs
Paseolot
Jailer's Wife Stops Oklahoma Jail Break
In Okla Aug 9 jailer Claud McCracken and wife Mrs. Lee McCracken aided three inmates Jake Cook Willie Murphy and George Casey in a break from the county jail. Mrs McCracken fired with two pistols forcing Cook back and aiding two passersby in recapturing Casey. Murphy was forced back into jail.
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Mitchell Curtis Pryor
Okla
Lee
Jake Cook
Cook
Willie Murphy
George Casey
Your Invitation to the House Theatre Draislom Event
A clipped note invites attendance at a House theatre event described as a drawing or illustration presentation. The brief fragment hints at a social or cultural gathering, possibly with a formal invitation tone and venue reference. No concrete date or organizer details are readable in the text.
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Harry Richman
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Tappey
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