Eight Die As Hurricane Lashes South Atlantic Coast
The worst tropical hurricane to hit the South Atlantic coast in years left at least eight dead, wrecked property, flooded roads, and crippled communications. Heavy rains lingered in Georgia and South Carolina as Charleston and surrounding areas faced shutdowns and evacuations. Fort McPherson radio operators reported no severe casualties. Fort Moultrie sheltered about 600 civilians from Sullivan's Island while residents fled to safety ahead of the storm.
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Atlanta
South Atlantic
Georgia
South Carolina
Charleston
Fort McPherson
Fort Moultrie
Sullivan's Island
Offer
Carolina
Luus
Willkie targets ad scheme in Democratic book
Colorado Springs Aug 12 Wendell L Willkie vows to prosecute all who bought or sold advertising in the Democratic national committee 1940 campaign book asserting violations of the Hatch anti politics law and the corrupt practices act He spoke at a press conference with Herbert Hoover and Elliott Roosevelt after a brief chat with Roosevelt s son and other visitors Continued on page 5
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Colorado
Springs
Wendell L. Willkie
Democratic National Committee
Willkie
Herbert Hoover
Elliott Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John Jones
Jesse Jones
Houston
Texas
Grafton Sentinel invites Jean Brown to theatre tonight
The Grafton Sentinel invites Jean Brown of route 3 to tonight’s Strand presentation of Susan and God starring Joan Crawford and Fredric March, or Dixie theatre showing Madeleene Carroll and Brian Aherne in My Son My Son.
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Grafton ‘Sentinel
Jean Brown
Route 3
Joan Crawford
Fredric March
Susan and God
Strand Theatre
Madelene Carroll
Brian Aherne
Dixie Theatre
Conscription change urged by Barkley as registry proposal
Senator Barkley proposes annual registration of all men aged 21 through 44 to map both industrial and military manpower. The plan would be five year program under the Burke Wadsworth bill, requiring a single registration and possible changes in Congress for any further actions.
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Washington
Vom
Barkley
D.ky
Democrat
Sheppard
D-Tex
Congress
State Bankers To Hold Morgantown Conference
Bank officials from West Virginia plan a two day Morgantown conference to discuss current bank operations. Ben Young of National Bank of Detroit and O P Decker of American National Bank and Trust Company of New York will speak. Topics include customer relations investments agriculture loans bond purchases and banking law.
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Morgantown
West Virginia
West Virginia University
State Bankers’ Association
Ben Young
National Bank of Detroit
O. P. Decker
American National Bank and Trust Company of New York
Monongalia Grand Jury To Resume Investigation
Morgantown August 12 A circuit court grand jury investigating election law violations will resume deliberations after a two week recess during which police sought two men who circulated a Communist nominating petition Prosecuting Attorney Joan Sanders said he would not confirm arrests and noted jurors want to question nearly 500 persons.
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Morgantown
Joan Sanders
Lilly Family Reunion faces infantile paralysis warning
Beckley health officer J M Coram ordered a survey on infantile paralysis and may request that children under 16 be kept away from the Lilly reunion at Flat Top this weekend. He planned to confer with state health officials to assess the risk and determine travel or attendance restrictions.
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Beckley
Raleigh
J. M. Coram
Lilly
Dr. Coram
State Health Department
Three Killed in Gun Fight at Family Picnic
At Barboursville a debt dispute at a family picnic ended in gun duels. J S Hammond 69, Mrs Lessie Wickham 40, and James Bolen 20 were killed. John Barber 33 was wounded after arguing debts. Barber was shot five times. Bolen retreated to a house, returned and shot Barber, then Hammond struck Bolen with an axe. Coroner ruled triple murder.
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Barboursville
F. X. Schuller
J. S. Hammond
Lessie Wickham
Hammond
James Bolen
John Barber
Schuller
Barber
Bolen
State Guardsmen Leave For Camp In Wisconsin
West Virginia National Guardsmen entraining for Army maneuvers in Wisconsin left behind wives sweethearts and parents as crowds cheered from Charleston Clarksburg Fairmont Beckley Morgantown and Welch. The units 150th and 201st regiments will participate in three weeks of maneuvers and three days of mimic warfare in the fifth and sixth corps areas en route to Wisconsin.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Clarksbug
Fairmont
Beckley
Morgantown
Welch
Holt Grants Brief Reprieve to Paul Cross
Charleston August 12 Governor Holt delayed the scheduled execution of Paul Cross a Mineral County Negro sentenced for criminal assault by granting a reprieve and ordering a stay while the Supreme Court reviews the writ of error. Judge Hatcher said a 30 day reprieve was requested to allow appellate consideration of Cross contention that Negroes were excluded from the grand jury. Cross was arrested after a June 2 attack on a 25 year old white schoolteacher in her Keyser apartment.
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Charleston
Holt
Paul Cross
Mineral County
Atl
Moundsville Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Hatcher Leeks Delay Holt
State Supreme Court
John H. Hatcher
Tross
Robert V. McCrane
Keyser
Another Paralysis Case Reported In Huntington
Health department officials report another case of infantile paralysis in Huntington elevating the total to 30 during the outbreak. Parents and children left the southern Ohio valley section as fear of a more serious epidemic spread.
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Huntington
Health Department
Ohio Valley
English Plan on Defending Berbera Port
English plan to defend Berbera as Italian forces advance through burning Somali land wastes. Reinforcements arrive from far flung parts of the British empire and fortify the important gulf of Aden seaport. Convoys with troops and munitions sail the Red Sea unchallenged, while British say Italian gains are limited to passes near Berbera and that overseas help remains.
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Cairo
Berbera
Gulf of Aden
Somaliland
Red Sea
Karrin
Godapere
Genera
Temporary Injunction Granted to Legion in WV Case
Charleston WV August 12 judge Bouchelle granted a temporary injunction restraining Secretary of State O Brien from placing the Communist ticket on the November ballot. The Legion and co plaintiffs claim a statewide conspiracy involving government officials. A hearing was set on whether Communist nominating petition signatures were obtained by misrepresentation and fraud.
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Charleston
W. S. O' Brien
West Virginia American Legion
Julian FP. Bouchelle
Bouchelle
Communist Party
Legion
Republicans Lack Fight In Judicial Convention
Charleston officials report State Republicans will attend the judicial convention to set a platform and ballots, with renomination of Supreme Court Justices Haymond Maxwell of Clarksburg and John H. Hatch er of Beckley seen as certain. Platform issues include three constitutional amendments seeking to eliminate justices of the peace, cut state elective offices to three, and grant budget authority to the governor.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Haymond Maxwell
Clarksburg
John H. Hatcher
Beckley
Principal Defense Enemy Is Time, Patterson Says
Robert P. Patterson, new assistant secretary of war, warned that consolidating American industry for defense will take at least a year and that time is the principal enemy. He told officers studying at the Army industrial college that we are far from adequate preparedness on the supply front and that existing procurement plans must hold in an emergency. Continued on page two.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Right
House Ways and Means Committee
William S. Knudsen
National Defense Advisory Committee
Center
Henry L. Stimson
Central Press
Washington
Robert P. Patterson
Army Industrial College
Patterson
Elwood Hosts Willkie Nomination Ceremony Saturday
Elwood Indiana gears up for August 17 as Wendell Willkie is notified of the Republican presidential nomination. Thousands from across the country will arrive by train and car, with police and parking arranged at Callaway park for a large public celebration.
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Elwood
Indiana
Wendell Willkie
Wendell Wilkie
Republican Party
United States
Homer Capehart
The
Glendale Girl Dies Of Rabies In City Hospital
Seven year old Norma Jean Moore of Glendale died in a city hospital after being bitten by a dog. Pasteur treatments were ordered for others in the Glendale hospital.
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Glendale
City Hospital
Norma Jean Moore
West Virginia
Norges
Glendale Hospital
GOAT ISLAND INSPECTED DURING ROOSEVELT REARMAMENT VISIT
President Roosevelt resumed his progress checkup of defense construction as the Potomac docked at the Newport naval torpedo station after a fogbound cruise from Jamestown. He was greeted by Governor Vanderbilt and officers from three Newport naval establishments aboard the executive yacht.
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Douglas B. Corneli
Newport
R. I
Roosevelt
Potomac
Naval Torpedo Station
William J. Vanderbilt
R.R.L
Jamestown
Narragansett Bay
Execution of Albanian Excites Italian Press
Rome reports Italy accusing Greece of aiding British warships and planes and conspiring with Britain along the Albanian border. A Greek border raid beheading of an Albanian minority leader provoked a harsh press campaign likened to German actions against Czechoslovakia and Poland. Il Popolo Di Roma linked British ships to Greek bases in the Mediterranean as Greece warned of Epirus ambitions tied to Albania.
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Rome
Italy
Gretek
Albania
Germany
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Britain
Il Popolo di Roma
Mediterranean
Greece
Ti Popolo di Roma
Epirus
Neely Rules Party Parley in West Virginia Ad
West Virginia readers see a confrontation as Good Investment of Charleston opposes M. M. Neely governor candidate for being allied with John L. Lewis. The Labor Union notes Neely would be his puppet if elected and hints at a hostile Huntington convention gesture with Lewis proxy presence.
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Charleston
Good Investment, League of West Virginia
M. M. Neely
CIO New Deal
John L. Lewis
M. Francher
Orgranization
Labor Union
CIO
Labor
Huntington
Governor Holt
Holt
West Virginia Baptist Assembly Opens at Alderson Broaddus
The first annual West Virginia Baptist assembly begins on the Alderson Broaddus College campus in Philippi with more than 300 expected attendees. Classes start tomorrow and nightly vesper services and programs are planned through August 23. Assembly president is C. C. Caverlee.
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Philippi
West Virginia Baptist Assembly
Alderson-Broaddus College
Inspiration Point
C. C. Caverlee
Assembly
Farm Laborer Ted Leake Ends Life in Charles Town
Jefferson county coroner reported Ted Leake age 26, a farm laborer from Rappahannock county, Virginia, killed himself Saturday night by a shotgun blast. He had been employed on the C. H. Moore farm two miles east of Charles Town and was separated from his wife.
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Charles Town
Jefferson County
Morrison
Ted Leake
Leake
Rappahannock County
Virginia
C.H. Moore
German Air Attacks Falter as British Defend Channel
Berlin reports at least 47 British planes shot down in today’s air battles over England. British fighters prevented most of 200 German planes from reaching southern ports as massed Nazi raids continued. Four Messerschmitts reportedly fell into the sea while Royal Air Force units broke up formations and sent others back. Portsmouth is suspected as a target, with strong indications of naval and shipyard targets against English defenses. Continued on 1.
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Berlin
England
DNB
London
English Channel
Messerschmitts
Royal Air Force
Portsmouth
Navi
High Command
Portland
Berlin Hails Aerial Victory In British Coast Battle
Berlin hails a major bombing effort by the Navi air force against English coastal targets. German reports claim ships harbors and coastal defenses were hit while Berlin cites a large aerial battle over the south coast.
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Strand
Dixie
Burke
Monongalia
Stimson
Rangements Committee
Capehart
Callaway Park
Goat Island
Neely
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Enlai
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