Nazi Tyranny Foiled in Dual Front War Aims Set
Reports from Berlin and Washington detail Luftwaffe strikes along the Black Sea coast aimed at Soviet retreat ships near Odessa and Nikolaev, with destroyers and transports sinking or damaged. A joint Roosevelt Churchill declaration outlines eight common war aims to destroy Nazi tyranny, reject territorial aggression, support self government, equal trade access, and economic cooperation.
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Berlin
Red Army
Ukraine
Black Sea
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Odessa
Bug
Adolf Hitler
Nikolaev
Gulf of Finland
Gomel
Beaverbrook
Soviet Union
Lord Beaverbrook
Washington
Germany
Chii
Strike ends at Curtiss-Wright propeller plant
Caldwell New Jersey August 14 Striking members of AFL Machinists Lodge 703 voted unanimously to end their walkout at Curtiss-Wright propeller plant which holds defense orders valued at 100 million dollars Delegates urged ending the strike after recommending acceptance of mediation board proposals and warned that staying out yielded no gains The walkout began Friday as welders’ protest and later was taken over by the AFL union See STRIKE ENDED Page 8
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National Labor Relations Board
Propeller Craft
AFL
The Grattan Sentinel Invites Miss Sara Lucas Tonight
The Grattan Sentinel invites Miss Sara Lucas of 540 W Main St to attend tonight's showing of Rage in Heaven at the Strand theater and Frank Buck's Jungle Carvacade opening tonight at the Dixie theater.
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Grattan Sentinel
Sara Lucas
Main Street
Strand Theater
Frank Buck
Dixie Theater
Senate moves to pass army service extension bill
In Washington on August 14, leaders push final congressional action to send the army service extension bill to the White House by mid afternoon. Both chambers back 18 extra months of service for selectees, National Guardsmen, reservists and enlisted regulars, plus a $102 monthly raise after the first year. Foes concede they can do little to stop enactment as the House and Senate drafts remain nearly identical.
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Senate
White House
House
Market Outlets Sought For State Farm Goods
Agriculture Commissioner J B McLaughlin proposes market outlets to make West Virginia farm products more accessible to buyers from this and other states. Markets would be in key production centers for all types of farm produce, expanding income and promoting cash crop growth without competing with existing retailers or commission merchants.
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Charleston
J. B. McLaughlin
West Virginia
McLaughlin
Edmiston Plans South American Bases Tour
Weston August 14 Rep. Andrew Edmiston a Democrat from West Virginia will depart Weston today to join fellow House military affairs committee members on a month long tour of military bases in South America the trip aims to review U S forces and defense posture abroad.
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Edmiston
Weston
Andrew Edmiston
D.W. Va
House
Draft system faces change in induction procedure
Washington reports a sweeping revision of selective service induction to address protests by men called to arms who quit jobs and were rejected by Army doctors. A tested system is approved in principle and to be extended nationwide, giving more physical exams near a candidate’s home before induction, reversing the prior practice of exams at reception centers.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Pennsylvania
High Command
Roosevelt Churchill meet in secret on high sea
Berlin dispatch from DNB transmits a line stating Roosevelt and Churchill met secretly at sea and agreed on a common declaration on war aims after Attlee’s broadcast. The report marks the first official notice of the meeting and its intent amid wartime diplomacy.
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Berlin
DNB
Clement Attlee
Roosevelt
Churchill
New York
White House
High Sea
May Set Limit to Coal Prices After Hearing
Washington August 14 The bituminous coal division may fix a ceiling on soft coal prices to spare domestic consumers from high costs. Hearings begin September 9 set by Director Howard A Gray after a petition from coal producers demanding action under the coal act. The proposal seeks a maximum price figure, with studies of average production costs required for top and bottom price ranges.
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Washington
Howard A. Gray
Gray
U S Tanker to Russia Sets First Aviation Gasoline Run
Petroleum Coordinator Ickes announced the first shipment of aviation gasoline aboard an American tanker would depart Los Angeles for Vladivostok under the U S flag with more tankers to follow He noted East coast gasoline deliveries rose eight percent last week despite nighttime station blackouts and hinted at stricter curbs to save fuel amid a looming shortage
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Ickes
Russia
Los Angeles
Vladivostok
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Spud Splinter Festival Opens With Clothespin Arrival
Richwood marks the fifth Spud and Splinter festival with the flagship Clothespin christening and its 1,500 admiral crew. Officers board as tours of plants and the Cranberry river glades begin. A parade tomorrow features a float for Miss Mary Richardson, Queen of Potato Land, with a coronation at the high school campus. King Spud to be crowned.
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Richwood
Cranberry
Queen of Potato Land
Mary Richardson
Coromation
King Spud
Assassin Posing as Autograph Seeker Shoots Hiranuma
In Tokyo a 75 year old vice premier Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma was shot at his home by an assassin posing as an autograph seeker. The pistol was hidden in a parchment scroll used to request his signature. He was gravely wounded, captured before fleeing the grounds, and seen as a moderating influence in Prime Minister Konoye's cabinet.
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Tokyo
Kiichiro Hiranuma
Hiranuma
Fumimaro Konoye
Clarksburg Glass Plant to Hire 300 More Men
Clarksburg Aug 14 Approximately 300 additional workers will be hired at the Adamston flat glass plant after an extensive expansion. W M B Line Purco Glass sales manager said a new furnace is in operation in about four weeks.
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Clarksburg
Adamston
W.M.B. Line
Purco Glass Company
Harrison Rural Electrification petition faces fourth day trial
A hearing before the Public Service Commission continues over the Harrison Rural Electrification Association plan to extend 606 miles of lines across Doddridge Ritchie Gilmer Upshur and Lewis counties in central West Virginia Monongahela West Penn Public Service opposes the project and financier Charles Snyder named as witness says the plan would limit revenues.
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Charleston
Harrison Rural Electrification Association
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
HREA
Doddridge
Ritchie
Gilmer
Upshur
Lewis
Charles Snyder
Jack Dempsey to Attend Lilly Family Reunion
Former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey will arrive by plane Sunday to join the 70,000 Lilly clan members at their annual reunion in Flat Top Mercer county. Clan leader A A Lilly said Dempsey will be accompanied by State Police Superintendent John W Bosworth and Governor Dwight Green. Green and Bosworth are among the speakers for the reunion, which opens Saturday.
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Charleston
Jack Dempsey
Flat Top
Mercer County
A. A
Abe" Lilly
Dempsey
John W. Bosworth
Dwight Green
Miinois
Green
Bosworth
Sheriffs' Association To Hear Hale Watkins
A. Hale Watkins, clerk of the state senate, will speak at the Sheriffs' Association of West Virginia banquet in Clarksburg. Sheriffs from nearly every county are registered for the three day meeting and officers will be elected before adjournment Saturday.
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Clarksburg
A. Hale Watkins
State Senate
Sheriffs’ Association of
West Virginia
French Army Hears Darlan Amid Power Shift
In unoccupied France on August 14, Vice Premier Darlan appeared to hold broad power over colonial commanders and the armed services. An order of the day broadcast to the empire cited Darlan as central to France’s defense, promising devotion from soldiers and pledging allegiance to the marshal’s national cause. See French Army Page 3.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Darlan
Empire
Paris
Napoleon
WPA Union Approves Officials Removal in WV
Huntington August 14 members of United Federal Workers Local 154 CIO including WPA workers backed West Virginia Industrial Union Council in calling for removal of State WPA Administrator G N Alderson and Acting Director of Employment Maxine Adams. They approved a Bluefield convention resolution deeming Alderson incapable of fairly administering the program.
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Huntington
United Federal Workers Local 154
CIO
WPA
West Virgina
Grafton Sentinel invites Laura Gerkins to double feature
The Grafton Sentinel invites Miss Laura Gerkins of 508 Piedmont Avenue to attend tonight’s double feature at the Opera House showing Lone Rider in Ghost Town and Prairie Pioneers.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Laura Gerkins
Piedmont Avenue
Lone Rider
Ghost
Roosevelt Churchill talks promise postwar European aid
British sources say the United States pledged reconstruction aid for postwar Europe and support for the Russian-British cause on all fronts in a Roosevel t Churchill statement. Japanese delays in South Asia were noted as a key point discussed, with meetings reportedly lasting two to three days.
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Japan
Roosevelt
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