Willkie says Commonwealth and Southern forced to sell TVA move
New York August 15 Wendell L Willkie president of the Commonwealth and Southern Corp says his firm was forced to sell the Tennessee Electric Power Co because it could not compete with subsidized government operations He claims the TVA will pay about 80 percent of the firm s value and that higher taxes will follow for all Americans The purchase was settled with 35 checks ranging from 44 728 300 to 31 165 26 Lawrenceburg Tenn
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth & Southern Corp
Tennessee Electric Power Co
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Electric
Commonwealth O& Southern
Willkie
Tennessee
Tennessee Electric Power Company
United States
Lawrenceburg
Tenn
Yale Economist among 14 killed in Pan American airliner crash
A Pan American Airways skyliner crashed near Rio de Janeiro harbor killing 14 passengers including Prof. James H. Rogers of Yale. Officials from federal agencies, Tennessee municipalities, and electric coops attended a ceremony with Willkie presiding. Willkie had pressed for a fair price during five years of talks. The government offered $55,000,000.
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Pan-American Airways
Rio de Janeiro
James H. Rogers
Yale University
Rogers
Tennessee
Willkie
Hold Samuel Greaser Rites Tomorrow at Howesville
Funeral services for Samuel Charles Greaser 64 who died at a brother’s home in Howesville near Kingwood will be held at St Joseph’s Catholic church Howesville Wednesday at 10 am Interment will follow at Mt Calvary cemetery near Grafton He was a retired B and O engineer born near here in March 1875 son of William Greaser and Mary Boreman Greaser His wife Frances Hess of Grafton died years ago Survivors include three brothers Julius Gresser Benedict Greaser and Clemens Greaser all of Howesville
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Kingwood
Samuel Charles Greaser
Howesville
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary
Grafton
Greaser
B. and O
Preston County
Here
William Greaser
Mary Boreman Greaser
Frances Hess
Julius Gresser
Benedict Greaser
Clemens Greaser
Little Girl Lenora Lohr Lake Died In Grafton Hospital
Lenora Lohr Lake four year old daughter of Lew L and Vonda Lohr Lake died at 11 30 this morning in Grafton City Hospital after two weeks illness. She leaves her parents a half brother Carl Myers ten and a sister Jean one at home. Funeral services will be at 2 30 Thursday from the Sand Lick home with Rev Millard Stump preaching and interment at Simpson under Bartlett Funeral Home direction.
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Lenora
Ann Lake
Lewis L
Vonda Lohr Lake
Grafton City
Sand Lick
Taylor County
Carl Myers
Jean
Millard Stump
Simpson
Brtlett Funeral Home
Barkley Calls for Neutrality Policy in Next Congress
Senate Majority Leader Barkley urged early articulation of a neutrality policy for the next session to shape U.S. stance before possible European war. He backed cash-and-carry arms sales and noted politics will color the agenda as Congress heads into an election year. Rep Martin blamed Democrats for last session’s large appropriations and the court-packing defeat.
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Washington
Barkley
D-Ky
Congress
Europe
Persident
Roosevelt
House
Senate Foreign Relations
Rep. Martin
Mass Leader
Martin
Food shortages loom as Shanghai races to feed 4 million
International authorities warn of a fast-dwindling rice supply in Shanghai where four million residents rely on a fragile neutral island’s help. Slumping Chinese currency blocks imports from Saigon and other ports, raising prices. past famines and increasing Japanese control threaten food stability. In Shantung, four nations report eight months without rain, signaling possible severe famine.
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Shanghai
Neutral
Saigon
Shantung
Chefoo
For Sale Too Late To Classify
Repossessed Frigidaire master 6-35 listed at 119.95. Monongahela System. 116-11
County Levy Estimate for Taylor County 1939 Tax Year
Taylor County court meets August 1 1939 to set levy for current year. Commissioners H A and Orpha J Bayley approve estimates for receipts disbursements and rates. The report lists balances, fees, taxes due, and outlines rates by property class I IV for a total levy around 11 556 dollars with rates 0.75c 1.5c 3c and 3c per hundred.
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West Virginia
Taylor Town
Taylor County
H.A .President
Orpha J. Bayley
Circuit Court
Sartiti
General Relief Fund County Infirmary
Sagen
Coomnenenaff
Uuilty Freelty
Dot
Taylor
E. C. St. Clair
E. C. St, Clair
Clare Clerk County Court
Biafn
Government opens sweeping probe into big film producers
Los Angeles Aug 15 The federal government launches a threefold inquiry into major motion picture firms led by Charles H Carr special assistant to the attorney general. Probes cover alleged $100000 payment to Willam Bioff organizer of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees reorganizing Fox Film Corp and its 1933 35 merger with Twentieth Century Films and Joseph M Schenck in personal income tax matters. Also questioned is possible Sherman Clayton act violations through concerted restraint of trade and racketeering allegations.
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Los Angeles
Charles H. Carr
United States
Murphy
Carr
Federal District Court
Willam Bioff
International Alliance of Theatrical
Fox Film Corp
Twentieth Century Films
Joseph M. Schenck
Twentieth Century- Fox
Japanese guards detain Corning woman at concession gate
Mrs. FP. M. Richards, operator of a small Corning business, was detained and slapped by Japanese guards when she tried to bring prohibited vegetables and fruit into the blockaded British concession.
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Ican
FP. M. Richards
Wins Big Daily Double Bet By Telegraph
Claude E. Elkins of Anna Illinois hit a record daily double at Washington Park by telegraph placing a $2 wager. His two long shots Joy Bet and Merry Caroline won, returning $10,772.40 and marking the biggest daily double payoff in American turf history.
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Chicago
Claude E. Elkins
Anna
Ill
Washington Park
Joy Bet
Merry Caroline
Danzig Settlement Push Stalls Amid Official Skepticism
In a noted stall in the Danzig dispute, officials say no settlement proposals have been received from Burckhardt or others. In the Far East, a source says Japan will wait on international developments before changing foreign policy as food shortages loom in occupied China. Floods drought and trade restrictions worsen hunger in Shanghai Shantung Hopeh Honan Anhwei and nearby regions. At Tientsin a 60 year old American...
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Danzig
Burckhardt
Far East
Japan
Tokyo
Italy
Germany
China
Shanghai
Shantung
Hopeh
Honan
Anhwei
Rotary Tonsil Clinic Treats Eleven Cases At Grafs ton City Hospital
Eleven tonsilectomies were performed this morning at Grafs ton City Hospital as part of the annual Rotary Club sponsored Tonsil Clinic for indigent cases. Doctors Peck, Warden, Helionimus, and Noble worked with hospital staff under superintendent Mrs. Corrine Stafford. The clinic has earned favorable compliments for aiding patients who otherwise would lack treatment. continuation is planned for Friday morning, August 18.
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Grafston City Hospital
Rotary Club
D. C. Peck
Paul P.warden
Terring W. Helionimus
Harold L. Noble
Nurss
Corrine Stafford
National Guard and Army Mass for Historic Peacetime Maneuvers
About 36 000 National Guard troops and 16 000 regulars converge near Plattsburgh for two weeks of mock warfare training at Lake Champlain area. Units practiced long reconnaissance and rapid movement, with the Seventh Cavalry covering over 1010 miles from Fort Knox in 50 hours 17 minutes to join the exercise.
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Plattsburg
Lake Champlain
Seventh Cavalry Brigade
Fort Knox
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St. Paul's Methodist Church
Thayer Street
West Grafton
Samuel Charles Jones
Jones
Ayn
Spit
Eeimorca Victor
General County
Probe Schenk
Big Fox Films
Twentieth Century Merger
Telegraph
Tientsin
Amer
Rotary
de Wate
National Guard
Skaggs & Company
Radio City
Fred J. McBride
Iden Ft Bryce
Manhattan
TEL
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